Pineapples nailart!!!

Omdat het festival seizoen er weer aan zit te komen en we overal leuke printjes met vrolijke kleurtjes zien, wilde ik dit keer die kant op met mijn nagels. Een trend die ik heel erg leuk vind om te zien is de ananas-trend. Je ziet ze terug in accessoires en shirtjes en ja, dan moet ik ze natuurlijk ook op mijn nagels!

Because the festival season is very close and we see fancy prints and lots of colors everywhere, I wanted to express this not only in my clothing but also on my nails of course. A current trend which I really like is the pineapple-trend. We see it in accessories and clothing, so of course I needed them on my nails too!

Ik gebruikte een gele lak van Sephora als basis op mijn nagels. Om de ananasjes op mijn nagels te krijgen gebruikte ik Konad image plate m29 die allerlei tropische figuurtjes bevat zoals je hieronder kunt zien. Ik vulde deze plate met 2 kleuren. Voor het onderste gedeelte de bruine kleur The Only Chance! van Essence. Voor het groen op de ananas gebruikte ik Hugo Moss van Catrice. Let goed op dat je de kleuren niet verschuift wanneer je de overbodige nagellak eraf schraapt, en stempelen maar!

I used a yellow polish from Sephora as a base. For the pineapple image I used my Konad image plate m29, which has a couple of tropical figures as you can see below. I filled the figure with two colors. For the lower part I used the brown color The Only Chance from Essence. For the top of the pineapple I used Hugo Moss from Catrice. Make sure that you do not mix up the colors when scraping the excess polish off, and stamp it on!

Jammer dat de foto's zo onduidelijk zijn. Wat vind jij van de ananas trend?
Too bad the pictures are out of focus. What do you think about the pineapple trend?

Touch of gold

Voor deze week was ik niet heel creatief met mijn nagels. Ik wilde het graag simpel houden en een lekker roze kleurtje gebruiken als basis. Ik vond gouden stickers die ik normaal gebruik voor scrapbooking en bedacht daar iets leuks mee.

This week I admit that I was not that creative with my nailart. I wanted to keep it simple and use a nice bright pink color as a basis. I also found some golden stickers which I normally use for scrapbooking and came up with this. 

De kleur die ik hier gebruikte is Status Symbol van Essie. En ja, de randjes van mijn nagels zijn erg droog.
The pink color I used here is Status Symbol from Essie. And yes I know, the edges of my fingers are really dry.

Pastel gradiënt nailart

For this week I wanted to create a nice pastel gradient nailart. I always love gradient nailarts, because they are so beautiful and look like you have put a lot of effort in it, while in fact it is very easy to make if you know how to do it. Don't know how to make this?? Then keep on reading...

Final result

Close up

First I find it a lot more easy to gradient my nails when I first put on 2 coats of white (OPI Alpine snow). This is a good base and the colors will look much better. Then take any kind of sponge, I used a make-up appliance sponge with a flat surface. Than put a stripe of every color you want to use right next to each other like I did in the picture below. 

For this look I used Chanel 551 Coco blue, Essie Mint candy apple and Essie We're in it together. Gently stamp the sponge on your nail and move it up and down a little bit as you stamp. This way the colors will blend together nicely. If the colors are not as bright as you wish, then let it dry for a minute and stamp on the colors again. 

When the nail polish has just dried, apply a topcoat. When you do this immediately after the colors have dried but are still a bit sticky, they will blend in even more. After the top coat is all dry I thought it would be nice to add some glitter on top of it (Catrice Have an ice day). Don't forget to clean up the edges of your fingers. Good luck!

Close up end result

Do you like gradient nails? Have you ever tried it?

Neon nailart

Every once in a week I paint my nails and for this week I wanted to create something special and something that really catches your eye and with neon you cannot go wrong. The neon yellow is even brighter in real life than on this picture. I got my inspiration on Instagram (where you can follow me at miilou7 ).

Nailart of the week

My inspiration from instagram

Want to know how to make this? For this nailart I first applied two white coats from OPI alpine snow because the yellow color is not really pigmented. The yellow nailpolish I bought in a store in Rhodos, Greece. Then I applied a wide line of white again and then a thinner line of black. On top of this black stroke I painted a white zigzag line with a small brush. I dotted blue (H&M) and pink (Catrice meet me at coral island) dots next to the black line and also some pink dots on the black open spaces. And finally I dotted some really tiny dots on the pink ones and in the black open spaces.

 

I think I did a pretty good job in copying this bright nailart, what do you think?