A traditional french NOTD w/ accent nails

Hola! <3 Gosh, it feels like forever since I've painted my nails because I'm still trying to grow them out a little and using gel polish to prevent any breaks. I loooove how these rockstar manis look but I would hate to cover them up with polish but I also hate not polishing every day!! Ahhh! First world problems, much? lol

So today I want to show you guys a simple (traditional) french I did. I know many of the NB community/nail blogs are not in to french manicures but I honestly don't have a problem with them myself. Yeah...so they kinda make your nails look fake sometimes (since so many acrylic wearers sport a french) but people ask me if my nails are fake as it is all the time, so mehh, whatevs lol They are cute if done right imo! :)

Hola chicas! Ahora les tengo una foto de un french manicure que me hize ya dias. Tengo mas de una semana de no pintarme las uñas porque estoy usando esmalte de gel :) porque quiero que me crezcan un poquito mas las uñas. Espero enseñarles pronto mis rockstar nails que me eh hecho estas ultimas dos veces.

For this french manicure I used Finger Paints - Paper Mache for the tips, and Pro10 - 415 (Pinky Promise) for the nude color all over my nail. The flower design was done with acrylic paint and a dotting tool, the black was also done with acrylic paint and a thin striping brush. The stud in the center is the 2mm gold circular studs from born pretty store.

Hope you are all doing wonderful! Thanks for stopping by <3

NOTD: Essie - Bikini So Teeny

Hey loves! Today I have another polish to show you from the Essie Summer 2012 collection. This light blue polish is called Bikini So Teeny. It is such a pretty blue with subtle shimmer in the bottle...too bad it didn't really translate on the nail. :( Like most of the Essie's I own...I had a little bit of trouble applying this polish but it could just be that I have large nail beds and the brush is so tiny? Not sure, either way the polish is gorgeous!

Hola chicas! Ahora les tengo otro esmalte de la colleccion Summer 2012 de Essie en el color Bikini So Teeny. No se porque la mayoría de mis Essie's, incluyendo este color, me dan problemas cuando me los pongo...talvez es porque la brocha es bien chiquita y mis uñas son largas? No estoy segura, igual...el color esta muy bonito! :)

Essie - Bikini So Teeny, 3 coats/capas.

and I decided I hated how thick and gross it looked (even though I loved the color!) so I stamped it with Essie - Blue Rhapsody (Using a BM plate) and added black dots with a dotting tool.

At the end of it all I still thought it looked messy and took it right off lol. Bad nail day!

Okay girlies...off to do some house work before I paint my nails again. lol :) Thanks for reading! xoxo

Polish Days October : Sentimental

The theme for this month's Polish Days is Sentimental. At first, I have to admit I felt a bit stumped...but as I sat at my desk it became very clear really fast what I had to do!

A little background/facts on my nail art today: I was born and raised in California. Grew up in the Bay Area! <3 I love where I'm from and wish I was still living there. Unfortunately my parents had personal problems and decided they had to move away from them...to a new state...and that state being Texas (ugh!...no offense to any of you Texans reading this! lol) Although I have grown to accept Texas...I would leave to California in a heartbeat if I had the chance. Therefore...the whole thing is a pretty sensitive subject for me because I left what felt like my entire life behind and had little choice in changing that (health problems, etc.).

Whew! Okay, on to my entry for Polish Days: October!

Thumb: The California state flag [Used FP - Paper Mache + acrylic paint, Konaded the Star]

Index: 49ers logo...my favorite (american) football team from San Francisco. [Used SC - Hot Hot Heat + acrylic paints]

Middle: Mickey Mouse heads that represent Disney Land! [Used FP - Black Expressionism + acrylic paint and dotting tool]

Ring: 510 is the area code I lived in for most of my life. [Used SH XW Blue Away! + acrylic paint]

Pinky: And finally...the logo for the San Francisco Giants...my favorite MLB team :) [Used FP - Black Expressionism + acrylic paint]

Here are the nails in more detail...and I did add in the text for the California flag with PS...there is no way I could write out "California Republic" with a brush that small! lol :) 

Thank you so much for checking this out! Can't wait to see everyone's designs/nails :) You can check them out below. Happy Tuesday!

