[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!

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!

 

Kinetics Peach Pop

How's everyone doing? Good, I hope! I'm enjoying my last few days of vacations, at my parents house in the Azores. I love summer here, but unfortunatelly, I'll have to go back to Porto next sunday, and start working on monday...bummer!

Today, I have swatches of Kinetics Peach Pop. It's from their spring collection, Crazy Daisy, and I'm late as hell reviewing this! xD 

Como estão todas? Bem, espero! Eu estou a queimar os meus últimos dias de férias, aqui nos Açores, em casa de meus pais. Adoro o verão aqui, mas infelizmente, já vou ter de voltar ao Porto no próximo domigo, e começar a trabalhar na segunda...chatice! 

Hoje, tenho swatches do Peach Pop da Kinetics. Faz parte da colecção de Primavera, Crazy Daisy, e estou bem atrasada na revisão deste verniz! xD 

I used 2 coats and no top coat for these photos. The formula is not so easy to apply, it's one of those tricky pastels that you have to be very careful with, or you'll end up needing an extra coat, just to level things up. I don't feel like this colour suits my skin tone, or maybe I'm just not used to seeing this type of shade on me, but, other than that, I have no complains about this polish. It doesn't pool around the cuticles, dries really fast and shiny, and you just gotta love the brush that comes with the Kinetics bottles! 

Usei-o com 2 camadas e sem top coat. A fórmula não é das mais fáceis, é daqueles pastéis que temos de ter muito cuidado ao aplicar, senão acabamos por precisar de uma camada extra, só para uniformizar a coisa. Não acho que esta cor fique bem no meu tom de pele, ou então sou eu que não estou habituada a ver estes tons em mim, mas, fora isso, não tenho queixas acerca deste verniz. Não inunda as cutículas, seca super rápido e brilhante, e é impossível não adorar o pincel, que vem com estes frasquinhos da Kinetics! 

(Product sent for review)

Expocosmética 2013

WARNING: This is going to be a long, long post, with lots of photos!!
Aviso: Este post vai ser muito, muito longo e recheadinho de fotos!!

This weekend, we had here in Porto, a cosmetics fair with all you can imagine about hair, make up, skin care and, obviously, nails! I'm not going to lie...of course I went for the nail polish! :P

I took lots of photos to share, but unfortunely, I still failed to photograph lots of brands that were there, as I was too excited about their polishes. But without further ado, here they are:

Este fim de semana, tivemos aqui no Porto, uma feira de cosméticos, com tudo o que se possa imaginar sobre cabelos, maquilhagem, produtos de pele e, obviamente, unhas! Eu não vos vou mentir, o meu interesse na feira era, puramente, pelos os vernizes! :P

Tirei montes de fotos para partilhar, mas infelizmente, acabei por falhar e esquecer de tirar foto a muitas marcas que lá se encontravam. Mas sem mais demoras, aqui estão elas:

Andreia, a portuguese brand, very well known here.

Andreia, uma marca portuguesa, já conhecida de todas nós.

PN - Pro Nails - A new brand to me, never heard of it.
PN- Pro Nails - Uma marca nova para mim, nunca tinha ouvido falar dela.

IBI, another new to me brand. Loved the cute bottles! 

IBI, outra marca nova para mim. Adorei o frasquinho!

IBI's base coat, thinner and top coat.

A base, o diluente e o top coat da IBI.

LAYLAAASS! 


MORE LAYLAS!
MAIS LAYLAS!

Peggy Sage (sorry for the blurry photo :S)
(Desculpem pela foto desfocada :S)

 Kinetics stand, was absolute craziness. Their polishes were mad cheap at the fair!!

O stand da Kinetics foi uma loucura. Os vernizes estavam baratíssimos!!

All the pretty colours...

Tanta cor bonita...

...wish I could bring one of each with me.

...bem que gostaria de ter trazido 1 de cada.

Another awesome stand, was Orly's.
Outro stand espectacular, era o da Orly.

Orly's minis and glitters.
Os mini e os glitters da Orly.

 Now, the important part. What did I get??

Agora, a parte importante. O que comprei eu??

Ados 642, 65 and 72

Misa Frozen In Time and I Like It Like That 

Orly Miss Conduct and Nicole by O.P.I She's Mauvelous

Kinetics Velvel Asphalt, Call Me Blue, Flowery, Paris Green and All Night

2 Kinetics Kwik Kote - my go to top coat, at the moment.
O meu top coat preferido, de momento. 

And finally, my partners in crime:

E finalmente, as minhas parceiras de crime:

from left to right:
Diana Raquel, Maggie Correia and me.

I had a wonderful day with these girls, with was soooo much fun! I also got to know lots of other bloggers, but I have to say, the ones I was most excited about meeting were Cristina, Bárbara and Luisa! We've been talking for so long now, that it really felt good to see them in person and talk with them, even if it was just for a brief while (we were about to leave, and really dead and tired, when they finally got there :P).

Passei um dia excelente, na companhia destas meninas, foi incrivelmente divertido! Também conheci várias outras bloggers, mas devo dizer que estava mais excitada por finalmente conhecer a Cristina, a Bárbara e a Luisa! Já falamos há tanto tempo, que foi, realmente bom vê-las em pessoa e conversar com elas, nem que tenha sido, por apenas um breve momento (nós já estavamos de saída, e mais que mortas e cansadas, quando elas finalmente chegaram.