Hello, Hello Kitty: Tutorial & Giveaway (pic heavy) [CLOSED]

Yes, you read it right. This post is a tutorial and a GIVEAWAY! Yay! So read on...

With all the hype today with "Hello Kitty" this, and "Hello Kitty" that, I was subdued by it's cuteness and couldn't resist on doing a mani, a tutorial, and a giveaway (my second one!) for all you lovely readers. =)

Base Coat: Nail Envy

Base Color: NYX Fierce Purple

Nail Art: Hello Kitty Nail Art Stickers

Top Coat: Seche Vite

The application for this mani was sssooooo easy, I'd like to show you how I did it...

Prep your nails prior to the fun part: on clean nails, 

- apply your base coat; allow to dry

- apply your base color; allow to dry

and then the fun part...

These are the nail art stickers/tatoos I used.

I selected the image I wanted to use

Using  tweezers (or your fingers--it doesn't matter),
I dipped the image into water for 5-10 seconds.

Remove from water and slide the image off the paper
backing.

Apply carefully on desired nail(s) and gently force out the
water between the sticker/tatoo and you nail. Add your
favorite top coat and you're good to go!

See how super easy that was!

So easy that I'd like to give THREE lucky followers a chance to win
ONE of these Hello Kitty Nail Art Stickers.

-(1 winner = 1 Nail Art Stickers Pack)

-You get to choose which one you want.

-Winners will be chosen through random.org.

(*Images are clickable)

Here are the rules:

- You have to be a follower; New readers welcomed

- Blog (one entry); tweet (one entry)

- Tell me one fun fact (anything! sky's the limit!) (one entry)

- Open to all!

- Giveaway ends Sunday, Oct. 24 11:59pm HST

If for any reason, the winner(s) do not respond within 24hrs after being contacted, I will choose another winner through random.org.

DON'T FORGET TO FILL OUT THE FORM BELOW =)

GOOD LUCK!

♥, Kristine

Zoya Swatches Part 2

Here is part two of the swatches that I got from the Zoya Exchange. Enjoy!

Lexi - Meet Lexi, such a pretty color, a rosey/mauve almost metallic color with duochrome shimmer to it.

Mimi - here's a royal purple perfection with pinkish, purple micro glitter.

Nidhi - My favorite red of the haul. Pigmented red with gold micro glitter. I was able to achieve opacity in two coats.

Rea - As best described by Zoya, Rea is "a silvery, taupe-kissed mauve-purple in a metallic foil shimmer finish. An edgy purple steel shade that's unexpectedly gorgeous." 

Roxy - A purple base, red tone jelly with bright purple glitters. I love jellies and I love this color!

Trixie - a light metallic silver, shimmy foil finish. I got this one for konading. I haven't yet tried it for stamping but will sure let you all know how well it works.

Dovima - A matte black with silver shimmer. Something a little different for me; this is my first matte polish. I was definately not used to it as far as application goes because it dried super fast. Otherwise, I like the feel of matte on my nails and will definately buy more matte colors as they come along.

Overall, my experience with the Exchange was a breeze and I can't wait till they have another one! I loved all the colors I chose and I'm glad I got them as a start to my Zoya collection. I can't say much negativity on the quality of zoya polishes because they were great! IMO, zoya is now one of my fave brands of polishes. Thanks for looking!

♥, Kristine

Let's Go Lakers! Ready for Game 7 & Giveaway Update

So I haven't posted for a while and honestly, I've just been too lazy and no inspiration...but I am still here =)
First, about the giveaway...here's an update on it: It's still going. You have 3 more days to enter! I've added two of my fave stuff to my giveaway.. Nail Envy Nail Strengthener (which I like to use as a base coat) and Solar Oil Cuticle Oil.

Good luck!

And now for the fun stuff. Since tonight is Game 7 Lakers vs. Celtics, I thought it would be fun to show some team spirit! I love the color purple and Kobe is pretty hott ;).

The design on my thumb and ring finger was inspired from this youtube video. I used no name polishes from ICING for the purple and the yellow,  OPI Chop-Sticking to My Story for the basketball and Konad Image Plate m52 for the basket ball print and ball. I hope you enjoyed this!

♥, Kristine

Konad m39 & m36 on Fierce Purple

I absolutely love this purple. NYX Fierce Purple, a cream finish and a lovely shade. This was 3 coats. You could still see streaks at 2 but it evens out at 3. I topped it with konad IP m39. (note: the pointer finger was stamped with a different design also on the m39 plate. I was experimenting ;))

Base Coat: OPI Nail Envy

Main Color: NYX Fierce Purple

Konad IP m39 in white special polish

Top Coat: Seche Vite

Photo: indoors, daylight (window), no flash

Here's another design with the same Fierce Purple being the main color.

Base Coat: OPI Nail Envy

Main Color: NYX Fierce Purple

Konad IP m36 in white special polish

Top Coat: Seche Vite

Photo: indoors, daylight (window), no flash

♥,Kristine

My first Holo

This is Milani's Hi-Res Holographic 3D nail polish and I love it! This is my first holo polish and my first with the Milani brand. At three coats, it did me good. The color is so pretty I couldn't keep my eyes off of it! Look at the glittery goodness on that! The polish is true to its color on the bottle and was a breeze to apply. Btw, this was taken indoors, with artificial lighting, with flash (to show the holo effect).

I kept this on for a good three days and no chipping. Of couse I used Seche Vite top coat (I love this stuff!). I didn't want to wait another day to give it the chance to peel or chip so I decided to make it a konadicure (is that what you call it?) i'm still new to this.

Konad Image Plate m63 with Sally Hansen Lacquer Shine in Flair.

Hope you liked it!

♥, Kristine