11.29.2010

Essie-Hard to Get - Tres Risk- Bold Blouse- Konad

Essie Hard to Get was the first Essie polish that I have bought when I started collecting Nail polishes. It is a bublegum pink creme and 2 coats gives enough coverage. I have bought 4 Tres Risk polishes as a set for $4.99 at Ross. I was reading about them on MUA and I thought I might give it a try. I loved them, they are pigmented enough for Konad too. I used 2 coats of Essie and Tres Risk and I used the same polishes for Konad. I picked Konad M79 for the design and Poshe as my top coat.






11.27.2010

Thanksgiving Trip- OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui

We spend the Thanksgiving day and night in San Jose with our friends and on Black Friday, rather than shopping we went hiking in Santa Cruz. My blue manicure and blue waters of Santa Cruz went perfect together.
The design is from the Hello Kitty plate that I have recently bought from Born Pretty store. I have ordered two plates, one of them came without the scraper and the other one with a crooked scraper. I could not transfer any of the designs with their scraper so I used my konad one. I would probably never order from them again.





















And here is a bonus picture of Claire's glitter top coat that my daughter is sporting in Santa Cruz:)

11.19.2010

Orly Cosmic FX- Galaxy Girl

When Orly Cosmic Fx collection was released, I bought Space Cadet, Haley's Comet and Galaxy Girl. Later, I saw that Galaxy Girl was a dupe of Maybelline Vanishing Venus and I have that one so I decided to return Galaxy Girl, but due to my busy life Galaxy Girl stayed in my glove compartment for more than a month and then I decided I would rather keep it. Dark vampy colors are not my favorites but Galaxy Girl was very nice since it has blue micro glitter that flashes when the natural light hits it. My photos don't do justice to the beauty of this color...


11.16.2010

HC Sky- Konad M63 Houndstooth

Like I usually do with my cremes, after wearing it one day I try to find a way to make it more interesting. This time, I stamped with Konad M63 the Houndstooth pattern and I used Pure Ice French Kiss to stamp. Sometimes if your nails are longer even the full plat designs do not cover the nail, so I added a funky French tip using the Pure Ice French Kiss. It looks better in real life than the pictures, I got compliments from store clerks to little girls☺

11.15.2010

Hard Candy - Sky

Hard Candy Sky is the new version of the famous HC Sky polish from 1995. It is a gorgeous blue creme with a little bit shimmer. It takes 4 coats to get it opaque but it is worth it. Hard Candy is sold at Walmart all over the country for $5.


11.13.2010

Orly- Meet Me Under the Mistletoe

I have realized my last polishes were almost all green well here is another great green polish from Orly. Meet me Under the Mistletoe is part of Orly's winter holiday collection. I used it yesterday without the dots but today I wanted to add tiny silver dots to complement the shimmer. The formula reminded me of the Orly Cosmic Fx collection. Pictures are taken inside under fluorescent light, so green looks a little bit darker than the actual color.



11.09.2010

OPI Mad as a Hatter + WetnWild Coloricon Night Owl

Night Owl is a dark purple cream and it is from the limited edition Halloween collection. Even though I like the colors of  WetnWild polishes they chip very quickly so I usually use them for nail art or Konad. This coloricon one was much better than their core collection. I applied Barielle Camuflage as my base coat, then 2 coats of Night Owl. I went to a meeting that night and this gave enough time to my nails to dry completely. Then I added Mad as a Hatter using tape and Poshe top coat. I loved this manicure because it had the glitter and creme together, best of both worlds:)


11.06.2010

Patchwork Mani

After using Jade is the New Black for a few days I've decided to jazz it up a little. I used the tape method and with Milani Hi Tech (Holo) and Orly Liquid Vinyl. One trick for using a tape for either French Manicure or any other type of nail art is to make sure that the first coat is perfectly dry. Using a tape for funky designs is an easy way for anyone, especially if you don't have Konad, nail art brushes or a dotting tool. Have a great weekend everyone...

11.04.2010

OPI- Jade is the New Black

My favorite green of all times! OPI Jade is the New Black is a gorgeous green creme. This is two coats plus the top coat.  

11.01.2010

Minnie Mouse for Halloween

This Halloween I was Minnie Mouse and here are my matching nails!
I have used 3 coats of OPI Ali's Big Break and finished with Poshe top coat. Ali's Big Break is a very nice red with micro glitter from the  Burlesque collection.