[ABC Nails] K, L, M id for Kinetics, L'oreal and Max Factor

Brace yourselves, a shit ton of photos is incoming!

Now that the warning is done, lets move on to another [ABC Nails] challenge that I'm doing with Maggie and Rosana, as you all know by now.

For this first manicure, I chose 2 of my favourite Kinetics, Sugar Blue, that I used on my middle finger, index and thumb, and Smoky Pearl on my ring finger. Both of them have great formulas and cover perfectly with 2 easy coats. On my pinky I used 2 coats of O.P.I My Private Jet and to spice it up a little, I did a stamping decal to apply on my ring finger. For that I used a GA36 plate, Essence Black is Back and filled in the bows with Sugar Blue and My Private Jet.

As for L, I went with L'oreal Hidden Gems, that I applied 2 coats of, on my thumb, index and pinky.On my middle and ring fingers I have 2 coats of Colorama Mar Sem Fim, stamped with Essence Black is Back, using a Fauxnad m78 plate. (Excuse the tiny nubs, but I've done these about a month ago and was saving them for this post.)

And lastly, I finally picked up my Max Factor Fantasy Fire. I've had this polish on my drawer for about 2 years now and never used it...SHAME ON ME! It is a must have (and must use!!) and I'm so glad that I'm doing this challenge or I'd never go for it. Here, I layered one coat of Fantasy Fire over Leticia Well Professional 143 (gorgeous and cheap purple!).
Oh, this was a pain in the ass to photograph, so I just chose the photos where it's beauty shows the most, the rest of the photos were kind of meh...

Now, that I'm fully up to date and can post at the same time as the other girls, I realized that the next post should be up tomorrow and I have no nails ready for that, so oops! D: So I guess you can expect that one by wednesday at most...goddam, I'm always running late, gotta get my shit together. -.-''

Well, hope you enjoyed this post, don't forget to tell me which manicure is your favourite and to check the other girls posts.

Have a good monday!

[ABC Nails] G & H is for Gosh and Hard Candy

Hey everyone! 

I know, I know...I come and go, but this time it wasn't really my choice, my internet was being a b*tch to me and my landlord is very slow taking care of things like this. But hey, I finally made it! Now I'll just be playing catch up again...story of my life! xD 

Ok, so if you guys recall, I was doing the ABC Nail Challenge with Rosana and Maggie before I stopped posting. They continued to do so, and now I will be trying to catch up to them, which will be difficult, since they're already on L and I stopped at F! Let's do this and start with G and H on the same post. 

For the letter G, I chose Gosh. It's not a brand I really love, I mostly never buy from them, but I really like the colours that I do have, especially this one, Miss Minty. 

In this manicure I'm wearing 2 coats of Gosh Miss Minty, 2 coats of Marylins 109 on my middle finger and 2 coats of Innisfree 101on my ring finger. On my index I tried, for the first time, a stamping decal. For that I used the Marylins, Kiko 705 to fill in the feathers and a Gals GA38 plate.  

For the letter H, I went with Hard Candy, Lava. I got this tiny bottle as a gift, from a blogsale purchase, for over 2 years now, and if it wasn't for this challenge, I guess I would never use it. Which is sad, cause it is really gorgeous! Downside is that it stains like no tomorrow! Cuticules and nails...I only had this for 1 day, and it turned my nails completely pink! For me, that is unacceptable...

I had no idea of what to do with it, and I think I must have spent an hour or so, sitting on the floor, trying to find a good match for it. I finally chose Misa Catch a Flick. On my thumb and index, I stamped using a BM-323 plate and Konad white.

 And that's it for today's post, hope you enjoyed it.

Have a great week!

[ABC Nails] A-England Saint George

Helloooooo! Is there still someone there? Hope so...
I know, I know...I've been M.I.A, but ever since I finished university, almost a year ago, things have been a bit weird for me, lots of ups and downs and being unemployed sucks and is messing with my spirits. Fortunately, I have some really good friends that are always pushing me to do better and trying to get me back into one of the things I love the most, and one of the few that I'm (kinda) good at. Of course I mean nails, what else could it be? xD

Anyway, Maggie, Rosana and I, decided to do the ABC Nails challenge together. They already started a couple of weeks ago, and since I'm playing catch up here, I will be doing A today, B on saturday and C on monday. After that, this will be done on mondays, every other week. I still don't know if I'll be posting other stuff in between, all I can say is that I will TRY! So bare with me, please.

Now onto the nails of today. For A, I chose one of my favourite polishes of all time (way to start big xD), Saint George by A-England. Here, I paired it up with a lovely polish by Crazy Polish Lady (already reviewed here), Another Mojito, Please!.

Oláááááá! Ainda está alguém deste lado? Espero que sim...
Eu sei, eu sei...andei desaparecida em combate, mas desde que acabei a universidade, há quase um ano atrás, as coisas têm andado meias estranhas para mim, com muitos altos e baixos, e estar desempregada é péssimo e anda a mexer com o meu estado de espírito. Felizmente, tenho óptimas amigas que estão sempre a puxar por mim e a tentar fazer com que volte a uma das coisas que eu mais gosto, e das poucas a que sou (relativamente) boa. Óbvio que estou a falar de unhas, o que mais poderia ser? xD

De qualquer maneira, a Maggie, a Rosana e eu, decidimos fazer o desafio das Unhas ABC. Elas já começaram há umas semanas atrás e eu estou a tentar apanhá-las de momento, por isso , hoje temos a letra A, o B no sábado e o C na segunda feira. Depois disto, este desafio será postado às segundas feiras, em semanas alternadas. Não sei se vou postar muito mais coisas fora do desafio, mas o que vos posso dizer é que vou TENTAR!

Mas falemos das unhas de hoje. Para a letra A, eu escolhi um dos meus vernizes favoritos de todos os tempos (isto é que é começar em grande xD), o Saint George da marca A-England. Aqui, emparelhei-o com um verniz adorável da Crazy Polish Lady, o Another Mojito, Please!, do qual já foi feita review aqui.

Saint George is surely a one coater, and is great for stamping, as you can see from the photos. Still, out of pure habit, I used 2 coats of it. It has an awesome formula too, really easy to work with and clean up, and it won't flood your cuticles.

I used 3 coats of Another Mojito, Please!, and after it was dry, I stamped over it using Gals GA34.

Hope you enjoyed and stick around for some Butter London nails next saturday!

O Saint George é opaco o suficiente para ser usado em apenas uma camada, e é excelente para carimbar. como se podem ver nas fotos. Ainda assim, e por puro hábito, eu apliquei 2 camadas. A sua fórmula é óptima, muito fácil de aplicar e limpar e não escorre para as cutículas.

Usei 3 camadas do Another Mojito, Please!, e depois de seco, carimbei por cima dele usando a plaquinha GA34 da Gals.

Espero que tenham gostado e que apareçam por cá no sábado, para umas unhas com Butter London!