Flowers

Helloo everyone! <3 Our internet hasn't been working again... Otherwise I love being here, but seriously how hard can it be to make things work as they're supposed to?? :P Anyways, today they fixed it and hopefully it will last more than couple days this time.
This is another design I made during summer. Very basic, just flowers over sheer shimmer polish, but I loved it! ^^ I did the flowers with my white Kiss nail art polish, and added some silver in the leaves with Golden Rose nail art polish.

I also visited my friend who i hadn't seen literally in years!! :D It was so great to see her again, we had so much to talk about... I also did her nails:

Yeey aren't they cute? ^^
I'll try to update more often, because I have so many designs waiting to be posted here, and I've done lots of new designs and also bought some new gorgeus polishes... ;)

Jälleen yhdet kynnet jotka tein kesällä, aika perus kukkia mutta tykkäsin näistä kovasti! <3 Tein samantyyliset kynnet myös kaverilleni jota kävin moikkaamassa pitkästä aikaa! Oli kiva jutella, varsinkin kun ei oltu oikeesti nähty vuosiin! ^^
Yritän postailla tänne juttuja useammin, mulla on vieläkin monta julkaisematonta juttua kesältä ja täällä tapahtuu koko ajan lisää... :DD Toivottavasti tää netti nyt toimii tällä kertaa vähän kauemmin kuin pari päivää, se nimittäin korjattiin taas tänään kun ei ollut toiminut viikkoon... =_= 

London / New York?

I've seen this kinds of designs a lot, but I like the idea so much I wanted to do my version of it. And I like it on my nails! ^^ This time I remembered to take pictures while making the design, so here's a little step-by-step tutorial for these flag-nails:

First I polished every other nail with white polish and every other with blue polish. Pictures and names of the polishes are in the end of this mini-tutorial. :)

Then I polished the tips of the white nails with the same blue I used to the whole blue nails...

I thought that it'd be better to create white base for the red first, so the red would come out brighter.

While waiting for the white crosses to dry, I did the red stripes of the USA flag.

Then the red for the England flag...

...and finally little stars for the USA flag. I  used a pin as a tiny dotting tool to make the stars small enough.

Here are the products I used: blue Claire's polish, Rimmel - London Clouds, white nail art polish by Kiss and red nail art polish by Winmax.

With top coat, in sunlight!

What do you think? Do you like this kinds of designs? I've always tought that "flag nails" look cool, I don't know what it is that fascinates me about them, maybe it's the colors. Or the fact that I've always wanted to go to New York or London... ;)
I'm really glad I made the stars properly, at first I was planning to be lazy and do just white dots or something, but then I decided spots don't look nearly as good as tiny stars! ^^ The stars were harder to do, but definitey worth it!
I'm also happy that finally my right hand nails look as good as left hand! Of course the nails are still shorter, but I even made the tiny stars properly! Usually my right hand doesn't look as good as left, because my left hand is very shaky when it comes to nail polishing... :'D I've been trying to work on that, and finally it's starting to look better. Unfortunately I don't have picture of them, but I hope you believe me! xD
Now some information about what's coming up: Swatches! I know it's a little boring, but I'll show you couple of my new polishes in action. ;) (the pink Sinful colors polish and couple of OPI polishes) Don't worry, my head is full of new nail designs I want to create, it's just that I'm a little slow. :'D Stay tuned! ^^
Check out Beyonce's nails at the diner! ;)

Olen aina ihastellut tämän tapaisia kynsiä muiden tekeminä, ja halunnut toteuttaa omille kynsillenikin tällaiset. Nyt tein viimeinkin oman versioni, ja täytyy sanoa että tykkään!! :D Näistä tuli juuri sellaiset kuin olin suunnitellut. Ylempänä on myös mini-tutoriali näihin, kun kerrankin muistin ottaa kuvan joka vaiheesta. :P Mitä mieltä te olette? Tykkäättekö "lippukynsistä"? :)
Tulossa: Swatcheja uusista lakkahankinnoista! On minulla kiinnostavampiakin ideoita, pää tuntuu olevan kerrankin täynnä uusia kynsi-ideoita joita haluaisin kokeilla, mutta aika ei tunnu riittävän... :'D No, seurailkaa, toteuttelen niitä parhaani mukaan! ^^

Fishnet

Simple Konad-design for my older little sister this time (She also has a blog, you can find it HERE). :)

OPI - Tease-y Does It from Burlesque collection. Don't you just love that golden sparkle? *_*

Without stamping, two layers. Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture in direct sunlight, so the sparkle doesn't really show up in this picture... :<

I'm getting better with konads, right? Of course there's still some fails but for a whole nail pattern these turned out well. :)
The Tease-y Does It is really gorgeus polish, I'm disappointed I didn't manage a good photo of it... Once again a polish you should see IRL.

