OPI GelColor Galaxy Nails

Hey friends! Today I have some galaxy nails I'm quite proud of. I've been wanting to try out different methods with gel for awhile now, but I've been too chicken to try anything like a gradient in case it got all over the sides of my nails and skin. I decided to try out galaxy nails since I use a smaller piece of sponge and have less of a chance of getting gel on my skin.

I sponged on random spots using OPI GelColor Give Me Space, Oh My Majesty, Cosmo with a Twist, I'm in the Moon for Love, Let Your Love Shine and stamped using PUEEN 75 in Mundo De Unas White.

It doesn't look like I used all of those polishes, but it was really hard to photograph! I did my right hand first and sponged on the gel heavier, but thought it was going to look like too much and went lighter on my left hand. I should've just sponged on more. I'll do that next time since I finally got out of my comfort zone with gel.

Bundle Monster Gel Polish Button Down & PUEEN 80

Happy Memorial Day everyone! Sorry I didn't make time to do a Memorial Day mani this year. Here's a mani I did a little over a month ago--Bundle Monster gel polish Button Down stamped using PUEEN 80 in Essie Penny Talk.

OPI GelColor Look At My Bow & PUEEN 29

Hello...Kitty! Who doesn't love Hello Kitty? When I saw that OPI was making a Hello Kitty collection I couldn't wait to get them all. I love the colors so much that I purchased the entire collection in both gel and regular polish. I know, I'm crazy. I wore this a couple weeks ago and it was my first official mani of 2016.

Here's OPI GelColor Look At My Bow stamped using PUEEN 29 in Mundo de Unas Black. Ring and pinky have OPI GelColor Never Have Too Mani Friends.

Polished by KPT Audrey and PUEEN 76

Hi beauties! Quick post today. This polish was given to me by the lovely Katherine of Polished by KPT when we had a nail meet up this year and I've finally got around to using it! Here's Polished by KPT Audrey stamped using PUEEN 76 in Mundo de Unas Silver. Thanks for sharing another one of your lovely creations with me Katherine!

OPI Sheer Tints Gradient & PUEEN 08

Hey friends! I almost wasn't going to post this mani because all my pics with the bottle kept coming out crappy and the stamped stars look like blobs, but I decided to share it anyways because I spent so much time trying to get a good pic of it. I used a base of Glam Polish Now You See Me and then did a gradient using all 4 OPI Sheer Tints: Be Magentale With Me, I'm Never Amberrassed, I Can't Teal You Like Me, and Don't Violet Me Down. Then I stamped using PUEEN 08 in Mundo de Unas Black. I'm not sure why the stars look like blobs because they looked really clear on the stamping plate. I wonder if it has anything to do with the sheer tints--anyone else encounter this issue when stamping over them? 

Red & Black Lace Nails

Good morning everyone! Today I have a mani to share with you that I did back in March. I can't believe I actually have this much stuff to post that these are from that far back. It's because I've been swatching a lot lately and it's really hard for me to swatch without stamping over it. I guess it's a good thing because it's made me so productive!

For this mani I used Gelibility base and top and stamped using PUEEN 27 in Mundo de Unas Black. The red is OPI GelColor Coca-Cola Red, one of my all-time favorite reds!

Love on Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day my loves! Quick post today because Mr. HeartNAT took today off to spend the day with me. Here's Gelish Gossip Girl stamped using PUEEN 41 in Mundo de Unas Violet and Bundle Monster BM-H16 in Mundo de Unas White. I also have a new nail shape for the first time in forever! Work has been so crazy right now and I have to do stuff 100 mph so I rounded them off to have less breaks with my squares. I will probably go back to square when work slows down. Hope you all have a wonderful day! <3

Double Stamped Valentine's Day Hearts with PUEEN 77

Happy shopping Saturday my friends! OMG I went on a shopping spree today and it was awesome. The OPI Hawaii collex was one of the many things I got today so be on the lookout for those in my upcoming posts. Today I have my first Valentine's Day look to share with you all. I made this into a gel manicure with Gelibility and I loved wearing them all week. I used OPI Kiss Me I'm Brazilian and stamped using PUEEN 77 in Mundo de Unas Neon Pink and White. Stay tuned tomorrow--I'll be posting my review of the new brand of stamping plates by Uber Chic Beauty!

Color Club Under Your Spell & PUEEN 74

Happy Friday friends! Quick post today. Here's Color Club Under Your Spell stamped using PUEEN 74 in Mundo de Unas White. Under Your Spell was my favorite from the Color Club Seven Deadly Sins collection. You guys are probably sick of me posting Color Club after all my posts over the last week lol. Not to worry, I have my first manis that I actually did in 2015 coming up this weekend and they don't include CC!

