Day 9 - Rainbow

At the end of the rainbow there is a pot of gold, I will be there and the gold will be mine.

Hi guys! Before anything else, I would like to apologize for the blurry pictures. I didn't realize it till now that I am posting it.

Today's challenge is the Rainbow Nails.

I decided to use my fan brush for the first time since I got it last year. As you would notice I really need more (and I really mean more) practice on this one. But I liked how each of the colors blend in the middle. I’m not really sure if it’s with my polish, the brush or my application skills

I use white as base color before applying the other colors. It went pretty smooth at first but as the polish thickens, the application becomes pain in the neck.

I am just planning to put in the colors on the nails as it is, but my sister suggested that I add something gold (because of the quote I mentioned on the beginning of this post). I tried to draw a “pot of gold” but didn’t turn out the way I liked. My nephew even said it looks like a garbage bag. Haha!

So I decided to paint on the rainbow colors on my thumb and add on gold glitters instead. And I’m happy on how it turned out.

Do you really think there’s a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?

Colors used:

Bobbie Vamp

Bobbie Salmon

Caronia Sweet Surprise

Bobbie Lush

SanSan Warm Blue

SanSan Violet Glam

LA Colors Art Deco Violet

Sassy Nail Art Brush Red

LA Colors Art Deco Yellow

Neon Blue

En Vue

Day 8 – Metallic

Today is already the eight day of the challenge. And our motif for today is Metallic.

This is Catrice Iron Mermaid. This is by far the most expensive polish that I got. I purchased this before I left Holland. I love that it looks violet and green at the same time.

It also look similar to Essence Where is the Party? It’s base color is violet. When the light shine on it, it changes its color to green.

But unlike Where is the Party? it’s secondary color is more of a greenish / grayish one. You’d also need a lot of light for the color to come out and be evident. So it’s harder to capture its color.

I decided not to do a design or accent nail on this polish because I love it on its own. And this is the first time I was able to wear this color.

Do you also like metallics?

Day 7 – Black and White

It’s almost a week since I started this challenge. For today is Black and White.

This is Essence Dance the Swan Lake and Grand-Plié in Black. Both are from Ballerina Backstage Collection. At the start of the challenge, I’m planning to do a keyboard design. But when I looked at my stash today, I saw this two polish, so I decided to just use this instead.

Dance the Swan Lake is a very pretty white polish. It have a very tiny red glitters that makes it very shimmery. Too bad the camera can’t capture its awesomeness. But you’d need three coats to hide your nail lines since the formula is very thin.

While the Grand-Plié in Black has small red glitters. I really think the red glitters makes the polish sexy. Its also a good base coat for a galaxy nail art since it already has “built in” red stars. Unlike Dance the Swan Lake, this polish only needs two coat to get full opacity.

Instead of doing an accent nail this time, I decided to paint all my nails with the same design but with an alternating color.

This design is inspired by Nailside’s V-Gap

Although unlike her perfect tape mani, I only free hand the design using the same polish. I’m not so much satisfied on how this turned out, but I liked it nonetheless.

Colors used:

Essence Dance the Swan Lake

Essence Grand-Plié in Black

Day 6 – Violet

Today is my favorite day of the challenge. Primarily because this day will showcase my favorite color, Violet.

Allue Pumpin’ Purple

This polish is Allue Pumpin’ Purple. Allue is also an exclusive product of HBC. It’s a regular violet crème polish especially formulated for “tweens”. Unlike other polishes available in the market, Allue is packaged in a small bottle for only 5ml. I personally think this is because it’s target users are those who are almost in their teenage years and would not really need a lot of polish. I love its formula and consistency. Given the weather here, and the fact that I rarely use this color, the polish remains in good condition. It can be applied with ease. And you only need two coats for this opacity.

When I was younger, my mom said that green is my favorite color. Maybe because Peridot is my birthstone. But as I grew older, I realized that like her and my eldest sister, I also fancy shades of violet. When people ask me why it’s my favorite color, I would say: “Violet is the color of Royalty”.

I drew a crown as my accent nails. I’m not sure if violet is really the color of royalty. But I believe I heard it was. Nonetheless, I would still want to believe that it is.

