Blue Festive Manicure

Christmas is over but holidays keep going because New Year is coming! That keeps my mind in festive mood. And I don't know why, but every time doing winter holiday manicures, I want to use glitters (am I the only one? :D )

I don't know will I keep it up till New Year or do something else on my nails, but this manicure definitely is pretty and simple for every day and bright enough for partying.

OOTD: Christmas Party

In my previous post I showed manicure, that I made to suit my Christmas party's outfit. And here is the outfit.

Snowflake Manicure

Doing manicure that would looks best with my outfit for Christmas party, I used dark blue nail polish, and to make it look more festive and wintery, I draw some snowflakes. And this is how it turned out:

Recipe - Last Minute Christmas Pudding

When I lived in UK I got that possibility to try Christmas pudding and I loved it. Now I live in Germany, so I can't get it in store. I got an idea to make it and started looking through recipes, they looked pretty easy but I didn't like the steaming part. I was just about to give up the idea, when I fond recipe where Christmas pudding was cooked in microwave. Later I found that there are a bunch of recipes like that, so I looked through ingredients needed and what I have got at home and made THIS:

Homemade Gingerbread Recipe

I always thought that making gingerbreads is very complicated and long process. Because in old cooking books that had my grandma there were loads of ingredients and steps. But I wanted to make them by myself so I looked up in the  internet for simple gingerbread recipe and found many easy recipes.

Snowy manicure

It is winter, December has started but here in the south of Germany where I live now is no snow and probably won't be. But thinking about Christmas, I always imagine snowy views. So inspiration for this manicure was snow.

And here how it looks like, on one nail (for color pop) I draw a pink lines making pattern like candy swirl..

Marché de Noël de Strasbourg 29.nov.2014 [Photo Diary]

Last Friday in Strasbourg (France) started Christmas Markets that will keep on going until end of December. 

On Saturday I had this opportunity to go there and see it live. Everything is incredibly beautiful and festive. 

Christmas Manicure

Today is the first Sunday od Advent, so countdown till Christmas has started. 

For this reason I made very Christmasy manicure.

The bow I made in three coats of PerfectPink (first draw shape, second and third - add dimension)

Outfit Of The Day

I don't know what it is about dark clothes, but I love and hate them at same time. Love because they are practical, elegant, easier to match but they can look so depressing. So I can say - I love and hate this outfit. 

I am wearing:

lace blouse (bought it long time ago, can't remember exacly where)

treggings - Pimkie

boots - LaStrada

trench coat - ebay

white scarf

Cranberry Muffins - Recipe

Cranberries - one of my winter cravings. As I haven't baked cupcakes and muffins for a long time, I got an idea to bake ones with cranberries. 

The recipe is super easy and quick to do and muffins are very delicious!

Silent night! Holy night!

Christmas is comming! Ok, I know it is only November, but time to time radio plays some Christmas carols and everywhere you can feel more and more Christmas atmosphere. 

And as an inspiration for this manicure become Christmas carol "Silent Night" which I heard few days ago. Manicure is dark, calm and festive at same time. 

Autumn in Mahlberg (Germany) [Photo Diary]

So good to have a chill Sunday after busy week. The weather was pretty nice to go out for a walk and here are some beautiful views from my walk. 

Outfit Of The Day

I have this pretty dress for a few years now and usualy I wear it with heals (like in photo below). But this time I worn it for more casual outfit.

Outfit for night out.

This is old photo, but I decided to put it on.

I am wearing:

Mini dress with lace sleeves (I bought it from one online shop, but you can find it on Ebay)

Heels - New Look

Outfit Of The Day

And I am back with one more outfit with day and night version.

I am wearing:

white top with print

jersey jacket - Lane Crawford

leggings - NUTSHELL 

boots - Ariane from Deichmann

Dark Purple

Recently I visited DM store. I was looking at new products and, when I saw that P2 has new colors in their Color Victim range, I just fell in love with this gorgeous purple color called - that's it!
Purple is one of my favorite colors and this dark purple is perfect color for autumn. Here's how it looks on my nails.

Blue Pedicure

Well this is something rare to me because I usualy don't paint my toes dark or super bright, I just prefere more neutral toned pedicure.. But you know - time to time need to do a change. So I painted my toes dark blue. 

