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

*This post contains an item(s) which was supplied for reviewing purposes however I will as always give my full and honest opinion.

Allo polish Pals!

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

Allo polish Pals!

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!

Mardi Gras Twin Mani with @Jodies_Nailz

Allo polish Pals,

How are you doing today? I hope you had a fab weekend, did you do anything exciting?

I just thought I'd let you know also that from now on I'll be posting Monday's, Wednesday's and Saturday's. I've always been pretty organised with my blog but posting every other day felt a bit too fast sometimes. Creating nail art and posting it, I was keeping up fine but I couldn't really get ahead of myself as much as I'd like.

Did you know that tomorrow is Mardi Gras? According to Google its also called Shrove Tuesday – Which is what I and my fellow English call it, although Mardi Gras translates to 'Fat Tuesday' in French (Yes, I always try and do my homework on time!) The 'Fat Tuesday' references the last night celebrations of eating richer and fattier foods before the ritual fasting of the Lent season. It is mostly celebrated all around the world in different ways.

Also in this post I'd love to introduce you to my dear friend, Jodie. She's an absolutely lovely lady and it was her idea to get together for our second twin manicure for Mardi Gras. Please go and check out her IG @Jodies_Nailz – She's a seriously skilled stamper with kickass manicures!

Jungle-Princess Nail Art! Freehand Leaves And Golden Stamping

Allo polish Pals!

How are you doing today? I hope your week is going well! I'm having fun being at home with my family (still missing Mr Bravo but I gotta make the most of this time with everyone) I just want to say... don't forget to come back on Saturday when my international giveaway starts!

Today's nail art was really spur of the moment, I wanted to do some more stamping but with freehand nail art too. I opted for gold.. and then had this sort o f jungle-like vision! I think it kinda does suit the idea, don't you? I added a gold feather stud from my Sea themed nail art wheel – You can see my review about those stud/charms here.

For this manicure I used my usual base coat of OPI's 'Nail Envy' and proceeded with two coats of NYC's 'Williamsburg Vintage' for my white base. Next I stamped using Barry M's 'Gold Foil' (the foils are amazing for stamping, why are there not more?!) and my Fab Ur nails plate, FUN16 plate. I really loved this pattern. I then applied a coat of my Pro-fx top coat, allowed drying time and then created some freehand leaves along the top of my nails.

For my ring finger I created a really thin line of green acrylic paint and tried to add a sort of..'adornment', some kind of princess-jungle like jewelry made of tiny Model's Own golden beads and the feather stud/charm.

When I'd finished this manicure I looked at my nails and sighed. I thought it was really terrible, but you know what? Its sort of grown on me. I think it fits the theme nicely!

What do you think of these Jungle-Princess themed nail art? Do you like to add studs and beads to your stamping?

Have a beautiful day! I'll catch you again on Saturday...for the giveaway!

Love

Ithi

Autism Awareness Month With Support Of TheFinderThings

*This item was sent to me to review but as always will contain my full and honest opinion.

Allo polish Pals

How are you today? I hope your having a better start to the week then I am, weird things are going on again and I woke up with my other eye almost completely swelled shut. I'm really quite a vision of beauty the moment...

Today I am sharing a manicure with you that celebrates a great awareness cause and that has the support of my friends at TheFinderThings. Since I first met TheFinderThings I was instantly impressed that they carry all sorts of awareness and support decals in their store. I love that they are using their knowledge and expertise to make a simple to use decal into something that can help educate others with awareness causes. You know just as well as I do, that for us our nails are often a talking point amongst our friends, family and the nail art community, so even wearing these decals can help spread the word. You can find their full range of support decals right Here. This is quite a long post so please click the 'read more' link below.

Modern Funky Christmas Tree

Allo polish Pals!

How are you today? Its three days until I go back to England now and I'm beginning to fap around like a frantic chicken; Trying to get all the laundry done so there's nothing waiting for me when I return in January but every time I turn around there is somehow more socks or clothing that needs to be washed. Phew. Today I am sharing my first real Christmas nails, I had so many idea's for making different styles of tree's but this is my first one :)

I started with two coats of DA's 043(?) I then used striping tape to create a triangle on the tips of my nails and painted it in with N07's 'Totally Teal'. Once that was dried I applied more tape to put a zig zag through the triangle and painted over with Essie's 'The More The Merrier'. I finally finished the manicure off by applying a mixture of cavier beads from MUA and Layla for the baubles and added a thin coat of Model's Own 'Gold Rush' over the N.nail star studs just because I believe a tree needs a fairy/angel/star/something at the top to finish it!

What do you think of this modern looking Christmas Tree? Have you started to create some festive manicures yet?

Hope you have a great day!

Love

Ithi

I Scream for Icecream: Layla Caviar Effect Nail Art

A featured item was sent to me to review but as always will contain my full and honest opinion :)

Allo polish Pals,

Did you have a great weekend? I spent my weekend visiting the market and having a swatch-a-thon in preparation for my visit to England – there will be scheduled posts while I'm away. I can tell you my nails are looking as forward to this break as I am! Today I have Layla's 'Caviar Effect Nail Art' to show you, this is my first time using caviar beads. I must have been hiding under a rock.

 

 

 

As you can see Layla 'Caviar Effect Nail Art' beads are incredibly tiny, perfect in size for adhering to the nail bed. As this was my first time I was unsure what to expect when it came to application but the inside of the bottle has a dandy plastic stopper thing that controls how much you pour out. I decided to pour over a tacky topcoat with my finger in a plastic cup to spare any wastage of the beads that didn't hit the nail.

The colour of the beads is a real mixture! Looking at the bottle and moving it in the light baffles me as it could well be there are only three colours in the bottle, but looking at my pictures I see all shades of beads! The most striking colours to stand out are pinks, golds and greens. I think it creates a wonderful 'sprinkle' effect in my eyes ~ Just perfect for ice cream! Overall these where a really fun experience and such a simple way to add some 'pow' to a manicure, I recommend Layla's Caviar beads!

For the entire manicure: I started with two coats of Color Clubs 'Normadic In Nude'. I then stamped using the CH11 with Konad's 'Special White' polish. On my pinkie I added melting chocolate around the cuticle using a nail art brush and Golden Rose's '28'. On my remaining fingers I applied a cloud effect using China Glaze's 'Pinkie Promise, Golden Rose's '28' and Models Own 'Banana Split'.

What do you guys think of this look, have you tried caviar beads before? What do you think, hit or miss?

Have a great day!

Love

Ithi