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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Nail Art | Inspired by Kirakiradoodles

I have a special Birthday blog post for you today!

When my bestie Alix (@teoqeg) asked me to join in on a birthday collab for her partner in crime, Lynnae and I saw what her list of likes were I knew I had to do something inspired by Kirakiradoodles. I've been eyeing her instagram page for quite some time now and I've wanted to do an inspired by mani for a while.

I couldn't decide on just one design, so I went with a skittles kind of nail art for this mani. Happy Freaking Birthday Lynnae! I hope you love it!


 I started this nail art with a base of OPI Alpine Snow (white) on my index, middle and pinkie nails and a base of Essie Borrowed and Blue on my thumb and ring fingers. After I painted on the bases I added a fast dry topcoat to give me a smooth surface to paint on and to keep the polish under it safe in case I had to wash off any mistakes.

  
After the topcoat dried, I used a whole bunch of acrylic paints to add the designs I liked the best when going through @kirakiradoodles Instagram page. It was so hard to even choose these designs!!


After I was done painting, I added another layer of fast dry topcoat.

I love the little Golden Snitch on my thumb the best. <3 


Once everything was dry I finished it off with a thick coat of OPI Matte Top Coat so that it looked more like paper.

Overall I am sooooo super happy with these and I hope they last cause I want to wear them forever!

Lynnae, I hope your birthday is a blast and you have an awesome time with whatever you do!

For the rest of you, make sure you check out #misslynnaeturns27 on instagram to see all the other beautiful nail art for Lynnae (@misslynnae) today! And don't forget to go see all the beautiful polish Alix and Lynnae make at Nvr Enuff Polish




***All items in this post were purchased by me. Please see my disclosure page for more information.***

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Review & Nail Art | Chick Pick Polish Neon Pink


So I was going to be posting the last matte in the Spring Fling line from Chick Pick Polish today, but then I realized I did the nail art for it without ever taking photos of the polish alone >.<

Instead, you are getting the first in the Chick Pick Polish neons collection. Neon Pink! Be warned, this color is BRIGHT. You should probably get your sunglasses... Ready?


Wow!! Neon Pink is a searing pink polish that leans more red on the nail than in the bottle.

I layered two coats of Neon Pink over a base of white for this look. My camera completely freaked out over this color.


I added some stamping and freehand nail art to this look using Born Pretty Store plate BP-10 and a black striping polish.

I stamped this design on with my squishy stamper and Cult Nails Nevermore and then added a matte topcoat before adding the freehand design.


For some reason the matte finish on this freaked out my camera even more than usual.

Even with the freaked out camera, I really love this look.

You can purchase the stamping plate from Born Pretty Store. Use my code AGBQ10 for 10% off your entire order. As always, Born Pretty Store provides free worldwide shipping on all orders! 

You can find this, the rest of the Neon Collection and more Chick Pick Polishes in their shop over here. Make sure to follow them on social media for news about new collections, sales and to see more swatches!


I hope everyone has a great evening!



***Chick Pick Polish Neon Pink was provided for my honest review. Born Pretty Store plate BP-10 was provided for my honest review. All other items were purchased by me. Please see my disclosure page for more information.***

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Nail Art | Gallifreyan


In keeping with our piCture pOlish goes geeky theme, I have another geeky nail art complete with a new language stamped upon a piCture pOlish. Lets just get right into it shall we?


I started with a couple coats of piCture pOlish Instinct from my review post over here. I added a fast dry topcoat and let it mostly dry before moving on.

The polish is bright blue and my mind was already on geeky languages, so of course I reached for my Geek 05 plate again, and this time I used the Gallifreyan image.  


I used my squishy stamper and a deep metallic blue, Essie Aruba Blue to stamp on all 5 nails. Afterwards I added a coat of Seche Vite to seal it all in and make it shine.


Doooooweeeeeedoooooooo!

Essie Aruba Blue is available online in places like Amazon

You can purchase Instinct directly from piCture pOlish or from one of their International Stockists. Don't forget to follow on social media to keep up to date on new collections and the latest shades and swatches.


Happy Hump Day!

 

**piCture pOlish Instinct was provided for my honest review. All other tools and lacquers were purchased by me. Please see my disclosure page for more info.**





Monday, August 10, 2015

Nail Art | Elvish Jade


When I was swatching piCture pOlish Chillax, I loved it so much that I knew I wanted to pair it with a great glitter and do a nail art with it. I was thinking about all the glitters I have and the one that stood out to me is one of my favorite polishes of all time, Cult Nails Toxic Seaweed. Toxic Seaweed is a deep green glitter in a green jelly base with added copper flakies. The two polishes looked great together, and this is what I came up with!



I started with a base of Chillax on my thumb, index and middle fingers and Toxic Seaweed on my ring and pinkie. I chose a copper foil lacquer, Essie Penny, for the art and added two dots on the pinkie and ring fingers with a large dotting tool from Born Pretty Store.

I knew I wanted to stamp on the Chillax fingers, and my lovely girlfriend helped me choose the image plate. Of course, she chose something geeky. She loved this elvish image off of the Geek-05 Plate from MoYou London, and the pattern works really well with these earthy colors. I topped the whole look with a coat of Seche Vite to finish off the look.


You know where there are flakies, there must be matte topcoat, so I added a generous coat of OPI's matte topcoat to the look for the beautiful finish below.


I love how you can really see the copper flakies in Toxic Seaweed with the matte finish.


I really love this look and wore it until it started chipping.

Unfortunately Toxic Seaweed is no longer available as Cult Nails had closed its doors, however,  Essie Penny is available online in places like Amazon

You can purchase Chillax directly from piCture pOlish or from one of their International Stockists. Don't forget to follow on social media to keep up to date on new collections and the latest shades and swatches.


Happy Monday everyone!

 

**piCture pOlish Chillax was provided for my honest review. All other tools and lacquers were purchased by me. Please see my disclosure page for more info.**


Monday, August 3, 2015

Nail Art | Black Fire

Purchased By Me

It's been a while since I did any nail art just for me without an event or review or something else to go with it. When I got my package from Uber Chic Beauty last week I wanted to do some nail art right away and I've been doing stamping manicures ever since. I did a few to go with some review polishes I got, but as soon as I got a chance I did this simple stamping manicure just for me! 


Ooooooooh Ahhhhhhhh. >.< I absolutely love love love love how this came out. It was so easy to do and I love my new Uber Chic Beauty plates. This design was calling to me as soon as I opened the package.

I started out with a base of just one coat of Cult Nails Nevermore, my favorite black, which is unfortunately no longer available. Any black base will work for this, so use whichever one you prefer!


After my black polish dried, I used my new plate and a squishy marshmallow stamper to pick up the image and transfer it to my nail. The holo polish I used here is Color Club Cherubic, one of my all time favorite holos.

I added topcoat to finish the look and make everything sparkle and shine. I loved wearing this so much that I wore it for about three days (unheard of, I know.)

Have you tried out Uber Chic Beauty stamping plates? I love the ones I purchased and I am definitely going back for more when I can.

I hope you all have a wonderful Monday!


**All products in this post were purchased by me. Please see my disclosure page for more info.**