Autism Awareness Day Manicure

I was supposed to make a special post about this subject, yesterday, but unfortunatelly, I had no time...Anyway, this is what I wore:

Era suposto eu ter feito um post especial, dedicado a este assunto, mas infelizmente, o tempo não mo permitiu...De qualquer maneira, aqui fica o que usei neste dia:

2 coats of Shana Nail Polish #200, 3 coats of Ellen Gold Prata on the middle and ring fingers, and then I stamped over that, the same design 3 times, with Essence Goofy-Blue, Kiss Nail Art White and finally with Shana #200. The stamping plate I used, was a DRK-B.

And yes, I changed the shape of my nails. I kept breaking the corners of my thumb while playing Guild Wars 2 and hated that it always looked different from the others, so I rounded them all...but I have to say, I am not a fan of this look on me. :S
Still, you'll be seeing quite a bit of my "regular" nails, as I have lots of old swatches and manis to post. I'm always behind...-.-'

2 camadas do verniz Shana nº 200, 3 camadas do Ellen Gold Prata no dedo médio e anelar, e finalmente carimbei sobre este, o mesmo desenho com 3 cores diferentes, o Essence Goofy-Blue, Kiss Nail Art branco e por fim, o Shana nº200. A placa usada foi a DRK-B.

E sim, mudei o formato das minhas unhas. Estava constantemente, a partir o cantinho da unha do polegar, enquanto jogava Guild Wars 2, e irritava-me ver aquela unha sempre diferente, então decidi arredondá-las todas. Tenho de dizer que não sou fã deste formato em mim. :S
Ainda assim, vão continuar a ver por aqui, as minhas unhas "normais", já que tenho vários swatches e manicures ainda por postar.

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! ^^

Autumn Tribal Mix & Match

Finally, here I am to show you a bit more of the tribal nails I used for my header!
I've been wanting to do these for so long now, but I knew it would take me quite a bit of time to get these done, and like I said before...I'm really lazy sometimes! xD Anyway, I was bored and watching Doctor Who the other night (just started watching it), when I decided it was time to try it. I had no idea of what I wanted to do, or how, all I knew was that I wanted to use these exact colours, so I just picked them up, and went with the flow...

Finalmente, cá estou eu para vos mostrar mais um pouco das unhas tribais que coloquei no cabeçalho do blog! Era algo que queria fazer já há algum tempo, mas sabia que era coisa para demorar, e como já disse antes...às vezes sou mesmo preguiçosa! xD De qualquer maneira, no outro dia à noite, estava eu aborrecida e a ver Doctor Who (estou mesmo a começar a ver), quando decidi que era este o momento para experimentar. Não fazia a mínima ideia do que queria fazer, nem como, só sabia que queria usar estas cores, então peguei nelas e deixei-me levar pela imaginação.

Kiko 346 - Kinectic Dawn Tea - Marylins 109 - Kiss Black Striper

I started by doing the tribal pattern on my ring and index finger, I felt like I should stop there and do something different on my other fingers, or I'd risk thinking it was too much and not liking it in the end...I added some random dots on my pinky (not too happy with those, they could look better) and a gradient on my middle finger and thumb. I didn't follow any tutorial for the tribal, but Lucy, from Lucy's Stash, has a great one for this kind of gradient here.

Comecei por fazer o padrão tribal no meu anelar e indicador e achei por bem parar por ai e fazer algo diferente nos restantes dedos, ou correria o risco de achar que tinha sido demais e não gostar no final...Adicionei umas bolinhas  à sorte no mindinho (não estou muito satisfeita com estas, acho que poderiam estar melhores) e um gradiente no médio e polegar. Não segui nenhum tutorial para o tribal, mas a Lucy, do blog Lucy's Stash, tem um óptimo tutorial para este tipo de gradiente aqui. 

It's not perfect, I can see some flaws, but all this was done with a simple striping brush and a dotting tool, and I'm not too great with either of those...Also, my top coat (I used Better Than Gel Nails by Essence here) decided that my mani was missing some bubbles here and there, not good... -.-'

Não está perfeito, consigo ver umas falhinhas mas isto foi tudo feito com um pequeno pincel de nail art (daqueles de fazer riscas, por incrivel que pareça, não sei o nome em português) e um boleador, e eu não sou muito boa com nenhum destes instrumentos. No final, o meu top coat (usei o BTGN) decidiu que faltava, na minha manicure, umas bolhinhas aqui e ali... -.-'

Here's a bonus photo of my right hand, I only did the gradient there, as that was simple enough for me to do with my left hand. By the way, this and the header image (photo of the left hand, but mirrored) where taken in a Blanco fitting room, with a gorgeous top I found there! And no, I didn't buy it...

Aqui têm uma foto de bonús da minha mão direita. Só fiz o gradiente nesta, já que era simples o suficiente para ser feito com a mão esquerda. Já agora, esta e a foto do cabeçalho (que é da mão esquerda, mas está espelhada) foram tiradas num provador da Blanco, com um top lindo que encontrei por lá! E não, não o comprei... 

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