Fuschia & Holo

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Before I get to my nails I'd like to talk about something quite different.

I absolutely LOVE to cook, and play with new and more difficult recipes, including amerecian ones (most of the time I don't have all the ingredients and I have to make it myself). A while back I saw a recipe that required a mixer, it was a cappuccino I think, and being the coffee lover that I am I just had to do it. I saw it required a mixer, I used to have one of the portable ones, but it was old, and it has been broken for years... Today me and my mom were looking a website with a ton of different things, awesome things, not to mentions a lot of sales. We both LOVE kitchen related things, and we needed new containers to put our kitchen things (sugar, flour, rice, food coloring, etc...) in, and I also wanted a box to put the polishes I ALWAYS keep outside my helmer, various top coats and base coats, cuticle oils and acetone, and I wanted a second box, a big one, to put Nahla's toys in, so the house would be less messy. I was looking through it and I found out they actually had some kitchen appliances and others in their website. I saw a "Mixer" section, I immediately opened it and told my mom I needed one, she simply looked at me and said: "I have one." JUST LIKE THAT! I have told her before, and just now she shows it to me. I had a good laugh, she sowed it to me, and now I have a new toy lol I made some hot cocoa and used it to mix it all, I only heated the milk, I put the rest when I was about to use the mixer. I have NEVER had a hot cocoa that tasted that good, and it was SO creamy. I'M NEVER LETTING IT GO ♥

Ignore my enthusiasm, I'm just really into cooking :)

Now to my nails. Rio's weather has been kinda crazy lately. It's winter, but the days are super sunny and VERY VERY hot, but when the sun starts to set it gets really cold, the temperature drops out of nowhere. Because it's so sunny during the day I've been enjoying wearing holos. I started with Stance, a gorgeous "fuschia violet", as described on the Illamasqua website. I'm really glad they have the description cause I wouldn't know how to call it, and I was about to call it a purple lol

Stance's formula was fantastic, like all my other Illamasquas. About Hefest, I recently found out, after applying a bit too much on my nails, that you need to apply just a little bit, barely nothing, otherwise it will be way to silvery.

Stance is not very bright, is more on the dark side, so to me it's great for winter, a Brazilian winter anyways hahah But because it's so damn sunny during the day I had to put Hefesto on.
*Last three pictures are under the sun!*

Stance is super bight when it's under the sun! :)

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Polishes Used: Illamasqua Stance - 2 coats HITS Hefesto - 1 coat

Base Coat and Top Coat: Base Coat: Sally Hansen NailGrowth Miracle Top Coat: Icing Diamond Shield

*Artificial light, if not I’ll let you know.*

Mint Manis For Talia Joy ♥

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Today I'm posting my mint mani for Talia Joy. Talia's death hit me badly, it was close to home, I lost my grandma 3 years ago, also from cancer, she lost her battle after 5 years. 

Talia was an inspiration to a lot of people out there. She was always happy, and in good spirit. And at only 13 she was an incredible make up artist.

I'm writing this post with a heavy heart, it's sad. She was a beautiful girl, and she didn't just inspire those fighting cancer, she has inspired everyone, she made the most of everyday, no matter how she felt, it she was feeling good or if she was in pain. 

During an interview with The Truth 365 she was asked how she wanted to be remembered in 100 years and this was her answer:

"In a hundred years, I would like to be remembered as the bubbly girl who wanted to do something about childhood cancer."

Also, when asked about her biggest fear at the moment, she said: "I don't know, I don't really have any fears at this point.". It's incredible to see such a brave young girl. Meet Talia:

The reason we're doing such a specific color is because her last picture on instagram was of a mint manicure.

Just go to Post FAQ to see what I used.

I'm sending all my love to Talia's family and friends ♥

*Artificial light, if not I’ll let you know.*

Impala Saia Justa and Hits Hefesto ♥

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Remember I told you in this post that Saia Justa was one of my 2 favorites from the swatches on the nail wheel? Well, I just had to put it on. I also told you I wasn't changing my polish anytime soon, but yesterday I went for a walk at the beach with Nahla, and for the first time EVER I let her loose, without her leash. I was scared as hell, but everything worked out great, she had a great time, and so did I. She ran, she played with a lot of other dogs, and she went in the ocean, but because I was also playing with her, throwing her ball so she would catch, and getting in the ocean myself, I had some tip wear. I had to give her a bath, and then take a shower myself. As much as I was loving my nails, I don't like tip wear, it was minor, but I decided to take it off. 

