The Lacquer Ring: Lace

Hi lovelies!

I haven't done any prompts for The Lacquer Ring and I decided to come back to it with the lace prompt. I love lace nails. I have several plates with lace designs but for this I decided to freehand it since I haven't done that in a while either.

Let's take a look at how it turned out.

Sinful Colors Mint 2B Cool

I rushed a bit through it but I love how this looks matte. I used Sinful Colors Mint 2B Cool, two coats, and used Salon Perfect Oil Slick for the black lace and a thin stripper brush from bornprettystore. Topped it with Seche Vite top coat and Zoya Matte Velvet top coat.

I was actually inspired by some tattoos I have pined on Pinterest. I really want to get a tattoo like those two middle nails. I love how pretty those kind of tattoos look.

I hope you all enjoyed this look. What do you think?

Thank you so much for stopping by. Don't forget to leave me a comment :)

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Bestie Twin Nails & Bornpretty Review

Hello!

Today I'm reviewing some nail protectors/stickers from bornprettystore.com item #27347. These are perfect for when you are out of liquid latex and want to save time on clean up on gradients, watermarbles, or stamping. Let's take a look at them.

Item #27347 from bornprettystore.com

This is how the nail protectors come. There are 10 in a package. They are very easy to peel off. They are available in 5 different colors but I really don't think the color matters. 

I ended up using all 10 for a gradient I had planned on doing. These protectors were perfect. Just the right amount of stickiness to them. I actually placed them on before applying my white base. I didn't want to smudge it. I used OPI I Cannoli Wear OPI, two thin coats no top coat.

For this gradient I used Fresh Paint Honeydew, Sinful Colors Tempest, and Zoya Kitridge.

As you can see they did a good job at protecting my fingers from the mess. I had very little clean up to do.

Here is the final result. I topped my gradient off with Zoya Leia, Sinful Colors Pink Ansen, Seche Vite, and Zoya Matte Velvet top coat. These were actually a part of some BTN I did with @thatrighthandtho from Instagram. I really love how they came out and I'm happy I did both hands, all 10 fingers!!

And here is our collage along with the inspo picture I found on Pinterest. Make sure to check out @thatrighthandtho's page and give her a follow. She's got some gorgeous manis!

Hope you guys enjoyed this post. Let me know what you think of these nail protector stickers and our BTN too of course. You can get your own at bornprettystore.com You can use my code SMPX31 for 10% off regular priced items. They offer worldwide free shipping!

Thank you for stopping by!

Bestie Twin Nails With Thedotcouture

I took a bit of a blogging break and now I'm back with these twin nails with my nail sister Thedotcouture.

I love twinning with Jenny! We noticed that we always end up doing similar manis with out meaning to so we decided to actually do twin manis.

I found the inspiration photo on Pinterest like always. Take a look at our collage.

Polish pictured Sinful Colors Nirvana

I used Sinful Colors Nivana as my base and dry brushed Zoya Ana over it. I added the black flowers with a dotting tool and top coated with Seche Vite top coat. I wanted a matte look so I used one coat of Zoya Matte Velvet top coat.

I love how these look! What do you guys think? 

Check out Jenny's blog and Instagram for her solo and to see all her amazing manis!

Thank you for reading!

I promise I'll try to post more often :)

Neon Fishtail Nails

Hello!

It's been a bit cloudy around here so I did some bright nails to cheer me up. I have only done the fishtail design once before and I really liked it so I wanted to try it again.

So let's take a look at these neon nails.

Matte neon nails

I started with a white base of Sinful Colors Snow Me White plus top coat. I cut up small pieces of striping tape and set them all aside so they would be ready.

I started applying the tape in a fishtail pattern after the base was completely dry. Then with a detail brush I filled it each section with a different colored polish. I worked one nail at a time to avoid the polish from drying too quick. I removed the tape as quickly as possible and cleaned up around the nail. Applied one coat of Seche Vite top coat followed by one coat of Zoya Matte Velvet top coat to finish the look.

Here are the polishes used:

Sinful Colors 24/7 (original neon)

Fresh Paint Honeydew

Fresh Paint Guava

Zoya Matte Velvet top coat

Not pictured:

Sinful Colors Snow Me White

Seche Vite top coat

Striping tape

Scissors

Detail brush

Clean up brush

Fresh Paint polishes can be found at Five Below stores.

Hope you all enjoyed this look. Let me know what you think of it below.
Thank you for reading. Happy Monday :)

Mani swap with @wifatalons

Hello my friends!

It's mani swap time! I had the chance to do a mani swap with the talented @wifatalons from Instagram. I love her manis and I love her! I had a hard time choosing especially since I had to do the mani on my cindy hand. A corner of my index nail broke on my left hand and looks awkward now. Anyway I don't think it turned out too bad.

Take a look at the collage.

Originals on the left
Recreations on the right

I love the mani she picked and how the collage turned out. 

Image BPL-022

My son loves cars so I've been wanting to use that stamp for a while. I'm sure I'll use it again soon. He loved seeing cars on my nails! My stamping didn't turn out as opaque as I hoped but I still liked this.

