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Monday, 2 December 2013

Born Pretty Store Shell Studs Review and Beach Nail Art!

Hey everyone! Today I have a review of some super cute shell studs from Born Pretty Store to show you all!

I was recently contacted by the lovely Daisy from Born Pretty Store and asked if I would like to review some products from them, and of course I said yes! I've bought from them before and everything's always packaged really well and lovely to work with! I was sent three items of my choice so stay tuned for two more Born Pretty Store reviews and nail art using those products!

The adorable gold shells featured in this post can be bought here, there are slightly bigger ones and silver ones in both sizes available, I chose the 3mm gold ones. They are curved slightly to sit flat on the nail, so one coat of top coat is all I needed to cover them and hold them in place! I tested these charms to see if they were reusable by scrubbing one with non-acetone remover for approximately a minute, and they seem to be! The stud was the same gold colour and a little less shiny after the scrubbing, but a coat of top coat would easily fix that.

And now, how I did these nails! I started with one coat of Essie Sand Tropez for the sand, then dotted on some thinned out Sally Hansen Wet Cement and finally, smeared some thinned out OPI My Vampire Is Buff on top! For the water I used Essie Go Overboard, some thinned out smears of Essie Going Incognito, and lastly, a mixture of Go Overboard and My Vampire Is Buff for the waves! I then applied dots of top coat in the places I wanted the shells to go and stuck them in! A coat of top coat and some cleanup and I was all finished :).

I'm playing around with some hand positions that I've never tried before, but I'm trying to use most of the other ones I recently decided on too! Bear with me as I figure out which poses I like best haha!

Onto the pictures!

Be sure to check out their site for other nail art stuff if there's anything you're looking for! They have an amazingly huge selection of products so there's bound to be something for everyone! Also, don't forget to use my coupon for 10% off! This picture is also in my sidebar, so it's really easy to find from any of my posts!

Thanks so much for reading everyone, I hope you're having a lovely Monday! I'll have some indie polish swatches coming your ways soon, so keep an eye out! :)

Monday, 25 November 2013

Black Sheep Lacquer Confused Canary over a Subtle Green to Blue Gradient!

Hey everyone! Today I have another simple glitter-topped gradient to share!

I was planning to paint my nails all day yesterday, but due to a cell biology lab assignment I only ended up having time to do something quick and simple (read: I procrastinated by watching Star Trek Next Generation and shopping all weekend)! I can't honestly say the shopping was unproductive though, my mom, sister, boyfriend and I now all have wondrously soft and warm hoodies (and we match)! :P They're lined with fluffy amazingness so if anyone's looking for a hoodie like that, we got ours in the men's section of Tommy Hilfiger for 40% off! I'd seriously recommend them!

Anyways, back to the nails! I was a bit surprised by how subtle the gradient came out because I've done this same gradient before on my mom and the fact that it was two colours was more obvious. Maybe it's because I gave myself little nubbins before I painted these? Regardless, I absolutely love the two colours I used for this; China Glaze For Audrey (the greener one at the cuticle) and China Glaze Bahamian Escape (the bluer one on my tips)! I also completely adore the glitter topper I chucked on top, Black Sheep Lacquer Confused Canary! It has these silver holographic microglitters in it, so when the Sun makes an appearance on frosty mornings like this, looking at my nails makes me even happier! I topped all of this off with two coats of top coat, again, for maximum squishiness!

I saw that I hit 55 Google Friend Connect Followers yesterday I believe, and I just want to thank each and every one of you for following me! I seem to be gaining a following on most of my social media accounts and it makes me so incredibly happy, you have no idea! Thank you all so much! <3

Onto the pictures!

What do you guys think about these, are you a fan of subtle gradients? And do you love Confused Canary as much as I do? Thanks so much for reading everybody, happy Monday! =)

Friday, 15 November 2013

Contrary Polish Westport and Hex Nail Jewelry!

Hey everyone! Today I have a swatch of Contrary Polish Westport and some Hex Nail Jewelry charms to share!

I was so pressed for time and so busy studying (read: cramming like a mad women) this week, that I'm posting these right before I take them off and redo my nails! I also only did one thick coat of Westport (which isn't quite enough for an opaque look as you can see) but it was late and I was tired :P. I still love the look of these and the whole mani only ended up taking me twenty minutes, which is a real bonus during midterm weeks!

Almost every week of the semester starting about a month ago or more are midterm weeks (every week but two), so I'll try to work on not having midterm cuticles in the future! Let's call them that, shall we? Sorry about my midterm cuticles in these pictures guys!

Both Westport and the Hex Nail Jewelry charms were perfect to apply (I love the Contrary Polish brushes!), but the crab charm was a little too curved for the nail I put it on. I'm sure I could have positioned it better or maybe even bent it backwards to make it a bit more straight, but instead I just double top coated it (and the other charm-covered nails)! The plain nails have just one coat of top coat on top!

I fell madly in love with Westport when I saw it on my nails, it's an olive green crelly with gold and orange shimmer! I will definitely be wearing this again so stay tuned for proper two coat swatches!

Anyways, onto the pictures!

What do you guys think of Westport, it's gorgeous right?! And I can't wait to try my Hex Nail Jewelry charms over different polishes and incorporate them into nail art! I have two others, an ice cream cone and an owl!

Thanks so much for reading guys! I'll have some more labour-intensive nail art posted in two days for those of you who prefer nail art to swatches! Happy Friday! :)

Thursday, 31 October 2013

Cartoony Halloween Nails!

