[ABC Nails] N is for Nerdlacquer

Good evening, everyone! Hope you had a great weekend.

So here I am, with another post for the [ABC Nails] challenge that I'm doing with with Maggie, from Maggie's Nails, and Rosana, from Eternal Feelings.

Today's nail polish is quite special for me, it's my favourite out of my entire collection, and was my biggest lemming for the loooongest time. It's also the most expensive nail polish I have in my stash, and it cost me 18€, about a year and a half ago. 

Apparently, there's a lot of controversy around Amanda, the creator of Nerdlacquer, at the moment. I had no idea of what was going on until now, that I just checked her Google+ profile. If I'd knew beforehand of what was going on, I would have chosen another brand for this letter...which is sad and such a pity, since she makes my favourite indies of all time and I still want so many more of her creations, but after reading what I read, I'll hold on to my money and refrain from buying from her.

Anyway, take a look at this beauty, called All of Time and Space, inspired by one of my favourite TV shows, Doctor Who (just finished watching the latest episode and omg! it just keeps getting better!).

As you can see in the photos, All of Time and Space is a lovely seafoam green, with lots of silver glitter and with some magenta also thrown in the mix. It also has a very pretty silver shimmer. I, absolutely, love everything about this nail polish! The harmony between the chosen colours for the glitter, the way that it applies onto the nail (here I have 3 coats that apply like butter) and how it looks on my skin tone. I can't say one bad word about it! 

Combined with All of Time and Space, I have 2 coats of Andreia 18, that I stamped with Kiko Mirror in silver, using a SA-03 plate, on my ring finger. On my pinky, I dotted 2 different sized dots, using the same Kiko and a dotting tool.

And this is it for now, hope you guys have a wonderful week! <3

[ABC Nails] I is for Innisfree and J is for Jindie Nails

Hello hello! 

Still catching up with the ABC Nails Challenge, that I'm doing with Maggie and Rosana, this time I have another 2 manis for you.

For this first one, I used Innisfree 102, which is a lovely glitter polish. It is a very soft pink, with a hint of gold and some very small blue glitters, and also has some larger pink glitters. My nails were fully covered in just two easy coats. On the ring finger, I used  2 coats of Essence Iced Latte, a very nice nude on the pink side and stamped with Kiko 399 using a VL stamping plate that I got from Aliexpress.com.

For the second manicure of today, I went with something bolder. It was still hot outside when I used it, so I was still in the mood for some bright colours. I layered 2 coats of Jindie Nails Wild Watermelon over another 2 coats of Sensinity 32. I have to admit, the Sensinity was pretty good for Chinese store nail polish, I was quite surprised!

And this is it for today, I hope you enjoyed it and don't forget to check out what the other ladies chose for these letters. Hopefully, I will be fully up to date on my next post, which will feature letters K, L and M.

Have a good night!

 

[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] F is for Flormar

Hi hi! Welcome to another post of the ABC Nails Challenge that I'm doing with Maggie and Rosana.

We're a bit late this time, but the girls are at the middle of some exams, so we couldn't post this on monday, as usual.

For this week's challenge I decided to try a Flormar that I have since past summer. I bought it, but then I saw how sheer it was, so I never bothered putting it on my nails, until this weekend.

I went with some kind of skittlelette using Flormar LS05, Cliché Rainha and Kiko 616 for the stamping.

Olá olá! Sejam bem vindas a mais um dia do desafio ABC Nails, que estou a fazer com a Maggie e a Rosana.

Estamos um pouco atrasadas desta vez, mas elas andam em exames, por isso, em vez de publicarmos na segunda, decidimos adiar para hoje.

Para o desafio desta semana, escolhi um Flormar que tenho desde o verão passado. Comprei-o, mas depois quando vi que era tão ralinho, pu-lo de parte até este passado fim de semana.

Fiz uma espécie de skittlelette usando então, o Flormar LS05, Cliché Rainha e Kiko 616 para o carimbo.

 

 

 

 

Like I said before, the Flormar is quite sheer, it required 3 generous coats and I can still see my VNL, but that didn't really bothered me in this case, as I found it to look so elegant on my nails. Its formula is also a bit too liquid and will flood the cuticules if not applied carefully.

On my index I have 2 coats of Cliché Rainha, a lovely textured silver polish. I really like this one! The formula is pretty great, and just for 1€!

The stamping on my middle and ring finger was done with Kiko 616, using my newest acquisition, the Stampaholics ST04 plate. I'm in love with this plate, it became one of my favourites, as soon as I got it in the mail. I didn't take a photo of it, but you can go here and check all the plates the lovely Ana created. 

Finally, on my pinky, I applied a tiny nail crystal, to tie together the entire look. My boyfriend didn't like the crystal though, he said I ruined the mani with it, but I think it would look weird without it. What do you think?

And that's it for today's post, don't forget to check the other girls blogs to see what they came up with.

Como já perceberam, o Flormar não tem muito poder de cobertura, tive de aplicar 3 camadas generosas e ainda se consegue ver o branquinho da minha unha. Felizmente, foi algo que não me aborreceu muito com esta cor, já que o achei tão elegante nas minhas unhas. A sua fórmula, também, é um bocado liquida e pode inundar as cuticulas, caso não seja aplicado com cuidado.

No meu indicador, tenho 2 camadas do Cliché Rainha, um verniz prateado, e texturado, muito giro. Gosto mesmo deste Rainha! A fórmula dele é excelente e já todas sabemos que só custa 1€!

O carimbo no meu dedo médio e anelar, foi feito com o Kiko 616 e com a minha mais recente aquisição, a plaquinha Stampaholics ST04. Estou completamente perdida de amores por esta plaquinha, tornou-se uma das minhas preferidas assim que chegou no correio! Não lhe tirei foto, mas podem ir aqui espreitar as placas que a simpática Ana criou.

Finalmente, no meu mindinho, apliquei um pequeno cristal para compor o look final. O meu namorado não gostou nada que o tivesse colocado, disse que tinha estragado uma manicure tão gira com ele, mas acho que ia ficar estranho sem nada ali. O que acham vocês, concordam com ele?

E por hoje é tudo, não se esqueçam de dar um saltinho aos blogs das outras meninas e ver o que elas prepararam para a letra F.