Polished Polyglot

Hello, lovelies! Happy Monday!
We are heading right into Easter and I can't believe it. The time passes too quickly! I have the impression Mardi Gras was just yesterday. Some people find the lockdown or social distancing are giving them the impression of super long days. In my case, I feel I have not enough time! More precisely, not enough "ME" time.
Kids are 24/7 at home, demanding, attention, food, etc. It's like having three newborns again! hahaha. I try to be positive but I do miss to take time just for me. When I work out, they are there, when I'm taking a shower, they are there; when I'm trying to take care of my skin/hair, they are there! If you are an old visitor, you know how much I love playing with makeup and doing bold looks. These days when I'm not leaving the house, I don't do my makeup anymore, but I really miss it. So, last week I decided I was going to create a look just for FUN, I grabbed my BH Cosmetics Zodiac LOVE SIGNS* palette to create a look in Orange and gold for the Monday Shadow Challenge and I am so happy I did. I hope you like it!

Hello, my lovelies! Happy Thursday!

I'm posting on a Thursday rather than a Friday, because tomorrow as it is Valentine's Day and the hubby and I have plans of spending the afternoon, evening and night in a romantic escapade! We are not going far, in fact just a few kilometres from home, but enough to forget the daily routine and have some time for our couple. I'm so excited about it!!

Are you planning anything for Valentine's day? I know a lot of people don't care for this holiday in Europe, even us when we were younger we did not pay much attention to it. But after 22 years together (of which 16 years of marriage), you definitely need to seize every occasion to escape the routine, if you know what I mean!

I have no idea what I will wear tomorrow or what I'll pack in my bag, I'm not too worried about it, haha, but I definitely know what I will wear on my nails! LOL! Here it is my Valentine's manicure for 2020, and some other ideas from previous years in case you need some inspiration! I hope you like it!!

Happy Monday, sweeties!

It is a bank holiday here in Switzerland, so we are enjoying a long weekend! What about you? Is it a bank holiday where you live?
We've spent a lovely but rainy weekend, we could share a moment with friends and family and it was awesome! We attended a lunch party in honour of my Godson who already got his Confirmation and it was amazing, it was emotional, fun and we had the most delicious food, as always the best time, whatever the weather, with our dear friends.
Today, I would like to share with you a nail design I created for the "When Colors Collide" nail art challenge.  This week's challenge was about the colours nude and gold, such a lovely combo! I think nude and gold manicures are perfect for the season. Check out what I've created with these colours!

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Happy Monday, sweeties!
I'm baaaaaack! 
No, I didn't go anywhere. I've been absent from the blog and Social Media in the past week, I got the nasty flu, this time it really caught me hard! I could not for the life of me get my butt out of bed, my head was dizzy and I felt weak and useless most of the week. But today I'm already feeling better, so I'm here, ready to share with you my latest makeup look.
Today's challenge should combine Gold and Black, but, honestly, I didn't feel like doing a heavy black smokey eye, I've combined these two colours in a more dramatic way here (if you're interested). But my half-sick-pale-AF me could not pull off black eyeshadow right now. So I went for a luminous and bright summer look with black eyeliner and that's all the black you're gonna get from me today! ;) So, here you are, my look in gold, coral and a teeny tiny bit of black. I hope you like it!

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Happy humpday, sweeties!
I've been absent from the blog in the past two days, I usually post for the Monday Shadow Challenge on Mondays, haha. But I've been focused on my new workout program and I'm super exhausted at the end of the day, I don't find the energy to blog! Hopefully, this physical effort will serve the purpose of making me gain muscles which will eventually benefit all my body, my health, my longevity, my mood and my energy levels, as well. But as every process, it takes time and PAIN to achieve a goal!! LOL. In the meantime, bear with me, please.
Today's challenge should combine Turquoise and Grey, honestly, I don't like grey on me, or with any colour! So, my look in Turquoise has brown, bronze, gold and coral, and a teeny, tiny bit of grey in the outer corner, I hope you like it!

