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Guest post: Amanda from The Nail Polish Enthusiast

Hi!

A some time ago I showed you in this post how many awesome goodies I got from Amanda from The Nail Polish Enthusiast. Because we all got so many new goodies we decided to do guest post with our new polishes. Here is what Amanda prepared:


Hi ladies! Today I have the pleasure of guest posting for Dolores! Dolores and I swap with each other as often as we can so we can both get our hands on some lovely polishes neither of us have access to in our own countries. This time, we decided to trade posts for each other to show off what we got! I couldn't pick just one polish to show you, so I decided to do a skittle mani with some sparkles on top. I started with ALL the Barry M polishes that Dolores sent me, from pinky to thumb:  Strawberry Ice Cream, Peach Melba, Lemon Ice Cream, Blueberry Ice Cream, and Berry Ice Cream (on my thumb, I'm holding the bottle). These all covered really easily in two coats.


Then, because I adore glitter, I added some various patterns on each nail to add some sparkle! On my thumb, I did some dots with giant hex glitters, my index is a gradient with loose blue glitter, I added gold stars to my middle finger, loose orange iridescent glitter in a diagonal on my ring, and Essence Nail Art Twins Carrie on the pinky (this is one I got from Dolores too!).


I know this isn't Dolores' usual style but it was the perfect time to make a glitter appearance on her blog! I hope you all enjoyed what I came up with and thanks to Dolores for getting me these lovelies! <3

xoxo,
Amanda

Don't you just love it?
Although I don't use glitter a lot I really think that Amanda rocks it!

Guest Nails! ( Shaina-Minty from Haute Lacquer)

Hi!

It's friday so you all know what that means right? Today (Shaina) Minty from from Haute Lacquer prepared something really beautiful and special for us =).

Let's look at her post she prepared:

Hi everyone! First I want to thank Dolores for inviting me to do this post! I am so flattered and excited to be writing on this blog. 
I was so indecisive about what to do with this post. I thought of so many different things and even drew some nail art ideas. But then I lost the sheet and just grabbed some tape and scissors and just went at it! I love tape manicures because they are so easy to do and work with. 
After several attempts and color combinations, this is what I came up with.

For this manicure I used S-he 471 as the light blue/silver metallic base. I let it completely dry before I cut out thin strips of regular scotch tape and placed it on my nails, overlapping each piece of tape I put down. Then I applied a medium blue metallic, Nicole by OPI Party in the Penthouse, over the entire nail. I carefully removed the tape, making sure to remove the pieces I laid on top first. Finish off with a topcoat and you're done! 
I hope you all enjoyed my post, I am so happy to have written it! Thank you again Dolores.

Isn't it gougers? I'm definitely making a scotch tape manicure soon =). 
Shaina, thank you for this awesome post and pictures =)

Would you like to participate in guest nails? Just write me mail on dolores dot zimerl at gmail dot com.

Guest Nails! (Amber from My Nail Graffiti)

HI!

Another Friday, another guest nails =). Today I'm hosting Amber from My Nail Graffiti. She prepared something spring-like also with the help of her extremely talented husband. Be sure to check out her blog to see more works of art that Amber did in previous manicures, I can assure you won't regret it =). I'm planning to recreate one of her manicures really soon =).

Here is what she prepared: 

Hey polish lovers! My name is Amber, and I'm so happy I get to guest post for Dolores! I'm really into nail art so I prepared something special for you guys. Also as a side note, you should know my husband helps me with my nails! :P He is a very good artist so he enjoys making little pieces of artwork on my nails. He is always saying, "I put the "man" in manicure"! haha

So where I live, it's just becoming spring. I also just got some pastel Kleancolor polishes in the mail, so what better way to use them than for a fun spring-time manicure? Here is what I ended up with:
It seems complex but it was all done with stamping plates! Here is a breakdown of what we used (It's kind of a lot!):

Base Polishes: E.L.F Bubble Gum Pink, Kleancolor: Pastel Blue, Pastel Yellow, and Pastel Purple
Polishes Used to Stamp: China Glaze Entourage, Konad: White, Black, Purple and Pink
Stamping Plates Used: Konad S10, Born Pretty Store  M02 and M05, Bundle Monster 19,05, 10, and 16
I am loving these pastel colors right now...what about you?

Well that's all I have for you! I hope you like my design and don't think it's too juvenile! Thank you again to Dolores for hosting me! :)

Don't you just love it? 

I really enjoy having guest nails post, especially if there is something really unique=). So far I enjoyed every post and I'm planing to make a competition after 10 guest post where YOU my dearest readers will decide which one of the lovely 10 ladies that prepared Guest Nails! post will be awarded =). 

Don't  hesitate to participate, just contact me on my mail and we'll discuss all the details.

Guest Nails! ( Rosey from roseylicious)

Hi!

It's Guest Nails! Friday again =). This week I'm hosting Rosey from roseylicious. She prepared us something beautiful an classy in black and red combination. Let's see what she prepared =):



Nail Art: “SUMMER LUST”

Hi everyone! I'm Rosey, and I blog about love and nail polish. I often post what I did with my nails and from time to time, I share how it feels to be in an LDR. I've been thousands of miles away from my gwapo boyfriend after he migrated to Canada, and ever since, it was never easy. But rather than sitting and crying since he's away, I do things to keep me busy. Lo and behold, nail polish, nail stuff and the blog world has been keeping my sanity intact, and since then my nail polish collection has grown exponentially before I knew it. *LOL* Dumb as it sounds, but seriously, nail polish makes me happy. LDR blows but everything has it's silver lining-- I have lost count of how much nail stuff my gwapo boyfriend has gotten me already. Haha, I'm just kidding, but half-meant. *LOL* What I'd like everyone to know though is that LDR is definitely do-able-- you just have to want it enough. Want it big time, with or without nail polish. Wait, did I say without nail polish? Nah, that isn't right, I'll have to think about it! *guffaw*  Okay, enough of that. It has been a pretty long introduction! Forgive me. *grins*  

This is what I have for you today.



