Gelish Tiki Tiki Laranga for Veronica!

Hey loves,

Here's part two of my session with Lory and her sis Veronica!
So after some playful bickering about which design she should go for Veronica settled on a sugar skull for the middle fingers. Tiki Tiki is a true neon orange. Talk about bright!!!

Love this! Urgh!

Besos,
Vee...xox...

Oh snap! Your girl is baaaack!!!! lol

Hey loves!!!

It has been waaaaaaayyyyy too long. My laptop died on me and I've been so busy doing nails for other people, singing and taking care of my kids that I had to take a break. I should have things back to normal within a week or two so bear with me. Thank you to everyone who still stops by hoping I'll have a new post up lol.

I wanna show you some nails I worked on today, super simple but I really love the way these turned out. Lory and I used to work together a few years ago and we've been able to keep in touch thanks to Facebook so when she told me that she and her sister Veronica wanted to get pampered I had to say yes. Lovely clients with lovely nails, what more could I ask for?

Lory opted for a creamy neon orange by Gel II called Lightening Orange. She kept it simple with a tribal design. I think this looks so great with her complexion. It really pops!

If you're in the Montreal area feel free to hit me up to book your appointment! I can be reached via email at vamica.bony@hotmail.com

Besos!
Vee...xox...

China Glaze Bogie and some stamping!

Hi guys!

I've always wanted to be able to have photographed swatches of my collection. I'm starting slowly but surely. I hope to be able to get through at least half of my collection by the end of the year... We'll see how that works out...

Let's get to the swatch! The polish of the day is China Glaze's Bogie from the 2010 Vintage Vixen collection. The silvery shimmer gives a smokey look to this rich eggplant color. This actually looks much better on the nail than I had expected.

And because I just can't leave well enough alone I decided to break out Essie's Nothing Else Metals and Cheeky plate CH50 (summer collection) for some stamping fun. The print was a little abstract but I decided to give it a go anyway. Not to bad...

Enjoy!
Vee...xox...

Nicole by OPI Hit The Lights

Hi guys!

I'm starting the week off with a manicure I did for the Sunday challenge over at Aventures In Stamping on Facebook. The theme was Spring colors and since Spring time makes me think of the sun I used Nicole By OPI's Hit The Lights for the base. I've been neglecting my glitters so I added a layer of NOPI's Inner Sparkle (that Selena Gomez collection is getting lots of love!) on the index and ring fingers.

The butterfly and flower that you see are actually nail decals that I made using some stamping plates. I love how this turned out and I can't wait to make more using different color combinations.

Besos,
Vee...xox...

White hot!

Hey loves!

Let's kick off the new week with some hot nails shall we? I did this manicure after seeing it online but I cannot remember where! If you're reading this and you can tell me who came up with this look, please comment below so I can give credit where credit is due.

I love this manicure because it's edgy and would look great with any color combination. I used Essie Blanc and Maybelline Color Show in Bold Gold and chose a nice print for the accent fingers (I think the original was done using a flower print). I settled on the flame design and it worked out great in my opinion. The thumb was left white just for fun.

Is this manicure hot or what?

Besos,
Vee...xox...

Still love me some Hello Kitty!

Hi guys,

Just wanna show you my new Hello Kitty nails. I was in the mood for something bright and fun and what's more fun than HK nails? I think these are great for the summer time!

Besos,
Vee...xox...

Nail polish
Color Club Poptastic
Color Club The Lime Starts Here
Essie Blanc
Essie Licorice
Konad special polish in Black
Konad Special Polish in White

Flowers in Bloom!

Hi guys!

I'm kicking the week off with a stamping manicure that I came up with for the Sunday challenge over at Adventures In Stamping on FB. The theme was spring flowers! I thought that pastels would go great with the girly flower pattern I chose so I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear polishes for the base and stamped my design in Konad White. Feels like spring alright!

Besos
Vee...xox...

Soooo Tired!!!!!! feat Essie Armed And Ready

Hey loves

I am sooooooooo tired! Ouf! Yesterday was CRAZY! I slept like 3 hours, worked all day, got my kids together, got dinner ready, did my hair and makeup, packed a bag and off I went to La Place Des Arts for a show (doing back vocals for MTL rapper Jean Gardy). Today's the day after and though I slept a few hours, I am still so very exhausted! I've just been all over the place this past week with getting ready for this performance so I think it's an accumulation but now that it's all over with I'm going to have to take the time to recharge my battery.

