China Glaze Purple Panic (neon) - Pink Wednesday

Pin It This is bright. This is pink. This is fun. And I like it!! this is China Glaze Purple Panic (neon). it dries matte. Super cool! 

But I am not a fan of matte finishes and I put some glossy SV as a top coat. To make it mooooreeeee vibrant. I am really linking this pink!

How do you like it?

Pink Wednesday - Milani Juno + Milani Gems

Pin It Trying to get back on track but oh life busy life!
I would like to thank all of those who sent me fb messages and email wishing me a speedy recovery. My surgery went well besides the "groggyness" (is that a word?) by all the heavy meds I was on. I'm happy am doing better and I'm back on driving and doing the little things we don't appreciate till we face situations like that. I hate rely on people for little stuff. However it was a bittersweet moment cause I could also feel how loved I am and that people do care about me.
Anyways, getting back on track means posting a pink on wednesdays too, right? Today I have Milani Juno again. I have posted some colors of Milani's new shades HERE few days ago- a new shade for their 2012 Springs colors. I'm really pleased with the color and formula of the color. It applied greatly. And today I'll show it topped with fun colored glitter Milani Jewel FX Gems. Love it the easy combo!

Do you like it?

Wednesday Pink - Essie Fun in the Gondola + NOPI Wear Something Spar-Kylie

Sorry Í don't have time to write details on this except I'm too tired. Here is my  Wednesday Pink mani. And that his looks way better in real life than on these pictures. Now, I'm gonna go straight to bed cause tomorrow will be a loooong day. Love you all!!

 I used Nicole by OPI  Wear Something Spar-Kylie for the ring finger and the sponging. Try to sponge gradient in a invert way but uhmm too messy. Whatever. I like it LOL Or better, if I don't I really don;t have time to redo the whole thing.

Base color was Essie Fun in the Gondola. Love that vintage pink. It's just adorable. And the you have it. See ya!!

Pink Wednesday - NOPI All Kendall-ed Up

Is it Wednesday already? That's good when the week goes by fast. Here I have some pink manicure for you guys. Cuticles is looking better, yayy. I wasn't really on the mood for pink by the stamp made me love my mani today. What do you guys think? You can scroll down to see the pink by itself.

BC: OPI
Base Color : NOPI All Kendall-ed Up
Design: M60
Stamping: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Whirlwind White
TC: SV

Pink Wednesday - Essence Meet me Now -- and some fail :(

Just look at the color ok? I was soo tired and totally messed up taking care of my cuticlesfor this manicure. Sorry! It's getting really cold here and I do need an extra care with my hands and cuticles. But like I said look at the polish color :) I'm wearing Essence  Meet Me Now, a purplelish cream pink and better >>> just needed one coat. I love one coat nail polishes. That baby came all the way from Netherlands. I did a swap with my lovely polish friend Laura this month ( we share November is our birthday month). I'll be showing what I got from that super good swap.

Then I tried some stamping that uhmm I don't know if I like it but oh well. I'm happy anyways cause here I can show you guys my sucess and my fails as well. Thank for watching!

BC: OPI
Base Color: Essence Meet me Now
Design: M73
Stamping: Sally Hansen Pink Chrome
TC: SV

Pink Wednesday - Nicole by OPI Kim-pletely in Love + All Kendall-ed Up

Okay, I still have half hour before it's midnight. So I guess my Pink Wednesday is still ok to post right?

Oh I have been s busy it's been hard to keep up with blogging but ... here you guys have it! I posted earlier on fb asking for suggestions for this mani and the two girls who left a comment asked for hot pink and dots. Here is my take. Hope you guys like it. Well, I just hate those Nicole by OPI bottles. Hate them!

 The hot pink dots is NOPI All Kendall-ed Up from the Kardashian Collection that has been just release and it can be found exclusively at Walmart.

That light shimmer pink that I chose to use as my base color is NOPI Kim-pletely in Love. Super pretty and lovely and I needed 3 coats to achieve its color. So, what do you guys think?

Pink Wednesdays Bangle Jangle + Sally Hansen Chrome Pen Fuschia

Yay, I made to Pink Wednesday today!!! I kinda didn't know if I was feeling like wearing pink today but I came up with this.

 So, a question do you guys like the first or second picture angle? I happened to tilt my camera and when I was uploading to the computer I really like that angle. Which one do you prefer? My straight vertical angle or the new tilted one?

 So, here is the Sally Hansen Chrome Pen Fuschia I used for the stamping. I don't recommend them to paint the nails but they are a must have if you are into nail stamping. You can find them at Walmart, Target, Walgreens and CVS as far as I am concerned. And they retail for $9.99. Totally worth it!

