Ulta Haul

I've been disappointed in the stores near me and their collections. It seems like no one has been carrying the most recent collection. I went to Ulta yesterday because I was suffering from cabin fever. I could spend hours upon hours in that stores and enjoy every moment. My sister and I stop there around every other week.
I walked away with some goodies.

(Left to Right)

OPI- Road House Blues

Pop- Turquoise

Piggy Polish- I'll Get You My Pretty

China Glaze- Near Dark

Piggy Polish- Nocture-Nail

Pop: Ultraviolet

Orly Dotting Duo Tool (LOVE LOVE LOVE)

The Pop nail polishes were on sale $5 from their original price of $10.

I wanted to get more China Glaze Ghoulish Glow but they ran out.

I hope everyone has a fun and safe weekend!

xoxox

Day 30: Inspired by a Tutorial

Hi everyone!!
Today is the last day of the 30 day nail polish challenge and it's been a lot of fun. Today is supposed to be inspired by a tutorial. I couldn't find any particular ones that I wanted to do so I copied a look The Daily Nail did. Click HERE to check out her look.

What I used:

OPI- Alpine Snow

Petites- Vintage Gray

Red, White, Black acrylic paint

What I used:

Essie- Borrowed and Blue

Essie- Lapiz of Luxury

Essie- Going Incognito

China Glaze- Classic Camel

Sally Hansen- Lightening

Pinky and thumb are Mr. Window

Ring and pointer are The Flowers

Middle is a very very evil looking Chairy hahah

I hope everyone enjoyed the 30 days Nail Polish Challenge. 

I am hoping to to a Halloween themed mani each day in October.

Let's see how that goes!!

Til later my pretties!!

xoxox

Haul and Nail Mail

Since I am unemployed, I don't get nail mail as often as I did when I had a job (I miss those day). Yesterday, I decided to treat myself.

From left to right:

Bonita- Aqua Marina

Bonita- Yacht Club

nail inc- Haymarket

nails inc- Belgrave Place

Bonita- Blue Lagoon

Bonita- Treasure Chest

I found Bonita nail polish at Francesca's, which is a little boutique here. I am not sure if it's only local.

The polishes were 2 for $1 or $2.. I can't recall. Sorry!!

My sister got me these bowls from Target! Aren't they the cutest!!

Today, some nail mail came in for me. I ordered 3 Halloween image plates from  Chez Delaney.

So cute!!

I purchased T29, D04, and D03! 

I can't wait to play with them!!

xoxox

Day 29: Supernatural

Hi hi!!!! I spent ALL day trying to figure out what to do. I tried doing Cthulhu nails.. But I do not have good brushes soooo they came out horribly! But they did look like Zoidburg! hahaha Then! I was going to do some occult symbols but decided against it! I sat at my desk staring at the wall and I looked down at my lap top and was inspired by a sticker I have on it!

Ghosts coming from the grave.

How cute?!!? I love it! The ghosts glow in the dark but I couldn't photograph it properly

Base Color: Sally Hansen- Midnight in NY

Image plate: BM223

Stamp Color: Konad White

Grave Color: Sally Hansen- Presto Pewter

RIP: Black Acrylic Paint

I hope everyone had a great day today!! 

Until tomorrow, which is the last day of the challenge.

xoxox

Day 28: Inspired by a Flag

Hey all!!
This was one of the challenges that I was most excited about. It's a no brainer. Since I am Puerto Rican, I did the Puerto Rican Flag!! This was a lot of fun doing! I had a smile one the entire time!

OPI- Alpine Snow

Essie- Mesmerized

Red and White Acrylic Paint

I hope everyone is well!!

Until tomorrow my pretties!!!!

xoxox

Day 27: Inspired by Artwork

I couldn't pick just one piece of artwork. One of my favorite artists is Joan Miro who is a surrealist. I have a print of Harlequin's Carnival hanging in my room.

He was a huge inspiration of mine in high school. All of my art mimicked his. 

It is so chaotic and colorful. I would spend hours upon hours just studying his work.

