KBshimmer Totally Tubular!!!!

I recently bought some KBShimmer polishes and they are beautiful! Hex Appeal is the polish that made me want to get more polishes from Christy. The formula is a dream and the glitter combos are A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!! Something else about these polishes other than the quality is that they are not too pricey. They are all $8.75 a bit more than let's say mainstream Essie polishes, but worth every extra penny :)

I really bought this polish because it reminded me on Sulley from the Movie Monsters Inc which is one of my favorite movies. I also liked the name! Super cool Yo!!

 Totally Tubular is a tealish blueish color, with fuchsia circles , aqua circles, and different colored hex glitters.

This was 2 coats of Totally Tubular over a basecoat+ top coat. The Formula and the application was a dream. This polish seemed like a crelly(jelly/creme) formula.

For the accent(index finger) I did a tye dye effect(that's what I call it) using two different polishes adding a good amount and swirling them together with a toothpick.

 

Totally tubular is a bit darker in person. 

 

I loved this polish so much that I am wearing on my toes at the moment!!

If you would like to check out more swatches of Totally Tubular click on this link: Totally Tubular

Thanks for reading!!

Xoxo,

Cathy <3

31 Day Challenge, Day 8: Metallic

I got lucky on this Challenge, I only have one Metallic polish in my polish stash and it is Orly Shine!!

Hadn't used tape in a while, so I was like why not? I went on google for inspiration and 2 of the designs were by dressed up nails and someone else, I forgot her name(sorry!). The Diamond was my idea and it took up the most tape and a lot of concentration.

I am so stoked on these nails! Even though my tape was not that sticky and I messed up a lot, my Diamond nail makes me a happy girl! You'll be seeing a lot of diamonds in the future posts lol.

This is one lightly dabbed coat and painted coat of OPI Casino Royal(basically two coats) over one coat of Orly Shine.

I dab polish on with a sponge first because 2 normal coats would be too much. Thick polish is no bueno. Most of the time I do it thick anyways, but I really try not to.

 

Still working on my tape skills, I need to make sure my triangle peaks are in the middle. 

This is all the tape I had to use for the diamond, I think I'll do a tutorial very soon(both pictorial and video tutorial)!!

I am so proud of this diamond :D

Remember to Shine bright like a Diamond!!!(I had to lol)

Xoxo,

Cathy

31 Day Challenge Day 7: Black and White

I would have liked to do the design by Mely @rockyournails in black and white, but I don't have a white. I mean I had a white up until my littler 5 year old sister became the polish mixing elf and poured in a pink into Tempest my white cult nails polish :(

So, I decided to go with classic black nails with a fine shimmer polish by venique on top.

I really love how a black polish looks on nails, I think it looks classy. Some people say its goth, but definitely think it's cool.

This is 2 coat of OPI Black Onyx and the shimmer by venique(I can't find the darn thing at the moment to tell you the name.)

Like the little black dress, this makes your nails look nice and sleek ;)

I've always wanted to do both of these looks so I did both. I have seen this on Google, yeaahhhh I think it looks better on other nails. The checkers look cool, but as you can see I need more practice :)

Practice makes perfect!!!

Xoxo, 

Cathy

#31DC2013 Day 4/5: Green and Blue

I cheated during the 4/5 day of the challenge! I joined two of them together so I could be on track.

Blue has to be one of my favorite colors, from light blue to navy blue. I think It is one of the colors that I mostly have! Green is alright, not my favorite, but I to wear it once in a while.

I needed to do this mani quick so I didn't really do any nail art, but regardless the combination between Sally Hansen Mermaid's Tale and Zoya Ibiza is beyond BEAUTIFUL. These colors were made for each other!

I always like to layer any kind of jelly ove a base color because I don't really like the patches that are sometimes visible in the sun.

I used one coat of Zoya Ibiza and layered 2 coats of Sally Hansen Mermaid's on top on the ring and pinky finger. I just did two coats of Ibiza over the pointer and middle finger

 Mermaid's tale has a special place in my heart. My mom put it inside my cake on my 19th Birthday, I wasn't really expecting that, it was a really nice touch.

 

 

  This is an old mani I did in March 2013, I layered it over a greener base and did a fish tail.

Challenge done and accepted, even though I cheated ;)

Till Next time!

Xoxo,

Cathy

Jelly Sandwich!!

 Yesterday I decided to enter Amy aka @Mcpolish's giveaway for her reaching 2000 followers on Instagram! She wanted people to enter by posting a picture of their favorite jelly polish or to make a jelly sammich using different polishes. I have some jelly polishes and it would have been easier just to pick one, but I wanted to get a little creative and create a jelly sandwich. 

I used two coats of Cultnails Awakening for the base, 1-2 coats of glitter polish by Love and beauty, one very thin coat of Awakening over the glitter, and finished of the mani with a top coat.

 

I had never tried doing a jelly sandwich using these polishes, but they worked out well together :)

 

 I was thinking..... Forever21 has pretty nice polishes for a very affordable price! No more investing in high priced mainstream polishes...maybe.

 Now we have to wait and see which mani Amy chooses as her favorite! Wish me luck :D

The winner will get a lot of amazing polishes, so you should head on down to IG and enter your nails!!!

Xoxo,

Cathy

#31DC2013 Day 3: Yellow

For day 3 I decided to pay tribute to one of my favorite cartoon characters when I was little, Pikachu. I would watch all the shows and movies with my cousin and buy/swap Pokemon cards all the time. This was when I lived in Seattle and life a piece of cake lol. All my worries were about playing and not getting in trouble.

@cutepolish has a tutorial on youtube that helped me out on how to paint my nails. I used dotting tools and noticed that I should really invest in brushes. Especially to make perfect circles and for the little fine lines of the mouth and the pointed corners of the nose.

The polishes I used to create my pikachu were Cultnail's Feel me up for the base, Evil Queen for the cheeks, and tempest for the inner white part of the eye. For the black part of the eye I used OPI's black Onyx. 

I used two coats of feel me up and went over a few patches. Then I used my dotting tools to make the rest of the face of Pikachu and waited for everything to be COMPLETELY dry so I could add my top coat and to prevent streaking.

After I topped it off with Butterlondon's matte top coat and left them like this because I thought they looked better matte.

Pokemon was the best and I'll never forget it :) I remember all the times the movies would make me cry lol !!! Hope you enjoyed this post, remember to join the challenge!

Xoxo,

Cathy

#31DC2013 Day 2: Orange

Continuing the 31 day challenge, the theme for the second day was Orange!I'm still a day behind which means I'll have to do 2 manis in one day sometime this month, but it's a challenge for a reason right?

I only have one orange in my polish stash and it is also a recent buy. It's called orange strap wedges by venique. It is a neon orange that dries semi-matte. I also used silver loose glitter from the Born Pretty Store to finish my design. I know I did this a few months back, but I only did it on two nails last time. 

This is 3 coats of orange strap wedges, plus the glitter, and once coat of Hk Girl top coat. I could have gone with another coat of the top coat because the glitters still felt fought, but I was ok with it.

Like all neons, my camera could not catch the true color. It was super vibrant in real life.

 I did this mani at night like at 12 so that explains why my glitter isn't in a straight line.... lol jk I naturally can't do things perfect :'(, but I still liked the outcome!!

Join me as well as other talented ladies on the 31 day challenge! You won't regret it :) It forces you to practice your nail art skills and creativity. Hopefully I'll see a difference when the month is over!

Till Next time.

Xoxo,

Cathy