TNCC: Neons week #3 Jerseylicious

The whole neon + animal print + black details trend mostly set by the Jersey shore girls was never to my liking - even thou I am obsessed with all the Jersey reality shows :)
Then I got China glaze Bump & grind which I ordered for the name and the awesome texture effect. So I decided to make a Jersey dedicated nails :) Time to pile on all the stuff I don't like :)

The base is China glaze Bump & grind, over it I added Essence crack me!black. Only on the accent finger I free handed some leopard spots with Constance Corrall Ebony and Barry M Silver foil. Then I free handed the zebra stripes on all the others with the same Barry M.

I kind off like how it turned out :) Something Snookie would wear I bet :)

Before the zebra stripes

Before the zebra stripes

Before the art 

Well I admit sometimes neons are fun. Do you ever buy some polish just for the name?

xoxo

gin

TTPNC: June - Red, Pink and Purple

My rule for this challenge is if I like 2 of 3 colors I will participate. I like red and purple but I can't stand pink. So I choose S-he stylezone no. 155 which is the only pink I can stand since it's a very muted holo. For purple I choose my recent Israeli swap Chic I will break your heart. And as red I used Kleancolor Neon Fuschia which is one of my all time favorite reds.

For this look I used the red as base and made the purple stamp and then stamped everything the same with the holo polish so it gave a special shimmer :) The stamp I used is QA59 the same on all the fingers.

Here are my choices for this month

xoxo
gin

Sailor moon challenge: Sailor Saturn/Sailor Pluto

These two outer Senshi are my favorite - but this mani is my least favorite so far ... story of my life :)
So there is not much to say :)

I did the things I like the best about them - their jewelry and their weapons - yeah I like chicks with weapons :) So my pinkie and index have Sailor Plutos earrings and key weapon. The inside nails have Sailor Saturns spiked brooch and weapon.

For the look I used:
Catrice - Vino tinto, Dance in goin, Hugo moss
Essence - Stamp me!white, Do you speak love?
Color club - Worth the risque, LA Girl - Animate
for the stamp I used LO01

Here are the lovely ladies - Saturn in the fornt, Pluto in the back *random fan art on google*

xoxo
gin

Nail mail

Recently I was so blessed with all the fabulous ladies in my life. I live in Europe where we get a lot of USA nail polish brands but the prices are crazy. But brands like Essence, Catrice and Depend are really cheap here so these are the polishes I send in the world and this is what I got in return :)

Thank you again lovely ladies *I LOVE YOU ALL* :)


My Australian swaps from the lovely ladies at Cats-n-nails and NailgunXS

Here are the pretties from my Israel swap - I had to show you this awesome bottle with Hebrew letters, they make this polishes even cooler and more special to me :) They were send to me from the nice lady at Just for fun :)

And here are my USA swaps :)

This is my uber mega swap with the majestic Katee at A girl and her polish :)

Thank you all :*

xoxo
gin

Haul post

I haven't done this post in a while. Haul posts are one of my favorite posts on other blogs - but in real life I can't relay afford much so I have a rule: buy only Limited edition polishes in local stores and get everything else in swaps :) So this is my haul post that I have been gathering over 3 months. Today I am posting my actual purchases and soon I will make a nail mail post ... I am relay lucky to have so many fabulous ladies in my swapping life that I don't need to buy myself much :) I LOVE YOU DOLLS :)

So here are my Limited edition polishes I got:
Catrice:  (Hip trip) Nude and rude
              (Matchpoint) Rockby
              (Glamazona) Jungle treasure, Dirty Liana *damn I love the name*
And I struck gold and found Essence LE Gothic girl *the perfect dark holo with the perfect name* :)

 Here are some of my eBay buys (all Asian brands)
Innisfree - White Christmas
Modi - Sparkling mix (all shards yay)
Modi - Surprise party (all square glitter yay)
Modi - First snow (all white matte shards yay)

Here are some random purchases and gifts from friends:
Yes love
Color club - Worth the risque
Avon - Mambo melon
LA Girl - (scented) Sparkling peach

Here is a close up of the Yes love Polish - how awesome is the bottle? :)

I ordered the pack of brushes from the Born pretty store

 And here are my Essence LE hair dyes - two are hair mascaras and one is a hair powder so get ready for some hair pictures in the future *is it weird that I am more excited about these then the polishes*

And more non polish stuff - I just can't resist a good menthol gloss from Essence Ticket to paradise, a compact mirror from Essence Girls on tour and a *my favorite color* cute square baggy from Catrice Matchpoint

So what do you like better in this haul? Polish or all the other stuff?

xoxo

gin

7 deadly sins challenge Recap

It's over *sad face* ... I had a lot of fun with this challenge so here is just a recap of what I did. And thank to all the ladies that organised and participated :)

My favorites are Wrath, Pride and Lust - funny the ones I am most guilty of :)
Which ones are your favorite?

Wrath

Greed

Envy

Pride

Lust

Sloth

Gluttony

Here are the instruction

xoxo
gin

P.S.:Don't forget to sin :)

TNCC: Neons week #2

Waaaa *Snookie sound* still neons - damn ... So I did this look with my favorite polish as a base to cheer me up while still being in this challenge. It is my attempt at a classy mani :)

So for this look I used Essence Electric blue as base - the accent nail is the new H & M Blue. The stamps are made with Essence stamp me! white and QA24/QA56. Hope you like it :)

xoxo
gin