Color Club Friends With Benefits & PUEEN 83

Happy New Year! 2015 is here and I'm super excited to see what this year holds in store for me. I can't call this my first mani of the new year since it's from November, but I want to get all my saved up manis posted before I start posting new ones. Here's Color Club Friends with Benefits stamped using PUEEN 83 in Mundo de Unas Black. And since you're all dying to know, I'm headed to have some pizza and beer in a bit. You won't be hearing me make any new year's resolutions to stay away from pizza! <3

Picture Polish Mad Magenta--Swatch & Review

Press Sample

Hey lacqueristas! Oh my goodness someone get me off my computer, I've been doing more online shopping than I planned on. Good news is I am saving tons of money on what I would have spent on regular price so I can't complain, but seriously, after this post I should really get off my computer! Yikes!

Today I have my 3rd Picture Polish to show you. Over the past couple weeks I showed you Electric Dream and Freya's Cats, so now let's take a look at Picture Polish Mad Magenta. This is one of those slightly neon purply pinks which I absolutely love, but have a hard time capturing. Swatch below is 3 coats plus topcoat, but you could get away with 2. Mad Magenta had a smooth formula, was easy to apply, and had a fast dry time. I was actually pleasantly surprised with the formula because similar neon colors like this are usually tricky to apply. 

I hadn't really intended on posting this stamp job since I was just messing around, but here's Mad Magenta stamped using PUEEN 25 in Konad White.

You can purchase this polish here for AU$10 which is around $9.11 in USD. Shipping is a bit pricey depending on what country you're from, so if you're in the US like me, you can also check out Llarowe, Overall Beauty, or find a seller in your country on Picture Polish's Network page.

Card Themed Twin Nails

Good morning! I don't know if how many of you follow nail accounts on Instagram, but there's something called "Bestie Twin Nails" where two users collaborate to do the same manicure and post them together. Yesterday I did my very first Bestie Twin Nails with Nail Stamp Fanatic. We went for a mani using advanced stamping technique, card theme using red, black, and white, and 2 images on PUEEN 34. For these types of twin manicures, the users can either do similar nails and just pick things like colors and design, or do an all out matching manicure. That's what we decided to do. I used OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, China Glaze Liquid Leather, and OPI The Spy Who Loved Me and stamped using PUEEN 34 in Konad Black and Konad White. I just learned advanced stamping last week, and I have to say I'm really pleased with how these turned out. This twin thing was really fun to do and Nail Stamp Fanatic and I are already planning on doing a holiday one! Since advanced stamping is new to my content, here's a link to the tutorial I used by none other than Nail Stamp Fanatic! Have any of you taken part in Bestie Twin Nails?

Born Pretty Store--Stamping Polish Review

Hey loves! Today I have stamping polish from Born Pretty Store to review. Of course you know I love stamping so I was excited to try these polishes out. Their stamping polish set comes with 5 colors: black, white, red, yellow, and blue. I primarily use Konad polish to stamp with, so I created a couple manicures comparing polishes from both brands. Both manicures are shown with topcoat. Let's take a look at the results.

Here's the set of 5 polishes from BPS. The blue polish I got is a sky blue, whereas the one pictured on their website is a dark blue.

Here I used yellow and white from both brands. My index and ring finger are stamped with Konad polishes. The image came out opaque and crisp from my 1st attempt on each finger. I used Born Pretty polishes on my middle and pinky. What is on my middle finger is my 5th attempt and on my pinky is my 2nd attempt. The yellow is barely visible and the formula was thin. The white is opaque, however, it dried so fast and gave me issues when applying the stamp to my nail. When I would roll my stamper over my nail, the image just didn't want to adhere to my nail. 

(stamp is from PUEEN 28)

Here I stamped my index and ring finger with Konad polishes and the images came out opaque and crisp. I stamped my middle and pinky finger with BPS polishes and the results were mixed. The images transferred onto the nail well on the first attempt so there were no issues with application. The black polish actually worked quite nicely--crisp and opaque and remained that way even after topcoat. The red and blue on the other hand are faded and they became even more faded with topcoat. 

(image is from PUEEN 44)

The only polish that impressed me and that I would recommend is the black polish from Born Pretty. It is not as dark as Konad, but I would say it's a good alternative. I would say Born Pretty black special polish ranks just after Konad Black and MASH Black. I did not have any issues with streaking after topcoat and cleanup was a breeze. The white polish was very opaque which I was also impressed by, but it dried so fast that it gave me a lot of difficulty with application. The red, blue, and yellow are not opaque and I wouldn't use these to stamp. You can purchase the set of 5 stamping polishes here for $6.93. Get 10% off your entire order using my coupon code: NV7X31.

