RETO 2013 - Week 4 Inspired by Disney

Hi there...

Finally my nails got a little better so I celebrated this with the new Challenge of RETO 2013... This time we are inspired by Disney!!!!

Like most of the people, my favorite Disney characters are Mickey and Minnie... So I did a mani inspired by them today...

I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Cherry Red for the accent nail and Black Out for the rest. I made the polka dots of Minnie's dress with Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in White Out. I stamped the Mickey heads and the glove using the same polish and the image from the FUN1 plate.

Check out what other ladies did!

Inspírate en Disney

1. alesita - pretty hate machine	2. mj	3. Miss Manicuras	4. Más nail art.
5. Karoline	6. Noxelia	7. Arañando los colores	8. LovingCosmetic
9. DulceNailArt	10. Iraa´s nails	11. El tocador de Larissa	12. Yoli BeFa
13. WOW NAILART	14. madehands	15. Marieta García	16. Silvia Martín Quelart
17. Mertxe	18. Mimibu (el rinconcito de Lau)	19. Milena'sStylish	20. Passion 4 Nails
21. Moda y Maquillaje	22. Lillibit	23. Cyra (manicuras&mas)	24. Virginia
25. Posh Nail Art	26. **Saritta MakeUp**	27. decora-nails	28. Yo amo mis uñas
29. Colette Nail Art	30. Remiicolour	31. Manicura de fantasia	32. Beliluna
33. Veronic	34. Taya	35. decora-nails	36. eLi
37. Pelusa	38. Breakfast at Tiffany's	39. Sonails	40. nenitapg
41. Cris Little Corner	42. albanails	43. nail crazy	44. Decora tus uñas
45. Mi pequeño rincón	46. Mariana	47. de todo un poquito	48. Manicuras y Belleza
49. PinkTurtle Nails	50. Entrepotisypulseras	51. Raquel Nail'S	52. Sara Coralsaweys

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RETO 2013 - Week 3 - Inspired by flags

Ok! I should probably explain my absence lately... Well, the thing is, I've been going around with naked nail lately!!!

Yes, guilty as charged! But I had a lot going on, and polish was the last thing on my mind...

You know, in the last post how I told you that I broke my nails... Well, we have been decorating my daughters room, and things got worse... I broke ALL my nails during the cleaning and decorating process... They are back to nubbins now. In fact, they are shorter than nubbins... Well, word fail the state of their shortness.... :)

Anyway, with those short nails and the peelies, plus the decorations, we also had my daughter's birthday yesterday, which required 3 parties, lots of guests and many many cooking...

Long story short, I realised that I missed my RETO 2013 Challenge.... This weeks, well, last weeks challenge was Inspired by Flags... Given that I did the Turkish flag last month, I thought I should come up with something new... So I did a Pirate Flaggggg!!!!

I started with 2 coats of Avon Liqorice and stamped the skull on MASH 29 with Konad Special White... I tried to make the crossbones with my dotting tool and really messed it... I wish I had used a brush instead...

Oh, and I have Essence false nails on... So you don't get to see my ugly ugly nails... :(

Inspírate en Banderas

1. Gepe-nails	2. Mimibu (el rinconcito de Lau)	3. Milena'sStylish	4. Más nail art.	5. LovingCosmetic
6. alesita - pretty hate machine	7. Arañando los colores	8. DulceNailArt	9. Susana	10. glitter on my nails
11. Silvia Martín Quelart	12. Moda y Maquillaje	13. WOW NAILART	14. Iraa´s nails	15. Mertxe
16. Sonails	17. Miss Manicuras	18. **Saritta MakeUp**	19. Marieta García	20. Skeleton nails
21. Lillibit	22. Cyra (manicuras&mas)	23. Remiicolour	24. Yoli BeFa	25. nail crazy
26. territorionailart	27. Manicuras y Belleza	28. beliluna	29. Noxelia	30. El tocador de Larissa
31. Taya	32. decora-nails	33. Karoline	34. Manicura de fantasia	35. Decora tus uñas
36. Entrepotisypulseras	37. Gold vision	38. I don´t wanna miss a thing	39. Colette Decoración de Uñas	40. Yo amo mis uñas
41. nenitapg	42. eLi	43. Mi pequeño rincón	44. PinkTurtle Nails	45. madehands
46. Passion 4 Nails	47. Sara Coralsaweys	48. mj	49. Celyele's Blog	50. Raquel Nail'S

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RETO 2013 - Week 2 - Inspired by love

Hi there...

