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Flippin' the Birds

Hey all!!! Today's mani is inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Birds'. :-D For the accent nail I did the iconic Hitchcock profile graphic. :-)



A better view of the profile:



I used American Apparel Cotton as a base on all the bird nails, and American Apparel Hassid for the Hitchcock nail, as well as the birds.

I seriously can't get the Hitchcock intro music out of my head.

Vincent Longo Cosmetics Sale on Hautelook!

Hey all!! Just a note to let you know that Vincent Longo stuff is on Hautelook today and this weekend. everything is 65% off!!!


There are lipsticks, lip pencils, eye shadows, eye liners, colored mascaras, bronzers. lipglosses, etc. CHEAP!!

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Pink patchwork design

Got inspired by some Korean nail artist to do this design. Customer left it to me to design and I came up with a simple patchwork design using different tones of pink and white gel. To my surprise, it turned out really beautiful.


Patches of pink, peach and white with star dust glitter all around.


Nothing fanciful for the nail art cos the background is too lovely to cover it up.

I was a little upset that I couldn't capture the star dust glitter and the different shades of pink. Oh well. Nevertheless, still pretty and I love them!

Pink patchwork design

Got inspired by some Korean nail artist to do this design. Customer left it to me to design and I came up with a simple patchwork design using different tones of pink and white gel. To my surprise, it turned out really beautiful.


Patches of pink, peach and white with star dust glitter all around.


Nothing fanciful for the nail art cos the background is too lovely to cover it up.

I was a little upset that I couldn't capture the star dust glitter and the different shades of pink. Oh well. Nevertheless, still pretty and I love them!

In a Heartbeat!

Ok, not sure what inspired this, but I thought of it as I was falling asleep last night. I'm glad I remembered this morning when I set out to paint my nails. :-P Just something simple, but recognizable (I hope? :-P)



I used American Apparel Hassid as a base, with Pure Ice Wild Thing and Nubar Forest mixed for the heart monitor line. Topped it off with only one coat of Seche Vite top coat, since I was in a hurry!

And the winners are ..... *drumroll*

So finally! My giveaway has ended and I'm about to announce 2 lucky winners. First of all: boy I need to thank you all so much for participating and following me! I've had 299 comments, worth of 404 entries! This was definitely beyond my expectations, overwhelming to say the least. Needless to say I've had a lot of work sorting everything out, haha!
While I was on this I caught some cheaters too, I'm not as dumb as you might have thought, ha ha (I did think it was pretty lame though).

Well with no further ado, I present to you the two winners:

Set 1:

Set 2:

I used www.random.org to determine the winners, and kept everyone's preference in mind.

Congratulations ladies! I will be e-mailing you shortly.

Of course I feel the need to add some nail spam, so here is Sinful Senorita by H&M, a gorgeous pink with great application. And you might not think it is, but it's definitely a holo in better lighting.

Take care and till next time!

Ruff & Tuff

Hey all!! Jumping on the Ruffian-inspired manicure bandwagon. I instantly loved those nails when I saw them, and all the interpretations I've seen lately were lovely and made me want to try my own, with my own twist.



I used China Glaze Ruby Pumps as a base, and then freehanded the black with my newest love, American Apparel Hassid, using the brush from the bottle. The black is ONE coat. Seriously. I'm in awe of this polish. I topped it off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Luminesse Air sale on Hautelook!

Luminesse Air Airbrush system is on sale at Hautelook!

They have starter kits, foundations, blushes, eyeshadows, and foundations on sale!

Check it out!

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Mullet Mani

I call this mani the Mullet Mani because indoors it is reserved and toned down (for me I guess), but when you go outdoors- SHA-BLAM! It's red! (Party in the back/sun :-P) I bought this polish near the beginning of my blog, and I'm FINALLY using it!!

Indoors



Outdoors



I used Urban Outfitters Matte Nude 3 as a base, because my nails are stained from all the polish wear, but you could easily do this on bare nails. On top of that, I used Del Sol Ruby Slipper, which is a clear polish with silver glitter, which changes to red with silver glitter in UV light (blacklight/sun). For the black, I used my new holy grail favorite polish that I am seriously enamored with…American Apparel Hassid. Seriously, do yourself a favor and get one...at least! :-P I will never use another black again! :-D I used this color to freehand the tips, and with Konad Plate m51 for the flower design.

Leave it to me to pick a UV-sensitive polish on a day with overcast and, get this, SNOW. :-/ In Las Vegas. In MARCH!!