Pinky Tips

I'm still trying out the polishes from my last swap pack sent by Miss Jones and I must say I keep getting positive impressions! After Fashion Addict the polish I picked was Viva La Diva West Palm Beach, a lovely pale baby pink creme. Have you heard of Viva La Diva brand? Well I haven't, that's why I wanted to try it : )

What surprised me, was the dense formula. Usually for such shades we are morally prepared for a runny mess, but this was not the case. 2 coats, TC is recommended for evening out and extragloss.

Actually this might be a sister of American Apparel Coney Island...gotta compare them!

And then my sight fell on french tips stripes lying in my manicure box since high school or so. "No good" - was my thought, gotta use them! Here's the result: 

Tips are painted with OPI Dim Sum Plum and then I added clear rhinestones. Looks girlish/childish and stuff, but afterall I'm not that old to wear such manis : ) There are no limits for students! Yep.

Funky French

Today I'm showing the mani I did right before the trip: I needed it to last long, to be more or less elegant, and to suit well both for the normal clothes and for the party outfit (it's Carnaval in Germany afterall) - so I chose to do a french. Afterwards I realized that I'm a bit bored with classical white tips and moreover I had a black tip painter that I haven't tried yet. So here's the result:

(Used products: Essence black and silver tip painters, noname sheer polish, light blue rhinestones)

Free hand painting is something that I'm far from being perfect in, but still I think I've managed quite well. At some point I was afraid that my nails are too yellow for such a mani, but it turned out to be not that bad. I really wish it will last for all these days that I'm on the trip :)

Einfach so.

(ja, ich weiss, sie sind ganz häßlich gelb verfärbt)

Von Kindheit an hab ich meine Nägel nie gekaut - Gott sei dank - auch jetzt pflege ich sie unermeßlich. Also, jetzt habe ich eine Chance mit ihnen zu prahlen, und das wird ich auch ab und zu hier im LJ machen :)