OPI - My Very First Knockwurst

Hi all! I'm so sorry to have randomly disappeared on you all. I have spent most of my days since my last update totally freaking out over a broken molar I got on Friday. My biggest concern in this whole situation (aside from the money and pain, and only then it is a really far second/third) is my extreme anxiety/fear I have of the dentist. Silly, I know. Needless to say the situation has pushed me over the edge...so apologies in advance if I take another unannounced leave around here. :( I have still been doing my nails every day with my blog in mind. :) Sorry for all the personal nonsense...on with the NOTD

For the first day of October, seeing as how it is Breast Cancer Awareness month, I decided to kick it off with OPI - My Very First Knockwurst. The formula on this was just as good as Don't Pretzel My Buttons...great coverage with just two coats. Then I busted out my Martha Stewart Glitter and The Best Glue Ever and painted on some random stripes and added some light purple glitter. Big fail...looked better IRL than in picture but it was still kinda weird looking...lol took it off like an hour later! :)

Hola chicas! Discúlpenme por haberme desaparecido unos días. El viernes mientras estaba comiendo me quebré una muela. Desafortunadamente, me da muchísimo miedo ir al dentista y me eh pasado todo este tiempo deprimida y desesperada porque no se como le voy hacer! Por favor mandenme unas buenas vibras porque lo voy a necesitar! Jajaja :) 

Como el mes de Octubre es el mes de prevención del cáncer de los senos, decidí empesar el mes con un esmalte rosado. Para este NOTD use OPI - My Very First Knockwurst que salio con la colección de OPI Alemania. Luego, le puse un poquito de glitter en las puntas...que en realidad no me gusto como quedo pero ni modooo... :)

OPI - My Very First Knockwurst, 2 coats/capas.

Hope you have all been great! :) xoxo

Some past NOTD's

Hi all! How are you guys doing? Great, I hope! :) Today I have two past NOTD's to show you. I never got around to uploading them because every now and then I go out of town and I just got back in today. I decided to take a break from getting stuff put away to upload :) So here we go...

Hola chicas! Como están? Espero muy bien! :) Ahora les tengo dos NOTD's. Pase los últimos tres días fuera de mi casa pero ya volví y decidí dejar de guardar mis cosas para mientras para enseñarles esto! :)

My first jelly sandwich ever! New York Summer - Hot Atomic Red with OPI - Gettin' Miss Piggy With It layered in. (Decided to add a layer of Gettin' Miss Piggy With It at the end...wish I hadn't, but it still looked cool! Can't wait to try this again!)

and a not so pretty nail art. Got bored and drew some random lines with acrylic paint. This is 2 coats of Essie - Tart Deco.

Thanks for reading! <3

OPI - Don't Pretzel My Buttons + Nail Art

Hi! Hope you are all having a lovely weekend! I've been pretty busy with the family, which has been a nice change...so sorry for disappearing for a few days! After swatching/wearing all those foily Sally Hansen's I decided I was in need of a palate cleanser. I took a look in my neutral drawer and saw that I still had OPI - Don't Pretzel My Buttons untried and I've been dying to put it on! I was hoping it would be my perfect 'mannequin hands' polish but not quite...I still thought it was a pretty polish though! The formula on this was amazing and it took 2 coats to get it to look even.

Hola! Espero que estén disfrutando de el fin de semana! Discúlpenme por haber faltado unos dias por aquí...e pasado un poco ocupada pero ya volví! :) Después de haberme puesto los Sally Hansen's decidí ponerme un color neutral para cambiar un poco las cosas. Y termine escogiendo OPI - Don't Pretzel My Buttons para mi NOTD...y luego le puse un poquito de nail art! Espero les guste! Besitos!

OPI - Don't Pretzel My Buttons, 2 coats/capas.

and some random nail art using hex glitter and studs:

I'm so excited after logging in and finding several new followers! Hello and welcome to you all! :) I feel so pumped after reading all of the lovely comments from you guys...thanks so much!

I am currently naked (lol...just took off my 'geometric mani') and having trouble deciding which untried to put on next! So for now...I'll leave you with some past NOTD's. Hope you like them!

Estoy super contenta después de haber visto que tengo nuevos seguidores! Hola y bienvenidas! :) Ahorita estoy en el proceso de quitarme la manicura geométrica que puse el otro dia y ver cual esmalte usare hoy...entonces para mientras las dejare con unos NOTD que tengo en mi photobucket que todavía no les e enseñado. Espero les guste!

Revlon - Naughty aka Perplex, 2 coats/capas

 

Then I decided to make it a Robin Moses inspired mani by using The Best Glue Ever and Martha Stewart glitter. Using a watered down version of TBGE and a striping brush I made vertical lines on my nails and then scrubbed in red, green, and holographic glitter. After adding the glitter...my lines didn't look like lines anymore so I added a few black lines using black acrylic paint and a striping brush. This looked so cool IRL! Thank you Robin Moses!

