NCC Pastel week 3

Hi Everyone This post is post 3 for The Nail Challenge collaboration. I wanted to try something new so I decided to paint an owl with a mustache. I have been seeing this little guy everywhere and I knew it would be great to put him on my fingers.

For my base I used Zoya Neely and Sally Hansen Blue-away( on pinky and thumb ).I used too many colors for the owl to name them all.

Thanks for reading!

Let It Snow Challenge Saint Patricks Day

Hi Guys
Happy Shamrock Day ;) I don't celebrate this holiday but I try to wear green so my immature friends don't find an excuse to pinch me (evil women) . Today theme is the last in the Let it Snow Challenge. This is the first group I joined and I am so happy to participate in a challenge with so many nice and talented women. I can't wait to continue with a new and mind mending challenge.

For this mani I did two marble methods, dry and water. I used three colors, Zoya Neely(mint), Shawn (dark green)and Purity(white). 

I wanted to go for something discrete and simple and I think this is it.

Enjoy and have a great day!

Simple Flower Nails

Hi All,
Todays post is for my entry for Lydia's Nails Nail Art Contest. This design was super easy to make and only five different polishes where used. As I was looking through my stash I noticed that I always gravitate towards my Sally Hansen White On. It's not a strange thing to me because white is my favorite color ( it's a color right? or not :/) For my spring inspiration I chose flowers. Every time I go hiking I always look for a place that I know is filled with trees and flowers. I'm not really into flowers, but I do like daisies and looking at them isn't so bad. Last week I saw OZ the Great and Powerful and these flowers reminded me of some I saw. When people are staring at James Franko, Im starring at the scenery.

As my base I used Sally Hansen White on . For the flower I used Sally Hansen Mellow Yellow and China Glaze Passion for Petals. The stems are made with Zoya Shawn and Revlon Sassy. I like my little bud on my pointer, its my favorite.

Close up of my flowers. I don't know what they are but they are cute!

I don't know about you but I am counting down the days till spring!

Enjoy!

Haute Couture nails using Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear

Hi all
Today I am showing you my entry for Sally Hansen I heart nail art contest. This months theme is inspiration from the runway. I googles haute couture, and got a lot of hits, mostly bright colors and a lot of sequins. I finally ended up with a dress that had a lot of lines and was different from everything else I was looking at. After I chose my picture I needed to bring out my nail tape ( oh oh !) BUT!!!!!!I'm really proud of this mani !  I have to face it... I'm not very skilled at tape manis and this mani needed crisp lines which my art brush could not accomplish. Fortunately with the mercy of the nail polish gods, my lines came out super clean Yeay!

For this look I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Mellow Yellow, The grey is Zoya Carey and The black is Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Black out. I topped it all off with a coat of Seche vite. For my lines I used nail art tape. I have to say that the best tape I use is the white nail art tape. it doesn't bleed when it is painted over ( my red, blue, pink and green tape bleed :/) . I also waited about 10 minutes for the yellow and grey base coat to dry before adding tape. Hey this is for a competition so you know I had to be patient.

This is my inspiration Armani Prive 2013, I wouldn't mind owning this dress.

I love this mani, like I said in my information for this mani, yellow is a strong color but I think I successfully tones it down.

The art contest will be judged on many categories, photography, Creativity and originality, and use of Sally Hansen products and public vote. So if you would like to vote for me click here , my entry is under my name @Bibian Bard.

Thanks for reading enjoy!

Let it snow Challenge Winter wonderland

Hi
I dont know about you guys but Im sick of being cold. I live in California and I am tired of nice days here and freakishly cold day the next. For this post I really wasn't to inspired but when I think of winter wonderland I think of dark blue and white everywhere, so here it is.

I used OPI Swimsuit.. Nailed it and Zoya Ginessa . To mix the two colors I used the fan brush method. Super easy method to create nice mixture of color.

Well I don't know about you guys but Im definitely ready for the roses to start growing again.

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10 Days of Valentine Day 5

Hi All.
Todays mani is just screams Valentines Day and is intended for those of us whose room is covered in pink :)

Entire mani: 25 minutes
Polished used : pink- Essie mod square
White- Sally Hansen White on
Red-zoya rehka

ON THE 5TH DAY OF VALENTINES DAY MY TRUE LOVE SENT TO ME..... PINK LOLLIPOPS...YUM!

