Glittery lace nails and other stuff

This manicure was pretty hard to photograph... The baby blue lace pattern didn't really show up in pics, but you can tell that it's there, right? :'D

 The first picture is taken today. It's now over two weeks since I took the henna tattoos, and as you can see, it's almost faded away. :< It lasted quite long, though! In my feet he tattoo hasn't faded that much. Couple days ago it was still like new... :D Well, here are my nails about week ago:

 There the tattoo is about 1 week old, and it starts to fade from the finger tips.
I used two coats of H&M Pink Mist first, then I did white gradient to the tips by sponging Rimmel - London Clouds. Then I stamped the baby blue lace pattern with konads, I used the plate m71. Finally I polished three coats of OPI - Last Friday Night to the tips (over the white polish).

Here's the whole henna tattoo after a week.

 I didn't like these nails that much at first, because they're not exactly what I had planned, but now I've had this design on my nails for a week and I have to say that I really like it! :D It was also nice to have something blue on my nails, because yesterday...

FINLAND WON THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF ICE HOCKEY!

...and that was the first time since 1995, when we won last time. 16 years ago... :P That was very sweet, because Sweden had won so many times and they were confident that they would win this year too, but we kicked their ass 1-6! xD I'm not a big fan of ice hockey, but hey, it's the world championship we're talking about. ;)
Besides, it's nice to win something after our Eurovision fail... xD Haha, everyone in Finland seemed to be so sure that we would win, but actually we were almost last! Well, I didn't really think the song would be good enough to actually win the whole thing, but... 21st? Fail! :'D Here's the top three:

1. Azerbaijan - Running scared

2. Italy - Follia D'Amore (Madness of love)

3. Sweden - Popular

What do you think? If you watched the Eurovisions, do think that the right songs made it to the top? I think the winner song was pretty good, although it was a little when you heard it many times. I didn't have any huge favorites, but I liked the England's song and Ireland was funny. ^^

En aluksi oikein tykännyt näistä kynsistä, koska niistä ei tullut ihan sellaiset kuin olin sunnitellut... :P Nyt minulla on kutenkin ollut ne jo viikon, ja tykkään niistä itseasiassa aika paljon! ^^ Kuvissa näkyy myös mitä hennatatuoinnille kuuluu, nyt se on jo haalistunut melkein kokonaan pois käsistä, jaloissa se on vielä aika hyvässä kunnossa. Tatska kesti viikon hyväkuntoisena, ja alkoi sitten haalistua. Ylimmässä kuvassa näkyy tämänpäiväinen tilnne. :)
Alle laitoin kaksi kerrosta H&Mn Pink Mistiä, ja töpöttelin kärkiin Rimmelin London Cloudsia. Sitten leimasin konadeilla (laatta m71) vaaleansiniset pitsikuviot kynsien tyveen. Kärkiin laitoin vielä kolme kerrosta OPIn Last Friday Nightia.
Oli muuten kiva olla siniset kynnet eilen kun Suomi voitti lätkän mm-kultaa! :D En yleensä seuraa lätkää, mutta nyt päätin katsoa kun kaikki muut olivat niin tohkeissaan... Ja kyllä kannatti! 1-6, hyvä Suomi! ;D Varsinkin tuon Euroviisufailin jälkeen... Katsoitteko viisut, ja mitä mieltä olitte kärkikolmikosta? Oliko lemppareita? ;)

 Love the song! <3

PS. Blogger has deleted some of my comments!!! So if you notice that your comment has lost, blame blogger! :< I wish the blogger starts working normally and the lost comments find their way home.

Arabic swirls VOL 2

I decided to cut my nails back to squares. Round nails are beautiful too, but they just aren't my thing... I feel more comfortable with square nails, and I think that my nails are more beautiful in squares. ^^ Yes, they're now shorter and the C-curve is back, but I love my squares! :'D
Then I made new version of the Arabic swirls design I made while ago. This is more simple, but I like it!

