Jelly pond

Hello, my dears!

How you've been, this beautiful autumn? I can't believe september is almost over, I've been so busy with work that I barely did anything interesting. I have a cute tag prepared that will hopefully be up next week, until then let's have a look at today's manicure.

Not so perfect dotticure

Hello polished friends!

Today is a special day! It's the 200th post on my blog! Yeey! Although I should've reached this number a while ago, I'm happy to be here now :) And even though my manicures don't always turn up as I want them to, I will still try. Because this is my creative outlet and a way to "blow off some steam" and I will keep doing it as long as it is a pleasure, no matter what others think...because I do have my fair share of not so approving comments that were said along the way.

Cute stamping combo

Hello my polished friends! 

[EN] - I'm excited about today's manicure, it's so summery and pretty! Yeah, modest me, but actually I cannot take credit for it, because all the merits go to the Moyou London Pro XL Collection, plate 14 (see review here). All I did was pick the colors :)

[Ro] - Buna fetelor! Azi sunt incantata sa va prezint o manichiura super draguta si de vara. Da, modesta de mine, insa nu pot sa-mi asum meritele, deoarece nu as fi putut-o realiza fara placuta cu numarul 14 din colectia Pro XL Collection, Moyou London (puteti vedea un review aici)

For Audrey

Hello!

[EN] - Ladies, I got my hands on my very first China Glaze! Though it shouldn't be that big of a deal, but they're hard to find in my city so yeah, I'm excited to own one. It is such a nice shade, it belongs to my favorite range of color. I think it's also perfect for summer.

[Ro] - Dragele mele, am pus mana pe prima mea oja China Glaze! Nu stiu cum e pe la voi, dar stiti ca sunt o raritate prin magazine sau poate chiar inexistente, asa ca sunt tare bucuroasa ca am avut ocazia sa incerc una. E o nuanta tare draguta, una dintre preferatele mele. Cred ca e perfecta pentru vara.

Cupcake frosting

Hello!

[EN] - My lovely girls, today I have for you a crazy cute shade of pink. It's from Rimmel London and it's called Ring a ring o'roses (weird name). I have to confess something, I don't really like how it goes with my skin tone, I like to look at it (that's one of the reasons I bought it) but I don't like it on my nails in particular. By the way, do you know a way to find out if you have a warm skin tone or a cold one?

[Ro] - Fete dragi, azi va prezint o nuanta adorabila de roz. E de la Rimmel London si se numeste Ring a ring o'roses (un nume ciudatel). Trebuie sa va marturisesc insa ca nu prea se potriveste cu subtonul pielii mele, cel putin asa mi se pare. Imi place cum arata in sticluta (acesta e unul din motivele pentru care am luat-o) dar nu ma incanta prea tare pe unghiile mele. Apropo, stiti cumva vreo metoda prin care se poate afla daca pielea are un subton cald sau rece?

Born Pretty Store Review - Color blocking stamping

Hello ladies!

[EN] - As promised in my previous post (Alaska), today I'm going to show you something "warmer". I was going to say color blocking but I don't think it fits that category. With that in mind can anyone tell me what this trend really is? I think my magenta should have been stronger for this to be called color blocking, right?

[Ro] - Fetelor, m-am hotarat sa scriu din nou si in romana. Dar ca sa nu ma simt ca si un robotel care traduce mot-a-mot o sa scriu asa cum imi vine. Sa trecem la treaba, va spuneam in postarea anterioara ca azi o sa va arat ceva mai "calduros". Voiam sa spun color blocking dar nu cred ca se incadreaza in trend. De fapt, ati putea sa-mi spuneti ce inseamna mai exact color blocking? Cred ca ticlamul meu trebuia sa fie mai puternic si sa acopere mai mult spatiu ca sa intre in categorie, nu?

Alaska (Dotticure)

Hello girls!

Everyone is talking about summer, sunny days, hot hues on your nails or clothes and here's me with a manicure that kinda shouts winter...ups!  Or we could look at it as a delicate manicure, not like heavy snowfall. I quite like the end result, I was not expecting to look this good. But hey maybe it's just me! :)

Throwback - My favorite nail art and the most productive period

Hello ladies!

Last week I took part in a challenge and it reminded me of my glorious days :)) I was most productive when I was participating at no more than 3 challenges at a time. I was quite the busy bee and I loved it! But having to come up with some many designs and having to stick to a timeline it took a tool on me eventually. By the time the university started I felt like I needed a break and so I quietly stepped out of the challenges world. And almost two years later here I am ^_^

Holiday Season - Rudolf the red nosed reindeer

Hey girls!

I'm reaaaally excited about today's nails!  Love how pretty they've turned out. I had fun making this nail art and now, I want to share it with you (^^).

Read on for the details...

Farmec review - Muddy boots and knitted sweaters

Hey girls!

On Sunday, this blog turned 1! Yes, one! Already! And I didn't even had the time to do something special :(. I had in mind a few changes but I guess it'll have to wait and maybe they'll be on my resolutions list for 2014. We'll see how my vacation goes but hopefully it'll happen sooner! I for one, can't wait! But enough of that I don't want to spoil the surprise ^^

I know some of you have been following my blog for a while, so thank you for all your support and visits. They're much appreciated! And since I haven't properly introduced myself, here's a clue to how I look like. Just if you're curious! ^^ I for one like to know a little bit about the people behind the blogs I'm reading. In this regard, an about me section is planned to appear in the near future.

Jelly sandwich nails - first attempt

Hello ladies!