Base color: Essie- Ballet Slipers

Black, Red, White, Yellow Acrylic paint

So readers, I ask you, who is your favorite artist!?

xoxox

Day 26: Inspired by a pattern

Day 26 of the 30 day nail polish challenge is inspired by a pattern!! For this manicure, I was inspired by fabric patterns from the 60s.

Base Color: OPI- Atomic Orange

Image Plate: BM203

Stamp Color: Konad White

Line Colors: 

China Glaze- Towel Boy Toy

China Glaze- Senorita Bonita

China Glaze- Limonyte

China Glaze- Flip Flop Fantasy

China Glaze- Turned Up Turquoise

Kiss- Beach Yellow

Hope you enjoyed your weekend!!!

Until tomorrow my pretties!

xoxox

Giveaway time!!!!

The lovely Spellbinding Nails is having a 1000 giveaway!!!!!

She is giving away:

My give away consists of the following items for 1 lucky winner:

- Beauty UK Nail Sets - Midnight Minx , Urban Girl & Wild Child ( that's 18 polishes!)

- A set of the New Fab Ur Nail plates.

- 4 metallic Stamping polishes.

- HB Plates 21-40.

- Image plates SdP C02, SdP C07, SdP D07 & SdP D18.

- A pack of Rhinestones.

- Packs of Nail Stickers

- A essence stampy plate, 4 essence liners and a essence stamper and scrapper

All of this to 1 lucky winner!!!

Her giveaway will be open internationally and will run until October 31st 2011 

(Midnight - is the close of point) . The winner will be picked by Random.org 

and I will notify the winner via email. The winner will then have 

48 hours to respond to the email with their address to ship the goodies 

If they don't, I will draw again.

ENTER HERE

Day 25: Inspired by fashion

So fashion.. kind of a broad theme. So I  chose something that everyone knows. This was hard to choose to be quite honest. I chose to do the yellow outfit Lady Gaga wore in Paparazzi. I didn't have the appropriate yellow.

I went with China Glaze- Trendsetter.

I used a dotting tool Wet n Wild Black Creme.

It was a quick and simple manicure, which was perfect for my day today.

I didn't know how to position the Mickey Mouses (I know they are not Mickey Mouses on her outfit).

I hope everyone had a safe and fun weekend.

My weekend was good, sad, hectic, and fun. Everything you can think of.

Until tomorrow my pretties!

xxoo

Day 24: Inspired by a book

O___O

That is all I can say about this fail mani.  So day 24 is to do a manicure inspired by a book. So.. the book I chose was: DUN DUN DUN

!!!! This was one of my favorite books when I was younger.

The Goosebumps is still to this day, one of my favorite series..

I am 27! Hahaha

Anyways, I spend the 4 days of the week with my boyfriend and  I don't have many polishes

available to me.  So I didn't have the appropriate colors.

I attempted to do a mummy wrap and failed miserably . 

The thumb and pointer finger came out horribly, I don't know what the hell happened!

I used Wet n Wild Black Creme and Butter London Wallis.

NO ME GUSTA

*shakes head in shame*

So sorry to post this but at the same time, I don't see why we can't share 

Let's see if tomorrow's manicure is any better!

Until later my pretties.

xoxox

Day 23: Inspired by a movie

Ok so I meant to post this yesterday but I suddenly got really busy.  I had a family emergency :(, then I went to dinner with friends, then my boyfriend and I had to dog sit. So day 23 of the 30 day nail polish is inspired by a movie. I chose Bram Stoker's Dracula, I love Gary Oldman.

So let me explain what I did.

On the index finger, I chose to do the lips of the girls in bed with Jonathan Harker.

The middle finger is the blood with Lucy get bitten or just the blood in the movie. 

The ring finger is sponged to look like a lot of bats in the night (does that make sense?)

and there is always only one that is in focus.

The thumb and pinky resemble the cobwebs around the castle.

