NPQ Interview - Michelle Chavarriaga

+Michelle Chavarriaga is the winner of our last Quick Quiz and she is our Queen today on the blog. She is an active member of NPQ since day 1 and although she rarely shares her nails, she comments a lot and her support is always appreciated. 

We decided to showcase her polish collection and have a little interview to know more about her addiction:

 

- How many polishes do you own?
72 and growing (32 of them I collected just last week)

- What is your favorite color to wear on your nails?
Any shade of mint green/sea foam green :)

- How long have you been painting your nails?
A few years, I didn't really get as into it until I joined the nail community!

- Which is your favorite brand of polish and why?
That's tough.. I would have to say Essie or China Glaze, both because I love the formula (but I love Essie's brush!).

- Who is your favorite nail artist on Youtube? (if you have any)
I'm going to go with cutepolish.

 
- Why do you like belonging to NPQ? (i hope you do like it :))
It's just an amazing community. Everyone is so welcoming and encouraging. I love getting inspiration from everyday people and seeing the positive feedback everyone passes back and forth. It feels more like a big family :)

- Why are you not posting your manis to the community?
Hahaha, um.. honestly sometimes I'm just forgetful and don't capture my manis before heading off to work and then they are awfully beat up. And sometimes I feel like they are too plain and boring..

NPQ Challenge - Candy Stripes

NPQ Weekly Challenge: Candy Stripe

It's December and that means just one thing. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ;)

Candy Stripe is a great looking mani for any time of year, but get the red/white colour combo going on and it screams "CHRISTMAS IS COMING!" If you're not yet ready to make a serious start on Christmas nails, try it out with different colours.

If somebody posts one that you wanted to do, that's fine - do it anyway!  Some will be similar, but there are also many variations on this design:

Full nails, tips, accent nails, 2-colour, multi-colour, thick stripes, thin stripes ..

Google for "candy stripe nail art" to get some ideas.

Please post your pics in the "Weekly Challenge" category and don't forget your clean up - we want to see the candy on your nails, not on your fingers.

Hmmm .. Candy .. YUM YUM YUM!

NPQ Challenge - Water Spotted - Showcase

Last week's challenge wasn't the easiest of all, many of us failed, or struggled or even didn't even succeed at all. But we also have members that perfectly mastered the technique and ended up with pretty nails. Some of those members are showcased today:

+Lis Padro did a beautiful water spotted manicure using several blues and black.

+Keely Gallagher did a gorgeous turquoise/purple manicure

+Brooke Holtsclaw shared an old mani which had the greatest water spotted effect!

+Tamika Birmingham did great pink and silver nails!

+Haley Snider managed to do soft little grey and green spots 

+Brittane Bee thought she had a fail mani but it turned out looking abstract and somewhat perfect for Halloween :) 

+roa' hamouda also ended up with an interesting finish, absolutely gorgeous.