Gel II Tequila Sunrise with foil!

Hey loves!

Today I want to show you the last set I did for my girl Lyne. What I love about our sessions (besides the constant girl talk) is that Lyne is super adventurous when it comes to her nails and she's always encouraging me to be creative with my designs!  With that said we often find ourselves struggling to settle on one look.

I'd finally gotten around to purchasing some foil and wanted to test the product out on someone who could give me some feedback on how it wears. Lyne was perfect for the job, she's a sucker for colour changing polish and was more than happy to give foil a try.

The base is Gel Two's Tequila Sunset which turns light pink when warm and a juicy red when cold. The red and gold foil couldn't be more eye catching. I can't seem decide which look I prefer! Pink or red?!?

Besos,
Vee…xox...

Wet N Wild Private Viewing

Hey loves!

I really want to do my best at keeping this blog running but I'm just warning you guys that the next few posts might be on the short side. This one is a palate cleanser. Sometimes a girl just wants to rock a nice nude polish. My baby sis Mims turned me on to this shade called Private Viewing. This one is a creamy beige that goes on flawlessly. Since it's a little on the sheer side I had to do three coats to get this opaque but it was soooo worth it.

Sometimes it's nice to take a break from all the summer neons!

Besos,
Vee...xox...

IBD Mango Mischief

Hey loves!

Okay so here's a quick run down of what's going on with me: your girl got laid off. Again. LOL I'm keeping my spirits up and I've been very busy working on nails taking clients at home and at a salon in town. I have amazing clients who have been encouraging me, checking up on me and making sure I'm okay so I'm just going with the flow right now.

Sandra is one of those amazing clients. This gem of a woman found me on Instagram and booked an appointment a few weeks ago. She admitted to me that she never does her nails but I'll be putting a stop to that! She settled for an orangy-red shade called Mango Mischief by IBD. I then added a simple leopard print on the accent fingers.

She was happy with the results but I later found out that though her hubby liked the change, he wants her to try something bolder next time. I am totally up for the challenge! See you soon Sandra!

Besos,
Vee...xox...

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...

Nicole By OPI Basking In Gloria

Hey loves,

I'm still sick and not really feeling well enough to go through the whole nail painting/picture taking process right. With that said I still have some swatches to hold you guys over while I rest up this week. I'm hoping to be feeling better by the weekend so I can work on some nail art for you guys. I've got some fun ideas in mind...

The polish of the day is Nicole By OPI's Basking In Gloria. Felt like I hadn't worn or blogged about red nail polish in a while so this beauty satisfied my craving.

Besos,
Vee...xox...

Color Club Alias

Hey loves!

This blog has been getting a whole lot more traffic these past few months so I gotta give a shout out and say thank you to all the readers old and new, you guys keep me motivated.

I hope I'll be able to keep things on track with the blog this week because I am feeling a little worn out. I worked a show over the weekend so I didn't get much sleep and I'm fighting a bad ass cold but have no fear your daily dose of polish is here!

This one is a simple swatch. Two coats of Color Club's Alias over one coat of Essie's Licorice. The color shifting qualities of this polish make me giddy. This polish doesn't need any nail art its a stunner all on its own.

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 Love Song

Hey loves!

Feels like all I've been wearing are shades from the Selena Gomez collection! And to think I used to be a NOPI snob (I just can't get with their bottles sorry).

I've been meaning to put together a striping tape manicure for a while now and I'm glad I finally got around to it because this one looks great! The base is Vincent Van Gold from the Revlon Expressionist art pen collection. I laid down some striping tape in a simple pattern on the index and pinky and added NOPI's Love Song on top.

Vincent Van Gold comes off as blue in my pictures (it just doesn't photograph well) but it's actually a purple duochrome that shifts to blue. Very pretty.

Besos,
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...

Random swatch

Hey loves,

Just a random swatch of this Revlon ColorStay polish in Bonzai. This is a lovely apple green with a very fine golden shimmer. It's very similar to Sinful Colors' Happy Ending but since I'm not a fan of Sinful Colors' formula I'd say that Bonzai has now become the perfect replacement!

Besos,
Vee...xox...

My new favorite pink?

Hi guys!

I was trolling the isles at the drugstore and came across the new Nicole by OPI shades for 2013. I had seen swatches for Still Into Pink and I did like it but it was love once I actually put it on! This bright pink has the slightest bit of shimmer running through it. Wouldn't this shade be awesome for a pedicure? Gawd I love this.

I then decided to break out OPI's Lights Of Emerald City and add it on top just because I had been meaning to give this glitter a try. The consistency was not the best... very thick and goopy which made it difficult to get the glitter to go where it need to.

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...

Because drugstore polishes need love too!

Hey loves!

I find myself gravitating towards the same brands when it comes to nail polish so in an effort to shake things up I decided to break out some drugstore brand polishes I've been neglecting. The two shades I'll be showing you today are both from Revlon's Brilliant Strength collection. The first being Enthrall, a beautiful and shimmery olive color and the second Intrigue a shimmering cornflower blue.

These are the only shades I own from this collection but not for long! The formula on these was great and they dry pretty quickly too which is always a plus.

Besos...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