Winter Holiday Challenge: Day 3- Festival of Lights

Happy Hanukkah!!!

Today's post is dedicated to all my Jewish followers. This  post is specially for you guyz. 

This is day 3 for the Winter Holiday Challenge and the theme is "Festival of Lights". 

For those who doesn't  know much about the Hanukkah like me, its a eight day long Jewish Holiday which is also know as Festival  of Lights. This year its been celebrating during December8 to December16th.

As, i said i dont know much about the festival so initially i thought to go with a Christmas light manicure but then wikipedia come to rescue and told me more about the festival and related elements.

Finally i created this:

 I prepared a yellow orange gradient base using acrylic colors.

On my index finger,I painted the Star of David which is the symbol of the Jewish faith and people(also called Shield of David). 

On my middle finger i made a Menorah which is typically speaking a nine-branched candelabrum lit during the eight-day holiday of Hanukkah. 

On my ring finger i draw a dreidel which is a four sided spinning top played during Hanukkah.Each side of the dreidel bears a letter of the Hebrew alphabet, which together form the acronym "a great miracle happened there".

 And that's pretty much what all i understood and i hope i have not disappointed you. 

Please do check what other girls come up with and also do comment.

 xx

dimpal

Darling Diva Polish: Holiday 2012 Collection Swatches

Hello Chics, 

How you all doing. Holidays are almost here and  today I am gonna show you 3 of Darling Diva Polish's Holiday 2012 collection.

Beautiful, isn't it.. This is gonna be a picture heavy post :)

Carrie created this collection from being inspired by the movie "A Christmas Story". I am one of those people who haven't seen it yet but I am gonna see it tonight. This collection has 12 polishes. Some of the names are Electric Sex, Frah-zhee-lay, Sheer Poetry, A Christmas Story, Fa Ra Ra Ra Ra etc. :)

First of all Electric Sex. It is the one you really cant take your eyes off. Inspired by the Leg Lamp, this polish is a black jelly polish which have holographic gold hex and bars, small gold square glitters and tiny gold glitters.

 

I wore this polish on its own because i thought its too gorgeous to layered on. 3 decent coats are enough for full coverage. 

 

Next one is Triple Dog Dare.Now this is another beauty, it is a light blue/grey jelly with  pink-golden duo-chrome base and lots of large hex blue glitters, medium purple and aqua blue glitters. 

  In the above pictures i layered it over Barry m silver foil. i just now realized that i haven't took any picture to show duo-chrome base :(

This one above is over Barry M lilac foil. This polish simply reminds me of peacock feather :)

Glitters are easy to apply in the above pics i used 2 coats of Triple Dog Dare. 

And. the last one is Frah-Zhee-Lay. I got to see this movie, the names making me so curious :D

This polish is clear base glitter bomb with loads n loads of  tiny red and green glitters, small aqua green glitters, medium green glitters, large holographic hex and bar silver glitters.

In the above pics i layered it on a sheer green base. I used horizontal dab dab brush stroke for layering this polish and as you can see it made my nails look full of glitters in a single coat.However if you dont like so much glitters than you can layerthem normally like we apply our nail polish.

With black base, and this is the one i am currently wearing.This looks so Christmas-y to me. 

In the below picture i layered 2 coats of both of the polishes over white base.

 Now hopefully on this base you can see the beauty of both polishes.

 Triple Dog Dare showing its blue-ish jelly base.

Darling Diva Polishes costs between $8 -$12 for 15ml bottle and

ships international with very reasonable shipping rates.

You can buy these polishes on her Etsy Store and can contact her on Facebook Page. 

xx

dimpal

Winter Holiday Challenge: Day 2- Gingerbread Man and Candy Canes

Hello Lovelies,

 very quick post today. Today is day two and the theme is Gingerbread Man and Candy-canes, and i created:

 

 image plates used: HD08 and HD10

stamping polish: barry m mushroom(brown)and stragazer nail art pen red

i love gingerbread man the most.. he is cute :)

please do comment , i love reading your comments also i am considering to install comment luv again on the blog .. wht u say??

xx

dimpal

Winter Holiday Challenge: Day 1- Snowflakes and Snowfall

Hola, 

Starting from today i am participating is a new challenge. Winter Holiday Challenge have different themes based on winters, Hanukkah, Christmas and new year. I am so excited about this challenge and hoping you will all enjoy the posts. 

