color my world ocean and sky

My nails for the week :)  Inspired by all the gorgeous photos of blue, I decided to go for a blue accent nail, using Beauty Line Cosmetics Nail Polish, and blue rhinestones in various sizes

black tie affair

Hi y'all :)
just thought I'd share my nails, for this week. They look so smart and uppity all decked out in their lil' tuxes hahaha. This design is really simple to do. Start off with a base coat and two coats of your favorite white polish...let dry...using a thin striper brush, make a wide "x" using your favorite black polish at the top of your nails, and then fill them in so you get your bow...then make a "v" shape to make the tux...and fill in the sides...finish off with two small dots for the buttons and your favorite top coat...and then you're all set for your black tie event, and of course cocktails.
xoxoChiika

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peek-a-boo teddybears ^.^

Hey chickies :) I hope everyone is having a great day!!  It's like 15 degrees celsius here today and I'm feeling spring-y, as in the season, not bouncy hahaha...i know i'm lame. Anywhoooo, I decided to do my nails nice and bright and cute, in hope of better days to come.  I love teddy bears, I think they're adorable and ultra sweet ^.^

Materials needed for this look are: a slim brush, a pink polish, or whatever color you would like for a background, white, gray, and black, and a sparkly top coat, if you wish :) Start off with top coat and base color...let dry...apply second coat if needed...let dry...create a half circle from corner to corner of the free edge using white and make two small semi-circles on top...let dry..and go over again in white...create a little upside down triangle and mouth with grey and make little dots in the ears using grey...black dots for the eyes and pink dots over the grey dots you made earlier in the ears...let dry, and apply a top coat, a sparkly one if you wish :) I hope everyone is having a fantastic day wherever you are, i'm sending positive teddy bear vibes to all :P  tons of love xoxoChiika

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nailed! spring 2012 color trends

Hey my lil' swedish berries :)

Get inspired by the spring color collections!  I think my favorite collection is china glaze's "electropop lights", especially the last three colors: kinetic candy, sweet hook, and gothic lolita.

Let me know your favorite :)

xoxoChiika

essie spring 2012 collection "A Spring To Invest In"
Navigate Her, A Crewed Interest, To Buy or Not to Buy, Tour de Finance, Ole Caliente, Orange, It’s Obvious!

O.P.I. spring 2012 collection "Holland"
A Roll In The Hague, Red Lights Ahead…Where?, Kiss Me On My Tulips, Pedal Faster Suzi!, Vampsterdam, Did You ‘ear About Van Gogh?, Thanks a Windmillion, Dutch ’Ya Just Love OPI?, Gouda Gouda Two Shoes, I Don’t Give a Rotterdam!, I Have Herring Problem, Wooden Shoe Like to Know?

ZOYA spring 2012 collection "True"
Cho, Farah, Bevin, Skylar, Tru, Lotus

china glaze spring 2012 collection "Electropop lights"
Fuchsia Fanatic, Dance Baby, Electric Beat, Kinetic Candy, Sweet Hook, and Gothic Lolita

butter LONDON spring 2012 collection
Bossy Boots, Disco Biscuit, Knacked, Slapper, Trout Pout

deborah lippmann spring 2012 collection
On the beach, Mermaid's dream, the names of the last two colors have not been released yet

CHANEL spring 2012 collection "Les Harmonies de Printemps"
April, June, May

color CLUB spring 2012 collection "Blossoming"
Blushing Rose, Sweatpea, Lavendarling, Blue-Ming, Hydrangea Kiss, Diamond Drops, Clear Coat

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get CRACKED!

OPI "black shatter"  Sally Hansen Xtreme wear "blue me away"

want an extremely easy nail look? try out the shatter polishes from OPI...or whatever other brand you like.  It's so simple.  Just apply whatever base coat color you like and let it dry then add the shatter polish on top! In this look I used Sally Hansen's Xtreme wear "blue me away" as my base coat color. It's easy peasy lemon squeezy hahaha I'm a tad hyper just roll with it :D

 Oh and this is a great option for those whose nails chip easily, cause it's not even noticable.

xoxoChiika

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long live couture

hey my lil' cherry blossoms :)

What do I have for you today? A 2fer...one post two topics :) I'm goin' wild, I know haha.

