Galactic Ice Queen...

Happy New Year's Eve Everyone!

Today I would like to show you some quick nail art that I created using two of the Incoco designs from the Merry & Bright collection which I showed you yesterday. This manicure was inspired by Work / Play / Polish. I fell in love with her cup up triangles manicure using these two shades and just had to try it out for myself...

Incoco Merry & Bright Winter Collection...

Today I would like to show you three shades from the Incoco Merry & Bright Winter collection. The collection contains 12 Holiday designs and 11 New Year's Eve ready shades. I showed you three of the Holiday designs a little bit ago so now I present you a few glittery beauties from the New Year's Eve selection. Worn either alone or in combination they would be perfect to ring in the New Year...

Snow woman...

I wanted to show you some nail art that I created while swatching the Elf-tastic Christmas collection by 365 Days of Color. I thought it would be fun to play off the snowflake glitter embedded in this beautiful gray polish by adding a few stamped snowflakes. Of course once there was snow, a snow woman decided that she would fit right in with her bright red hat, scarf and buttons...

365 Days of Color: Elf-tastic Christmas Collection

Hi Everyone! Today I would like to show you the Ef-tastic Christmas Collection by 365 Days of Color. This fun collection features three radiant glitters and one gorgeous holographic beauty. Although created with the Holidays in mind, I think most of them can be worn any time of the year...

Guest Post for Lacquertude

Hi Everyone! Today my nails are making a guest appearance for Kate on her blog Lacquertude. I thought it would be fun to create a wintery scene for Kate to share with her readers while she is enjoying her Holiday break. I liked this manicure so much that I wore it for most of my Winter break a few weeks ago and I hope you'll enjoy it as well. For all the juicy details and lots more photos head over to Lacquertude...

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

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Happy Ho Ho Holodays!

Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates!

I have been having too much fun playing with nail studs lately and although I had something entirely different planned for today, this happened at the last minute and I love how it turned out. Truly I think often the best manicures are the spontaneous, unplanned ones...

In My Santa Suit...

It doesn't happen often, but I was itching for a new manicure and at the same time I didn't want to part with the previous one, so I compromised... with myself. Yup! I'm pretty sure that's allowed/possible/not crazy at all. In any case, I changed most of the manicure while leaving my favorite ornament as an accent nail. I really like how this turned out and think that having the ornament as an accent nail makes it pop even more...

Tutorial: Stamped Ornaments

As promised, I've got a tutorial for you on how I stamped my ornaments which were featured in my manicure this morning. This tutorial assumes that you are familiar with stamping and does not attempt to explain the details involved in that process...

Supplies:

• Various nail studs
• Polish for painting the studs
• Polish for stamping + desired stamping plate

Steps:

My Favorite Ornament

December seems to be flying by at rocket speed and I'm realizing that I don't have much time to execute a lot of the ideas that have been floating in my head. This is one such idea that I'm happy to have found the time to create. It was in one way or another inspired by a number of talented ladies, so I thank Beaching Nails for the idea of using nail studs for ornaments, Drama Queen Nails for the idea that studs can be painted with polish and Eeek! Nail Polish! for the idea of stamping onto rhinestones. Sheesh! Feels like I'm making some sort of acceptance speech here, but truly I learn so much from seeing everyone's manicures that even though my manicure doesn't resemble theirs, I did get the idea from their beautiful art. And now without further adieu, my ornament manicure...

Incoco Holiday Cutouts...

I showed you some of the Incoco Holiday nail wraps yesterday and promised to show you a manicure that I created with a few leftover wraps. I combined two of the nail wrap designs for a simple, but fun look using an inexpensive little punch...

Press Release: Nicole by OPI Carrie Underwood Collection

Color Me Carrie!

Nicole by OPI Announces Partnership with Country Superstar Carrie Underwood for 2014

Nicole by OPI launches 14 new nail lacquers inspired by award-winning recording artist Carrie Underwood. This collection features a colorful mosaic of hues in a variety of finishes, including pink, red and coral crèmes; chunky and textured glitters in gold, silver and white; and rich eggplant and khaki green shades.

Incoco Winter Collection - Holiday 2013

This Winter, Incoco released a two part collection named Merry & Bright featuring 12 Holiday designs and 11 New Year's Eve perfect sparkly shades. There are lots of fun patterns and glittery shades to choose from. Today I would like to show you three of the Holiday designs...