First I polished three coats of H&M - Pink Mist. Then I sponged OPI - ink (That's also new polish, btw!)  to the tips for the gradient effect. Finally I made the golden swirls with Golden Rose nail art polish.

Things I used

OPI - Ink - gorgeus!

I have to do swatch of that polish, it doesn't really show up in that manicure.
Some pictures without the decorations...

They look a little like gel nails or something...?

Yeah, squares are definitely my thing! ^^
I really like this design and I think it goes well with the tattoo:

Päätin että pyöräksi muotoillut kynnet eivät vain ole minun juttuni, joten leikkasin neliöt takaisin. :P Alunperin leikkasin pyöreät kynnet, koska kyllästyin niiden kaartumiseen... Nyt C-kurvi on palannut ja kynteni ovat kyhyemmät, mutta tykkään näistä huomattavasti enemmän näin! ^^
Tämä manikyyri perustuu Arabic Swirls -kynsiin, jotka tein vähän aikaa sitten. Tämä versio on yksinkertaisempi kuin alkuperäinen, mutta tykkään tästä ja mielestäni se sopii hyvin hennatatskoihin! :)
Ensin laitoin kolme kerrosta H&Mn Pink Mistiä. Sitten töpöttelin kärkiin OPI Inkiä. Ihana lakka, teen sitä vielä swatchin kunhan ehdin, niin lakka pääsee paremmin oikeuksiinsa. Lopuksi tein kultaiset kiemurat Golden Rosen nail art lakalla.

The Henna Tattoos!

 In my last post I told that I'd taken henna tattoos, and here they are! I really like how they turned out, I just said that I want the tattoo to start from my index finger and go up my arm. Same on my feet, I just said were to start... I pretty much gave free hands to the artist. ^^

The picture above is taken on the same day I took the tattoos. It was orange at first, and it has darkened to dark brown. The first two pics are taken today, so you can see the difference. :) You might also notice that my nails are different too, but more about that in another post! ;)
Here's some pictures my sister KarzU took while I waited for the henna to dry... Btw, she also took henna tattoos, she'll put pictures to her blog soon, I think. ;)

On my hands, the tattoos go like spiral up my arm and there are swirls in every finger. On my feet the tattoos go up to my ankles. I love my tattoos, but it's also nice that henna tattoos are temporary, they'll last probably 1-2 weeks, it depends very much of your skin. Also the final color of the tattoo depends on person, mine turned out very dark. On my palms the tattoos are almost black... :D I feel very arabic now! ^^
Red henna doesn't have side-effects and it can be used as hair colour also (my mother colours her hair with henna). Although I can only speak based on my own and my friends experiences, some people might be allergic to henna, but I have nothing negative to say.
Anyway, though the red henna is safe to use, I want to say that don't take black henna tattoos! There are often some dangerous chemicals used to make the colour dark, and they can cause very strong and painful allergic reactions on skin. I've heard some scary stories about that, and you can also find some icky pics from Google about the results of taking a black henna tattoo. o_o
So, don't try black henna tattoos! I have nothing negative to say about red henna tattoos, though. ^^
And then some pictures I took before the tattoo darkened:

Left hand...

...and right hand.

Otin siis hennatatuoinnit pari päivää sitten! :D Ensimmäiset 2 kuvaa on otettu tänään, muut silloin kun tatska oli vielä melko tuore. Aluksi se oli oranssi, mutta se on nyt tummunut tummanruskeaksi. Kämmenissä kuviot ovat melkein mustia... ^^ Sitten siinä on muutama kuva jotka siskoni otti kun odottelin hennan kuivumista.
Tykkään näistä todella paljon! Kirjoitin tuonne ylemmäs punaisen hennan hyödyistä ja mustan hennan haitoista, mutta en jaksa enää kirjoittaa niitä uudestaan... Vinkkinä vain, että älkää ottako mustia hennatatskoja, niistä voi tulla allergisia reaktioita ja muuta kivaa. o_o Punaisesta hennasta ei sen sijaan pitäisi tulla mitään, ainakin minulla on siitä vain hyviä kokemuksia!

