'Eyes Gradient Water Decal' - BeautyBigBang Review.

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Allo polish Pals!

How are you all doing today? I hope you had an amazing start to your week.

I'm just getting back into routine, my weekend trip was amazing. Storm Brian actually wasn't too bad where we stayed. We had showers and strong wind but it didn't rule the weekend or leave us trapped in doors like we had feared. I had to stay in a bunk bed because my sister was worried the kids might fall out of it if they stayed in there and I am pleased to tell you I only bumped my head once! I'll add some pictures to the bottom of the post for those of you who are interested!

On to nails now though, today I am going to be showing you some 'Eyes Gradient Water Decal' from BeautyBigBang.com – I've got a few more reviews after this one to share with you but then I have decided to no longer review for the BornPrettyStore or Beautybigbang.

Skull/Floral Rose Water Decals - BeautyBigBang Review

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

Allo polish Pals!

How are you all doing today? I hope you had a fantastic weekend :)

Mine was a very quiet one but I got a lot of house work done, found time to work out (weekends tends to turn that upside down) and got myself nice and organised.

Today I have another review for you, I'll be showing you some Skull/Floral Rose Nail Water Decals from BeautyBigBang.com.

I'm just gonna say... out of all the water decal designs I've ever tried, these probably fall into my top 5!

These water decals come in a typical 10x pattern sheet and contain mixed rose and skull patterns. I personally love this design and I was excited to see if they looked as good in person and they totally did, the designs are very clear and crisp. I love the rock/chic vibe that these have and think they could look so cute paired with spiky studs or studded accent nails! I decided to wear each one though just to show you how they looked.

If you've seen me review decals before you'll know that occasionally I'll come across some that are just not wide enough for my thumb nail however I was pleasantly surprised with these!

They are the solid types of decal (white background instead of sheer) so they applied nicely on top of my Barry M White nail polish – which in all honesty was very streaky as I am getting quite low!

I also tried these decals with a scattered holo by applying Polish Me, Royalty's 'Unicornicopia' which looked stunning! However I sort of messed them up while walking Luna before I could get into the sun so I don't have any decent outdoor sunlight pictures to share. I'm sorry!

Overall though I love these decals and think they are SO wearable, wouldn't these be so cute for festival season? Even if you don't feel brave enough to skull-out on every nail they would make badass accents!

What do you think of these skull & floral water decals? Are you a fan of wearing water decals? 

Thank you for visiting, I'll catch you again on Wednesday!

Have a beautiful day,

Love

Ithi

Chic Flower Water Decals - Born Pretty Store Review

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

Allo polish Pals!

How are you today, I hope your weekend is taking a fabulous start. Do you have anything nice planned?

All the guys are out at a darts game today so the house will be nice and quiet, I always take advantage of this time to get things done around the house and of course some nail art time.

I'm also really looking forward to working out today as I had to have a rest day yesterday which left me feeling lazy and fidgety all day!

Today I have some water decals to share with you from the Born Pretty Store, these are '2Patterns Chic Flower Nail Art Water Decals – BP-W10' and I thinkthey are super for spring/summer! 

IthinityBeauty's 'Magical Spring Time Giveaway' - Open Internationally.

Allo polish Pals!

How are you all doing? I hope you are having a great week so far :)

I told ya I'd have a surprise for you! 

As a little token of pure gratitude for your continuous support and kindness I'd like to host another giveaway – truth be told I'd love do to these every month but alas.. I can not. But right now I can and its INTERNATIONAL, BABY!

This giveaway has a slight holographic/fantasy theme to it. One lucky winner, from anywhere in the world will win the following prizes (also listed below)

The Prizes are:

1. Galaxy/Moon Necklace

2. One round stamping plate (BP -25)

3. One large rectangle unicorn stamping plate - (L045)

4. One fantasy owl/dream catcher decal sheet.

5. One bright rainbow coloured decal sheet.

6. 6 piece false nails – to practice or paint up!

7. Holographic chrome powder.

8. 1 tube holographic nail foil.

9. 1 pot gold foil/leaf (Great for crumbling onto nails)

10. 1 pot silver foil/leave (as above)

11. One large patterned stamper and plastic scraper.

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Rules

This giveaway runs from 3^rd April 2017 until May 3^rd 2017 – A winner will be picked at random within 2 days of giveaway ending. If the winner fails to respond to emails after 72 hrs a new winner will be drawn. Please read the terms and conditions stated in the rafflecoptor.

