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Delightful Illusions


          The Holidays are coming and it is the time of the year to be festive. I will be starting this season with my nails by packing lots and lots of glitters and other sparkly things. I am so glad I will be able to share with you my Nails Of The Week, the type of posts I write about back then when I still have the time in the world. The last I posted something like was way back in January (10 months ago!), which is kind of inconsistency my part considering that I used to post a lot. Haha! That's life, we grow up and go on our own. We need to work for ourselves because we can't be dependent on our parents forever. Okay. Enough of blabbering. :)
          Just this week, I purchased a couple nail lacquers from Watsons. Season-appropriate colors were my target as I wanted share posts about nails again. As I have searched the racks of the nail section, I spotted this some sort of cornflower blue shade. Sometimes, it appears to be more on the violet side, and sometimes more on the blue side. I thought this kind of resembles a White Christmas feeling. Isn't it cute? This is the Chic Nail Color in the color "Dreamer" from the Boho Chic Collection. 

          Going back to the main purpose of this post, I have applied this on my nails. I went for two coats for opacity. You could see the swatch of this product on the picture above. 


          Then I have layered my nails with two coats of this glittery nail polish called Bobbie Premium Nail Creme in the color "The Big Bang" (Glaze). As you can see in the swatch, it appears to be a grey glitter nail polish with octagon-shaped bigger glitters in different colors. I was expected a clear polish but I didn't mind. I thought this would a step up the combination a bit. 


          The combinations looks like this. It's kind of different, right? I love the outcome. It looks like s mermaid-inspired nails. Please excuse the mess, I will clean that later. Haha! How I wish you could see this in person. It looks prettier. I think the natural light might have washed out the colors. 


          Here's an another close-up shot of my finished nails. You can now see the colors better. By the way, I applied a top coat on the Dreamer nail polish before I layered it with the The Big Bang polish to have a smoother smoother look. 

          Do you like the combination as well? Do you want more posts like this? Please let me know by leaving a comment. If you have done something like this, please post a picture on Instagram and tag me. :) I will check your post. I hope you enjoyed this post. Thank you so much for reading and stopping. I'll post again soon. Have a nice day! Stay safe. Enjoy the holiday. XOXO

             Products used:
  •  Chic Nail Color in Dreamer (10 mL) - Boho Chic Collection
  • BOBBIE Nail Creme in The Big Bang (8 mL) 
  •  Caronia Nail Hardener and Base Coat
  •  San San Top Coat



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         This is my first post of the year and I am so excited! I was contacted by the Community Outreach Coordinator for Julep, Abbey Jones, (isn't that most exciting thing ever?!), asking me if I could share how I "winterize" my nails, including my nail care routine, as they are currently giving this challenge to invited bloggers and select the best post and compile it to their upcoming project. I said yes to the challenge but I wasn't able to post earlier due to my hectic schedule. Anyways, I am apologizing to Abbey for making her wait so long. I'm not sure if my this will still count, but I'm doing it anyways because I love to participate in something. :)


        I didn't have any idea on what design will I come up with this post. I didn't have any much idea on how was this blog been noticed by Julep since I don't have the greatest nail designs in the blogosphere. Seriously. Haha! What I did was I went to Julep's site and browsed for color inspirations, like what are the colors associated with winter. I live in the Philippines and we don't have winter so I don't have broad knowledge about the said season. I scanned my nail polish collection to see if I have shade fit for the winter theme. 

       I came up with a simple winterized design for my short nails. I decided to use my gray nail polish from San San called Cloudy Gray for my base. What I love about with this brand is that most of their polishes are opaque, one coat is enough.  I applied two coats for opacity. I thought that the base was a little boring so I layered it with a sheer lilac purple glittery nail polish, also from San San, called Lilac Pearl.




         The camera didn't pick the true colors very well, but you can still see some hints of micro-fine lilac purple glitters. It does have a really cute effect on the gray polish. How I wish you could see this in person. It's great! The combination fits the winter time as it sparkles like snow. Haha! Geez, I'm just imagining a snow on my skin. How does it feel, guys?


        To accentuate my nails, I have pressed some nails glitters and  white star design on my ring fingers. I picked up the pentagon blue and silver glitters as it perfect for winter. You don't need any special product to make these cuties stick on your nails. As long as the nail polish is still wet, these will hold on. I finish this off with a color less polish. P.S. I cleaned the mess right after taking a shot of my nails.

 

The products I used:
  • San San Nail Polish in Cloudy Grey - exclusive at HBC stores
  • San San Nail Polish in Lilac Purple - exclusive at HBC stores
  • Nails To Go in Colorless - grocery stores
  • Nail glitter designs - department stores

       What do you think about this design? Please let me know if you have recreated this. Tag me a picture on Facebook,  Instagram or Twitter. My links are always at the sidebar. 

       Thank you so much to Julep for giving me the chance to participate. I might not be picked but I'm still happy because I know this opportunity does not come always. I'm already joyous by just joining. :)

     I hope you like this post. If you have any suggestions, questions, or something please hit a comment. I love reading your messages. I will talk to you soon. Have a nice day. XOXO 



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           Hi! How are you doing, guys? :)  I'm back with another Nail of the Week post featuring my easy and simple nail art for short nails. Actually, I didn't go to any parties this week. I just wanted to wear glittery nails because they are really fun to look at. My classmate at the graduate school took a picture of my digits yesterday because she'e glitter lover too. Haha! What I love about this is that you can create different color combinations, go crazy about the finished look and quick to achieve if you don't have much time to prepare for a party. I know, we all have that on emergency wherein you have attend some event that was not in your plan for that particular day. So here I am to rescue you. ;) 


Steps on how I did this:
1. Of course, I applied a base coat.
2. I chose a pale mocha in frosty texture as the bottom color. 
3. Then I took a navy blue nail polish and used it as a tip. I applied it until at the middle of my nails to have a nice contrast. Like light vs. dark. 
4. I applied a top coat after and let it dry for a couple of minutes.
5. I took my nails polish with silver micro-glitters and stars. Since I was not yet quite satisfied with the look, I took my sheer beige nail polish with iridescent micro-glitters and pentagon-shaped dots. 
6. Lastly, I finished this with a top coat.  




Products used:
*Chic Nail Color in Frosty Mocha (10 mL)
*San San Nail Polish in Blue Sapphire
*Mini Calar Nail Enamel (Silver Glitters) - a Thai brand
*Bobbie Premium Nail Creme in Star Gazer (Glaze) (8mL)

          I hope you like this nail art. You don't have to use the products that I showed, especially if you don't have the access to them. I'm sure there are polishes that look similar with these on your local markets. I apologize if my camera didn't capture well my nails. Please let me know if you have any requests or thoughts. Thank you so much for reading. Have a great day. Stay safe. XOXO

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