Review: Nail Wraps from bornprettystore

Hey y'all! Today on the blog I have a review of some nail wraps from bornprettystore to share with you. I am not a lover of nail wraps because I find them difficult to use and these were no exception to my previous experience. If you are not adept at using nail wraps, you won't like these. I'll get into more after the break. 

These wraps came packaged inside a plastic sleeve with a protective plastic cover over them. The came stuck to a cardboard backing and required peeling off, which is pretty standard for nail wraps. A small, coarse nail file comes with them to use to file the excess off at the tip of your nail. 

Heres the thing about these wraps - they are entirely too stiff. They aren't malleable at all, they don't stick to your nail or lie flat. I have a slightly different nail shape than "normal" but I felt like they should at least stick to the bed of my nail. As you can see from the photos, the cuticle line is super uneven and couldn't be adjusted in any way except for cutting which is sort of impossible once they're already on your nails. They were so thick and difficult to mold to my nail that I couldn't get the excess to file off my nails so you can see in the pictures that I sort of gave up after working very long and hard to get it off. These were just a major bust for me. 

Item #: XF-JU137 from bornprettystore

I really wouldn't recommend these to anyone who is a nail wrap beginner but if you'd like to pick these or any other items up, you can use my code PPPQ10 for 10% off your regularly priced items. 

 Have you had good luck with nail wraps? Which ones do you like?

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Nail Art: Prom Queen Zombie Nails

Hey y'all! Today on the blog I have some halloween zombie nails to share with you! This was my first time doing nails that were more "special effects" and I was really happy with how they came out! 

I started with a dry base coat of LynBDesigns B-Stronger and started applying a DIY homemade black jelly to my nails. I intentionally dirtied the underneath side of my nails so that they looked more gross. After the black jelly was partially dried, I went back with a coat of Revlon Holographic Pearls and allowed it to mostly dry. I added another coat of the black jelly and then topcoat with Seche Vite. Once my polish layers were starting to get tacky, I went in with my metal cuticle pusher and started gouging out different "wounds" into my nails. Once I was happy with the gouges in my polish, I went back with FormulaX Boundless Berry to fill in the wounds and then went back and messed the red up with the metal cuticle pusher and then allowed it to dry. I did not topcoat again because I wanted it to be really bumpy and uneven. 

To add the gangrenous look around my nails, I used the matte black from my Urban Decay Naked 2 palette and Slowburn from the Urban Decay Electric pallet and dusted them around my nails with an angled eyeshadow brush. And that's it! If you'd like to see a live tutorial, click below to head over to my Youtube channel: 

What do you think about these special effects zombie nails? 

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Nail Art: Halloween 2015

Hey y'all! I have a simple post on the blog for you today - just sharing with you some of my nail art this year so far for Halloween! I'm participating in the #pymoct2015 nail art challenge and of course the majority are Halloween themed so I've been going all out. I saw someone refer to Halloween as the high fashion or "vogue" part of the year where people go nuts with special effects, etc because...HALLOWEEN! I'm going to show you a few that I've done so far!

The first prompt for #pymoct2015 was green. I used Mango Bunny Fern Bunny as my base and used the smokey technique that I saw +SloppySwatches use on her Youtube channel to make it sort of creepy and foggy. I loved how it looked over the green jelly base with all of those white glitters poking through. 

Here's another one that I did - this one's prompt was monster. I decided to be ironic and use super girly colors and technique (the glitter gradient) for this zombie monster mani. The polishes are from Lorelei Lacquer - the Walking Dead duo and the stamped image came from my UberChic Beauty Zombie Love stamping plate. 

Spiders are creepy and gross and...cute? The prompt here was orange so I incorporated SinfulColors Hazard into this spider dotticure. I also used Zoya Willa and M Polish To Have and To Holo. The spider webs came from a Cici&Sisi plate and they're double stamped with M Polish Cayuga and Hottie. The spiders were done with a dotting tool by hand. 

The last one to show you today was one of my favorites! Who would have guessed you could pair bright green with a red glitter jelly? Not me! The prompt for this one was witch, so I channeled the Wicked Witch of The West in this mani. The green and black are both Zoya - Zoya Willa (black) and Zoya Tilda (green). The glitter is a black jelly with red glitter from Deborah Lippman called Red Ruby Slippers. You'll notice a difference in nail shape here, I definitely broke one of my points and tried out this coffin/ballerina shape to save myself from having to cut them all down. I like the shape but can't wait for my claws to be back! 

So that's it for today's post! I am loving this month mani-wise, I feel so inspired and I have seen a ton of amazing nails on Instagram and Facebook. 

Do you like Halloween? What's your favorite holiday to celebrate it on your nails?

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