Starrily Neutrino Swatch & Nail Art

Today I have a swatch and review of Starrily Neutrino from Live Love Polish. Starrily nail lacquer is a 5 free, cruelty free, handmade brand. Neutrino is stunning so let's get to it.

Look at the cute box! It's a unicorn! I'm definitely keeping this box.

Macro bottle shot

 I was messing around taking macro shots and I loved how this photo turned out.

Starrily Neutrino is a black jelly like polish packed with holographic glitter. My swatch is two easy coats plus seche vite top coat. For me formula is a bit thick but not difficult to apply. Dries fairly quick so there's not much waiting in between coats. It's super sparkly under direct light.

BP-L004

I added some stamping over Neutrino but I didn't want to cover it all up. I used stamping plate BP-L004 from bornprettystore.com with stamping polish from M Polish, Guilded.

I hope you guys enjoyed this post and loved this polish.

You can find Starrily Neutrino and more gorgeous polishes at livelovepolish.com


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Powder Perfect To The Moon and Back Swatch & Review

Hey lovelies!

Today I have a swatch and review of Powder Perfect To The Moon and Back, my first Powder Perfect! This is a Live Love Polish Exclusive Limited Edition. I'll be showing you some stamping over it using a stamping plate from Bornprettystore as well. So let's get right to it!

Powder Perfect To The Moon and Back under indirect light

To The Moon and Back is nude holographic polish with tiny silver flakes. My swatch shows two coats plus Seche Vite fast drying top coat. 

Macro under indirect light

I took some photos under direct daylight bulbs to try to show you the holo. It's so pretty that I think my photos don't do this polish justice!

Under direct light

Macro under direct light

BP-X08 bornprettystore.com

I used the butterfly image from stamping plate BP-X08 from bornprettystore.com to stamp over this pretty nude polish. I used Salon Perfect Oil Slick (black polish) and a clear stamper as well.

Butterfly stamping over To The Moon and Back

I loved this polish. Indoors it looks like a normal nude polish but in the sun you can see the gorgeous holo and silver flakes! Formula was great. Self levels very well after the second coat, dries fairly quickly and it smoothes out with top coat. I'll sure be getting some more Powder Perfect polish in the future!

Powder Perfect polish is handmade in Australia and cruelty free.
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Purple & Red Vday Nails

Happy Monday everyone!

Let's get right into today's design. I wanted a not so common color combo so let's take a look. 

Leesha's Lacquer Witches Brew

I love how the red pops over this gorgeous purple base!

Items used MPolish INAV, clear stamper from bps, Zoya matte top coat
Leesha's Lacquer Witches Brew, Moyou London Pro 09,
Seche Vite top coat

I used two coats of Leesha's Lacquer Witches Brew from her Holloween collection. I'm not sure if it's still available but you can take a look at Witches Brew swatch here. I stamped over my two middle nails using MPolish I Need A Vacation with Moyou London Pro-XL 09. 

Applied one coat of Seche Vite top coat and since I wanted a matte look I applied one coat of Zoya Matte Velvet top coat.

M Polish 'I Need A Vacation'

Here's another look at this heart stamped mani. I think I should've stamped all my nails! I might be using this color as a base for more stamping over it soon!

What do you think of this look? Hope you guys enjoyed today's post. Don't forget to check out the other bloggers looks for 14 days of Valentine's on the InLinkz below.

Thank you for stopping by. Happy polishing! ;)

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Purple gradient nails

Hey beauties!

So I thought I was out of my funk but nope. I can't seem to get inspired to do nail art. I gave it a try today and I think it came out ok. 

I did some stamping over a purple gradient. It looks blue for some reason though.

Picture polish M Polish OSTP!

Macro

I started with two coats of OPI You're Such A Budapest

OPI You're Such a Budapest two coats no topcoat

And since I'm out of liquid latex I put tape around my nails and sponged on OPI Do You Have This Color in Stock-holm? along with You're Such A Budapest.

Pictured polish Do You Have This Color in Stock-Holm?

Remember those days using tape? Lol

Gradient top coated with Seche Vite

For the stamping I used a FB group custom from M Polish called Oh Shit That's Pretty! And a plate gifted to me in a secret Santa swap.

