Winter Snowflake Nail Art With Gel Glitter And Silver Mirror Chrome Powder.

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How are you all doing? Can you believe we're at the end of the week again? And now only a couple days to go before Christmas. Are you excited?

For me the biggest part of Christmas is having everyone I love all in one place, all at the same time.

I'd like to say I'll be letting my hair down but I have work the next day so I better go easy on the vino, ha.

Today's nail art is in theme with the current weekly challenge over on Tiny Canvas, this time we are all creating snowflake nail art.

Do you remember that combination I did for Autumn, the magnetic polish with a slither of chrome mirror powder down the side? You can see it here. Well, I decided to try and recreate that look with a frosty winter twist!

5ml One Step Colourful Soak Off UV Gel Polish (4 Colours!) - Born Pretty Store Review

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I hope you are all doing awesome day. I'm looking forward to a fun filled weekend - I'll explain in an upcoming post and hopefully I'll be able to include some pictures. So while I'm posting I just wont be around to come blog visit for a couple of days. Tomorrow is also my parents 40^th anniversary, so happy anniversary you guys!

Today I will be reviewing four gel polishes from the Born Pretty Store. I was supposed to review five however one turned out to be a duplicate (It's ok, I really like that one, hehe!) These are 'One Step Colourful Soak Off UV Gel Polish' in 6014, 6032, 6022, 6059 (x2)

Freehand 3D Gel Cookie Nail Art

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I hope you all had an awesome weekend? Did you get up to anything fun?

Today's nail art comes with a little secret. While I've been working out hard and keeping up with all the healthy lifestyle changes I made recently.. sometimes while I am painting and working on blog post creations I take a little pause for coffee and biscuit time.

Its the perfect break when I am working on a really intricate and lengthy design. You gotta enjoy some things, right?

So today I have for you some 3D cookies on an equally dotty base! Funnily enough Maryland Cookie's started following me recently over on Twitter. I wonder if they'll approve of this nail art!

Born Pretty Silver Magnetic Polish & Cute Animal Water Decals - Born Pretty Store Review

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I hope you are all doing great today?

I had an awesome weekend, it was my nieces 7^th birthday so we popped round for a tea party on Saturday afternoon, in the evening our town had it's annual carnival so we all watched that followed by some cheeky fish and chips from the local chippy (rare treat!)

Today I am going to show you a few more items from the Born Pretty Store, I'll be reviewing the '10ml BornPretty 3D Chameleon Cat Eye Magnetic Gel Soak Off UV Gel Polish' and '4 Sheets UR SUGAR Water Decal Cute Animals Cat Dog Rabbit Bunny NailArt Transfer Stickers 051-054'.

Prepare yourself for a whole load of pictures!  

Autumn Leaves With Gold Mirror Chrome & Magnetic Nail Polish

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How are you all doing today? I hope you are having a great weekend so far (I'm aware I am posting this at 7am, ha) Did anything interesting happen to you during the week?

Now that we're officially in fall it seems only right to bring out the obligatory leafy fall nail art. I come to this point every year. Do I.. Don't I?...Each year I try and out do my previous efforts. This time I decided to use two products together that somehow seem like a match made in heaven, they seem to just 'glow' with each other.

Abstract Nail Art Video Tutorial & 1.5 Holographic/Gold Nail Round Sequin Paillette's - Born Pretty Store Review

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How are you all doing today? I hope your week is going better than mine.

I'm not having a bad week as such but I am struggling to sleep at all at the moment and I'm the kind of person who refuses to leave my bed so it means hours of rolling around trying to fall asleep. Any advice?

Today I have a review and a video for you. I 'm checking out Born Pretty Store's '1.5g Born Pretty Holographic/Gold Nail Flakies – 1mm,2mm & 3mm Round Nail Sequin Paillette's' – again with the long titles but that's ok, I'm not saying it out loud!

Below you'll find a video showing how I created this nail art. I thought it was simple enough that perhaps anyone could try it out. If you do please let me see!

