Showing posts with label Claire's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Claire's. Show all posts

13 June 2014

3 Manis From The Vault

I do a lot of manicures/swatches that never end up on the blog. Sometimes I just don't like them that much, others I really don't think the photos are worth anything. When it comes to nails and photography, I tend to be a bit of a perfectionist, nothing I can do about it...But then, there's other times that I just forget about a manicure or I'm not in a particular blogging mood and something that I absolutely loved at the time, ends up forgotten in my picture's folder. It's the case of these 3 manicures that I'm about to show you.

This first one, is over 1 year old...It's from April 2013! The nail polishes used are Shimmer Irene, Kinetics Paris Green and Kinetics Peach Pop.

Faço muitas manicures/swatches que nunca chegam ao blog. Às vezes não gosto muito delas, outras acabo por achar que as fotos que tirei não valem nada. Quando se trata de unhas e fotografia, confesso que sou um bocado perfeccionista...Mas outras vezes, simplesmente acabo por me esquecer de determinada manicure ou não me encontro com muita vontade de postar no blog e, mesmo que tenha sido uma mani que tenha adorado na altura, acabam por ficar esquecidas na minha pasta de fotografias. Este é o caso destas 3 manicures que vos trago hoje.

A primeira já tem bem mais de 1 ano...é de abril de 2013! Os vernizes usados foram o Shimmer Irene, Kinetics Paris Green e Kinetics Peach Pop.





These next 2 are from this past January, I wasn't blogging at the time. After these, I completely stopped taking photos of manis, and I even went through a period where I didn't do my nails, and even considered selling most of my stash. Thankfully, it was just a bad period and I still have all my pretty polishes. xD I guess we all have our ups and downs.

For this one, I used Kinetics Beige Anyway on my index, pinky and thumb (not pictured), Claire's Glitter Sand (no name in this one, but it's sort of a nude or rose gold) on the middle finger, and on my ring finger, I have a coat of Innisfree #85 Raspberry Yogurt, over Essence Iced Latte. The stamp on the index was made with Kinetics Velvet Asphalt and a BM-323 plate. I topped it all off with Kiko's Matte top coat.

As próximas 2 manicures, são de janeiro passado, altura em que não estava a postar. Depois destas, deixei completamente de tirar fotos às unhas e passei por um período em que não as pintava de todo, chegando até a considerar vender grande parte da minha colecção. Felizmente, foi só uma má fase e ainda tenho os meus vernizitos lindos todos. xD Acho que todas nós temos destes altos e baixos, às vezes.

Na manicure que se segue, usei o Kinetics Beige Anyway no meu indicador, mindinho e polegar (não fotografado), Glitter Claire's Sand (não tem nome, mas é uma especie de nude ou um dourado rosado) no dedo médio e no anelar tenho uma camada do Innisfree #85 Raspberry Yogurt, por cima do Essence Iced Latte. O carimbo no indicador foi feito com o Kinetics Velvet Asphalt, usando uma plaquinha BM- 323. Finalizei tudo com o top coat matte da Kiko.







Finally, in this mani, I used Kinetics Velvet Asphalt on my index and thumb (not pictured), the base colour on my middle and ring finger is Catrice Sold Out Forever and the stamping was made with Velvet Asphalt and Signature Wine, both from Kinetics, and a DRK-B plate. On my pinky, I have Kiko 645.

Finalmente, nesta manicure, usei o Kinetics Velvet Asphalt no indicador e polegar (não fotografado), a cor de base no dedo médio e anelar é o Catrice Sold Out Forever e os carimbos foram feitos com o Velvet Asphalt e Signature Wine, ambos da Kinetics, e uma placa DRK-B. No mindinho tenho o Kiko 645.







And I just realized this was a lot of Kinetics! xD It wasn't my intention that this brand would be the center of attentions on this post, but I guess I do wear them a lot. They always have nice formulas and most of mine are one coaters, so I also use them for stamping.

So, after all these photos, which one of these manis you liked the most? I really can't choose, I loved them all.

Happy Friday the 13th!

E acabei de me aperceber que usei muitos Kinetics! xD Não era minha intenção que eles fossem o centro da atenção neste post, mas a verdade é que uso e abuso dos meus. Têm sempre uma fórmula tão jeitosa e a maior parte dos meus são extremamente pigmentados, por isso também os uso para carimbar.

