OPI New Orleans Water Marble

Hi beauties! Sorry it's been awhile. I was really busy on the weekends last month and I also went on vacation to Cancun with Mr. Heartnat. We had a great time getting spoiled at the resort we stayed at, exploring Chitzen Itza, and partying at Coco Bongo!

Today I have a water marble I did back in May. I tried using a new topcoat, Poshe, to see if it would make my polish last longer than Seche Vite. It didn't last longer for me and it smudged my water marble since it's not as thick and easy to float on the nail. I've smudged water marbles with Seche, it was just a bit worse with this one. I used OPI Crawfishin' for a Compliment, Suzi Nails New Orleans, Spare Me a French Quarter, and She's a Bad Mufaletta. I'm not crazy about how this turned out, but I like the colors together.

Bee Nail Art

Hi loves! I have a cute bee mani to share with you today. I used OPI GelColor My Twin Mimmy and stamped using MoYou London Pro 06 and Holy Shapes 05 in Mundo de Unas Black. The black is OPI GelColor Never Have Too Mani Friends and the yellow-gold glitter is Madam Glam gel Gold Digger. These were really fun to wear and very eye catching!

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 Got Myself into a Jam-balaya & MoYou London Holy Shapes 01

Hi friends! Quick post today. Here's OPI Got Myself into a Jam-balaya stamped using MoYou London Holy Shapes 01 in Essie Good as Gold. The glitter is OPI My Favorite Ornament. Lurve how this turned out!

Bundle Monster Festival Stamping Plate Collection--Review

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Hi festival go-ers! Today I have a stamping collection that's just for you--the Festival Stamping Plate Collection from Bundle Monster. There's 10 small square plates with tons of images to choose from. 

OPI GelColor Super Cute in Pink stamped using BM-S301 in Mundo de Unas Aqua

OPI Suzi Nails New Orleans stamped using BM-S308 in all 6 Bundle Monster Weekend Warrior polishes

I loved this collection! I'm not a festival go-er myself, but I definitely felt Coachella vibes with these fun images on my nails. I was worried that I would have some difficulty picking up or transferring the intricate lines of the images, but I'm happy to report I didn't have any issues. Get your set here for $14.99 or here individually for $2.49 each.

Bundle Monster Weekend Warrior Creative Art Stamping Polishes--Review

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Good morning beauties! Today I have the Weekend Warrior stamping polishes from Bundle Monster to review for you. There are 6 polishes in this set including a coral red (Rose Garden), orange (Teepee Tipping), yellow (Gobi You), neon green (Empire Club), sky blue (Astronomical), and purple (El Dorado). The consistency was very thick and stringy, but pigmentation was great. I stamped over OPI Suzi Nails New Orleans using Bundle Monster BM-S308 with all 6 Weekend Warrior polishes. I was pleased with the transfer and pigmentation, but when I topcoated, the purple bled. I was pretty bummed about that, but I'lll still be giving these another try. You can purchase these here for $19.99 or purchase them individually here for $4.99 each.

Madam Glam Gel Matte Top Coat Review

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Happy Friday everyone! Today I'll be reviewing a gel matte top coat from Madam Glam. It comes in a different bottle than their regular SOG's. It's a cylindrical bottle shape and it's 10ml instead of the usual 15ml. Here I used Madam Glam gel Cherry Party and stamped using MoYou London Mandala 02 in Mundo de Unas Black.

I used 1 coat of top coat on my nails that I didn't stamp and 3 coats on my stamped nails (I always topcoat before stamping and do 2 after to protect the design). Don't do what I did. I had THE. HARDEST. TIME. removing this mani! The nails I topcoated once took about twice as long as it usually takes me, but the ones with 3 coats of TC were not budging and I had to scrape and file off.

Aside from my removal nightmare, the formula was pretty thick. It felt like a glue type of consistency and it took a little effort to work with it. The matte effect looked great though! If I were to use this again I would definitely just do 1 coat of this topcoat and that's it (and I'd probably have to go sans nail art). You can purchase this product here for $19.95.

Madam Glam Soak Off Gel Polish--Stylishly Fashionable

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Good morning! Guess what I have to share with you today. You got it--another SOG from Madam Glam. This one's called Stylishly Fashionable and it had the usual perfect, creamy formula as all of their other cremes. I stamped over it with MoYou London Holy Shapes 03 in Mundo de Unas Bronze. Thank goodness for clear stampers now otherwise placement would have been a nightmare! You can purchase this gel here for $19.95.

Madam Glam Soak Off Gel Polish--Peachy

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Hi beauties! Today I have another gel polish from Madam Glam to share with you. This one's called Peachy and it's a perfect peach creme. I stamped over it using MoYou London Pro 14 XL in  Mundo de Unas White. You can purchase this polish here for $19.95

Madam Glam Soak Off Gel Polish--Dangerously in Love

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Happy Saturday friends! Sorry I didn't post last week. I've kinda been in a funk and my laptop I've had for the last 5 years has been SUPER slow. The good news is I got a new laptop this week and it's so much faster than my old one! YAY! I'm super happy about it so hopefully since my laptop is faster,  I'll be more motivated to post. 

Here's Madam Glam Soak Off Gel Polish in Dangerously in Love. It's a stunning raspberry with scattered holo glitter in it. I don't have any gels quite like this one and it's beautiful in the sunlight. The formula was a little bit thick to work with than my other MG creme gels, but it was definitely still manageable and worth it. You can purchase this polish here for $19.95.

