Djeep Series vol.17 !!!!

Hello, my lovelies....

It's been a while since my last #DjeepSeries post but now I'm finally ready with the design so let's see how claws are dressed today - 

 This is one of my most favorite lighters and it was quite a challenge to recreate it on my nails. Free hand work is always a pleasure for me but I think there should be more practice.... I've used acrylic paints to draw the knit pattern and the listed down bellow polishes to make the design complete.

Used - 

Dior Vernis 605 Amazonia

OPI What Wizardry Is This?

Revlon Smoky Canvas

acrylic paint and fine brush

All yours,

Red Frog

Abstract free hand nail design !!!!

Hello, my lovelies....

It's Monday morning and I can still feel the pillow under my head. The weekend is still holding me tight and I definitely won't mind to stay at home for couple more days.... Everything is ready for the new work week - Monday outfit/check, kid's Monday outfit/check, claws' Monday outfit/check.

What we have here - a nice bold color combo with free hand painted decoration. The colors look more fall appropriate but the warm feeling they bring makes them perfect for the freezing cold outside. 
Enjoy your Monday and stay warm....

Used - 

Gabrini N18

Perfect Gel Look Nail Polish 526

Medusa 148

Golden rose Express Dry 81

acrylic paint 

All yours,

Red Frog

Abstract nail art with Born Pretty Store !!!!

Hello, my lovelies....

I'm back from my vacation and the feeling is good - recharged and ready for new challenges. It's so nice to spend few relaxing days with your family especially when your mom and dad are around to make you feel the kid you used to be....  

Now when I'm back the nail art ideas are ready to get real.

My attempts in stamping got failed most of the times but I'll keep practicing and hope someday to feel a bit more confident than now. I've always felt more secure with my acrylic paints so playing with both acrylics and stamping plates is quite a thrill. Most of you probably know enough about reverse stamping but let me say few words about it. This is one of the easiest ways to create your own nail art decals using plate's pattern and adding few colors to make the design more interesting.

Few days ago I've received some new goodies from Born Pretty Store and BP-79 is one of them. The images are crisp and well defined. I've chosen the

Here you can find the stamping plate along with lots of interesting nail art stuff - 

http://www.bornprettystore.com/arabesque-butterfly-nail-stamp-template-image-plate-born-pretty-bp79-p-21810.html

There is a sale at the store right now so go and find your favorite nail art decorations!Born Pretty Store offers free worldwide shipping which is a great deal when it's up to saving few bucks. You can also use a coupon code - TM2X31!

Used - 

Born Pretty Store BP-79

acrylic paint

Essence The Gel Black is back

Essence The Gel Wild White Ways

All yours,

Red Frog

Decal accent and some red perfection !!!!

Hello, my lovelies....

It's Monday, couple of hours before the new working week to start and probably the perfect time to add some color to the early morning palette.

What we have today?

Japanese opera actress surrounded by classic red creme and some abstract patterns over yellow.

 A nice close up to see the awesome details of the decal - the gorgeous accessories of the japanese opera actress are a little piece of art.... I can even see her make up in details.... Just amazing.

Used - 

Essence The Gel Wild White Ways - the perfect white base

Flormar 321 - delicious red creme

S-he 121/303 - one of the most interesting yellow shades I've seen lately, the blue decoration gives more green-ish tone and the red one makes it warm and sunny. This baby looks like light spicy mustard in the bottle....

Born Pretty Store water decals, acrylic paint

All yours,

Red Frog

redruM Nails !!!!

Hello, my lovelies....

*Red Frog's kid has a nice camera

Hello again! As you've probably noticed today's post has pretty good photos inside. I was really impressed after I've seen them on my screen. Where did they come from? Few months ago was my daughter's birthday and her one and only wish was to have her own water resistant camera. So, me and her dad gave our best to find the perfect one. And here we are - my own camera was out of power so I've borrowed the kid's one. Guess what? Now I want my own new camera for pics even better than these here.... 

*no old cameras were killed or injured before or after this post*

Used - 

Catrice L’Afrique C’est Chic Collection C03 Sunny Side, 

China glaze Bump in the Night, 

Essence Nail art Stampy polish 002 stamp me! black,

Essence The Gel Nail Polish 02 Black is back, 

Essence The Gel Nail Polish Wild White Ways

Born Pretty Store BP-66 for the stamping

China glaze Merry Berry

red acrylic paint

All yours,

Red Frog

Nude Glam Skittlette !!!!

Hello, my lovelies....

Monday morning always gives a good start of the week if you manage things right. How it works for me? A big, strong cup of black coffee, few moments to stare at the waking sky and a lazy trip through the web and here I am - pretty awake and ready to kick Monday's bud off.

Everything comes together when I add a blog post to the ritual.

This week is starting with a gentle ordinary skittlette for the claws. Nothing new or special this time but sometimes simple things can do miracles to your mood. So, as I am in a mood for light creamy shades and some bling of course why not to dress those ten guys in something too familiar to need a description?

Happy Monday, people.....

Used - 

acrylic paint

Essence Nude Glam 06 Cookies&cream

Perfect Sand Lacquer S78

silver metal nail art studs

dotting tool, fine brush and all the things from the Monday morning ritual list

All yours,

Red Frog

Animal print, gritty finish and a Bling !!!!

Hello, my lovelies....

In this cold early winter morning the only thing I need is a fluffy blanket and a hot cup of coffee in my hands. Well, a good book will be a great idea to make the whole picture complete. After all it's Saturday, right!? Just few words here and I'll try to turn this into reality.