Here is a link for at home dotting tools just click here

This mani is super cute and the pink and white don't over power each other at all.

Enjoy!

Krafy Gurl 2013 Valentine Collection Review

Hi guys,
Super excited to swatch my First Valentine Collection today. Todays Collection is from Jeanine of  Krafty Gurl Desings. . This is her 2013 Valentine Collection.

You can purchase these as a set on Jeanines etsy store.

Collection of 4: $20 can't beat that price.

Individual: $6.50

It is a great price and I know there is a polish for every personality here. So on with the swatches!

First up is Box of chocolates, which has small brown glitter with bits of holographic glitter.

Top: Three coats without a base color. This is so rich in dark and holographic glitter and the sparkle is really great. 

Bottom: OPI Skyfall ase a base, this reminds me of chocolate covered strawberries. Application was smooth and the consistency of her formula is good. 

Left with a three coats, right with a base coats. This polish is great if you don't want to add a base coat to your mani.

Next is Puppy love, it has large pink and white hexes mixed with smaller lavender and red hexes. This is great with a grey base or a light lavender. This is great if you want a mani that is light on the eyes but sparkly when it needs to be, and not to girly.

Next is Hearts a Fire. This has got to be my favorite of the bunch. When I looked at it I thought it was a nice glitter topper and that it. It was not until I actually put it on my nails, that I was blown away. 

 This polish is loaded with red hexes and squares of different sizes as well as black hexes and squares. The great part was to discover black bars, which brought the whole thing together. To really bring out the features of this polish, a light base seems appropriate, I used a nude OPI. I will be posting a white mani for valentine day and I used this polish and it is absolutely great with white.

Bubbles are due to topcoat application not polish.

 I decided to do a bit of freehand on this. So cute with hearts. This polish just screams love!

Last is Burning Desire, a glitter top with gold and red hexes and squares. I tried with lighter colors, but I found it to really pop with a darker color like the one I used here. I applied two coats of glitter.

Zoya Natty as base color

 This is different from the rest of the collection yet it stills follows the same glitter theme. It is very sophisticated and great for all of us who are not to big on valentines day.

As a whole this collection is great, they where all very easy to apply and very generous with glitter. I could have applied one application to each and been satisfied.

So tell me which best suits your valentine personality? Clearly I am a sucker for love, are you?

Enjoy!

These polishes where bough by the blogger and are reviewed for entertainment and information purposes.

Let it Snow Challenge Snow Men

Hi all,
This weeks inspiration for the Challenge is Snowmen. I live in California where there is no snow, and if I want snow I have to drive four hours to lake Tahoe on a good year and find some snow. I have tried to make an snowman many times and I am proud to say that every try was a FAIL!. I wish my real snowmen came out like the ones on my nails.

My cute little snowmen with different colored hats, I think the one on my pointer finger looks like and alien.

This is what I used 

As my base : Three coats of OPI Dating Royal 

Snowmen: Maybelline Porcelan party, I used a sponge and sponged them on.

Hats: Zoya Quinn, Zoya Robyn, Wet and wild Ebony Hates Chris, Zoya Pinta, Essie Turquoise and caicos.

Crumpet 31 Day Challenge Day 26 Inspired by Your Country

Hi
Todays inspiration for everyone is there country. I was born in Guatemala, I haven't been there since I was four, I don't remember anything about it except my uncles farm in the woods and getting chased by a cow and riding a donkey that I couldn't get to stop. Anyway, I didn't know what to come up with except my flag. I added my little twist to it so I hope you enjoy.

Here is my beautiful Flag!

 I used Zoya Robyn( light blue) and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in White on. I made the picture in my middle finger with acrylic paint.

The bird is the national bird called a quetzal, also the name of our currency.

Considering I dont know much of my country, I think this is the best thing I have ever done to represent  my Guatemala.

Enjoy!

Crumpet 31 Day Challenge Day 23 Inspired by nature

Hi All Todays challenge is one that I enjoyed making very much. Inspired by nature, when I think of this I immediately think of Daisy, my favorite flower, when I get married, they will be my flowers along with sunflowers. I loved this idea of painting nature on my nails. I think everyone should do it since everyones inspiration is different, yet we are all doing the same thing.

I used Zoya Purity to sponge on the white clouds. The flowers where done with white acrylic paint

This has to be one of my favorite manis, and making the flowers on my right hand wasn't so hard so it was fun to wear.

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