My New SwatchSticks!!!

Finally, my swatch sticks I ordered from Ebay arrived!!!

I've been meaning to get swatch sticks for a long time and I ordered them this month finally. I ordered from THIS seller on Ebay and my sticks have arrived in 20 days. They were shipped from HongKong, so I think they made it here just in time...

I ordered 3 sets. Each set contains 50 sticks and a big screw to hold them in shape. I also heard that cable ties work as well...

Anyway, I have no intention of swatching my "whole" collection, but I will be using them to try on polishes... :)

RETO 2013 - Week 8 - Inspired by a color

We are getting closer to the end in the RETO 2013 Challenge and this week, the theme is colors....

I usually prefer wearing black in my daily routine. But I spice the black with colorful manis and a vivid makeup.

So for this challenge, I decided to use a bright pink, Essie Bermuda Shorts, which was a gift from the lovely April. I stamped the leopard print using Konad special black and Konad m57. And I added some glitter that Marianne sent me, Bonita glitter...

Well, that is my color inspired mani... :)

Check out what other ladies did...

Nail Mail from Denmark!!!

I told you another package was on its way!!! Again from the lovely Marianne, from Rainbowify Me...

We can summerise the package into four parts...
Part 1 : The BarryM's I wished for a long time....
Part 2 : The Candy
Part 3 : The part my daughter smuggled.
Part 4 : The lovely extras...

We'll start with Part 1...

Here are the BarryMs I wished for a long time...
From left to right : Gelly BlackBerry, Gelly Plum, Silver Foil, Diamond Glitter, Aqua Glitter, Gold Mine, Copper, Black Crock Nail Effects
I'm dying to try them all!!!

And here comes the second part, the candy!!!

Well, the candy and the face mask... :) I'm not familiar with these brands but I know that they taste wonderful... Previous experience talking... :)

And Part 3 is the part my daughter smuggled. I didn't have a chance to save them, really!!!

A Minnie Mouse tape, a lipgloss and a Hello Kitty magnet... :)
Honestly, I believe she has every right to keep these cuties... They are all awsome!

Well, Part 4 is the extras Marianne sent me...

Rimmel Metal Rush duochromes, Gold Save the Queen and Royal Blue...

By K. Green Milfoil (it was a very small writing, I had to look with a magnifying glass and I "think" I got it right) and Imperial Golden Holy... By K is a Danish brand and it has some lovely colors!!!

Annnyyywhooo, now, I'm going to play with my babies for some time... See y'all later... :)

And Marianne, thanks again, you are such a wonderful lady!!!!

The Tri-Polish Challenge - March - Day 4

Hi all! Today is the last day of the Tri-Polish Challenge... Well, the last day of March, to be exact... The first month was all about understanding the challenge for me. I used only the selected colors this month. God knows why... But with April, I'll set myself free and use glitters, black, gold... All the permitted colors... LOL BTW, the colors for April are; pink, turquoise (NOT blue) and orange... Hmmm, I should start picking colors...

Anyway, for today, I did what I've never done before.... Halfmoons... Well, I've seen many good examples of halfmoon manicures but did not have that urge to try it. Well, apparently, today was the day...
I painted my nails one coat of the coral (because it is highly pigmented and one coat was enough). Then using round stickers I got from the stationary store, I made the halfmoons. Again, I used a thick coat of purple... Then I decided to add some dots, because dots are fun, aren't they? And I added mint green and coral dots with my dotting tool... And voila!!!

Check out what other ladies did!!!

Another Swap Package...

Remember in this post, I told you about our Swapping group on Facebook? Well, for March, we did a secret santa style swapping... And guess who was my secret sister????

Marianne from Rainbowify Me.... Well, we have a special swap going on with her, (cause she is the best swapping buddy in the world!) and she told me NOTHING about this secret swap!!!

Anyway, I had the best package from her, as always... :)

Well, my goodies are; a box of nail files, Isana body lotion, After Eight minis (thanks to this group, I can say that I love mint choclate!!!), Haribo mixed candy, 2 gorgeous glitters from Bonita (I have never heard of this brand but I think it is a USA brand) and a new indie brand from Denmark Well Nails, a green glitter named Drunken Nights at MacLaren's...

I haven't tried it on yet but here's a picture from her blog, just to show you the gorgeousness of it!!!!