Chrome and Copper with a twist !!!!

Hello, my lovelies....

It's Monday and the new week has started slowly and lazy because of the long holiday weekend. The sun is hiding somewhere behind the clouds and the day looks like a perfect one for staying home in bed....

My good old holo Catherines have been neglected for a while and looked really sad staying there on the polish rack. So me and the claws have decided to give those beauties a chance to remind us where the holographic madness have started from. 

Enjoy....

Sad but true - no sun around, no holo effect for my photos....

 

Used - 

Catherine Arley 802

Catherine Arley 806

Born Pretty Store Silver Chrome Pigment

Born Pretty Store round silver studs

black acrylic paint

All yours,

Red Frog

#WhenColorsCollide vol.1 !!!!

Hello, my lovelies....

How is your summer? Any new art ideas or interesting stories? Hope so. Also hope you are spending this hot sunny days as good as I do.

Some of you probably have already seen my last mani at my IG - @redfrogscorner but it's finally time to post it here too. It's my first design for the #whencolorscollide be-weekly challenges and this time the theme was green&blue. I've used three of the most gorgeous holographic polishes in my stash and mixed them using the dry marble technique.

Don't forget to take a look at the group collage in Instagram and Facebook.

Used -

A-England Saint George

A-England Tristam

Catherine Arley 803 

Now go and have a cold tasty drink with someone you love.... and enjoy the evening.

 All yours,

Red Frog 

All Eyes On Me by Essence - free hand nail art !!!!

Hello, my lovelies....

While ago one of my favorite brands - Essence - has released a new limited edition trend line inspired by four fantastic bloggers - Mary Oliver from Strikeapose, Diana zur Löwen from Dfashion , Palmira from beautypalmira and  Serena Verbon from Beautylab

 - Essence Blogger's Secrets. The line contains four amazing eye shadow palettes in four different color combos and of course - four little bottles full of colored gorgeousness. I just could not resist the need to take couple of the gorgeous nail polishes home with me so here we go - me and Essence Bloggers' Beauty Secrets 03 All eyes on me.

 The shade is close to nude palette with a bit of grey inside. The finish is matte. Yep, matte all the way. Well, I've choose the glossy finish for this mani but the matte one is so tenderly delicate you just want to look at it all day long. The pigmentation is good and makes the application nice and flawless. 

So, we've got everything to bring all eyes on us.

Used - 

Essence Bloggers Beauty Secrets 03 All eyes on me

Catherine Arley 802

Essence Wake up!

black acrylic paint

All yours,

Red Frog

Stamp the sand with BPS Crystal clear stamper !!!

Hello, my lovelies....

The weekend is almost over and it's time to prepare for the new working week. That's one of the things I hate most. I'm still on a lazy mode and there's only one power on earth that can give me enough strength to start the process immediately - doing my nails.

Week or two ago I've received a package from Born Pretty Store and guess what was inside it - my first crystal clear jelly silicone stamper. Well, there were few more gorgeous things along with the stamper - you've already seen the beautiful water decals. So, your frog has a clear stamper! Oop-oop! And as I've said on my IG let the stamping begin!!

I'm really impressed how easy the whole process was -  the stamper's diameter is almost perfect for claws like mine. The clear surface gives enough control so you can easily transfer the image on the place you want. 

More great plates are available on the store here .

Let me show you couple of photos I've made with a flash and surprisingly the colors are pretty accurate -

Used - 

Golden rose Rich Color 70

A-England Saint George - for the stamping

Perfect Sand Lacquer S84

Perfect 73 - for the second stamped layer on the ring finger

Born Pretty Store BP-80

crystal clear stamper from Born Pretty Store

All yours,

Red Frog

Stone effect with Born Pretty Store Holographic Transfer Foil !!!!

Hello, my lovelies....

It's been quite a dilemma for me to show or not this mani.It's just because I hate when I'm not able to handle with something. Phu. 

Love holographic stuff. Love holographic polishes. Love holographic foils. Love how they look on others nails. Hate the moment when I just can't make them look that stunning on my nails. So, what did I do? I've tried to make things work for me. My pinkie's bulbs look more like stones lately. I've thought why not to add some depth to that look and give the holographic transfer foil from Born Pretty Store another chance to cheer me up. After all this little thin thing is so absolutely gorgeous! And also I want to understand what the heck I'm doing wrong so the foil doesn't work on my nails? Well, at least I'm sure it's not foil's fault.... 

Now let's see my holographic stone effect.

Not that bad I think.... If just the photos were better.

There are tons of amazing transfer foils that can turn your mani into something truly eye-catching at the nail art decoration section on the store and most of them are on sale right now. Go and take a look and don't forget to use a coupon code for some extra cash saving - 

 

Used - 

Dior Vernis 804 Perfecto

Essence Effect Nail Polish 07 blue-jeaned

Nails Inc. Princess Palace

Born Pretty Store holographic transfer foil

All yours,

Red Frog

My Halloween Holoween nails for the #WNAC2015 !!!!

