Checkers with Untamed Luxery

Hey everyone! The other day I was wearing oh-so-pretty Untamed Luxery. Though it still looked perfect, my fingers were already itching to change my mani the next day, (what can I say, I'm an NP-addict...), but not before I'd played with it. So I made an Erika inspired checkered mani, which I haven't done a long time, using China Glaze Millenium. And I must say I like the combo :) My boyfriend, however, keeps saying this look is way too Middle Ages, that the checkers make it look like a knight's shield... Thanks, dude! Oh, what does he know about nailpolish?! But man, Middle Ages would be SO jealous of my glittery shields! Mwuahaha...

Black and White tape mani

Black and white, a classic color combination that never bores me.
I had the idea for this tape pattern for a while. With my first attempt to create the mani, the tape strips were too big so it resulted in the Bluesy checkers mani, while it should have been the Bluesy STRIPES mani, you see. So now you're looking at my second attempt, in a black and white combo. But I'll put this mani under the label 'Checkers' as well, 'cause to some people it probably still looks like checkers, lol.

Polishes I used are Essence Stamp Me! White and a nameless black creme. The matte topcoat is also Essence's.

Are you a fan of black and white as well? Good night!

Bluesy checkers

Hello readers! I really wanted to show you this gorgeous blue foil from Hema, a Dutch department store. It's such a beautiful polish and I've never seen anything like it. Even though the color is perfect one its own, I couldn't stick to just one color. So I taped it and added China Glaze Calypso Blue. Calypso Blue is a very dark navy, I love the color but unfortunately it stains very bad which keeps me from using it as often as I would like to. But since I already used another polish underneath, it will be fine.

There isn't much else to say about this mani, I'll just let the picture do the talking :)

Extravagant checkers

Another checkered mani inspired by Erika from Chloe's Nails! I just can't get enough of them, I still have so many color/finish combinations I want to try out.

For this mani I used two lovely polishes: OPI's Extravagance and a Hello Kitty polish from H&M named Kitty Queen. I placed a close-up of the Hello Kitty polish so you can see the cute bottle and that pretty silver shimmer, look at it! It makes the pink so shiny :)

What are your thoughts on this pink mani?

Colorful checkers

Hello readers, I've been using a lot of dark colors lately, so I really felt like doing something lighter and happier now that spring is about to arrive. So here's a checkered mani, inspired by the talented Erika from Chloe's Nails, with eight different colors on a white base. The white I used is my absolute favorite so far, it's Stamp me! White from Essence. Because it's made for stamping, it's so pigmented! And the fast drying process is a big plus, but that's also why you have to apply it very quickly or you'll end up with brush strokes. But if you can apply it rapidly but neat, you can easily get away with one coat only. I did two.

I love the final result, it's so colorful and great for Easter. But I actually came up with this look accidentally, I'd planned on doing each nail the same, using two or three layering colors, but as I was doing my pinky I realized that I really needed some color. So now you're looking at the solution to that :)

Thank you for your time!

From left to right:
Hema - #81
Essence - Lime Up!
Essence - The World's Coolest
Miss Sporty - #140
Color Club - Uptown Girl
Hema - #82
Rimmel - #058 Lemon Drop
Hema -  no name

Checkers with Gossip Column

Good morning! Today a petrol checkered mani, which I used the gorgeous Gossip Column from Color Club for. I'm a sucker for everything blue, green and especially in between. (I know, that rhymes, lol.) The dark silver foil is from Hema, a local store. And I know everybody's looking forward to spring and this look is more suitable for those dark and cold winter days, but such a beautiful petrol should be seen every season of the year! Good day.

Strawberry Clover checkered mani

Hello there! First I want to say that I got the idea for a checkered mani from the talented Erika. She's done many beautiful checkered manis on her blog and everytime I saw pictures of them I couldn't stop staring, so now I've finally made my own!

The colors I used are both from China Glaze, that's Strawberry Fields and Four Leaf Clover. I just love the funky combo of bright pink and turquoise :) Also the gold shimmer in Strawberry Fields gives the whole a bit more depth. The checkers are made by placing strips of tape on the base color (in this case the pink), after that I applied Four Leaf Clover and then topped it with a coat of Seche Vite.

I really like the look and it's quite easy to achieve, so you might expect more of them in the future ;)