Challenge: My Favorite Flower

Hello dear readers!

Here is my 1st manicure of 2014. I did it for Adventures in Stamping's Sunday challenge which is a nice way to come up with inspiration... it's also such a treat to take a look at what the other ladies do with their manicures. (Here some of the ladies post stamping in instagram #aistamping)

This is what I came up with for this challenge...

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Well, my favorite flowers are roses. Even if it sounds cliché, I really like them, here's some proof...

For this manicure, I started by painting 2 coats of Orly - Cotton Candy. Then, I stamped a grunge pattern from stamping plate HD-C using Orly - Prelude to a Kiss.

I stamped an inverted stamping pattern from my new BuNa-A plate on my thumb, index, middle and pinky. For my ring finger, I stamped a lace design and roses from the same plate. I used Kleancolor black for stamping.

This looks very Valentine's day appropriate, right? Maybe a bit early for that...

♥♥Thank you so much for reading in 2014♥♥

Challenge: Tone-on-Tone Stamping

Hello dear readers!

I did another manicure for FB group AiS. For Sunday September 1st, the theme of the challenge was tone-on tone which was pretty easy. I chose gray tones for this manicure because it's one of my favorite colors that I rarely get to wear.

I started with China Glaze - Pelican Grey as the base...

Then, I applied a layer of Spectraflair topcoat.

After that, I stamped a full nail design from plate XL M using Kleancolor - Charcoal for stamping.

(Kleancolor Charcoal doesn't work as a nail polish at all, takes ages to dry or slides off your nail...other than that... for stamping, it works flawlessly) ;)

Extra pic :)

 What do you think of this nail art?

As always...

♥♥Thank you so much for reading♥♥

Challenge: Stamping Over a Nude Base

Hello dear readers!

Last Sunday's challenge on FB group Adventures in Stamping was to do some stamping nail art on a nude base. I find this group very fun because it stimulates my creativity when I have no inspiration.

Well, here's what I came up with:

More details below....

The base color for this nail art was Palm Springs by American Apparel. Then I did some sponging using other lighter and darker nude tones to give more dimension to the background of my design.

For stamping polishes, I used:

-Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Mint Sprint (leaves and foliage)

-Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Presto Pink (Flowers)

-Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Snappy Sorbet (Flowers on thumb)

-Pop Beauty - Thirty Seven Foggy (Light grey foliage)

-Nabi - Black (Feathers)

For designs, I used:

-XL R plate (Bird on thumb, flowers, big feathers)

-XL F plate (Small flowers, leaves on thumb)

-XL M plate (Big flowers and foliage on ring finger)

-QA23 (Vines on thumb and pinkie)

-A49 (Flowers and leaves on  index)

-m77 (Small feathers and flowers on pinkie)

Here's a detailed picture of what I did on my thumbnail using the stamping decal technique

*I will do a tutorial on this next week

 What do you think of this nail art?

Stay tuned for my tutorial on how to do a nail decal using a stamping design next Monday ;)

♥♥Thank you so much for reading♥♥

Challenge: Crazy Neons

I'm back again!

As always, I seem to take breaks in between posts. I've received very nice and encouraging emails from long nail lovers... All I have to say is Thank you so much!
I sincerely appreciate every lovely message. I have more manicures and swatches for upcoming posts ;)

This is a belated post that I was supposed to post around Feb. 17th for the Crazy Neons challenge on FB group AIS.

As I told you, this is a manicure from a month ago, as of now, my nails are even longer :p It is getting more and more difficult to stamp a full nail design on my nails...

For this manicure I used:

Base: Barry M Gelly - Grapefruit

Stamping: Kleancolor - Black

Stamping plate: HD B

 

I hope you like this nail art.

♥♥Thank you so much for reading and for leaving a comment♥♥

Challenge: Valentine's Day

Hello dear readers and nail friends ;)

Here is my first manicure of  2013, this Sunday FB group AIS challenge was a Valentine's day themed manicure. This was definitely a chance to try out and show you what you can do with my new HD-A & HD-B Stamping plates.

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For this manicure, I used Sally Hansen White On as the base.

I stamped the heart pattern, cherub and love word using Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Rapid Red.

For the accent nail, I applied clear nail polish and put heart shaped glitters to frame my nail.

Here's my right hand that you rarely see on my posts :-p

oops, a glitter heart fell off...

♥Thank you for reading my blog and leaving nice comments ♥ 

If you have a request for a nail art idea you would like me to do, let me know by leaving a comment below.