Saia Justa's formula was great, no complains at all. It's a very bright and summery color, it's winter here, but who cares?! ♥

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Polishes Used: CImpala Saia Justa - 2 coats HITS Hefesto - 1 coat

Base Coat and Top Coat: Base Coat: Sally Hansen NailGrowth Miracle Top Coat: OPI RapiDry Top Coat

*Artificial light, if not I’ll let you know.*

Tiffany Blue & Holographic ♥

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How are you doing?
Yesterday I saw this post from Hazel, and felt in love, I had to try to 'recreate' it. Well, not really recreate it, I love Tiffany blue, and my For Audrey from China Glaze is my baby, all I had to do was layer a holographic top coat over it, so I would get the holo effect and not loose the polish color.
This combo is great, and because Hefesto is a top coat, can't be worn on it's own, you get a wide range of colors to play with, I'll have to try some other colors later.
It had been a while since I didn't smudge my nails, or went to sleep with them still a bit wet and getting my sheets marked on the polish. I took a little nap last night, and when I woke up it was still completely smooth.
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Bonus Pictures: 12 different colors on a nail wheel layered with Hefesto. I loved the colors I picked to show you that you can layer it over any color. My two favorites were Saia Justa and Radium.
The last picture is on the sun.

BONUS:

1- Illamasqua Radium; 2- Illamasqua Rampage; 3- Illamasqua Stance; 4- Catrice Sir! Yes, Sir!; 5- Revlon Posh.

6- OPI From A To Zurich; 7- Impala Saia Justa; 8- Illamasqua Force; 9- Risquè Cenário Perfeito; 10- Colorama Quadrado Azul.

In the sun.

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Polishes Used: China Glaze For Audrey - 1 coats Hits Hefesto - 1 coat

Base Coat and Top Coat: Base Coat: Sally Hansen NailGrowth Miracle Top Coat: OPI RapiDry Top Coat

*Artificial light, if not, I’ll let you know.*

Holographic Gradient - Silver & Blue ♥

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Nahla turned 5 months today, and she just gets cuter and cuter everyday.
She's growing very fast. She loves to go on walks, and she gets very agitated, she wants to play with everyone, and every dog, but some are a bit too small and she is not very gentle lol So she has more fun playing with bigger dogs, like Labrador or Golden Retriever. There are a lot of those two in Rio btw.
There's this one dog we met about a week ago, Vicky, Nahla looks just like her, and could be her daughter. Vicky even has the white tips on her paws, but in all of them, Nahla has in three.
My iPhone got stolen last week, so I'll be showing less pictures of Nahla, I need to get a new iPhone ASAP!

Now to my nails :)
How is everyone doing tonight?
Last night I was going through my stash and got a glimpse of my Hits No Olimpo collection. I went through it and had the brilliant idea of making a gradient. At first I picked Afrodite to go with Artemis, but decided to go with Apolo cause it's darker, but when I started the gradient Apolo was actually quite light.
One super thin coat of top coat was more than enough.
I had to adjust the color on photoshop to be color accurate :)

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Polishes Used: Hits Artemis - 2 coats Hits Apolo - Gradient I sponged three times!

Base Coat and Top Coat: Base Coat: Sally Hansen NailGrowth Miracle Top Coat: OPI RapiDry Top Coat

Shimmer And Flakies

Hello sweeties ♥

Today I have a great combo to show you! But before I wanted to talk about the black I used for my base color.
Two days ago I asked my mom to give me money to buy a new black polish, I'm used to Revlon's Black Lingerie, but I have used Colorama and Impala's blacks as well, and also the black matte from Risquè, but what I didn't know was that Risquè also had a creamy black. I haven't seen Impala's or Colorama's black for a while, and my mom found the one from Risquè.
I happily applied it, I started with one thin coat, thinking I would need a second one, SILLY ME! That thin coat I first used was all I needed. I didn't even need a top coat, cause it shines so much on it's own!!!
Now to my combo.
I layered Pure Ice Heartbreaker, which looked incredible, and then I layered Hits Valsa over it.
I'm not using top coat, I'm almost out of Seche, and I'm not using mine until I get a new one. What you see is all polish,. no top coat to make it shinier.
BTW my index finger nail broke, hence the three fingers on the picture, not four.

Looks quite incredible, right?
Have a lovely day.
Love,

Hits Cha Cha Cha

Hello my dears ♥

I'm FINALLY done with the flakies collection from Hits. I actually finished swatching it a few days ago, but just now I'm posting sorry for that.
I ussed Colorama 5ª Avenida as my base color, one of my favorite polishes actually, and then layered Cha Cha Cha over it, one coat each, plus one of Seche.
CCC has orange flakies, which I'm  not very fond of btw, or was.... But it looked great over 5ª Avenida, I loved it actually.

This is it for now, see you later!
Love,