Calee Loves Nails

Fiiiiinally! A new post! So I (along with many people, I’m assuming) am so obsessed with the mint color this Spring! This color is called “Aphrodisiac” & it’s by Wonder Beauty Products (you can find her collection on Etsy here). With her collection, you basically receive a little palette/kit that includes a jar with the main color, a bottle of clear coat, and a mixing stick. You have to constantly mix the color in order to get the glitters around evenly, and I literally had to mix before applying each layer. It takes a bit of time, but I like that I can get the glitters mixed evenly and apply it well. You also have to use the brush of the clear coat to apply the color, so it was a bit of a hassle to clean the brush every time I had to put it back in the clear coat bottle. It’s a lot more work than your normal nail polish bottle, but the color was just so damn cute; I had to get it! The best part is that each palette only costs $10 each, and she even accepts custom orders! I think I may have to request a color of my own. :) Overall, I loved the results. A gorgeous mint with gold & silver hex glitters & gold, silver & green micro glitters. The base mint color is not too bright/neon, and not too light, which is the perfect green for me. Lovesssss it.

Fiiiiinally! A new post!

So I (along with many people, I’m assuming) am so obsessed with the mint color this Spring! This color is called “Aphrodisiac” & it’s by Wonder Beauty Products (you can find her collection on Etsy here). With her collection, you basically receive a little palette/kit that includes a jar with the main color, a bottle of clear coat, and a mixing stick. You have to constantly mix the color in order to get the glitters around evenly, and I literally had to mix before applying each layer. It takes a bit of time, but I like that I can get the glitters mixed evenly and apply it well. You also have to use the brush of the clear coat to apply the color, so it was a bit of a hassle to clean the brush every time I had to put it back in the clear coat bottle. It’s a lot more work than your normal nail polish bottle, but the color was just so damn cute; I had to get it! The best part is that each palette only costs $10 each, and she even accepts custom orders! I think I may have to request a color of my own. :)

Overall, I loved the results. A gorgeous mint with gold & silver hex glitters & gold, silver & green micro glitters. The base mint color is not too bright/neon, and not too light, which is the perfect green for me. Lovesssss it.

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Simple, but I’m really obsessed with the OPI Holland Collection. “I Have a Herring Problem”

Simple, but I’m really obsessed with the OPI Holland Collection.

“I Have a Herring Problem”

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1. Thanks! You’re so sweet. Following :) 2. Thanks babe! Love you, mwah. 3. I bought it from a NOH8 booth when I participated in their photoshoot in LA. I believe they sell it on their website too! 4. I knowwww BFF! You know me, life’s so hectic nowadays <3 But I’m trying! 5. They’re water decals! I love decals, haha. 6. Alpine Snow, Samoan Sand, San Tan-tonio, Passion, Barefood in Barcelona, Java Mauve-a :) 7. I know :( Thanks for all the sweet words! I have been so focused with school, work & the kids, I hardly have time to go on Tumblr as often as I used to. I miss it though!

1. Thanks! You’re so sweet. Following :)

2. Thanks babe! Love you, mwah.

3. I bought it from a NOH8 booth when I participated in their photoshoot in LA. I believe they sell it on their website too!

4. I knowwww BFF! You know me, life’s so hectic nowadays <3 But I’m trying!

5. They’re water decals! I love decals, haha.

6. Alpine Snow, Samoan Sand, San Tan-tonio, Passion, Barefood in Barcelona, Java Mauve-a :)

7. I know :( Thanks for all the sweet words! I have been so focused with school, work & the kids, I hardly have time to go on Tumblr as often as I used to. I miss it though!

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1. Following! :) 2. Actually, I used decals from Sephora. 3. They&#8217;re nail decals from Sephora, and the accent nail is OPI - Extravagance 4. Same answer as #2 &amp; #3. 5. Actually, I haven&#8217;t! I have so many shatter polishes from OPI that I never got around to trying out of the Sally Hansen ones. 6. Unfortunately no I don&#8217;t! I haven&#8217;t made them in months.

1. Following! :)

2. Actually, I used decals from Sephora.

3. They’re nail decals from Sephora, and the accent nail is OPI - Extravagance

4. Same answer as #2 & #3.

5. Actually, I haven’t! I have so many shatter polishes from OPI that I never got around to trying out of the Sally Hansen ones.

6. Unfortunately no I don’t! I haven’t made them in months.

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OPI - Ski Teal You DropChina Glaze - 2030BM Plate 215

OPI - Ski Teal You Drop
China Glaze - 2030
BM Plate 215

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Giveaway #3 4! Uhh..I’m losing track.

I was shopping around for the new Revlon hex glitter polishes & I knew I had to give these away to my followers :) I <3 you guys!

