Hello lovelies,

Today's post is very special because it's a Secret Santa edition of Paint All The Nails nail art challenge! Usually we vote on a theme and then do nail art inspired by the theme or technique but because this month is special, that's not what's happening. The point of this challenge is to recreate a nail art from randomly drawn blogger who also joined this challenge. I will be doing manicure inspired by ......Christine from Serenity Nails, a talented Australian blogger! Christine is a great swatcher and she ventures into nail art pretty often too!

Christine has done a review of Dance Legend Aquarelle polishes and she's done quite a few ledlighting designs with them. I got inspired by one of the geometric stamped design (then last one in the review). I didn't have the exact design so I improvised and also added two accent nails. Here's my manicure:

I really liked all the different designs Christine did with purple and blue Aquarelle shades and this was my attempt inspired by her creations. I didn't have the exact stamping plate and patterns so my manicure isn't exactly the same but I hope she won't mind. I've used the Uber Chic plate 2-01 for both stamped images. I stamped with Hit the Bottle As Black As Night, really good black stamping polish and the white pattern is stamped with Essence polish. Then I filled the geometric patterns in with Dance Legend Sisley and OPI Purple Perspective. Lastly, I sealed the nails with Seche Vite topcoat.

So that was my nails inspire by Christine from Serenity Nails :) Don't forget to check out Christine's blog or Facebook and Instagram and to find out whose manicures were other participating bloggers recreating, click on the manicures below in the link-up.

Have a lovely day! Lucie x

Hello lovelies,

Whilst I'm preparing some bigger post for you, I want to share with you this older nail art manicure I did on my rounded nails at the time.

I have been playing with SpaRitual Autumn polishes from the Pause collection, namely Artisan and Modern Craftsman. I've decided to create stamping decals and a chic geometric design.

I have applied two coats of Artisan and then I had to create the decals. I have stamped the geometric pattern on a stamper and filled some parts with small brush and Modern Craftsman. Then I topcoated the decal and once it was dry I peeled it off and applied to the wet nail. The gold polish I've used for stamping is Hit The Bottle To have and to Gold, the stamping plate Pueen 103 from the 24M - Make Your Day set and stamper and scraper from B. Loves Plates.

Where to buy:

Sparitual: SpaRitual UK / SpaRitual US

Hit The Bottle: US & Canada, UK, Australia

Pueen stamping set: Pueen US

B. Loves Plates products: B. Loves Plates website

This manicure is from about a month and a half ago when I freshly filed nails on one of my hands into round shape...so don't worry, I didn't change my nail shape completely ;) What do you think about the manicure?

Have a lovely day! Lucie

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