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yesterday it was the first sunday in advent-time. in austria (and other european countries) the 4 sundays before christmas are called advent sundays and are celebrated by lighting candles on an advent wreath, decorated with evergreens and bows. it’s like the countdown to christmas. I don’t know, if the four weeks before christmas are celebrated like this in other countries.
well, this year I didn’t tie a wreath, mostly because my daughter would break it within 10 minutes and burn her little fingers on the candles. but I did a special manicure.
I found a napkin just perfect for holiday nailart, it has these very small images which fit perfectly on the nail. and it’s much easier to apply just a small piece of napkin instead of covering the whole nail.
 
I applied 2 coats of alessandro 295, which is a cool-toned gold, and 1 coat of 297, which is a cool gold glitter. for this manicure I chose the holly designs and applied them by using the napkin decoupage technique. on the middle finger I stuck on the 3d artpieces I created with the mold I got at nailart und mehr.
 
 
 

I love the look of the 3d artpieces, but I have to admit that it’s not for everyday use. but if you are going to a christmasparty it’s the perfect nailart ;-)

the reason why I’m not posting so many posts lately is that my dad is in hospital. he had a surgery and got a hip prothesis. the problem is, that he is suffering from dementia and someone has to go there every day to look after him, as the nurses aren’t very dedicated. so I’m there quite often. but he’s coming home soon.

I’ve been offline for 2 days now, I upgraded from vista to win7, and it was a mess! why can those things never work out like they are supposed to? I was so frustrated that I decided to apply a template instead of a background *lol*

anyways, I did some layering yesterday, something I had in mind since I got the wizards.

here’s what I used:

as I commented in the wizard review, I think dorothy who? looks better layered on something dark blue. I used 1 coat of china glaze calypso blue as a base. then I applied 1 coat of dorothy and over this 1 coat of nfu.oh 52, which is iridescent blue-green flakes in a sheer purple base.

and that’s what it looks like: I love it! what do you think?

yesterday I found a new nivea display called diamond collection, with 3 autumnally shades of polish. one was a berry pink, one was a darker nude/beige and one was a reddish brown. that was the one I chose, because I already have polishes very similar to the others, and 10€ (15$) for one bottle of drugstorepolish is not exactly cheap, right?

after counting all valid votes, the winner of the nailart contest is

erste neuigkeit: ich habe nach langem überlegen entschieden, die deutschen einträge wegzulassen. es tut mir zwar leid, weil ich immer einen deutschsprachigen blog schreiben wollte, aber es ist einfach zu zeitaufwändig, alles doppelt zu schreiben. und da doch der großteil der leser nicht deutsch spricht, habe ich diesen weg nun gewählt. ich hoffe, ihr seid mir nicht böse und könnt es nachvollziehen. kommentare werde ich natürlich weiterhin deutsch beantworten, und vl wird auch hin und wieder ein deutscher beitrag folgen, man wird sehen ;-)
first news: in one sentence: I'm gonna skip the german and stick with english.

second news: I've received my first pre-(re)-release polishes! how cool is that?! china glaze sent me the fabulous and long-awaited wizard of ohh ahz returns collection. thank you so much! I'm so happy I'm able to show you swatches of polishes that aren't available yet. maybe I can help you decide, which of those you really need, and which you need just a bit ;-)

edit: STOPP

ok guys, I know you want to win or want to support your favorite blogger, but I'm not stupid! I have a counter and I can prove, that some of those votes came from the same person! I will not count votes, which came anonymous, which means also those votes, which only carry a name, without a link to a blogger account! please, don't play any more tricks on me!


hier ist also die vorauswahl:
this is the preselection:

als aller erstes möchte ich mich bei euch allen für die zahlreiche teilnahme an den contests bedanken! und unglaublich, aber wahr, ist in den letzten 2 wochen die leserzahl von 113 auf 172 gestiegen, plus 220 feedabonnenten und zahlreiche emailsubscribers. ich finde das toll und freue mich total. so, nun aber zum wesentlichen:
first of all I want to thank you all for entering the contests. there was a large attendance! and during the last two weeks the number of followers grew from 113 to 172, plus 220 feedsubscribers and many emailsubscribers. that's so cool and I'm very happy about that! now, let's get to the point:


what am I wearing quiz:

bei dm habe ich einen aufsteller von astor gefunden, ich weiss allerdings nicht, ob der silver tatsächlich ein neuer lack ist, oder nur in den aufsteller gepackt wurde. auf jeden fall sieht er gut aus!
I found a display of astor with some polish, but I don't know if it's new colors, or just some old packed into a new collection. but it looks great!

ich habe einen header gemacht, ich denke, ich sollte die designer der einzelnen teile erwähnen. also, ich habe freebies von rebecca b und thaliris benutzt, und noch ein paar andere sachen, die nicht mit namen versehen wurden. sollte sich also der eine oder andere designer wiederfinden, bitte melden!

I've made a header, I think I have to mention, which products I used. hm, let's see, I used free stuff from rebecca b and thaliris, and some other stuff without naming on it. sorry to the designer, if you find yourself in my header, please leave a note!

so mädels, letzte chance, an den contests teilzunehmen! in 24h ist der spuk vorbei! links findet ihr im kästchen rechts --->
girls, last chance to enter the contests. in 24h it's all over! you can find the links in the right bar --->

heute trage ich caribbean blue, ein hellblau mit kleinen glass flecks, und darüber auf anfrage ein stamping mit h24 und weiss. topcoat ist fairy dust von china glaze, leider nicht so gut zu sehen, auf dem verschwommenen foto erkennt man es etwas besser, das blau entspricht aber dem auf dem oberen foto.
today I'm wearing caribbean blue, a light blue with small glass flecks. on request I stamped with h24 and white. as topcoat I used fairy dust from china glaze, you can see the glitter in the blurry pic, the blue is like in the first pic.