As usualy an my thumnail I made a pattern - white (actualy pearly) stripes. In some angles they looks white and in other - pearly (has soft purple shine, unfortunately can't see in photo).

Apple Rolls

This was a long weekend for me (had a friday off) so I had a loads of free time and I decided to bake something yummy. 

Matte French

French manicure is one of mine all time favorite. I like to play with it by adding/changing some details to make it unique every time I do it. This time I kept it basic, but topped with matte top coat. The final result looks even softer and more feminine (imho).

Outfit Of The Day (day to night)

And again outfit with day and night option. This time OOTD's colour scheme - black and dark blue. 

Day option:
jacket - H&M
scarf - bought it a wihle ago and don't remember where
dress - made by me (recycled old dress)
leggings - Primark
ankle boots - Ariane (Deichmann)
bag and watch - eBay

Quick Tip For Matte Nails

Few days ago, while switching TV channels I get to one TV show, there talked about some beauty tips and tricks. 

So I found out how to do matte finish nails without using matte nail polish or top coat. Maybe some of you already know this, but for those who don't - I'm sharing this tip.

All you'll need are regular nail polish and hot water or to be more precise - hot steam.

1. Apply first coat of nail polish and let it dry

Outfit Of The Day (day to night)

This time I have outfit with day and night option. 

I am wearing (day):

light rose dress (eBay)

black blazer (H&M)

dark grey leggings (Primark)

boots (Deichmann)

bag (Primark)

Dotted Pedicure

And again one relatively simple pedicure. This time I went for dots because for a while I haven't done them on my toes. 

So, here is the final result:

Outfit Of The Day

I am wearing:

black mini dress (bought it online a while ago)

light blue cardigan (Primark)

black balet pumps (NewYorker)

black tights

small bag (Primark)

Matching manicure & pedicure

This time I decided to do my manicure and pedicure matching. In the beginning planned to keep them plain, but later change my mind and made some accents with nail stickers.

So here is the final result:

Blue Matte Nails

My obsession with matte continues :D this time blue manicure

Drawing

Yesterday I got sick of computer and stuff. I had that feeling - I need to do something better than wasting my time on the internet. So I decided to draw something and there was a while since I drew last time.. 

I took notebook, pen and pencil. At firs couldn't decide what to draw, tried flowers, pets but that wasn't that, so I looked on some pictures on my phone and finaly drew this:

Romantic Pedicure

Today I was in a romantic mood and when I was thinking about how to paint my toenails, I just knew it must be soft and girly. So I painted my toenails sparkly pink and on thumbnails painted small heart.  I think that the final result looks kinda glamorous, girly and romantic. 

Striped Pedicure

I like to have soft, delicate pedicure and since I tried matte top coat on my toenails I fell in love with matte pedicure. This time I have pink matte nails with white stripes. Oh, I just love how they look :)

Bright Summer Outfit

This is bright and sunny outfit for hot summer day. I am showing it in two ways (day & night). 

I am wearing dress/top and denim short, so I can feel comfortably and enjoy my summer. And as you can see on photos, shorts are barely visible. 

In days version I wear flat sandals, sunglasses and swimsuit (ready to go to the beach:) ).  

Hair Accessory - Bw | Hair-styling Ideas

This time I'll show some ways to accessorize different hairstyles with a bow.

Light Photography

On the Internet are loads of fantastic light photography photos. I really get excited to try it by myself and here are some photos from my shoot. Not too bad for the first time.. 

Definitely need to try again later :)

DIY vase

Here's a vase of coffee jar become a great gift for mom. 

(Sorry for the poor image quality, photo was taken ages ago with bad camera)

How I made it..

I glued glass jar with eggshells and then painted with white paint, following this master class - http://www.artfrank.ru/recipes/208 (NOTE: master class is in Russian, but you may get an idea from pictures.)

Next - covered vase with blue sparkles, but as you can see not completely. Made some kind of transition. 

Beads are collected on a thin wire and in the junction is attached button and decorative twig (I also glued some sparkles on button to make it look more organic).

Jewelry Box "Peacock"

This jewelry box I made as a birthday gift for a best friend.