Hi everyone! Today I have a Halloween skittle mani to share!

Yesterday we went to my boyfriend's house for the night, so I brought a bunch of nail polish stuff to school so I could do my nails at his house. This means I've been carrying around the ten polishes I used for these nails plus my base and top coat and other supplies for two days now haha! There is one colour I can't tell you the name of in this mani, because I ended up mixing my green, orange and purple to make it! Except for forgetting to pack a brown (though I guess I could have done the stem bit green if I had used a different base colour for the pumpkin nails) I actually feel like I prepared really well for this mani. I ended up using every polish I brought with me on at least one nail!

After dinner I painted my boyfriend's stepmom's toes with the purple seen here (Color Club Pucci-licious) and I added cute little square gold studs to her big toes! In other words, I had a super polished-packed night, the best kind of night!

Sorry I didn't post these any sooner, I didn't have access to my sister's camera and my light box and lamps until now! I posted these nails when I was almost done with them yesterday on Instagram, so definitely follow me there because between here and Instagram, I usually post every three days or less! I also post ridiculous pictures of myself which I also did yesterday! I'm going to go ahead and embed the picture here because I want to show off my adorable new cat ear hat! Isn't it the best? :)

Anyway, asides aside, for these nails I only used two (well three if you count my cleanup brush) brushes! I picked up four new brushes from Michaels on the weekend and I love them all! Well, I haven't actually tried one of them yet, but I'm very excited to! For everything except the gradient I used a 12/0 liner brush, and for the gradient I used a big fluffy brush to mix the different proportions of blue and black and to apply the mixtures to my nails! I almost forgot, I also used an eyeshadow sponge because I bought a pack of them at the dollar store for gradient purposes! I used the sponge to lightly apply my black holographic polish on the tips of my thumbs!

Anyways, onto the polishes used and then the pictures!

Red creme- American Apparel Poppy
Holographic red- Northern Star Polish Ki-Ki-Ma-Ma
Orange- China Glaze Oh How Street It Is
Yellow- Color Club Almost Famous
Green- Essie Mojito Madness
Blue- Essie Mesmerized
Purple- Color Club Pucci-licious
White- OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls
Black creme- Orly Liquid Vinyl
Holographic black- Color Club Beyond

Here's my right hand! I'll only ever do a design I can do on both hands, so I kind of have to stick to simple cartoony designs haha!

Thanks so much for reading everyone, let me know what you think of these in the comments! Happy Halloween! :)

Wednesday, 23 October 2013

Northern Star Polish Tourmaline!

Hello everybody! Today I have my first ever Northern Star Polish polish to share! It is Tourmaline and it's freaking beautiful. I recently dyed the ends of my hair a touch darker and a touch bluer than this colour, so I decided to try this one out first because it matches my hair almost perfectly!

I picked up seven other polishes and four cuticle oils when I purchased this polish from her, so there will be more reviews and swatches to come! Here is the picture of everything I got that you may have seen on my Instagram! As you can see, Kristin threw in an extra little cuticle oil for free, so sweet! Sorry my phone camera sucks so bad!

The cuticle oils are amazing by the way! They contain olive oil, almond oil and grape seed oil, which soaks in even quicker than both a grape seed oil blend and an almond oil blend I have! It's amazing how quickly these soak in and how moisturizing they are, it really is a perfect recipe. These are without a doubt the best cuticle oils I have ever tried! In case you're curious, the full size bottle I bought is Pumpkin Spice, the three mini bottles are Tangerine Honeysuckle, White Chocolate and Sweet Pea, and the free one she threw in is Sir Peppy Pep! Sweet Pea is my favourite scent of the five!

By the way, what do you guys think of the insanely picture-heavy posts I've been posting lately, are they too much? Let me know in the comments! This one is pretty picture-heavy too! :P

These pictures show two thick coats of Tourmaline with and without a coat of top coat (the first four are without and the last four are with)! Tourmaline is what I would describe as a kelly green (though it looks more teal in the photos) crelly polish with tiny green circles (a yellower green than the base), tiny white and black circles, and small silver/white flakes (you can see one really well on my pinkie)! So gorgeous.

Without further ado, let's get on the photos of the beautiful Tourmaline! I included a cropped version of the first non-top-coated picture because you guys NEED to see this baby up close!

No top coat:

One coat of Essie Good To Go top coat:

What do you guys think of this polish? I'm a sucker for greens so I absolutely love it! Thanks so much for stopping by everyone! :)

Saturday, 19 October 2013

Four New Black Sheep Lacquer Duochromes: Blue-Yea, Blink, Forbidden Fruit and Zaftig Zombie!

Hello everyone! Today I have four lovely new duochromes (or multichromes, a few of them shine four or more different colours in my eyes) from Black Sheep Lacquer to share!*

I swatched each polish at one coat over black, at one coat on their own and at two or three coats for full opacity (and no top coat)! No formula issues, these were a pleasure to work with as usual!

Based on how these polishes look over black, I think these polishes would be absolutely perfect for a galaxy mani! I think I'll do one with these polishes pretty soon!

Also, I apologize for my short nails in the Forbidden Fruit and Zaftig Zombie over black swatches! These swatches took me quite a while to do and I filed my nails down before Erin and I decided I should swatch those two over black as well! I'm so glad I did, these would all be so awesome as topcoats and look so freaking cool and pretty over black specifically!

Get ready to be bombarded with (36) pictures! I apologize in advance!