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

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...

Ramblings + nails feat. Sally Hansen Blue-Away

Hi guys!

The week has been kinda so-so… Unemployment sucks. Not much else to be said about that lol. Other than that, my cat Jackson is alive and scaring the crap out of my kids. They love him to death but he’s been on some hunter mode where he just jumps on everything! If I didn’t know any better I’d think that cat was doing crack cocaine. 

Speaking of cats, today’s manicure is dedicated to the felines! This is 2 coats of Sally Hansen Insta Dri  in Brisk Blue for the ring finger and Blue-Away for all the others (also Insta Dri). I alternated the colors for the spots and used a black striper pen to give them more definition.

Love this manicure. I’m a sucker for animal print.

Besos!

Vee…xox…

Oh baby!

Hola!

Today’s manicure is a fun one.  A new year also brings new life and this is exactly what this look is about. My cousin is expecting a little boy in May and a girlfriend of mine is expecting a baby girl next month so I thought I’d make a baby shower themed mani. I started with 2 coats of Sally Hansen Insta Dri in Blue Away on the pinky, middle finger and thumb. Next I did 2 coats of OPI’s Pink Friday on the ring finger and index. I freehanded the words Oh baby! on the middle finger (using acrylic paint) and stamped cute little footprints everywhere else. Once everything dried I added a coat of OPI’s I Juggle Men for some shimmer and finished with a coat of Sèche Vite.

Fun, cute and very baby shower appropriate.

Mattified.

Speaking of life, things were extra lively at my house when my niece Jojo came by the other day. My sister-in-law had locked them out of the house by accident so while she dealt with the locksmith; Jojo and I had some girl time! I’m the only chick at my house so I’m always up for girl time. She picked her own colors: OPI’s Swimsuit Nailed It! and Nicole by OPI’s Snow-man of my Dreams. To make the look extra special, she had me add a fimo star on the ring finger. I don’t know any other 7 year olds rocking nails this cool. My dad wouldn’t even let me wear nail polish at that age (boo!).

Cute combo Jojo!

 

Enjoy,

Vee…xox…

It's 2012. Ditch the baggage.

Hey Loves,

I was at work the other day watching some Twitter drama unfold between 2 young women (it was a slow day okay) over some falling out that they had like 5 years ago and it got me thinking…

When you have a problem with someone, how long do you wait before addressing it? Is it ever too late to confront someone? What if your hurt stems from something that happened years ago?

People have beef. I get it. However what I don’t get it why some people just can’t let go of the past! Why hold on to something that you cannot change? Why allow it to make you bitter? If you have a problem with someone, take it up with them as soon as possible. Don’t sit on your feelings for years and then think that the person who hurt you is going to be open to resurrecting drama you guys had back in 1974.

I, for one, think that drama should have an expiry date. Yes. An expiry date. That means that that if we have an argument I give you 2 weeks to let me know how you feel. After that we just have to agree to let the bullshit die.  Don’t come at me 5 years later talking about how you need to clear the air and get stuff off your chess. I’m just not hearing it.

Life is waaayyy too short to dwell on a painful past. You live. You learn. You keep it moving. What you don’t do is lose sleep or waste time thinking about what someone else did to you because reality is that that person is out there somewhere too busy to think about you.

#realtalk

Vee…xox…