Clowning Around in Candyland

 

Hiya ladies!!! How are you today? It's been a very emotional day for me, my baby entered day care today and I just couldn't help crying...but well let's get to the manicure!

 

When I saw Jindie Nails' Candyland on Katherine's post I was in awe!!! Such a pretty polish!!!! but when I read her review about it, I didn't feel like buying it. And even looking at the bottle shots you can see how the glitters are at the bottom so I was like 'No, no that looks like a never ending fishing tale'.

 

But then I see that my fave indie polish brand (Lush Lacquer) is releasing a whole new collection of Neon Glitter Polishes!!!!......whoa!! you HAVE TO check them out!!! I personally fell in love with Clowning Around because of the clear base, that means you can layer it over any color. The bad news? I set a personal goal not to buy any polishes this month...and I'm trying to prove myself and my husband that I can do it!!! so I will have to wait a while to get it.

 

However.....they're having a giveaway!! Yes, here's some hope for me (and you, too)! All you have to do is spread the word about their Neon Collection and report it on their Facebook page over here! They also have affordable promos of their mini bottles that include the Neon Collection, so there's really no excuse (unless you're on a no-buy like me!). You can read a full review on the collection at Crystal's Crazy Combos.

 

But since I don't know if I'll win or not and I desperately wanted to sport a similar look, I tried to do this: I painted on a coat of White On by Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear and on top of it I made large dots with all the neon colors shown and listed below:

From left to right: Marshmallow- Essie, Neon Orange, Neon Lime, TLC, Neon Amethyst, Neon Pink and Neon Aqua all by Kleancolor.

 

This is how it looked:

To make the neons look softer like they do on Candyland and Clowning Around, I applied two coats of Essie's Marshmallow, a white jelly:

I'm pretty pleased with the results, I do think I made a little too many large dots, but... you see? that's why Clowning Around would've looked so much better! (are you reading this hubby?...LOL!)

So what do you think? ...That's gonna be it for me today, have a wonderful weekend and month!!

ESPAÑOL:

 

Hola chicas!!! como están? Hoy ha sido un día muy emocional para mi porque mi bebe entró al Maternal y no pude evitar llorar! Es horrible escuchar que llora y no poder ir a abrazarlo!...:'( pero en fin...

 

Cuando vi el post de Katherine sobre Candyland de Jindie Nails me enamoré. Ese esmalte esta di-vi-no. Pero cuando leí que aplicarlo era una monserga dije mmm...creo que entonces no lo comprare.

Pero cual va siendo mi sorpresa al enterarme que mi marca preferida de esmaltes independientes Lush Lacquer estaba lanzando una colección entera de glitters neón!!! Wow! debes verlos están geniales!

Desafortunadamente, tengo un reto personal de no comprar esmaltes este mes, pero ellos están regalando 6 esmaltes! Lo único que debes hacer es hacerle promoción a su colección neon y reportarlo aquí!

Como yo estoy desesperada por traer ese look, intente hacer algo similar (arriba pueden ver las fotos y los nombres de los esmaltes que usé). Primero puse una capa de esmalte blanco, encima puntitos de colores neon y encima dos capas de Marshmallow de Essie que es un jelly blanco para atenuar los tonos neon.

Espero tengan un lindo fin de semana e inicio de mes!