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Hello, lovelies!
I was so impatient to write this post, as I have a new makeup palette and I'm super excited about it!  A couple of weeks ago I have received my Anastasia Beverly Hills Riviera palette and couldn't wait to show it to you! It is a rare gem with very bold colour choice, definitely a very special palette but not for everyone! I've created a Sunset makeup look with it, and made it really bold, :) Keep reading to find out if this palette is a good choice for you!

Hello, lovelies! Happy Monday!

How was your first week of the year 2019? While most people are already working on their resolutions, new lifestyles, diets and working out programs... I'm still on vacation! Oops!⠀
I really needed this family overload time (that in my country comes also together with a food overload, lol!) in the past two weeks we have had dinner parties, pizza parties, BBQ parties, poolside parties and all kind of parties which involved much chatting, laughs, hugs, children running and shouting, and much eating, hahaha, it's always about the food, right?⠀

Happy Friday, lovelies!
I hope you all had a nice week! Today the "Nail Crazies Unite" nail art Challenge prompted us to create "Ribbon/ Bows" themed manicures, I thought it would be nice to give it a Christmas theme to it, what do you think?  I created this design using matte red polish and all the cliches images for the Season! I hope you like it!

Happy Friday, lovelies!
I hope your week was nice and easy. Mine was a bit more complicated than I wished for, but nothing major really. Early this week, my blog decided to stop loading, I made a few emergency changes, but there are some really annoying consequences that make me want to change platform. Blogger is really bugging me. That'll be a resolution for next year, migrating my ginormous blog to Wordpress. I'm working on getting a new template, a new design for the blog very soon! In the meantime, I'm happy the comment section is up and running again, after 4 days without it. So if you have left a comment in those days, it is unfortunately lost now :(
Other than that, life has been really sweet to me, I have the most wonderful kids (every mom thinks that, bear with me), hubby has been in his semiannual "World Tour" haha, he's been travelling for business to Mexico, the US and Canada, so we haven't seen him in a while, but he'll be back this afternoon, and we are sooooo excited!
In other news, we have a very bright future ahead! Tomorrow, Saturday, my 3-year-old daughter will attend her mate's Birthday party, it is the first time she gets invited anywhere and we are so thrilled! My baby has a social life of her own! Awww...
Sunday 9th  is my birthday and I'm eager to turn 39, it's my last year of this decade and I'll be sure to enjoy it before I hit 40. I have so many plans for this year!
Also, in a few more days, we'll be heading to Argentina, my home country! I can't tell you how excited I am about it, I haven't seen my brother, my sister and their families in two years! I have a one-year-old niece that I've never met personally! I've seen my parents for the last time in the Spring of 2017, my son has grown 15cm since then.
Life is happening so fast right now, you couldn't believe, we have quite a lot on our plates, Christmas recitals in the school and daycare, parents' meeting at the school, Church reunion for Christmas, preparatives for our trip to Argentina, plus all the usual life things of work, house chores (I have so much laundry to fold I have baptized my pile as the "Himalaya"), sport, homework, blogging, etc. So I'm taking it easy, I want to enjoy all the things and not rushing crazily through it, after all, life is very short, isn't it?

Well, you see? I just wrote a book, LOL. But that's why I write so frequently! I prefer to keep it short (believe me I've been very succinct above) if I could I'd write a post daily, but then, I have a life too, haha.

Let's get into this week's nail art, shall we? The Facebook Groups "When Colors Collide" prompted us to create manicures using the following colours "Purple, Gold and White", here is what I came up with! I hope you like it :)

Happy Friday, lovelies!
I hope you all had a nice week. I'm rushing to write this post and show you my latest manicure for the Nail Crazies Unite, because I have tickets to take the children to the cinema. I'm so excited! We are going to see The Grinch, I'm sure it will be so much fun. What are your plans for the weekend?

Let's get into this week's nail art, shall we? The "Nail Crazies Unite" nail art Challenge prompted us to create "Christmas food/drink" themed manicures, so I created this design using red polish and gingerbread men stamping images! I hope you like it!

