Happy Valentine's Day! (Cloud Manicure)

Hello everyone and happy Valentine's day!
I hope you are having a nice day in company of your loved ones. I don't have plans for tonight other than getting a phone call from my valentine. You may already know this but every day is just perfect to celebrate love and friendship not just February 14th.
I just got home and I have for you a manicure I did a few days ago. The pink you see is Jordana's Pink Lemonade and it is a bright pink with a nice sheen. The silver is my good old Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Silver Sweep and the black is Jordana Black.
No kidding, I was SCARED of doing a cloud manicure because so many nail bloggers have done a beyond gorgeous job at them and I was afraid to screw up.
Here is proof, I was happy with the result:

 

 

Vintage Leopard and Roses (Cajanails' Manicure)

I have to admit it. Sometimes I want to do my nails and I just don't have good ideas... I look for inspiration in blogs I follow (and get jelly of gorgeous manicures other girls post, haha) and sometimes I go on YouTube. I discovered Cajanails not too long ago and I fell in love with her nail art... I wish I was so good at free hand like her and thousands more! I saw her video titled "Nail Art: Roses and Leopard" and I fell in love with the idea. I am not going to lie, I had seen leopard print and roses a few times, but I guess I was in the mood when I saw her video. I decided to copy her manicure and show you my manicure. Thank you Cajanails for such great nail art!
My nails:

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the original video:

Of Life and Lacquer: OPI Euro Centrale Collection & Giveaway

Hello ladies,
This post is to inform you that Cynthia from Of Life and Lacquer is kindly hosting an OPI Euro Centrale giveaway. In case you have not seen this collection, here is the picture from Cynthia's blog:

For swatches of this collection (and much more good stuff) and the opportunity to enter her giveaway, follow the link at the end.
Thank you Cynthia for this giveaway!

To enter, CLICK HERE
Ends 2/15

Fuchsia Meets Magenta

Hello there,
Here is a quick and easy lazy glitter mani that I think is very cute. The base is Sation Fan the Flames Fuchsia, which is a jelly fuchsia polish. The glitter I used is Jordana Magenta Magic which is a mixture of different size glitters.
I hope you are doing well and thanks for stopping by!

Jordana 'Ruby Slippers' and Gold Stamp

Hello :)
And the venting begins...
When I though California was starting to warm up, we started getting more rain... Bummer. Don't get me wrong, I love rainy weather- only if I am staying inside. I feel like it has been raining and it has been raining on me. Although I do not always mention personal stuff here, I have had a tough week. Remember I was excited about getting a volunteering position in a local hospital? I was assigned to a cool post-op department and I was supposed to start training this week. My schedule was conflicting with that so I was placed in another department which I was really excited about... A few hours later, the person in charge called me saying that my position had been given to someone else, WHAT??? I know, it's nuts... Well, I had to just keep calm and carry on. Last night, I was peacefully checking my email when I read that one of my classes was permanently switched to a different day :( I was about to start training for a job at school, I had to switch to a different department at the hospital and then my class schedule got messed up. I was so upset last night, I couldn't even cry. Turns out I had to call my ex-future boss to tell him about this issue and I will not be working there... I should stop now,  this is a polish blog and I am feeling depressed again.

So here is a dark wine/red polish from Jordana called Ruby Slippers. It is amazingly rich and opaque with two light coats. It has some hints of fine shimmer and it is a very vampy-girly polish. I used the stamp on plate BM205 and I used Maybelline Color Show Bold Gold to stamp. I left my pinky nail without a stamp because I somewhat regretted not having worn the polish on its own :)

I hope you are all doing well :D

Warm Gradient and Stamping

Hello there!
Last week I entered a YouTube contest on Creativenailart's channel (HERE) which was sponsored by Bundle Monster. I had delayed the post of this manicure because... I just got a little lazy :( Sorry.
Anyway, the idea behind this warm-colored gradient was to break out of the cold-colored winter manicures... I hope you like it and I will include the video at the end :)

Gradient:
-Yellow: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Lightening
-Orange: Kleancolor Mandarin Burst
-Pink: Kleancolor Neon Pink
-Red: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Rapid Red

Glitter:
-Sinful Colors Pearl Harbor

Stamp and Stamping Polish:
-BM203
-Wet n Wild Black Creme

 

Pebbles and Bows

Hello :)
If you follow me on Facebook, you know that my computer was at the doctor's just getting a facelift... On Tuesday night, I made a video for a contest hosted by Creativenailart on YouTube and I was able to edit and upload it. Right after, my computer froze and it started making a weird noise... I had to take it to the technician, I mean, doctor and I did so the next morning. It was until yesterday that I got my baby back! It is running perfectly now, I am glad I have someone I trust who can fix these issues :)
On to the nails - I had meant to show the mani for the contest I entered, but I had not had the chance to edit the pictures and what not... I am showing you here a simple and girly manicure which I really liked.
Base: Jordana Soft Pink
Stamps:  BM211 and m59
Stamping polishes: Konad White and WnW Black Creme
Glitter: Covergirl Goddess