"Rainbows" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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10ml Platinum Starry Bling Colourful Soak Off Nail Polish With Video - Born Pretty Store Review

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How are you all doing today? Tell me something exciting for you week? :)

In exchange I'll show you today how to paint a really simple duck..Yes a duck. Because you know you've always wanted to paint a duck on your nails... Ahem. I've been messing around with my filming set up and I am hoping to film more of my nail art in action. I am still struggling with positions – the main issue being.. How can I see what I am doing so that you can also see what I'm doing? I'll get there. There may be a few not so interesting video's while I get to grips with it all!

Today I am also reviewing Born Pretty Store's '10ml Born Pretty Platinum Starry Gel Bling Colorful Soak Off Nail Polish' – this a bedazzlin' little number.

Keeping it PG on IthinityBeauty, hello weekend! Let's not give a duck! 

Ultrafine Tiny Holo/Glitter Starry Nail Polish - Born Pretty Store Review

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How are you all doing today? I hope you all had a fabulous weekend?

 I'm still struggling to get my passport back. I'm not sure if I should keep my hopes up about the college course as they keep needing more and more proof of who I am. Funny thing is they found my blog. I was like.. “That's mine!!” Deary me.

Anyway, today I have pretty nail polish from the Born Pretty Store to share with you. I didn't actually select this one but I like surprises! This is 'Ultrafine Tiny Holo/Glitter Starry Nail Polish'.

10ml Holographic Star Moon Sequins Gel Bling Soak Off Manicure Nail Art UV Gel Polish - Born Pretty Store Review

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How are you all doing today? Welcome to September!

What's it like where you are, does it feel like summer has come to an end? I'm hoping it will be nice this weekend as we have a picnic planned with my niece, nephew, sister and mum. Its so nice being able to do so much with them! Its something I missed deeply. My heart is happy.

Today I am reviewing a gel polish from the Born Pretty Store, this is'10ml Born Pretty Store Holographic Star Moon Sequins Gel Bling Soak Off Manicure Nail Art UV Gel Polish' - looong names. Let's take a look, shall we?

Holographic Magnetic Cat's Eye Gel Polish - Born Pretty Store Review

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How are you all doing today? I hope you all had a fantastic weekend? Go on, tell me one highlight from yours and I'll swap one of mine :) - I got to spend my afternoon playing playdoh which feels like some kind of therapy, Its so relaxing just smooshing stuff together :)

Today I am taking a look at another nail polish from The Born Pretty Store. This is '10ml Holographic Cat Eye Magnetic Soak Off Uv Gel Polish' incolour #3'. This one boasts that you don't need to wear it over a black base!

First of all, I've never used a magnetic polish before so I was interested to try this one out. Not owning any magnetic polishes I didn't have any of those magnetic strips that these polishes come with – and this one was not supplied with one either so I improvised... By using my Niece and Nephew's 'Magnetix toy pieces! 

Rose Gold Mixed Studs & Opal Jelly Semi Transparent Gel Polish - Born Pretty Store Review

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How are you all doing today? I hope you are all having a great weekend?

I'm not up to much this weekend, I'll be working out, spending time with my family (I'm soaking them up after missing them so much in Holland, I'm enjoying even the smallest things like cups of tea with my sister!) Hopefully there will be a little painting time at some point!

Today I am taking a look at two more products from the Born Pretty Store, when I saw these I just knew I wanted to try them together! They are Semi Transparent White Opal Jelly Nail Polish (5gm) and 'Rose Gold Mixed Deocations Nail Art Wheel'.

I wanted to do this manicure because I liked how my bear nail art looked. If you missed that post you can see it here.

Sea Gems! 3D Colourful Fairy Bead/ Beach Mineral RhineStones - Born Pretty Store Review

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I hope you are all having a great week so far? I've not been able to do much blog hopping so far this week as I've been busy baby sitting but I'm looking forward to catching up on all your posts today!

I had some fantastic news yesterday evening, the doctor called me with the results of my last blood test and I did it! I've reversed the risk of getting type 2 diabeties, she was thrilled with my efforts and told me that its very rare to see a patient turn around the blood work scores as quick as I have. I'm so pleased with myself, all that hard work has paid off! Generally the things that were a little concerning are now doing fine!

Today I have another Born Pretty Store review for you – this time I am taking a look at '3D ColourfulFairy Bead/ Beach Mineral Rhinestones' in colour choice #3. I've combined with some freehand nail art.

