Nail Mail: Julep and stamping plates

Hey girls! How are you doing, getting into the holiday spirit yet? Today I have some nail mail to share with you. These are small buys that I did with some friends from a local group within a span of a few weeks. We live in different cities so when we do group buys we pile it up a bit and then the other girls ship us our stuff (which is cheaper than paying separate international shippings). And look who's making another appearance on the blog, my Pom named Puchi (pronounced Poo-she)

We are big fans of stamping in my group so when the girls wanted to order Sugar Bubbles and Vivid Lacquer I jumped at the opportunity to try some myself. I got SB022 and SB025. You know I love japanese patterns and the kokeshis were so cute! I also want to do a mani with the lady blowing the dandelion seeds, it was really popular on stamping groups a while ago. Then we ordered Vivid Lacquer of which I got VL024 and VL028 (steampunk patterns!)

And then I got some polishes too. These are my first Julep plus a new addition to my Butter London collection. The polishes are (L-R): Kimberly, Love, Kayla and Chuffed (the new version).

Anyway, I look forward to sharing these with you soon, maybe for January since I already decided to dedicate December to winter/christmas nailar :)

Thanks for reading!

Nail Mail: ILNP Sale

Hi girls! Today I want to share with you some polishes I got from ILNP but I want to share it with you in a special way, in the style of Polish Hound Cait's Mail Time posts, where she takes pics of her incoming mail with her dog, Ham. I've been reading her blog for a while now and her posts with Ham are some of my favorites so I tried to do the same with my Pom (which didn't like to sit still for pics, so this was a real challenge LOL).

I placed this order during the last ILNP sale which happened around the first week of November. Some days later I got the shipping notice and from there, it was only a matter of patience. My polishes arrived finally on November 30th (which was odd, I never get mail on a Sunday). My new polishes came wrapped in the ILNP tissue paper and bubble-wrapped together inside.

I ordered mostly holos since I could never set my mind on the multichromes, but it's OK I already have some of them and I've been wanting a light blue and medium blue holo.

I ended up ordering (L-R): Music Box, Peace (H), Summer Stargazing and Atomic Sherbert. I'm in love with Music Box and Summer Stargazing, and look forward to wearing those. I'm a bit disappointed with Atomic Sherbert as I thought it'd be a bright orange holo, but it's still pretty.

I look forward to sharing with you manis featuring these shades in the future. Also, did you like the inclusion of my pup in these posts?

Thanks for reading!

Nail Mail: Moyou London

Hola chicas! Hoy les traigo otro post de Nail Mail, esta vez son mis nuevas placas Moyou London, que es una empresa británica que hace las placas mas bellas que he visto (con esta, ya son 11 en mi colección!). Este pedido se demoró unas 3 semanas en llegar y pedí 3 placas: Fashionista 05, Kaleidoscope 02 y Mother Nature 02 (a esta le venía echando el ojo hace rato jiji). Espero poder compartir con ustedes manis estampadas con estas placas muy pronto.

Hi girls! Today I have another nail mail post, this timemy new Moyou London stamping plates. Moyou London is a british company that designs the most amazing and beautiful plates and have quickly become one of my favorite brands (with currently 11 plates in my collection).

For this order I chose some of their newer plates and an older one I had been eyeing for a while. The new ones are Fashionista 05, Kaleidoscope 02 and the oldie that I had my eye set on was Mother Nature 02.

As you can see I favor the standard sized plates, I have really tiny nails so I only get the XL version when there is no small design alternative, but still make it work well. You can tell I went to play with my plates as soon as I got them, except for poor Mother Nature.

I look forward to sharing with you some stamped nailart manis done with these plates. Thanks for reading!

Nail Mail: Hare Polish

Holas chicas! Hoy les muestro el último pedido que me llegó por el correo, son un par de Hares que pedí en el último restock que la tienda oficial tuvo. Hare es una marca indie de esmaltes creada por Nikole y la pueden encontrar en su tienda de Etsy y en Llarowe. Hare es una de las primeras marcas indies que me atreví a probar y hasta el día de hoy, me encanta; las combinacions de color y glitters son muy creativas y complejas. Los que me llegaron hoy son Bisbee 2.0 (turquesa con glitter verde/dorado) y Flight of the Flamingos (base beige con glitters rosados flúor y dorado).

