RETO DE 31 DÍAS Día 11: POLKA DOTS / LUNARES

You probably noticed how I rebelled and didn't do Sunday's challenge Gradient Nails...oopsie! I just really wanted to enjoy my patriotic mani last weekend I'm sorry!! But I will do it....soon....I hope! ;)

So today we are on the day 11 and that means we are beginning with the patterns! Though as you could see, we've all used some patterns for our past creations in the challenge... but it's fun to know that now we can use any colors we want which makes this a whole lot more fun because I get to use my untrieds!!!! Yay!!!

For example this color: Spanish Moss by Revlon. I had had it for a while and never used it before and I kept seeing that Zoya Evvie and couldn't help to think of this shade. I wanted to wear it so badly!-specially since Zoya is not available in Mexico :(-  I have been pleasantly surprised by the line Colorstay of Revlon. The application is good, the brush is great to work with and the formula is so pigmented I did ONE coat. Can you believe it? It's a great cheaper choice!

Look at it isn't it the perfect shade for transitioning to fall? I'm sooo loving it :)
*I realized in the pics this color looks grey! but it isn't, it is green...just so you know

On my accent nails I used two coats of Whimsical by L.A. Girl a great nude shade and used two dotting tools of different sizes with Spanish Moss.

 

A day later I went on with my original idea, but I guess I still like more the look above!

Don't forget to visit all the other blogs:

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

EN ESPAÑOL POR FAVOR!:

Así que hoy estamos en el día 11 lo cual quiere decir que empezamos con: patrones!!! Siiii!!! Me late mas esta idea porque ya podemos usar los colores que queramos y yo puedo usar al fin los que tengo y nunca he usado por ejemplo: Spanish Moss de Revlon. Es un verde militar cremoso muuuy de moda para el otoño que desde que lo vi me encantó. Además de que esta muy pigmentado y con una sola capa cubre muy bien.

Para el tema de hoy que es "Uñas con Lunares" hice primero solo la "accent nail" con base Whimsical de L.A. Girl, es un color carne. Y al día siguiente prosegui con mi idea original y tambien le hice puntitos a las demás uñas aunque creo que me gustaba mas antes!

Hacer los lunares es muy fácil, yo uso el palito de madera que es para bajar la cuticula. En el paquetito que compré vienen 4 y tienen diferente punta lo que me permite hacer puntos grandes y chicos con uno y otro.

Hasta la próxima!^^

¡¡¡VIVA MEXICO!!!-Day 28 INSPIRED BY A FLAG

What? What? Day 28? Haha, I'll explain: tomorrow is Mexico's independence day, but the celebrations begin tonight at midnight so I had to be prepared with my nails! And I remembered that further along on the challenge we have this topic so I will get a little bit ahead on this one.

 

This is Mexico's flag:

 

So I took the colors and came up with this:

The colors I used were:

-White On- Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear

-White Cap- China Glaze

-Cherry Red- Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear

-Bright Green- L.A. Colors Art Deco

I first painted my nails white and then put a coat of White Cap which is a beautiful gold shimmer. Then I painted my tips diagonally with Cherry Red and finally with bright Green. At the end I put golden striping tape I got at Sally Beauty Supply. I came up with this design because I didn't want to do the flag so literal.





 

Then I got a little crazy and with an Ultra Fine Tipped Sharpie wrote ¡¡¡Viva Mexico!!! on my ring fingernail!

 

Have a great weekend!!^^

31 DAY CHALLENGE Day 9: RAINBOW NAILS :) ...so sweet!!! / UÑAS DE ARCOIRIS

Hey girls! Today's menu: Rainbow Nails. I must admit I was not excited about this challenge and I postponed it as much as I could because I was thinking: rainbow? that reminds me of me in kindergarden carrying around my Rainbow Brite doll!-don't get me wrong I loved her so much, but this week I had to go to take care of some affairs and I kept thinking: the people at the offices are going to look at me like: what's with this lady and her toddler nails?!...

Aww!! Remember??