 

Freehand Abstract Nail Art With 3D Elements

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How are you all doing today? Can you believe we all climbed to the top of the week and now we're all sliding down the weekend slide?! Wahoooo. I hope you all have something fun planned.

After a week of feeling a little up and down and banging my head against the wall I *may* have found a college course for nails! It seems perfect, 1 night a week for 16 weeks to get a lvl 2 certificate. Wahoo, I hope luck is on my side and it is possible!

This month in Tiny Canvas the weekly challenges are all thought of my moi, I had fun coming up with themes I thought everyone would enjoy. I tried hard to think of themes that everyone would feel comfortable in taking part in. I love it when lots of members join in, its fun to see everyone's designs.

The first prompt I thought of was abstract & 3D elements. I told them to all go nuts, there's no wrong or right in abstract art!

6 Colours Luminous Graffiti Glow In The Dark Nail Art Powder - Born Pretty Store Review

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How are you all doing today? I hope the weekend got you recharged and ready to go for a happy and fun week ahead?

My parents came home and had a whole bunch of lovely polishes and delicious olives for me from Greece and I surprised my mum with a lovely bouquet of flowers. I also got to spend more time with my niece and nephew which is always lovely. I got my nail polish and nail art storage ordered! I'll update you with pictures when its all finished!

Today I have another item from the Born Pretty Store to share with you; This is '6 Colours Luminous GraffitiGlow In The Dark Nail Art Powder' and let me tell you... these don't only glow, they burn through your retina's!!! ..in a good way of course.

It looks pretty normal worn alone.. ;)

These arrived all in individual little bags and contained the following colours, one white, two pink shades, a green, yellow and a powdery blue. Each little pot contains approximately 3.8g-5g which is actually quite a lot – you'd get quite a lot of use out of these. I was AMAZED with how glowy these really were, I hadn't know what to expect but this
far exceeds the glowability of any glow in the dark polishes I've ever tried.

To get these babies to be super charged I merely held my hand/pots under my photography light for a few seconds, the glow is SUPER intense and so, so cool. I wish I had come up with some kind of clever design but I was having a brain-fart kind of day and unluckily I couldn't see what I was painting properly as I did these in the evening. For that reason I am unhappy with my acrylic-gradient...it doesn't even look much different between red/orange :C Note to self, buy desk lamp.

Application wasn't overly complicated. I knew I'd be using gel so I went ahead and applied my NYC peel off base coat first. I applied two coats China Glaze's 'White On White' (my new favourite white) and once dry I got to work on adding the powders.

To add the powders I mixed a small amount of the powder on a piece of foil and mixed with a small amount of my Born Pretty Store UV Soak Off Gel Top Coat. I then proceeded to brush this onto my nails and cure with my UV lamp. I repeated this step two or free times. I finished it off by adding a thin coat of gel top coat and cured a final time.

Final Feels? What do you think of this powder? I feel like Born Pretty Store are really showing us that gels can be so much fun and not quite as scary as people think! I really like these powders and I can't wait to think of more ideas where these will rock a design so hard! 

 What do you think of my glowy pin wheel? Have you tried glow powder before?

Thank you for stopping by, have yourself an awesome day. I'll see you again on Wednesday for what looks like booby-nail art. Niiiice.

Love,

Ithi

5g Soak Off Fur Efrfect UV Gel Polish - Born Pretty Store Review

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Allo polish Pals!
How are you all doing? I hope you've had a great week, do you feel like lots of positive things happened?
I'm doing well. I'm generally really happy. I've slid into my pattern with a breeze. This past week I've been on my own as my parents have been away (they came back last night) and it was actually nice to have the house to myself – after the past few weeks it was like putting on the breaks. I've kept myself extremely busy with all sorts of jobs around the house, blogging, being Auntie Ithi. The highlight has been getting up at 6.30 to work out and going going to bed every night with my little black cat. Every day we've started and ended our days together this past week. Missed him so much! I'm finding the beauty in the simplest of things.


My ikea helmer came!...And then it returned. It was bent and damaged and now I don't think I want to go with a helmer as the metal seems so thin.. so the nail polish storage hunt continues. I'm limited with sizes due to built-in furniture but I'll figure something!