Então, depois destas fotos todas, qual foi a vossa manicure preferida? Eu não consigo escolher uma, adorei-as a todos.

Espero que tenham tido uma óptima sexta-feira 13!
 

05 November 2013

Giveaway winner, a few unposted manicures and a very late guest post!

Hey everyone!

Yes, I'm still alive...even though I went through some crappy stuff these past few months, I'm still here. Sorry for the long absence and for leaving in the middle of a giveaway, but I really had a tough time and even had to move twice in less than a month. But I won't bore you with my problems and I'll just stick to the nails and nail polish.

But first, let me just announce the winner of the last giveaway:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Congrats to Diana! I warned her as soon as the giveaway ended, and she already has her prize! I left the blog for a while, but I didn't keep the polishes to myself. :P

Now, I didn't do much on my nails these past 2 months, always a plain colour when I had the time, and didn't take any photos of my nails, until recently, so I'll just show you a couple of photos I took before all the craziness happened, and a couple from this past week, when I started getting back into the nail stuff. Hope you like them!


Dance Legend Optical Illusion and Purple Professional #62, stamped with Moyou Pro #8


Claire's 55171 and Kiko Mirror #616, stamped with Moyou Pro #2 and topped with Kiko 3 in 1 Mat

Purple Professional #63 on index and thump
 Zoya Arizona on pinky
White on middle and ring finger is Flormar P103 and the triangles were made with both the previous colours and also China Glaze Strawberry Fields and Innisfree #65

Layering experiment with O.P.I Every Month is Oktoberfest, Nubar 2010 and Max Factor Fantasy Fire.

Ah! Also, I made a guest post for Cristina a while back, that never saw the light of day here, on my blog. Shame on me...

Click on the image to go to Cristina's blog and find out more!

Aaaaaaand that is it for now! Have a good night, everyone. ^^







12 January 2013

Saturday Spam

Hi!
I'm still here! I've been a very bad blogger lately, so thanks to all of you who stuck with me.

Today I won't be showing you one polish or some nail art I did, I'm going t be showing you lots! One of the reasons I don't post as much is that I've become overwhelmed with the amount of old swatches and manicures I've done, that never saw the light of day this in the blog, I find it hard to not post the new stuff I do, but then I end up not posting at all because I know that I have lots of old photos that still need some editing and posting...So, today, I finally decided that I should just post them all (or almost all, saved some reviews and manis I thought deserved more than just one photo).

Here they are:

Olá!
Ainda ando por aqui! Tenho sido uma péssima blogger ultimamente, por isso agradeço a todas as que continuam deste lado a ler-me.

Hoje não vos vou mostrar apenas um verniz ou nail art, mas sim vários! Uma das razões por que não tenho postado ultimamente, é precisamente por ter muita coisa atrasada e por isso fico sem saber para onde me virar. Fica dificil postar as manicures mais recentes sabendo que tenho tantas fotos por editar e que nunca viram a luz do dia neste blog...Assim, hoje decidi postar tudo (salvo algumas reviews e manicures que achei merecerem mais de uma foto) de uma vez só.


Aqui estão elas:


2 coats of Ozotic 532 over black (lightbox)

2 coats of Ozotic 532 over black (shade)

2 coats of Revlon Royal Cloak 

2 coats of Claire's no number 

3 coats of H&M Take Me Tangerine

3 coats Flormar 444 (notice how the colour looks 
completely different from the bottle)

2 coats of Hits Powerful

4 coats of Up Colors Cromoterapia
(didn't layer it over black)

2 coats of Yes Love K034 stamped with Kiko 399
(DRK-B plate)

1 coat of Cliché Madona over black
The red glitter is from Marylins 117 nail polish

2 coats of Essence Hazelnut Cream Pie,
stamped with Kiss nail art striper in black (DRK-B plate)

New Year's Eve/my birthday mani
2 coat's of Claire's matte black
1 coat of Essence Julia on the middle finger
Kiss nail art striper in white
Risqué Arábia on the cupcake base
Stamped with Essence Stampy Silver and plates DRK-B and CK-04

Ok, now I'm more up to date and I think I can manage the blogging better from now on. :P

Let me know what's your favourite look/nail polish on me. ^^

Ok, agora isto já fica mais actualizado e fica mais fácil para mim escolher o que postar a seguir. :P

Digam-me qual o vosso "look" preferido em mim! ^^



31 July 2012

Nail Care Challenge #3 - Top Coats

Oh, I'm so late with this one...but I had to pack to come to my parents house for the month of August and I was left with no time to blog.


