Tutorial: Icicles nails

It's been a long time ago since I did a tutorial so here's a short one. I'm going to show you how to create simple icicles.

Let's get started!
1. Choose a blue nail polish as your base colour.

2. Take a silver nail polish which is opaque enough and polish your tips with it. Do it with your free hand cause it doesn't matter at all if you do it uneven. I polished my tips unevenly on purpose.

3. Gently draw the spikes. Remember to do this slowly! The spikes might become too large and wide because you go too fast. I just used the brush of the silver swatch and used a smaller brush to make the edges sharper. Of course you can choose to use the small brush to create the whole spikes but that will take some more time.

Done! I didn't create too much icicles because I don't want busy nails :p

Items used:
Wynie - Shimmery blue (from the market at The Hague)
Essence - #80 Icy princess
Small brush

Your new best friend: Pursenal

Whenever I'm going to a restaurant with my friends I actually don't know where to place my bag. I usually put it on a chair next to me, if there is. Cause putting it on the table or on my lap is kind of annoying -___- If there's no chair I have to do it with the ground.. which is not so clean. I recently got a new bag and I don't want it to get dirty!! ò___ó

Hi! Her name is Pursenal and she might be your new best friend! She will always be by your side as she is easy to take with. Yes, she is foldable. And the best of her is.. She can carry your bag whenever you don't know where to leave it! Simply place her on the side of a table and let her carry your bag. She doesn't like your bag to get dirty or even to get stolen! Your bag will stay clean and it will keep others from your bag since it's always in your sight.

I started a mini company with nine classmates in order of a school project. And this is our product we're selling! It's pretty, isn't it? I bought a Pursenal for myself already and it's really useful. Never have to put my bag on the dirty ground ever again.

Do you want Pursenal to be your next best friend and are you living in The Netherlands? Leave a comment with your email address so I can contact you or directly send a message to manli.tang93@gmail.com. You can choose the Pursenal in three colours: yellow, pink and purple. They all have a flower in it as well. Price? It's only 7 Euros ^___^

Oh, this might be a gift tip for your other friends too! A nice valentines day gift for your beloved (female) ones!

Review: Dolly eye - Natural 3 tones blue lenses

Taken with flash

Uniqso is a popular webshop with a wide range of circle lenses. They also sell mascara, eyelashes and liquid eye liners to create a complete big eye look. But other than items for big eyes they also sell nail polish ♥ Lovely! I also like how organized their website is. The circle lenses are categorized by colour, brand, power and price. So you have choice enough to decide how you want to look up a certain circle lens or other product.

DOLLY EYE - NATURAL 3 TONES BLUE

Brand: EOS

Water content: 42%

Diameter: 14mm

Base curve: 8.6mm

Replacement period: 12 months

I got these pretty blue circle lenses sponsored by Uniqso! Their service is great and I love how fast they replied to my emails every time. Sometimes it almost felt like a chat conversation. Yes, it was that fast!

I received the package within two weeks after shipping and the circle lenses were safely packed in this super cute box. And I didn't got one lens case but two! A pink and blue one. So nice! I used the blue lens case for my blue lenses of course :D

Also taken with flash

Natural light

Colour and design ★★★★★
I love the colour and design! I like how the blue shade is not too obvious because I usually want to go for a natural look. The lenses look like light blue but when I have them in they appear darker. Sometimes it's even hard to see it's blue. It might appear more like grey. But I like this way much better than a light blue colour which appears totally unnatural on me. Despite the fact it's blue it merges pretty well with my natural colour because of the yellow/green-ish area in the middle.

Comfort ★★★★☆
The comfort is okay. It doesn't hurt or anything but I feel my eyes get tired easily whenever I'm wearing the lenses.

Enlargement ★★☆☆☆
Since the diameter is only 14mm the lenses don't make my eyes appear very large. But because my eyes are pretty small I'm totally fine with it. I do feel like my eyes appear a little bit bigger but it seems other people can't notice at all. A friend of mine didn't even notice that I was wearing circle lenses until I told her so. She then said it's only a little bit noticable hahah.

Overall ★★★★☆
I love these lenses in every aspect expect for the comfort because my eyes get tired easily. I'm in love with the colour and design because it doesn't appear too outstanding and unnatural. The enlargement is limited but for me it's perfectly fine. I don't recommend these lenses if you really want big big eyes and clear blue eyes.

A big thank you for Uniqso for sponsoring these lenses and check our their site! ♥ Feel free to use the code MT10 to enjoy 10% discount on your order, in case you're going to order from them.

Magnetic zebra traces

I am loving my animal print stamping plate by Essence! I used the stampy polish (by Essence too) which I always use for stamping purposes. The formula is extra thick so the prints are very clear. This nail polish is also inexpensive so if you don't know what nail polish to use for stamps.. Essence recommended!

What polish do you use for stamps?

Items used:
Essence nail art magnetics - #03 Magic wand!
Essence nail art stampy polish - #001 Stamp me! White
Essence animal print stamping plate

Sparkling lace champagne

Had this design in my mind for a few weeks already and now it finally turned into reality. I want to try this out with pink shades too. What do you think?

Do you have any nail design requests or anything else? :D Because I'm slowly running out of ideas!

Items used:
Essence crackling base coat - #01 Sparkling champagner
Gosh - #003 Groovy grey (special edition)
Born Pretty store's white lace stickers HL210
Essence glitter top coat
Tape