Black and yellow Scottish plaid nail art skittelette

Hi, today I have a review with the Ladyqueen plaid water decal's. I received a sheet of paper which can be cut in any shape wanted, but if cutting according to my nails I could get 10 pieces, however I decided to make a skittelette nail art to make it more interesting. I painted my nails yellow to have a similar base as the water decals.

I first cut the rectangle shape of my nails and then rounded the edges to better fit my nails and to have less to remove. I used a little plate with water (the water height was like 5 mm), just enough to cover the paper. Important is to first remove the plastic before putting them in water, otherwise it might tattoo it self to the plastic..Then I used a tweezer to pick them up. The decal was easy to place since I could move them around and slide them into position. The water decals where quite sheer so it was really good I had a suiting base. After I let them dry from the water and later applied top coat. My pointer, which was my first finger looked great but when I applied tc to my others they smudge some, despite me being very careful. I will have to look into methods to avoid that in the future, advices are welcome. :)

Except for water decals I did black glitter gradients and also did 3 black texture nails. I felt it was unusual for me to make so contrasting nails to a manicure but somehow I liked it.

Now pics:

Polishes used (forgot to photograph the polishes)
Essence - Love Is In The Air
L.A. Girl - Uninhibited
P2 - Black Sand
Lady Queen Plaid Water decals with item ID: #NA0184 (more colors available)

Here you see the size of the paper and the color of polish I choose for my base. The paper was enough for 10 nails on the width. Length wise my nails could have been way longer.

Here you see how I cut them and you can also see them sliding off the paper. Here you can also somewhat see the sheerness of them, a neutral fresh base would be preferred. :)

Feel free to use my 15% discount code: GHLC15 :)

***Some products in this post have been provided for review, however it has not changed my opinion about them.***

Gold and teal nail art with metallic gold temporary tatto's

Hi everybody! Today I'm showing last color theme for @whencolourscollide, gold and teal and this is what I come up with. I did a teal gradient in two teal nuances and embellished this with some gold tattoos LadyQueen has given to me for review a while back.

I knew from the start that I wanted to combine the tattoos on both my nails and hands for a cool nail art look and it worked really good for both. I cut the tattoo in pieces and put it in a plate with enough water to cover them up, after 30-60 sec (when I saw that it was all wet) I used a tweezer to pick em' up. I will show my nails both with and without top coat here, with tc it wrinkled the gold slightly but not in a bad way and the durability has been great, 5 days (and now I just want change anyhow). On my hands/fingers the durability was as expected way less, as I've seen before on the hands it last for about a day, so it's more for special occasions on the hands. A good thing (which surprised me) is that it wears off in a nice way. It is NOT as the kids tattoos I used when I was a child which got dirty/blackish when they got old. The gold tattos first got slightly less gold colored, and got more of a silver tone and then just discretely started to wear off. I'm happy with this product and I'm already planning more looks with it, especially for summer with sightly more tanned hands. :)

Here you see the pieces I cut out and put in water. Also some comparison pics of without and with top coat on. Without tc it looks really smooth and with tc is looks slightly wrinkled but also way more metallic.

I used:
Depend - ?
Cladia - 611, swatch found HERE
Lady Queen - 1 Sheet Black Silver Gold Temporary Metallic Waterproof Feather Arrow Jewelry Necklace Flash Tattoo Sticker

Here is my 15% discount code: GHLC15

***Some products in this post have been provided for review, however it has not changed my opinion about them.***

NCC presents: Purple and black gear stamping

Hi, I got the opputunity to try on the HEHE011 plate from LadyQueen and here is my review about it. :)

This is my 3rd time trying out a hehe plate and again I'm really happy with it. The pattern is sharp and simple to pick up. There is one part of the design which requires that you don't scrape it too hard. The HEE011 has different types o gears on it and I can't wait to try it more times. :)

This design is also intended as my 4th purple for the Nail Challenge Collaborative for January.

Polishes used:
YES LOVE - 
Moyou special nail polish - black
Gear Nail Art Stamp Template Image Plate hehe011

***Some products in this post have been provided for review, however it has not changed my opinion about them.*** 

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Houndstooth negative space in b&w with skull charm

So, just a half month wrong, but here is my 4th negative space for the Nail Challenge Collaborative. Houndstooth, geometrical black and white with some dripping and black opaque rhinestones, here combined with a lovely Lady Queen 3D skull decoration. The 3D nail art decoration comes in a 2pack and is made of plastic, it is quite big so I think longer nails are preferred. The back is flat so I suggest that you use nail glue to attach it. :) Despite some small stamping smudge I'm super happy how this came out. :) Hope you like it!

Polishes used:
Essence - White On White
Nordic Cap - NP12
R de L Young - Black
Black rhinestone wheel
Konad M63
My skull 3D decorations: http://www.ladyqueen.com/2pcs-lovely-pentagram-heart-flower-bowknot-resin-jewelry-3d-nail-art-decoration-nail-sticker-na0601.html 

***Some products in this post have been provided for review (press samples), however it has not changed my opinion about them.***

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Don't forget my 15% off code: GHLC15 at ladyqueen.com :)

NCC presents: Blue monochromatic holo stamping

Hi people, today I have a special post (sadly delayed and therefore NCC has been delayed). 

I was contacted by LadyQueen a few months back and I will review some samples from their site. What first caught my attention was the stamping plates which is from the brand HEHE. If you check the site out and find something you like you can use my 15% discount code: GHLC15

The image plate I decided for is Flower Leafs Nail Art Stamp Template Image Plate hehe006,  which has 4 images with thin and crisp lines which are easy to pick up. I can really see a whole bunch of fun designs to create with the help of this image plate in the future.

I started with a blue base and stamped a blue holo on top to create a subtle monochromatic design suiting for The Nail Challenge Collaborative Monochromatic #4. This looked really stunning irl but sadly I'm a bit unhappy with the photos since it was quite dark while I took my photos and they turned out slight out of focus (which I saw after I had removed everything). So, what do you think? :D

Closeup of hehe006. I used the top right design for my mani this time. :) Here's the direct link to it:
Flower Leafs Nail Art Stamp Template Image Plate hehe006
but you can also visit the site LadyQueen and use my 15% discount code: GHLC15 for any of the products there. :)

Polishes used:
Color Club - Blue Heaven
Essence -
Flower Leafs Nail Art Stamp Template Image Plate hehe006

***Some products in this post have been provided for review, however it has not changed my opinion about them.*** 

 

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