This week's theme is top coats. Being honest, I don't have that many, and for a long time I didn't wear any, but my nail polish would never dry and lots of times I would paint my nails in the morning and wake up the next day with some awful bed sheet marks.

These are the only top coats I have:


Claire's Top Coat - My first top coat. It is plain awful! It never fully dries and I would wake up every day with marks and dents on my nails.

Mavadry by Mavala - My second top coat and the first of the fast drying kind. It's really really good! My nails would dry in less than a minute and all my problems with bed sheet marks were gone. I used 2 bottles of it and the only downside on it is that it gets really tick and hard to apply once it gets around half full, and it's price... :S It would cost me about 13€ a bottle, which is a bit too much for my wallet.

Seche Vite - The holy grail of top coats, my favourite top coat ever, the best thing ever invented! xD Ok, seriously, I love this! It dries sooo fast, as soon as I finish applying it on my right hand, the left one is already completely dry, it gives my nails a tick and shiny look and, as Mavadry, it doesn't drag my nail art when I apply it. I get it for $4.25 a bottle (if my memory serves me right) on transdesign.com. Good thing about it is that as soon as it starts to get goopy and tick, you can add a few drops of Seche Restore (sold seperately) and you're good to go.

Kiko 3 in 1 Mat - My matte top coat of the moment. It's perfect! Works wonders on making your nail polish completely matte and it can be even used as a base coat for matte or pastel colours (makes application a bit easier and less streaky). I used to have Gosh matte top coat (mine is nowhere to be found, I have no idea of how I lost it), but it didn't work this good, it would only leave my nails with a rubbery look.

Purple Super Dry - This is a new one for me...I was looking for an alternative to Seche, wanted something a bit easier to get and cheaper if possible. This cost me 3€, it is available close to me, and it is fast drying! Sounds promising, no? Well, it did to me...until I tried it...It's not that it's bad, it really isn't, but comparing it to Seche, it just didn't measure up. :S I like that tick and shiny look that Seche gives my nails and this one is lacking on that department. It's thin, not so shiny and I had some dragging while trying it over some stamping.

That is it for now, sorry that I'm so late on this, but I really didn't have any time to do it earlier.

Don't forget to check all the other girls' posts. 

Tuli @ Prettifyournails 
Bárbara @ Betty Nails
Maggie @ Maggie Nails
Leticia @ omeubloggermiasol






19 May 2012

How to ruin a perfectly good gradient

With all the beautiful gradient manicures showing up everywhere lately, I wanted to try it again, using at least 3 different colors, this time. I went with purples.

 From left to right:
  • Essence Twins Julia
  • Claire's (no name...I hate how Claire's nail polishes have no name or number here)
  • Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure #409 Good to Grape
  • Kiko #334



This was my second attempt at a gradient manicure and I was quite pleased with it, I didn't have any rough visible lines between each colour and I thought it looked pretty cool! That is, until I put glitter on top of it, then I hated it...Another manicure that didn't last long...


30 March 2012

I think this reminds me of easter...

 Hi everyone! Welcome to the new followers too. :3

I'm tired!! D: Spent the last 30min replying to everyone's comments on the giveaway post. Never had so many comments, so thanks to everyone who took their time to write to me, some really made me smile.

I was feeling inspired by soft, springy colours, so I picked up a muted green, a lilac and a yellow and went for a taped mani with some diagonal stripes. I think I ended up with an easter themed manicure. xD What do you girls think?





The colours used were Kiko #349, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Mellow Yellow and a nameless Claire's nail polish and to make this I just painted my accent nail with the lilac, cut some tape in thin bits, positioned them diagonally over my nail and painted the free spaces with the other colours. It really is that simple and easy!