KOTD: I'm late... But hooray for Spain!

Hey Ladies!

I'm back with another extremely delayed post. This manicure is from July! Coincidently, I wore this on the day Spain won the World Cup.

OPI - No Spain No Gain

I don't remember how many coats this was. Probably two. I remember this one being pretty opaque fast. This is an awesome berry-purple creme from the Spain Collection. One of my favorites. The pictures, in my opinion, don't do it justice. There is something about this color that just makes it stand out from all the others.

I then stamped the butterfly from CG-04 using China Glaze's "Millennium."

Hope you gals like!

Time to put my noes back in a book and keep studying for final exams! =(

Fly, Fly Butterflies....

This is the look I came up with yesterday while spending a quiet afternoon at home after cleaning, doing some work and catching up with my Tivo. My toddlers were away so I had more ME time. Isn't that always the case? If I attempt to do my nails WHILE they're home, they end up wanting 3 polish changes each. If that's now at the ages of 2 and 3, can you imagine when they're teenagers???? I used Orly's Gumdrop as a base (love that color), and Color Club's Gossip Column and China Glaze's Millennium to stamp a few butterflies. I used the fauxnad CG-04 plate.

I think it came out kinda cute... hope you ladies like it.

Happy Polishing!!!!

KOTD: I Want Candy!

Hey! This will be a quick post.

So this is my manicure from June 3rd. This is Color Club's "Electro Candy."

"Electro Candy" is a neon pink with some blue shimmer. The shimmer is much more visible, as always, when in the sun. I can't remember if this is 3 or 4 coats. But I know it took a few to cover the VNL. It's hard to capture the brightness of this color. But trust me, it's pretty bright! My sister says it can stop traffic... LOL! Application was great and even. As a typical neon, it dried a little matte. But topcoat made it shiny right away.

Then I stamped the black butterfly using the fauxnad image plate (CG-04) sent to me by Maespiritu of Art of Nail. (Again, thank you so much!) I stamped using Konad's Special Black polish.

Hope you gals like it. I'll be back with more tomorrow!

Belated Birthday Gift!

Hey Ladies!

Today I want to share with you a belated Birthday gift that arrived in the mail for me recently! I received this from the wonderful Maespiritu of Art of Nail!

A little history: Back in February/March Maespiritu posted pictures of a few fauxnad image plates she had. Maria and I immediately fell in love with the plate you see above. All those butterflies were adorable! We had recently discovered "fauxnads" but didn't know where to purchase them. So we emailed her about it. I later post a few manicures I had done for my birthday. Surprisingly, Maespiritu contacted me and offered to mail me the butterfly image plate. I was so excited!

Some time had passed and I got so busy with life that I completely forgot about it. Then I recently come home and my mom says: "You got a package from the Philippines." I was like: "What? But I haven't ordered anything recently!" So I open the package as eager as a child on christmas morning. It made me so happy to see an adorable birthday card from Maespiritu! With the card she included the famous butterfly image plate and 2 sheets of nail stickers! This really was an awesome belated birthday gift!

Maespiritu: Thank you so much! This was so nice and thoughtful of you! Like I have always said, this nail blogger community is full of wonderful ladies. And you are definitely one of them! I know I am a stranger to you and you didn't have to go out of your way for me. But it is very much appreciated!

I will be posting pictures of a mani I did using this plate either later today or tomorrow! So be sure to check back!

Happy Polishing!