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. 

If you'd like to see these polishes in action, click below to see my live demo:

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

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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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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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Mani Swap with @okie.glam.mani!

Hey y'all! Today on the blog I have a mani swap to share with you! These were super fun and a good way to say goodbye to my neons for a while...maybe. A true polish enthusiast never sticks to trends or season appropriate colors, AMIRITE?!

I did this mani swap with a sweet friend of mine, @okie.glam.mani on Instagram and really loved how both of our swapped versions turned out! Make sure you head over to her Instagram and show her version of mine some love! 

I started with painting Glam Glaze Back to Back Blue on all of my nails except the ring finger. On that nail I painted GGal White Pointer as a base for my rainbow. Once the base colors were dry, I used the entire Graffiti Collection from Glam Glaze to dot on the rainbow in traditional color order, starting by my cuticle. I used my largest sized dotting tool and went row by row, giving each row a minute or two to dry before going to the next one. On the blue nails, I used the same large dotting tool and GGal White Pointer to dot on the clouds. Once everything was dry, I top coated with Seche Vite and let dry. Then I added Essie Gel Setter as my final topcoat. Yes, I used two topcoats - the addiction is real! I'm going to have a review coming of the Essie Gel Setter next week I think. I did a video tutorial on Youtube to show how I did these nails as well. Click below to see it in action! 

What do you think of this mani? Are you ready to put your neons out to pasture for a bit in favor of those vampy colors? 

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Then and Now - Waterfall Mani!

Hey y'all! Today on the blog I'm showing you a "then and now" mani where I recreated one of my older manis to see if I could improve it. The original mani was one I did in a swap with +anas manis way back 60 weeks ago! Let me show you the older version. 

I daresay I've improved! I did the same technique in both manis, using a striping brush to create the waterfall effect. This time I used vampy fall colors - Zoya Veronica, Teigan, and Tomoko. I painted Teigan on my index and pinkie, and Veronica on my middle nails. Using the same striping brush that I used way back when, I made waterfall lines with Teigan and Tomoko and top coated with Essie Gel Setter to finish it off. I love how it turned out! 

Have you ever done a then and now mani? Its so fun to show yourself how you've improved over time. I have people ask me often how I paint my nails so well and I always have one answer: PRACTICE! So get out those paint brushes and paint, paint, paint! 

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Pink For Rebecca Collab

Hey y'all! Today on the blog I have a collab mani to share with you. A group of my nailie friends came together in secret to do pink/breast cancer support manis for our friend, Rebekah who walked this past weekend in the Avon Breast Cancer Walk. Rebekah lost her best friend, Annette last year to breast cancer and decided very shortly after that she wanted to do something to honor her. The Avon walk has taken a year for Rebekah to train for, which has been no easy task for her but she's done it! In fact, I just saw her write about it on Facebook - she walked 26.1 miles on Friday! I am in awe of her love for Annette, her diligence and dedication to the walk, and her success in completing what she set out to do. You're an amazing woman and friend, Rebekah! Much love to you. 

There were 39 of us that participated in the collaboration, which was organized by @polished_ink. You should go check out all the others that participated, they're all incredible. Click on the collage photo above to hop over to Instagram where you can see all of our manis! 

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Nail It Magazine submissions!

Hey y'all! 

Today on the blog, I have a short and sweet post to share with you to show a couple of manis I did recently for Nail It! Magazine's neon prompt. I don't know if I even have a chance to be picked but I sure hope so! 

Here's the first that I did, and my favorite! 

I used the entire Shinespark Polish 80's neon collection for this mani. I just striped it on by hand using a small brush. Once that was dry, I stamped over it with an image from my UberChic plates (set 1). 

The second I did was also with some of the Shinespark Polish 80's neons. I used Bouncin' Blue, Yuppie Yellow, and Glam Green in a watermarble and then stamped over it using my UberChic plates once again. I was really happy with this one as well! 

And then I had a nail break and had to round of my tips so I didn't do anymore for the neon prompt. I will keep y'all updated if i by some lucky chance get picked! 

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