And here is a random swatch of Maybelline - Cool Couture, 2 coats/capas. I felt like this looked so blah on me...maybe it needed some stamping. :(

Okay...now I'm off to rummage through my untrieds! Thanks again for subscribing! xoxo

Polish Days: Geometry

Hi girls! So I decided to join the Polish Days group! I figured it would be a good way to motivate myself to do a little more nail art. (I have tons of nail art stuff I never use!) Sadly...I totally thought the day to post was today, Sept. 5th and it turns out it was due yesterday! Ugh. Horrible way to start.

It's okay though - I made a simple design and I'm posting it today and that's all that matters! So yesterday's Polish Day was supposed to be geometry themed. I could not come up with something more creative for the life of me...so I asked the SO for some help for the accent nail and the rest was just random placement of colors sectioned off with acrylic paint.

Hola! Espero se encuentren bien! :) Hace unas semanas atrás decidí ser parte del grupo Polish Days con la idea de motivarme a usar mis cosas que tengo para hacer nail art. Pense que el dia para actualizar era ahora pero parece que fue ayer! :( Esta bien...por lo menos logre hacer un diseño simple y se los estoy enseñado ahora! :) El tema esta vez fue geometría. Espero que les guste!

Here is my base color which was Essie - Play Date, 2 coats.

 

And then my random design. The black is one by Rimmel and the sparkly stuff is Holo Chrome by Kleancolor. The lines and accent nail were done with acrylic paint.

Thanks for stopping by! // Gracias por leerme! :)

I.Hate.Mondays!

Just when I thought things could not get any worse, they did. I accidentally ran over a parking block and messed up my car. I don't even want to know how much my stupid mistake is going to cost. I just adopted a dog, the person I work for has seriously cut down on my work days and now the car problem. I feel like all I ever do here is whine about my personal life but times have been rough! Sorry! :( Anyway, this is all so depressing because all of this money is money that could have gone to pretty polishes I've been wanting and now it is looking like I'm going into a low-buy/no-buy.

Back to what this blog is about...today I have a Robin Moses inspired mani. I did this a while back and totally loved how it looked in person. Obviously mine is no where near as awesome as Robin's but I tried! The base polish is China Glaze - Harvest Moon (love this color!) and the design was made using acrylic paint I bought from Michael's. The brushes used were those cheap ones from eBay that come in a 3 pack.

Ahora me encuentro un poco deprimida, discúlpenme. :( Ayer fui a hacer un mandado y pegue mi carro contra un bloque de cemento en el parqueadero. No tengo idea como es que no logre verlo! Estoy un poco preocupada por razones de dinero. Como les conté, hace poco adopte a un perrito, la señora con la que trabajo no me esta dando muchos días de trabajo y ahora con lo del carro...no se ni lo que voy hacer.

Pero dejando mi vida personal a un lado, la manicura de hoy fue inspirada por Robin Moses. Claro mi diseño no me salio como el de ella pero era mi primera vez jugando con pinturas acrílicas y brochas! :) El esmalte que tengo puesto es China Glaze - Harvest moon y las flores las hice con pinturas acrílicas.

sorry for the blurry pictures! 

Oldie but goodie!

Here is a pretty boring mani I did a few months ago...back when I was obsessed with rhinestones!

Esta es una manicura de unos meses atrás...cuando todavía estaba adicta al uso de rhinestones!

Ulta - Green with Envy, 2 coats/capas.

...and my right hand! / ...y aquí esta mi mano derecha!

Hope you all have enjoyed your weekend! / Espero que estén disfrutando el fin de semana!

I'm alive!

   Hello my fellow polish addicts! Hope you've all had a wonderful weekend so far. :) Without getting into too much detail...my life got bombarded with one thing after another since the last time I posted. Here is a quick summary of it all: (first and foremost...) NEW JOB!, my sister came to visit from FL, great grandmother passed away, got a gym membership (so lots of working out!), lived life a little and...my laptop DIED. Luckily my computing troubles are fixed for the most part so I hope to resume working on my blog very soon! (Lost some of the work I had done as well. :( ) Enough talking and on to one of my recently purchased (and currently FAVORITE polish evar!)

   This is my first ever half-moon mani using Sinful Colors Black on Black as a base color, with Nfu Oh #52 on top. The little steel balls I bought from Born Pretty Store and rhinestones are from eBay.

   Hola chicas! Espero estén disfrutando su fin de semana! Sin escribirles muchos detalles...me tuve que ir en hiatus porque me an sucedido muchas cosas desde la ultima vez que hice un post. Esas cosas incluyen: nuevo trabajo!, mi hermana me vino a visitar, mi abuelita falleció, me inscribí al gimnasio y mi laptop se arruino. Menos mal que la mayoría de mis problemas se an resuelto. Espero poder resumir mis proyectos y terminarlos luego!