Good luck to everyone – if you follow me on Instagram you'll also see that you can get an extra entry by reposting my giveaway post!

Don't forget to let your friends know too so they have a chance of nabbing some goodies.

Have a beautiful day, my lovelies. Thank you for taking time to visit me! I'll catch you again on Wednesday! 

Love,

Ithi

Giveaways

Pink Paisley Nail Art & 3D Double Nail Decorations

Allo polish Pals!

How are you all doing today? I hope your week is full of wonderful things so far!

I'm sick again! As your reading this I am either scooting along on my bicycle to go cleaning or I am wrapped up in bed too worse for wear.

Today I have a manicure that was almost saved for Valentine's Day however it just so happens the theme prompt for the weekly Tiny Canvas challenge was paisley nail art so.. err... how convenient for me!

These nails were actually created in December (hence the length) and I kept holding them back as I wasn't sure if I liked them enough to post... But I guess the heart and diamond stud look sort of.. interesting so I'll see what you guys think!

Tip 'O The Day!  For my paisley print I used some old water decals I had left over from a previous manicure. I always keep my decal and sticker scraps because sometimes, even if its not a full set you can reuse a single decal for an accent nail that finishes a manicure off perfectly! Waste not, want not. 

For my base for the water decals I used Mezmris Nail Lacquer's 'Armor Up' base coat and followed through with Barry M's 'White' in two thin coats. I then used Mezmris Nail Lacqer's top coat, 'Armor' to seal everything in.  

For my accent nail I used two different types of studs/3Dembellishments on top of Catrice's 'Call Me Princess' from the Crushed Crystal's collection. The Heart can be found here, [my review] and the Diamond studs can be found here [my review]

Its not the typical type of manicure I enjoy but I think it has something to it, the heart and diamond combination make me think of engagements! No idea why! Studs like these I can't resist picking off soon after pictures, but I keep them and reuse them for special occasions!

What do you guys think of this girly pink manicure? How long does it take before you start picking your nail studs off?!

Have a fantastic day, my friends. Thank you for stopping by. I'll catch you again on Saturday for some more nail fun!

Love

Ithi

Cake Puff Water Decals - Born Pretty Store. PT .2

Allo polish Pals!

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

Its been odd here, very upside down and all over the place. Its been hard to paint and when I have I have not been amused with my results.

Hopefully this week coming I will be able to focus a little easier and I can enjoy painting at my new desk/painting corner.. Which I said I would show you so I will at the end of the post!

Today I am showing you a manicure which is actually part of a two piece water decal set from the Born Pretty Store. These are 'Cake Puff Water Decals'. I wont review it as such since I already reviewed the other half of the sheet but I thought I'd show you the design in use. To see the previous review I did just click here. 

Oh.. and this is with my longer nails! I like where I am at now, I'm staying at the length I am since the goldfish bowl nails!

2 Sheets Patterned (Paisley) Blooming Flower Water Decals - Born Pretty Store Review

Allo polish Pals!

How are you all doing today? I hope things are going great for you all.

Today I am showing you a set of two water decals from The Born Pretty Store, these are '2 Sheet Pattern Blooming Flower Water Decals'.

However I think I paired them in such a weird way!

Cake Puff Water Decals & Hologrpahic Accent - Born Pretty Store Review

Allo polish Pals,

How are you all doing today? I hope everything is going well with you.

You may or may not know whats going on with me depending on where you follow me. I've been pretty vague here but I'll just be to the point, yesterday we had to say goodbye to Mr Bravo's Grandma. I've become really close to her in the past four years, it's been heart breaking on so many levels and seeing my Dutch family in pain.

I had these posts all prepared and written up.. so I am going to carry on posting because while there is nothing to do I need to keep busy, at the same time because all these posts were ready I can still be as available as I need to be for my family. Thank you for all the well wishes, you guys are just beautiful.

Today though we have some really fun decals to look at from The Born Pretty Store. These are '2 pattern/sheets Cake Puff Nail Art Water Decals' (Phew, and I even trimmed the name down a little) which I have paired with a left over holo nail sticker. I'm not sure the two look great together but it certainly makes me think birthday party! 

Silver 6ml Born Pretty Stamping Polish - Born Pretty Store Review

Allo polish Pals!

