C is for Caviar Pearls & Chevron Mani!

Hi dear ladies!! Today's challenge is for the letter C! I had wanted to do a chevron manicure ever since I saw Kimber's post for the 31 day challenge's red nails. I hadn't done it because for me, tape manis are a real P.I.T.A!!! but the results are awesome.

I started with my basecoat Nail Envy by OPI, then applied two coats of Revlon's Rich Raspberry and a coat of Seche Vite.

When that was dry, I placed the tape to form the chevron and then applied a coat of LA Colors Color Craze Lush Lavendar and took off the tape almost right away. After that I didn't feel like using tape again, so I did the blue part by hand. It's George Blueney by Catrice. (LOL! Love the name!). And finally the Seche Vite, again.

The accent nails have caviar pearls instead. These are called Prom Queen by Ciaté and I outlined them with striping tape. I flooded them with Seche Vite on top because I've heard these tend to fall off quite fast so... let's see how long they survive it's my first time using them...I will update that info later. ;)

ESPAÑOL:

Hola chicas! El reto de hoy es con la letra "C" de Caviar y Chevrón!. Caviar porque así se les llama a las mini perlitas que tengo en mi dedo anular y chevrón por el símbolo que hice en las uñas, yo no sabía qué significaba esta palabra así que le inserte un link por si acaso ustedes tambien tienen la duda.

Bueno al grano!...Empecé con mi basecoat Nail Envy de OPI, dos capas de Rich Raspberry de Revlon y una capa de Seche Vite para acelerar un poco el proceso. Ya que se secó, puse la cinta adhesiva y una capa de Lush Lavendar de LA Colors Color Craze. Para la parte azul ya me dio flojera volver a poner la cinta así que lo hice a mano. El tono es George Blueney de Catrice (no les encanta el nombre? es como George Clooney!!! jajaja)

Respecto a las perlitas de caviar...pues es de esas cosas que tengo varias y nada más no las había usado!!! Es la primera vez, así que me va a faltar contarles las experiencia. Por esta vez lo único que cambié fue que las inundé en topcoat! En el instructivo no dice que lo hagas pero una amiga me dijo que si no les pones topcoat se caen muy rápido. Peeeero también importa qué topcoat uses, en una mano usé Seche Vite y no tuve problema pero en la otra mano usé Clearly Quick de Sally Hansen Insta-Dri y se corrió el color de las perlitas :(

Les debo la actualizacion para ver cuánto tiempo me duran ;)

 

Let's go and check out all the other ladies manicures!

RETO DE 31 DIAS Dia 18: MEDIAS LUNAS / HALF MOONS

Damn it I'm a couple hours late!!! I just missed the day of the challenge AGAIN!!! I'm so sorry you guys! I'm on vacation and its hard to keep up. The only good news is that I'm getting a lot of new nail polish!! So I will return with a lot to do and try!! It's Christmas for me!!!! Today as I was paying for a Halloween bowl and some nail polish the associate put all my nail polish inside the bowl :) I couldn't help to think that that would be better for me than candy!!!!

Ok so stop the bla, bla, bla and on to the challenge!

So... I began this challenge without any motivation, tried some gold and blue combo that was a total fail, and gave up. I chose to do something different instead and applied one of my untried colors: 669 from Maybelline.

I absolutely LOVED this color. The formula is very thin which allows it to dry super fast and yet it has a good coverage. I did two coats. It also has a semi-matte finish which goes really well with the shade. But I wanted it to shine, so I applied a coat of Seche Vite.

Then I also wanted to try Black Out by Kleancolor. A black and silver chunky glitter and I used it for my accent nail. It was only a couple hours later that it occurred to me that I could use this beautiful shade of grey to try to do the half moons again. I did it and I fell in love!

For the half moons I used Lush Lavendar by LA Girl Color Craze.
I liked the end result, and discovered a new pattern to love!

Have a good night sleep!!!

31 DAY CHALLENGE Day 8: METALLIC NAILS!!!!

Hey guys!! Doing this nails was such an adventure! When I started setting up all my materials to paint my nails in the dining room table my husband passed by and said "Careful not to knock the remover over on the table"...to which I responded "of course not, it is closed, look" ...then I began to paint my nails.

Remember I told you about Lush Lavendar a beautiful silver-lilac shimmer polish by L.A. Colors color craze? Well I did two coats and it was still very sheer and since I definitely didn't plan to put 5 coats on I changed plans. I decided to apply a coat of Grey Matter by Rimmel underneath which is -as its name indicates- a plain creamy gray.

 

I ended up a bit disappointed because even when it did cover up well it made my Lush Lavendar look just silver! It took away all the reflections it has. :(

I did an accent nail with a lightning bolt and it was so hard to do!!!! Lol! I guess it was because I was a bit impatient and ruined it the first time so I had to do it again. It turned out ok I think.

 

And just when I reached for my Seche Vite guess what happened? I knocked over the polish remover on the wooden dining table!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG! I had opened it when I corrected my lightning bolts and didn't close it!!!! The worst thing was that I tried to dry it with the first thing I could grab: cotton. Worst idea ever because it removed a layer of the paint. Oops! Catastrophe!
I guess if I hadn't done that it would've evaporated and not done so much damage but well, what's done its done. I'm telling you this to remind you to be extra careful when you're working with nail polish remover and nail polish. :( though in mind I think my husband jinxed it! Lol!

Well, that was my accident with these metallic nails.

Have a beautiful week and please don't forget to check all the other metallic manis!

-Kimber at Kimber's Lacquer Korner

-Kat at Hooked On Polish
-Diana at Nails By Diana
-Aly at Wonderland Beauty
-Meredith at Perfectly Polished
-Nicole at The Color Republic
-Kate at The Painted Pony Nails
-Cee at Absolutely Cee
-Sam at Polished Art
-Nail Narcotics
-Nicole at Nicole Gets Nailed
-Shelby at Shelby's Swatches
-Stephanie Louise at All Things Beautiful
-Mixed Mama
-Joanna @ Sweet Polish of Mine
-Patty Greenberg
-Liz and Lisa @ Lozlosa
-Mari at Nailista
-Greta at How Was Your Day?
-Miss L at Beauty by Miss L
-Gini at Sassy Paints
-Chameleon Stampede
-Pam at Nail-E-Glance
-Me, Myself, and Polish