Snowflake nail art for short nails

Hello ladies. Today I'll be showing you a big sheet of stickers. They're intended mostly for christmas, but I made use of only the snowflakes, because it's the middle of winter anyway and it will keep snowing.

I received these stickers from the born pretty store christmas giveaway about 2 days after christmas, so I only made use of them now. They came togheter with a set of super cute water decals. Many of them are on discount now, so if you wanna grab them to have them for next christmas you can get them fairly cheap.

Here are the links:

http://www.bornprettystore.com/12pcs-gold-christmas-nail-sticker-lovely-cartoon-santas-snowman-christmas-tree-bell-patterned-p-10483.html

http://www.bornprettystore.com/sheet-exquisite-santas-lacy-snowflake-christmas-bell-pattern-nail-water-decals-transfers-stick-p-10830.html

I have no cons for these, which is rare, I always have at least one, but these are some of the best quality nail stickers I've used.

Stickers tend to lift when applied on a layer of polish that is too thick or when being overlayed with topcoat. Topcoat makes them curl usually in the corners. Well, I had absolutely no problem with these ones. They dont breake when being pulled off the sheet and don't lift at all. I have a layer of topcoat and a layer of strenghtner over them and they're absolutely fine. Plus, they come in so many shapes and colors that I didnt know which ones to chose.

Polishes and items used:

• Broadway nails-  Jessica
• WNW megalast- Hit the pavement
• WNW megalast- Telescope vision
• NYC- Starry silver
• WNW megalast- Whipped topping (for stamping)
• Stamping plate (not the same one as in the video but close)
• Stamper
• 2mm clear rhinestones
• Snowflake stickers
• Topcoat

I don't know where my plate comes from, because it came in a set that my husband gave to me, but I linked one that is close to the one I used in the vide, or at least has the snowflake close to it.

CUPON CODE DNLW10 : use that for a 10% site wide discount on www.bornprettystore.com

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Cute strawberry full tips review

Hey guys! Today I'll be showing you some adorable pre designed full tips from www.bornprettystore.com

You can find them HERE

I got these tips from the christmas giveaway and I'm absolutely in love with them. Right now I'm trying (again) to grow my nails some, so they took a break from acrylics and gels . They only grew for 2-3mm in about 6 months because of a deficency. These tips are letting them breathe some because they're extremely light and in the same time are preventing them from breaking because they don't bend at all.

Pros:

• extremely light weight
• cute design
• allows you to add details if you want to
• don't bend
• design doesnt chip
• 2 sets in one. 1 set pink, 1 set red
• 12 sizes (2 for each size)
• had no trouble finding the perfect size for my extremely small nails, without having to file the sides or the cuticle line
• affordable
• shinny
• depending on your glue they'll stay on for a week or more
• they can be reused (read more for details)

Cons:

• you can't chose the lenght, you can only use them over natural short nails

Tips:

• If you want them to stay on for a long time you have to prep your nail. Don't use any cuticle oil or cream on your nails for few hours before applying them. Clean your nails with a little alcohol and lightly buff the surface to take the shine off.
• Push back the cuticles to avoid lifting of the nails on the cuticle line.
• I personally didn't use the glue in the box. I use Nailene brush on glue. Don't over do it with the glue. It will get bulky under the tip and eventually fall off.
• Wait until the tip is completely set and the glue dry before applying the cuticle oil.
• Avoid air bubbles. If the oil gets under the nail it will peel off in minutes
• Don't use any kind of top coat on them. They are shinny as they are and I personally don't know if top coat or alcohol will smear the design
• Don't wear them for more than a week. Allow your nails to breathe some. When you want to take them off simply hold your nails in warm water.

How to reuse them many times?

• When you take them off you'll probably notice glue on them. Well that's gonna be a problem if you want to glue them back on later on,  because the glue will just build up and eventually the nail won't stick on anymore.
• Don't start rubbing alcohol over it. If you have an electric file that's the solution. If you don't have one there are super cheap ones at the dollar store, walmart and online and if you like wearing full cover tips, that's gonna be an awsome investment.

This is my old nail file with battery. This is what i use to clean the glue off the nail. I use the metal cone because it's very delicate and will not go through your false nail IF you're gentle. Right now I only use this electric nail file to clean up my tips and to shape my dog's claws.....

This is the drill I'm using right now for my own nails, that is strong enough to file through acrylic.

Here are the links for both files:

•  white battery operated file
• pink pen file 

Hope you enjoyed and found it useful!

The reviewed product was gifted to me by www.bornprettystore.com in a giveaway. All opinions are true and my own. Everything else was bought with my own money.

