caleemama:

Aren’t my kids awesome? :) Next time I’ll be sure Mark is in the photo…darn work!

Thanks to Adam Bouska for the beautiful family picture!

Show your support! NOH8campaign.com

Our NOH8 photo was finally uploaded yesterday. I’m happy he got my “NOH8 nails” in the shot ;)

I’m not too crazy for bright colors on my nails, but I really have an obsession with nude polishes! I think they’re perfect for any season & I can’t get sick of them.

What I used:

• OPI - Cotton Candy Coney Island - I’ve been wanting to do a swatch with this color for so long, but I never had the patience for it. & when I say patience, I mean that this color goes on sheer…so I have to wait for each layer to dry completely before I can use my nail stamp on it. I used 3 coats on each nail. For shorter nails, it probably wouldn’t need that many coats, but because I hate letting my nails show, I had to put more.
• OPI - Black Onyx - for the nail stamping
• Milani - Jewel FX 531 Gold - for the center of the flowers
• Seche Vite Top Coat
• Image Plate SDP D-09 - I literally spent days looking for this specific image plate. This isn’t by Konad or Bundle Monster. I ordered these from the Netherlands. If you’ve never heard of Dashica Beauty, you MUST check out her webshop. She’s created the most unique & beautiful image plates that I’ve ever seen! She even created “Big” plates that are practically the size of a piece of paper, it’s amazing. You have to contact her to place an order if you’re from the USA..you won’t be disappointed! http://www.dashicabeautyshop.nl/

Polishes & colors I used:

• Forever 21 - “Lavender” I put “” because every time I go to Forever 21, their polishes are labeled differently. I’ll see two totally different polishes with the same name. But this has to be one of my favorite shades from them, I love this purple.

• Nfu Oh #50 - I have an obsession with flakies & this is a new addition to my precious Nfu Oh’s! I wanted a summer color & I thought this mix would be perfect. I’m loving the green / blue flakies!

• OPI “Alpine Snow” - This is the white I used for stamping

• Konad image plate m61 - the floral design

• Seche Vite Top Coat

Monarch butterfly nails.

Polishes I used:

-Sinful Colors: Pull Over
-Sinful Colors: Cloud 9
-China Glaze: 2030
-OPI: Alpine Snow
-Cacee Striping Brush in Black
-Seche Vite Top Coat

caleemama:

I have more vintage floral studded cases (pink) available in my Etsy shop, click here.

For those who have asked me, here is the link to buy.

I will have brownish/mauve cases in about a week. I’ll post again both here & on my personal. Also, I will have a new swatch posted tomorrow :)

“All love, no hate.”

A couple days ago, Vicky suggested that I do NOH8 nails for the LA Pride Festival which we attended in WeHo yesterday. The kids & I were able to take a picture at the NOH8 Campaign booth, something I’ve been wanting to do since they first began. Unfortunately my boyfriend Mark had work so we couldn’t take a complete family picture, but the photoshoots often come around to LA so there’s always next time. I got a couple compliments on the nails, even from NOH8’s photographer Adam Bouska :) I love his work! But I think the ones who were catching everyone’s attention were the kids with their NOH8 temporary tattoos on their cheeks! :P I loved that we were able to go & show our support. Like I wrote on my personal blog, marriage should not be defined by race, religion, social status, gender, etc. Love is love & marriage should be equal.

If any of you guys are interested, you can check out the NOH8 website for more info on the campaign:

 http://www.noh8campaign.com/

Colors used:

OPI - Alpine Snow
OPI - OPI Red
OPI - DS Mystery

OPI Shatters are up for sale in my eBay store! Check it out HERE.

Available colors: White, Turquoise, Blue, Red, Navy & Black. I am currently sold out of Silver Shatters, but I will have some more soon! They are $10 each ($10.15 for turquoise), free shipping if you’re in the USA. I add extra for international orders.

If you don’t see a listing for a color, it’s probably because it’s sold out so get ‘em while you can!

OPI - Teenage Dream & floral water decals

This is for Anon who asked for the Deborah Lippmann Happy Birthday & Milani Gems comparison. On my index & ring finger is Deborah Lippmann. On my middle & pinky finger is Milani Gems. The base color is a gorgeous gold chrome color called PEARLG by Oops! Jealous, which was a gift from my good friend Vicky.

But just looking at it…it’s a total dupe, right?

New OPI Shatter polishes available for sale: I have White, Navy, Blue & Turquoise! $10 each (free shipping for US residents) in my eBay store. Check it out HERE. I only have a few left so better hurry! :)

Idk if many of you are familiar with this…but…

Milani Gems = Deborah Lippmann Happy Birthday DUPE.

Maybe even better.

My DL bottle contains a LOT of silver hex glitters; I don’t know if that’s how it is for other people who own it too, but I like a lot more color variety! And when I look at my Milani Gems bottle, it seems like it’s more mixed & not completely taken over by silver. I love it! Plus it’s about 75% less than what you’d get DL Happy Birthday for. I got mine at Target :)

Sephora by OPI - Blasted Gold
(Base color is OPI - Dulce de Leche)

Yup, it’s shatter season! These are the new shatter polishes by Sephora by OPI! Yes! Finally they released a gold shatter polish, something I’ve been looking forward to & hoping they’d release. It’s definitely my favorite out of all the shatters released because I love GOLD! They also have a black & silver, but I don’t really know why since their regular OPI line has those already. When you put it on your nails, use a thin coat, and just one coat because if it’s too thick, you’ll hardly be able to see the base color. I also heard Sally Hansen released a couple crackle polishes, but what can I say, I’m a huge OPI fan!

I also did a swatch over a dark color! I’ll post it up right now too.

It’s my 2 year old son’s birthday party later on this afternoon :) The theme is his favorite: Mickey Mouse! I was inspired by the Disneyland Mickey balloons. I used a bunch of different colors for the balloons & coated them with OPI - I Juggle Men (a sheer polish with tiny shimmery purple & blue glitters); thumb & ring finger have Deborah Lippmann’s Happy Birthday :)

His real birthday is this Monday the 23rd, but happy happy birthday anyways to my lil handsome son Dylan!