Today I am showing you another item from The Born Pretty Store. I've been excited to show you this one! Sadly the nail art is a little..hrrm.. but this stuff is pretty fun! This is '1 box 春の歌5g Soak Off Fur Efrfect UV Gel Polish in #10' – D'awww check out the packaging!

I was so intrigued after seeing this in the Born Pretty Store that I decided I wanted to try it! You know my gel experiences are fairly limited and really tame so I had no idea what to expect or really even how to apply it.

I absolutely love this stuff. Can I have the entire collection? If you see the picture of my nails with just the UV gel on.. I really like how it looks there. It was so shiny, so smooth. I wouldn't say it makes me think of fur right away but I love the effect it gives. Its subtle and gorgeous.

First of all my heart was captured by the packaging, I love how this isn't just a boring round pot, instead it has a sort of mock-antique look to the design which is really cute – and then the bear.. Oh isn't he adorable?! Paws up!

How did I apply it?
Upon opening I was a little surprised by the gooey contents (although what was I really expecting if not gooeyness?!) but I got to work. I applied my NYC peel off base coat because the idea of anything gel-like being stuck on my nails terrifies me! I then took an old rounded eyeshadow brush and began to gently dab/brush on the UV gloop. At this point it wasn't looking like much and I thought this would be a really embarassing review but I did a thin layer and cured it under my lamp. I repeated this twice more and did a double take. Somehow it had come together beautifully and once the colour had built up a little I was smitten. I applied a coat of Born Pretty Store's UV Gel top coat and voilà!


conclusion? I personally really like it. I don't really like a lot of fuss when having to apply a coat of colour but I wouldn't say this was too much hard work, certainly not enough to put me off. I love how glossy and smooth it looks and I would certainly buy more of these based on my experience with this one. For those of you who are not into gel perhaps its not for you – or if you worry about gels on your nails try the peel off approach as I did but I highly recommend this fun little bear pot!


Have you worn a liquid gel like this before? What do you think of my twinning bear?



Have an awesome weekend my friends, thank you for stopping by! I'll catch you again on Monday for more nail art fun!..

Love,
Ithi

Irregular Colourful Crystal Rhinestone Nail Art Decorations - Born Pretty Store Review

 

*This post contains an item(s) that was provided for reviewing purposes however I will as always give my full, honest and completely unbiased opinion.

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How are you all doing today? I hope you had a fantastic end to your week. Do you have anything awesome planned this weekend?

I'm looking forward to spending more time with my Niece and Nephew – They have loved having me home! I'm still having to tell my Niece I'll be there for her birthday and I'll be there for Christmas and that I'm not going anywhere. Too cute!

Today I am showing you an interesting item from the Born Pretty Store – I wasn't too sure what to expect when I picked this to review but I am just in love with this stuff! This is 'Irregular Colourful Crystal Rhinestone Nail Art Decorations'– or I'll put it more simply... brightly coloured shell-like bits!

Just a warning.. I took this picture before sorting out my new light set up so please excuse the quality!

These beautiful bright pieces come in black pot with a clear lid and contain approximately 2g. On the website there are two colour options, the colourful (This one) or a clear version which happens to look a lot like opals I think. The pieces in this pot range from all different colours, there are pink, red, blue, yellow, green..and more. It is a good mix and fairly distributed through the spectrum for an even mix of colours.

How? I wore these by gently dropping them on top of my wet top coat. I love how these look. I feel like they give a really cute beachy look, these would look great with a beach style manicure (why am I only thinking of this now?!) Once they were on the nail I pressed them ever so gently, just to tease any sticky-up ones into laying flatter. The lines were simply swipes of acrylic paint.

Overall I really love these and I think I'll be dipping back into the pot again in no time. I like the mixture of colours and how they stay rather nicely on the nail – I would say though.. if you are expecting a long wear time on these I'd suggest finding a sturdier way to attach them then just top coat.

What do you think of the colourful shell-like pieces? Do you love or hate wearing 3D nail art pieces?

Have a super weekend guys, thank you so much for stopping by! I'll catch you again on Monday for some more nail art fun!

Love,

Ithi