A few tips for a great manicure!

Hi guys!

Today I’d like to share with you with 3 simple tips that have helped me a lot when it comes to manicures. Don’t forget that practice makes perfect and to just have fun with it.

   1.     Always start with base coat and finish with top coat.

Base coat creates a smooth surface for you to paint on and helps prevent staining. While top coat makes everything shiny.

          2.     Wrap the tips of your nails! 

Wrapping refers to the act of adding nail polish to the free edge of your nails. This will help to keep the polish from chipping too fast.

 3.     Clean up your cuticles… PLEASE!

It’s just like in little school: color within the lines! Clean up any mistakes using a Q-tip or even a small paintbrush dipped in nail polish remover. 

 

I hope this helps! So what are some of your best nail polishing tips?

Besos,

Vee…xox…

Nail polish

Zoya in Charla

Red For The Holidays feat. Zoya Blaze

Hey loves,

This is a quick post with a simple swatch of a polish that I plan on wearing during the holidays; Zoya's Blaze from the Ornate Collection. I love the holographic quality of this polish. Very sparkly.

Enjoy,
Vee...xox...

Pink Wednesday with Zoya!

Hey guys!

For this edition of Pink Wednesday I decided to wear Mieko by Zoya.  This is a beautiful reddish pink with gold shimmer in it. It kind of reminds me of China Glaze’s Strawberry fields. All of the Zoya polishes I’ve tried so far have been super easy to apply and Mieko was no different. This is 2 coats topped off with 1 coat of Sèche Vite.

That’s it for now!

Vee…xox…

Happy Pink Wednesday people!!!

Hey loves!

Your girl is back with that pink! This post is gonna be a 2 for 1. Today’s first manicure is featuring Morgan by Zoya. This polish applies like a dream… Such a lovely cream nail polish. What you see here is two easy coats. Once that dried I used a dotting tool to make some dots with white acrylic paint. Once the “trail” was complete, I added a firefly made of fimo on the middle finger. Pretty darn cute if you ask me and perfect for pink Wednesday.

The second mani is one that I did on a customer who fell in love with my Hello Kitty manicure (the one I posted last week) and wanted to wear it. Since she sports short nails I decided to forget about the black French tip. I did 2 coats of OPI’s Mod About You and added dots on the pinky, middle finger and thumb (in acrylic paint). I then simply stamped the other fingers with a Hello Kitty image, added a fimo bow tie and a clear rhinestone in Hello Kitty’s hair bow. I applied a thin layer of UV top coat, cured her nails for 2 minutes and voilà! A satisfied customer and a kick ass mani. What more could a girl ask for? 

Happy pink Wednesday!

Besos!

Vee…xox…

Dear Zoya... I think I love you.

Hello polish freaks!

I just wanted to show you guys the total awesomeness that is Zoya’s Yara. It’s been blogged about quite a lot but I haven’t seen many swatches of it on skintones similar to mine so I figured I’d make a quick post about it. I actually own a few Zoya polishes but up until recently they had just been sitting pretty in my polish rack.  Well I won’t be making that mistake again because I love me some Yara! This shade was so easy to work with. Pure butter baby.

Enjoy!

Vee…xox…