 And here is my base color. Essie Bangle Jangle is a cream amethyst lavender type of color. Simply beautiful! That polish if from Essie Winter 2011 Cocktail Collection. Application was great and the formula is just as good. And above and below pictures from the 2 angles. What's your favorite?

BC: Essie
Base Color: Bangle Jangle
Design: BM 211
Stamping: SH Chrome Pen Fuschia
TC: SV

And this is it. My simple but yet graceful mani! My mother-in-law is getting here today and I have to pick her up at the airport. Let's see if I get any compliment from her :) I love compliments!! Who doesn't? That's why I love love when you guys take your time and drop me a note here or on fb.

Some of the items used in this post

where provided by manufacturer to

me for reviews purposes.

Pink Wednesday - Pure Ice Taupe Drawer + Sonia Kashuk Chocoholic

I'm sooo late to past my Pink Wednesday ... I had such a busy day but here I post.

I tried to do a funky chocolate french tip with Sonia Kashuk Chocoholic using tape. Oh, I'm not a master at using tape on my manis. I think I should practice more. Now to the pictures cause I am soooo tired and need to go to bed :)

And if you wanna see the swatch for Pure Ice Taupe Drawer here it is. It's a vintage cream rose pink. Usual 2 coats. I love PURE ICE polishes. This is is ones of my favorites. It's getting to the end and I have to get myself another bottle.

And remember of my giveaway with Essie Fall Collection polishes on the right side bar of this blog. Enter if you haven't already! See ya :)

Pink Wednesday - Lady Like

Hello you!

I have been as crazy as I can be this week. I guess it's good to be that busy so I can appreciate the calm times right? I still need to find time to put together the pictures I got for the Halloweeen Contest - yeah I didn't forget - laugh. I have girls emailing me asking for them. They are coming , they are coming. I promise.

Below you will see my Pink Wednesday mani. Not super pretty but it's a mani. I used one of the polishes from Essie Fall 2011 Collection ( swatches of 3 more of them coming up soon and also a possible giveaway, stay tuned.) But le tme know in the comment box, I have four of them for a giveaway ( different colors), should I give all of them for just one winner or 4?

Ok, coming back to this mani here, the polish I was telling you about and got sidetracked was ... oh yeah Essie Lady Like from Essie Fall 2011 Collection. It's a totally "lady like" polish. I think the name suits very well this color. That vintage darkish rose pink reminds me of when my grandma would get her nails done. I remember that. Back then, I was a kid and didn't like that type of color at all. I thought it was a color for old people indeed lololo. But 20 something years have pasted and I love those kinda of colors. Am I getting "lady like" type of woman? Yeah, another birthday is coming up in 3 weeks. Love them! Anyone of you planning on sending me a bday card or a little gift? Laugh. Oh, did I just beg for attention?!?!

People, I bet get going. I'm finding this blog now to be an excuse to be here sitting and just thinking about polish and how great my follower friends here are.

Thank you!! See you guys soon : D

BC: Essie
Base Color: Lady Like
Stamping: Rimmel Fast Dry - Ruby
Design: M 62
TC: OTD ( I'll never use that again over nail art specially stamping. Look on my ring finger how the design kind look weird over the polish. That was Out the Door top coat).

Monday Mani PaA - Breast Cancer Awareness

This week I decided to get this mani for the challenge a little earlier last week so I could post early in the morning on my blog for you guys :)

The theme was in honor of the Breast Cancer Awareness month.

Those challenges always put me to think what I am gonna use and how I am gonna show my creative side. First thing came to my mind was the pink ribbon. And as I've told you guys before here. I am not good at free hand nail art. Don't even have those tiny brushes for it and all that.

I then went through my stamping plates to see if they had any ribbons there and I came across konad plate M63 that was a full design and I could kinda see ribbons getting untangled there.

I used Color Club Hot Like Lava from the collection Foiled. And oh boy is that something really top noche for stamping!!! Such a great polish to do your designs.

 Forgot to take a picture of my thumb but just cause some of you asked me. When I do any nail art where I put some accent on my ring finger you bet I have the same one om my thumb. Always!

 And if you are wondering what's my base color. Here you have the bottle. It's Essie Neo Whimsical. Super pretty cream baby pink but .... I have to tell you those are 3 coats of that baby. I usually love Essie's nail polishes. But for me they are either super good to apply or a disaster. I had a lot of trouble applying that polish. So thin, so streaky and dragging. I got frustrated and disappointed big time cause it's such a pretty pink. However, despite all of that I made it to work. And here is a picture of it by itself. Sorry for the dry cuticles.

