Born Pretty Store Stamping Plate And Nail Ring!

Hi Y'all! So, I've been a bit MIA from the blog lately. That has nothing to do with how much I want to be blogging, and everything to do with lack of time lately. I've actually been going to the gym every day. (Except Sunday, but only cause they're closed Sunday, lol) And I've also started GED classes which I've been doing for the last few weeks. That takes up my evenings four days a week. The rest of the time? I've been using to study, or just haven't felt up to doing much besides sleep. So definitely haven't forgotten about this! I want to continue this blog more than you know! It's just getting hard to keep up with so I will post as often as I can. 

But with that said, Right before things got crazy, I got a package from Born Pretty Store. I got a few stamping plates, some stickers, and a nail ring. (Which is so cute by the way.) 

The ring is super cute and awesome! As shown in the picture above, it sits just above the cuticle and lookes like a little Princess tiara. It's adjustable, but a little hard to try to get to adjust, and it sits sort of weird to me but I'm also just not use to wearing rings. It comes in Silver and Gold so you get your choice in which you would prefer! I would definitely recommend it if you're into rings/jewelry. 

You can find it right here and it sells for about $3.36.

Second up in this post, is the stamping plate. I used Sally Hansen Tag 'Ur It for the base of this, and Konad special stamping polish in Black for the stamping. This is Born Pretty Store Plate BP-75 and I thought it was super cute with the feathers! It has three different full nail images with different feather patterns. It also has a single peacock feather, two different bird silhouettes, and a dragon design. I found it super cute and the images also transfer really well! It was so easy to use! (once I gave up on the squishy stamper. Those things are trash.) 

I would definitely recommend this plate if you're interested! It sells for about $2.99 and you can find it right here. 

Late: 4th of July and bornprettystore review!

Hi y'all! I meant to get this up yesterday! Which means y'all get two blog posts today because I have another post I've been meaning to get up as well! These were some Fourth Of July nails I did using the press samples I received from Sally Hansen as well as some I received from Born Pretty Store! 

I used all three of the Sally Hansen Fourth Of July Shades for this. The Base is Vandal Eyes and I sponged on the other two Tag Ur It! And Quick Brick to make a sort of galaxy type effect with a coat of the Big Glitter Top Coat in Costume Glitters over that! 

Once that was dry I used some french tip guide stickers I received from Born Pretty Store to do the accent nail. I used a chevron shaped guide and used the detail brush I got from them as well to outline on each side of the guide. Then I used the same brush to fill in some extra details and add the dots. 

The guides were pretty easy to use! Just make sure the polish is SUPER DUPER Dry before placing the stickers. And I recommend sticking them on your skin and pulling them off a couple times before placing them over your polish as they're really sticky and that'll weaken it a little. Making it less likely to pull the polish off when you remove them. 

You can get the brush here
And the french tip guides I received is a variety pack which you can get here for $6.39

Watermelon nail art! + Bornprettystore brush review!

Hi y'all! I know I haven't been posting a lot, this is due to a LOT of nail breaks. Everytime I get them grown out a little or almost all even again, another one breaks. But, just this past sunday I've started taking Biotin and cut them all down even with the shortest one in hopes that they will grow out healthier. Maybe they just needed a fresh start! 

Anyways, these are my little nubbins now, I did some cute summer nail art with some press samples I've recieved lately! (I'll have a full swatch and review of the sally hansen ones as soon as I can. I'm trying to get a little more length first) 

I did these with a base coat of Sally Hansen Vandal Eyes and I used acrylic paints in pink, green, and black for the other details which were painted using a brush sent to me by bornprettystore! The brush is AMAZING! no seriously, if you're into nail art, and more on the advanced side of it, you should invest in one of these brushes (Or maybe ten so you have backups just in case.) I love it so much! And it's such a neat little tool! Comes in a package all nice and neat and has this nice little lid that goes over it like a pen to keep the brush from getting ruined from improper storage or just accidently setting it the wrong way or.. whatever! It's sooooo perfect! And it's so so tiny, even more so that I thought it would be when I picked it. So definitely pick one up if you love doing highly detailed designed with teeny tiny little pieces!  

You can get your very own for just $5.98 right here! 

Thanks for reading! Let me know what you thought in the comments below! 

Sally Hansen Miracle Gel review!

Hi y'all! I took last week off from the blog for reasons. I kept getting breaks in my nails and they needed a little time to start to grow out a little bit. I didn't want to be posting with total nubs! All the oldest breaks are growing out nicely though (pinky and middle finger) and even the newest (ring finger) is looking much better but wasn't as bad as the others to start with. I promise now though I'll try my best to keep a regular posting schedule! 

