Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure | swatches & review

*PR sample

Hello girls! Today's post is all bout the new Complete Salon Manicure shades for spring by Sally Hansen! As you may know, this is a great line because these polishes have a lot of benefits for our nails, like having base and topcoat on the same product. To the swatches!

Hola chicas! En este post les quiero mostrar 9 nuevos tonos de primavera de la línea Complete Salon Manicure de Sally Hansen, que como ya saben es una linea súper completa en cuidado para las uñas ya que nos da 7 beneficios en un solo producto, entre ellos tener base y top coat integrados. ¡Vamos a los watches!

Let's Snow: A nice white, great formula, two coats. / Un bonito básico, blanco. Excelente fórmula, dos capas. 

In full blue-m: My absolute fave! Love how this color looks fun and springy but also seems everything-appropriate. This is two perfect coats. / Mi favorito! Me encanta como este color se ve divertido y primaveral pero a la vez es un color apropiado para todo. Aquí dos capas perfectas. 

Afflorable: a gorgeous baby pink, opaque in 2 coats. / un lindo rosa bebe, opaco en dos capas. 

Hello pretty: gotta love the name! This one is way more intense IRL, but camera freaked out of course. Two coats. Looove. / Amo el nombre! Este es mucho más intenso pero la cámara, claro, se volvió loca. Dos capas. WOW. 

Ginger Zinger: a soft, warm brown, opaque in 2 coats. / Un suave y cálido marrón, opaco en dos capitas. 

What in Carnation?: I can't help to love soft lilacs like this one, I just can't! This is two coats. / No puedo evitar amar estos lilas suaves, no puedo! Dos capitas de amor. 

Scarlet Lacquer: now this Is not my usual shade, but surprisingly I ended up being crazy about it! This is the perfect brown-with-a-touch-of-red kinda shade. Two coats. / Este no suele ser mi tipo de color, pero sorprendentemente acabé enamorada de él! Es el café-con-un-toque-de-rojo perfecto. Dos capas. 

Blue my mind: its an intense blue with a dash of shimmer. Opaque in 2 coats. When I first applied it I thought it would go everywhere since the formula seemed somewhat runny but I was wrong, it leveled up just fine. / Es un azul intenso con un toque de Shimmer. Opaco en dos capas. Cuando lo empece a aplicar pensé que se iba a ir a todos lados, porque la fórmula parecía un poco líquida, pero después se niveló bastante bien y la aplicación fue muy sencilla.

Au Nature-al: this is the perfect work shade for those of you who cant wear crazy nails while working. It's a translucent nude that gives your nails a nice neat feeling without being too much. This is two coats and there's some VNL, I liked it his way but you might have to apply a third  coat. / Este es el tono perfecto para todas las que no pueden usar uñas muy locas en el trabajo. Es un Nude traslúcido que le da a las uñas un toque arreglado sin ser demasiado. Esto son dos capas y aún se ve un poco de la línea de la uña, me gusto así pero quizás tengan que aplicar una tercera capa. 

Thoughts on these? My absolute fave, of course, is 'In full blue-m', it was love at first sight! 
Thank you for stopping by! Much love, 

Que opinan de estos tonos? Mi favorito fue "In full blue-m", fue amor a primera vista!
Gracias por pasar al blog, besos! 

Pam 

Sally Hansen está de venta en Sanborns y tiendas de autoservicio.

OPI Hello Kitty | Swatches & Review

 *PR sample

Hello there! I hope you're doing great! This one is a very special post, because its about a collection I was so excited about! Yes, today I have swatches of 7 shades of the Hello Kitty collection by OPI!
They're all gorgeous, but the fact they're inspired by HK makes them even cuter! 'Nuff said, lets see the swatches!

Hola! Espero que se encuentren de maravilla! El post de hoy es especial porque se trata de una colección que estaba esperando con mucha emoción! Hoy, les tengo swatches de 7 tonos de la colección Hello Kitty de OPI. Están divinos, y el que estén inspirados en Hello Kitty los hace todavia mas bonitos! Pero no se diga más, a los swatches!

Super Cute in Pink: Its a gorgeous magenta crelly. This is two coats, but depending on your nails you might need an extra coat. It's gorgeous! Imagine the jelly sandwich possibilities! / Es un magenta crelly divino. Aquí puse dos capas, pero dependiendo de sus uñas podrían necesitar una capa extra. Es hermoso! Imaginense los jelly sandwich que podrían hacerse con Super Cute in Pink! 
 