I hope you are having a great week so far!
We're almost into December, does it feel/look festive where you are? I have been resisting the urge to feel Christmasy for a while if I am honest but I'm feeling it inside! I'm just having a hard time trying to make winter nail art... I don't like being cold OR thinking of the cold.. I actually have beach and rainbowy nails coming up soon...Oppsie.

Anyway, today I am showing you something that is also perfect for the festive season as well as all year round. Silver always looks beautiful in manicures so lets take a look at this '6ml Born Pretty Stamping Polish' in Silver...from.. The Born Pretty Store. Statin' the obvious there, eh?

This polish comes in a cute little square bottle and contains 6ml silver stamping polish. At first I was a little surprised at the size of the bottle but for the price it is actually not bad at all, considering it is for stamping and not applying on all your nails like a regular polish it should last a pretty long time. One of the first things I noticed while using this polish is that it doesn't have a very bold distinct smell like some stamping polishes, at least no stronger than a regular polish.

The polish itself is a beautiful shade of silver. Not too dark, not too like and it stamps on the nail with a beautiful foil-like finish so it catches the light perfectly and looks really interesting against all types of colours. It is for that reason that I actually paired it with the acrylic stamping, to see how it looked against the transitioning shades.

I found this polish to pick up the image very well pretty much every time (the times it didn't can be accounted to my stamping inexperience) and it was not too annoying to clean up around the nails. No one likes metallic fingers..

I had a really good experience with this polish and if I had to repurchase in the future I totally would, silver is one of my faves to stamp with and this one is no let down.

What do you think about this silver stamping polish? Have you tried any of the Born Pretty Store stamping polishes before?

Have a beautiful day my friends! Thank you for visiting, Don't forget to leave your thoughts below!

I'll catch you again on Thursday!

Love

Ithi

Lovely Lady Nail Art Water Decals - Born Pretty Store Review.

*This post contains an item(s) that was provided for me to review, however I will as always give my full and unbiased opinion. 

Allo polish Pals!

How are you all doing today? I hope you had a great weekend and start to the week.

I've been having that weird sinking feeling again, I feel like there is so much I need to do in the next couple weeks and the pressure I am putting on myself is really disrupting my freehand nail art.

I am rushing things and hating my end results, argh!

Today I am showing you a manicure that I think is really cute, these water decals come from the Born Pretty Store and are described as '1 Sheet Girl Nail ArtWater Decals Lovely Lady Nail Manicure Transfer Stickers' – always such long names.. These are in style C211.

First of all I have to tell you that when I made the decision between the C211 and the C210 style's I had such a hard time choosing. I mean.. the other one has a deer on it! A deer! But I really loved the style of these 'lovely ladies'. I used to be really into my anime and manga and I still do appreciate the art style of Japanese art. If your telling me I can get anime on my nails.. in under 15 mins? YES PLEASE.

Two Patterns Mixed Flower Nail Art Water Decals (Paisley & Abstract) - Born Pretty Store Review

*This post contains an item(s) that were provided for review purposes, however I will as always contain my full and honest opinion.

Allo polish Pals!

How are you all doing today? I hope you are having a good week and good weather too for that matter. South Holland is so indecisive right now, do you want to rain or not?! Make up your mind so I know if I need to bring an umbrella! :)

Before we get to the nails, I'd just like to tell you guys about something that happened yesterday. Something I find pretty awesome and which totally put a smile on my face. YouQueen featured me in an article they posted! The article is 'Top 13 nail bloggers you must follow' (click link, I'm featured at #01). I was delighted when they contacted me to take part and of course said yes – what I didn't know was who the other bloggers would be. So when I saw the wonderful and talented ladies who also featured in the article I was gobsmacked to be paired in the same article as them!! Literally, I've been a huge fan of these ladies for absolutely ever so I feel really honored! Thanks to everyone who continues to follow me on my nail adventures!!

Back to business! If you can call it that, when is nail art ever a chore..or  business?! Today I am reviewing 'Two Patterns Mixed Flower Nail Art Water Decals' from the Born Pretty Store.

Firstly I want to say.. I think this is a first for me, If I am not mistake..to have two designs on one sheet like this... One design features a very delicate pinky-red paisley looking pattern and the other a mix of pink and what looks like minty green sketchy, abstract, doodle patterns with another light grey background pattern with love hearts and all sorts of shapes. You get enough to wear each pattern on all your nails but you also have the possibility of mixing and matching which is quite nice! I had no trouble applying these decals, which is what I normally find with water decals from The Born Pretty Store.