I have Starry Pink (pink with silver micro & hex glitters), Facets of Fuschia (this is like a Deborah Lippmann Bad Romance DUPE!) & Blue Mosaic (a mix of blue micro glitters & green & silver hex glitters). I’m also including box of Salon Effects nail polish strips by Sally Hansen (from her first release) called LACED UP. FUN FUN FUN!

Rules:

1) Be sure you’re following caleelovesnails!

2) Like & re-blog this post only ONCE (one of each, to be specific). Do not do it twice, thrice, a million times—or I will disqualify you from the contest.

3) Giveaway deadline is on Wednesday, October 5th at 8pm PST (here in the US). This giveaway is open to USA & Canada only because people were buggin me about it. (Sorry :( I’ve sent nail polish overseas before & people were happy!) Winner will chosen randomly through random.org & will be announced the following day.

4) GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! :D

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English roses!

English roses!

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1) Aw, that&#8217;s really sweet of you! Idk though, I can&#8217;t picture myself having my own shop! I think I would suck doing other people&#8217;s nails other than my own, I&#8217;m not used to it :P 2) I have a Canon Rebel XS &amp; I use the standard ESF 18-55mm lens. 3) Hi! Sorry for taking so long to answer! I love Color Club &amp; the price is amazing. I love the wide variety of colors so I would definitely recommend them. I use Photoshop to watermark my pictures.

1) Aw, that’s really sweet of you! Idk though, I can’t picture myself having my own shop! I think I would suck doing other people’s nails other than my own, I’m not used to it :P

2) I have a Canon Rebel XS & I use the standard ESF 18-55mm lens.

3) Hi! Sorry for taking so long to answer! I love Color Club & the price is amazing. I love the wide variety of colors so I would definitely recommend them. I use Photoshop to watermark my pictures.

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LA Skyline Nails. So one night, I was having a conversation with my dear Maylene about traveling from LA to SF..back &amp; forth..&amp; an image of the skyline (at night time) just sorta popped in my head. I love where I&#8217;m from, born &amp; raised :) What I used: -OPI - Rally Pretty Pink-OPI - Pamplona Purple-OPI - Teenage Dream-Nubar - Paradise-Migi nail art pen in black

LA Skyline Nails. So one night, I was having a conversation with my dear Maylene about traveling from LA to SF..back & forth..& an image of the skyline (at night time) just sorta popped in my head. I love where I’m from, born & raised :)

What I used:

-OPI - Rally Pretty Pink
-OPI - Pamplona Purple
-OPI - Teenage Dream
-Nubar - Paradise
-Migi nail art pen in black

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GIVEAWAY WINNER: Lindsey from CA! (http://greatwhitefork.tumblr.com)

So I looked through all the awesome nail art submitted & these three really caught my eye. Thank you all so much for participating in this giveaway!

The 3rd manicure (leopard print & gold) is from Cristina (http://iexhalevanillalace.tumblr.com)! When I saw this, I fell in love! Those who know me know how much I love leopard print & gold. These colors are just right for Fall: dark, but not too dark; it’s perfectly girly. Could that Sephora by OPI be Leotard Optional? I still want that color :) Thank you for this mani, Cristina!

The 2nd manicure (the red glitter) is beautiful! I love glittarrrrrr! & I especially love Deborah Lippmann polishes. Thank you Barbara! (http://asugarlessgirl.tumblr.com)

Last but not least: the 1st manicure was submitted by Lindsey (http://greatwhitefork.tumblr.com) This is SUCH a pretty Fall-inspired manicure; I’m just loving the color combo, the gradient, the leaves, the glitter! This is unique & I haven’t seen one like it yet :) I love it! Thank you Lindsey, please send me your mailing info as soon as you see this! I hope you use your new OPI set + shatter to making more beautiful nail art. CONGRATS on winning the giveaway!

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My 2nd GIVEAWAY!

Is it Halloween already?!

Nah, summer’s not over just yet! But I just got my hands on these mini-sets by OPI that I knew I had to share with you all. The OPI Spookettes set contains 4 mini bottles (1/8 fL Oz): He’s My Boo, Mummy Knows Best, I Only Date Werewolves & Zom-body To Love (this is a Glow-in-the-Dark nail polish!). And next to the set is the newly released OPI Gold Shatter!

So what are the rules?

1. Be a follower of http://caleelovesnails.tumblr.com
2. Reblog this post. Once. It’ll be unnecessary to excessively reblog this post.
3. Submit a photo of your manicure (this has to be done by YOU!) in preparation for this Fall 2011! It doesn’t have to be a Halloween theme, I’m just all for inspiration & I wanna see what you got! It can be glitter, plain colors, movie/music/tv themes, florals, patterns, the possibilities are endless! Be creative! Winner will be chosen within 24 hours of the giveaway closing. Submit your photo here.