Tein vanhemmalle pikkusiskolle verkkokynnet. :) Lakkana oli OPIn Tease-y Does It Burlesque kokoelmasta. Upea tummanpunainen lakka, jossa on kultaista shimmeriä. Harmi etten tajunnut ottaa siitä auringonvalossa kuvaa... :P
Verkkokuvio konadeilla. Nyt alkaa jo sujua tuo koko kynnen kuvioiden leimaaminen, vaikka tietysti vielä on parantamisen varaa. :)

PS. I took henna tattoo again... Actually henna tattoos. ;) More about those in my next post! ^^

Pastels & Lace

The inspiration for these nails is from HERE. The blog is all about super cute stuff, btw, so check it out if you love cute things! ^^
Anyway, the original design was for a little longer nails than mine are now, but I think that it works on my nails too, especially now when they´re not squares anymore.. :') So here's my version:

H&M Pink Mist, H&M Dollar Green, Models Own Lemon Meringue, Nail STAR pink nail art polish and Kiss white nail art polish.

I don't do/have gel nails or acrylics, so I had to use lace stickers and polishes and that's why the design turned out a little bumpy and because there's many layers of polish, it took quite long to dry completely... But I'm very happy with the result anyway!
First I polished one layer of H&M pink mist. Then I did the stripes and laces, they're in different layers so they go on top of each others, u see? I don't know how to explain it shortly, I hope you get the idea by looking the picture. And on top of everything another coat of Pink Mist to make the colors more pale. Then couple layers of top coat. So yeah, there's much going on but I like it. ^^
The green stripes are there because I'm convinced that green is my lucky colour and I have to have something green on my nails when the test week comes, otherwise I'm sure that I'll fail... :'D I know that's weird but I don't dare to try if I could make it without lucky green! And it seems to be working, at least it has until now. Let's hope for the best, this years last (for me) exam week starts tomorrow! x_x
I bought a new base & top coat few days ago but forgot to show it to you guys, I'm sorry... Here it is:

It's Sally Hansen's diamond shine. And I have to say.... I love it! It makes my nails extremely shiny! *_* It even managed to smooth out my bumpy lace manicure a bit. :') I've used that since the polka dot manicure... Although it says that it's top and base coat, I only use it as the top coat. I have GOSH fix base coat, and I stick with that. ^^

That's all this time, wish me luck for the test week! :3

Tämäkertaisiin kynsiin tuli inspiraatio TÄÄLTÄ. Kyseisessä blogissa on muutenkin kaikkea tosi söpöä, käykää katsomassa jos kiinnostaa! ^^ 
Omat kynteni ovat vähän lyhyemmät kuin alkuperäisessä kuvassa olleet, mutta minusta kuvio toimii myös minun kynsilläni, varsinkin nyt kun ne ovat pyöreät... :') 
Minulla ei ole akryylejä tai geelikynsijuttuja, joten jouduin käyttämään tarroja ja peruskynsilakkoja. Siksi kynsistä tuli lievästi "kuhmuiset" ja niiden kuivuminen kesti aika kauan, mutta tykkään lopputuloksesta silti! :) Ensin laitoin yhden kerroksen H&Mn Pink Mistiä. Sen päälle tein raitoja ja pitsejä ikäänkuin kerroksittain, niin että ne menevät lomittain. Sitten vielä yksi kerros Pink Mistiä tekemään väreistä vaaleammat, ja pari kerrosta päällyslakkaa.
Tein pari raitaa vihreällä, koska olen vakuuttunut siitä, että vihreä on onnenvärini ja kynsissäni on oltava jotain vihreää koeviikon lähestyessä, muuten feilaan. :'D Tiedän että se on aika hullua, mutta en uskalla yrittää menestyisinkö koeviikolla ilman onnenkynsiä... :P
Ostin myös vähän aikaa sitten uuden päällyslakan, jota olen itse asiassa käyttänyt pilkkukynsistä lähtien... Kyseessä on Sally Hansenin diamond shine (kuva ylempänä), täytyy sanoa että tykkään! Se tekee kynsistäni todella kiiltävät ja onnistui jopa tasoittamaan kuhmuista pitsimanikyyriä hiukkasen. :'D 

Siinä kaikki tällä kertaa, toivottakaa onnea koeviikolle! :3

Pink Splash

I promised you some new nails today, so here we go! I did something bit more complicated this time, because my nails have been quite simple lately...