OPI My Very First Knockwurst & PUEEN 27

Good morning! Today I have a stamped manicure using one of my new stamping polishes. It feels great to wear a manicure that I got to be creative with and not review a product. Sometimes I feel like I grow apart from my roots (stamping) when I do a lot of reviewing. That's not to say I don't enjoy reviewing products, but I just love myself a nice stamped manicure! For this manicure, I used OPI My Very First Knockwurst and stamped using PUEEN 27 in China Glaze Red-y & Willing. Red-y & Willing is also the color on my index and pinky. It's one of the new polishes from China Glaze's Autumn Nights (Fall 2013) collection. The ones I got from that collection to stamp with are: Scandalous Shenanigans, Tongue & Chic, Don't Make Me Wine, and Red-y & Willing.  I usually ALWAYS buy complete China Glaze collections, but I haven't been impressed with their last 2: On the Horizon or Autumn Nights collection. That's actually kind of good because I have been buying a lot of new MoYou London stamping plates so at least there is balance in the universe (my bank account) lol.

OPI Vant to Bite My Neck & PUEEN 26

Hey beauties! I had a lot of fun over the weekend camping for my 2 year wedding anniversary. This was mine and hubby's 2nd time camping together with my sister and her husband and I think we will start going annually. Also I mentioned in my last post that I was entering that mani in a contest on Instagram and I just wanted to let you know that I won! I was so happy to wake up to that this morning. I won some KIKO polishes from the UK. Can't wait to receive my prize because I've been wanting to try that brand.

Onto today's mani. I did this quickly last week just to have something to post. I've been wearing a gel polish for about a week because I'm going to review it and it's kind of preventing me from changing my nails. For this mani I used OPI Vant to Bite My Neck and stamped using PUEEN 26 in China Glaze Harmony. The base photographed so dark I'm not sure why, but this actually did look very pretty in person!

Here's some pics of hubby & I camping at Big Sur, CA over the weekend.

Stars & Chevron Stripes

Hey everyone! Sorry for the lack of posts. I would've posted something yesterday, but when I was going to do my nails the power went out. Anyways, here's my 4th of July mani. I wanted to do a few, but I've just been busy the last few days. For this mani I used OPI Swimsuit... Nailed It and OPI Danke Shiny Red and stamped using PUEEN 24 and PUEEN 03 in Konad White. I would've used some other images, but I'm so anal that I like to use images in the same set or brand lol, psyyychooo.

OPI Black Onyx & PUEEN 49

Happy Friday! Today I have another mani using my new PUEEN Love Elements plates. I am really loving them! I think I said that already, but I will say it again because they are awesome! My nails are the longest they have been in quite a long time and the images are still able to cover everything. That's including my thumbs because the images are longer AND wider than a lot of my other brand plates. YAY! I do own some other plates with large images, but these images actually come out crisper than those. Ok I'll stop lol. Here's China Glaze With Love and OPI Black Onyx stamped using PUEEN 49 in Konad White.

P. S. I just ordered PUEEN 25F set halfway through this post LOL. I have kind of been going back and forth on both sets and I couldn't resist the other! I LOVE STAMPING haha!

OPI Chic from Ears to Tail & PUEEN 28

Hey loves! Today I have another mani using my new PUEEN Love Elements plates. So far I'm really enjoying them and I'm happy I purchased them. I'm always hesitant before trying out a new brand of stamping plates because there's so many brands popping up now. I'll write a review on the plates towards the end of the week. For this mani I used OPI Chic from Ears to Tail and stamped using PUEEN 28 in Konad Black. I really loved how these came out, especially because the diagonal design isn't a common image on my other stamping plates.

Rainbow Gradient & PUEEN 38

Hey beauties! Today I tried out PUEEN stamping plates for the first time. I have seen a lot of people using these lately and I just had to buy some of my own. I really like the variety of images on them. For this mani I did a gradient using China Glaze Bottoms Up, China Glaze Happy Go Lucky, and Essie In the Cab-ana and then stamped using PUEEN 38 in Konad Black. The accent is OPI Metallic 4 Life. I had originally had all of my nails with the gradient, but during clean up my middle finger sadly got destroyed and instead of redoing the entire nail I decided to just use a glitter polish. What do you ladies do when a nail gets messed up, do you leave it alone or fix it?