The most important part of this giveaway is the manicure picture! If you don’t submit, you won’t be entered. This giveaway ends on Saturday, August 20 at 8pm PST!

This giveaway is open to US residents ONLY! Sorry for the inconvenience.

Good luck everyone & I’m looking forward to seeing all your pictures! This is gonna be fun :)

ps: I’ll post a swatch tonight :D

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EDIT 8/19/2011:

I’ve extended the giveaway deadline to Sunday, August 21st at 8pm, so you guys have one more day to submit your photos! So far, sooooo great. I am loving your guys’ nail art!!! You guys are amazing.

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For my dear followers: get 5% off any item in my shop! Use the coupon code: CALEELOVESNAILS when checking out :) Offer is good only until this Saturday, August 20th!

For my dear followers: get 5% off any item in my shop! Use the coupon code: CALEELOVESNAILS when checking out :) Offer is good only until this Saturday, August 20th!

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What I used: OPI - San Tan-tonio Essie - Sand Tropez OPI - Black Onyx OPI - Spark de Triomphe Image Plate BM -201

What I used:

  • OPI - San Tan-tonio
  • Essie - Sand Tropez
  • OPI - Black Onyx
  • OPI - Spark de Triomphe
  • Image Plate BM -201
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1. Yes I do :) I&#8217;ve only done these two so far: http://caleelovesnails.tumblr.com/post/6408555907/heres-my-tutorial-for-the-nail-stamping-or-athttp://caleelovesnails.tumblr.com/post/3007955410/la-lakers-tutorial And thank you! 2. Hi my love! I&#8217;m honestly not quite sure why, but I&#8217;m gonna guess that they wanted to create a line that appealed to the younger, trendy nail polish loving crowd, especially since they&#8217;ve come out with a collab with Justin Bieber &amp; (soon to be released) with the Kardashians. From what I&#8217;ve noticed, they release a lot of brighter colors than regular OPI. Over here in the US, they sell this line at Target (they don&#8217;t sell the regular OPI at the Targets I often go to) so I&#8217;m pretty sure they wanted to make this more easily available. 3. Awww no worries, girl! Practice makes perfect. One thing I learned from doing galaxy nails is not to cover up the base color as much &amp; to dap only a small amount of different colors :) 4. It&#8217;s weird; I took a look at it &amp; it looks like it&#8217;s connected to my original post, however the picture is missing the watermark. I didn&#8217;t know you could do that? haha

1. Yes I do :) I’ve only done these two so far:

http://caleelovesnails.tumblr.com/post/6408555907/heres-my-tutorial-for-the-nail-stamping-or-at

http://caleelovesnails.tumblr.com/post/3007955410/la-lakers-tutorial

And thank you!

2. Hi my love! I’m honestly not quite sure why, but I’m gonna guess that they wanted to create a line that appealed to the younger, trendy nail polish loving crowd, especially since they’ve come out with a collab with Justin Bieber & (soon to be released) with the Kardashians. From what I’ve noticed, they release a lot of brighter colors than regular OPI. Over here in the US, they sell this line at Target (they don’t sell the regular OPI at the Targets I often go to) so I’m pretty sure they wanted to make this more easily available.

3. Awww no worries, girl! Practice makes perfect. One thing I learned from doing galaxy nails is not to cover up the base color as much & to dap only a small amount of different colors :)

4. It’s weird; I took a look at it & it looks like it’s connected to my original post, however the picture is missing the watermark. I didn’t know you could do that? haha

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1. Thank you! I don&#8217;t work at a nail salon, I just do my nails for fun :) 2. My nails are real! &amp; you can purchase faux floral designs all over the internet. Try looking for &#8220;floral decals&#8221; on eBay. 3. They&#8217;re Kleancolor 236 Chunky Holo Black; KleanColor 230 Chunky Holo Fuchsia; KleanColor 235 Chunky Holo Bluebell &amp; Kleancolor 234 Chunky Holo Purple. 4. Thank you. noh8campaign.com 5. Hi! Sorry no idea about any stores in LA (even though I&#8217;m from LA), but ULTA is a million times better than Sally&#8217;s. Only problem is that their prices are retail &amp; not discounted like BZ &amp; the other stores in Garden Grove.

1. Thank you! I don’t work at a nail salon, I just do my nails for fun :)

2. My nails are real! & you can purchase faux floral designs all over the internet. Try looking for “floral decals” on eBay.

3. They’re Kleancolor 236 Chunky Holo Black; KleanColor 230 Chunky Holo Fuchsia; KleanColor 235 Chunky Holo Bluebell & Kleancolor 234 Chunky Holo Purple.

4. Thank you. noh8campaign.com

5. Hi! Sorry no idea about any stores in LA (even though I’m from LA), but ULTA is a million times better than Sally’s. Only problem is that their prices are retail & not discounted like BZ & the other stores in Garden Grove.

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