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05 November 2013

Giveaway winner, a few unposted manicures and a very late guest post!

Hey everyone!

Yes, I'm still alive...even though I went through some crappy stuff these past few months, I'm still here. Sorry for the long absence and for leaving in the middle of a giveaway, but I really had a tough time and even had to move twice in less than a month. But I won't bore you with my problems and I'll just stick to the nails and nail polish.

But first, let me just announce the winner of the last giveaway:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Congrats to Diana! I warned her as soon as the giveaway ended, and she already has her prize! I left the blog for a while, but I didn't keep the polishes to myself. :P

Now, I didn't do much on my nails these past 2 months, always a plain colour when I had the time, and didn't take any photos of my nails, until recently, so I'll just show you a couple of photos I took before all the craziness happened, and a couple from this past week, when I started getting back into the nail stuff. Hope you like them!

Dance Legend Optical Illusion and Purple Professional #62, stamped with Moyou Pro #8

Claire's 55171 and Kiko Mirror #616, stamped with Moyou Pro #2 and topped with Kiko 3 in 1 Mat

Purple Professional #63 on index and thump

Zoya Arizona on pinky

White on middle and ring finger is Flormar P103 and the triangles were made with both the previous colours and also China Glaze Strawberry Fields and Innisfree #65

Layering experiment with O.P.I Every Month is Oktoberfest, Nubar 2010 and Max Factor Fantasy Fire.

Ah! Also, I made a guest post for Cristina a while back, that never saw the light of day here, on my blog. Shame on me...

Click on the image to go to Cristina's blog and find out more!

Aaaaaaand that is it for now! Have a good night, everyone. ^^

29 December 2012

My Christmas Nails

Hey everyone!
Finally, I managed to come here and post what I wore on my nails during Christmas. I said I wanted something simple and easy to do, and even though this doesn't look very simple, I can guarantee it was really easy and quick!
I started with 2 coats of Nubar Vino and 2 coats of Marylins #19 on my accent nail. After it dried completely, I stamped in gold some poinsettia flowers on my index with the DRK-B plate, did a very fast gradient on my middle and thumb nails (tutorial here), a christmas tree on my ring nail (tutorial here), and added some stripes to my pinky using striping tape to get my lines to look as perfect as possible.

Olá minha gente!
Finalmente consegui vir cá para vos mostrar as minhas unhas deste natal. Já vos tinha dito que queria fazer algo simples e rápido, e apesar da manicure parecer algo complexa, posso assegurar-vos que foi muito fácil e rápido de se fazer!
Comecei com 2 camadas de Nubar Vino e 2 camadas do Marylins #19 no meu anelar. Depois de tudo bem sequinho, carimbei no indicador, a dourado, umas poinsétias da placa DRK-B, nos dedos médio e polegar fiz um gradiente rápido (tutorial aqui), no anelar desenhei uma árvore de natal (tutorial aqui), e no mindinho fiz umas risquinhas com ajuda de fitinhas de nail art, de forma a que as minhas linhas ficassem o mais perfeitas possivel.

Marylins #19
Nubar Verde
Nubar Vino

I didn't get any nail polishes for christmas, all I got was the camera that I've been using since november, a new cell phone and some pyjamas. Can't really complain, those were all great gifts, but I would have loved if someone had remembered what I love to get the most... What about you guys? Did you get any nail polish under your christmas tree?

Não recebi nem um vernizinho este natal, só recebi a máquina fotográfica que tenho usado desde novembro, um telemóvel novo e um pijama. Não me posso queixar, foram óptimos presentes, mas gostava que alguém se tivesse lembrado do que mais gosto de receber... E vocês? Tiveram algum verniz debaixo da vossa árvore de natal?

23 December 2012

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...

07 December 2012

One Of These Is Not Like The Other

I've come to redeem myself today...I've been spreading around how disappointed I am, that my mom got me Nubar Purple Beach and Indigo Illusion for my birthday, last january...You see, right until a couple of weeks ago, they looked the exact same to me, and my Indigo Illusion looked nothing like the photos I saw of it. I was even starting to think I got a bad bottle or something! They looked slightly different on the bottle, but almost the same on my nails...
So, one day, I was talking to a friend about nail polish and how I always layer duochromes over black, to make the colour shift more obvious, when it hit me! By doing this, I could be changing the actual colour of the nail polish and that could be the reason why these two looked so alike! And it definitely was...

Hoje, vim redimir-me...Andei por aí, a espalhar a desilusão que senti quando a minha mãe me ofereceu de presente o Nubar Purple Beach e o Indigo Illusion pelos meus anos, em janeiro passado...É que, para mim, e até há coisa de 2 semanas atrás, eles eram praticamente idênticos, e o meu Indigo Illusion não se parecia em nada com as fotos que via dele por ai. Até já estava a pensar que tinha um vidrinho estragado ou assim! Eles pareciam ligeiramente diferentes no frasco, mas nas unhas, n notava nada...
Então, um dia, estava eu a falar sobre vernizes com uma amiga, quando lhe disse que usava os duochromes sempre por cima de preto, para tornar a mudança de cores mais óbvia. E foi ai que se fez o click! Ao fazer isto, eu poderia estar a alterar a cor real do verniz e esta poderia ser a razão pela qual aqueles dois ficavam tão iguais! E realmente era...

Here are my comparison photos:

Aqui ficam as fotos com a minha comparação:

From left to righ:
Index - 3 coats of Indigo Illusion
Middle - 3 coats of Purple Beach
Ring - 1 coat of Indigo Illusion over black
Pinky - 1 coat of Purple Beach over black

Da esquerda para a direita:
Indicador - 3 camadas de Indigo Illusion
Médio - 3 camadas de Purple Beach
Anelar - 1 camada de Indigo Illusion sobre preto
Mindinho - 1 camada de Purple Beach sobre preto

Well, I think the photos speak for themself...I was wrong and these 2 are nothing alike, so you shouldn't be scared to get them both. Just don't make the same mistake I did...

Bem, acho que as fotos falam por si...Estava errada e estes 2 não têm nada de parecido, por isso não tenham medo de os comprar aos dois. Só não cometam o mesmo erro que eu...

17 August 2012

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

03 July 2012

Rainbow Challenge Day 5&6 - Purple and Pink

Sorry girls! I'm very late posting this, but I have an exam on friday (thermodynamics, yuck D:) and I've been quite busy.

I'm not going to write much this time, but I'll leave you a shit load of photos of my favourites.

Let's start with the purple. This is Nubar Purple Rain Glitter in 2 coats.

The purple isn't as dark as my photos show, but I couldn't really get it's actual colour. :S

For the pink I chose Yesensy #36. I don't really like pink nail polish, even though I have a few, but I kind of like this one, because it's matte. I used 2 coats of it, no topcoat.