New Nail Designs and Shoppings from UAE !

Okay, LOTS of PICS coming up!
First some pictures from UAE (United Arab Emirates), because there was so beautiful, warm and sunny! Although many of them are taken from Dubai, my family lives in Al Ain. :)

Hahaa, leaving the cold, icy Finland! >:D

Dubai Beach - oh how I miss that sunshine!

Dubai by night - picture taken from Burj Khalifa, which is the world´s highest building! 8)

Some of Dubai´s skyscrapers... They were so high! :'D

The world´s biggest indoor aquarium or something, in Dubai Mall. It was huge!!!

We also visited in Al Ain Zoo. Aren´t they cute? <3

Al Ain by night, pic taken from the top of Jebel Hafeet.

A camel!!! I love it! ^^

Palm Jumeirah

We were at Ferrari World... Of course we had to try it! And it was COOL!

And leaving UAE... Shaky pic from airplane... :'D

I want to go back! :'D
Everything was so huge in Dubai, I felt very tiny everytime we were there... Good thing my family lives in Al Ain, it´s more green than Dubai or Abu Dhabi, and it´s not sort of a tourist place as Dubai! I think Al Ain is just more comfortable than them, u know? :) There´s more great pics in my sisters´ blogs, HERE and HERE. Check them out! ;)
Now I have lots of nail designs to show you! :D Take a look:

My toe nails on the beach! Those are the stickers I bought from Tsukicon.

And French gradient manicure with rhinestone, I really liked this one, simple and pretty!

These I made for my little sister who lives in UAE, Karzu.

and things I used to them...

I love that polish, so I just had to polish my own nails with it... :'D But isn´t it gorgeus??

Toe nails also... Please ignore my crappy toes! :'D

I took a henna tattoo!

It turned out very dark brown in couple of days, I think it looks cool! :D

This desidn is made by Karzu! Its very cute, isn´t it? :)

I bought my first Konad plates! This is one of my first attempts, index finger failed but the rest are okay, right? :)) Polish is OPI Merry Midnight.

Another try with Konads, this time on Karzu´s nails.

Isn´t that cute colour? I love it! *_* It´s the Claire´s pink polish.

This design is currently on my nails, I like it very much! I haven´t done anything that complicated for a while. :)

Things I used...

+Konad plate m32.

So what do you yhink about them? :) That last design is my personal favorite... And I´m surprised about how easy those Konads are to use, I´d never tried them out before. I still have to practise, of course. ^^'
Now the nail polishes I bought:

OPI - Merry Midnight

OPI - Dazzle me

OPI - Sparkle-icious ( I´m still bitter that didn´t manage to get Mad As a Hatter -polish from Alice in Wonderland collection, and this is my "consolation prize"...:'D)

Claire´s matte top coat

Claire´s nail polishes from L to R: 176, 105, 166, 112.

I just love the blue and pink ones!

Inglot top coat

OPI Irre-swiss-ables mini polishes! From L to R: Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous, Yodel Me on My Shell, Color So Hot it Berns and RapiDry Top Coat.

Those mini polishes are so cute!

Some nail accessories... ^^ '

I also bought OPI - Show It And Glow it and Chip Skip, but I forgot to take a pic of them. I´ll present them to you later! :) Then I bought four Konad plates, m14, m72, m32 and m3 + three Konad special polishes, black, white and red. Then I bought lots of accessories, but I have no pics of them neither. ^^' I´m sorry, but you´ll see them, I promise! :)
And of course I bought lots of other stuff, clothes and everything, but this is a nail blog. :P
So now I´m back Finland and I´ll blog normally again! I can´t wait to try out the rest of my shoppings... ;) I hope you all had great New Years Eve and your year has started great! ^^
And wow, while I´ve been on holiday, my blog has now over 90 followers! o_o You´re all very welcome to read my blog, I hope you enjoy it and I´m glad you found it! <3
If you have any questions or wishes, let me know! See you all~