After 2 weeks of contemplating what to share with you guys, I decided that for this guest post, I’ll use my very first Eyeko Nail Polish my gwapo boyfriend got for me. So for the base polish, I used Eyeko Vampira Polish which is described as “lust-worthy glossy black lacquer dripping with blood red shimmer” by Eyeko.
This is actually my first time to wear a black nail polish because I’m afraid I’d look like a 13-year old wannabe-punk. *LOL* I know this isn’t so apt with Spring nor Summer (it’s Summer here right now in my country), call me a criminal, but that’s how I roll! *big grin*

I used three coats. You can get away with two but I want it a bit more intense. It’s with a coat of Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat.
And these are what I used:


Though the polish is already sexy and gorgeous alone, I stamped it with heart designs on the Soft Stamp A11 using San San Nail Polish in Ruby Red (a local polish here in the Philippines). It’s my first time to try soft stamping so please excuse my amateur-ish application. 



 I hope you guys like it. A big thanks to you Dolores for giving me a space here. I appreciate it very much.
Thanks for reading! A nice weekend for everyone! =)

This manicure is really beautiful. I like it a lot, and I think all of my readers will like it too. I bet nobody thought you are a 13 year old punk with these beautiful hearts on your nails =)

My dear readers: What do you think? Do you like it or love it?
Are you going to join Guest Nails! someday?

All of those who want to participate in guest nails please send me a mail on dolores dot zimerl at gmail dot com.

Have a nice day =)

Guest Nails! ( Abby from Nothing Personail)

Another week passed buy and it is time for another Guest Nails! post. Today Abby from Nothing Personail prepared something really beautiful and colorful for us =)

Here's what she prepared for us:

Hi! I was ecstatic and extremely flattered when Dolores asked me to do this post. This is the first time I've been asked to do a guest post on someone's blog. I was beyond excited! I thought long and hard about what I wanted to put in this post.


Since Dolores's blog is called colorfulbottle, I thought I'd do something colorful and possibly spring-like. I don't have spring (or any other season) where I live, so I'm not completely sure what spring is supposed to look like, but colors definitely come to mind when I think about it.


A friend insisted that I do this instead of using a sponge for gradients, even though I kept telling her that this was much more troublesome. It didn't have the intended effect, because I got carried away with the dots. A few people asked me how I did this, and I felt a little embarrassed trying to explain how I did it. Maybe I should do a tutorial?


I started with 3 coats of Wet 'N' Wild French White Creme, followed by the dots of the respective colors.


Spring 2011


Spring 2011


Spring 2011


Spring 2011
Colors used:
Thumb: China Glaze Recycle & Models Own Black Magic
Index: Elianto Alice Blue & Barry M Cobalt Blue
Middle: China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint & China Glaze Four Leaf Clover
Ring: China Glaze Lemon Fizz & China Glaze Happy Go Lucky
Pinky: China Glaze Light As Air & China Glaze Grape Pop


Spring 2011


Sorry for the awkward left hand pictures - I wanted to show both hands, and my left hand needs a little more practice before it's camera-ready! Also, my top coat (China Glaze Fast Forward) seems to have thickened up and picked up some of the color from my nails and brought it to the next nail I polished ):


I hope you enjoyed this post as much as I enjoyed creating it. Thanks a million, Dolores, for having me here! <3
-Abby


I think she did an awesome job, I'd love to see a tutorial on her blog some time soon, because I have no idea how she was able to make dots in all this different sizes  =). I also love the way she used the name of my blog for the inspiration*blushes*. 

Abby thank you for this lovely post!

All of you who want to join this guest nails post contact me at: dolores dot zimerl at gmail dot com. Have a nice weekend!

Guest Nails! (Elsa from Like a candy shop

Hi!

You've probably read that from now on I'll be posting Guest Nails! post every week. And because this is the first post, I should write a long boring speech about it, but I won't. All I'll say is that I hope you'll like this idea and that all of the girls that will participate will have fun while preparing guest nails post. 

The first participating lady is Elsa P. from Like a candy shop. As you can see I added a link to her blog, so you'll be able to see all of her beautiful manicures that she did so far.
 Here is what she prepared for us: 

I'm not so good at nail art or making amazing manicures,so I simply want to introduce you to my new-favourite polish :) I'm soooo in love with this one, I can hardly think about changing it! Maybe you don't know it (let's say for sure :P), but I'm a huge pink fan, and so I couldn't let this lovely varnish all alone on that shelf <3 It's from Sinful Colors, a brand I just discovered (and which I actually found here in Italy!!!) and which already conquered my heart :D The name of this shade is Forget now, and it's an amazing pink glittered colour. If you expose your nails to the sun, you can see such a beautiful light pink/purple shimmer...a dream :)
The application was great too! Two coats were absolutely enough to reach opacity (but I used three to get a more intense result), and a top coat is not necessary, because the varnish has a lovely jelly effect, and it looks super nice without any other polish. So, stop talking, here are a few pictures of this beauty:



Oh, and I also tried to take a picture in the sun, to show you the shimmer I was talking about, but unfortunately, I've got a stupid camera and it was impossible to capture the glitters :( Anyway, here's my poor attempt:

I really hope you liked this post, and the polish of course ;) 
Elsa

Elsa thank you for this wonderful post and beautiful pictures!

I don't know about you, but I sure did enjoyed reading this post. I love this polish so much that it is going to my WL =). 

I hope that you-my dearest readers, like my idea, and that you'll join Guest Nails! sometime soon =). 

Have a nice day :)
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