Sailor water decal nail art with Nicole Diary

Today I have a fresh review to share with you! Nicole Diary contacted me recently and has let me try out some of their water decals. First out is this summery set of sailor inspired water decals called 39. :)

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The decals come in one paper with a set of 10, When looking at the pattern it is possible to see cut lines for the scissor to simplify the size you need. My nails are both wide and long and I had no problem fitting my nails to it. I cut out the pieces and removed the protective plastic (this is important, if you forget, the decal will glue itself to the plastic and end up useless) and let it become fully wet by the water. I used a small plate and had less then 0,5 cm of water in it, after I pick the pieces up with a tweezer and placed them on my fully dry pre-painted nails. Since these water decals are clear I decided to use white as a base. The decals are possible to rearrange some after placement and also possible to stretch a bit and even out the pattern on the nail (as my nails are curved I need to make sure the pattern sits flat allover). It was easy to remove the pieces outside on my cuticle with acetone and a q-tip. After the decals had dried I put on top coat. I've previously had problem with Seche Vite smudging my water decals but these didn't seem to have problem with this.. As an accent here I used some Essence stickers I got on sale when I lived in Germany. 

Now picture spam, hope you'll like! :)

Right after placement, before cleanup.

Polishes used:
Ztiz (white)
Nicole Diary water decal - 39
Essence sticker pack

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

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.***

NCC presents - Hollow metal studs and geometrical nail art in black and silver

Time for my 3rd Nail Challenge Collaborative nail art this month with the theme Punk & rock. Again I went for the more rock like manicure. Here I also was able to use the cool Hollowed nail art decorations from Born Pretty Store which I've been given to review. More info below but basically I really liked them. :)

Polishes and materials used:
P2 - Black Glitter
Essence - City Girls Rules!
Nordic Cap -NP12
BornPrettyStore Hollow studs: item id: 25153 Link here.

Here you see a closeup, the wheel come in a variety of shapes and both in gold and silver. They where surprisingly easy to attach to the nails with only top coat and lasted really well.

Here is my discount code: NGL91

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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.***

Zig zag / chevron tape nail art in gray and yellow

A fun challenge I'm joining and hosting is When Colours Collide. It is a bi-weekly color nail art challenge, the last weeks had the theme gray/grey and yellow.

And since I got a zig zag / chevron tape to review from Born Pretty Store I thought it would be an excellent idea to combine it with a yellow base, using the tape to create a masked pattern with gray on top. I also decided to make a black glitter gradient.

Polishes used:
L.A Girl - Uninhibited
Essence - Love Is In The Air
Essence - Rock My World
Chevron Nail Striping Tape Colorful Nail Art Tape Line Stickers Lines

The zig zag tape came in a big roll and I like the look of the tape. It has, as you can see, side walls which allow you to either remove the sides or the middle depending on the effect you like (Here I removed the sides). I used a tweezer and a scissor to simplify while doing this. :) I can really recommend this product. :)

Hey, don't forget my Born Pretty Store 105 discount code; NGL91

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

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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