I was sent these polishes free of charge from Sally Hansen in exchange for a review. I got these three polishes plus a Miracle Gel Top Coat to use with them, and I had so much fun doing these swatches. Just click the jump to see them! 

31 day challenge: green nails

Hi y'all! Ignore that my top coat wrinkled -_- I swear it was dry and then I touched it wrong and nope. It was most definitely NOT dry. Huge fail. Today is the green nails theme for the 31 day challenge, and I some kiwi nail art for it! I've never done kiwi nails before but I've been wanting to for a long time, so the perfect excuse to do it, right?! Right!  Anyways. 

For this look I used Sally Hansen Green With Envy for the green polish base, then the rest is acrylic paint. I used a slightly darker green, then white over that, and black for the small seeds. All of it was done with a detail brush. 

Thanks for reading! Let me know in the comments below what you thought!

31 day challenge: Yellow nails!

Hi y'all! I'm back again with my yellow nails for the 31 day challenge! I decided on spring-y bumble bees, which I've done before, but I like the way these have turned out much better! It's a little weird doing this challenge all on my own, but it usually turns out that way anyways. It seems no one wants to do challenges or anything else with me BIG FAT SAD FACE. 

Anyways. For my yellow nails I used LA Colors Daisy and for the accent nail I used Sally Hansen Breezy Blue and everything else was done with acrylic paint and a detail brush. These were super fun and so easy to do! 

Thanks for reading! Let me know what you thought in the comments below! 

Leprechaun nails!

Happy St. Patricks Day!!!!

this needs lots more glitter and gold I think. I wish I could add it to text. 

But there can be a RAINBOW

Hi y'all! Sorry it's been so quiet here! I've been... well apparently I have no excuse other than I suck horribly at keeping a regular schedule, but I'm trying! There's also been a bit of ickyness in real life stuff lately, so I apologize if I continue to fail at keeping a regular schedule or disappear completely! I will do my best not to let either of those happen. 

Anyways, I have some St. Patricks day nail art to share with you all today. If you didn't already notice by the top of this post or the picture. These were super fun to do, and I even used a plastic sandwich bag and made decals so I could do both hands! And I discovered that.. I'm so use to painting directly onto my nail, that flat surfaces are a no go for painting. The ones on the nail looked SO much better but oh well. 

Here's the polishes I used: 

Pinky; Creations by Lynda In A Blue Moon

middle and ring: Wet N Wild Contact High

Index: Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet

They were all topped with Sally Hansens Big Glitter Top coat Goldi-flecks to add a touch of gold to the look. 

The rest was done with acrylic paint and a detail brush. Much easier to do than it looks! And look at the highlight of sparkliness! I bought a metalic acrylic paint recently, and I got white with the intention of being able to mix with other colors to get shimmer metalicy goodness in any color I want and I LOVE it so much. 

Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed it! Let me know what you thought in the comments below! 

Anti-Valentine day nail art!

Hi y'all! I have some more fun nail art to share with you all today! Really loved the accent nail on these the best! Sooo cute and the glitter and base color looked like they were made for each other!!! Please ignore the pinky, I swear they were fully dry but by time I got around to pictures, it was all smudged and wrinkley. 

For this look I started out with my base color Sinful Colors Enchanted and the accent nail is Wet N Wild How I Met Your Magenta which I topped off with 3 coants of Sinful Colors Decadent. I used Sally Hansen Big Glitter Top Coat MeteorLight on the pinky. The rest was all done with a detail brush and acrylic paint. I just make broken heart shapes and polka dots whitch I used white to make stand out more. 

Hop you all enjoyed these as much as I did! Let me know what you thought in the comments below! 

Glitter Gradient!

H y'all! I have some more stuff to share with you today! These were some reviews I have to share with you. I got some of the holiday Big Glitter Top Coats from sally hansen but I just not got around to posting about them. (Of course.. I got them kind of late last month too so oh well) but they're so pretty! I used two of them here in this look. 

I started with two coats of Sinful Colors Tempest and New York Color Tropicoral. and then I used the Big Glitter Top Coats to make a gradient on the tips of the nails. I used Goldi-flecks on the purpble and MeteorLight on the bright coral. I thought they can out really pretty! Formula is pretty much the same on them both, not as densely packed as the other Big Glitter Top Coat's I've tried so far but definitely have plenty of glitter in them. I did use a sponge to sponge the glitter onto the tips more densely to create the gradient. But there was plenty of glitter added with just a normal 1-2 coats if you just wanted to add some sparkle to your look! 

