World Cup Mani: Go Holland Go!
How exiting! Tonight’s soccermatch with decide if Holland is gonna be world champion,…or not! Soccer fans in Spain were partying Friday after an octopus called Paul predicted the European nation will win the World Cup. Paul has correctly forecast who will win every World Cup game so far!
Well…lets hope he is wrong this time :/For the most exiting vid ever (read: sarcasm) …look at Paul here: CLICK. Enjoy the match everyone!!!
Improve Blogger picture quality
The problem I’ve been having since I started this blog is the following..
When uploading a picture from your computer with the Blogger Uploader it never shows up in
the original size you wanted it to be.
You can then use the following options when clicking on your picture:
This gives you the opportunity to resize you picture to Small / Normal / Large / Extra Large.
Personally I never used this way since I always manually adjust the size in the HTML.
The problem with Blogger Uploader is that when I upload photos in the posts, no matter what size I upload them as, the quality is pretty poor. I was always wondering if I was doing something wrong.
I fixed this problem by uploading the pictures somewhere else and then ‘Link from web’ when uploading with Blogger. This did the job too but the problem is that there will be no pictures displayed on blogrolls when you make a new post..aargh!
Check below for the difference in quality..weird right?!
BEFORE
AFTER
SOLUTION:
Apparently the poor quality is due to a high compression ratio used to create the thumbnail. Edit the post HTML and look for <img src=… . The string following is the thumbnail URL. Check to see if there something like /s320 in the URL. If there is, delete it and publish the post. The browser will now display a scaled image with higher definition.
Voila! Badass quality just like the original, whohooooo!
Even if you were pretty satisfied with the way your pictures look in Blogger when uploaded I recommend trying this solution anyway, who know if it gets better for you too 
Hope this was helpful!
~Iris
Nubar 2010: wow flakies!
Yesterday evening I tried out my Nubar 2010 for the first time after I received it last week.
The flakies of this polish are small and have more red/orange/yellow colors than green.
That’s what makes it special in my opinion.
I tried layering it over Catrice’s I Scream Peach! (which I totally love for the summer).
Check it out:
Love it? Hate it? Dunno?! Let me know 
Enjoy your day..
Catrice Caramé: Bronzed Brown
Hi guys!
Today I want to show you this lovely (read: LOVELY lovely) Bronzed Brown from
Catrice’s new collection Caramé!
It’s a medium brown with golden shimmer. I am going to wear this a lot, I’m sure of it.
It’s not too light, and not too dark for summery days. Just perfect <3
I also bought the other colors from Caramé so more swatches incoming soon
Enjoy your day!
Giveaway: Manglaze Franken Jugg’s!
I can’t believe I’m putting up a new giveaway before even ending the Hello Kitty Giveaway (check sidebar to enter) but I can’t resist.
The main reason is the simply pure awesomeness of these stylish empty juggs to create your own Franken’s in! Don’t they look amazing? Always had this great color in mind but just can’t seem to find it anywhere? Why not make it yourself in a cuteass bottle, or two! Here is your chance This is what Manglaze has to say about these pretties:
” Creating a monster? These big EMPTY juggs have a wide mouth.
Our dumbest idea yet is the biggest industry innovation since …
matte nail polish. Sexy monster by Australian artist Tegan Coddington”
TIME TO GET CREATIVE GIRLS!
The rules:
// MUST
1. Be a follower of this blog (I will check)
2. Comment on this post with your email stated clearly AND
write down the colors you would combine to make your ideal Franken!
3. Post about my giveaway on your blog or twitter with picture!
(write down the link in your comment)
This giveaway is international!
You can enter till the 10th of August, 11:59 pm CET.
I will let www.random.org decide the lucky number!
Please make only ONE entry, thank you
The winner will not get one but TWO Franken Juggs ordered directly from Manglaze.
Good luck!
Peachy Hearts
I couldn’t resist! Halp! The new heart nail art stickers from Essence where practically
screaming at me to be used…yeah..really! This is Catrice I Scream Peach! combined
with white dots made by the ever so useful..
toothpick
Oh look! My mani matches my dress! The dress I couldn’t wear for years cause of
eating too much candiez. At the moment I’m still losing weight, already at 10 kg now,
in 3 months! Woot! Candies are bad ..mkay.
Enjoy your day to the fullest!
Blingy Green
Hi!
This beauty is ofcourse Sold Out Forever! by Catrice. I needed a fast manicure
that wouldn’t be too dull and would catch the few sunbeams we will have in The
Netherlands today. I used the hexagonal pink/green blingies from Essence Nail
Art Glitter in Cosnova. When you apply these on pink nails the glitter will look
much more pink. But as you can see, when applied on a green color they will
pick up a greenish shade! Here is what I came up with:
I’m really working on making better pictures. I also noticed that Blogger decreases
the quality of your pictures a lot.
More exiting news: new website coming up! I’ve been busy with it for a while now
and it’s almost finished, yay
Have a good one!