Press Release: Nails HQ Magazine

Hi Everyone! I would like to share with you some exciting news about the new interactive Nails HQ Magazine now available on iTunes. This premier issue is packed with beautiful nail art and wonderful nail care articles...

OPI Mariah Carey Holiday Collection - Liquid Sand

Today I would like to show you the Liquid Sand shades which are part of the OPI Mariah Carey Holiday collection. These beauties pack quite a bit of sparkle which is just perfect for the Holiday season. Who am I kidding, sparkle such as this is welcome any time of year...

Time Well Spent...

Hi Everyone! I mentioned yesterday that I took last week off to get a bit of rest. I actually only painted my nails once during that time and I have to admit it was quite refreshing. I was only slightly tempted to catch up on swatching, but I resisted the urge. Instead, I spent time with family and friends. I even did a few manicures for my friends who visited. They each picked out the polishes and stamping images for their manicures.

My apologies in advance for the poor photo quality, but these were rushed and I must confess that I'm not very good at taking photos of other people's hands. Colors are not absolutely accurate.

piCture pOlish Collab-Fest 2013

Hi Everyone! I have been getting some much needed R&R over the past week and I return today with a very special post for piCture pOlish Collab-Fest. This end of the year celebration aims to show off all the amazing shades created by piCture pOlish in collaboration with bloggers. Each blogger will create a manicure featuring their own shade to share with you. I'm super excited to get an excuse to show you my collaboration shade, Sea Jewel, again and bring to life the manicure which has been floating around in my head for a while now...

A Transformation...

Last week I showed you a sheer little El Corazon Poly-Chrome beauty. As a rule of thumb I like to try the sheer shimmery shades over a black base and this was no exception. The beautiful brassy color that resulted did not disappoint. Accented with a bit of stamping, it was transformed from a delicate beauty last week to something much more bold today...

MoYou Stamping Plates

Today I would like to show you the MoYou London stamping plates that I recently added to my stamping plate collection. MoYou London (not to be confused with MoYou Nails) has taken the stamping world by storm. They feature some of the most unique designs I have seen and have quite an extensive assortment of themes and patterns. If that wasn't enough, new plates are released weekly to keep tempting us even more. If you follow me on Instagram than you may have already seen my excited post about this epic nail mail from MoYou London. Although only about 1/3 of these plates are mine (I purchased together with a couple of friends), I just had to show this awesomeness to you. Keep reading for a closer view of the 13 plates that I got...

El Corazon Floral...

Today I would like to show you a manicure with one of the El Corazon beauties that I received for review. It made the perfect base for some delicate stamped flowers. I love how this looks as though someone just doodled on my nails...

Press Release: Nicole by OPI Top Coats & Treatments for 2014 + Holiday Contest

Pampered and Polished!

Nicole by OPI announces four new Top Coats & Treatments for 2014 – essentials for a perfect at-home manicure. Developed and inspired by OPI’s in-salon favorites, the line includes Oil to Go; 3-in-1 Base, Top Coat & Strengthener; Quick Dry Top Coat; and Matte Top Coat.

Press Release: Zoya Naturel Collection

Sometimes less can be so much more...

The natural nail only better... The Zoya Nail Polish Naturel collection masters delicate tone on tone color with six new, full-coverage (opaque) neutral nudes with a pink undertone, that can be worn beautifully alone or stunningly together to create modern tonal accents.  The Look: It’s not about matching - it’s about coordinating colors with slight tonal differences to create interest.

Kaleidoscope Stamping...

This weekend I got an amazing package from El Corazon filled with beautiful polishes all the way from Russia. I cannot wait to show you all of the pretties that were sent to me. One of the polishes in the package was this purple Mirror metallic shade from the Kaleidoscope brand. I knew it would stamp perfectly and I was so excited to try it out that I stamped right over the manicure I already had on...

Sunday Stamping: Between Jelly Layers...

I decided to take part in today's Sunday Stamping challenge for Adventures in Stamping. The challenge for this week is to sandwich stamping in between layers of jelly polish. It sounded like a fun technique to try to give some depth to the manicure. This is actually my second attempt at this manicure. My first attempt was ruined by using a jelly that wasn't sheer enough. Turns out I don't have very many sheer jellies because I never felt I had a need for them. Now I'm on a quest to find more because this was messy but fun...