Mystery Nails

Hi!

I'm so late with posting! Just started a temp job earlier this week and it's been crazy here! I have a little time, so I wanted to make a quick post.



When I first put this on, it reminded me of a giraffe. FH said it looked like a turtle shell. My friend said it looked like broken eggshells. What do you see?

Base colors are OPI "Did You 'Ear About Van Gogh?" and Color Club "Blue-ming". Stamp is from DRK-A plate using Konad Special Polish in White.

Also, there's a DRK-A contest! I didn't check all the details yet, but there will be 42 winners, 1 winner per image on the plate. Winners will get 50% off the DRK-B plate that's coming out soon! You can check the details of the contest at this site Esmaltaradas. Right now, the contest is running until 11 pm (Brasília official time) of April 4th 2012. I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with! Hope I have time to join in on the fun too!

Thanks for stopping by!

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**UPDATE**
The contest is running until 11 pm (Brasília official time) of April 15th 2012.

Color Club Blossoming Swatches

Hi!

I have swatches of four of the colors from Color Club's Blossoming collection! When I won their nail art contest, I asked if they could send these colors and they were kind enough to do so. Yay!

Hydrangea Kiss


Sweetpea


Blue-ming


Blushing Rose


With the exception of Blushing Rose, application was pretty smooth. Other than that, I think this is a really pretty collection and I'll probably be purchasing the purple Lavendarling in the near future.

Does this collection call out to you? Have you purchased any? If so, which one(s)?

As always, thanks for stopping by! I cherish each and every one of you!

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Swirls!

Hi!

Here to show you a request made by Sammersaurus aka The Nailasaurus! I was a bit nervous doing this mani because she is a master at stamping and I was afraid I'd disappoint. I'm 1000% sure she'd do this way better and I can only hope to reach her level someday (soon). Practice makes perfect right? And practice I will! So here is an image from the DRK-A plate (2nd row, 5-across).



I used Color Club Sweetpea for the base and Color Club Revvvolution for the stamping. I tried to center the image on my index finger while the rest of my nails have it off center. I think I prefer it off center. Which do you prefer?

Well, I don't know about you, but that was exciting for me! Thank you for the request! That's all for now. Thanks for stopping by!

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Love In Bloom Tutorial

Hi!

Today, I have a tutorial for the Love In Bloom mani! I usually adjust the pictures so that the colors look more accurate, but it's been a crazy week and my right eyelid is swollen for reasons unknown. So since this is a tutorial and I really wanted to get this up, I hope you will forgive me.

First things first, base color! I used Color Club in Candy Cane, which I won in one of their Facebook Friday giveaways!



Next, use a small, thin brush to paint the l-o-v-e. I used Color Club in Revvvolution. As you can see, it's a little hard to read it at this point.



Here, I started to outline the L with Color Club Lazer Pink.




And the rest all outlined. Looking better, isn't it?



Here, I went over the heart with Art Club Black Hologram to help it stand out more.



And the rest all lined.



Then I used a small dotting tool for the flowers using Color Club Lazer Pink and Art Club Satin White. Sorry, I didn't get pictures of how I dotted the flowers, but there's a great video on youtube by the lovely Nailasaurus. Her flowers are much prettier!



Afterwards, I carefully put on topcoat so as not to smear the design and to smooth it all out. And that's it! Hope this is helpful to anyone who wants to try it! Thanks for stopping by!

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♥ V-Day Mani's! ♥

Hi!

Whether you celebrated or not, I hope everyone had a lovely Valentine's Day! I enjoyed a nice homemade dinner with my FH and his brother and brother's girlfriend. FH even brought home some Lindt dark chocolate for me - YUM! What I came here to show you are the entries I posted for Color Club's V-Day mani contest! How's about a collage?



I named the left one "Love In Bloom" and the one on the right is "Parade of Hearts". I don't think a name was required, but they popped into my head and I liked them, so I figured why not?

Originally, I had done another V-Day mani for the contest, but I re-read the rules and realized I hadn't adhered to them by using too many Art Club colors. So then I tried to reproduce it, which would be the "Parade of Hearts" mani. Here's the original.



I thought it looked cute short too.



This was a nice challenge and I'm happy with what I came up with. There are other great entries too!! So exciting!!

Hehe okay, that's all for now! Thanks for stopping by!

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Giants

Hi!

I know I'm late with this, but I wanted to post the mani I sported for the Super Bowl. Since I'm a New Yorker, I just had to support my home team Giants! I actually don't follow football at all and didn't think I'd be into the game but I was hollering at the screen the whole game lol. It was pretty intense and SO FUN! Though that Tom Brady has got quite an arm, I am proud to say that the Giants won! YAY!