Hi guys! Today I bring you my latest nail mail, a couple of Hare polishes I grabbed for the latest restock of their official Etsy shop. My package took around 4 weeks to get to me from the US and, as always, it was well worth the wait.

The polishes came in a bubble wrap envelope and individually wrapped in bubble plastic, which was covered with with white paper and sealed with a rabbit sticker. Isn't it adorable? <3 p="">
On the inside there was a printed invoice, stamped with a different bunny image and a handwritten thank you note. I always love when sellers do this, it's such a nice and personal touch :)

I ordered two polishes from recent releases: Bisbee 2.0 and Flight of the flamingos.

Bisbee is one of the first Hares I ever wanted but it was discontinued by the time I could order it, so I was really excited when Nikole released this new version. Bisbee 2.0 is a rienterpretation of the original shade and it's a turquoise jelly base filled with golden-green glitter in different shapes and sized and also has golden shimmer through it.

Flight of the Flamingos is a light grey jelly base filled with neon pink glitter in different shapes and sized and complemented with small gold glitters and shimmer.

I'm looking forward to change my mani and share you a review of these shades, they look stunning in the bottle and I can't wait to have them on my nails :)

Thanks for reading!

ILNP Nail Mail!

Hola chicas! Hoy les traigo un adelanto de lo que puede que vean próximamente en el blog. La semana pasada por fin llegaron mis esmaltes I Love Nail Polish que pedí a principios de Abril. Son her-mo-sos! ILNP es una marca estadounidense de esmaltes indie, que se especializa en multicromático y holos, que es lo que pedí. Los tonos que ven aquí son: Sirene (multicromático verde/azul/morado), Undenied (multicromático rosa/morado/dorado) y Kings & Queens (morado con efecto holográfico linear).

Hey girls! Today I'm sharing with you my latest nail mail, one I was very much anticipating, my very first I Love Nail Polish... polishes lol. ILNP is an indie brand of polish that is most well know for its amazing multichromatic and holographic shades, which was what I chose for my first order with them.

First thing that I loved as soon as I opened the box was this beautiful personalized tissue paper. Isn't it lovely? I love it when brand take this extra care in their presentation. Inside were my polishes wrapped up in bubble wrap. As you can see, they arrived safe and sound, even if they took their sweet time doing so (these shipped April 9th and got to me on May 14th)

The boxes that enclose the polishes are beautiful and the cardboard is very sturdy, so it'll stand the constant use well. I also love the diecut heart, it's a cute touch if you display your polishes in something like a shelf, but if you don't they also have the sticker with the name on top.

So, a closer look at my order. I got, from left to right: Sirene, Undenied and Kings & Queens. All my choices were part of the 2014 spring collection, which was a happy coincidence. I'm amazed by all the color shifts in the multichromatic bottles, I never thought one polish could contain so many colors at the same time *gasp*. Kings and Queens is gorgeous, and the holographic effect is REALLY strong, but I took my pics indoors so it doesn't show much.

Have you tried ILNP? Which is your favorite? I'd love to know as I think I'll need to place another order sometime soon, they have so many great shades.

Thanks for reading!

Nail Mail

Last week I took a flash trip, and look what was waiting for me on my return... nail mail!

Anyone up for a closer look?

First we have two of the OPI NYC Ballet collection, Don't Touch my Tutu and Are You Callin' Me a Lyre? (oh, silly, silly names). I usually run away from sheers, this are the first I've ever own, but I was hopeful that their jelly texture would change my mind. I already did a mani with these, and yes, they're wonderful.

Next we have some new Zoyas that a kind NBer sent my way, because Zoya is almost impossible for me to get, Mimi and Arizona (this one from the new summer collection). I was attracted by the beautiful shade of orange that is Arizona, even though I'm not a fan of that color, plus I'm a big Grey's Anatomy fan.

Finally we have Essie Navigate Her and Orly Ingenue (from the Holiday Soireé) collection. The Essie was also sent to me by the same girl who send me the Zoyas (thank you, thank you!!), the Orly I bought on eBay. 

I'm a little disappointed by Navigate Her, I thought it'd be a bright pistachio green, as I saw on promo pics and some swatches. This is a reaaally pale green and more cool toned. I'm on the fence on what to do with it, frankening to make it look like I anticipated or swapping? :( The Orly, on the other hand, looks glorious and I can't wait to try it.

Do you have any nail mail coming? What do you think of my latest picks? I'd love to read your thoughts. Thanks for reading!