Haters: If you don't like my nails and want to tell me they are ugly and they look like those of a witch, don't waste your time... I will always take that as a compliment... Ha ha ha ;-p

Chellenge: Matte Finish Nails

Hello dears!

Yesterday's challenge for FB AIS was using a matte topcoat on my stamping manicure. This is one of the easiest challenges because I could use any design as long as I applied a matte topcoat.
This challenge was a special one because I  noticed lots and lots of great manicures from the other ladies in the group.

Here is what I came up with:

I used 2 coats of a white nail polish a a base.

I stamped a floral design from XL M plate using Kleancolor - Metallic Pink as the stamping polish and finished the manicure with Kleancolor - Maddly Matte topcoat.

What do you think of this manicure?

♥♥Thank you for reading♥♥

Challenge: Let my Boyfriend Choose a Design

Hello Dears!

Today's challege for FB, group Adventures in Stamping consists in letting your boyfriend or husband choose a design. I asked my boyfriend over the phone if he could help me with this challenge. More details below:

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His idea was to use a black nail polish as the base and a stamping design that had a bubble-like pattern in gold. To finish up the manicure, he said it would be a good idea to make some type of gradient on the tips in gold too.

I used Kleancolor in black for the base. Then, I stamped the bubble pattern from XL D plate using Maybelline Colorshow in Bold Gold. I used a makeup sponge and sponged the same gold nail polish on the tips of my nails to accomplish the gradient effect.

I loved his idea. I think I will let him suggest me more nail art ideas in a future ;)

Did you like his nail art idea and the result too?

♥♥Thank you for reading♥♥

Challenge: Using a plate with the # of the day you were born

Hello dear readers!

Oct. 28 Challenge manicure for FB group Adventures in Stamping was using a stamping plate with the number of the day you were born. In this case, I used A series stamp plate A25.

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I used China Glaze -  Sunset Sail as the base color and a reddish brown stamping polish from Konad.

 

I really like this color combination, it gives this manicure a romantic, vintage look.

In a previous post, I've used the same color combination, you can take a look here.

I showed this manicure to my friend and she said it was perfect for Valentines Day...I should have waited  until then to do this manicure...

What do you think of this manicure? I hope you like it :)

♥ ♥Thank you for reading♥ ♥

Challenge: Metallic Madness

Hello dear readers!

This Sunday's challenge for Adventures in Stamping consisted in using stamping with a metallic or chrome finish nail polish.

This time I used my pendant as a stamp plate because the engraving works very well for that purpose :)
I have used this stamp on previous posts, here and here.

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I used Kleancolor Pearl Fuchsia for stamping on top of a black nail polish base.

Did you like this way of stamping?

♥♥Thank you for reading♥♥

Challenge: Using a French Tip Design

Hello again!

Last Sunday's challenge on FB group, Adventures in Stamping was using a french tip design. The cool thing is that I could use a french tip design and stamp it any way I wanted.

This time I decide to do a simple manicure:

I used: Zoya Gigi as the base and stamped designs from Konad m77 plate using Kleancolor Black.

If you would like to know how I stamped the accent nail you can click here.

Did you like this manicure? How would you do it differently?

♥♥Thank you for reading♥♥

Brush Strokes

Hello dear readers!

I want to show you a simple stamp nail art I did for the FB Adventures in Stamping Sunday challenge for August 5th - using bronze, silver or gold as base or stamp color. Too bad I was late for posting it on FB :(

I used Color Club - Worth the Risque as the base and stamped a brush stroke pattern from stamp plate DRK A, using Kleancolor Black. I really like this pattern because is big enough to cover most of my entire nail and it's easy to double stamp.

♥♥ Thank you for reading♥♥

Red and Black Gradation Nail Art

Hello dear readers!

I  recently joined a FB group called Adventures in Stamping, which focuses on you guessed...nail stamping ;) members can post about nail polish or nail art in general but on Sundays there are stamping challenges and we have to do a stamping nail art based on the theme that members voted on.
For July 29th, the challenge was Red and Black.
This is what I came up with:

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I used Rimmel - Passion as the base color. I sponged a gradation of Kleancolor Black and Red nail polishes using a makeup sponge, making sure the gradation looked a bit diagonal. I stamped floral and butterfly designs from plates A25, A43, A58, m20, m82, XL H, and XL K. I also added a tiny bit of silver holographic glitter.

Did you like this nail art? What other color combinations would you like me to use with this centered gradation?

♥Thank you for reading♥