Mint Sorbet

I love this color but such a hard formula to apply with. My husband says that I am now using tooth paste on my finger nails lololo What do you think?

BC: Essie All in One Base
Color: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear 340-Mint Sorbet
TC: SV

A bright RED

I absolutely love this bright red from NYC. I am starting to be a big fan of  NYC polishes. Their formula is great and the brush is super good and makes the application easy. I'm glad I stumbled on such a good and cheap brand of polish. For those who are on a budget this is a great choice. Trust me you will like them.

BC: NYC 203
Color: NYC 248-Manhattan ( if you don't find this color look for Time Square, they are identical in my opnion)
TC: SV

Funk French Butterfly

I just love non traditional french manicures.They can be fun, unique and super stylish. I tried a curved tip using tape and I kinda like it. Stamped a butterfly and voila. Me gusta! Do you stick with traditional french tips or do you risk on other shapes and colors?

 For the tips one I used a brazilian polish Risqué Carmen. It's a very dark opaque purple. I'll do a swatch wearing just it one of these days.

I just apologize for my grown cuticles. I got in a challenge to not nip them off and so far I am holding myself back with my tools. It's been a month already. They don't look horrible in my opnion but they also don't look great. But oh well, it's just been so easy to change nail polish colors without having to take your cuticles off every time you do them. One more month and I'll share w/ you guys my own experience with it.

Base: Wet n' Wild 237C-Gray's Anatomy over NYC Walkers

Tip/Stamp: Risqué Carmen

Design: M25

TC: Revlon 965

A duochrome

I have been a little obsessed with gray tones lately. I guess that's because it's such a neutral color. It just goes with everything you put on. I've used the ICE and NYC brands and I'm very pleased with both ofthem. Except that NYC formula was a little bit too liquidy for my taste but nothing that letting the lid open for 15 min wouldn't resolve my problem. It did thickened a tad bit and  it worked great. here are my swatches.

NYC 270-Sidewalkers

Then I used over the NYC, 2 coats of Wet n' Wild 237C-Gray's Anatomy

It's such an interesting duochrome that actually gives you 3 different colors depending on the light. That means it was kinda tricky for me to photograph the shades my eyes could catch. But here are the pics of it.

Tried to catch the color in the bottle. It's a mettalic silvery color with lilac and grayish tones.

And this one is the one that I found to be more accurate but do no do justice to the real color in person.

What's are your opnions on gray tones for nail polish?

My Easter Mani

The stamping experience is coming along and I am still learning. Specially how to make the colors work. This one isn't good. You can barely see the rose flower.

I'm not in love with the manicure of this weekend =|  The flowers came out smeared and the coral pinksh color didn't stand out.  I shouldn't have used that color but oh well, I'm still learning.

HAPPY EASTER to everyone :)

Base: N.Y.C. 203
Design: M21 - Polishes: SH Insta-Dry Blue Away/ Petites 459-Coral Pink/ NYC 114-Taxi Yellow Creme
TC: Rimmel 170 - Crystal Clear



A brownish/soil color

Base: N.Y.C. 203
Color: Wet n' Wild 462- Casting Call/Rose Sage
Design: Nicole by O.P.I and BM04
TC: Rimmel Finish Pro 170 - Clear

Failure :(

I really really struggled wih this stamping. I think it was because I tried to get pretty fancy with the design and I ended up screwing up the whole thing. The first picture is the total failure after I had done my nails, everything was perfect until I had to take the tape off. Oh well, the tape came off peeling all my polish out of my nails. Really?!??!!? But like I told you on a post before. I might not master the art of stamping yet. But I have learned fast that you should keep ppraticing with lost and lots of patience until you get. And yeah, I could have cleaned all of and give up but I re-did all again just to show myself I CAN.

Base: NYC 203
Color: Love & Beauty - Dusty Blue
Stamp: Wet n' Wild 417F- Eggplant Frost
Plate: BM19
TC: Revlon 965