Anywhoooo....first I'll start off with my favourite scent. I've been wearing this for over a year now, and I keep going back to it.  Viva La Juicy..mmmmm....works so well with my body scent, and people become close talkers when I wear it...they just can't get enough hahaha.

The fragrance is fresh and sweet without being flowery, more berry sweet.

I would say it has just enough sweetness, making it playful and cheeky.

Viva La Juicy has top notes of wild berries and juicy mandarin gently tempered with honeysuckle, gardenia, and jasmine.

Underlying it all are warm tones of amber, caramel, vanilla, sandalwood, and praline.

Okay enough about how i smell :)

On to my nails.

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear "white on", Revlon "silver", NYX "ice glitter"

Start off with your favorite base coat.  Let dry.  You'll need a white and silver polish.  Place a few blobs of both colors on a palette because you'll be needing to work with both at the same time.

Using a toothpick or a dotting tool, place blobs of polish on the tip of the nail in a row as to cover the tip.  First place white, then silver, then white, and silver again.

Then using a toothpick drag the colors together upwards in swirling effects. 

It will look like waves.

Let dry. Place a sparkly silver polish over the swirls, make sure the majority of the sparkles are on the swirls and then just a few sparkles on the clear part of the nail...you want to make a gradient effect.

This look is nice for a night out...or for a lil' somethin' somethin' special.

xoxoChiika

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wild leopard

I feel so funky :) One of my favourite nail designs to wear.  I feel a hint of animal print is always "in".  I used colours that you generally wouldn't acquaint with animal print which I think makes this look really fun and fashion forward.
Start off with a cream polish, use a purple to create a french tip, and let dry.  Working diagonally from right to left make little pink splotches. Then using a toothpick, line the pink with 3 little "c" shapes to make the leopard print.  Finish off with top coat.

xoxoChiika

O.P.I. "bride's bouquet", Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear "purple potion", China Glaze "strawberry fields", Wet 'n' Wild "black creme"

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zebra funk

"black creme"

"rasberry sorbetto"

 I love trying out new designs on my nails. I feel like it really finishes off any outfit, and there's just something really therapeutic in taking time to take care of yourself. I called the design Zebra funk :D

Zebra funk: first apply top coat and a coat of Borghese "rasberry sorbetto" to all nails except the "ring" fingers of both hands. The ring fingers paint black with wet'n'wild's "black creme".  Then using a cosmetic sponge, dip into the black polish, stipple on to the nail close to the cuticle and lighten as you work towards the free edge. Next apply pink polish on the cosmetic spong and lightly sponge over top of the black.  Let dry.  Final step using a toothpick or something fine add white dots close to the cuticle and space them out as you get near to the free edge.  On the ring fingers make zebra stipes using the white polish.  finish off with your favourite top coat.

xoxoChiika

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"white on"

french hearts

This look is super cute.  I got so many compliments.
heart manicure

materials: base/top coat, Sally Hansen Xtreme wear "white on", Borghese "rasberry sorbetto", konad nail stamping plate "m56", konad nail stamper and scraper.

Start off with a base coat, do a simple french manicure allow to dry.  Use "rasberry sorbetto" on the heart stamping plate. Scrape off excess polish, and roll the stamper over the design.  Align the hearts with the french tip and apply the stamping in a rolling motion.  Apply top coat.

xoxoChiika

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get nailed!

I'm in love! :D Nails are the new accessory.  They have the power to complete any outfit, you can be edgy, sophisticated, fun...whatever makes you happy, really anything goes.  I picked up these Salon Effects nail stickers by Sally Hansen in "girl flower" the other day and couldn't wait to apply them, it's so easy and they look so good.  They claim to last up to 10 days and I think I got 2 weeks of use out of them before they started chipping. Cheap alternative to a professional manicure.

 xoxoChiika

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