WELCOME TO MY THIRD GUEST "CHRISTABELL FROM ChristabellNails!"

Hello girls!. Today I give a huge welcome to another talented girl, which I love and enjoy her beautiful designs with roses and of course great tutorials!. I found her mid of last year where I saw her designs on Instagram also. I really got shock with her nail art and I couldn't stop following her. She was the first person I used a design for inspiration of one of mine for a challenge!. If you love to learn how to do all kin of flowers or just amazing designs, go and check her page and give her a LIKE!.

Let's welcome Christabell from ChristabellNails!!!...

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I love the Nail Art Community and was tickled pink when Carolina asked me to participate as one of her guest bloggers. I wasn’t sure exactly what type of design to do at first but wanted it to be something that represented me but also represented Carolina. My favorite type of design is FLORAL. I LOVE floral nail art. I don’t know what it is about a floral design but when I see one I always pause and look. Floral designs are definitely my go-to favorite. So, it was decided … I was going to do a floral mani. But I wanted to do something that also represented Carolina and I loved the collage of nails that Carolina posted where each nail design matched an outfit. BINGO! That’s it I would do a floral design that matched a floral printed dress.

So here is where I have to confess I did things a bit backwards. I typically do a few tutorials on the weekend so that I can post them throughout the week. I had planned on getting a few tutorials done and out of the way before I sat down to figure out what I was going to do for Carolina’s guest blog. When I paint my nails, I often start out with a design in mind and by the time I’m done I have done something completely different and that’s what happened here.

I had planned on doing a beige, gold and white design based on a wedding cake that I had saved a picture of. I painted my beige base and went to eat supper. When I came back upstairs to my nail room I completely forgot what I was doing. I sat and looked at my nails trying to figure out what type of tutorial I wanted to do. Before I knew it I was painting swirls of gold and adding flowers to my nails. It was really coming together and looking so pretty. I did my middle finger first and added a matte top coat. As soon as it was dry I immediately thought it looked like a rich lace with gold appliques like you would see on a wedding dress or a vintage gown. I knew right then and there that I was going to finish these nails and find a beautiful clothing item to pair these with for Carolina’s guest blog. So that’s exactly what I did.

The polishes that were used for this design include Maybelline Color Show Sandstorm (beige), OPI Gwen Stefani Love Angel Music Baby (gold), Motives Wedding Dress (white), and topped with China Glaze Matte Magic. I am absolutely obsessed with gold polishes. I love them with a Matte finish and with a Gloss finish. I am dying to get my hands on a bottle of Mine Lacquer gold polish but my pocketbook says no right now. Someday though … someday!

Carolina, Thank You for asking me to participate in your guest blog. I have been so fortunate to meet so many great people from all over the world since I started down this nail art road and I’m happy to add you to that list.

Some close up looks:

If you are not already following me here are 10 little getting-to-know-me facts:

1. My name is Christabell … it’s all one word and it drives me crazy when people call me Christa and I’m pretty sure there isn’t a day that goes by where I don’t have to correct at least one person on my name
2. I’m named after my grandmother (first and middle name)
3. Nail art is a hobby not a profession for me that I’ve been doing it for a little over a year and during that time have collected hundreds of bottles of polish
4. I can listen to the same song on repeat all day long
5. I’m obsessed with song lyrics and wish I knew how to write lyrics because wow what a talent that would be
6. I love X Factor, The Voice, and American Idol … love love love music
7. I have two tattoos with the letter ‘J’, and my next one will also have a ‘J’
8. I love Coffee and suggest people do not engage in conversation with me in the morning until I’ve had at least a few sips. I love dark coffee straight up without milk/cream or sugar
9. I love a movie that make me cry, tv shows that makes me cry, commercials, youtube videos, etc.
10. This gold floral nail art marks my 100th tutorial on YouTube and I’m so happy that it worked out that way because it seems fitting to share it this way with this rich nail art http://youtu.be/T3YDG8rjrnw

If you want to visit me you can find me on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and/or Twitter:

Instagram: @ChristabellNails 
YouTube: www.youtube.com/christabellnails
Facebook: www.facebook.com/christabellnails
Twitter: @ChristabellNail 

Thanks so much and happy painting  Christabell (all one word ;)

WELCOME TO MY SECOND GUEST "ANUTKA FROM WACKY LAKI!"