Let's Be Friends!: I was excited about this one. It's a pink that's almost white, but being so close to white it has a great formula! This is 2 coats only. / Este me llamó desde el press release. Es rosa casi blanco, pero para tener tanto blanco tiene una formula muy buena! Esto son dos capas nada más.

5 Apples Tall: A creamy red, opaque in 2 coats. / Rojo cremoso, dos capas.
 

Charmmy & Sugar: Ahhh, my favorite! I love this! It has an iridescent micro glitter base filled with tiny multi colored glitters. This is 2 coats! At first I thought it might need a base color, but I was wrong. Perfection! / Ahhh, mi favorito! Me encanta! Tiene micro glitters iridiscentes y glitter multicolor pequeñito, es divino! Para la foto usé dos capas. Pensé que iba a necesitar algun color base, pero estaba muy equivocada, es perfecto!

 

My pal Joey: I love this blue. I know, i know, i love them all! But what can I say? this is 2 coats of creamy perfection. / Amo este azul. Ya sé, ya sé, los amo todos! Pero, ¿qué puedo decir? Dos capas de perfección. 

My Twin Mimmy: ..And though Im not usually a fan of yellow I like this one! Its so warm and pigmented, this is 2 thin coats. / ... y aunque usualmente no soy fan de los amarillos, me gustó mucho este! Es cálido y muy pigmentado, apliqué dos capas delgadas. 

 

Never Have Too Many Friends: Last but not least, this one though its plain black, ended up being one of my faves. Why you say? Just take a look at that shine. Oh yes. Two coats no top coat. / Finalmente y no menos importante, este color, a pesar de ser simplemente negro, también es un favorito. Vean el brillo! Dos capas, sin top coat. 

What are your thoughts on this collection? My faves are Let's be friends, Charmmy & Sugar, Never Have Too Many Friends and My pal Joey, which ones are yours? Thanks for stopping by, sending lots of kisses and hugs your way!

¿Qué les parece esta colección? Mis favoritos son Let's be friends, Charmmy & Sugar, Never Have Too Many Friends y My pal Joey, ¿Cuáles son los de ustedes? Gracias por darse una vuelta por aquí, les mando muchos, muchos besos!

Pam

OPI está de venta en México en Sally Beauty Supply, Sanborns, El palacio de hierro y salones de belleza. 

12 Days of Christmas: Day 12, Judy [@judyrox]

Hola a todas!!

Mi nombre es Judit (@judyrox en Instagram) y éste es mi segundo año participando en los 12 días de Navidad que organiza mi querida Pam! Cuando Pam me propuso participar nuevamente, ¿cómo podía decir que no? Adoro esta iniciativa y la adoro muuucho más a ella y sus inmejorables manicuras ;).

Me encanta esta época del año, tantas luces adornando las calles, los regalos, las reuniones familiares y, por supuesto, las manicuras navideñas :).

Para mi manicura decidí combinar varios elementos que siempre me han gustado: los tonos tierra/nudes, las líneas y los abalorios. 

El tono nude que usé de base es el nr. 06 de la colección Touch Me de Dance Legend, el tono dorado es "Love.Angel.Music.Baby" de OPI y el abalorio lo podéis conseguir en Daily Charme.

Muchas gracias Pam por invitarme nuevamente a participar en tus 12 días de Navidad, para mí ha sido un placer.

¡Espero que os haya gustado!

Un beso enorme para todas :)

Judit. 

12 Days of Christmas: Day 10, [@clairestelle8]

Hello everyone! I'm Claire (@clairestelle8 on Instagram) and I was thrilled when the lovely, and very talented, Pamela asked me to be part of her 12 days of Christmas blog series! I've admired her work for such a long time and I feel so honoured to guest here today! 

So, for this mani I wanted to create a magical woodland scene and two of the gorgeous polishes from the Christmas China Glaze collection Cheers collection Don't Get Elfed Up and Better Not Pout were perfect for the gradient. I then added some stamping using Barry M Gold Foil ( sadly now discontinued) and Moyou London Festive 08 plate. 

My five year old niece loves my nail creations so I thought I'd ask her opinion but sadly she didn't approve! Apparently Rhubarb the Reindeer should have a red nose... I said "Don't you mean Rudolph the Reindeer?" "Oh no!" she said, "He's called Rhubarb because that's the colour of his nose!" Well I couldn't argue with that logic!! I will always have to call him Rhubarb the Red Nosed Reindeer now!!

Hope you like these more than my niece! 