Today is day one and the theme is Snowflakes and Snowfall. Here's what i come up with: 

 

I decided to do a simple blue base with little white sponging. On my ring finger i used white flock powder to give a cute snow sheet effect(although i cldnt capture it perfectly, but it looking cool)

image plates used: Moyou image plate 15, HD 05, Cheeky's XXL image plate C(for the tree) and nailways weather plate for clouds and snow

Here's m anothr attempt to  capture snowsheet

Hope u guyz like this mani. Please do comment and check what other girls come up with below.

xx

Dimpal

NOTD: Halfmoon Gradient and a New Nail Challenge Alert

Hello Chics

December has started and I am loving the season, the cold, lazy mornings, Christmas markets and ofcourse shopping :D 

I am pack up with lots of nail art for the season but first of all today's manicure. I saw a half-moon gradient somewhere on the pinterest and liked it so much and decide to do one myself. You can also check all my manicure at my Pinterest Boards. Here's my attempt:

polishes used Models Own Grey Day and Barry M Bright Pink

i didnt like the half moon very much but i love the gradient.. it looks perfect

Here's another shot with flash

i simply love this combi.. 

Now starting from tomorrow i am doing a holiday nail art challenge, have a look :

It's twice a week challenge and the secret is I along with a dear friend Lorna created this challenge for CNT. Also let me know if you also want to  join the challenge.

After this challenge i am thinking to do another 31 days challenge in January to kick start new year with lots of new manis :)..  I am so excited ..

Please stay tuned and encourage me to do loadds of beautiful notds :)

xx

Dimpal

Review: ENAS- Easy Nail Art Stamp, A new way to Stamp

Hello Lovelies, 

Nail Stamping is fun to do but some time its not a joyride with all the headache of cleaning scrapper stamper every time, problem is picking up images etc etc.  So,today I am here with a new stamping style. 

Easy Nail Art Stamp is a new way of stamping your nails.  The set looks like: 

The set comes with a rubber stamper which has engraved design on it, 2 stamping polishes and a wooden popsicle stick.

The instruction to use the kit are mentioned on the back of the packaging.

How to use this set: 

this set is really very easy to use. The stamp has two sides, one is  metal base with corresponding design printed and other is rubber side which actually has engraved design to stamp(shown tight in below pic)

Instructions are simple:

1. apply your base color and let it dry completely. After that apply stamping polish over the image, you want to stamp with( marked as 1 in above picture).

2. Lightly dab the stamper 5-6  time on a piece of paper to get rid of excess polish on the stamper ( marked as 2 in above picture).  After that you can clean any unwanted polish remaining on the sides on stamp using the wooden stick.

3.Now press the stamp on your nail for few seconds. The stamp will transfer on your nail(marked as 3). 

4. Finally apply top coat.

Her's the final look:

 

 Above pics are with no top. Love the effect.

With top coat. 

This pink ENAS stamping  polish is perfect. I did try this over black base and stamped very well. You can create multicolor images in a single go using ENAS kit. I will write a post on that later.

Overall, I am happy with the kit and its uses. Perfect for beginners and for those who doesnt like normal stamping mess. These polishes and stampers are also available separately.

i have tried all the images on this stamper and they turned out great, however i am not sure of full nail stamps.

ENAS kit can be buy from here. 

You can also contact ENAS on Facebook. 

Please do share what you think about this or your experience. 

xx

Dimpal

(**this product was sent to me for review, but i am honest with my views about it.)

Swatch: Kawaii Nail Lacquer Br Ba

Hola Chics, 

How are you all. I went mia last week , Idont know what actually happened  but i was litlle busy in one or two things  bt anyway i am back :) 

Today, again spreading some indie love, I am, showing you Kawaii Nail Lacquer Br Ba. 

 Br Ba is a green base polish having medium white hex. Its a part of Breaking Bad collection. 

When i saw this polish i just know that i want it, maybe its simplicity of glitters or green white combination, there was something which attracted me and when i applied i felt i was right, this is gorgeous.

Here's 2 coats of Br Ba over green base. 

This polish is beautiful and can be wear on its own but i did small fishing for glitters and also arranged them a little on my nails.

Kawaii Polishes are all three free, and this one is for $6 which is quite reasonable.

They do ship international which is definately a plus international shipping charges are $6 for single product and $3 with other products.

You can check thier etsy store HERE. 

You can also contact them on Facebook.

xx

Dimpal

(this product is bought by myself. )