This pic is taken in direct sunshine, I love the holographic polishes... *_*

Things I used! :)

I like them. :) The Golden Rose holographic polishes are very beautiful, and though the holographic effect isn't very special, I was surprised by the quality of them! The polishes dried quite fast and were super glossy even without the top coat. They were also easy to put on, and made very sleek surface on my nails. And the polish stayed on very well without chipping, I had these nails for a week, still no cracks! Yey!
So I put 3 coats of holographic polishes first and then made the pink "splashes" with my neon pink Sinful Colors -polish. Then just added the tiny sequins and round rhinestones. I love the rhinestones, I think they're very cute! They look like pink water drops or bubbles or something... I'd love to do some kind of marine-themed manicure with blue-drop-rhinestones! :D
Then I did also my toe nails:

I saw this design in some nail blog, I just can't remember where! But the point is that this is not my own idea.
So I polished my nails with my white Rimmel polish and gefore the polish dried, I did that "lace" using dry-marble -technique. I think they turned out quite well. :)

My toes are quite crappy, I know... :P Winter makes my skin very dry! :(

That's it. :) Btw, I have a picture of my blingy-polish removal -operation...

LOL xD

Removing blingy polishes is painfully hard, but that foil-technique makes it much easier! :)
That's all this time! But I have to share two very random pics with you in the end...

Do I have too much free-time? xD
Then the same in Finnish:

Äänestysaikaa on jäljellä vielä 19 tuntia, mutta laitan nyt tähän postaukseen tiivistelmän...
Lakkasin siis kynnet Golden Rosen hologrammilakoilla, ja yllätyin positiivisesti niiden hyvästä laadusta! Lakka levittyi hyvin, kuivui melko nopeasti ja teki kynsiin todella tasaisen ja superkiiltävän pinnan jopa ilman päällyslakkaa. Laitoin 3 kerrosta hologrammilakkaa, ja sitten tein pinkit kuviot Sinful Colorsin neonpinkillä lakalla. Päälle laitoin vielä minipaljetteja ja pyöreitä strasseja, jotka kiinnitin kynsiliimalla. 
Varpaankynsiin tein mustavalkoisen "pitsikuvion" kuivamarmorointi tekniikalla, tämän idean löysin eräästä kynsiblogista, jonka nimeä en nyt millään saa mieleeni... Siellä oli myös tutoriali näihin, postaan tänne linkin blogiin heti kun löydän kyseisen postauksen. :) Käytin Rimmelin valkoista lakkaa "London Clouds" ja Kissin mustaa nail art -lakkaa kuvioihin.
Lopussa on vielä kuva edellisten blingikynsien poistamisoperaatiosta, kyllä tuo folio on kätevä keksintö! Säästyy paljon aikaa ja vaivaa. :P

Tämän tyylisiä tiivistyksiä on siis luvassa jatkossakin, toivottavasti tykkäätte! ^^

Prom nails!

Okay, the prom is over and since the abiturients (is that even a word in English? The translator said the correct word would be candidate for the matriculation examination... :D) are gone, we 2nd graders are the oldest in our high school now! Wohoo! xD That's what we were celebrating on thursday and especially yesterday! ;) Thursday we had the official prom, two shows for parents, and the Friday was our day, u know? ;) We did everything fun stuff at the school, like walking around in our dresses and we also kept one lesson for the 1st graders... Not a real lesson though, we made them do fun stuff like rap the national anthem and so on. xD It was really fun, everyone had great time. We also danced one show on Friday, for other students and teachers. :) And Friday night we had the after-party for all the 2nd graders and dancers, and that honestly was an awesome party! Everyone were having fun and dancing all night. I wish we had parties like that more often! :D
Okay that had nothing to do with nails, but I just wanted to share that with you! ^^ The 2nd graders prom is a  huge event in Finland, everyone has beautiful dresses and hair and make-up, and of course I had to do my nails! I wanted them to match my dress:

With my dress ;)

Quite simple, but I think they're pretty. :)
Hey I'd like to share a pic of my prom hair also:

I loved it! I had to sleep with that hair, so I had my hair like that for three days... :'D But can you believe me, it stayed like that the whole time! :D It was quite challenging to wash all the hair spray off. :P
That was all this time, I'm going to the 2nd graders cruise on Monday, so next I'll do party-nails for that! ;) Ah, I love this! ^^

Contest nails

Okay, apparently it is allowed to publish the contest nails before the winner is released... My mistake, I´m sorry you had to wait this long! There were two themes in the competition, Coloursplash and Black on white. I did both of them. 
First the Black on white -manicure:

I used my white Rimmel polish, London clouds, as the base and then I put on some lace stickers. The L O V E -letters are made with black rhinestones, I glued them on one by one. There´s a little rose in the middle of O... :) The Sweet Love -text on my thumb is made with black nail art polish, free-hand.
Then the Coloursplash:

I used five different polishes, the green Claire´s -polish, Sinful Colors Fusion neon, H&M Blue My Mind, Models Own Lemon Merinque and OPI atomic orange. Then I added the tiny sequins one by one, and then glued on the colorful rhinestones (also one by one).
So what do you think? :) I put so much time and effort to both of them, I really hope everyone likes them! ^^ These aren´t the same pictures I sent to the competition, I did little collages for that. ;)

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~