Hello girls!. Today I give a huge welcome to another talented girl, which I’m a huge fan of her swatches!. I found her end of last year where I saw her designs on Instagram when I started sharing my designs there. She was the first person I started writing comments and interact with, which was a nice thing to found her because I was so shy at the moment to write a comment!. If you love to see reviews of new polishes or just amazing designs, go and check her page!.

Let's welcome Anutka from Wacky Laki!!!...

To see all the guest post she share with us please go to my Blog or do click in the link below!. I hope you like this design as much as I did and I need to confess that I shout when I saw it!.

Thanks Anutka for this Guest Post!. =)

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Hi Everyone! My name is Anutka and from the blog Wacky Laki. I'm really excited to be guest posting here today for the always sweet Carolina. I first got introduced to Carolina's nail art on Instagram when we discovered our mutual love for fashion inspired manicures. In honor of that, when Carolina asked me to write a guest post for her blog, I knew right away that I had to create something fashion inspired...

My inspiration came from this gorgeous pair of peacock shoes. I stumbled on this photo online and instantly knew that I wanted to try to recreate it...

For the manicure, I used a base of OPI Don't Talk Bach to Me, a chartreuse cream with a pearly shimmer. I applied peacock feather decals which I purchased from Ebay to the tips of my nails. The decals on their own seems a bit bland and not very festive, so I accented them with teal glitter and a bit of Nicole by OPI Emerald Empowered...

I don't think that I would have normally chosen to pair these colors together, but I love the way they look. For me, that is great thing about finding inspiration in fashion or other things around us. It provides the opportunity to try colors, patterns, ideas that we might not try on our own...

I hope you enjoyed this manicure!
A big thank you to Carolina for having me here today! :)

Thanks for looking!

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To see more of the Nail Art from Anutka you could do it here:

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wacky-Laki/
Instagram @wackylaki
Blogger http://wackylaki.blogspot.mx/
Pinterest http://www.pinterest.com/wackylaki/

** MY GUEST POST MONTH** ¡¡Stay Tune!!

As part of my 29,000 follower’s celebration , this is my way to “Share The Love “ with all of you!.

For the first time since I started sharing my designs 7 months ago, I invited 4 amazing & talented girls to share with all of us one of their beautiful designs!.

Every Friday starting March 7th I will be posting the Guest Post of each of the girls I invite!.
This will be a great surprise to find out who are they!.
For sure some of them you know, maybe you are already following them, but stay tune to discover them!.

The other surprise, is that I have 2 more places waiting for an invitation!. So from all the nice pages you shared with me an the others I discovered the past month I will invite 2 of you to be part of this Guest Post Month!. So check your mails girls!. Maybe you will get the invitation!!...

THANK YOU to be part of this AMAZING journey I’m in with all of you!.

Sincerely,
Carolina
Glam Style Nails by Carolina

** Como parte de mi celebración de alcanzar 29,000 seguidores, esta es mi forma de "Compartir Amor" con ustedes!.

Por primera vez desde que empece a compartir mis diseños hace 7 meses, invité a 4 increibles y talentosas chicas para que compartan uno de sis diseños!.

Cada viernes empezando el 7 de Marzo estaré compartiendo los Guest Post de cada una de las chicas que invite!.
Esta será una gran sorpresa el descubrir quienes son ellas!.
Seguro algunas de ellas ya las conocen, tal vez ya las estan siguiendo, pero esten pendientes para descubrir quienes son!.

La otra sorpresa, es que tengo 2 lugares esperando por una invitación!. Así que de todas las lindas páginas que compartieron conmigo y otras que descubri el mes pasado voy a invitar a 2 de ustedes para que sean parte de este mes de Guest Post!. Así que chequen sus mails chicas!. Tal vez les llegue la invitacion!!...

MUCHAS GRACIAS por ser parte de este INCREIBLE viaje que estoy con todas ustedes!.
Sinceramente,
Carolina
Glam Style Nails by Carolina **

Here is the list of my Guest Post:

To see the design of Giovanna from Gio_Nails click here