Hope you all enjoyed this! Let me know what you thought in the comments below! 

Snowflakes on Gradient background!

Hi y'all! I have some more nail art to share with you all today! And starting today I will hopefully be getting into a regular posting schedule while I explained in my last post here. I hope everyone had a good Holiday, Merry Christmas and Happy New Years and all of that! We've made it through another year! How exciting! And look at that cute ring I get to start the year off including in pictures! I got it from BornPrettyStore for less than a dollar which was awesome. Even if it did take four weeks to get, haha. But let me stop rambling and get on to the nail art. 

I started these off with one base coat of white Sinful Colors Snow Me White but any white you have will get the job done. Then I use a make up sponge and LA Colors Meadow and Seafoam along with Snow Me White to make the gradient. I then topped that with one coat of Creations By Lynda Rainbow In The Dark (even though you can't really see it) and one coat of Sally Hansen Pearly Whites. Annnd then for the snowflakes I used a tiny little detail brush and blue and white acrylic paints. I really loved how these came out too! 

Hope you all enjoyed these! Let me know what you thought in the comments below! 

Reindeer nail art!

Merry Christmas!!

Hi y'all! Long time, no post, huh? Well there was a reason for that! My nails for so brittle and icky that I gave up trying to save them and just cute them all down to sad little nubs. Which really made me kinda sad to be totally honest, they'd gotten so long and pretty and I was finally happy with the length! Then BAM! all gone. I've been posting a few mani's on the facebook page here and there, but nothing too crazy really. 

Soooo I thought I'd share with you all that one of my goals for the new year is to get back to posting regularly! And my nails are finally at a decent length and not so sad again so I can happily do some more nail art to share with you all! 

My posting schedule will go something like this. If you haven't noticed it already. 

Tuesday & Thursday: These will be usual posting days so long as I'm not joining a challenge that has a different schedule, they will be my normal nail art posts mostly. I may do a 'throw back' type post on Thursday's every so often. Just to show how far along I've come with my nail art! 

Saturday: Saturday will be for something new that will be starting this coming Saturday! I got to thinking; I originally started this blog as a nail art and Sims blog. Then later changed it to just nail art. I was thinking, a weekly sims post thrown in with all the nail art posts wouldn't be so bad though. So Saturday will now be known as Sims Saturday here! I won't be doing legacies or challenges like that, but just sharing the sims I've been playing. Likely the same family in most cases as thats just how I tend to play. 

Sunday: Sunday is Bunday! This is the day to post about my house rabbit! At least when I remember to post. I started this back when I had Foofy, and I feel I should continue the theme with Valentina. I haven't shared much of her here. 

Any days not covered: Any blank days will be used for anything I get to review, if I get any guest posts, or things like that. Pretty much anything that doesn't fit into the other days, will go into the empty days. Or if I'm working on a challenge, they may fill with those. we will have to see what happens with that ;) 

And now that that's out of the way. If you made it that far and you're still ready, to the nail art that is up above! Christmas isn't at all even close to being a Holiday I like, so really, I didn't do much for my nails for the Holiday. But I did keep seeing these rudolph nail arts around and thought they were so cute! So I gave them a try. 

I used Sally Hansen Insta-Dri S-Pear Time for the base color,  and the rest was done with acrylic paint, dotting tools, and a detail brush. They were so simple and easy to do too! And I love how they came out. Only problem I had with them is... I was POSITIVE I had some red glitter nail art that I was gonna put on the red nose... but turns out I had no red glitter at all to use so it just got a plain red nose :( 

Hope you all enjoyed the post! Let me know what you thought in the comments below! 

Halloween skittle nails!

**Sent free of charge from Sally Hansen for halloween posts!*

Hi ya'll! Today I have a skittle Halloween look to share with you all! I was sent several goodies from Sally Hansen and NYC for the Halloween season. I'll share a few thoughts on them as well as I loved them all! (Or well most of them) 

First up is the orange I used as a base on several fingers. Sally Hansen Instadri in Pumpkin Queen the formula on this one was amazing! It went on smooth and covered well in just two thin coats. It was also completely dry by time I finished the second hand! 

Second up, over the orange on the thumb is NYC's Rock Muse Smokey top coat. While I looove the idea of these smokey top coats. (Sally Hansen has one now too, correct?) I didn't like that this one had glitter in it. It kinda took away from the smokey effect it's suppose to have, right? At least for me it did. Sooo total bust on that one. Without the glitter it would have been perfect. If you like the glitter in it? Grab it. It did what it was suppose to. 

