This post has had some delays, lately I haven't been inspired to do blogpost and don't feel like writing. But I still want to recap the month of July! So let's go!
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Showing posts with label tutorials. Show all posts
Jul 31, 2015
Apr 1, 2014
#44 Water Marble March #5 It's not March anymore!
One day late, but I still wanted to upload to finish te Water Marble March
When I started this tutorial I used totally different colours, but those didn't watermarble well, so I tried different colours.. and those didn't worked well too. I almost wanted to stop and just give up. But I decided to try one more time with different colours and fresh water
And it worked!
For this water marble I used two colours. A limited edtion from Catrice. 'LOVEnder' and 'Paralilac'
If you want to see the tutorial you can click right here, and you'll go directly to the tutorial! :)
Have fun painting and creating,
xoxo
Dutchnailss
When I started this tutorial I used totally different colours, but those didn't watermarble well, so I tried different colours.. and those didn't worked well too. I almost wanted to stop and just give up. But I decided to try one more time with different colours and fresh water
And it worked!
For this water marble I used two colours. A limited edtion from Catrice. 'LOVEnder' and 'Paralilac'
If you want to see the tutorial you can click right here, and you'll go directly to the tutorial! :)
Have fun painting and creating,
xoxo
Dutchnailss
Jan 4, 2014
Blog goals for 2014!
I'm a regular user of Instagram. When I don't post any pictures myself I browse through pictures of other people. Just like I did this evening. The first picture I saw was a list with goals for her blog in 2014.
I got inspired to make my own list of goals I wanted to accomplish this year on my blog. Capitalpolish, the person I saw this original post, had six goals. When I saw her list I was like 'How hard can it be, just think of some goals, and try to reach those goals' Well... thinking of goals was already hard for me! But i've got four goals.
Goal #1 Find a way to make better pictures
I photograph my nails with my Canon camera. I also have a cheap lightbox to make pictures of the polishes and tools I use. But when I want to make photos of my hand/nails, the lightbox is just to clumsy and I can't get a relaxed and beautiful hand pose.
So when I make photos of my hand/nails, I place my camera on my windowsill and use autofocus. But with this method I find the handpose is nice, but the light is just not right.
I also want to buy a better lens for the camera, to make more macro shots.
Goal #2 Start swatching/reviewing Indies
I've always admired people who make their own nail polishes and while I don't own any indie polishes, I think it's time to change that ;)
If you make Indie polishes and you want me to swatch them, just contact me.
Goal #3 Swatch and show my stash
The first polishes I swatched were the 'Superheroes' polishes of Essence. And I must say, before I swatched these, I never thought I would like swatching polishes this much. I saw a lot of swatches pass on my Instagram feed. But I never saw the point of those. Don't know why. But I find it's a lot of fun to swatch polishes, because they almost always look a bit different on your nails than in the bottle.
And finally Goal #4 Minimal of two post per week on my blog
The idea for this goal is that no matter what, I will post at least on tutorial and one other blogpost on here every week. Oh lord. I think this one is going to be the toughest of all. But on the other hand, I am going to swatch a lot more ;) So we will see!
Have fun painting and creating
xoxo
Dutchnailss
I got inspired to make my own list of goals I wanted to accomplish this year on my blog. Capitalpolish, the person I saw this original post, had six goals. When I saw her list I was like 'How hard can it be, just think of some goals, and try to reach those goals' Well... thinking of goals was already hard for me! But i've got four goals.
Goal #1 Find a way to make better pictures
I photograph my nails with my Canon camera. I also have a cheap lightbox to make pictures of the polishes and tools I use. But when I want to make photos of my hand/nails, the lightbox is just to clumsy and I can't get a relaxed and beautiful hand pose.
So when I make photos of my hand/nails, I place my camera on my windowsill and use autofocus. But with this method I find the handpose is nice, but the light is just not right.
I also want to buy a better lens for the camera, to make more macro shots.
Goal #2 Start swatching/reviewing Indies
I've always admired people who make their own nail polishes and while I don't own any indie polishes, I think it's time to change that ;)
If you make Indie polishes and you want me to swatch them, just contact me.
