New Year's Manicure a.k.a. Albus Dumbledore's Magnificent Dress Robes =) | Emerald Sparkled

Saturday, January 2, 2010

New Year's Manicure a.k.a. Albus Dumbledore's Magnificent Dress Robes =)

Hello Everyone! I wish you a very happy New Year, may health, love and success always be with you!
I had to wear something classic on New Year's Eve, a burgundy creme with tiny reddish glitter. It was actually very nice, but I couldn't take a good picture, sorry... This manicure was hastily done, and I'm not very good at clustering images on the nails, I normally do full images and now I fancy stamping small images multiple times =) I hope I'll get used to it! Anyway, the name comes from, as you might have guessed, Harry Potter books. J.K. Rowling often describes Dumbledore's robes as "magnificent dark purple, emblazoned with golden stars". And Albus Dumbledore is my #1 book hero of all times, so I decided to name this manicure after him =)
I started off with a very bad quality black creme polish. It was streaky and gloopy and overall terrible, but I had no other black option at the moment. Then I did the tips diagonally with a gorgeous purple glitter in a dark purple base, a recent local-brand discovery. It's so beautiful that it deserves a mani on its own, which will follow. Finally, I did the stars from plate m42 with China Glaze 2030, and the year "2010" on my ring finger. It could be so much cleaner and nicer, but like I said, I was in a hurry. I hope you like it!




Oh, how I cried a river when Albus Dumbledore died!

27 comments:

  1. Stars look beautifull! Have you tried with silver color? Bet it would look great! The true skie!
    Kiss

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  2. Very nice!! I love how you placed the year on your nail :) Happy New Year to you!

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  3. Thank you, friends =D Happy New Year!
    Trinca-Espinhas, I have silver, but haven't done stars with it yet. I'll give it a go!

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  4. Happy new year to you:*

    The combination looks amazing, despite the problems you had

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  5. This is gorgeous!!! I don't think it looks sloppy at all lol. =P

    And Albus was totally my favorite character of the series as well! I cried when he died too. ;_______;

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  6. Thank you, Catherine =) It just came out different than I expected... =)
    Aww, you too? Don't make me even start about my love for Dumbledore =) I wish he would exist in real world! Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!

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  7. Hey! I tagged you in my blog, ok?
    Kiss

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  8. Thanks for the tag! =) I'll have a look now!

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  9. You were right, we were in the same star mindwave! Even in a hurry, you do marvellous things. :) I've bought China Glaze '2030' by the way. I love this gold. <3

    I share my birthday with J.K. Rowling but I've never read any of her books!

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  10. SO cute! I love the stars. Very festive. And yea I'm super sad that Dumbledore died too! =(

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  11. The purple does look beautiful indeed! Can't wait to manicure you've got for it :)

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  12. can't wait to see the manicure* lol, got too excited with posting my comment !

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  13. Looks really cool :D and the two colors are perfect for this ;D

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  14. Nathalie, haven't I told you? =DDD Thank you, btw, 2030 is a great polish, the best gold I own! J.K. Rowling also gave her birthday to Harry Potter =)
    Thank you kelsealaurel, gildedangel, candychu and rijah =) Candychu, I'll post my full mani with the purple soon! =)

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  15. j'adore ce que tu fais et j'aimerais avoir un peu de ton talent

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  16. Merci Pascale =) J'adore ta manucure et je suis sur tu as le talent =)
    Pardon my weak french =) You are amazing, thank you!

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  17. The name of that great mani is really befitting...my I don't even want to remember reading about Dumbledore's death, I cried a whole day I think :/

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  18. thank you, chocaddict... I finished the book about 5 am I think, but started to cry at 4, when I was reading the cave scene... I guess I fell asleep crying... =/

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  19. Gorgeous manicure! :)

    Happy New Year Deniz! :)

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  20. Thank you, Jeanette! Happy New Year to you, too =)

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  21. happy new year! what a festive manicure! =)

    http://pinkchampagnefashion.blogspot.com/

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  22. Thank you, Adela! Happy New Year to you, too! =)))

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  23. Happy New Year to you! Love the manicure. Great look with the stars and I can totally see this as as Harry Potter manicure.

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  24. Thank you, Lucy, Happy New Year to you, too =) I'm such a Harry Potter fan, I think about doing the 4 Hogwarts houses!

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