Anchor&Heart new indie polish swatches!

Hello everyone!

Many of you might know about that amazing giveaway that ms_sparkle_polish hosted on rafflecopter few weeks ago, the one with a ton of sponsors.

Well, I happened to be one of the lucky winners, and I got paired with the very talented maker of Anchor & Heart Laquer.

The indie brand is located in Portland, and it will be released on May 15th!!

Until then I have 2 beautiful prototypes to show you, that hopefully you'll get your hands on soon, A bright pink and a purple that that going to be on my nails a lot this coming summer.

First prototype is a bright pink, very creamy and extremely easy to apply! If all the store brands would learn how to make polishes that actually GLIDE on your nail, the world would be at pace.

I got this effect in 2!! coats. It is fully opaque by the time the second coat is applied.

This adorable polish is full of shimmer, that sparkles almost holographic. I took a macro shot of the polish so you can see how beautiful it is.

Honestly I'm not happy with the way my photos for this polish came out, just because it's artificial light and it does not do it justice, BUT I will have a design coming up soon featuring this polish and........kitties! where I will make sure I give you outdoors experience when it comes about the sparkle of this polish.

The second prototype, it's a beautiful creamy purple that I am absolutely in love with. It has tiny purple and blue flakes and glitter that makes is dance in sunlight. I actually had some trouble taking photos because of how the irridescent glitter reflects. It changes from purple to almost fuqsia depending on how the light hits.

I got this look with 2 coats only. It was extremely easy to apply, no streaks. And here's a macro shot of the polish to see how rich it is.

Both polishes are fast dry and extremely good quality. I personally look forward to more and more creations from Anchor & Heart. I will leave bellow the instagram where you can follow the maker and where you will get all the updates to when the line will be released and how to get them!

Hope you enjoyed it!

DeeDee

Surprise!!! With a bursting heart I present the logo for Anchor & Heart Lacquer!! It was designed by Second Bay Studio out of Maine and she really brought to light all the things I was envisioning! I highly recommend here if you need design work! I'll add her website link to the comments!! #anchorandheartlacquer #itsgettingREAL 😍😍

A photo posted by Taryn ~ Anchor & Heart Lacquer (@anchorheartlacquer) on Mar 27, 2015 at 6:28pm PDT

Anime nail art

Hello everyone!

Hope everyone had a great easter this year and you're enjoying the spring as much as I do.

Today I will show you an anime design that I absolutely love. BPS sent me this great plate to show you. I was soooo happy when I found this full anime portrait on it. I wish they would put out more anime plates that we can customize because they're so much fun!

The plate is BP32. You can find it and the other plates in the collection on www.bornprettystore.com

Is one of the most original and fun plates in my collection. I used 2 patterns from it for this design, the anime girl and the full heart pattern.

Polishes:

• Broadway Nails- "snow white"
• WNW megalast- "silver lake"
• Spoiled by WNW- "i have no reception"
• WNW wild shine- "hallucination"
• BPS stamping polish black
• BPS stamping polish white

I also used this set of 12 acrylic paints to color the pattern.

I made some step by step photos so here's the steps on getting this beauty colored.

1. Polish you nail with a light color. I used white
2. Stamp the pattern and clean anything you don't want.
3. Fill in the colors with acrylic paint or polish. You don't have to stay within the lines.When it dries up seal it with top coat on the stamper and let it dry.
4. Gently peel the stamp with tweezers and turn it face up to see the result.
5. Adjust it on the nail, cut the excess and seal with top coat.
6. Stamp the rest of the nails and seal.

For the rest of the nails I stampped the heart pattern in the traditional way. 

I like it so much. It's faster than it looks, especially if you have more stampers laying around. If you like anime art this plate is perfect to get your nail art to the next level.

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Colorful easter nails

Hello everyone!

Even though I'm celebrating easter next week, since I live in USA I thought to do an easter mani anyway, so I came up with this colorful nail art design.

I used a stamping plate with fine details and a very soft stamping technique to make it look a little more faded.

I didn't want the design to pop up TOO much, so I used a thinner polish from LA colors, to stamp, instead of my stamping polish, The design is still visible, but not too striking.

Polishes used:

• Sally Hansen Triple Shine "Clam up" (base color)
• Kleancolor "Pastel purple"
• Kleancolor "Pastel pink"
• Kleancolor "Pastel yellow"
• Kleancolor "Pastel blue"
• Broadway nails high shine top coat

I used a sponge to dab random spots on my nails for the colorful effect. I tried to make it looked like colorful cracked shell, I think it came out pretty good.

I stamped the floral pattern over it and sealed it with top coat. Wait until it's completely dry until doing that, because some top coats tend to smear the design, especially the ones that are for glossy looks.

For the accent nails I used the wheel of studs from bornprettystore.com that I can honestly cannot find anymore.

The ones I used were the pink squares and round metallic studs.

The plate I used for the design is plate BP 17 from BPS.

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I hope you liked today's design and I wish all of you a happy easter!

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Spring flowers (advanced stamping)

Hello everyone!

Today I'll be showing you a mani I've done few days ago using a plate I already posted about 3 posts ago, using it just in its simple way. The plate is BP 53 you can find it here.

I couldn't help but turn the pattern on this plate a little bit, and do a reversed stamping instead. The pattern asked for color!

You can see the review of this plate here:
http://deenailsblog.blogspot.com/2015/02/full-pattern-stamping-plate.html

For the base colors I used:

• Sally Hansen triple shine "Clam up" for the stampped nails
• Kleancolor "pastel purple"
• Sally Hansen Xtreme "Pixel perfect"

For the reversed stamping I used the acrylic paints and brush set from bornprettystore.com

The process went exactly like in my last post that contains a step by step video.

Stamp the pattern with black polish. Keep it on the stamper and paint within the lines with acrylic paints.

When the paint is dry, apply a generous amount of top coat over it and let it dry completely.

Peel it off using a pair of tweezers and apply it on the nail like a sticker.

You can clean the excess with a file on the free edge, and use acetone around the nail and the cuticle.

Apply another layer of top coat over it and ta daaa.

It's a super fun way to throw your nail art at the next level.

Questions always welcome. let me know in the comments if there's anything you'd like me to add.

As always you can use my code DALK31 for a 10% discount and free shipping off regular priced items with no minimum order only at BPS.

Starry design reversed stamping with BP49

Hello everyone!

Today I had to come in with more spring colors and I did a super fun reversed (advanced) stamping using one of the new www.bornprettystore.com plates BP49.

You can find the plate here for $2.99.

A lot more plates are coming out on the 26th of march in the BPS plates category  and they will be on discount for a little bit after they come out, so if you're a stamping lover like me, don't forget to head over there when they release the collection!

I picked this particular plate for my  nail art design because it's so bold. The lines on it come out perfect everytime which makes it super easy to fill it on with color. There's nothing abstract about it, so you can go crazy with the coloring.

It features a full round pattern, with any spot being able to be used at will.

For my design I picked an area and removed whatever I didn't want with a cotton swab dipped in acetone.

I used acrylic paints that I purchased from here . You can also use polish but I wanted the precision I can get with a detail brush.

All the steps are in the video above.

Polishes used for base:

• Bps holo polish nr2
• NYC- high line green
• WNW wild shine- sparked
• Pure ice- lucky charming
• BPS black stamping polish
• Top Coat

I also used these black star rhinestones on the pink nails for a little effect.

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