Today's post is special! I've descovered a new technique to me; I don't know how to call it properly but a jelly sandwich. I've stumbled upon it yesterday over at Adventures In Acetone and I was thrilled. She has made a super easy and explicative tutorial so make sure to pay her a visit. I think it was fate to found this exactly now when I had no idea what to do for yesterday's Mish Mash Challenge theme - blue and when I realised that the only jelly nail polish I have is blue I knew what I had to do ^^

Postarea de azi e una specială! Am descoperit o tehnică nouă mie; nu știu exact cum s-o numesc altfel decât sandviș gelatinos. Am descoperit-o ieri, pe blogul Adventures In Acetone și am fost super încântată.

TTC#6 - When stripes turn into tribal...

Hello lovely ladies!

I hope your Monday went smoothly! (if that is ever possible ^^) We're off to another week and it'll get crowded over here, I intend to show you at least four manicures. The first one is from the Techniques Challenge with a striped theme. I haven't done a tribal design in ages so this was the perfect opportunity!

Sper că ați avut o zi de luni ușoară! (dacă e posibil așa ceva ^^) Începem o nouă săptămână și va fi puțină aglomerație aici pe blog, îmi propun să vă arăt cel puțin patru manichiuri. Prima este din cadrul Provocării Tehnicilor  cu o temă dungată. Nu am făcut un model tribal de multă vreme, așa că aceasta o fost ocazia perfectă!

TTC#4 - Rivers of candy canes

Hi there lovelies!

I know, it's Monday and we have a new week ahead of us so let's take it easy! Today is the Techniques Challenge's turn and we have water marble - a beloved technique I didn't have the chance to practice very often. As a result the designs aren't identical, I think that's the hardest thing with this one, but they turned out pretty after all. It was actually the first time I've done it on someone else, my friend I. pitched in to help me. With all the challenges I'm in it's very helpful and less stressful for my nails if I do the designs on someone else's nails ^^

Știu că e Luni și avem o nouă săptămână în fata noastră, așa că, să o luăm usurel! Azi i-a venit rândul Provocării Tehnicilor și avem pictură pe apă - o tehnică preferată dar neexersată îndeajuns. Drept urmare modelele nu sunt identice, acesta fiind cel mai dificil aspect la tehnica de astăzi, dar cu toate acestea, au ieșit drăguț.

T.P.A ~ Oh wow!

Hello girls!

Today is a big day! We start a new challenge - The Polish Addict Challenge. It's the most interesting collaboration I've attended so far and I hope I'll be able to do all the themes ^^ So lets begin! the first theme is Pop Art...well ladies, this is the first time I've stumbled over such a theme and boy did it gave me a hard time. I'm not familiar with this current (I think I was to young when it was popular or I wasn't even born) but after googling it I came accross a ton of inspiration.

Azi e o zi importantă! Începem o nouă colaborare - The Polish Addict Challenge. E cea mai interesantă provocare la care am participat până acum și sper doar să fiu în stare să fac toate temele ^^

TNCC - Delicate France

Hey girls!

Happy Friday everyone! As I was saying yesterday on my Facebook page (make sure you LIKE it so you can keep up with my posts ^^) starting from now on I'll be joining The Nail Challenge Collaborative's monthly themes, where we have to create four different manicures at each theme, spreaded throughout the month; fun, right? So this month's theme is Around the world - I for one always avoided this theme in different challenges, until now! when I decided I should give it a try.

O vinere minunată vă doresc!

TTC#1 - Silly flowers

Hello ladies!

It seems like I'm drowning in challenges :)) there are so many going on right now and I really do want to keep up but I'm afraid I'll fail miserably, so here's to hoping!

So first of all don't freak out at this design it's ancient old but it was suitable for today's theme from another new challenge - The Techniques Challenge created by NailGlaze. We will be posting every Monday ^^

Polish Days - Galaxy of rainbows

Hello world!

Today's manicure is one of my favourites so far. I wanted to try something different than the usual galaxy nails -which are in a darker tone- and at first I had no hopes for it 'cause nothing good seemed to came out but in the end I can declare myself satisfied by the result - which is colorful and cheery-

Now, here's what Hannah tells us about this month's theme:

One Minty Tribal Print (or about a dozen)

Hello ladies!

Hope you're all doing well and I really hope you haven't forgot about me ^^ This has been the longest break so far on my blog and I wish it would be the only one but you never know. I truly intend to keep posting as often as I can and I hope you will still be here with me.

So back to my nails - I must tell you the truth - the reason behind my absence is that I broke not one, but four nails!!!

Different Shades of Blue Challenge - Ruffian (First attempt)

Hello ladies!

It's time for a new manicure from the Different Shades of Blue Challenge. I hope you aren't getting tired of so much blue but think that it's for a good cause i.e. autism awareness. So todays theme is blue ruffian and I was very excited about it because I have never tried this design before on my nails and I was quite curious how it would look because of the shape of my nails (which is not that straight).

It's quite easy to achieve this look you first have to paint your nails white then place the french strips near the cuticules, then add the blue and you're done.

Different Shades of Blue Challenge - Joined opposites

Hello ladies!

As promised today I have for you another manicure from the Different Shades of Blue Challenge. The theme is puzzle pieces and I have to admit that I'm not that good at geometric designs so I've kept it simple. I've split the nails in two then added the dots and that's it. Simple right? And let me tell you the effect is awesome. I love it!

The design does look better in real life I don't know why :)) Anyways I'll try to post tomorrow some pictures in natural light (if I don't smudge them in my sleep ^^)