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Showing posts with label free-hand. Show all posts

Sunday, February 5, 2017

Born Pretty Store 2 Flower Pattern Water Decals Review

In this post, I will be reviewing the 2 flower pattern water decals from BornPrettyStore. These decals caught my eye because they are black and white. They leave you with so many options! Let's take a look at these decals.
 With so many ideas in mind, I didn't know where to start first!  

For my first design, I painted Wet n Wild Clear Nail Protector (clear coat) on a sheet protector in squares and let it dry. Next, I cut out sections of the top decal and placed it on the squares of polish on the sheet protector to make my own decals. I smoothed the water decal out with a dry Q-Tip and hit it with the blow dryer for bout 30 seconds. After that, I filled in the flowers with acrylic paint. While those were drying, I painted my nails with one coat of Funky Fingers Dark Knight (my go-to black polish), and topped it off with one coat of Seche Vite. Then, I trimmed the decals to be closer to the size of my nails and placed the decals on my nails, starting by the cuticles. I cleaned the edges up with my ELF concealer brush. Once I was happy with the way they looked, I finished this look off with another coat of Seche Vite. Here is how this one turned out:

 I am so happy with the way these turned out!

For my second design, I painted two coats of Funky Fingers Gesso (my go-to white polish) and topped that off with one coat of Seche Vite. Once that was dry, I used Gesso, and Sinful Colors Pink Smart, Baby Blues, Bright Lucite, and Unicorn and did a Saran Wrap design. When I was happy with the way the colors looked, I smoothed it out with another coat of Seche Vite. (I love the way it looked. I can't believe I didn't get a picture of it!!!) As soon as the top coat was completely dry, I went through the steps I used in this post to apply my water decals. I finished them off with one last coat of Seche Vite. Here is the final look:
These look absolutely beautiful. The colors were a bit brighter in person
This would make a great Easter or spring time manicure!!

Overall, I like these decals so much. You can fill them in with so many different color combinations, or put them over any light or medium color or combination of polishes. They are so versatile. They are so easy to use, even with long or curved nails. I would order these again in a heartbeat! You can find these decals on the BornPrettyStore website, here. They also have tons of other great nail art supplies. Don't forget to use my coupon code for 10% off any regular priced items.
 



Until next time,



Sunday, October 25, 2015

March & April 2014

A Look in the Past

March & April 2014

I am going to cut right to the chase on this post :). Here are some more designs I have done. These are from March and April 2014. These designs are watermarbling, freehand, a few swatches (although, I couldn't tell you what colors they were, lol), and I even threw in a water decal and some stud designs. 

 
These two designs were done with water decals from Born Pretty Store. I was sent these decals complimentary, for review. They can be purchased here

   

The color above is Sephora by OPI Charge It! topped with Sephora by OPI I Found A Pot of Gold!


This one was done with Wet n Wild Black Creme. I topped it off with NYC Matte Me Crazy. Then, I used a dotting tool to dot Wet n Wild clear coat on top


 
 These studs are from Born Pretty Store. They can be purchased here. I was sent these studs complimentary to review. If you decide to order this, or any other product from Born Pretty Store, you can use discount code PCX31 for 10% off regular priced items.

I hope you enjoyed this Look in the Past. Check back for more nail art soon :)

Thursday, October 22, 2015

February 2014

A Look in the Past

 February 2014

For so long, I have been trying to figure out how to get all my pictures posted in a way that made sense. I have so many, and it was overwhelming. Instead of getting caught up, I just keep getting more behind and nothing gets done. I decided the best, and fastest, way to get myself caught up is to post several a day until I am caught up.

I got into nail polish and nail art at the beginning of 2014. I am not sure what got me into it, but I kind of got sucked in, and went crazy. I started off with freehand and water marbling.

These designs are from February 2014, and were done mostly with Sinful Colors and acrylic paint. This post is going to be quite picture-heavy! I'm sorry :)