I studied and graduated in a Catholic School. As far a I can recall, they said that Purple is the color of Lent and Mourning. It’s also the color that the priest use during interment. But violet is still a happy color for me.

What’s your favorite color?

Colors used:
Allue Pumpin’ Purple
Caronia Silver Platinum
Sassy Black (Nail Art Brush)
LA Colors Art Deco Yellow

Day 5 – Blue

Today is the fifth day of the Challenge. What I have for you is Blue. Just like green, I don’t have a blue polish that I haven’t showed on my blog yet. But I decided I’d use a color that I haven’t posted here.

This is SanSan Warm Blue. SanSan is also a local brand, it’s an exclusive product of HBC. Just like most of my polish, SanSan Warm Blue is a regular light blue crème polish. It has a very good formula and consistency. and the best feature is that you only need two coats for it to be opaque.

Aside from a shiny finish even without the top coat, the light blue shade also appeals to me.

This shade of blue reminds me of a very clear sky and a beautiful weather to go to the beach.

So I decided to paint my accent nails some clouds and sponge in the ocean. Yes, that’s the cloud up there. I think the colors that I used doesn’t really look like a cloud.

Nonetheless, I like how this turned out. Reminds me of summer. I am more of a summer person. Especially that here in my country, we only have two season -- summer and rainy (I think that’s kind of like autumn in most countries). Blue skies and white clouds gives me hope and brings in a positive feeling for me. I love sunrise.

Which season appeals to you the most?

Colors used:

SanSan Warm Blue

Elianto Novy

Essence Tryin’ to be Cool

Orly Blue Collar

Day 4 – Green

Moving on with the challenge. For the fourth day, we have the color Green. I do not own a lot of green polish. So today, I will be showing you something that I already swatched on my previous blog.

Bobbie Lush

This is Bobbie Lush, a regular green crème polish. Unlike Bobbie Vamp, this requires four coats to get full opacity. I forgot to use the white base, unlike the one that I used previously.

But I like the green shade and it’s consistency. the polish is easy to apply evenly.

I did have a hard time thinking of what to do as an accent nail. I’m thinking of the recycling symbol but I can not seem to figure out how to do that on my nails. After a lot of thinking, I ended up doing a non-green related design.

I love how I was able to draw the flowers. I know it’s not perfect. But I rarely draw a decent flower. So I really smiled after I was able to do this properly.

I also love how it looked on the camera. It looks like it’s a 3D flower, but no, it’s not.

Don’t you guys think the flowers are pretty?

Colors used:

Bobbie Lush

SanSan Warm Blue

Essence Tryin' to be Cool

Day 3 – Yellow

We’re now on to the third day of the challenge. Today, is the Yellow day. And I’m going to show you something I haven’t used before.

Bobbie Piña Colada

This is Bobbie Piña Colada. And this is literally the first time I used this polish. Piña Colada is a shimmer polish. Although the color and formula is good, I’m quite disappointed that I have to use four coats to get full opacity. I am a person with very little patience in waiting for a polish to dry. That’s why I would prefer a polish that are opaque in two coats. Nonetheless, I still like the polish. Maybe I’ll try to put on a white polish first next time.

Bobbie Piña Colada

I love the very micro glitters that make the polish very shimmery. I wish the camera can capture the shine.

Bobbie Piña Colada

Yellow reminds me of sunrise and sunshine. But no, that’s not what I did for the accent. I honestly cannot figure out how I can capture and put into my nails how amazing the sunshine is. So I asked my eight year old nephew what he thinks when he hears the word “yellow”. But of course, he also said sunshine. So I asked him for another one.

He said pencil. I decided to draw the end part of the pencil as my accent nails. I’m not sure if that’s the way pencils are in other countries. The most popular pencil here is “Mongol” with numbers 1, 2 and 3. I decided I’d just use Mongol number 1.

Although I’m quite sad that he was not able to recognize that it is a pencil’s end, I still love how it turned out.

I suddenly miss going to school. So what do you guys think?

Colors used:

Bobbie Piña Colada

Sassy Pink (Nail Art Brush)

Essence Got a Secret