With that said I want to continue to be faithful to this blog (or at least try to) so here is a stamping manicure I worked on a few weeks ago. Simple but still very pretty.

Nail polish
Essie Armed and Ready
Essie Good As Gold

New tribal nails!

Hi guys,

Your girl is back and today I want to get right into some nail art! This tribal look was inspired  by African patterns. I think almond shaped nails are always classy and in this case it actually makes up for the fact that this is a pretty bold manicure. Classy. Meet Flashy.

I incorporated some of my go-to nail art techniques; stamping and freehand painting. The base colors and stamping work was all done using nail polish and I freehanded the designs on the thumb and ring fingers using acrylic paints.

I think the Afro Twins are fun! How do you feel about bold nails?

Besos

Vee…xox…

Nail polish

OPI A Roll In The Hague & The “It” Color

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Black Out

Konad Special Polish Black

Accessories

Ring - H&M

Leggings - Sirens

Black top - Joe’s

Short nails and stamping feat Deborah Lippmann

Hi guys!

Today’s post is a short one! This is a manicure I wore not too long after chopping my claws down. The base color is Ray of Light by Deborah Lippmann. This shade has a jelly consistency and fun flakies running through it. I must admit that I would have preferred for my nails to be a little longer while wearing this one, but that’s just personal preference. 

 I then decided to kick things up a notch with a silver swirling pattern! Which one do you guys prefer? 

 Besos!

Vee…xox…

Stamping with a holo feat Essie Go Overboard

Happy Tuesday guys,

I love stamping when my nails are short and this time I wanted to try stamping with a holographic polish. Though I had seen this done on many blogs, I had never given it a try for myself. Well now that I have I must say that I do like how this manicure turned out. What you see below is two coats of Essie's Go Overboard and the design was stamped on all of the fingers using Color Club's Harp On It. Fun!


Enjoy,
Vee...xox...

Girafe print on CRACK! feat Gelish Coco Cabana Banana

Hola my loves!


I've been working on a project (still involving nails of course) so last week was a slow one at LLG but I want to make sure I get right back on track this week so I'm here with a quick post. 

My regular customer Ms Double XL came back for her Gelish fix. This time we kept things simple but still fun. Sarah requested a funky girafe print so she chose Gelish Coco Cabana Banana as the base and I added the girafe print using SH Insta-Dri in Brisk Blue.

With nails like that you can't help but pay attention!

Besos,
Vee...xox...

Pictures courtesy of Ms Sarah Double XL

Spotlight on MTL feat Ryan Stevenson and OPI

Hey loves!

Today I'm doing something a little different. I live in the great city of Montreal and it is so full of talented artists that I thought it would be fun to put together a few posts introducing you to some of these pretty awesome people.

Do you know Ryan Stevenson? It not, let me show you:

Source: https://www.facebook.com/rjwsbeats 

Photographer: Andreanne Lemire

Okay so now that I've got your full attention! Ryan is a kick ass drummer. As some of you may already know, I'm a vocalist and so I got to meet Ryan while I worked for MTL rapper Imposs about 2 years ago. We've worked on more gigs since and even opened for Wyclef Jean together. Ryan is no joke! The man has played for artists such as P. Diddy, Wyclef Jean, French Montana, Ace Hood, T-Pain and more. Don't let that short list fool you; the man plays to any genre. Find out more about Ryan here: 

	http://ryanstevenson.ca/ http://twitter.com/rjws_ http://youtube.com/rjwsbeats Instagram: ryanstevensonofficial
Now you already know I couldn't resist creating a Ryan themed manicure! I used his logo as inspiration and the rest is pretty self explanatory. The base is OPI Alpine snow and Ryan's face was painted with acrylic paint. All other details were stamped on using Konad special polish in black. Source: https://www.facebook.com/rjwsbeats Besos! Vee...xox...

Rock Star Nails feat Essie Mod Square

Hey guys! Looks like my baby sis' love of skulls has rubs off on me! That little skull image is so darn cute I just had to create another manicure with it. This is another gradient (I just looove those!) but this time I used Essie's Mod Square and SH Lively Lilac. On my accent finger is plain old black polish (forget which brand but any black will do). I added OPI's Teenage Dream to the tip (my very first OPI glitter) and stamped the design using Konad Special polish in white. More stars were added to the thumb and cheetah print everywhere else. Busy nails can be so much fun!

So what do you guys wear on your nails when you want to feel like a rock star? 

Besos,
Vee...xox...