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Sunday, May 13, 2012

Glam Polish 1500 Follower Giveaway!

Glam Polish recently hit 1500 followers, and to celebrate she is having an amazing giveaway featuring the upcoming China Glaze On Safari Collection.
Up for grabs is 6 polishes of your choice from the new collection! How awesome is that?!
All you have to do is be a public follower with GFC for up to 63 chance to enter. It is open to main land US addresses and Australia.
You can find all the details on Glam Polish, or click to ENTER

Acrylic mixes I made :D Pic Heavy

Here are a couple acrylic glitter mixes I made. They are so hard to photograph. Hope you like them.

My son actually picked these colors. He named it Optimus

Small blue glitter, small red glitters and small/med blue hex.

Small Green glitter, small/med green hex, and a pinch of small gold glitter

We call it Grassor

This mess is just a combo of all the small glitters i had. Horrid photo i know.

I will probably never wear this one but ill keep it for a bit.
So hard to photograph

I have already decided on which one i will use for my first free hand glitter tips, I'll post some pics of that soon. I also have a couple other mixes I made I may swatch in the future. What do you guys think about acrylic nails? Would you get glitter tips? What color combos would you like?

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Little Fingers

So my latest partner in nail polishing is my niece Monica. She always wants to play nail polish store, paint her nails, my nails, my boys nails, or just about anything else! Here are a couple pics of her modelling just for fun <3
When the kids play batman she is always catwoman, so she wanted tiger nails :D
Such a ham <3
Well just thought I'd share, for her next mani she has requested something killer whale-ish, with blue stamping and pinkish (her words), lol. When I come up with something that fits that description ill make sure to post! :D <3

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Black and Gold NOTD




Base is Essie Licorice
BM223 stamped with CND Gold Chrome

Stripe Zoya Goldie and dollar store jewels

Friday, April 27, 2012

Born Pretty Review- Complete Acrylic system

I have recently started doing my own acrylic nails and was in desperate need of supplies. 
Of course my first stop was Born Pretty Store.

I ordered the complete system for $16.59 and was not disappointed!

The kit includes 3, 30 gram acrylic powders in clear, pink, and white.

They all came with an inside seal so there was no spillage during shipping!










75ml Acrylic Liquid & glass dappen dish (see first pic)
 So my number one concern when ordering this set was the acrylic liquid. I contacted Born Pretty to ask them if their liquid contains MMA, they replied that the factory said it was MMA free. In all honesty I don't know if I believe it, just based on the smell of the liquid. It is really terrible, and has a weird smell to it. I have never personally smelled a confirmed mma liquid but compared to other liquids I have used (NSI, Nailene, Kiss, and American nail) it smells even worse. Also its a clear liquid, which may throw some of you off if you are used to the standard purple liquid.
The powder is great, the pink and the clear, dry completely clear, you hardly need to buff them. The white powder, I find, requires a dryer brush for application, I got a lot of runny wet balls when first trying it out. Final verdict: I love the powders! They can be ordered individually for $2.99 and can be found here : Pink, Clear and White. You can also order all 3 for $5.71 here .

Now on to the brushes; These were the main reason I ordered this specific set.

Hideaway in the handle end.
Acrylic brushes size 2, 4, 6, 8 & 10
#2, 4, 6, 8 &10


 This set included 5 sizes of brushes, in sizes 2, 4, 6 (mainly for 3d acrylic art) 8 and 10 (acrylic nail application) They have a metal handle which doubles as a hideaway lid, I liked these as I wanted a brush with a little weight to it. They came in great shape, and while they are not the highest quality, they are good quality, and I can see these lasting a while with the proper care. I don't tend to put the 8 or 10 back into the hideaway cap just because its a tight fit, and I don't want crazy bristles, but the smaller ones are no problem.

Clear acrylic over 'natural' nail tips
Finally Polished!

Overall I am really happy with this purchase, and would definitely recommend this set for beginners, or anyone who needs practice and doesn't want to spend a fortune on their products. Hope you guys enjoyed this review!
You can find this set here -> Acrylic System 3 Colors Powder Liquid Dish W/ 5 Purple Brushes


Born Pretty has also offered Coupon Code TENOFFK31 for 10% off all purchases, and don't forget they always offer free shipping!



**These products were purchased by me! Although I wish they were free :p

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Dragon Lady Nails 200 - 500 Follower Giveaway

Dragon Lady Nails is celebrating with an awesome giveaway!

 There will be 5 winners all together and each prize includes Polish, striping tape, 5 fimo canes and a cute glitter note book. 


Contest is open internationally to GFC followers. 
For more details click to ENTER
 

Friday, March 16, 2012

Pointless Cafe 1 year Blogaversary Giveaway!

Sheila over at Pointless cafe, has been one of my favorite bloggers for a while now, and she is celebrating a year of amazing posts with and equally amazing giveaway! 

Up for grabs is Butter London's Knackered and their 'Tops & Tails' set of base coat and top coat. This giveaway is open internationally. For full details click to ENTER