Thanks again for asking me to guest today Pamela! Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and New Year! 

12 Days of Christmas: Day 9, Deborah [@lovevarnish]

Hi everyone! My name is Deborah and I am the main blogger from Love Varnish (www.lovevarnish.com). Last year I already participated in the superfun 12 Days of Christmas guest post series here and I was thrilled Pamela asked me to be a part of it again this year!

Last year I went with a luxurious looking drybrush look, but this year I wanted something completely different. Inspired by these gorgeous nails from Manicured & Marvelous (http://www.manicuredandmarvelous.com/2015/12/12-days-of-christmas-snow-day-nail-art.html) I decided on a pond manicure with snowflakes.

I started my look by using 2 coats of OPI Don't Touch My Tutu! (because my nails are really yellow right now) and then stamped using Hit The Bottle Blue-tiful and Bundle Monster BM-S213. It's a very large single snowflake design that covered my entire nail. Also, did you know Bundle Monster now has liquid latex as well? It's the Poli-Peel Cuticle Protector and it worked really well! After my first round of stamping I added another layer of the OPI shade, then stamped again using China Glaze Scandalous Shenanigans and Bundle Monster BM-S218. This is a smaller snowflake design. Peel away the cuticle protector and you are left with very little clean-up, yay ^^. I didn't use topcoat because I liked the semi-matte finish.

I'd love to try this again but add more layers of stamping and sheer polish to create more depth, however I was already smitten with how these came out! And hey, a white Christmas is a beautiful Christmas, am I right?

Thanks so much for asking me again Pamela, and merry Christmas to you and all the lovely readers out there!

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Deborah Punt

http://www.lovevarnish.com

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12 Days of Christmas: Day 8, Kathy [@kt_tk1]

Hola chicas, soy Kathy me puedes encontrar en Instagram y en Facebook por @kt_tk1 y soy de Panamá. Primero que todo estoy súper contenta de volver a participar en los 12 días de Navidad para el blog de nuestra querida Pam. Me encanta ser parte de esta linda idea de Pam y así volver a compartir otro de mis diseños favoritos para estas fiestas con ustedes.

Esta vez escogí recrear un diseño que me tiene enamorada. Lo hice el año pasado, el famoso Santa Claus, el cual me inspiré en @cutepolish

 

 

 

 

Este diseño es algo fácil de hacer y en mi parecer queda súper lindo. Lo realice con pinceles y las herramientas para hacer puntos (dotting tools). Los colores utilizados -paint the town red de @ellamilapolish y -pintura acrílica para los detalles.

 

 

 

Espero que les guste este diseño y que tengan unas hermosas fiestas de Navidad y de fin de año llenas de amor y bendiciones junto a sus seres queridos. Mil gracias Pam por tu invitación. Un abrazo chicas.

Kathy

 

12 Days of Christmas: Day 7, Mely [@rockyournails]

Hello Everyone!

My name is Mely and I am from IG @RockYourNails . I am so excited and honored to be guest blogging here on Pamela’s blog! Thank you for inviting me over!! For this post, I decided to create a super festive Christmas design, and I went with the theme of Rudolph. I hope you enjoy!

I started by painting on my base polishes. For my Index and pinky, I used China Glaze Just Be-Claws. For my middle finger, I used Sinful Colors Last Chance (a dark green cream) and then topped it with Sinful Colors San Francisco (a green jelly with metallic glitter) to get the green metallic look. For my ring finger, I used one coat of Madam Glam Snow White.

After all of my base colors were dry, I used a small detail brush and drew the reindeer outline using China Glaze Mingle With Kringle (a very warm gold metallic polish). This polish worked out great, because of how opaque it is. I did not have any trouble getting it to cover the red or the green bases.

Lastly for the nose, I used a dotting tool and two different red polishes. I first dotted on Bonita Colors Dolled Up (a red cream), then topped it with Painted Polish Ho Ho Ho-lo ( a red jelly with hologrqaphic micro glitters. I used the red cream polish first so that the red would be opaque. 

Lastly, I applied Butter London’s Matte top coat. 

…I also did a photo with glossy top coat… in which you can really see the colors shining through J.

Thank you everyone for visiting! I hope you are having a wonderful Monday!

