I need some more tape manis in my life...

Quick post tonight! Just wanted to share a tape mani I did some time ago.
Really loved this look on myself, and it's something I really need to do more often.

Post rapidinho hoje à noite! Só vim cá para partilhar uma manicure que fiz há uns tempos.
Gostei imenso deste "look" em mim, e acho que é algo que tenho de fazer mais vezes.

For this mani, I used 2 coats of Kinetics Smoky Pearl, 1 coat of Wellnails The North Pole is a real place (both reviewed here and here), and the black is Essence Black is Back, easily a one coater.

On another note, I was recently contacted by clothingloves.net asking me if I'd be interested in reviewing some jewelery for them. I agreed, and that means I'll be incorporating those in my manicure photos once in a while.
From what I gathered, clothingloves.net is a website dedicated to wholesale clothes and acessories and as a fashion lover (although I only post nails here xD), I really enjoyed their selection of brooches, dresses and coats. And if you find something you like over there, shipping is free and they offer 15% off on your first purchase.

Nesta manicure, usei 2 camadas do Kinetics Smoky Pearl, 1 camada do Wellnails The North Pole is a real place (ambos com review aqui e aqui), e o preto é Essence Black is Back, que fica perfeito com apenas 1 camada.

Agora noutro assunto, recentemente, fui contactada pela clothingloves.net, a perguntar se eu estaria interessada em fazer reviews de alguma bijuteria para eles. Eu aceitei, e isto significa que vão passar a ver alguns artigos por aqui, incorporados nas fotos das minhas manicures.

Daquilo que já vi, clothingloves.net, é um website dedicado a vestuário e acessórios para todas as ocasiões, e como amante de moda (apesar de vocês só verem as minhas unhas por aqui xD), gostei especialmente das secções de alfinetes, vestidos e casacos. Se encontrarem alguma coisa que gostem por lá, os portes são grátis e eles oferecem 15% de desconto na vossa primeira compra.

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! ^^

Christmas Polishes Top 10

Been M.I.A again, but I'm at my parent's for the holidays, and the internet here is sucking balls!! I had to refresh blogger about a hundred times, before I could upload the photos for today... >.<
Anyway, today's post is about my favourite nail polishes for this season! Alexandra, from Things About..., was the first to do it, and then some other girls from our FB group decided to do the same.
I didn't want this to be a huge post, with lots of photos and blah blah, so I grouped them together according to colour, and skipped the usual descriptions as the photos are pretty accurate.

Andei desaparecida novamente, mas estou em casa dos meus pais para as festas, e a net aqui tem sido uma boa desgraça!! Para fazer este post, tive de andar a refrescar o blogger umas cem vezes...>.<

De qualquer maneira, o post de hoje é sobre os meus vernizes preferidos para esta época natalícia! A ideia foi da Alexandra, do Things About..., mas eu e mais umas meninas do nosso grupo de FB, decidimos juntarmo-nos e fazer o nosso top também.
Não queria que este post ficasse gigante, com fotos e blá blá a mais, por isso agrupei os vernizes por cor e ignorei as típicas descrições, já que as fotos estão bastante fiéis.

The reds/Os vermelhos:

H&M Je T'Aime
Kleancolor Chunky Holo Scarlet
Nubar Vino
Marylins #117

The greens/Os verdes:

Gosh Forest Floor
Nubar Verde
Marylins #118

The golds/Os dourados:

 Essence Make it Golden
Marylins #109

This last one, doesn't fit in any of the previous categories, but it always reminds me of Christmas, probably because it has lots of green and red flakies (and some blue, but lets ignore that xD).

Este último, não se insere em nenhuma das categorias anteriores, mas sempre que o vejo lembro-me do Natal, provavelmente porque está carregadinho de flocos vermelhos e verdes (e alguns azuis, mas vamos ignorar este facto xD).

 Ludurana Relâmpago

Now, I'm about to do my Christmas nails for tomorrow and I have no idea of what to do...I already did some reindeers on one of my friends, and I have another one coming here tomorrow morning and she wants the same, so that's obviously out of the question for me...I also don't want something too intricate and elaborate, as my last manicure took me 3h to do with some tiny brushes (it was for a KitGuru contest, we had to do some "geeky" nails, I'll post about it as soon as the results are out). So, I'm stumped...

