Nail Art: M Polish Oh Shit, That's Pretty!

Hey y'all! Today on the blog I have a mani using the latest M Polish group custom to share with you! Both times that Megan has done a group custom for us, she's had us submit names for the polish and vote amongst ourselves. Whoever's name gets the most "likes" gets a free full sized bottle of the custom. The funny store behind the name of this polish goes like this - one of the group admins posted a photo of the polish and instructed us to try to come up with names. We all started commenting with names and one girl said "Oh shit, that's pretty!" as a passing comment. Of course we all agreed with her and her comment got the most likes so she inadvertently won the naming contest. Thusly, Oh Shit, That's Pretty was born. Let me show you the mani I did with mine. 

I started with China Glaze Inner Beauty on my index, middle, and ring finger and LaqueredUp No Regrets on my pinkie. I added Revlon Holographic Pearls to all of my fingers to add some extra sparkle. Once that was dry, I stamped an image from UberChic Beauty 4-02 using M Polish Oh Shit, That's Pretty. I topcoated everything with KBShimmer Clearly On Top quick dry topcoat to seal everything in. My favorite thing about OSTP is the chameleon quality of it. It looks so different in different lighting and over different bases. You can see in my macro the shift between purple and blue.

The group customs are limited to purchase by M Polish Lovers group members only but you can join us so that you can get them in the future too! Each custom is a highly limited batch and once they're gone, that's it. Sometimes Megan brings them back because we beg her until she relents. Haha! 

What's your favorite M Polish? 

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Nail Art: Poinsettia

Hey y'all! Today on the blog I have another Christmas themed mani to share with you. I drew my inspiration from the Christmas poinsettia centerpiece I have on my dining room table right now - its a mix of beautiful glitter red and gold poinsettia flowers in a somewhat rustic kind of basket so I just went from there. Searching through my plates left me a little disappointed in my choices for poinsettias but luckily I did find one on one of my UberChic Beauty plates! I have some more pictures to share with you and a list of steps to complete this mani. Let me show you! 

I started with two polishes for my base - Lorelei Lacquer Love Always for my red and M Polish Bells for my Gold. I did 2 coats of Love Always on my index and pinkie fingers and one coat of Bells on my middle two. I allowed those to dry and topcoated with KBShimmer Clearly On Top and waited until they had completely dried. While my base colors dried, I used M Polish Cayuga to stamp the outline of the flower from UberChic Beauty 3-02. I filled in the petals with Love Always and the center with Zoya Verushka. I let that dry on the stamper and topcoated it with KBShimmer Clearly On Top and let it sit until it was dry. Cue me checking Facebook and Instagram to kill time for about 7-8 minutes so I didn't rip my decals. :P 

Once my decals were ready to be pulled off the stamper, I added another heavy coat of topcoat to my nail, practically flooding my cuticles and gently laid the decal on top. I gingerly pressed it down so I didn't tear or smear my decal. I topcoated one more time to help the decal blend in with my base so it looked seamless. I learned this technique from @karma.and.polish on Instagram. Her stamping decals are always perfection! 

I also stamped another image from the same UberChic Beauty plate over Love Always on my index and pinkie finger to add a little dimension and to mimic the basket of my centerpiece. It didn't show as well as I would've liked, because holo on holo! Let me show you how my decal looked on my Creative Shop Stamper:

That's it for this nail art post. What do you think of this mani? What are your favorite Christmas colors?

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Swatch and Review: Madam Glam (Black Friday Discount!)

Hey y'all! Today on the blog I have more polishes from Madam Glam to share with you! And a discount code that they graciously offered my readers for Black Friday! I am happy to report that these polishes are all amazing quality and total must haves. If you want to see the swatches, keep reading! 

The first polish I have to share with you is Holo Fever, a purple based jelly glitter bomb filled with scattered holo micro glitter! Application was lovely despite the slight thickness due to all of the glitter. I applied Holo Fever in two thin coats plus topcoat. I would recommend maybe doubling up on your coats of topcoat because the micro glitter tends to eat it a bit. The formula is a tiny bit on the thick side but self levels beautifully. My swatch shows two coats.

Brush shot of Holo Fever

Holo Fever in indirect artificial lighting  

Holo Fever in direct artificial lighting 

Holo Fever Macro 

The next one of the bunch is More Diamonds Please, a pinky-grey micro glitter filled with scattered holo in a jelly base. The formula on More Diamonds Please is very similar to Holo Fever, a bit thick but easy to apply and it self leveled nicely. I expected to have to do 3 coats of More Diamonds Please but 2 did the trick! My swatch shows 2 coats plus topcoat. 

Brush shot of More Diamonds Please

More Diamonds Please in indirect artificial lighting

More Diamonds Please in direct artificial lighting

More Diamonds Please Macro

Next up is Blue Princess, a blue micro glitter with a slight green shift resulting in a beautiful turquoise finish. Blue Princess was more sheer coverage than the previous micro glitters that I swatched so it could easily be worn as a topper or by itself in 3 thin coats. Formula was similar to Holo Fever and More Diamonds Please, a little on the thick side due to the dense glitter but again, it self leveled nicely. My swatch shows 3 thin coats plus topcoat. I did dab the glitter around a little around the tip of my nail to make sure I didn't have any VNL. 

