Back In Black

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Hi, the mani I have for you today is few weeks old, it's nothing complicated, I actually just wanted to try some of my The New Black polishes.

Moravian Ceramics Inspired

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With Easter around the corner I wanted to do something Czech related, I was considering traditional Easter eggs, but then I remembered this print, typical for south-east Moravia - my region, I was looking at so many times at my grandma's and wondering, how to replicate it on my nails. Well, I tried!

 My inspiration, Tupeská keramika...

source 1, source 2

Simple Purple

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This is really one of the simplest manis you've ever seen here. On the other hand, this is the first gradient in the history of this blog.

Matching Watermelons (+tutorial)

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Today's design was inspired by a top from Primark I own. I knew I had to recreate the watermelon pattern the moment I saw it.

It was very simple to do this - I have a short tutorial for you after the jump. 

Tribal Chevron

Hello!
I've been quite busy lately, and I barely have the time to write this, so I'll keep it short.

I fell in love with wooden effect with my blue Wooden Tribal mani and I couldn't wait to try it again. These nails were inspired by a phone case I saw on Etsy and then by another very similar one (shown after the jump).

Safari Sunset (+tutorial)

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I found new source of inspiration - phone cases. So I browsed Etsy and when I saw this one I knew. I recreated the pattern, excited. It turned out later that the pattern (called Safari Sunset) is originally by a luggage design company Vera Bradley. So now I can show you nails that match not only a phone case but a lot of other accessories, mainly bags.

Why the gel pen you ask? Oh, yes! I used this gel pen for the white details, it's super easy to work with, especially if you want to do swirls.

Aaand here comes the inspiration. I edited the phone case in the photo, I admit. I couldn't help it really, I wanted to have a picture with my nails + the inspiration, although I don't own it (I don't even own an iPhone to use it with, you see.)
Tutorial after the jump!

Wooden, Blue and Aztec

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I didn't know what to call this post. I did a mani inspired by (well known, inspiring) Chelsea Queen and she calls it Abstract Aztec. It has wooden look, blue colour and aztec motif, so for the title I figured.. whatever.

More on how I did this after the jump.

Digital Underground

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Hello! 

I was really unhappy with the mani I'm sharing today so I ended up wearing it just for one day. However, people on Instagram liked it, so...

I used polish from The New Black and the motive was inspired by the collection name: Digital Underground. The set I used is called Heathered, plus I used two polishes from other sets.
I chose to paint circuit board, not sure if I was successful, you decide.

Triangle Trash

Hey! I have something really special for you today. I want to show you design inspired by our art class project. We had a task to make dress from unusual material, you know, the kind of dress you can expect from high school students attending art class.

We (my two friends and I) chose to make dress out of garbage bag and white wallpaper, inspired by Op-Art. I did a lot of thinking before I painted this design. I wasn't sure how to transfer the idea of the dress on my nails.

I have to warn you, this post is picture heavy and long, longer than usual, I think.

Keep reading too see my inspiration!

Floyd Colorblock (+tutorial)

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Hi!
What's with the title you ask? Floyd? Pink Floyd? Oh yes, but not the way you think. Floyd is the name of The New Black ombré pink polish set.

These polishes are perfect for colorblock, their small brushes make it quick and easy. They are two-coaters, some more opaque than others, the least opaque is the middle one (photo below), might even be a three coater. The one I loved most is second one from the right, pink cream with barely visible shimmer.

I wore this mani during Valentine's Day, it was ideal: I didn't want to have hearts and love stuff on my nails but I didn't want to ignore it entirely. This pink design made it.