Agora, estou prestes a fazer as minhas unhas de Natal para amanhã, e não tenho a mínima ideia do que por nas unhas...Já fiz umas renas a uma das minhas amigas e tenho outra que vem cá, amanhã de manhã, e quer o mesmo, obviamente que já não vou querer fazer o mesmo em mim...Também não quero algo muito trabalhoso e elaborado, já que a minha última manicure demorou 3h a fazer com uns pincéis minusculos (foi para um concurso do KitGuru, tinha de fazer algo "geeky" nas unhas, postarei sobre o assunto assim que saiam os resultados). Estou sem ideias...

Nail Mail Is The Best Kind of Mail!

Hi girls! How was everyone's weekend? I hope it was good, mine was spent playing Guild Wars 2, how productive... :X But hey, it was fun! xD

So, today I'm just going to show you what I got on the mail this past friday and today, get ready to be spammed with photos!

Olá meninas! Como foi o vosso fim de semana? Espero que tenha sido bom, o meu foi passado a jogar Guild Wars 2, que produtivo... :X Mas hey, ao menos foi divertido! :P

Hoje tenho para vos mostrar umas coisinhas que recebi no correio, na ultima sexta e hoje, preparem-se para serem "spammadas" com fotos!

This was the one I got on friday, I bought it on E(vil)bay, a couple of weeks ago and it finally got here, it was a long trip all the way from Korea! This is what I'm wearing now and it's gorgeous, expect a post about it soon. It looks like a Deborah Lippmann Ray of Light dupe to me, but I can't really be sure.

Este foi o que chegou na sexta-feira, comprei-o pelo E(vil)bay, há umas 2 semanas atrás e finalmente chegou, fez uma longa viagem desde a Coreia! É o que estou a usar agora e é lindo, podem esperar um post sobre ele brevemente. Parece-me um dupe do Ray of Light da Deborah Lippmann, mas não posso afirmar nada com certeza. 

Innisfree #100a

And all these got here today! They're from a swap I did with Raquel (the other Raquel, as I call her xD), from the blog Cupcakes & Airwaves, she's a sweetheart and I really enjoyed getting to know her better! We've been planning this since the beginning of september!! It took us a long time to get everything ready to ship, but I wouldn't change that at all! I loved all of our conversations throughout this time. ^^
Here's what she got me:

E aqui estão os vernizes q recebi hoje! São de uma troca que fiz com a Raquel (a outra Raquel, como eu a chamo xD), do blog  Cupcakes & Airwaves, ela é uma querida e foi um prazer conhecê-la melhor!
Começamos a planear esta troquinha  no inicio de setembro!! Levamos imenso tempo a ter tudo pronto para enviar, mas eu não mudaria isto por nada! Adorei todas as nossas conversas ao longo deste tempo. ^^
Aqui está o que ela me enviou:

Shana #200 and #700

Purple Professional #46 and Catrice Rambo No. 5

H&M Je T'aime and Take Me Tangerine

H&M Purple Glitter and Gentle Sky

And she also sent me a very cute card, Essence hand cream (it smells soooo gooood!) and some rhinestones, as extras! (and here, you can also see how tiny my lightbox is... xD)

Ela também me enviou um cartãozinho fofo, um creme de mãos da Essence (cheira tããããoo beeeem!) e umas pedrinhas de strass, como miminhos extra! (e aqui também podem ver como a minha lightbox é minuscula... xD)

Raquelinha, I loved everything, they're all so pretty! *-* All I want now, is for you to get all your stuff intact and that you like all I got for you.
  

Hope everyone has a really nice week!

Raquelinha, adorei tudinho, são todos tão bonitos! *-* Tuddo o que quero agora, é que as tuas coisinhas cheguem intactas e que gostes de tudo o que te enviei.

Espero que tenham todas uma óptima semana! 

Guest Post over at Ruby's Nails

Hey everyone!

Just wanted to let you know that I have a guest post on Ruby's Nails, just click the image below to be taken there, and find out what I did with these 2 colours.

See you there! ^^

Yes Love L006 with some stripes!

Yes Love...now there's a brand I never paid much attention to...They're only sold in chinese stores and that made me think they're no good! I only had one other nail polish from this brand (that I showed HERE, in a guest post), and I only bought it because I loved the colour and because I was convinced this is a spanish brand. WRONG!! This really is a chinese brand. I noticed on the label that it says "Imported by Spain", followed by "Made in P.R.C", which means People's Republic of China. But does that mean it's a bad product? Not so sure...The truth is that most people think like that because of the cheap prices over at the chinese stores, but so far, I have no complains...