<3 Mely

IG @rockyournails

www.rockyournails.org

12 Days of Christmas: Day 6, Shay [@shaystylista]

Hi there! First and foremost, thank you Pamela for inviting me to participate in this special holiday post! When I was thinking of ideas, I wanted to do something that was synonymous with my nail art journey. My nail art adventures started with me googling how-to videos on Hello Kitty nails. I practiced Hello Kitty faces on notebooks, napkins, almost everything because I wanted to get her nose and eye proportions right. :D 

Eventually it became second nature and my doodles were now identifiable as that cute kitty with no mouth lol. Around this time last year, I started my YouTube channel and Hello Kitty design was my first upload so to commemorate my one year anniversary, I decided to recreate that design for this post.

 I used China Glaze Diva Bride as the base and acrylic paint for the designs. I didn't get a chance to film a video for this one, but I hope you like it nonetheless! 

Oh and Hello Kitty will always be a cat to me! Merry Kitty-Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you!

12 Days of Christmas: Day 5, Kimberlyn [@nailmachine]

Hello everyone! This is Kimberlyn, also known as @nailmachine on Instagram. I started getting into nails when I was 13 and I remember having my first nail art collaboration with Pamela and Sabrina. They are such lovely people and I really enjoyed my collaboration with them! It is really nice to be asked to do a guest post for Pamela. Thank you so much for the opportunity.

It is my first time doing a guest post so I will just write a little more about myself. I am 18 this year and I am currently in my second year, studying Business Studies in Ngee Ann Polytechnic. I usually get my polishes when I am overseas or online because Singapore doesn't have many options and are quite expensive too. Some of my favorite brands includes, PiCture POlish, Lioele, Pastel and Ciate. I prefer brushes that are wide and flat because it makes application much easier (for me). I also love having pink, blue and purple on my nails because I feel that it matches my skin tone best. My favorite nail art technique will be gradient because it is super easy to do and with the awesome liquid palisade, it is not a hassle anymore! 

Anyhow, this is the design that I have created:

Christmas is a joyful occasion for many and I really wanted to have a design that is colorful and sweet at the same time.
Therefore, I decided to mix a few pastel colors together. I expected the design to turn out brighter but I think its still looks pretty!

I also added snow using white acrylic paint.

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Once again, thank you so much for asking me to do a guest post, Pamela!

Kimberlyn

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The Nailmachine

Instagram: @nailmachine

Twitter: @thenailmachine

Blog: thenailmachine.com

12 Days of Christmas: Day 4, Martha [@teddynails]

¡Hola Chicas! Soy Martha Bajata de @TeddyNails, vivo en la Ciudad de México, una ciudad llena de vida, y sobre todo, de color. Redacto esta colaboración llena de emoción porque mi querida Pamela es una de mis primeras inspiraciones nacionales en esto del arte en uñas, la encontré en Instagram hace tiempo y admiro su trabajo tan impecable y lleno de creatividad, mil gracias por la invitación PamPam, es un honor para mi.  
 

Imaginar un diseño navideño te permite crear en tus uñas un escenario que a veces no se tiene tan a la mano, por ejemplo, la nieve. ¡Me encanta! Y es un pretexto perfecto para utilizar los esmaltes que compras durante el año y que dan este efecto: glitter, textura, color, etc. 


Admito que soy relativamente nueva en esto del stamping y aunque apenas estoy haciendo mi colección de placas, no quería dejar pasar la oportunidad de hacer un diseño ad hoc a la temporada y que representa lo que me gusta: la nieve y Santa (con muchos regalos por supuesto).

  

Para este diseño, busqué en mi colección tonos que transmitieran frío, nieve, algo así como una tormenta y el resultado fue este:
Primero hice un gradient con dos tonos de Color Club "Lumin-Ice cent" y "Friends with Benefits"
Después apliqué una fina capa de "The Outer Edge" de China Glaze.

En el estampado utilicé la placa número 30 de la colección Festive de MoYou. Y el dibujo principal lo dividí en tres para acomodar el trineo y los renos.

Por último con una esponja apliqué en las puntas "I Do, Romeo" de KleanColor que es un glitter hexagonal blanco matte en diferentes tamaños que da un acabado super divertido y coqueto.

Aprovecho para desearles una Navidad llena de regalos de vida: Amor, tranquilidad, sonrisas, paz, alegría, serenidad, muchísimas experiencias únicas y momentos inolvidables, agradeciendo por todas y cada una de las cosas maravillosas y la fortuna de tenerlas. 

Como siempre un gusto y un placer colaborar contigo Pam, y compartir tu espacio, donde unimos nuestra pasión y la de todas tus lectoras. ¡Gracias!

¡Les dejo un besote!
Martha.