Goal #3 Swatch and show my stash
The first polishes I swatched were the 'Superheroes' polishes of Essence. And I must say, before I swatched these, I never thought I would like swatching polishes this much. I saw a lot of swatches pass on my Instagram feed. But I never saw the point of those. Don't know why. But I find it's a lot of fun to swatch polishes, because they almost always look a bit different on your nails than in the bottle.
And finally Goal #4 Minimal of two post per week on my blog
The idea for this goal is that no matter what, I will post at least on tutorial and one other blogpost on here every week. Oh lord. I think this one is going to be the toughest of all. But on the other hand, I am going to swatch a lot more ;) So we will see!
Have fun painting and creating
xoxo
Dutchnailss
Oct 30, 2013
#22 Smiley Faces
Sweet, happy and pink smiley faces!
I made these a while back, didn't liked the result and decided not to post them online. After a few times looking at the pictures of this mani I changed my mind. I'm still not really happy about the endresult, but hey I'm not perfect and my nails arent either ;)I'm from the Netherlands and when I started this blog I wrote all the blogs in dutch. At that time I made a smiley face how to, with step by step photo's. And now my blog is in english I wanted to add a video tutorial! Just because I find seeing someone actually painting her nails easier than copying a design from a photo.
The polishes I used are
If you feel inspired by this look and recreate it, I would love to see what you did! If you have instagram, just use the hashtag #dutchnailss and I will see your design! :D
I made a tutorial for this manicure. If you want to see exactly how I did this you can click right here and you'll go to my youtube channel.
Extra info
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Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/Dutchnailss
Instagram: http://instagram.com/dutchnailss#
Weheartit: http://weheartit.com/Dutchnailss
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDutchnailss
Oct 20, 2013
#21 Halloween water marble
Messy Halloween Water Marble
Here's another Halloween inspired manicure! A messy water marble. I deliberately choose to make this water marble not so neat and tidy just because I thought Halloween isn't about things being neat and tidy ;)After I finished filming this manicure, I really didn't like the endresult. I thought it looks awful and like someone who never ever ever had done water marbling did my nails. But after a few times, I got used to the look and started to like them. Then I decided to edit the clips and make a tutorial for this manicure, even after I wasn't planning to.
I like the way my index and tumb turned out. Sadly some bubbles popped and you can see the white polish on some spots. But hey, that's a risk with water marbling :)
The polishes I used for this manicure
In the tutorial I already had painted my nails with a base and a white polish. And I taped my nails to help with the clean up afterwards. I will post a tutorial on how I tape my nails soon!
If you feel inspired by this look and recreate it, I would love to see what you did! If you have instagram, just use the hashtag #dutchnailss and I will see your design! :D
I made a tutorial for this manicure. If you want to see exactly how I did this you can click right here and you'll go to my youtube channel.
Extra info
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Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/Dutchnailss
Instagram: http://instagram.com/dutchnailss#
Weheartit: http://weheartit.com/Dutchnailss
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDutchnailss
Sep 25, 2013
Black & White challenge! Completed!
I've Finished the challenge list! Whoo!
The challenge is supposed to be completed in 10 days. But I didn't wanted to change my nails every single day. So I decided to paint my nails every Wednesday and Sunday. I liked some of the endresults I made, and some I disliked. I made a top 10 of the manis starting with the one I liked the best and ending with the one I disliked.#1 The Mix n Match manicure! (Tutorial)
#2 The Sheep nailart manicure! (Tutorial!)
#3 The Cow nailart manicure! (Tutorial!)
#4 The Black & Yellow water marble manicure! (Tutorial!)
#5 The Tiger nailart Manicure (Tutorial!)
#6 The Dots dots dots manicure! (Tutorial!)
#7 The Black, White and Gold manicure! (Tutorial!)
#8 The Melting nails manicure! (Tutorial!)
#9 The Classy black & white nailart manicure! (Tutorial!)
#10 The little rhinestone manicure! (Tutorial!)
I highly recommend doing this challenge for yourself! It's a fun and quick challenge to do. Even though I really look forward to start doing manicures with some more colors! Fall has started so that means warm colors!
Extra info
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Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/Dutchnailss
Instagram: http://instagram.com/dutchnailss#
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