Moroccan Inspired!

This is my look for this week. I got an inspiration from David's Tea. I drink tea a lot and David's tea is one of my regular shops. They have the new cups, tea tin, etc. that are Moroccan design and I love them!

I would love to get the new cups but one look at my kitchen cupboard, I must refrain myself... Not enough space!!

For this look, I first painted my nails with Essie Mint Candy Apple (light blue) and MoYou London Denim Jeans (navy blue). I stampted a design from Lily Anna plate 08, using Nails Inc. Chelsea Bridge Road (gold foil) as stamping polish. I used the direct decal method so that I can add light blue color to the design. 

This is the first time I used MoYou London polish for painting nails. And it was great! It was very easy to apply and one coater for sure!

Do you like this design? What inspires you for your nail design?

Love,

Little Dot

Grey...

Simple and elegant look for you this week!

I love grey and this is my favorite grey polish Essie Petal Pushers!

For this look, I first painted my nails with Essie Petal Pushers (grey). I stampted a design from Lily Anna plate 08 with Konad white stamping polish. 

After colorful summer nails, it is refreshing to wear something neutral! 

What is your between summer and fall look?

Love,

Little Dot

Turquoise and Grey!

I woke up with the inspiration of turquoise and grey design!

For this look, I first painted my nails with Essie Where's My Chauffeur (turquoise) and Essie Petal Pushers (grey). I used a design from Lily Anna plate 08 to stamp with Konad white stamping polish. 

I actually had an idea to stamp on turquoise nails with grey but when I tried it, it came out very subtle. So I switched around and I like this version a lot better. 

I like the color combination and just bold enough white on grey accent nails!

Do you like these colors together?

Love,

Little Dot 

A Little Grown-Up Halloween!

Happy Halloween!! I know Halloween is all about fun, but this year I'm wearing rather subtle Halloween nails. A little grown-up version, to say...

It is a bit hard to see but I have leaf pattern stamped on all nails. And just one Jack-o-lantern as an accent. 

For this look, I first painted my nails with China Glaze Change Your Altitude (greige). I stamped the leaf pattern from Lily Anna plate 01, using China Glaze Cabin Fever (reddish copper duo chrome) as stamping polish. On accent nail, I stamped a Jack-o-lantern from Bundle Monster plate BM-222, using Konad black stamping polish. 

Even though it is hard to capture in the picture, the leaf pattern is quite visible in the sun. 

A little change from my typical bright orange Halloween nails but I kind of like it!

Have a fun and safe Halloween!

Love,

Little Dot

Confessions of a Shopaholic!?

I have been pretty good for the majority of summer. But as September rolled in, I was out of control! I blame it on all sorts of emails I get about sale this and that... There were just so many good deals to ignore!!! So here I am... a shopaholic!

These are some (not all...) of my recent purchases...

Lots of nail stamping plates... Bundle Monster, Messy Mansion, and Lily Anna

Beautiful nail files from Mont Bleu!

Essie Silk Watercolor mini sets!

China Glaze Happy Campers mini set!

I will be reviewing these items in coming weeks. So expect lots of review posts!?

Happy shopping :)

Love,

Little Dot

Snowflakes

I was going through my stock of polish bottles to decide on what winter appropriate colors to use this week... I picked up Essie Parka Perfect, which is one of my favorite dusty blue to use in colder season. To compliment that, I paired it with Essie Mind Your Mittens!

For this look, I first painted my nails with Essie Parka Perfect (light dusty blue) and Essie Mind Your Mittens (dark navy blue). I stamped a design from Lily Anna plate 08, using Color Club Harp On It as stamping polish. 

Color Club Harp On It is such a great holographic color on dark base. I can never capture the true beauty of it in pictures... But definitely a must-have polish!

On my right hand, I changed things up a bit and left one dark nail unstamped. 

I love these two winterly blue combination! Do you have favorite blue to wear this season?

Love,

Little Dot

Dragonflies with Lily Anna 03!

I am still excited about my Lily Anna plates! This time I used dragonfly design from plate 03.

For this look, I first painted my nails with Essie Mint Candy Apple (light blue), Essie Bobbing For Baubles (navy) and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Pearl Up (white jelly). I stamped the dragonfly image from Lily Anna plate 03 with Color Club Harp On It (holographic) on navy nails and used Essie Bobbing For Baubles on white nails. I also wanted to try jelly sandwich method, so I painted light coat of jelly polish on top of stamping for white nails. It gives softer grey on white look instead of stark black and white. 

The holographic stamping is so pretty but it's very hard to picture it. It gives rainbows of colors! 

I wish I can capture the holo effect better...

Do you like holographic stamping? Have you tried jelly sandwich method?

Love,

Little Dot

Lily Anna Plates Review!

I finally got my first Lily Anna plates! I was eyeing on these plates for some time now but getting them all the way from Australia prevented me from ordering for a while. 

I bought Lily Anna 03 & 08. 

I actually bought these from Nail Polish Canada as they had great sale price recently for Bundle Monster and Pueen plates, which I posted here. It was a pleasant surprise to find out Nail Polish Canada carries Lily Anna and Messy Mansion plates! No more waiting for weeks and no shipping cost!

For this look, I first painted my nails with OPI My Vampire Is Buff, Ceramic Glaze Skinny Jeans, and Essie Sunday Funday. I stamped a couple of designs from Lily Anna plate 08 using Ceramic Glaze Skinny Jeans as stamping polish. 

My right hand with slight variation. 

Lily Anna plates are well etched and I can get great transfers of images everytime. The designs are beautiful and I think they are a little more grown up!

Do you have any Lily Anna plates? What is your opinion on them?

Love,

Little Dot