Christmas Nail Decals! LATE POST, SORRY

You know your blog is late when your posts are two months late! This is a post that I'd beem meaning to share with all of you, but my thesis really gobbled up all of my time. Oh well, that's all over, and now I'm all yours ;)

 

 

Anyway, last Christmas one of my aunts gave me these super cute nail stickers! So of course I dropped whatever I was doing to apply these. They were so cute! I'm going to do a half-tutorial since I already made one for these kinds of decals here.

Etude House Juicy Cocktail in Love Violet

Do you guys remember my post on Etude House Ombre nails? Well, here's another one! I really like this one but my first time applying it did not go so well. But, I found a way to fix it!

Sally Hansen Magnetic Nail Color Review

Last month, my friend Leya came home from the States and brought this home for me! This is the Sally Hansen Magnetic Nail Color in Kinetic Copper.

Nicole by OPI Kardashian Kolors: Kendall on the Katwalk

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Keeping up with the Kardashians is one of my guilty pleasures, but I'm not as big of a fan as some of my other friends. Anyway, when I was in New York, I couldn't get my eyes off this shade in the drugstore! I can't believe I even left the city without it. Thank God I had a friend who was nice enough to send it home for me!

L-R Sally Hansen SALON MANICURE Base Coat, Nicole by OPI Kardashian Kolors Kendall on the Katwalk, Sally Hansen SALON MANICURE Top Coat

OPI DS Coronation

I was choosing between this and OPI Radiance, and I decided to get this because it seemed like more of a silver and not a pewter.

China Glaze For Audrey

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I had been dreaming of a Tiffany blue shade for a while. After a substantial amount of research for the right polish to buy, I finally ended up with one!

Gold French Manicure

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Decided to hop on the bandwagon and test the French tips that have been around for a long time. I finally found a cute color combination to practice on. :)

China Glaze Dress Me Up: Hunger Games

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One of my favorite warm tones from China Glaze.

OPI + Essie Matte About You

So much changes in one year, don't you think? I had made a previous not-so-good review about Essie Matte About You in March of 2011, and now look at how I paint my nails!

Scotch Tape Chip Saver

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First of the many posts using my Say Ooh Lala haul! Thank you so much, Tine for my care package :D So sweet of you!

I revamped my manicure from a few days ago!

I'm Wide Awake: China Glaze Smoke and Ashes and Essie LuxEffects Shine of the Times

Despite my pink and always-girly and happy aura, sometimes you have to fall from cloud nine.

We all have to be honest, life's not always happy. I know I choose to see the world in technicolor no matter what, but some days are just too dull for me. I like to be OA like that, and because I felt not too good a few days back, I decided to make the world know by painting my nails black. But not all of you know that that's the reason to why I did.

Oh well. Now, you do. Haha

No-rub Nail Polish Removal with Tutorial

I had such a hard time removing my Kate Spade Decals that I decided to use this technique. The polish slid right off!

Kate Spade Nail Decals with Tutorial

At the Kate Spade Fashion event last Thursday, they were giving free Kate Spade nail decal applications c/o Dashing Diva. Read on for a short tutorial!

Sneak Peek of Galaxy Nails

I made these a while back, and I think that this is the final set of nails that I made when I decided to start blogging again, this time about nail polish.

Trial and Error: Saran Wrap Nail Tutorial

Another stressful and heavy week if about to end, At least we have another long weekend ahead of us, Philippines! I really find polish changes relaxing. Here's a tutorial on Saran Wrap Nails!

Here is a close-up from my instagram. You can follow me on @sairamargarita, by the way :D You can also click on the photos to make them bigger.

Matte Masking on Nails Tutorial

I had a super fun weekend but I don't know what happened, when I woke up the next morning, all my nails were ruined! Instead of removing the whole nail, I just decided to spice up my nails a bit. Read after the jump for a step-by-step tutorial on how I did this!

OPI My Address Is Hollywood Swatches and Review

I had a foam party the other day and put my outfit together at the last minute. I guess you could say that my nail polish choice of the day was what made me wear my matching pink shorts for that night. It matched so well!

L-R Sally Hansen SALON MANICURE Base Coat, OPI My Address Is Hollywood, Sally Hansen SALON MANICURE Top Coat 

Pink Bridal Nails

Hello everyone, I'm back! Since my friends have been bugging me to start a nail polish blog, here I am!  I've been toying around with the idea of the perfect bridal nails, so I'll be posting a lot of variations of this style. :)

More after the jump!

One Less Lonely Girl Collection by Justin Bieber: Step 2 the Beat of my ♥ Nail Polish Review

Okay everyone, I'll say it loud and proud: I'M A BELIEBER!

Mwahaha, I'm 20 years old and at work last month I listened to nothing but Justin Bieber songs all day while doing my assigned tasks. Oh, and Katy Perry too. I have a playlist each for all of their songs. How funny, the two of them have lines for OPI, my number one nail polish brand!

So you wouldn't believe my excitement when I saw a line of Nicole by OPI in the nearest drugstore, apparently these bottles were rare!

The bottle of pink and purple hearts with glitters looked interesting to me so I just picked it up to take a better look. But when I saw that it was part of the Justin Bieber collection, with the cutest name ever I just had to get it!

Essie Matte About You

...and the quest for unique nail polish continues! Look at what I finally got in the mail today:

Essie matte finisher! I had seen matte polish before on Tumblr, and ever since I saw it in black, I knew I had to at least try it, though we've already established that my color isn't black. Haha! So i looked around online, placed an order for my polish and waited patiently for it to arrive.

I was a little disappointed though, because as you can see in the photo above, it leaked around the container! Boooo. But I didn't get discouraged, I peeled it off and went straight to my mom's parlor bag to look for a shade that I was feeling today.

This is what I came up with. (L-R) OPI two-way base coat, OPI Red, OPI Didgeridoo Your Nails, Essie Matte About You. The Didgeridoo Your Nails is actually my very own shade, it's the shade I usually have one when I'm not feeling very loud or red.

This is how it looked on my nails. (L-R) OPI Red, OPI Red with Essie Matte About You topcoat, OPI Didgeridoo Your Nails, OPI Didgeridoo Your Nails with Essie Matte about You topcoat. Huh, they look so good in photos! I didn't like the look of the red so much in person, but instantly fell in love with the pink! :) So pink it was.

It's very important to always follow directions, especially with a new product. I learned that if you apply too many coats, and thick ones at that, the colored polish sticks to the brush of the Matte About You. So I learned to remember where I painted already and to make nice, even strokes.

So, here's the look! Without flash:

And now here with flash:

The downside of matte nail polish is that it works exactly like matte lipstick, that if you have cracked or chapped lips, it will definitely show! I must admit that I removed this right away because even though it's not so evident in my photos, I didn't apply the polish very well. Since I'm in a course that requires a lot of hand-work (Architecture), I'm always looking at my nails and am often OC with them. So I'm sorry, I just had to remove this manicure. Haha!

So the final verdict: do I like it? I love it! BUT I won't ever apply it myself. So I'll have to wait for my next manicure at the parlor to have this done again, even though it's my polishes they'll be using. :)

'til my next find! xx