Items used:

Sinful Colors- No Text Red

Shinespark Polish- Gilded Rose 

Salon Perfect- Oil Slick

Seche Vite Fast Dry top coat

BPL-022

I did two coats of No Text Red followed by one coat of Gilded Rose. I waited a bit for my base to be dry and then stamped the image one nail at a time cleaning the stamping plate after each stamp. Top coated and cleaned up around my cuticules with a brush dipped in acetone. I finished up by applying my favorite cuticule oil from Morning.star.nails

And that's it. I hope you guys liked this month's mani swap. Thank you for reading! Happy polishing ;)

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Spooky Gradient

Hey lovelies!

I have a spooky Halloween gradient for you guys today. Don't mind my funky looking bats lol. Keep reading to find out how I created this look.

Polish pictured Sinful Shine In The Limelight

I did the gradient using Sinful Shine In The Limelight and Sinful Colors Calypso. I started with one coat of In the Limelight as a base. I applied In the Limelight and Calypso to a latex free cosmetic wedge and rolled it onto my nails. I only did two passes on each nail.

Item #18503 and #18518

I used these brushes I bought from Bornprettystore for the details, items #18503 and #18518. Aren't they so pretty? I've used them for a few months now and they have become my favorite brushes! And I love that they come with tops. You can get your detail brushes here and here. 

With the thicker brush (top brush pictured) I went over the gradient with more polish to give it a cloudy look. I used Seche Vite top coat to smooth it out and then drew in the trees and bats with the striper brush (bottom brush pictured) and black acrylic paint. The moon was done with white acrylic paint and neon green polish to give it a glow effect. One more coat of Seche Vite followed by Salon Perfect Matte Fx top coat.

I love how these turned out!

These were originally done for some nail art challenges for the beginning of this month but I didn't get to post them until now. Hope you guys liked these!

Thank you for reading! Come back to see my next look! ;)

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Gold stamping over Sinful Colors Hot Chili

At first I didn't like this polish that much but after wearing it for a few days it kind of grew on me. It chipped so I took it off only to paint my nails with this same polish again lol. 

I give you Sinful Colors Hot Chili!!

Sinful Colors Hot Chili outdoors

This is two coats plus a generous amount of Seche Vite top coat. It looks bumpy on the nail but it's not. I think it's because the base isn't a cream but more of a metallic type finish. I love the glitter in it.

Sinful Colors Hot Chili

It has small gold holo hex glitter and some micro glitter in it. Those shots were taken in direct sunlight.

Here's an indoor shot under daylight bulbs.

Sinful Colors Hot Chili indoor

I stamped over it with M Polish Guilded from the Metallics Collection using an image from Pet'la Plate Golden Russian.

Back: Pet'la Plate Golden Russian
Front Left: Sinful Colors Hot Chili
Front Right: M Polish Guilded

Here is the finished look.

Hot Chili stamped with M Polish Guilded

Macro:

Sinful Colors stamped with M Polish Guilded

Another angle to show a bit more of the sparkle.

M Polish Guilded over Sinful Colors Hot Chili
Image from Pet'la Plate Golden Russian

What do you think of this look? Do you like Sinful Colors?

Sinful Colors is one of the mainstream brands I enjoy using. They're inexpensive and their formulas are usually really good. If you have Walgreens around you they usually have sales and you can get Sinful Colors for .99! 

Hope you guys enjoyed this post. See you next time!

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Watermelon nails

Hello lovelies!

Who likes watermelon? I love watermelon so today I have for you some watermelon nails. 

I really like how these look but they came out kind of sloppy. I thought I had time to redo them but I didn't. 

Anyway here's what I used for this design.

Bliss Kiss Simply Peel latex barrier

OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls

Sinful Colors Snow Me White

Sinful Colors No Text Red

Seche Vite top coat

Two shades of green acrylic paint

Black acrylic paint

Black eyeliner liquid pencil

No 2 striper brush

Kolinsky clean up brush

Latex free make up sponge

How to:

I applied two coats of OPI MBSW on my ring and middle finger and let that dry. Two coats of SC No Text Red on my pinky and index fingers and let that dry a bit as well. Added dots with black acrylic paint with the dotting end of my clean up brush to the red nails. Ley dry and then top coated.

To the other nails I applied Simply Peel to the the top part of the nail. I left sort of an upside down "v" shape free. I wish I had taken a pictures as I went a long! Below is a picture to try to explain what I mean.

After I applied the simply peel I let it dry and did a gradient with the red and white polish. Then I dabbed some green on the bottom part. Removed the simply peel and outlined the watermelon with black acrylic paint using my black liquid liner pen dipped in black acrylic paint (don't worry I don't use this on my eyes anymore lol). Added some black dots for the "seeds" and some dark green lines on the bottom part with my striper brush. 

Once everything was dry I cleaned up with my clean up brush and applied top coat to seal everything in.

I really hope this all makes sense to you guys! What do you think of this look? 

Thank you for reading! See you soon!