   Esta es mi primera vez haciendo un mani de media luna. Use el esmalte de Sinful Colors Black on Black para la base y uno de mis nuevos esmaltes de Nfu Oh #52 encima.

couldn't resist bringing home the little owl ring. Got it for $1 at HEB lol

 Thanks for stopping by! // Gracias por leerme! :)

A few from when I was gone...

     Good morning lovelies! These are just a few mani's I did while I was away. :)

     Buenos días! Estos son unos manis que me hace unos días atrás.

I really loved how this looked in real life! / Este mani me gusto mucho!

Essie - Jackie Oh, 2 coats/2 capas (which I got for 2 bucks at Ulta!/lo compre por $2 en Ulta), stamps and tips w/ Color Club - Masquerading. LA Colors Art Pens - Black for the designs. Poshe top coat.

EDIT: Tips inspired by this tutorial I found a while back: For Audrey French Tips by TheQueenEileen

China Glaze - Techno Teal, 2 coats/2 capas.

LA Colors Art Pens - Black, Gold Glitter, Blue Glitter. Poshe top coat.

     Now I'm going to finish up the last few episodes of Prison Break and polish my nails for later today! Going out on a special date. :)

     Ahorita voy a terminar los últimos episodios de Prison Break y a pintarme las unas para mas noche porque voy a salir a celebrar un día especial!

Art Deco pens!

     I always love checking out the dollar stores for nail polish and I came across some LA Colors nail polish and art deco pens! :) I picked up a few of each and played around with them and this was the result:

Spanish:

     Siempre me gusta pasar por las dollar stores a ver si tienen esmaltes y esta ultima vez que fui encontre varios esmaltes de LA colors y unos que son de brocha fina para decorar. Me puse a jugar con los esmaltes y este fue el resultado:

L.A. Colors - Fuel, 3 coats w/ Poshe top coat / 3 capas con Poshe top coat

L.A. Colors Art Deco - Intense Pink, Black, Yellow 

     This was my first time ever free-handing a design on my nails...it wasn't too hard but then again my design is a bit craptastic and simple! lol I think I need to free-hand a little bit more, I really had fun doing this!

     Esta fue mi primera vez haciendo esto...me gustaría practicar un poco mas y comprar mas colores y brochas! Me divertí mucho pintándome estos diseños!

A slightly long but tragic post...

     I'm going to keep this short since I'm going to spam you all with pictures of Hyper Haute from China Glaze's Tronica collection. :)
     It seemed like most people were totally disappointed with this collection because they were expecting more holo, but I actually liked it! Yes, it would have been nice to have some OMG like holo but these are just so pretty and shiny! Take a look:

Spanish:
     No las quiero entretener mucho con lo que tengo que decir porque les voy a enseñar un montón de fotos de Hyper Haute de la colección Tronica que saco hace poco China Glaze.
     Parece ser que a mucha gente no le gustaron mucho los esmaltes que salieron con Tronica porque no son verdaderos holos como los que salieron con OMG pero a mi si! Se ven super bonitos en el sol y brillan como no se dan una idea! Miren: 

China Glaze: Hyper Haute, 2 coats w/ Poshe top coat / 2 capas con Poshe top coat

     And now for the tragedy...I am totally in love with this polish as you can probably tell. But after wearing this for just a few hours and a shower...

     Estoy loca por este esmalte! No pude dejar de verme las uñas durante el día. Pero después de bañarme y unas horas mas tarde...

     Look at how horribly this polish peeled on me. I haven't had this issue since I was using Seche Vite as my top coat! (Another product I absolutely love but does not work with me.) For reference, I use Sally Hansen's Double Duty for a base and Poshe top coat. I haven't really had any problems with this combo until I used it with Tronica polishes. Do any of you have these and are they giving you trouble? :( Maybe I need a new base coat...

     Miren como se me despego el esmalte! No e tenido este problema desde que usaba Seche Vite! (Seche Vite es otro producto que me encanta pero no me funciona muy bien.) Para referencia, uso Sally Hansen's Double Duty como base y Poshe para mi top coat. Nunca había tenido problemas con esta combinación hasta ahora. Tal vez necesito una base nueva. Alguna de ustedes tienen estos esmaltes? Les han dado el mismo problema?

Anyway...hope you all have a lovely Friday! :)
Espero que tengan un feliz Viernes! :)