I know I'm not around this month... And I miss blogging... In fact, I miss wearing polish!!! But somehow, I managed to break both thumbs and index finger nails. And I have some nasty peelings on the others... So I filed them all to nubbins... In fact, the word nubbins fail to describe their ugliness... :(

Anyway, I keep them moistured and take my vitamins and hope that they heal soon... In the mean time, I don't want to miss my challenges. So after a long time (well, it was a long time for me) I wore nail polish for the second week of the RETO 2013 Challenge...

The theme was love, as it is Valentine's day tomorrow... I don't know about you, but for me, those special days lose meaning with age... :(

Anyyyyway, for this mani, I used OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls as my base color. 2 coats over Orly Bonder... Then I stamped the images from  Cheeky CH53 and Bundle Monster BM317 with Zoya Jacey. I never thought Jacey would stamp this good... :)

Thanks for reading... :)

Check out what other ladies did!!!

Inspírate en el Amor

1. LovingCosmetic	2. Más nail art.	3. WOW NAILART	4. Susana	5. Arañando los colores
6. Karoline	7. Yoli BeFa	8. Pelusa	9. Iraa´s nails	10. alesita - pretty hate machine
11. Manicurarte - Cecilia Pérez	12. nail crazy	13. Cris (Cris Little Corner)	14. Sara Coralsaweys	15. Miss Manicuras
16. Skeleton nails	17. Mimibu (el rinconcito de Lau)	18. Silvia Martín	19. madehands	20. albanails
21. Passion 4 Nails	22. Mertxe	23. beliluna	24. Sonails	25. Remiicolour
26. DulceNailArt	27. Lillibit	28. El tocador de Larissa	29. Taya	30. Posh Nail Art
31. Gepe-nails	32. Breakfast At Tiffany's	33. glitter on my nails	34. Milena'sStylish	35. Moda y Maquillaje
36. Yo amo mis uñas	37. Kitty*s Place	38. Noxelia	39. truquitosparalaschicas	40. Sarittamakeup90
41. I don´t wanna miss a thing	42. Virginia	43. Manicura de fantasia	44. Manicuras y Belleza	45. decora-nails
46. Gold vision	47. Marieta García	48. eLi	49. PinkTurtle Nails	50. de todo un poquito
51. Decora tus uñas	52. Celyele's Blog	53. Mi pequeño rincón	54. Cyra (manicuras&mas)	55. Entrepotisypulseras

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Awsome Swap!

Hi there...

I have another blogpost with another swap I made with the sweetest lady, April from Southern Sass and Sprakle...

She sent me the prettiest polishes in my wishlist and many more... And don't forget about the candy!!!

Here's the whole package before it was plundred!!! LOL!!!

Close up on the polishes!!!

Thanks again April, you surely put a lot of thought to this package and I loved them all!!!

RETO 2013 - Week 1 - Inspired by a candy

For the first week of the RETO 2013 challenge, we were supposed to make a mani inspired by a candy. I'm more like a choclate lover, but I've always liked the appearance of candy canes, so I chose to to a candy cane mani...

FYI, I've had a massive break on my thumb and index finger nails, so you'll only be seeing 3-fingered manis for a few days... :) Sorry for that...

Anyway, I used two coats of Flromar Pretty in White, my favorite white nowadays... Then I stamped with Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Red using plates Mash40 and BM306...

See you next week with love themed nails... :)

Don't forget to check out what other ladies did... :)

1ª MANICURA

 

