What's on my nails today?

Hi everyone!


Yesterday tragedy struck... and I might even put that word in capitals: TRA-GE-DY! What happened, you ask? Let me tell you (make sure to have some tissues close by and maybe something strengthening, like chocolate).

I was happily sitting at my desk, working on something I can't even remember and I still don't know what I did exactly but my laptop slid off my desk. I tried to catch it and I managed to tear off both my thumbnails beyond the free edge while rescuing said piece of hardware from death by gravity <Chopin's Funeral March starts to play> After I recovered from the shock and assessed the damage it was clear there was no way to save my poor nails so I filed away the sharp bits that were sticking out and was left with two ultra nubs that were still covered in the polish of the manicure I did earlier that day... and that I didn't take pictures of yet! I decided to take pictures of the remaining four fingers and leave my thumb out of the picture. You wouldn't want to see all the redness and band aids anyway, right? So this is the first of many manicures without a thumb:

indoors, no flash

Hi everyone!


While I was searching my stash for a pretty teal or turquoise, my eye fell on a dark, unused bottle of polish that was hiding in a corner. The moment I took it out and the light hit the concoction inside, all thoughts of teal left my brain and all I could do was wonder why I had neglected this beauty for so long! I'm talking about a-england In Robe and Crown, a gorgeous burgundy (or is it garnet... a dark red with brown undertones) with a-england's signature scattered holo. Combined with my much-loved Cirque Colors Hatch, this is what my nails looked like about half an hour after I discovered the hidden gem:

indoors, no flash

Hi everyone!


As I had an official business thing to go to on Monday, the pretty pinks had to be replaced with something that looked sort of professional, so of course I started at the latest possible moment and I've just now found the time to edit the pictures and write a quick post to show off my office friendly nails:

indoors, no flash

Hi everyone!


It's the last Friday of the month so it's time for Friday Triad with Michelle and Juanita :) This time I got to pick the manicure we were going to create and I picked this beauty by Camille of Pshiiit.com...

And boy, did I regret that pick! I think I've done at least four versions of this manicure and I kept messing up the vinyls. Sure, I could have stamped a design but I bought vinyls and I really wanted to use them. So I fiddled and removed the tragic result, tried again and removed the pitiful result again, did it once more, made pictures of the base before trying to master those *censured* vinyls and... ended up removing the result again as I really didn't like it. At that point my supply of vinyls was running low, my cuticles looked like I'd been doing a month's worth of dishes without gloves, I was ready to start throwing stuff around and I was contemplating just posting the pictures of the base and be done with it. But that didn't feel right either (although I will post the base for my third attempt at the end of this post as I really like it ;) so I sat down, picked a happy color scheme, took a deep breath and this is what I ended up with:

indoors, no flash

Hi everyone!


As it's getting closer to Valentine's Day I thought it would be nice to do a quick manicure for the occasion. I picked out a cute pink polish, combined it with white and gray to keep it soft but not sickly sweet... and I think it worked out quite nicely. Want to take a look? Just keep reading :)

indoors, no flash

Hi everyone!


How are you all doing? I hope you're all nice and warm and bundled up if it's winter where you are or chilling by the pool if it's summer. Either way, I sure hope you're feeling better than I do as I'm still fighting a valiant battle against hordes of flu bugs that are still very much present. It's starting to look like I will be victorious but it sure is energy consuming... and of course a brave warrior has to look stylish so during the time I wasn't in a horizontal position, I did this:

indoors, no flash

Hi everyone!


What do you do when you've got the flu, have no energy whatsoever and feel like crawling back into bed and stay hidden there for at least two months but you don't really want to do that either? I decided to snuggle up on the couch with a large pot of tea (courtesy of the significant other in my life), some cookies (courtesy of the same person), a fluffy blanket and a stack of movies waiting to be watched... and a few bottles of polish and an assortment of nail care related utensils :)

I had to remove my manicure as I managed to get a crack in the nail on my right index finger and I wanted to try and repair it. It sort of kind of worked but I'm still not good at the teabag method so I'll probably file all my nails down to shorties when I get too annoyed by the patch job. Anyway, one movie and some relaxed fiddling later this is what my nails looked like:

indoors, no flash

Hi everyone!


A new feature on my blog (although we did do a trial run in November)... a manicure inspired by a design that was chosen by either Juanita of Sarcastic by Nature, Michelle of Ordinary Misfit or me that will be posted on all three blogs on the same day (last Friday of the month) and hopefully the same time. This month, for our official premiere, Juanita picked out Happy Dots by Madness Nails. Of course both ladies have awesome organizing skills so they probably have their post scheduled for ages already (and I think Michelle had this one finished the day after the link was mailed ;) But apparently I lack those genes so it's now Thursday evening, close to midnight and I've just finished cropping the pictures... I guess I better hurry as my alarm is set for 5:15AM... *shudders at the thought*

The original design just oozes summertime to me and the contrast to what I feel when I stick my nose outside the door couldn't be bigger. It's freezing over here, literally! So I decided to go with a more wintery color palette and chose all blue creme polishes to create this:

indoors, no flash

Hi everyone!


Last week my father in law turned 65 and there was a big party to celebrate that event. Of course most if not all hubby's aunts and uncles would attend so I decided to be a good girl and not wear some crazy, eye blinding (frown inducing) design but go for something more elegant. As it happened I recently fell in love with these nails by blackqueennailsdesign so I dug through my stash to find colors that would sort of match the ones Ana used and sat down for some play time. I couldn't be happier with the result!

indoors, no flash