Pastel Watermarble

I have not water marbled for close to a year. I decided to give it a go today. I think Ive still got it even though this picture turned out awful. Hope you enjoy.

The colors are pastel, I promise. My camera didnt want to cooperate well today. I think it has to do with the fact that my walls are BRIGHT PINK and it puts a funky color into my light box. I may have to change where I take my photos.

Items Used:

Duri Rejuvocote

China Glaze-White on White

Nabi-Angel Peach

Nabi-Pastel Green

Beauty Secrets Top Coat

I am super happy with how the Nabi polishes worked in the water. I was concerned at first, but they actually work very well.

Stay tuned, sometime this week I have some items from Winstonia to review.

Neon Flowers and Rhinestones

It's been a while since I've had nail art to post. You ever had one of those periods of time where you just dont want to. Well I finally got around to doing my nails today. I'm somewhat ok with how these turned out however due to the heat my polish would not dry at all. So as soon as i took the pictures I had to make supper and they basically melted off. Every thing I touched would pull the polish in all sort of funky directions, so I ended up taking it off. All but the accent nail.

I wish I could have captured the neon better than I did. It was so bright.

Items used:

Duri Rejuvacote

China Glaze-White on White

Sinful Colors-24/7

Broadway Nails-Sunshine Disco

Polish Addict Nail Color- Cool Summer

Topped with Beauty Secrets Top Coat

Dotting Tools

Rhinestones

I was hoping the yellow of the flowers would end up more neon but it kind of mixed with the pink making the orange.

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Aly's Dream Polish Review and Swatches

I received these 3 polishes from Aly's Dream Polish to review. I was not expecting them so they are a little late because I got lazy and forgot to check my mail. Normally I don't go out of my way to check the mail unless I know I'm getting something. Lol. Bad habit. Anyways, On to the swatches.

First up we have TiffanyTea which is part of the Macaroon collection. Its a very pretty greenish blue holo. Application was smooth. I used 3 coats.

Next up is Intense Blurple which is a gorgeous purple holo. I'm a sucker for any purple polish. Application was smooth and I used 3 coats.

Lastly we have Hottest Pink (<-----Which that is not, blogger doesn't have a hot pink font color). This is a Hot pink holo. Application was smooth and I used 3 coats.

Overall I loved all 3 of these. I thought since my favorite color is purple, that would be the one I'd like more. I was wrong. After swatching these I am now wearing the pink. I will be wearing these all at some point or another. Application was smooth and easy on all 3. 

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Comic book nails/Born Pretty Store Review

Today I have a 2 in 1 post. Comic book style nail art and a review of born pretty store brushes I received for review. You can find the review for the stamper set and glequins that I did HERE.

Here's what I used for today's nail art

Lets start with the brushes from Born Pretty Store. I had ordered brushes from Winstonia and received those at the same time as the ones to review from Born Pretty Store. The only difference I found in the 2 sets is the bigger brush of the 3. The Born Pretty Store brush is a bit bigger and thicker than the ones I had ordered from Winstonia. Other than that the Born Pretty Store brushes are a really good quality and worked well for the nail art I wanted to achieve today. 

These are the 2 that I used in today

's nail art

After cleaning the brushes in between each color they bounced right back as if I had just opened them. I love how thin and pointed the tips are and the handles are pretty sturdy and not wobbly. I had an issue with a set of brushes I had ordered about a year ago where as soon as I took the little plastic piece off the tip of the brush it had popped off from the handle. No issues with that here.

Close up of the 2 brushes

Overall I would highly recommend these brushes to anyone. Now onto the nail art that these brushes helped create. I also want to point out that I have never made such small and straight lines with other brushes I've had.

Had to pose with the brushes used

Items used for today's post

Duri Rejovacote

China Glaze-White on White

China Glaze- Pool Party

Nail Tek Quicken (Used in between layers)

Wet N Wild Matte Top Coat

Black, White, and yellow acrylic paints

Dotting tools

00 and 000 brush from Born Pretty Store

You can find the brushes from this post by visiting the Born Pretty Store Website or a direct link to the brushes are here. 3 Pc Brush Set

Also dont forget that I have a 10% discount code that you can use when you checkout at the Born Pretty Store. After 10 uses of this code we can have a sponsored giveaway from the Born Pretty Store.

Born Pretty Store Review | Stamper and Sequins

I was sent a few items from Born Pretty Store to review. I have a stamper/scraper set and some glitter sequins to show you.

First up I'm going to show you the stamper/scraper set. I am extremely impressed with this stamper. The stamper itself is so squishy and works 100 times better than my old one. I will definitely be using this one from now on. It is double sided with a larger stamper on one side and a smaller stamper on the other. The scraper is just as good. I finally have an all plastic scraper that will not damage my plates.

The only downside to the squishy-ness is you get dust and hair and everything else attaching to it. Nothing a cotton ball and some polish remover cant help with though. I just wiped it before each use.

Below you will see the difference the scraper makes. I used to get so mad after seeing all the scratches on my plates. Not Anymore!

Scratching caused by old scraper

Here you can see no scratching.

 Now for some stamping. I want to point out that I LOVE the idea of stamping but hated stamping. I just could never get it to work. I found my problem after trying this. It was the stamper, Not me!

It picks up the entire image smoothy and transfers great. Expect to see more stamping from me coming up.

Now for some sequin glittery goodness.

I have never used these before so I cant exactly compare them to anything but I can say it extremly fun to use these. There are so many different things you can do with them. I was half expecting the shine to go away after applying top coat, but as you can see...They still shine! I love these. I will be using them more coming up.

I've got one more item from Born Pretty Store to review, but I'm going to leave that for another post. I have a 3 piece brush set to show you next time. Until then you can check out Born Pretty Store by using any of the links below.

You can find the stamper set at this link---> Double Sided Stamper Set 

Here you can find the Glitter Sequins---> Shiny Glequins

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Inspired By: Nautical Nails

Today's nail art was suppose to go up as the final day of the Let It Snow Challenge as the recreate your favorite from another blogger. I totally spaced off putting them on the blog, so I'm thinking I'm going to have an inspired by series starting with this one.

The inspiration for these comes for Katherine of Rambles of a Polish Addict. She created these for the Let it snow challenge for her stripes challenge. I've been wanting to do nautical for a while so I decided to recreate her nails. So here they are. Hope you like them.

Polishes Used:

Sinful Colors-Cold Leather

Sinful Colors-Precious Metal

Jordana Pop Art-The stylist

Acrylic Paints:

Flag Red

White

Tools Used:

Dotting Tool

Nail Art Brush

You can see the original post from Katherine by clicking the link below.

Katherine's Post

Valentines Nail Art

Valentines Day is tomorrow so I figured I'd share some valentines looks that I did. There are 3 different designs I'm going to show, one of those being an Anti Valentines for those who just aren't  a valentines person.

Polishes Used:

Wet N Wild Wild Shine-French White Creme

LA Colors-Wisteria 

Wet N Wild Megalast-Young N' Cheeky

Pink and White acrylic paints

Topped with Nail Tek Quicken

Polishes Used:

Wet N Wild Wild Shine-French White Creme

Pure Ice-Silver Mercedes

Broadway Nails-Gunmetal

Black and White acrylic paints

Topped with Nail Tek Quicken

Polishes Used:

Sinful Color-Unicorn

Sinful Colors-Island Coral

Sinful Colors-Cinderella

Sinful Colors-Tempest

Red Acrylic Paint

Topped with Nail Tek Quicken

I hope you liked all the valentines nail art.

-Ashley-