Where in the World - Day 18 Ukraine

I have had this post in my draft for almost a year - can you believe that????
 I remember when I saw the theme it was so exciting - immediately knew what I wanted to create!

Here is the inspiration 

Read on to see my interpretation!

The BATTLE (Nail Polish) Challenge - Week 4

Welcome to Week 4 of the challenge! Today the theme is Neon vs Pastel.

This time I decided to combine the two. Keep reading to see the results!

Blogger Collaboration Series: My Little Beauty World

I am pleased to welcome Taya from My Little Beauty World to the blog today.

Please make her feel welcome and, of course, don't forget to have a look at her page!

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Taya is the last guest blogger in this series; but it was so fun I may do
a similar collaboration in the future. Drop me a line if you'd be interested!

Where in the World - Day 14 France

Today I'm inspired by France!

I knew I wanted to do something food related, then I came across these:

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They look adorable, and perfect for using all my recent pastel purchases!!
Too bad I have never been to France or tried macaroons((

Blogger Collaboration Series: Julz Perri Nails

Today I am very pleased to welcome a fellow blogger (and Perth resident) - Julienne from Julz Perri Nails!

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Please make her feel welcome))

Where in the World - Day 13 Netherlands

Today I have yet another stop to share on the worldwide challenge adventure!

I used this image as my reference for the design:

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It is also my first attempt to create a splatter effect, without the mess))

Blogger Collaboration Series: Tee Bee's Nails

I have recently asked a few of my fellow bloggers to help me create a series of designs inspired by jewelry.
I must say the response has been overwhelming and I am very grateful to all that have taken part so far. 

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If you have not received a request from me, but would like to take part, please send me an email - 

I would be very happy to include your work too!

Where in the World - Day 11 Hungary

For the longest time I did not know what to do for today's country, until I read that the Rubik's Cube
was invented in Hungary. As soon as I read that I knew what my design would be!

The Last Pink Wednesday of October

Can you believe it's the end of October already?! Incredible how time flies!

Here is the last Going Pink Wednesday manicure for the month!

Where in the World - Day 9 UK

Today's post is all about the UK, and I would like to dedicate this mani to my dear friend who is currently studying in Oxford - I hope we get to catch up soon!

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Where in the World - Day 6 USA

Hey everyone!!! Today's post is so special to me - I've been looking forward to it since I joined the challenge. I don't think I've mentioned this on the blog before, but I actually grew up in the US (lived there from 1985 to 1989 and then from 1992 to 1997). Since we left Washington D.C. I have not been back, but I hope to visit in the future. This is my inspiration photo:

Yep, that's me and my mum at the Cherry Blossom festival

Where in the World - Day 3 Spain

Today's destination is Spain! I have only been to Barcelona  once, briefly and a long time ago, so not a lot to remember in terms of landmarks (just the drive to Andorra). But what I did think of was the dancing, the music, the passion - flamenco!

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Where in the World - Day 1 Australia

Since I live in Australia this one hits close to home! But of course I had to do it a bit differently)) I have previously posted about Aboriginal art here, and today I have another painting as inspiration:

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Shoe-spiration Series - Part Two

These are my Loriblu platform peeptoes - an explosion of colour and print! 

The picture doesn't do them justice really, because in real life they are glossy and sparkly in addition to having every colour and print imaginable.

The Dawn Is Broken .... Let's Get Lost!

Today I have another arty manicure to share. I came across this picture:

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And such an interesting colour combination this was I could not resist transferring it into a manicure.

Eternal question

"What to wear?" and "What to put on my nails?" - Sometimes I find the answers to both by accident. Like putting a "mismatched" top and a skirt next to each other can give me an "A-ha!" moment and an outfit idea. Same with my nails - bottles of polish usually grouped by colour family shine through when surrounded by a completely "foreign" shade.

I am seeing spots

For my first manicure post I decided to show a mani that I did recently using 10 (!) different colours. This was a design inspired by an Aboriginal dot painting I found:

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The difference in the colours is very subtle, I guess this would be considered a monochrome manicure. Here is my take on it:

Manicure inspired by dot painting
(P.S. please excuse the nasty scratch)

To achieve this look I started by creating a watermarble using China Glaze Sea Spray, Secret Peri-wink-le and Flyin' High. Once the design was dry to the touch I added some dots using dotting tools of various sizes. Please leave comment if you'd like to know the polishes I used for this, there were too many to remember right now, but I think I wrote them down somewhere *wink*.

So there you have it - my own take on artwork. I hope you too will be inspired by these beautiful paintings.