[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!

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...

Go Pink for October!

As you all must know by now, October is the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and I (like so many other bloggers) couldn't let this subject pass me by...

First of all, I'd like to say that I consider myself lucky, as I don't know anyone in my family or close to me that is suffering or has suffered from this awful disease. The closest I have been to this subject was when I was 16 and I found a HUGE mass on my right boob, and I really mean HUUUGE! It scared the crap out of me, but after a couple of tests the doctors came to the conclusion that it was nothing, just some really dense mammary tissue and that it would go away with time. I think that was one of the worst and most stressful weeks of my live and I felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders when I got the good news...I really can't imagine how hard it would have been had it gone the other way...Unfortunatelly, breast cancer knows no age or gender, it can happen to anyone, so I really feel it's very important to raise awareness on this subject whenever and wherever we can, and this is my way...

Girls (and guys), check out your breasts (or chest area) regurlarly, and if there's something that doesn't feel right, even the tiniest thing, don't hesitate to contact your doctor, it's always better to be safe than sorry...

Now that is out of the way, lets move onto the manicure, shall we? :P

For this I used Orly Rock It! and Gosh Bubblegum, I think they look cool together! xD I've had the Orly for almost a year, but all I did with it was a simple gradient when I started blogging (here if you want to laugh at my photos and lack of skill back then xD), and I've never tried painting my nails with it! I guess it was because I was so disappointed with it when I got it, I was expecting it to be a cool duochrome, but unfortunatelly I can't see any of that effect on my nails. Still, it's a really beautiful dark pink!
I used 2 coats of both polishes and then made a french on my accent nail and stamped it my DRK-B using Rock It!

With this, I also discovered that I dislike Konad plates...DON'T SHOOT ME! This was so not the design I wanted to stamp, but after failing 3 times with the Konad plate, I just gave up and went back to my beautiful. wonderful and very loved DRK-B, that thing never lets me down! So there, no more buying Konads for me. u.u

Now I just need some MASH...and Bundle Monster...and Cheeky...I need them all!

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