On the index finger is the Big Glitter Top Coat in Costume glitter by Sally Hansen. I put on two coats over black. Those are two rather thin coats as well and as you can see there is LOTS of coverage. You could probably add a third coat and get nearly full coverage from this glitter if you would like. Or use the sponge method which I still need to try on glitter polishes because I haven't yet! Anyways, if you love glitter, I would totally recommend grabbing this one if you can. There's another one too that has a gold glitter in it. I forget the name though. 

On the middle finger we have Sally Hansens Salon Effects Nail Stickers. The ones I received were called Skull and Crossbones and they are just the cutest and more sparkly little skulls ever! I love the look of them. I'll admit, I was iffy on using them, afraid I'd mess them up. I've never used a nail sticker before. (I also have a set of those real nail polish nail strips from Sally Hansen I have yet to try) But these were super easy to use! Just peel them off, line them up on the nail, and stick them on! Might have to stretch and pull in places a little bit to get out wrinkles and make them fit just right. Just fold the excess over the nail edge and file it off! Easy! I wouldn't recommend these if you're planning on them stayed for some time. I put top coat around the edges of mine like it recommends on the package for longer where, but I still only got about two days out of them. So if you want something cute and quick for a party or other special occasion? These are perfect! But for long term wear, I would skip them. 

Last up, but certainly not least, The pinky! The pinky is a base of the orange and two coats of Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coat in Fur-ankenstein and I loooove it! I love the fuzzy coats so much! I love how much coverage they give! So when I was offered the new Halloween ones I jumped at the chance to try them! There was one other in the set (something witch? was the name? I don't remember now.) and both looked amazing! This is the one I was sent though, and it's little yellow-green and black short bar glitters and looked amazing. Seriously, awesome move making fuzzy coats for Halloween! 

Hope you all enjoyed this post! Let me know what you thought in the comments below!  

Sally Hansen Miracle gel swatches!

*These items were sent to me free of charge for my honest opinion***

Hi y'all! today I have three shades of the Sally Hansen Miracle Gel line to share with you all which were sent to me by Sally Hansen to try out and review here for everyone. I really want to grab some more of these colors to be totally honest! 

These were new for me to work with, I've never tried anything like them. The closest I've tried to gel is the Sinful Shine line of polishes which is not at all gel but just a gel shine effect. (Which aren't any shinier than other polishes if you ask me, but I don't get the craze of OMG IT'S SO SHINEYZ I NEED THE SHINY THINGS. So I don't see the shine as well as some of you do unless it's so shiny that it's really really obviously more shiny than another polish, lol) 

This line of polishes though, while they're not true gel polishes, they do not require a UV/LED lamp for curing. The top coat DOES have UV properties and as such, it's not recommended to use these polishes in direct sun or other uv light. The way they work, is the base or 'color' coat has one ingredient, and the top coat has another and when used together, it makes the color coat 'set' and dry. I did seem to have trouble with them drying on their own but pretty instant with the top coat. 

By the way, the top coat? While it's not a quick dry, it IS dry within a matter of minutes. And I've heard others mention that if you happen to have a lamp already, or want to sit out in the sun (if at all possible, winters coming, there might not be much sun!) for a minute or two, that it helps to set things and dry it even faster, though is totally optional. 

One thing I found a little odd about these polishes is even hours later, they don't feel fully dry. they're dry to the touch but they still feel slightly sticky and like they could dent. And in some cases, they can be dented but... they smooth themselves right back out!! Totally crazy right? I love how it was like this and that I could bump my nails against something and not worry about denting. So even if you use these and they still feel wet hours later, they're not! Totally dry, just squishy and dentable but fix themselves. And anyways, lets get on to the colors I got to show you all! 

simple rose nail art!

 Hi y'all! I have some pretty simple nail art to share with you all today but super fun and cute! Just some roses with a few little leaves added on as well. I was really happy with how these turned out and they were so much fun to do. I really need to get some more inspiration though! Halloween is coming up so trust me, that'll get me out of this funk. Hopefully. It's my favorite holiday and I have plenty of ideas in my head so it should, right? Right! We'll see! Anyways, keep reading to see more of these nails and ignore my rambling ;) 

I started these nails off with three coats of Sally Hansen Instadri Chop Chop Copper which is a really lovely golden copper color with the most awesome little hints of pink glitters. So pretty! I should definitely use it a lot more often than I do. Then I just added some roses in pink and blue acrylic paints along the tip and side of the nail. I added some green leaves as well to add a little more detail to them as well! 

Hope you enjoyed this post! Let me know what you thought in the comments below! 

Strawberry nail art!