What I used:

Wet n Wild: Black Creme

China Glaze: Phat Santa & Naughty and Nice

Aldo: Mardi Gras

Eyeko: Vampira Polish

Sally Hansen: Petal Pusher

Chez Delaney: A37

Again, sorry for the late post!

Until later my pretties!

xoxox

Day 22: Inspired by a song

I sat at my desk, staring at the wall trying to figure out which song to chose for this manicure. The song I chose is:

                              The Misfits- The Crawling Eye

Base color: 

Wet n Wild- Black Creme

Eyeball: 

Black, White, Green, Red Acrylic 

I really need to invest in some brushes instead of using toothpicks.

At first, it was hard getting the muscles down (as you very obviously can see).

But then I got the hang of it!

So yeah, I am unsure of this manicure. It was great in my head.. then this fail happened.

Oh well!!

Til later my pretties!!

xoxox

Day 21: Inspired by a color

Ok ok ok. I am sorry for posting so late. Today was one of those days. You know, I did my nails, walked around the city, got completely side tracked. Anywho this is the third and last section of the 30 Day Nail Polish Challenge.

The color that inspired me today was It's Alive by China Glaze. Obviously Frankenstein came to mind because I am a huge huge huge horror fanatic. It was hard to photography this manicure but I tried my hardest.

Base color: China Glaze It's Alive (2)

Image Plate: Chez Delaney A37

Stamp color: Konad black

It's kind of hard to see the stitching. 

I love this manicure. Next time I do it, I will try placing the stitches in different places.

A better shot of it! Mickey looks evil!

Til tomorrow my pretties!

xoxox

Day 20: Water Marbled

Today's been rainy, very blue day. I love living in New England and I love fall.
I chose some blues for this water marbled manicure but it turned out differently than I expect!
It seems, in my house, that whenever I do my nails, I am asked to do something by someone that causing my nails to smudge.. Does this happen to anyone else!? Eeeee!
Onward to the pictures!

(Right Hand)

Look at the smudge on my thumb! *grumble grumble*

I used a lot of colors for both hands

Base: Sally Hansen- Whirlwind White

OPI- Mermaid's Tears

OPI- Catch Me In Your Net

OPI- DS Magic

OPI- Yoga-ta Get This Blue

OPI- Ski Teal We Drop

OPI- Swimsuit...Nailed It

China Glaze- Secret Peri-Wink-Le

Sally Hansen- Barracuda

If I were to do this over, I don't think I would have used Swimsuit...Nailed it

or Catch Me In Your Net.

Has anyone done water marbling with glitter-ish nails successfully??

Til tomorrow my pretties!

xoxox

Day 19: Galaxy Nails

What I love about this challenge is that it forces me to try new things. I was too intimidated before to try galaxy nails. I am happy I did. Though my nails didn't come out perfectly, I am super happy with them.

What I used:

Wet n Wild- Black Creme

Sally Hansen- Whirlwind White

Revlon- Electric

OPI- Elephantastic Pink

Sally Hansen- Grape Escape

Sally Hansen- Teal-y Fast

Sally Hansen- Night Flight

nails inc.- Electric Lane

Illamasqua- Jo'Mina

I am very pleased with my nails. I am going top mess around with different techniques and colors and see what I come up with. 

Thanks for looking!!!

Until then my pretties!

xoxox

Day 18: Half Moons

Hi all! I hope everyone is doing well! I have an early post for everyone since I am off to a Renaissance faire in a few. This was done quickly, poorly and freehand. Urgh you can tell! Haha

Wet n Wild: Black Creme

nails inc: Chelsea Embankment

No flash!

That middle finder. Womp Womp. It's so sad looking!

I didn't use reinforcements. I might retry this tonight using reinforcements.

Who knows!

Flash! I made that little duckie too!

I am on the fence about this. I wish I had more brushes available to me.

I spend the weekends at my boyfriend's apartment and my nail supply there is very limited.

Ok I am off to see King Richard and his court!

I hope all of you have a great day!!