 

So I tried to think of a way in which I would enjoy them and I came up with the spun sugar nails!!! And now I love the way they look!!!^^

Here is the tutorial I watched:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flOT8blujcA

Based on that, what I did was this:

I first put all the drops of all the colors at the same time on the surface (a yoghurt cap) and waited about 5 minutes for them to dry and become "stringy". I used about 4 large drops of every color on each hand.
The colors I used were:
-Base color: White On- Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear
-Noite Quente- Maybelline Colorama
-165-Bissú
-Green with Envy -Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear
-Sunshine Sparkle- Revlon
-Snappy Sorbet- Sally Hansen Insta-Dri
-Cherry Red- Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear

I know, I know. The rainbow should have 7 colors but I wanted to do only the colors we have done in the challenge :)

I didn't go nail by nail but color by color. Which means I did all the purple on the 5 nails of a hand, and then blue, and so on -to save time AND polish!-

When I finished I felt like if I didn't apply a topcoat it would be too vulnerable and I loved this mani so much I wanted to protect it. But I must say it is hard to apply a topcoat on this spun nails!!! And in the end I regretted it because it totally takes away the cool 3D effect the chubby strings had (shown below). Now they just look like plain lines :(

I also would like to say that this dries fast! I thought it would take forever but no, even before I applied my topcoat it was already superdry to the point that I could squash the little clumps and nothing happened o.O
It took me overall about two hours, but I had my baby running around and even had to change a diaper! Lol!!

Anyhow I love it!

EN ESPAÑOL:

No tenía nada de ganas de hacer este reto. Pensaba: Uñas de Arcoiris? me recuerda al jardín de niños y a Rainbow Brite. Y no es que no me gustara, pero esta semana tenía que hacer unos trámites y me daba un poco de vergüenza ir con mis uñas aniñadas.
Así que me puse a pensar de que manera podía hacerlas de un modo en que las disfrutara y entonces me tope con este vídeo en el que enseñan la técnica de "algodón de azúcar" refiriéndose a los hilitos que lo forman.
El resultado es impresionante y en 3D! Hacerlo es sencillo aunque un poco tardado. Empecé por poner 4 gotas de cada color en una superficie (por ejemplo, yo use la tapa de un yogurt) y esperé aprox unos 5 minutos a que se hiciera "chicloso" al moverlo con un palillo.
Empece a pasar los hilos color por color en todas las uñas, pero tu lo puedes hacer como te acomode, puede ser mejor uña por uña, el chiste es que funcione para ti y bueno, yo lo hice así tratando de no desperdiciar mucho esmalte ^^.
Después de limpiar lo que queda en la piel y admirar esta hermosa técnica, mi cabeza no dejaba de pensar en aplicar el topcoat (brillo). Así que lo hice. Y me arrepiento, porque le quito lo "gordito" a muchos de los hilitos :( ahora solo parecen líneas....
También quisiera mencionar que no tarda mucho en secar. Aunque parezca que esos hilitos gordos no secarán nunca, sí lo hacen.
Bueno, de cualquier modo yo quedé fascinada por el resultado ;) hasta la próxima!

I know, I stole some of my baby's toys for the pics! ^^

 

 

I will be checking out what the rest of my partners did!!

 

-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

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

31 Day Challenge Day 7: BLACK & WHITE

Hey ladies!!! TGIF right?? :) so today we're doing the classic combo of black and white and I think maybe because of the mimes in their black and white striped shirts it reminds me of France.

 

When I saw this post I definitely fell in love with it and I took this theme as an opportunity to finally try it. I was a bit scared that it wouldn't turn out very well because white has always been a pain in the back to apply for me. This formula wasn't the exception. I used Sally Hansen's Xtreme Wear White On. I had to apply it in 3 fast streaks. I did two coats and then the dotting with Circuits from L.A. Girl Color Craze and 2 different sized dotting tools. For the accent nails I used the colors the other way around.

 

 

Finally don't forget to check my partners so you can get tons of ideas of black and white 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



 

31 DAY CHALLENGE Day 6: VIOLET NAILS :)

Hello ladies! The color of the day is Violet! This time I did a little leopard print using Lively Lilac by Rimmel (cream) as a base and for the prints I used Not so Blueberry by Revlon (shimmer). This Revlon polish is from the Scented line, and they do smell nice once its dry (cause if you smell it from the bottle it'll be awful I promise!!) they even smell after applying the topcoat...a little less of course, and after a few days the scent will be gone. I own a few of these scented polishes and they are all yummy! I found myself sniffing my hands constantly while it lasted! Since I still don't own any stamping equipment I did this all by hand and I was surprised at how easy and fast it was. I used an orange wood stick as a dotting tool.

 

I also did an accent nail on my left hand with Lush Lavendar by L.A. Colors Color Craze. I had never used this color before but I bought it because its a lavender-y type of silver and since silver is not very flattering on my skin tone I thought this might look a little better and I guess I was right because I was amazed by how many colors this polish has in its glitters! It has silver, pink, blue, wow!!!! I'm dying to wear it again!
So....This is how it turned out:

Check out my partners in the challenge:

-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

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