Hi y'all! I have some more nail art to share with you all. Some Strawberry nails! Now that I'm done with the summer insect series, I've moved on to fruits. I was sooo happy with the way these turned out and I love the color combination so much! I just couldn't stop staring at them while I was wearing them. 

Funny story though. We have ants bad in the house, and while I was doing these, an ant got stuck in my clean up brush, (They like acetone. Do not ask me why, but they do.) and it got stuck on my nail. Luckily, it was my non-swatch hand and I just left it there because I wasn't about to redo my entire Mani for just one nail. (Yes, that's what it would turn into) so noo way was I redoing it. I thought it was pretty amusing, and my dad told me I should leave and it and start a new trend, then charge people way too much money to put real ants on their nails as art. haha. Anyways, click through the jump to see more and I apologize ahead of time for the heavily blurred and edited cuticles. Usually I don't, but they were just not being cooperative when I was taking pictures apparently. 

Dragonfly Nails!

 Hi y'all! I have some more nail art for you all today so I hope you enjoy it! Today I have some cute and simple dotted Dragonflys. You might have noticed another post I did recently had bumble bees, this is because I asked recently on my facebook page for people to try and help give me some inspiration as I was feeling a little stuck when it came to ideas. There's so many designs out there, it's hard to find one that hasn't been done so much that you're sick of seeing it! Though there are so many cute ones it's also hard to resist trying them. BUT anyways, the point is, someone suggested I do an insect theme for the spring/summer and I thought that was a great idea! So I've gotten started on that and I just have to decide for sure what other insects will be included in the mix! Bumble bees and dragonflies are done. Next up I'm thinking is lady bugs? We'll have to wait and see! Now, click through the jump to see more!

Stars and Stripes Drip Nails!

Hi ya'll! Today I have some more nail art for you! This is what I had on my nails for Memorial Day. A little late in posting it though. (Or a lot late maybe? Not sure when this will go live.) But it's a stars and stripes, red, white, and blue drip Mani. I really loved how it turned out so much, though I wish I was a ton better at getting my "Drips" Just right. 

It was a fun weekend though, sister and family were over that Sunday, and the day before was spent going to the feed store. Valentina needed pellets, litter, and grass, so we were stocking up. It's cheaper to buy it there. They sell baby chicks there, which already bugs me cause they're in wire bottom cages which is sooo so bad for their feet, but they're so cute! They peck at your fingers cause they think they're worms. But they had baby bunnies this time, also in wire bottom cages, which is also, bad for their feet, causes sore hocks :( But they also had no hay at all, which is going to lead to them having major tooth issues later on, and they were crammed into a teeny tiny little cage where there was barely room for just one of them, nevermind the six that were crammed in there together. It makes me so sad when I see animals like that anywhere. I literally can't go anywhere near the fish at Walmart. BUT Anyways. Not the point of this post. Sooo click the jump through and I'll actually ramble about the nails instead of the poor animals.  

Happy Independence Day!

Hi y'all! I have some 4th of July nail art for you all today with some super cute firework nails going on, which is also doubling as a review for this Sally Hansen Color Frenzy Glitter Topper that the company sent me to review! 

This Mani didn't quite some out the way I hoped as the 'fireworks' didn't come out the way I wanted, but I really loved it other wise. And also? I am so tired right now while writing this, so please over look it if there are any spelling errors or anything like that. I think a nap is definitely on the schedule for today or I am never going to make it through. Anyways. Click through the jump to see more and what I thought about the glitter topper from Sally Hansen! 

Three shades from the Sally Hansen Rio Collection

Hi y'all! I have the rest of the polishes I received to share with you all today. Today I have three of the eight shades from the Sally Hansen Rio Collection which should be out now. These are all matte glitter toppers in various colors inspired by the Brazil city of Rio. They are all such pretty colors and combinations as well! 

 To start off we have Beach Ball which is a clear base with hex matte red, white, and blue glitters. I really wish these polishes were packed with more of the glitters to get more onto the nail, but I still love them as is. This color really reminds me of something for the 4th of July, so it'd be perfect for your july 4th Manis! These were a bit tricky to apply, there's quite a bit of clear base compared to the glitter and you have to do a lot of dabbing to get even glitter coverage on the nail and it ends up getting pretty thick on the nail if you don't do it just right, but I think the result is worth the trouble. This is just one coat over NYC Amazon Green and no top coat. 

Garfield and Friends!

 Hi y'all! Some more cartoon nail art for you all! Today I'm sharing my Garfield and Friends nail art with you all! I'm really excited with how these turned out! Click through the jump to see more!