Brush shot of Blue Princess

Blue Princess in indirect artificial lighting  

Blue Princess in direct artificial lighting

Blue Princess Macro 

The final polish I have to show you is Fun In A Bottle, a white crelly base with matte neon hex glitters in all sizes! This one was definitely my favorite since I'm a lover of all the crellies in life. The formula on Fun In A Bottle blew me away - not thick at all or too thin, just the perfect consistency and opaque in 2 coats. My favorite thing about Fun In A Bottle was that I didn't even have to shake it to get all of the different glitters out. There was no settling of the glitter during shipping and I didn't have to fish any out. My swatch shows 2 coats plus topcoat. 

Brush shot of Fun In A Bottle

Fun In A Bottle in indirect artificial lighting

Fun In A Bottle in direct artificial lighting 

Fun In A Bottle Macro 

That rounds out my swatches for Madam Glam this time! If you want to order any of these beauties or some of the others on their site, head over to MadamGlam.com and use the code BFpish at checkout for a Black Friday discount. The discount gives the first 10 readers who order 40% off and everyone else after that 30%! This code is good until the evening of Black Friday (11/27). Don't forget to follow Madam Glam on Instagram for more news and sign up for their newsletter to be updated on other sales. I get emailed newsletters about deals on their website all the time!

Review: Stamping Polish From bornprettystore!

Hey y'all! Today on the blog I have a review of two colors of stamping polish from bornprettystore to share with you, one gold and one white. One I was rather pleased with, the other, not so much. I typically have great experiences with bornprettystore products so I was really disappointed that one of these was completely unusable.

The first one of the two that I tried out was the gold. The quality of this polish was fantastic. No funny smell, super opaque, and gave crisp lines with each stamp. The BPS polishes don't have names or ingredient labels so we will just call this one "Gold". Gold shows as a bright metallic stamp on the nail and it stamped well over light and dark colors. I have a macro of it on the stamper and on my nail below.

The second one I have to show you is the white. There's nothing to say about this one except its awful. I couldn't even do a mani with it, that's how bad it was. The consistency was something akin to watered down white out. You can see the macro on my stamper down below to see what I mean:

Its possible that I received a poor bottle and that's why the consistency is so poor so I will be reaching out to BPS to let them know how bad it was. 

Shoving the white to the side (or the trash :P), let me show you the full mani I did with the gold! I stamped it over Madam Glam Endless Night using a Cici&Sisi plate and I adored how it came out. Look how bright and shiny it is!

If you'd like to try some stamping polishes from bornprettystore, you can use my code PPPQ10 for 10% off your regularly priced items. 

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Do you have any stamping polishes from bornprettystore? Have you had a good experience with them?

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Review: Stamping Plate From bornprettystore!

Hey y'all! Today on the blog I have a review of a stamping plate from bornprettystore to share with you. I'm basically obsessed with the mani that I did with this plate so let's just jump right in to the photos and review!

Item #: BP-71 from bornprettystore.com with blue film still on it. 

With film removed.

I'm always pleased with the performance of my BPS plates and BP-71 was no exception to that. Its got a romantic love theme which is perfect for silhouette manis. I love that all of the images play off of each other as BPS has a knack for making plates that have random images on them from time to time. Each image that I picked up on this plate picked up fully and crisply with no issues. The plate felt evenly etched and very good quality.

I decided to go with a hazy, romantic day walk in the woods for the mani that I did with this plate. Let me show you how it turned out:

The images stamped in red are from BP-71, all of the other images came from another plate that I reviewed from BPS, you can read that review HERE. I started on my bare nail with no base color and then used a sheer black jelly that I frankened to start giving that hazy, rainy look. I stamped a line of trees using M Polish Cayuga, added another layer of jelly, stamped the same trees with M Polish Pekin, layered more jelly, and then topcoated with KBShimmer Clearly On Top. Once everything was dry, I stamped the couple with the umbrella image and the "LOVE" image from BP-71 using M Polish I Need A Vacation and topcoated with KBShimmer Clearly On Top once more to seal it all in.

If you'd like to pick up this plate or any other items from bornprettystore, you can use my code PPPQ10 for 10% off your regularly priced items.

What do you think of this plate? How would you use it?

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Product Review: Loose Glitter from bornprettystore!

Hey y'all! Today on the blog I have a product from bornprettystore to share with you. I had never used loose glitter before and have decided recently to try to push myself outside of the box when I'm selecting things to review from BPS. I actually had a lot of fun using these, though I can't say I was very proficient in using them. Haha. If you'd like to hear how I used these, skip past the break. 

Item #: 20278 from bornprettystore.com

This mani was actually done a couple of weeks ago in honor of all the babies who went to heaven too soon. October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month and many of my close friends have lost littles so I did this mani for them.

I started with a dry white base on my pinkie finger and started adding topcoat just in the places I wanted to place the glitter. I used a tiny dotting tool to place each glitter on my nail, adding more topcoat when it started to get too dry. Once they were all placed down in the ribbon shape, I topcoated once more to seal all the glitter in and thats it! If you'd like to see a live tutorial of this mani, click below to head to my Youtube channel:

If you'd like to pick up a container of these multicolored glitters or any other items, you can use my code PPPQ10 at checkout to receive 10% off your regularly priced items. 

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