So, about the claws outfit - mixed patterns, finishes and colors that look more appropriate for a Friday night. They just scream 'Party!' Who knows what Saturday night can bring? 

Used - 

China glaze Bump in the Night

Manhattan Collection Pink Opening

Golden rose Jolly Jewels 102

All yours,

Red Frog

Tribal decoration over Essence My Sweet Escape !!!!

Hello, my lovelies....

Winter finally shout out here in Bulgaria and what a shout! It's a real arctic cold outside and looks perfect for wearing termal polish no matter how fast the claws are freezing. Well, the effect might be better if the termal polish has more dramatic color changing but if there's only one available termal polish in your stash you don't have many options. So, here we are with Essence Road trip 04 My sweet escape. This little buddy has fantastic nude shade that transfers into grey-ish beige when it's cold. The changing is pretty invisible on the photos which is sad because the transformation is really beautiful. 

I've made an extra decoration in kind of a tribal style with my dotting tool for the thumb and the pinkie. For the ring one I've used some acrylic paint for the triangles, made a gradient with make up sponge and finally add some bling with Sally Hansen Starcrossed. What a mess, ah? But at the end it just looks good.

Hope you will enjoy...

Used - 

Manhattan Birthday Colors Amazing Anniversary

Zoya Maria Luisa

Essence Road trip 04 My Sweet Escape

Gabrini N16

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure 854 Starcrossed

Born Pretty Store golden round studs

All yours,

Red Frog

Mixed nail decoration or Mix not Match !!!!

Hello, my lovelies....

Sometimes it just doesn't want to end right... You've picked the perfect color palette, you've choose the perfect stamping plate, you've find the perfect brush for the details and even than the mix is not on the 'match' side. But what to say - we all have our ups and downs. The claws have new outfit at the moment so your Red Frog is happy.

I know these guys down bellow have kind of a strange look this time but that doesn't make me sad. I'm trying to find  the bright side of life in every single thing I make so hope you will enjoy today's mani.

Used - 

Zoya Ivanka, 

OPI Skull and glossbones, 

Gabrini N16 - for the stamping

Jindie Nails Be-Ware Of The White Polish,

acrylic paint, 

Born Pretty Store BP-L020

All yours,

Red Frog

Christmas Skittlette !!!!

Hello, my lovelies....

After all the Christmas nail art I've saw lately all around the web I think it's finally time for me to show you something more appropriate for this time of the year. Let the time for Christmas nail art begin!

Used - 

Sally Hansen Gem crush Cha-Ching! - extremely gorgeous almost sand finish glitter in red and silver, fully opaque in two generous coats

Golden rose Jolly Jewels 121 - sexy red glitter with different sized particles, two coats with one base coat of the red Perfect K25

Perfect 100 - truly stunning sage toned warm grey with amazing silver shimmer that my camera refuses to catch

Brooklin 3 - for the sponged edges

China glaze Ruby pumps - for the red lighting bulbs

acrylic paint and Mr.Kolinsky 00

All yours,

Red Frog

Acid clouds and ravens nail art !!!!

Hello, my lovelies....

It's another early morning with full cup of hot coffee next beside me trying to put myself into blogging mode. Mornings have always been the perfect time to write a post - fresh mind, silent around, nothing to dispels me. Well, this one is  not one of them... Or it is but I'm just too out of writing inspiration. Hope to have more to say after the holidays or maybe in the next post because I do realize how crabby my writings have been lately.

So, today I have a messy mani to show you. It's supposed  to be some kind of dark acid clouds  with ravens flying around but as you can see it's more like a sponged-dry brushed-blah-galaxy thing. I like meaningful explanations like this a lot.... So, let's see the acid clouds and the ravens.

Used - 

China glaze Meteor shower

Essence Color&go 76 Hard to resist

Golden rose Paris 236 - for the clouds

acrylic paint, fine brush

All yours,

Red Frog

Dragonfly nail art with deep french tips !!!!

Hello, my lovelies....

I'm ready with my coffee ritual for this morning so here I am hoping to make your day a bit better with my dragonfly mani. As you can see I'still wearing the 3d sculpted thing on my pinkie but soon I'll show my second try for that kind of nail art. About my dragonflies - don't know why I love them so much. This time I've made them as simple as possible in order to make a quick also catchy mani but I hope to find enough time to paint some more realistic bugs sooner.

The polishes deserve some more attention and I'm really sorry for not being able to show you their real beauty. Here are the most focused photos so you can see the shades from different angles and in different light.

See you soon.... I guess.

Used - 

Catrice It's Rambo No5

Polish Me Silly Mystery

Dior Vernis 605 Amazonia

acrylic paint, fine brush

All yours,

Red Frog

Hanging with the cats - free hand nail art !!!!

Hello, my lovelies....

Good morning to all you nail art addicted geeks around! It's a bit hard for me to continue on with my blogging schedule lately because... well, too much reasons and all of them boring. I don't want to start my day with complaining and getting you bred s let's move on with the claws' stuff.

Today I'm going to hang out with couple of cats - 

 I've used acrylic paints for my kitties and a mix of contrast polish shades. The finishes are mixed too - some pixie dust from Zoya, some fine metalic shimmer from Essence and a nice soft creme from Golden rose Prodigy Gel Duo. I'll tell you more about this duo gel set by Golden rose in the next post. 

Enjoy your day and see you next time.

Used - 

Zoya Pixie dust Dahlia

Essence The Darks 20 turn on the black

Golden rose Prodigy Gel Duo 04 

acrylic paints, fine brush

All yours,

Red Frog