I’m Natalia. And this blog is my flow zone. We all have one (or more) but sometimes it’s hard to discover yours. Finding that thing/activity that has that “I don’t know what” that takes over you until you completely lose track of time and want to dedicate to it exclusively, sometimes is the result of research trial and error, a risky decision or – as it happened in my case- it’s just the result of coincidence.
This thing of being a blogger crossed my path when I least expected and, although Colorclap was born very naively, it aroused my curiosity and develops through exploration, leading me to “see” with new eyes my day by day and letting me rediscover things that I once took for obvious.
So here I am, letting myself -or at least trying- go with the flow, giving life eternal through photos and words to those moments that are worth collecting.
Yo soy Natalia. Y este blog es mi actividad flow. Todos tenemos una (0 más) pero no siempre es fácil descubrirla. Encontrar esa cosa/actividad que tiene ese “no sé qué” que logra que perdamos completamente la noción del tiempo y a la que desearíamos dedicarnos con exclusividad, a veces es producto de la búsqueda, otras del ensayo y error, inclusive del tomar riesgos o –como pasó en mi caso- sencillamente producto de la casualidad.
Esto de ser blogger se atravesó en mi camino cuando menos lo esperaba y, aunque Colorclap nació muy ingenuamente, despertó mi curiosidad y se transformó con la exploración, llevándome a “ver” con otros ojos mi día a día y permitiéndome redescubrir cosas antes daba por obvias.
Así que aquí estoy, dejándome llevar –o por lo menos intentándolo- por la vida e inmortalizando en palabras e imágenes esos momentos que valen la pena coleccionar.
Venezuelan brand Manoa.
I couldn’t wait til’ the end of the month to show you this mani inspired in one of my favorite swimsuits by the Venezuelan brand Manoa. The best thing about this design was the challenge of finding a good technique to recreate the gold pattern, so, after some unsuccessful attempts I found the perfect way to transfer the fabric design to the nails.
This is the step by step, and it’s really easy, just remember that the color and the style are completely your choice, play with it and have fun:
1. Before doing anything with your nails, you must get some magic tape, with a dispenser if possible. Once you have it, paint a layer of golden polish on top of it (on the unglued side) and let it dry while you work on the other steps.
2. Now, as usual, apply a base coat, specially since we will be working with black, which leaves spots and make you nails turn yellowish.
3. apply two coats of black polish to every nail, let them dry.
4. With a paint brush or cotton swab, clean the imperfections you may have.
5. Once your nails are completely dry, get you tape again and apply a new coat of gold polish.
6. With the polish still fresh, take some dental floss and press it against the tape in a diagonal fashion forming diamond shapes.
7. Let that last coat dry completely and cut the tape in small rectangles.
8. Helping yourself with a pair of tweezers, place a golden rectangle (horizontally) halfway across your index finger nail, and the other one the same way on your ring finger nail.
9. Cut the excess tape.
10. Apply a top shine.
