Easter Mani

Once again, gotta remind you that I haven't been blogging in real time. This mani was done back in April, for Easter Sunday.

I chose some pastel colours that I had in my Sephora by O.P.I. minis assortment, and the details were made with a dotting tool.

The base colour was "Natural Environ-Mint", a light pastel blue matching my pajamas!

I was surprised with the result, because I did expect more of a green/minty colour...
As any light pastel colour, this baby blue required 3 layers for full coverage and no streaks.
The lighter outer dots are Dear Diary, a baby peachy pink creme. The purple dots in the middle were seen before: "It's Hippo To Be Square".

The bright orangey metallic dots and the zigzag pattern were "How Cute Is That?".

When looking for inspiring Easter manis, I came across Kelsie's Nail Files' matte design (her bunny is the cutest little thing!). A matte top coat (Cobertura Fosca da Cor - Colorama) was a great change after a couple of days. I thought the matte Easter Eggs were a better match than the glossy ones!! :-)

How cute is that? ;-)


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PRIS

Done with pink!

Looking for a change of pace (or of colour), hubby suggested a blue one. I went for a dark colour, but not blue. The chosen one was Carbono (Colorama). It had already been worn before, but it was such a disaster that no pictures were taken...

Pictures can't really show what Carbono is. It's a dark mix of blue and green, almost black. I would call it a teal. A veeeery dark teal.


The colour is growing on me. I really liked it this time around. Too bad pictures can't really show what it looks like...

I still had problems with this polish, though. It's so hard to clean!! Maybe I need a bit more practice... And the end result was still bothering me.




Nothing that some gold shimmer couldn't fix! I topped it off with a layer of Cobertura Transformadora da Cor - Reflexos Dourados.

It was a completely new polish! Even got compliments from my work colleague! :-)


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My First(?) Nail Haul

How do you define a Nail Haul?
Is it when you buy a lot of polish and/or nail stuff? Or you consider your gifts to be a haul too?

Here I'm using the definition of purchasing a lot of polish. I did get a couple of care packages so far, but this was my first documented buy.

My husband has been mocking me, saying my polish collection is too big. I told him I wasn't gonna buy any for a while (since I'd gotten so many lately), but then something came up and I just couldn't pass it!

I went to one of the zillion Sephora stores in New York and saw a cute little box with an assortment of Sephora by O.P.I.. I'd never tried any O.P.I.s, but had read good things about the brand. I decided I'd buy it once I'd worn my (many) new polishes.

Getting back to Canada, I checked the local Sephora store. And wasn't exactly please with what I found out: not only was the collection waaaaay more expensice (over 30%), but also it was a limited edition. I regretted not buying it, and sent an email to Tia Má (who was still in NY), to buy me a box if she could.

And she did!! The box was then stored, closed and sealed, in the closet, waiting for me to wear my other untried polishes first...


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New York City!!

We had visitors coming over from Brazil, stopping in NYC on their way here. What's a better excuse for a long weekend in New York than meeting Tia Má and Tio K?

Before boarding the bus, I had to update my manicure. The chosen one couldn't be more appropriate: 5ª Avenida (Colorama). Yeah, you guessed right, that means 5th Avenue in Portuguese. So that had to be setting for the picture!

Tia Má joked about taking a picture of the making of, but she never did. It was definitely an amusing scene, with my hands up high on the sidewalk.



A chalenge for both myself and the photographer!


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Merry (belated) Christmas!

On my search for brighter reds, Tia Má mentioned she liked to wear Carbono (Colorama) with some red polish (such as Maxi - Colorama - or Doce Orgulho - Risqué) layered on top.

I chose my darkest non-red polish, Hipnose (Colorama), and layered Santa Gula (Risqué) on top. Hipnose is a dark grey, almost steel in colour, with a shimmer and pearl finish. Santa Gula was the chosen red because its name is related to gluttony, which I found to be a good fit for Christmas dinner... :-p


I was not impressed with the result. The lighting in the hotel room didn't help, and I didn't care so much for the colour.

A few days later, I decided to try yet another top coat: Cobertura Fosca da Cor - Efeito Fosco (Colorama). It's a matte finish top coat. I liked the look and the finish, with a new tactile sensation.

The photo is a bit blurry, but it was the only one that captured the matte effect.


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Drunken Nails

I needed a bright red polish to match my red-and-black dress, but all my reds (at the time I didn't even have 10 dark-coloured polishes) had pink notes to them.

So I went for one of my untried, that I'd brought with me from Brazil: Conhaque (Colorama). It's a dark burgundy with a creme finish, from a product line called Única Camada, which means 'one coat'. I wasn't able to have a good result with only one coat, but it could just be my lack of technique.

I found it hard to clean. It was still stained on my cuticles. As if I were drunk while painting them... :-p

I did like the end result, though! I even got compliments from the waitress at the mexican restaurant I went to. Not only did she love the colour, but she also put my order under the name 'nice nails'!! ;-)

Because I wanted brighter reds, I started asking my aunts (Cleide, Márcia and Tia Má) for their suggestions...


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