Stamping plate JQ-03

Charm item #21397 from bornprettystore.com

For another look I applied this charm provided for review from bornprettystore item #21397 in option #8 with some flat back opal pearls around it. I thought it was going to be a bit smaller or maybe my nails are too short for it. So for now it feels too big for my taste.

Use my code SMPX31 for 10% off regular priced items from bornprettystore.com They have world wide shipping. You can also find Bornpretty stuff from Amazon.com. 

I hope you guys enjoyed this post.

Thank you for reading. Happy Friday!

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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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Poinsettia Nails

Hey my friends!

I've got my last Christmas/holiday mani to share with you guys today. I haven't done Poinsettia nails so that's what I went with. Take a look below to see how I created this mani.

Poinsettia image Uberchic Beauty

I used two coats of Envy Lacquer Apple Pucker on thumb, index and pinky and did some subtle dots along the side. On my middle and ring finger I used two coats of Bonita Nail Lacquer Golden Girl. I topped everything with one coat Seche Vite top coat.

For the Poinsettias I used Uberchic Beauty Christmas-01 stamping plate. I used the advanced stamping technique (I think that's what it's called), where you pick up the stamp and fill in the image on the stamper and then stamp it onto the nail. 

Take a look at these quick photos. I'm sorry I had to use flash.

Picked up image

I stamped with Sinful Colors Black on Black.

Filled in image

I filled in the image with Envy Lacquer Apple Pucker and Berry Pop using a dotting tool. I waited for it to dry a bit and then stamped it onto my nail. I went along the edges with an orange stick and then picked up the excess with tape. I cleaned up a bit with a brush with acetone and applied two thin coats of Seche Vite to smooth everything down. I did the same for three more nails. 

Poinsettia macro

I really liked how this mani came out that I wore it for two days. I've been wearing my manis a bit longer than just a day now. 

Hope you guys enjoyed this look. Let me know if you've tried stamping this way before or what your preferred method of stamping is.

Happy Holidays!

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Read my review of Envy Lacquer Fall Rock Candy trio HERE.

Bestie Twin Nails with @color.obsessed

Hello my friends!

It's BTN time again! This time I did BTN with @color.obsessed from Instagram. We decided on a design from a gorgeous dress I found on Pinterest.

Here is the collage.

Top myself
Bottom @color_obssesed

I love her version. It's so pretty! Don't you think?

My solo:

Polish Pictured OPI Yoga-ta Get This Blue

I did a blue gradient followed by a glitter gradient and then a coat of fairy dust from China Glaze. Final step was stamping. I stamped an image from Pet'la Plate Flake No More with M Polish Bronze. I also used the clear jelly stamper to help me with my placement. If anyone wants a review for that stamper leave a comment below. 

M Polish Bronze

Gradient before the stamping

I used OPI Yoga-ta Get This Blue, No Room for the Blues and Rimmel London Blue Eyed Girl for the gradient. I sponged on Revlon Holographic Pearls on the tips and then applied a coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust. Topped it off with one coat of Seche Vite top coat.

Matte version

I wanted to see how it looked matte so I applied one coat of Zoya Matte Velvet. I loved it so much more! I didn't want to take it off ever!

Macro matte version

That's it folks. If you have any questions leave them below. I hope you guys enjoyed these BTN.

Follow @color_obsesed on Instagram to see her lovely work.

Thank you so much for stopping by. Happy polishing!

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Peacock water decals review

Hey there! 

I've got some pretty Peacock nail art to show you guys today! I received these Peacock water decals from bornprettystore to review a couple weeks ago and I finally got to use them. These are item #21786 option C253 and you can find them here.

Polish Pictured LE F.U.N Lacquer Daydreamer

I applied the water decals on my index and middle nails and paired them with some peacock feather stamping over F.U.N Lacquer Daydreamer. This shade was a LE polish I bought from livelovepolish.com this summer.

Peacock water decals item #21786 option C253

The water decals come in this pretty packaging. There's ten images and they come in different sizes. You can select whatever images you want to use. I only used two images for this mani so I can do a couple more manis later on.

The directions to use come on the back of the packaging and are pretty easy to follow. I have seen that some come with the wrong directions so be careful with that.

  

Water decals from bornprettystore.com

 Here's another look at this mani. I really love the result of it and I will definitely do it again soon.

Again these are item #21786 option C253 and you can find them here.

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