Glam Polish River Deep Mountain High & MoYou London Bridal 06

Happy Friday! Quick post today. Here's another one from the archives. I used Glam Polish River Deep, Mountain High and stamped using MoYou London Bridal 06 in Mundo de Unas Black.

Glam Polish Respect & MoYou London Explorer 03

Happy Saturday! Here's a mani I found in the archives. I did this back in May 2015. Here's Glam Polish Respect and stamping decals made using MoYou London Explorer 03, Mundo de Unas Aqua, and Color Club Sweet Getaway. Sweet Getaway is on my index & pinky too. I love how bright this is. It makes me wish summer was here already!

OPI My Twin Mimmy & MoYou London Holy Shapes 03

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Happy Sunday! Here's OPI My Twin Mimmy stamped using MoYou London Holy Shapes 03 in Mundo de Unas Black. My ring finger has OPI Never Have Too Mani Friends. I got perfect placement using Fab Ur Nails clear stamper and I absolutely love it! I would normally avoid using an image like this over regular polish, but I did it and I got the placement down perfectly on my first try. The stamper firmness is halfway between firm and squishy. The only thing I had to get used to is that this works best to stamp straight up and down because I usually stamp by rolling. Thanks Johanne for letting me try this stamper! You can purchase it here from her online shop.

Madam Glam Purple Pink & MoYou London Tropical 02

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Good morning everyone! I can't believe it's April already. I feel like this year is flying by. I have another beautiful gel polish from Madam Glam to share with you. This one is Madam Glam Purple Pink stamped using MoYou London Tropical 02 in Mundo de Unas Pastel Yellow & Neon Green. It had perfect application and coverage as usual. This is 2 easy coats. I adore shades like this, but in regular nail polish they're usually so quick to chip. I'm so happy I finally have this shade in a gel! You can purchase this gel polish here for $19.95.

OPI New Orleans Saran Wrap Marble

Happy 1st day of Spring! I had a fun-filled weekend on Friday & Saturday. Mr. Heartnat, a couple friends, and I went to LA to go to a Suns vs Lakers game and while we were there we did some tourist-y things like visit LACMA, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, TCL Chinese theater, and go shopping. Today was an awesome lazy Sunday! Anywhoo, here's this cool saran wrap smush marble I did a few weeks ago with OPI Let Me Bayou a Drink, OPI Humidi-Tea, and OPI Take a Right on Bourbon. I like how delicate this turned out.

Lucky Nails with MoYou London Festive 21

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Hi friends! St. Paddy's Day is coming up and that means I can finally use my plate from MoYou London that I got last year. Here's OPI I Cannoli Wear OPI stamped using MoYou London Festive 21 in Mundo de Unas Black. The green is OPI I'm Sooo Swamped and the gold is China Glaze I'm Not Lion. I lurrrve how these turned out! I used my new clear stamper from Fab Ur Nails and it would've taken me so much time and so many attempts to get this perfect placement, but instead it just took ONE. I can finally say bye to starting all over when I stamp over regular nail polish. Yay for clear stampers!

OPI Show Us Your Tips & MoYou London Pro 06

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Happy Saturday beauties! Today I have a quick mani I did to try out my new clear stamper from Fab Ur Nails. I used OPI Show Us Your Tips and stamped using MoYou London Pro 06 in Mundo de Unas White. Pinky has OPI Liquid Sand Solitaire. Now this image didn't need that much help with placement, but it definitely helped. I have a lot more manis coming up that I did with my new clear stamper that make me so grateful to finally have a clear stamper in my life!

Madam Glam Soak-Off Gel Polish--Chic Madam

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Happy Monday! I meant to post over the weekend, but I've been sick for almost a week now and decided to just rest. Here's a swatch of Madam Glam soak-off gel polish in Chic Madame. I wore this by itself with no nail art for a week and so many of my co-workers complimented on the color. It applied like butter and wore perfectly as usual. You can purchase this polish here for $19.95.

OPI Never Have Too Mani Friends & MoYou London Holy Shapes 07

Hey friends! Here's a mani I did back in January. I used OPI Never Have Too Mani friends and stamped using MoYou London Holy Shapes 07 in all 6 China Glaze New Bohemian Luster Chrome polishes (Deviantly Daring, No Plain Jane, Rare & Radiant, Swanky Silk, Unpredictable, and Want My Bawdy). I will love these polishes over black 5-ever!

Bundle Monster Lotus Mat Review

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Happy Saturday loves! Today I have the Bundle Monster Lotus Mat to review. It's a large, silicone mat you can use for many things like making decals, testing stamping combinations, swatching, mixing colors, and protecting the surface of your workspace. 

Here are some decals I made.

OPI I Manicure for Beads and stamping decals made with Mundo de Unas Black, MoYou London Explorer 27 plate, and filled with OPI Spare Me a French Quarter, OPI Rich Girls & Po-Boys, and OPI I'm Sooo Swamped

OPI Crawfishin' for a Compliment and stamping decals made with Mundo de Unas White, MoYou London Explorer 03 plate, and filled with OPI Got Myself into a Jam-balaya, OPI She's a Bad Muffuletta, and OPI Suzi Nails New Orleans

The sizes of the nails on the mat are kind of massive.

Overall, I love the mat. I have it on my nail desk now. It works great for decals and protecting my work space surface and is easily cleaned with acetone and cotton. The only thing I would change is make the sizes of the nails on the mat smaller since it doesn't give you a realistic idea of what the decal will actually look like on your nail. Other than that it's great! You can purchase the mat here for $13.99.