BC: Essie
Base Color: Lady Like
Design: M63
Stamping: Color Club Hot Like Lava
TC: 0-60

Hope you guys like that mani as much as I do! I wore that for 4 straight days.
Thanks to those who submmited your Halloween themed manicure pictures for the contest. Submmisions are now CLOSED. But don't worry I might be having more fun coming up like .... a giveaway. Plus you guys will get to vote for the pictures submmited.
Happy Monday to you all!!

Pink Wednesday - Chapel Of Love Sponged

Thank goodness I am doing so much better but yeah ... still using the Neti pot thingy. I know, its gross. But it has saved me lately to give me some relief of my sinus.

I think you can tell I am way better today. Look at my pink wednesday for today! I am very proud of myself with such a fancy mani. I did some sponging and some stamping over it. I am loving this look! Now to the pictures cause it's late wednesday and I promised I'd post this before midnight.

And if you want to know how I did this... I painted my nails with OPI Chapel of Love. A very pretty warm pink with fine gold shimmer to it. Then I sponged with 2 tones of purple then fuschia from the tips to the half of the nail. And after that did the stamping with my favorite black ever for stamping, the $99 Wet n'Wild Black Creme.

BC: OPI
Base Color: OPI Chapel of Love
Sponging : PURE ICE Purple Reign / Wet n' Wild Frosted Fuschia
Stamping: Wet n' Wild Black Creme 
Design: BM 222

Pink Wednesdays - CATRICE with some glitter!

Oh people, I am just so sick. For the weekend I thought I was getting better until I decided to enjoy myself at the State Fair. It was so sunny. Just a beautiful day until it poured rain with lightning and thunder. I got all wet as I could be. So I think that was it. The flu is still here inhabitating inside my sore body.

But I am happy I have my polishes, my blog and you so I can get away to my colored and happy world. Today I have another CATRICE. Oh yes!! And I have some more to keep showing to you guys! I couldn't wait Wednesday was here so I could post this.

This is CATRICE Miss Piggy Reloaded. Such a beautiful bubble gum cream pink. There is some subtle shimmer to it which makes it so lovely. I could use it alone but I had to add some fun to this mani. I then applied this beautiful multicolored glitter from Wet n' Wild Party of Five Glitters. I think it turned out super cute!! I just love it! 

Pink Wednesdays - From Europe ...

Catrice yessss I have lots of CATRICEs to try. This is Catrice Just Married that I got from a swap with Meisies Nails from Netherlands. The box got here today!!!! I've been waiting for this box forever :) well, not that much but when comes to nail mail I get a little impatient you know?

She spoiled me so much that I am gonna be sporting my european babies here and then to you guys. I'll post pictures of what I go soon.

Just Married is a baby pink shimmer. I am not a big fan of light shimmer like this one. Maybe because that was all I used when I was younger in high school. But it sure is a beautiful polish. You need 3 coats though. Not drooling about this color. However, as my first experience with CATRICE I have to tell you that what most concerned me is what I loved the most. The brush. Because the round shape of the lid I thought that was going to be hard to apply the polish but no, it's just great!! As far as the formula, I was not impressed with this one cause like I said I had to put on 3 coats to achieve the color. A good polish for me is when you can the a good coverage with 2 coats. BUT BUT BUT, don't worry if you haven't tried any Catrices and you are now taking my word  about them. I've tried another CATRICE and I'll post pictures soon. The othe rone I tried was a cream and it was greatttt on applying. Just like butter!

Angelique thank you so much for sending me this polish though. You are great!!

It's beautiful though. Just so gracefull. Then I decided doing some stamping but I don't think my camera liked to show the colors really well. But in case you are wondering those are kisses print. And because I had 3 coats of CATRICE Just Married not even my seche vite could dry that fast enough. So, when i was stamping I had some issue. But anyways. Here you have it.

BC: SH

Base Color: Catrice Just Married

Stamping: Pure ICE Outrageous/ SH Chrome Pen Pink

Design: BM 02

TC:SV

Pink Wednesday - Sonia Kashuk plus stamping it over

This is my pink for this Wednesday. Used the pink from Sonia Kashuk. I really like her nail polishes. I have some to show you soon. Some really cool colors are coming out for fall/winter 2011. Stay tuned. This pink called Jammin has not something special about it. It's just a bright cream pink. I probablu have something like it in my stash for sure. But the formula is very good. The brush and bottle just fine. They are almost exact the ones from PURE ICE. The difference is just the price :) Sonia Kashuks costs $4.99 and PURE ICE just $1.89 and for the cheap of a price tthe have a pretty good selection of colors. Anyways, Sonia Kashuks are great and very creamy and pigmented. I can't complain. I got some as gift and I am planning on showing them to you and tell what my favorite colors are.

