Love, Lipstick & Glitter feat Color Club's Mrs Robinson

Hey loves!

I’m in love with nail stamping all over again! I own lots of stamping plates but I’ve been neglecting them for some reason (I blame you Gelish!). This adorable manicure was created over the weekend as I was preparing my posts for the week. I took it off right after taking pictures of it but I will definitely be trying this again.

I used one coat of SH Insta-Dri in Presto Pink on the ring finger and two coats of Color Club’s Mrs Robinson on all the others. Using Presto Pink I stamped a full nail kisses and lipstick design and on the thumb and ring finger just some lip prints. On top of those accent fingers is one coat of China Glaze’s Golden Enchantment.

I love this!

Besos,

Vee…xox…

If doesn’t scream Love, Lipstick & Glitter then I don’t know what does!

Here comes the bride!

Hi loves!

Today’s post is dedicated to my road dog Bella who is getting married!!! I am so happy for her and her fiancé Karim. Such a cute couple! I was supposed to be at her bridal shower in Toronto this weekend but I had to stay with my kids. I’m pretty bummed about not being able to go so I decided to come up with a wedding inspired manin to cheer myself up.

I used OPI’s Alpine Snow for the ring finger and stamped the letters K and B using Wet N Wild’s Ebony Hates Chris. I used the same Wet N Wild polish on all the other fingers and stamped a delicate design using Konad special polish in White. For the thumb I painted on one coat of Essie’s Sugar Daddy and topped it off with Essie’s Pure Pearlfection.  The wedding dress was created using Alpine Snow and I added pearls and a rhinestone to make a necklace.

This would have been perfect for her bridal shower. I’m there in spirit B! I wish you and Karim all the best. Love you lots!

Besos,

Vee…xox…

Roses and fishnets feat Sally Hansen's Lively Lilac

Hey loves!

I’ve been having a lot of fun playing around with my collection of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri polishes and with my stamping plates of course!

Today’s manicure was created using SH Insta-Dri in Lively Lilac on the index middle and pinky fingers and Essence’s Black is Black on the accent fingers. A fishnet pattern was added to the index and pinky using Wet n Wild’s Ebony Hates Chris and roses were stamped on the ring finger and thumb with SH Lively Lilac. The middle finger was purposely left plain. I sealed everything with some top coat and voilà!

Besos,

Vee…xox…

Random swatches! feat Essie's Navigate Her

Hey guys!

I been trying my best to swatch as much nail polish as I can so that I can at least have some material to post for those days when I just don’t have time to blog. So I went a little swatch crazy last weekend (my cuticles are crying for Jesus). Today I’ll be showing you a swatch of Essie’s Navigate Her (is it just me or does that sound kinda naughty?).  This is two easy coats with no topcoat. 

Once I swatched it I decided to break out another polish I had been meaning to try out: OPI’s Shatter the Scales which came out with the Spiderman collection. The glittery finish is what makes this shatter different from the other colors OPI has come out with. 

Later!

Vee…xox…

Brown and Blue feat Nicole by OPI's Hart-Kourt Fashionista

Hey everyone!

I’m going hard with this stamping thing! It just makes me feel better about my little nubs. This manicure was done using two colors that I had been wanting to use together for a while. The base for this manicure is 2 coats of SH Insta-Dri in Blue-Away on the index and 2 coats of of Nicole by OPI’s Hart-Kourt Fashionista on all the others. 

I added brown dots to the index finger using a small dotting tool and stamped  a swirly design on all the other fingers. I just love brown and baby blue together!

What do you think?

Enjoy!

Vee…xox… 

Going Tribal with Essie's Turquoise & Caicos

Hey guys!

Oh how I miss my long nails! Even my sisters and my girls have noticed. I’ve been getting hit with one liners like “What the hell happened to your nails!?!” left and right lol It’s okay though, I’ll survive. The fun thing about short nails is that they make me want to use my stamping plates, which have been collecting dust for the past few months.

This manicure is very subtle but I really enjoyed wearing it even if it was only for a day. I started with 2 coats of SH Insta-Dri in Mint Sprint on the thumb and ring finger and 2 coats of Essie’s Turquoise  & Caicos on the other fingers. I added 1 coat of Essie’s Shine of the Times on the thumb and index and stamped a tribal pattern over the other fingers using Mint Sprint as my stamping polish.

  

I took these pics while out on break from work.

Enjoy!

Vee…xox… 

Delicate but far from boring!

Don't knock it 'til you try it! feat Essie's Chinchilly

Hey loves!

The polish I want to show you today is one that I’ve been kind of lukewarm about. Essie’s Chinchilly is a light grey cream with a little taupe mixed in. There isn’t much I won’t wear in terms of color but as popular as this shade has been, it just didn’t turn me on. Well after passing by it like a million times I finally decided to pick this baby up and see what the hype was about.

What you’ll see below is two coats of Chinchilly with topcoat. I must say it’s not as bad as I thought it would be. Quite neutral against my skin tone. I just don’t see myself reaching for this one over and over… I’ll be sure to try it again with some embellishments; everything is better with a little nail art.

Besos,

Vee…xox…