Halloween Nail Art Challenge: Tombstones

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I was going to give this manicure a second try because I was not completely satisfied with the way it came out. I challenged myself to do the letters with my non-dominant hand; I guess it was okay. I started with Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Presto Pewter and I sponged some white over it. I used acrylic paint to do the letters and I added a matte top coat. The glitter in the middle fingernail is Kleancolor Bridal Shower.

 

Week 37: "We Remember" Manicure

I know that 9/11 is a very tragic memory for many in the US and around the world. I did not want to do a manicure portraying what happened because there is no way I could have honored the innocent victims of such date with my nails. I am sorry, that's why I am posting this.
I remember that in 2001, I did not like red polish. In fact, I hated nail polish because my application and finish was too messy. Yeah, I was really young and careless about my nails. So today I have an improved picture of the manicure I wish I could have 11 years ago.
I used Sation Class Flirt with plate B65 using Konad White and acrylic paint for the dots.
Ésta manicura no tiene mucho que ver con los incidentes del 9/11, siento que unas uñas no logran honorar a las víctimas de esos atentados de ninguna manera. Siento mucho tomarlo de ésta manera, pero es la forma en la que pienso.

 

 

 

 

 

 

For a list of the previous and upcoming manicures, as well as the other ladies doing it, please click HERE.

xoxo, 

Carol

Week 15: Easter Manicure

Happy Easter!
I hope you guys are enjoying your Easter Sunday. For this manicure, I was not sure if I wanted to do bunnies or little chicks. I could have sworn I had a stamp plate that had a chick, but I did not. I did a bunny instead, I am pleased to say I love it!
As a base I used 2 coats of a pink jelly polish by Freshcover (the label fell off) and a coat of Forget Now by Sinful Colors. The flowers and bunny were done with acrylic paint and a dotting tool.
I hope you enjoy!
xoxo,
Carol

For a list of the previous and upcoming manicures, as well as the other ladies doing it, please click HERE.

xoxo,

Carol

Stripes and Dots

Hello :)
This is a manicure I did for a YouTube V-Day Collaboration. RobinMoses and ProfessionalDQ came up with this idea and JaeMarie2008 invited me to join. I figured I would do something extremely simple because many times we do not have the time to do an extremely fancy V-day manicure.  I used Flower Pink by Santee as a base, for the stripes a white striper and for the dots acrylic white paint.

Here is the video:

xoxo,
Carol

Week 3: Color Block Mani

For Week 3, I was a little unsure on how to take on color blocking. I took my favorite bright pink, a bright purple and yellow acrylic paint. I know, I know, it is simple, but it is bright and quite odd for me. The colors I used are: Flower Pink by Santee, Wild Thing by Jesse's Girl and Bright Yellow by Craft Smart. I have no idea why my purple is showing up differently, I was so stressed out because I could not get the right colors for the picture...

For a list of the previous and upcoming manicures, as well as the other ladies doing it, please click HERE.
xoxo,
Carol

Week 2: French Tip Mani

Hello!
For week 2 of this challenge, I kept it really simple and classic. I did not go crazy with colors because a memory came to mind about french tips. I was about 14 years old and my cousin who was 20 (or 21) took me to a nail salon. That was my first time ever and I got a french mani. I had stubbies back then and it sucked because I could not grow pretty nails... I had brittle and plain ugly nails. I went back memory lane 9 years and now, I have the nails I thought I could never have. I am really happy and I am glad I could bring that memory and say that now I love my nails and that I did them myself :)
I used:

• Glass Pink by Sinful Colors
• White by Kleancolor
• Silver Glitter and White Stripers
• Black (acrylic paint) by Craft Smart

Make sure to check out Jenna's blog and the other ladies doing this challenge :)

Sinful Colors 'Easy Going' + Nail Art

Hello!
I wore this manicure for a couple of days and I really loved the simplicity of it. I started with 2 coats of Easy Going by Sinful Colors. Then, I drew some simple flowers using Flower Pink by Santee. I added dots as you see, using my dotting tool and Glorious Gold by Americana (acrylic paint).
I hope you try it.

Éste manicure lo tuve por un par de días y me gustó mucho la simplicidad que posee. Empecé con 2 capas de Easy Going de Sinful Colors. Dibujé unas flores sencillas utilizando Flower Pink de Santee. Agregué puntos usando mi puntero y la pintura acrílica Glorious Gold de Americana. Espero lo intentes :)
xoxo,
Carol

Nails for Autumn - Fall

Hello :)
Today I am bringing a fall/autumn manicure that I saw on Raquel's channel. The link to her YouTube channel is here, she is awesome with free-handed nail art. As a base polish I used Love is Battle by Freshcover and to do the flowers I used a Glorious Gold by Americana (acrylic paint). I added rhinestones as well. I was truly happy with the end result.
Hoy les traigo un manicure de otoño que ví en en canal de Raquel. El enlace a su canal de YouTube está aquí, ella es simplemente maravillosa haciendo detalles para las uñas. Yo utilicé Love is Battle de Freshcover como base y para las flores usé Glorious Gold de Americana (pintura acrílica). Agregué piedritas también y el resultado me gustó mucho.

-Carol

My New Stuff

Hello there!
Today I went to different local stores and I bought some nail polishes as well as supplies for nail art. The prices may vary according to the region, but you will get the general idea. I hope you enjoy.
Hola!
Hoy fui a varias tiendas locales y compré algunos esmaltes y también decoraciones que usaré para las uñas. Los precios pueden variar acorde a donde vivan, pero ésto es para que se formen una idea general. Espero lo disfruten.


My first stop was a local beauty/nail supply store and I bought 3 KleanColor polishes for $1 each.
Mi primera parada fue una tienda local de belleza y uñas y compré 3 esmaltes de Kleancolor a $1 cada uno.

1. Top of the World by KleanColor - Shimmery gold
2. Bridal Shower by KleanColor - Micro-, round- and hex-glitters in silver/holo
3. Catch Me by KleanColor - Pastel turquoise

Then, at CVS Pharmacy I only paid $0.67 for these 2 WnW polishes because I had a coupon.
Luego en CVS únicamente pagué $0.67 por éstos esmaltes de WnW porque tenía un cupón.

1. Blazed - WnW Wild Shine
2. Teal of Fortune - WnW fastdry

My last stop was Michael's. I had been there last week and I had a 40% off coupon I had to use :) I was looking for microbeads and chunky glitters and I found them! The microbeads were $6.50-ish and the glitters were $4.00. I also bought a gold acrylic paint that retailed for $1.00 or so. I had a coupon so I saved a good deal of cash.
Mi última estación fue Michael's. Estuve por allí la semana pasada y me dieron un cupón de 40% de descuento para mi próxima compra. Estaba buscando microcuencas o minibolitas y brillantinas hexagonales y encontré lo que quería. Las microcuencas costaban $6.50 y las brillantinas $4.00. También compré una pintura acrílica en dorado que estaba a $1.00 más o menos. Con el cupón ahorré una buena cantidad de dinero :)

-Carol