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Born pretty store review + my new year's eve mani

Hello everyone. First of all, thank you for being around this year, for all the views and appreciation I got from you. 2013 was my first year in the nail art world, I barely started this in march as a complete noob and I came so far already. Also thank you www.bornprettystore.com for all the support. Without it I couldn't have come so far.

It's my birthday in 4 days so I take this manicure as a a self glitzy birthday present as well as a stylish way to start 2014 tomorrow.

Here's the product I used to create this manicure. http://www.bornprettystore.com/5pcs-colorful-water-drop-cabochon-oval-precious-stone-nail-sticker-p-5601.html

I used nr3, the yellow oval ones. They come in packs of 5. After I got to use them for this design here's a list of pros and cons for them:

Pros

• 7 styles and colors to use from
• affordable, right now they're 99 cents
• they imitate a semi precious stone perfectly
• the flatback has perfect adherence to the surface of the nail, even over shinny polish
• topcoat is just fine to stick it on, i didn't have to use any glue for it
• each cabochon is slightly different in tone and details
• you can do a LOT of things with these. You can use your imagination and turn them into jewels like I prefered to do for this design

Cons:

• there's a little transparency to them and they will show a little from base color under them. That's the reason why my stones appear darker , because the color under them is black.
• if you put topcoat over them they might become unusable, as they are not made out of metal or, of course, real stone. If you try a design like mine, go around it with topcoat to seal the beads and rhinestones.

Here's the polish and material list and links for everything used for this design:

• LA colors (color craze)- circuits
• LA colors (color craze)- cactus
• Sally hansen complete salon manicure- golden rule
• Topcoat
• gold steel beads
• teardrop shaped black rhinestones 1.5mm (if you follow the link, they're nr 1 on the list)
• round clear rhinestones 2mm
• round yellow cabochons

For a 10% discount on your purchase you can use my code DNLW10 or the official code GPL91.

This design is also my entry for the born pretty store new year contest. If there's a voting phase I will let you know. Thank you for all the support.

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Born pretty store product review + new year's eve design

Hello and happy holidays everyone!

I received this pretty gift from www.bornprettystore.com yesterday in the mail and I was extemely happy that I could share it with you. I also have an elegant design using these cute beads, suitable for new years eve, in black and gold with some colorful confetti accent.

You can find these steel beads and the here 

Don't forget that right now born pretty store has a big new years sale. Grab anything you have on your wish list before it ends!

Pros: 

• the colors are extremely vivid
• you have a wide variety to chose from
• the shine is beautiful
• it doesnt dull under top coat
• all the beads are at the same size compared to generic ebay steel beads
• the ammount of product in the jar is double compared to the generic ebay ones

Cons:

• i really only have 1 that might not bother the others. The static in the jar builds up so fast that when you open the lid they jump out like crickets. You have to be really careful on it so they won't jump in your eye.

Here's a picture of the generic ebay steel beads (left) compared to the born pretty store beads (right). They were supposed to be same ammount of product and same color (gold). You can see for yourselves, no comment needed.

Here's the design I made using these beautiful beads

The product and material list::

• LA colors- circuits
• Milani- gold glitz
• Nicole by OPI- confetti fun
• gold steel beads
• round gold 2mm metal studs
• 4mm clear rhinestones
• topcoat

For products linked from www.bornprettystore.com you can get a 10% site wide discount using code DNLW10 at checkout.

Hoped you enjoyed it. Merry christmas and happy new year everyone!

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Easy diva christmas nails with bling and bows

A design in christmas colors, very easy to make. The bling nails only took about 5 minutes each. I have no idea how many 2mm rhinestones I put on each nail, but I just got myself a pack of about 15.000 or 20.000 (no joke) pieces for few dollars. I'll put the link on in the list:

Polishes used:

• Brodway nails -stripped off (ring fingers)
• NYC- high line green (index fingers)
• NYC- big apple red creme (all the rest)
• WNW megalast- on the 101
• WNW megalast- field of greens
• WNW wild shine- hallucination
• Topcoat from broadway nails

Materials:

• pack of 60 plastic bows
• pack of 15.000 2mm silver rhinesones 

On items from born pretty store, you can use code DNLW10 for a 10% site wide discount off items not found in promotion. Shipping is free for most countries, for some countries 3$ shipping will be charged for more package security because of the holiday peak.

Tips:

• use a generous ammount of topcoat to stick the rhinestones to your nails. too much topcoat, however, will get bulky between the stones and won't look good
• avoid using much topcoat over them, it will look horrible
• i used a very thin layer of glitter topcoat over the rhinestones to add some more sparkle
• use little glue to stick the bow on so you can take it off and reuse it
• avoid adding topcoat over the bow, it will ruin it
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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