Last time I went shopping, I stopped at one of these said stores and I was blown away...Oh so many pretty colours, I wanted them ALL! I even had to ask my boyfriend to take me away, or I'd go crazy! xD Well, I managed to leave the store with only 6 nail polishes, and one wasn't even for myself, I did good, didn't I? =P
Oh, I forgot to mention that these nail polishes only cost 1€! That's another reason why they're so hard to resist... :S

Ok, the first one I tried out was L006, a lovely green, with a bit of blue on it's formula (at least I think so, I'm bad at describing colours). Application on this one was easy breezy, it has really good pigmentation (it was almost perfect with 1 coat, but I still used 2), it dried really fast and it shines a lot on it's on! You'll see that from the photos I took, with no topcoat for the first time.

Then I decided to spice things up with something different and add a little shine to it, so I picked up my Essence Choose Me and this is what I came up with:

Stripes! It looks so cool, I don't think the photos capture how awesome this really looks, but boy...I don't know if I'll be doing this again, it's too much work! These were done with striping tape and it took me 3-4h to do a complete mani like this (or even more, not sure...), I think this is the most time I spent on my nails...

31 Days Challenge #17 - Glitter

Before I resume the challenge, I need to apologize to my readers and the girls I was doing this with, as I disappeared without saying a word. You see, I was trying to do my best not to fall behind, to always have a post up every day, but I just couldn't do it...

When I signed up for this, I thought I would have a nice, peaceful summer at my parents house, with lots of time to do my nails, post and, occasionally, have some fun with my friends. Boy...was I wrong! There was always stuff to do here at the house, my mom loves having her dinner parties and needs my help with getting everything ready and on time, friends always want to go out and do stuff and when I'm home with some time, there's always someone asking, "Raquel, can you do my nails?"...Other than that, I still had to find time to do other things I like (reading, playing, chating with my friend Leticia, who suffered with all this too, since I had so little computer time), and still spend some time with my boyfriend. It was all too much for me, something had to give, and that was my own nails and blog. I had every mani ready, up until day 24, but couldn't bring myself to just post it, and after that, I completely quit! Also, my nails got so weak from all the painting and removing that they started to break...So, I filled my nails down, as short as I could, and went nail polish free until yesterday.

I will be posting the challenge again, 1 mani a day, and hopefully, when I'm done with the photos I have ready, my nails will be back in good shape and lenght. Now, let's move on with the subject.

For day 17, I went with a sloppy glitter gradient, this mani suffered from my lack of time. xD Apart from the sloppy gradient, I did an awful clean up job, sorry about that.

The polishes used are China Glaze Make Some Noise and Essence Make It Golden.

PS - I haven't been saying much about the nail polishes I have been using, as these challenge post aren't meant to be reviews, but if I have some trouble with the formula or application I will say so in the post, if not, assume it all went well. xD

31 Days Challenge #11 - #16

I'm still alive!

Sorry for not posting since last friday, but it has been a crazy week since then! On saturday we had a party at night and I had to do my mom's make-up and nails, my make-up and nails and another friend's nails, no time left for posting...then on sunday I had to help that same friend, as she was in the process of moving. So, my nails have been bare since last sunday. I don't even remember the last time they were naked for so long! xD

As you can imagine, I had a lot to catch up to, and today was literally nails day!

This will be a looooong post, so get ready and don't say I didn't warn you.

#11 Polka Dots

For this I used China Glaze L8R G8R (that I got from Anna's blogsale) and Nubar Reclaim.

#12 Stripes

This was done with Gosh Forest Green, Gosh Early Green and some striping tape.

#13 Animal Print

Uh oh...leopard print again! But this time it was all hand made, no stamping involved. For this, I used Orly Nite Owl, Leticia Well #146 and Kiss Nail Art in black.

#14 Flowers

Flowers aren't really my thing, but I guess I did ok on these. I used Kiko 339 for the base colour, Gosh Bubble Gum and Risqué Pink Fluor for the flowers, and Gosh Forest Floor and Gosh Early Green for the leaves.

#15 Delicate Print

Boy, this one was tough...I didn't really know what to do and this was my 3rd try at this, as I wasn't happy with the other 2. Here I used Essence Modern Romance stamped with Essence Stampy Polish in silver and my DRK-B.

#16 Tribal Print

My favourite ones from today! I had never done any tribal nails, but these were so simple and fun to do and I love the final result.
I used a nude, once again (must be on a nude kind of day), this time it was Essence Hazelnut Cream Pie. The blue stripe is China Glaze For Audrey and the white was all done with Kiss Nail Art in white, obviously. :P

 

Ufff, finally over! It's really a bad idea to fall behind on these challenges, I know I wont be doing it again.  :P