Week 39: Dry Marble Manicure

Here is my most successful attempt at a dry marble manicure. My color inspiration comes from my favorite soccer team in the world:
Aquí les dejo mi mejor intento al tratar de hacer un marmoleado en seco. Mi fuente de inspiración para el color fueron los colores de mi equipo favorito de fútbol:

I started with Co-Bolt Blue and I added Rapid Red (both from Sally Hansen) and swirled it when both colors were still wet.
Empecé con los esmaltes Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Co-Bolt Blue y Rapid Red. Hice el marmoleado mientras ambos colores aún estaban frescos en mis uñas.

 

 

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

xoxo, 

Carol

Week 38: Magnetic/Metallic Manicure

Hey!
Magnetic polishes are not my favorite, but here is one I created with Blueberry by Nabi. I know, it's not a blueberry color, but it's still cute. My magnet came defective, so I used a random magnet and I got vertical lines :) I stamped with Silver Sweep by Sally Hansen and plate SE19. 
Antes de todo quiero que sepan que los esmaltes magnéticos no son mis favoritos. Aquí usé el color Blueberry de Nabi. Mi imán venía defectuoso, así que utilicé uno que tenía por allí y funcionó dándome rayas verticales. El sello de libélula es de la placa SE19 con el esmalte Silver Sweep  de Sally Hansen.

 

 

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

xoxo, 

Carol

IC Awareness Manicure (Entry to JennaFroggy's Contest)

Hi,
One of the things I love about blogging is that I learn new things by reading nail artists' posts. A couple of days ago I was catching up with Jenna's blog (LINK HERE) and I saw that she was hosting a contest as a way of becoming aware of interstitial cystitis. September and teal are the IC awareness month and color respectively. It was through Jenna that I learned more about IC and I do not regret visiting the IC Awareness website. Thanks Jen!
Una de las cosas que me gusta de tener un blog es aprender de mis colegas. Jenna escribió una entrada en su blog acerca de un concurso el cual tenia como propósito informar acerca de cistitis intesticial. Septiembre es el mes que honora CI y el color es el verde azulado. Visiten la página de cistitis intersticial AQUI.

As a way of doing a manicure for this cause, I used a teal background with white daisies (IC Awareness flower) and a teal ribbon. I seriously love those daisies!!! This is the collage picture I submitted to Jen's contest, and I hope you like the rest :)
He aquí mi entrada a su concurso honorando a las personas con dicho padecimiento:

Picture overload!

 

 

Jen's contest ends on 9/23 @ 11:59pm EST!
LINK IS HERE!

xoxo,
Carol

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 36: Tape Manicure

I love the polish Tropicalia by Wet n Wild Megalast. It is my favorite polish to wear on my toes. This time, I used it for my tape manicure as a base. I applied striping tape randomly and applied one coat of Black Creme by Wet n Wild. The tape did not come out smoothly; the polish started drying too soon and there are areas where you can see the black polish messing up my lines. I liked it a lot regardless of the ugly incidents:
Me encanta el esmalte WnW Megalast en el tono Tropicalia. Es mi favorito para mis uñas de los pies. Ésta vez, lo utilicé para mi base de ésta manicura con cinta adhesiva. Coloqué cinta adhesiva para uñas al azar, seguido por una capa de Black Creme de WnW. En ocasiones la cinta no se desprendió tan fácilmente porque el esmalte negro era de secado rápido. Me encantó a pesar de los incidentes: 

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

xoxo, 

Carol

Week 35: Cupcake Manicure

I had never done a cupcake manicure and it was easier than I thought. I did not use any new polishes, just random pinks and glitters. The white and red are both acrylic paints. Sadly, my cupcakes just lasted one day. Here are some pictures:
Nunca había hecho una manicura de pastelitos y fue más fácil de lo esperado. No usé esmaltes nuevos, solo los primeros rosados y brillantinas que encontré. El blanco y rojo son pinturas acrílicas. Tristemente, mis pastelitos solo sobrevivieron un día: 

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

xoxo, 

Carol

Week 34: Bling Manicure

For this manicure, I started with one coat of Lightening by Sally Hansen Insta-Dri followed by two coats of Lighthouse by China Glaze. I stamped the diamonds from plate m37 using Black Expressionism by Finger Paints.
Hoy utilicé una capa del esmalte Lightening de Sally Hansen Insta-Dri y luego seguí con dos capas del esmalte Lighthouse de China Glaze. Usé los diamantes de la plaquita m37 y Blac Expressionism de Finger Paints para el sello.

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

xoxo, 

Carol