Ruffian Manicure with Cirque - Hellebore

My first ruffian mani! The delicate green glitter polish you see is Cirque - Hellebore, another creation from Annie that blows my mind. ♥ I chose Parlez-vous OPI from OPI as the base colour because I think it matches well with the subtle purple sparkles in Hellebore. The formula of Hellebore was nice and thin, so it was easy to make these ruffian nails. I used two coats of both polishes. 

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*Cirque - Hellebore was sent to me for reviewing purposes.

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a england - Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty)

A new collection from a england always makes my heart beat a little faster. Irresistible shades that apply like butter? Yes, please! I'm wearing Briar Rose at the moment, a cranberry coloured polish with an almost velvety look and a beautiful prismatic effect. I LOVE this polish! For me, Briar Rose's definitely backup material. The formula was a dream, I used two coats.

Briar Rose is part of the Burne-Jones Dream collection and available now. Please visit the a england website to find out where to get this and all other a england beauties.

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Blue Green Ombre Nails with Shimmer Polish - Brooklyn

I'm wearing a lovely ombre manicure at the moment. I chose to use blue green colours and combined them with Brooklyn, a gorgeous Shimmer Polish. There's a lot going on in Brooklyn, but the predominant colour is blue green. I'm wearing three easy coats on my thumb nails and dabbed a little amount at the base of the rest of my nails. I can totally recommend the Shimmer Polish creations, they apply well, have great wear time and are obviously super blingy!

Shimmer Polish is available at Cindy's Etsy shop for $12 a bottle. 

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products used
pinky: Essence - That's What I Mint!
ring finger: China Glaze - For Audrey
middle finger: a england - Galahad
index finger: p2 - Dangerous
thumb: Shimmer Polish - Brooklyn 

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Cirque - Cypress

Oh, can you believe how pretty this one is? The weather is nice and sunny here in the Netherlands so I'm enjoying the prismatic shades that where waiting to shine in sunlight. Today I'm showing you Cypress from Cirque. The formula of Cypress was on the thin side, but it applied nicely in three coats. My inspiration for the accent nail was Jane's taped circus nail art. The brown coloured base I used is Becca's Brown from Models Own. I also added a little round stud from Born Pretty Store.

This looks glorious in sunlight. ♥

Cypress is part of Cirque's Objet d'Art collection and is available on the Cirque website.

The stud comes in a wheel from Born Pretty Store, you can find it here.

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Squared: Cake & Nails

A new cake inspired nails post, finally! This square shaped cake was for my brother's 28th birthday two weeks ago. (His name is Job and jarige job is a Dutch term for birthday boy.)

I painted most of my nails red with China Glaze - Poinsettia (not colour accurate) and I used My Boyfriend Scales Walls from OPI on the accent nail. As you can see there's no crossword puzzle on my nails, a simple raster design (plate BM-315) turned out to be difficult enough. Black stamping on white is not forgiving, but studs are perfect for hiding little mistakes. ;) Oh, and I'm wearing black french tips for the first time, LOVE them.

The square studs are from Born Pretty Store, you can find them here. They come in a wheel together with a variety of studs ($4.89).

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Blue Green Gradient with Penélope Luz - Confetti

Hi there! I'm still alive and not going anywhere. If only the eczema on my fingers would disappear... I'm sick of it. The mani I'm showing you today is not one of my favourites, but it sure is bright and cheery! I started with applying an untried: OPI - Did It On 'Em. The formula was disappointing, three coats were needed for a streak-free result. On top of that, it's a very unflattering shade on me. I decided to do a gradient, with a england - Galahad, because gradients have the power to make everything better. I finished with one coat of Penélope Luz - Confetti.

Looks like Confetti is a Floam dupe, awesome!

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Love Lapis

Today I'm showing you Lapis from Cirque. Blue, glittery and stun-ning! I'm so glad I have a blog where I can share epic nail polishes. Lapis is definitely epic. ♥ It was easy to apply, I'm wearing two coats (on most nails) over two coats of Gosh - Blue Balloon. I added the glittery and silver (China Glaze - Millennium) triangles by using striping tape. As the finishing touch I also added small square studs from Born Pretty Store. I'll be using those studs a lot, love them. 

Lapis is part of Cirque's Objet d'Art collection and is available on the Cirque website.

The studs are from Born Pretty Store, you can find them here.

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*Cirque - Lapis and the studs were sent to me for reviewing purposes.

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