Until then my pretties.

xoxox

Day 17: Glitter

My sinus cold has turned into a chest cold and I am seriously lacking energy. I wish I could have done something more than just a swatch.
Day 17 of the 30 day nail polish challenge is glitter.

nails inc: Chelsea Embankment

This glitter is gorgeous. Opaque in 2 coats but you could totally get away with 1 thick coat.

It's absolutely gorgeous and I cannot stop staring at it in the light.

I feel like it's Las Vegas on my nails!

Hope you enjoy your weekend!

Til later my pretties!

xoxox

(Sorry for the short post)

Day 16: Tribal Print

Day 16 of the 30 day nail polish challenge is tribal print. Tribal print was really really popular this summer. So I was psyched to do it!

Maybelline: Classic Black

Butter London: Wallis

Image Plate: Chez Delaney A22

Taken with flash.

Tomorrow is day 17 and the theme is glitter, so psyched!!

Until then my pretties

xoxox

Day 15: Delicate Print

I feel a lot better today but still sick if that makes sense! Day 15 of the4 30 day nail polish challenge is Delicate Print.

Flash!

I tried to create a lace look and to be honest, I think I failed. Hahaha

I used OPI Rumple's Wiggin and stamp with Sally Hansen Grape Escape

OPI Gargantuan Green Grape stamped with Sally Hansen Emerald Express.

Natural overcast light

Day 14: Flowers

I managed to get myself out of bed to do Day 14 of the 30 day nail challenge. I wanted to do some freehand nail art, but to be quite honest, I was feeling like hell. Despite me not feeling up to doing my nails, I must say that I am really happy the way my nails turned out. I really really hate getting sick because when I do, it takes forever for it to go away. I'm trying to stay positive. I've been using my neti pot like crazy, which relives a lot of the sinus pressure.

Base Color-

 Essie: Ballet Slippers

Ring finger-

Image Plate: Konad m65

Stamp Color: Sally Hansen Teal-y Fast

Thumb, Pointer, Middle, Pink Fingers-

Image Plate: Konad M82

Stamp Color: Sally Hansen Emerald Express

I feel so delicate with my nails like this!

Hopefully I feel better tomorrow!

Until next time my pretties!

Xoxox

Day 13: Animal Print

I woke up feeling very very sick. I want to do a more colorful mani but wasn't feeling up to it at all. This is probably the worst mani I'll ever put up. Some parts smudged. Eh. You will see!

I used:

Nails Inc: Bloomsbury Square

Stamp Color: Konad Black

Image Plate: Konad M57

Im posting this from the iPhone blogger app. Let's see how it works!

Sorry such a short horrible post!

xoxox

Day 12: Stripes

So I had this idea all planned out! Bill Murray is one of my favorite actors.. And one of the movies he is in is called STRIPES. I had a great mani done but my dog decided to completely destroy it. So I went a different route. TV COLOR BARS!

KISS nail stripers used top to bottom:

Soft Blue

Soft Purple

Beach Green

Bikini Pink

Neon Orange

Beach Yellow

Sorry for the late post... I have been feeling rather down.

But anyways. Sorry for the crap pictures

Til tomorrow my pretties <3

xoxoxo

Day 11: Polka Dots

Day 11 of the 30 days challenge is polka dots. I am sooo happy with the outcome!

No Flash!

Flash

From thumb to pinky:

Orly Lollipop dotted with Orly Cotton Candy

Orly Gumdrip dotted with Orly Lollipop

Orly Lemonade dotted with Orly Frisky

Orly Frolic dotted with Orly Lemonade

Orly Cotton Candy dotted with Orly Frolic

From Pinky to Thumb:

Orly Lollipop dotted with Orly Frisky

Orly Frisky dotted with Orly Lemonade

Orly Lemonade dotted with Orly Frolic

Orly Frolic dotted with Orly Cotton Candy

Orly Cotton Candy dotted with Orly Lollipop

This is the best manicure I have done.. Well the cutest!

I did the polka dots with a BBQ skewer!

Til next time, my pretties!

xoxox