Graduation

Hi girls!

Today I graduated the Danish Gymnasium!

"The Danish Gymnasium offers a 3-year general academically-oriented upper secondary program which builds on the 9th or 10th form of the Folkeskole and leads to the upper secondary school exit examination (the studentereksamen). This qualifies a student for admission to higher education Preparatory, subject to the special entrance regulations applying to the individual higher education programs. Colloquially gymnasium refers to what formally called STX." (Source).

For the special occasion, I did my nails and made them match my student cap using Essie Bourdeaux with an accent nail of Essie Toggle to the Top.

Before I graduated I posted the picture below to Instagram and asked my friends which one they thought matched the cap the best! I am so happy with the two Essies that I ended up wearing.

Here is a picture of me (the face behind the nails) with my student cap and my matching nails!

I am so happy today and I love that my nails is matching my cap!
What do you girls think about the manicure? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished!
- Louise.

22 Tropical

Hey guys!

Today I have another manicure for the June Nail Art Challenge for you - a Tropical manicure!

When I think of something tropical, I think of beautiful sunset over a small island with palm trees. So that was my inspiration for my manicure.

I started of with a sunset gradient using the orange polish Maybelline Coral Craze and the yellow polish Ciaté Big Yellow Taxi. Afterwards I used a small nail art brush and the black polish Essie Licorice to freehand on the island and palm tree silhouette.

I am really happy with the sunset gradient, but I do not like how the palm tree silhouette turned out.
What do you girls think? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished!
- Louise.

21 Aboriginal

Hello ladies!

Today I have yet another manicure for the June Nail Art Challenge for you guys - an Aboriginal manicure!

I was inspired by this manicure by Lucy at Lucy's Stash to make a dotted swirl manicure in warm earth shades.

For the manicure I started off with a dark maroon base of Medina by GOSH Burgundy. Afterwards I followed this tutorial using a small dotting tool, the white polish Essie Blanc and the taupe polish Essie Chinchilly.

I really like how this turned out! It is definitely not the last time I am making a dotted swirl manicure!
What do you guys think? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished!
- Louise.

Fancy Friday: Skittlette

Hello ladies!

Today I have another Fancy Friday manicure for you guys!
Fancy Friday is a group of Danish nail polish keen bloggers, that follows a joint challenge in the world of nail polish and nail art every friday.

This time the Fancy Friday challenge is a skittlette manicure!
If you do not know what a skittlette manicure is, you can read about how Marta from Chit Chat Nails explains it here.

For the manicure I used the much discussed nail polish Sally Hansen Pacific Blue on my thumb and index finger, Essie Licorice with Essie Blanc dots on my middle and ring finger and OPI It's Frosty Outside on my pinky.

I am obsessed with how this turned out! I am definitely going to make more skittlette manicures in the future!
What do you girls think? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished!
- Louise.

Remember to check out what the other girls created for this week's challenge down below!

An InLinkz Link-up

18 Picnic Day

Hey guys!

Today I have another manicure for the June Nail Art Challenge for you - a Picnic Day manicure!

"International Picnic Day celebrates the gathering together outdoors to eat and enjoy one another's company - The Picnic. The true origin of International Picnic Day is unknown, but can be traced back to the French Revolution and the Victorian Era. Picnics were ways for people to escape the restrictions of etiquette and formality. As an informal food holiday, there are few rules and lots of options. International Picnic Day is observed on June 18th each year." (Source).

For the manicure I started off with a white base of Essie Blanc. Afterwards I used a small nail art brush and the red nail polish Essie Lollipop to freehand horizontal and vertical lines to make my nails look like a picnic blanket.

What do you girls think about this manicure? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished!

- Louise.

15 Fathers Day

Hey guys!

Today I have another manicure for the June Nail Art Challenge for you - a Fathers Day manicure!

In Denmark we celebrate Fathers Day on the 5th of June every year, so I already celebrated it this year. My little brother and I gave our father a specialty beer and some peanuts.

I really did not know what to do for this manicure! I thought long and hard about doing beer nails, suit nails or something like that. Then I remembered this manicure by Erin at Paint Those Piggies and I decided to use the idea!

I told my father to pick between two and five polishes. He chose the white polish Essie Blanc, the black polish Essie Licorice and the green polish Essie Going Incognito, and told me to do football nails, because every dad is watching the World Cup these days! And that is what I did!

I love how these turned out! So fun and sporty!
What do you guys think? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished!
- Louise.

Fancy Friday: Geometrical

Hello ladies!

Today I have another Fancy Friday manicure for you guys!
Fancy Friday is a group of Danish nail polish keen blogger, that follows a joint challenge in the world of nail polish and nail art every friday.

This time the Fancy Friday challenge is geometrical nail art!
I was inspired by this edgy manicure by The Nailasaurus to make a geometrical ruffian manicure!

I started off with a light blue base of By K. Blue Fog on all of my fingers. Afterwards I used a nail art striper and the dark blue polish By K. Ink to make rectangles on my nails - and there you have it: a geometrical ruffian manicure!

I love how simple and pretty this geometrical manicure turned out!
What do you guys think? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished!
- Louise.

Remember to check out what the other girls created for this week's challenge down below!

An InLinkz Link-up