Freedom

 

Hello everybody! I hope all my american readers had a lot of fun and relaxation celebrating the 4th of July. I really, really wanted to post this yesterday but I didn't have time :(

You're probably sick of seeing patriotic manis all over the internet by now, but seeing so many pretty manis inspired by the american flag, made me want to do one! I believe the stars and overall design of the flag allow us to have fun playing with it, besides, it's the perfect excuse to wear Freedom by Pure Ice...that gorgeous glitter!!!

 

Hola chicas! El ver ayer tantos manis inspirados en la bandera americana me hizo querer hacer uno!. Creo que el diseño de esta bandera permite jugar con diferentes diseños y se ven muy lindos, no creen? Además de que este mani es la excusa perfecta para usar este glitter hermoso llamado Freedom de Pure Ice.

Esta marca llego hace unos meses a México exclusivamente a las tiendas Wal-Mart, pero en mi pueblo nada más no aparece!!! grrrr!!!! Yo me enteré gracias a Pam de The Nail Sensation y desde entonces los he estado esperando y nada. Así que tuve que ir a la Ciudad de México a conseguirlos! Les cuento que están baratos (veintitantos pesos) y tienen colores modernos y combinaciones de glitter increíbles. Yo me traje un montón!

 

I used Pure Ice-Freedom, OPI- My boyfriend scales walls, Kleancolor- Bite Me and Maybelline- Midnight Blue. Pictured over my baby's doodles!

 

Para este manicure use Pure Ice-Freedom, OPI- My boyfriend scales walls, Kleancolor- Bite Me y Maybelline- Midnight Blue. La foto la tomé sobre los rayones de mi bebe :)

Freedom contains blue and red glitter but also silver stars!! It's so cute! I want to layer it over so many colors! All of the polishes behaved properly and applied like butter ;)

The white stars, I bought them at a stand on a street market years ago, so I don't know where they can be found.:(

 

Freedom contiene glitter rojo y azul pero también estrellas plateadas!! Esta super lindo! Ya quiero combinarlo con mas colores! Todos los esmaltes que use se aplicaron fácilmente.

Las estrellitas blancas las compre hace años en un mercadito callejero así que no se donde se puedan conseguir. :(

 

 

 Have a great weekend!

Que tengan un lindo fin de semana!

RETO DE 31 DÍAS Día 19: GALAXY NAILS! Nueva tecnica para quitar esmalte con glitter incluida!!!

Hello sweeties!! Galaxy nails are definitely one of my favorite ones. It is so much fun to try to re-create the beauty of the universe! My version of them this time looks more like a night sky, but they are beautiful to me! Funny that the topic today is galaxy nails and I will be catching a plane in a couple hours! (so this is a scheduled post, you caught me!!)

 

I took this chance to try the PVA glue basecoat technique. It worked out fine, but it still weirds me out! I guess I just have to try it again. If you haven't read about it you can do it here. It was hard to capture all the glitter on camera, but in person these galaxy nails shined like crazy! =^.^=

 

ESPAÑOL!

 

Buen día chicas! Hoy el tema son las galaxias en las uñas. Me parece muy divertido tratar de imitar la belleza del espacio....aaaahhhh!!! (suspiro) ;P

Como iba a usar mucho glitter aproveche para probar esta técnica nueva que descubrieron las chicas australianas: usar pegamento blanco como basecoat...que tal? Se supone que hace más facil quitar el esmalte de brillos o glitter, si los has usado, sabes de lo que estoy hablando. Se ven increíbles pero quitarlos en una tortura!! Con esta técnica se facilita mucho.

 

Lo primero es el pegamento, yo use el de la foto, que es SUPER conocido en México. Con un pincel aplica una capa (yo recomiendo que sea algo gruesa) de pegamento, con cuidado de que no toque la piel porque eso haría que no te dure mucho tu esmalte. Si accidentalmente se extiende el pegamento a la piel limpialo antes de que seque, debe quedar solo en la uña. Tarda en secar,como 5 minutos o un poco más, sabrás cuando se seque porque se volverá transparente.

 

 

Ya que seque estas lista para aplicar tu esmalte de glitter preferido. Y cuando lo quieras retirar lo puedes hacer con tus propias uñas o con ayuda de un palillo. A mi me quedaron rastros de esmalte en las orillas que removí con quitaesmalte.

Puedo decir que el pegamento sobrevive al agua o sea que sí se puede usar bien esta técnica en el día a día y sin peligro porque el pegamento no es tóxico.

Definitivamente si es fácil de quitar el glitter con esta técnica pero no sé, no me hago a la idea de ponerme pegamento!... se me hace raro! Quizá debo hacerlo de nuevo...me recuerda mucho a unos esmaltes que sacó Lancôme hace varios años ya...(ahem, ahem, revelé mi edad? jaja!!) que se quitaban así, arrancándolos.

 

 

Los esmaltes que usé fueron:

 

Base: Midnight Blue 650- Maybelline Forever Strong PRO

Glitter: 1150 Blue Cosmos- Lady Olé

Estrellas: 360- Bissú

Glitter Holográfico: 551 Fairy Dust- China Glaze

 

Hahahahahaha!!!!

 

Veamos más galaxias!!:

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

-Miss L at Beauty by Miss L

-Gini at Sassy Paints

-Chameleon Stampede

-Pam at Nail-E-Glance

-Me, Myself, and Polish

- Robin Sparkles

31 DAY CHALLENGE Day 5: BLUE NAILS/ UÑAS AZULES

Blue is without a doubt one of the most beautiful colors. Who doesn't love it? It was so hard to choose a shade of blue for the challenge when they are all so incredibly breathtaking!

Since I couldn't decide I used 4 of them. I chose to do a gradient...and I loved it! :) Watch:

 

 

For those of you who don't know how to do this I will explain how I achieved this look.

 

1. First, apply your basecoat and your base color. The base color I chose was Azul from Renova Manicure Francés -this is a mexican brand- which is the lightest shade of blue. Wait for it to dry completely because you're going to press a sponge onto them!

From left to right:  Instant Artificials-Salon Sciences, Azul- Renova Manicure Francés, Minted- Revlon, 165- Bissú, Midnight Blue- Maybelline Forever Strong PRO, Clearly Quick -Sally Hansen Insta-Dri

 

 

2. To do the gradient you will be needing a make-up sponge. Dampen it and then apply a line of the darkest color on the sponge and continue down until you have completed your gradient. A little tip: you should have your bottles open cause you should paint the sponge fast so the polishes don't dry before you can put the sponge on your nails.

 

3. The trick to the gradient is that you shouldn't be able to see the lines of the brush when the color changes, and I find it hard to blend the colors in the nail, so to do it a little bit better I dabbed the sponge on a sheet of paper and bounced it moving it up and down so that the lines dissapear and then fastly move to your nails and do the same thing! I did this twice on each nail.

 

 

 

4. When you're done with the sponge you'll probably think that it looks a little rough but two coats of topcoat will fix that! I also added a tiny flower sticker to do an accent nail on my ring fingers.

 

5. Finally, just clean the polish that (inevitably) ended up on your skin and voilà!

 

 

This is only the second time I've ever done a gradient so you know, I'm happy with the result although it can be improved...I'm excited to do a lot more in the future, like they say "practice makes perfect"...

Have a beautiful weekend!!^^

I know it takes a while (cause there's so many of us!) but you should check out what these ladies came up with ;)

-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