Hello, my lovelies....

A quick post with my Halloween nails is coming. Yeah, I know it was last week but I was so proud with myself about this mani so I just want to show you the shots. Forgive me.

 I've made this design for the last October theme from #WNAC2015 - Holoween and of course because it was Halloween. Click the link and see all the fantastic nail art designs for the occasion at Instagram. I'm really  happy and satisfied of course about how this mani has turned out. It was a great fun to draw this scary creepy images. I've used mostly holographic polishes by Catherine Arley and acrylic paints but I just could not resist to put some of my all time favorite orange from Essence - Wake up! from the Color&go old collection.

So, that's it. Hope your Halloween was full of tricks ad candies.

All yours,

Red Frog

Galaxy Nails for #WNAC2015 !!!!

Hello, my lovelies....

It's finally time for me to post the next #WNAC2015 mani officially. The theme is very inspirational and extremely interesting for all nail art junkies around - Galaxy. Oh, excuse me - Holo Galaxy will be more correct.

So, no more blah blah let's just see the shots - 

 I've tried to make some decent photos but not the light nor my camera were there with me. There was no sunlight all day and the weather was so cloudy and dull so my photos became unfocused and not even close to what I've wanted. But that's the way it is - I'm showing you photos at both natural light and with a flash indoors. 

 I just couldn't resist to show you my first galaxy mani from 2012 -

 There is a little difference I hope.... At least my nails shape is better now.

Used - 

A-England Tristam - base color

Catherine Arley 674 

Catherine Arley 666 

Brooklin 3 - for the dotted stars that look more like planets but...let's all pretend they are stars 

Ruby rose 50 - also for the 'stars'

****

All yours,

Red Frog

School time with A-England and L'Oreal !!!!

Hello, my lovelies….

There are less than 2 weeks until my daughter’s first day in 4th grade and all the thrills are ready to explode. Wondering what to put on my nails at that special day I surprisingly found the photos of the mani I’ve made last year for the same occasion. Yeah, I know…. One year later is a bit longer even for me but what can I do – the folder probably had been ‘lost in the script’.

As you can see on the photos the mani is mostly in yellow and green – these were the colors of the uniforms in her school last year. As a good mom I’ve wanted to make her happy with dressing myself in the same colors and of course with a mani in the same theme.

This year the pupils will be dresses in deep blue with accents in bright orange and pastel yellow – a better color combo for sure. So when the time comes I’ll show you how your Red Frog, a proud mom of a 4^th grade girl manage with that palette on her nails. Now let’s see the photos.

 It’s not one of my best presentation but the kid was enough happy with it. To be honest I did like it too because the colors were not the typical for me. Let’s hope to do it much better this September.

Used –

 L'Oreal  Color Riche 613 Blue reef

A-England St.George

Acrylic paints, fine brush

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All yours,

Red Frog

Draft Series: Holographic decorations !!!!

Hello, my lovelies....

It's early in the morning here in Sofia and the sun is still sleeping somewhere far from us. My little princess is also still sleeping. It looks like all the world is still sleeping. Except me. 

My coffee is right beside me and I'm ready to start the day. #DraftSeries are really close to their end. There are just a couple of posts waiting patiently to be published. 

Today's mani is one of the oldest in my draft box - my camera says I've made it around March 13th 2014. It's so bizarre. I can see my polish history in my Picassa albums - every single mani is like a page in a diary. 

So today we're back in 2014. It's March and the spring just has arrived with some holographic mix of decorations.

Used - 

Color club Wild at heart, 

A-England Saint George, 

Essence Color&go Lime up!, 

Catherine Arley 145

 Max Factor Fantasy fire

striping tape

holorgaphic glitter 

All yours,

Red Frog

Lace the Nails with Born Pretty Store !!!!

Hello, my lovelies….

Few days ago I’ve show you one of the latest Born Pretty Store stamping plates – BP – as part of one of my #NAILlinkup manis - Lavander.

Now it’s the time to shout out – this plate is Gorgeous! Yeah, I know there are tons of amazing stamping plates around us but let me be a bit excited for a moment.

 The patterns are really well selected – a variety of  feminine laces, simple but very classy stripes and a few of accent images. The only thing that brings me down is the images are not big enough for nails as long as mine. It’s not really a big deal but…. On the other hand there are lots of plates on the store which can be easily used on long nails.

Don't forget to take a look at the 'New Arrivals'  section - great nail art supplies can be found there. If you need a little help with the cash part here is a coupon code to add to your order - TM2X31.

See you soon, lovelies..... 

 Used –

Born Pretty Store stamping plate BP - L020

Catherine Arley 805

Catherine Arley 674

Catherine Arley 666

Catherine Arley 677

Catherine Arley 803

All yours,

Red Stamped Frog