Ok, back to this mani. I was a little upset when I was doing this one cause I really wanted to use this design. I ended up doing it after insisting so much. The design is kinda jacked up. The engraving has problems and now I'll see what BM will tell me about that. My first set came with missing plates, then I had a problem with the engraving on another, now I found out about this one. I just saw it cause the film was still on it and you could just see it without it. Bummer! :(

BC: SH
Base Color Sonia Kashuk Jammin
Stamping: Wet n'Wild Black Creme
Design: BM 221
TC: SV

Pink Wednesday - Essie Fun in the Gondola with some flowers

I love Wednesday cause it's half week through. Also I have to wear my pink nail polishes. Here I have some stamping for you guys. I am really linking this one :) Don't have a lot of time to write more here so ... to the pictures now.

BC: SH
Base Color: Essie Fun in the Gondola
Stamping: Wet n' Wild Eggplant
Design: BM 224
TC: 0-60

Pink Wednesday - Pink Tip

I got this beautiful blue teal from Jordana and I was sooooo excited to try it on. I know I'm supposed to do a pink mani for today but I forgot - laugh. yeah, that's how excited I was to try that blue teal.

Then I thought " It's alright. I can add some pink to it. They will go together really well."

But talking about the teal from Jordana I got say I simply loved loved the color. It's opaque in just one coat. However I was a little frustrated with it. I know last week I swatched a pretty coral from Jordana. I had no complaints about that one. But I had issues with this bottle here. As I was applying the formula to my 10 nail fingers it started to get thicker and gooey around the open on the bottle. Maybe I just happened to score a bad bottle. Weird!! Oh, and I am not even mentioning the hard time I had cleaning the excess of that polish. It stained my cuticles and skin real bad. Imagine the nail!! And I am always applying a base coat before any nail polish. Plus, when I applied the top coat (Seche Vite then I tried 0-60) to it it kinda turned the blue teal into a greenish tone to it. I don't know, that was just so messed up.

Overall that's what I need to put up with when I love a color too  much.

I still love the color though and the formula application. And because it's Wednesday and On Wednesday I wear Pink here I have my mani of the day. I thought of doing this design with tape but I had no time for it. I attempted just a free hand and guess what? Not too shabby. What do you think?

BC: SH
Color:  Jordana Boy Oh Boy
Tip: ULTA Lotsa Luxe / Wet n' Wild Dreamy Poppy
TC: 0-60 / SV

Pink Wednesday - Jordana Tangy

I have found this pretty coral pink from Jordana that I am just in love. For some reason, I have been so into coral colors lately. I have a shirt I bought this summer that I better have somebody over and hide that for me. I am wearing it all the time.

This is my first time wearing this brand of nail polish. I have picked 4 different shades of Jordana. I love that name. It was my best neighborhood friend's name. How I miss her. Green eyes and freckles. We were always looking fo trouble. Miss that girl.

But anyways, here are some pictures of Jordana Tangy. And I don't know why I have some problems photographing coral/orange colors. The iPhone camera has a HDR feature so I am adding those pictures with that different setting so you can get an idea of the color. I even tried to use a white background since the table I use is gray and it kinda darkens out any bright colors I have on my nails. I know I really should look for a greater way to get better pictures. For today I cropped my pictures ( I like Kellie Gonzo's style)  so you guys can just see more my nails then hands. I just don't like to spend time editing pictures :(

Also I stamped some Konad over that beautiful coral shade and I love it! I then applied a new top coat I found to be as good as Seche Vite. Not better. But good. The Color Club 0-60 does its job. I like it cause it isn't that thick like SV and it doesn't have that strong smell to it. The only difference is that have the shinny factor that the SV adds to your polish. But that's about it on my opnion. Also it's a lot cheaper than SV anyways. But I got admit SV has a specila place in my heart. Below you can see pictures of the color club dry fast top coat.

Here are some of my favorite pink corals I totally recommend.

Jordana Tangy, Essie Tart Deco, Essie Cute as a Button, RIMMEL Orange Sunset

TC: Essie

Color: Jordana Tangy

Stamping: Sally hansen White On

Design: M26

TC: 0-60