I did a fairly simple mani using OPI in 'Dating A Royal' which is such a gorgeous blue! One of my faves for sure. Unfortunately, the topcoat bubbled up, so I will have to re-swatch this beauty at some point. For the Giants logo I used Wet N Wild Wild Shine in 'French White Crème' and the red stripe is Art Club in 'Red On Red'.

On another note, Color Club is having a nail art contest on their Facebook page. They posted this:

Color Club Nail Lacquer

Valentine’s day is upon us! Ah..the season of significant others, but we see it as another holiday to have an awesome manicure. :) Color Club is holding a Valentine’s Day manicure contest. We want to see simplicity and presentation! Think outside the box, Color Clubbers. You can use between 2-4 Color Club Colors and 1-2 Art Club colors. Be sure to state what colors you used, because we’d love to know!

1st place will receive our new Blossoming 7pk, 2nd place will receive 4 shades from our Blossoming collection and 3rd place will receive 2 shades from our Blossoming collection. The contest starts now until February 15 @ noon (EST). 2 entries per contestant and PLEASE note that we can only ship prizes to US addresses ONLY.

Check out their Facebook page - Color Club Nail Lacquer

Just letting you know that I am not affiliated with Color Club. I just really like their polishes, giveaways, and contests. Now to get working on those V-day mani's! Hope you'll join in the fun!

That's all for now. Thanks for stopping by!

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Stripes

Hi!

This post is all about the mani I sported in honor of my niece's 10th birthday last week using her two favorite colors - yellow and purple.



I used China Glaze - Happy Go Lucky for the yellow base and Art Club by Color Club striper - Orchistra for the purple stripes.

That's all for now. Thanks for stopping by! =)

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Special Day, Special Color

Hellooo!

Today is my niece’s 10th birthday! I can’t believe she’s growing up so fast! Seems like only yesterday she was this tiny baby girl and now she’s getting so tall! Her party is this weekend, so later I’m going to do a mani using her favorite colors – yellow and purple. But for this post, I have something else to show you!

Yesterday I received a bottle of De-Luxe-Cious that I won from Color Club and it is such a unique color! It’s this steel-y bluish gray color with a ton of holographic glitter. See for yourself!




De-Luxe-Cious is a bit sheer. I did three coats in the first picture. In the second picture I did two coats over a coat of Sci-Fi by China Glaze. To me, De-Luxe-Cious by itself has a softer look and has more depth to it, which I think I prefer. Can you see a difference?

Until next time! Thanks for stopping by!

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In Da Club

Hellooo!

So Color Club does this giveaway on Facebook every Friday where they post a bottle picture of a Color Club nail polish and you e-mail them two guesses of what the name of the nail polish is. Usually the winner is the first person who guesses it right, but today they let the first five win, and guess what?? I was one of the five! In honor of Color Club's generosity, I wanted to do a celebratory mani using one of my Color Club polishes - Ultra Violet.



I did two coats here. In the pictures it looks like I could've used another coat, but it looks fine to my naked eye. I don't even know how many pictures I took, but it was a lot! My camera just refused to pick up the gorgeous duochrome. If you think the picture looks nice, it looks even better in person! Even when FH saw it, he said "Ooh, it's chromey!" Of course he meant duochromey, but it was cute nonetheless hehe.

If you aren't following Color Club on Facebook, here's the link: Color Club Facebook Page. Even if you prefer not to participate in their giveaways, people post a lot of nice pictures on their wall, so check them out. =)

That's all for now. Thanks for stopping by!

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What Rainbows May Come

Hi my peeps! ^.^ Boy did it rain today! It was gloomy all day so I wanted to do something bright and cheery. ^.^ I knew I wanted a rainbow so here's what I came up with!



The rainbow is shooing the rain away - yay! Though, I do kind of like the rain on my pinky. ^.^

Index:
Icing - True Blue (for the sky)
Wet n Wild - French White Creme (for the clouds)

For the rainbow, I used a bunch of nail art stripers and topped it all off with the closest matching glittery stripers I could find. Some of them are made by Art Club and the rest I found in random beauty supply shops so they don't all have names.

Pinky:
China Glaze - Rain Storm (for the sky)
Color Club - Sexy Siren and Revlon Street Wear - Hologram (for the rain)

So there's my rainy day mani - I hope you liked it. Thanks for stopping by! ^.^

jeninjafer
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