Hello Dears!! Todays is the 14th Battle of this Challenge and is a battle of Inspiration between Childhood vs. Future. I've chosen Childhood!  I was a child during the 80's and back then graffiti was a big trend, specially among some groups of young people.
So I've decided to do graffiti nails! Of course do not expect an spectacular free handed nail art, but just the perfect occasion to wear my Essence gel like nail stickers in 03 Berlin's most wanted.

Hello my dears! How are you doing today?
I have another manicure I think it would be fun wearing for Carnival, just because it reminds me a lot to the confetti used during the parades!

Hello my dears! How was your weekend?
In 2.5 weeks time is Valentine's Day and I thought it was time for another idea for a manicure dedicated to the lover's date. Last week I've showed you a Vintage Valentine's mani, which was grey and white, and maybe a little dull. To see my last week's Valentine's mani click here. You can Also check my Valentine's day Gallery on the dedicated page, just click on the tab under my Blog Header.
So today, I thought it would have been a nice idea to brighten up the lover's day with some yellow nails!

Hello my dear readers! Happy Friday to all!!
Today I have for you the 13th Battle of this Challenge which is a battle of Inspiration! Inspired by a dress vs. shoes. So for me it had to be the dress! It's a quite simple wearable silk spring dress I bought last year for my son's baptism, but I love it very much and I decided I wanted to reproduce it on my nails.

So here is the dress:

Hello my dears! How are you?

What I'd like to show you today is my first Valentine's Day manicure of this year. It's a simple grey and white manicure with some vintage melancholic air. For this mani I used Essence Get Arty as a base, and stamped on it with white konad special polish using Konad plate m-65 for the roses pattern.
Later on I stamped with konad red wine special polish and plate m2 the hearts with the Love inscription.
  

Hello my dears! How are you today?
One week ago I received the most awesome nailmail from my "Polish Fairy" Christine from Polished Marvels blog. No kidding! she sent me 5 fantastic nail polish that I'll be showing to you soon, but it wasn't only about polish, she included this fantastic blush from Essence Vintage District Limited Edition in 01 It's Popul-Art. This lady rocks!

Hello lovelies! How was your weekend? Hope you had a great time and that you're starting the week in the best way.
Today I decided it was time to put some motivation to my nail art. You know, December and the Holidays Season brought many excuses to do nail art, and since January began, all my nail art has been dedicated solely to the once per week challenge I'm in. So I thought I'm definitely one to need some excuse, and I found two very good excuses!!
First Mardi Gras is on the 12th February this year and Valentine's Day is on the 14th February (that's every year), so I thought that would give me two wonderful excuses to do some crazy manicures and some girly manicures as well!!

Hello my dears! Happy Friday!! How are you doing?  Any interesting programs for the weekend?
Today I have to show you the 12th battle of this challenge and it's all about cream vs. shimmer. I've chosen Essie Buttler Please! as a base because I wanted something really colourful and this is such a vibrant shade of blue, although it's not a traditional Essie creme, should I had gone for China Glaze For Audrey? I hesitated there. For the shimmery part I used two Max factor polishes: Meteorite (purple) and graffiti (teal), which I'll swatch for you soon.

Hello dears!
This is actually my post number 100!!!!!!!
Can you believe that? it seems it was yesterday I started this blog and I've already posted 100 times!
Day after day this blog is a source of fun and satisfaction and I would love it to continue that way. I am so lucky to have the most wonderful followers, faithful readers, nice and sweet enough to take their valuable time to read my craziness and comment on my redoubtable ideas. I enjoy each day receiving and answering your comments! You've spoiled me now and I wait for them each day! and it is only thanks to you if I made it to my n° 100 post!

So as a way to say thank you I wanted to do my very first giveaway. I'm very excited about it, though it might not seem a big deal, I surely had fun organizing it.


The prize:
I've chosen to include items of the current limited editions of Essence Snow Jam & Vintage District.
One lucky winner will get:

 Hello dears! Happy Friday!!
I hope you're doing well, any nice program for the weekend? Today I have for you a new shade called Life is a Freeride, from the latest Essence LE Snow Jam. This is a gorgeous and intensely pigmented teal shimmer, that is a one coater! It is the thick side, but it applies nicely and it goes were you want it. For the picture I'm wearing two coats with Seche vite on top, and I had a little shrinking :( that is what you see and not tip wear.

Hello Dears! I hope you're enjoying your weekend! We are finally back home and I'm starting to go gently back to the "normal" life. I've just unpacked and we have now a mountain of laundry to be done, lol. I have not done my nails a lot during the holidays, only for Christmas and New Year's eve. In fact my nails are in a pretty bad shape. I don't know which could be the reason, but they keep breaking and peeling. I thought I might be lacking some vitamins... or calcium.. well, not sure. It could be also my mother does not own a dish washer, so I've been washing up more than usual and that affects my hands and nails.
Today I wanted to share with you one of my favourite polishes, Chanel Black Pearl. I know when this polish went out, there were many contrasted opinions about it, and many people thought it was not big deal. But I love it! I find it very sophisticated and quite neutral, and it reminds me a lot of black pearls, which I love.


What do you think about it? Have you got this colour?
Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!
Love,
Nati

From the left: 200-From Dusk to Dawn, another version of 200-From Dusk to Dawn, 905-Steel my soul, 900-Steel my heart