Hello, sweeties! Happy Weekend!

I hope you all had a great week and that you're planning and even better weekend! We'll be celebrating hubby's birthday this evening (in fact his b-day was last Wednesday). But this evening he'll take us to one of the best Swiss restaurants, where the Michelin starred Chef Soldati prepares the most delicious gastronomic versions of traditional Swiss cuisine!! I can't tell you how excited I am, but I'm not the only one, everyone in our family is a foodie, and my children keep asking me (ever hour or so for the past three days...) "when we go to the restaurant!?" LOL.

Today the  "Nail Stamping Sisterhood" Facebook Group proposed us to make a manicure with a "No Shave November"to raise awareness on male cancer.  If you didn't know about this, please visit the web https://no-shave.org/ !! The "Mo-vember" consists in male growing a moustache or a beard, to raise awareness on prostate cancer or other types of male cancer. This is obviously not a "male-only"  matter, and we at the nail art group, as most of us can't grow a moustache (lol) we show solidarity and help raise awareness with our nail art! I hope you like it!!

Hello, lovelies! How are you today? I hope you had a great weekend, mine was quite nice!
Friday night hubby and I went to the theatre to see a very original play based on a comic novella by Georges Perec, written in 1966: "Which Moped with Chrome-plated Handlebars at the Back of the Yard?". We had a good time! It was hilarious and enriching, a neat little masterpiece of word-play, so sparkling of humour and nonsense, mixing the everyday life of the Paris of the day and the literary legacy of the moment. Something totally unprecedentedthat leaves no trace, no moral, written for the pleasure of writing. I am reading the novel now and if you know French I suggest you read the original as well.

Now, it's time for a new manicure! The "Nail Crazies Unite" nail art Challenge prompted us to create "Foliage" themed manicures, so I created this design using red and gold hues. I hope you like it!

Hello, lovelies! Happy Friday!
Ihope you had a great week, mine was awesome but very busy. In fact, hubby was away for business trip, so I had a little more to do than usual, but to be honest, our kids behave much better when they know I'm alone! haha, they make it a point to help mommy while dad is away. I'm curious, do your kids do the same? I mean, are they more prone to help out when one of the parents is away?

Now, it's time for a new manicure! The "Nail Crazies Unite" nail art Challenge prompted us to create "Plaid" themed manicures, so I created this design using the new colours from the OPI holiday Collection 2018.

Hello, my lovelies! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
I am super excited today, not only because it is Halloween but because  I have The Nutcracker and the four Realms Collection by OPI* for Holidays 2018 swatches to share with you!! This gorgeous collection inspired by the new Disney film "The Nutcracker and the four Realms" (an adaptation of the famous ballet) which will be realeasing world wide tomorrow! Keep reading to find out what each colour looks like on the nails and what was my experience applying and wearing these twelve new nail polishes. ♥♥♥ While looking forward to this new Disney movie painting my nails I wish you a very happy Halloween!

Hello, lovelies! Happy weekend!
It's time for a New Halloween Manicure! The  "StampingSisterhood" nail art Challenge prompted us to create "Halloween" themed manicures, and I had come up with a very simple and wearable "Vampy" look. I hope you like it!

Hello, lovelies! Happy weekend!
October is International Breast Cancer Awareness month and the perfect  occasion to remind one another to have your annual mammography and control periodically your breasts because any woman could be victim of this disease. There are simple techniques that anyone can practice at home, but the most reliable and which ensures the earliest detection is really the mammography test! Don't be slacking!!  I know it's not a pleasant thing, but it is really necessary and important!

To raise awareness people wear the pink ribbon, so we have teamed up with the ladies of the"Nail Stamping Sisterhood" to create manicures with the pink ribbon! Here is my take on it, I hope you like it!

Hello, sweeties! Happy Monday!

I hope you all had a great weekend! Today the  "26 Great Nail art Ideas Challenge" proposed us to create a manicure using a special technique called "blobbicure". It's the first time I use this technique and I find it so much fun! Keep reading to find out how to easily create these nails yourself.