• INSPIRATE EN UN DULCE

1. Más nail art.	2. LovingCosmetic	3. Remiicolour	4. Karoline
5. Passion 4 Nails	6. Arañando los colores	7. El tocador de Larissa	8. Susana
9. DulceNailArt	10. Iraa´s nails	11. Miss Manicuras	12. Moda y Maquillaje
13. Cyra (manicuras&mas)	14. Decora-nails	15. Pelusa	16. Yoli BeFa
17. Manicurarte - Cecilia Pérez	18. alesita - pretty hate machine	19. Skeleton nails	20. Arañame si puedes
21. Cristina	22. Manicura de fantasia	23. Virginia	24. nail crazy
25. Beliluna	26. WOW NAILART	27. Noxelia	28. Helena (Nail Wish)
29. MilenaStylish	30. Decora tus uñas	31. mj	32. Mertxe
33. Esther	34. Lillibit	35. Taya	36. Gepe Nails
37. glitter on my nails	38. Veronic	39. Sonails	40. eLi
41. Sarittamakeup90	42. de todo un poquito	43. Entrepotisypulseras	44. Manicuras y Belleza
45. Posh Nail Art	46. Celyele's Blog	47. Mimibu (el rinconcito de Lau)	48. Chocolate cupcakes
49. Ana	50. albanails	51. Marieta García	52. Breakfast At Tiffany's
53. Mi pequeño rincón	54. Coralsaweys	55. I don´t wanna miss a thing	56. nenitapg
57. El mundo de Nohe	58. Yo amo mis uñas	59. Colette Nail Art	60. Raquel Nail'S

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Gold Studs - Born Pretty Store Review

Recently I was contacted by Born Pretty Store to make some reviews. I picked the 2mm gold square studs I've been seeing around... My package arrived last week, but because of the 31 day challenge, I was able to use them only today... :)

The studs came in a small bubble envelope in almost 20 days. They were in a zippered pouch, but I don't plan to keep them there. I will empty them to a tiny pot... :)

First I tried a half moon mani... I started with 2 coats of Flormar black. While the polish was still wet, I took my dotting tool and started placing them on my nails. As the polish dried, they stuck on my nails, so I didn't have to use a top coat. :)

One more thing, as you can see, on my ring finger, the last stud did not fit. So I took my nail clippers and cut it to fit... :)

I saw a fellow blooger do a Tetris nail design the other day... So I thought I should give it a try... I really loved how this one turned out... Totally cute... :)

Ok, I admit it, I went overboard with this one... LOL

Anyway, if you want to buy from these studs or other nail art accessories, you should visit the Born Pretty Store...

Feel free to use the coupon code HLL91 Born Pretty Store has provided to my readers, for a 10% off with worldwide free shipping!!!

These products were sent to me for my honest review... For more info, please visit the Disclosure Policy tab.

Flip/Flop February Challenge - Day 1

Hey, I'm here again with another challenge... This time it is hosted by Jillian from Jilltastic Nail Design. This looked like a super fun challenge, so I couldn't let it go... :)

I asked Jillian to post a few manicures weekly, because it was really hard for me to complete the 31 day challenge. She is such a nice lady, and she said yes...So I guess I'll be posting every other day and keep up with this challenge...

Anyway, this challenge is called Flip/Flop February Challenge and you have to pick one of the two "missions" each time... Hmm, maybe on some days, it would be nice to use them all... :)

Anyway, for the first day, I chose gradient... Because it is my new favorite nail art technique... After stamping, of course... LOL

For this mani, I used Flormar Pretty in white, Pastel 95 and Essence Ultimate Pink... For the first time, I used a make up sponge for the gradient. I usually use a kitchen sponge, or a soft sponge like that. The make up sponge (the triangular ones) suck up more polish but give a flawless gradient, while the other sponge had a lot porous view... I addes the Flormar Glitter on top and I was ready for the first day...

Comments needed!!! How do you find this frame? I see similar things on other blogs and love it but not sure if it fits to my blog! Please comment! :)

Don't forget to check out what other ladies did!!!

Day 1 Gradient / Skittle

1.	Rambles of a Polish Addict	11.	Seriously Swatched	21.	I'm Just me ChiChi
2.	Never Mind Suzi	12.	Organic Neglect	22.	Nail Polish Anonymous
3.	Posh Nail Art	13.	CrazyPolishes(Dimpal)	23.	Polish Gone Crazy
4.	Hard Lacquer	14.	I Feel Polished	24.	FruVesa
5.	Glitter Me This	15.	Never Mind Suzi	25.	Le Nail's Corner d'Alex
6.	SpecialGirl Nails	16.	Rachos Nail Love	26.	Kate Kreates
7.	Dipped in Lacquer	17.	Lanes Lacquers	27.	Tezzilicious - A Nail And Beauty Blog
8.	Mimi Manicures	18.	play polish :)	28.	Nails Love Polish
9.	Tes Did It Nails	19.	Polished Art	29.	Makeup and Nails, Not War
10.	Galactic Lacquer	20.	live.laugh.lacquer	30.	Neglenymfer (danish)

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