I totally love both designs but you guys know I love my arty looking nails which is why I opted to show you this set. I also paired them with my first ever 'Wet 'N' Wilds' nail polishes from a dear friend in America!

What do you think of these water decals? Do you like abstract nail designs?

I hope you have a wonderful day, my friends. I'll catch you again on Saturday, don't forget to drop by :)

Love

Ithi

Beautiful Chinese Ink Flower Decals - Born Pretty Store Review

*This post contains an item(s) that were provided for me to review, however I will as ever give my full and honest opinion.

Allo polish Pals

How are you all doing today? I hope you are having a fabulous weekend so far! I can't say too much of mine, its consisted of a lot of green tea going on my sore eye to help make it better – I am undergoing a really strict eye routine right now. I wake up and cleanse my eyes with baby shampoo and hot water. I'm doing hot green tea compresses and salt water many times through the day. My eyes have been giving me hell for too long so I am really on an attack mission with all these natural ways because the doctors both here and in Holland have been hopeless! Fingers cross I am better next week and can do more freehand nail art.

Today I have some really cute decals to share with you; These are 'Beautiful ChineseInk Flower Water Decals' from The Born Pretty Store.

Nicole Diary Water Decal Review Part 5 [Final]

Allo polish Pals!

How are you all doing today? Are you having a great week so far? I feel like I have nothing much to tell you... I'm just concerned with how fast these weeks are flying by. I've still not got any tickets booked to go home because I have to try and work out when I will be able to get to the airport or if anyone will be available (basically just waiting, which drives me crazy)... I don't really want to leave going home any longer. I've not seen my Niece and Nephew since January.. argh.

On a happier note.. Today I've got my final review for Nicole Diary water decals. Can you believe that these two mean that I have reviewed a total of 10 decals?! I have to say also these do not disappoint any more than the rest – I love them just as much!

You can also find Nicole Diary on Instagram to see how other people are wearing their stunning decals.

Don't forget IthinityBeauty readers can claim a free gift when you order from Nicole Diary's Alliexpress or Amazon stores - Just add the code 'ITH2016' to your order note.

The first decals I have for you are 'Nicole Diary – 06', these are beautiful, bright and bold water decals with a full pattern. The pattern features hearts, different shapes, dots and circles and more. I really love this pattern however it may be a little too full on for those who love subtle nail art – for that reason I would totally say it would be awesome as a ring finger accent paired with beautiful corresponding nail polishes. I decided to wear them on all my nails! Because that's me! I also added a layer of Catrice's 'Matte & More' which gave it a really beautiful subtle sheen – it also tamed down the pattern a little and made it less bold.

Our second set of decals for today are these stunning floral patterned decals, these are 'Nicole Diary – 30'. This is such a gorgeous pattern and very different from the first, the pattern contains dainty and elegant looking flowers in blue, navy and orange. Personally I think this is such a gorgeous design for the summer months. Can you imagine these over some sparkle? (why didn't I do that?!) I paired mine very randomly – confession – it was really late and really hot and I'd applied my decals and fallen in love with them but my inspiration for an accent nail was failing me. So I used a brush to create a sort of textured look..and stuck a sugar stud on... I guess we can say its..'different'.

The remaining parts of this decal will totally be going on my toes with glitter underneath – oh yeah!

Conclusion: After having tried 10 different sets I am really, truly and honestly very impressed. I love the creative and unique patterns (they've all been so different!) and I love their ease of application. I had less trouble with these decals than others I have done in the past. I really rate them.

So there we have it! All 10 water decals reviewed and adored! If you missed my previous reviews and would like to catch up you can read part 1, 2, 3 and 4 by clicking those numbers.

What do you think of these two very different decals, do you have a favorite? How would you wear these?

Have a gorgeous day, I hope you can enjoy some beautiful weather. I'll catch you on Friday!

Love

Ithi

Nicole Diary Water Decal Review Pt. 4

*This post contains an item(s) which have been sent for reviewing purpose however I will always provide my full and honest opinion.

Allo polish Pals!

How are we all doing today? I hope you all had a fabulous weekend and start to the new week. Can you believe we one day away from being in June?! Crazy! Hopefully I can start making plans to go home and visit my family in the next month or so.

Today I have part four of my Nicole Diary water decal reviews – there will be one more final post after this. I've had a really great experience with these decals so far. I have enjoyed their wide range of patterns and styles, you have to agree they are all so different from each other!

Nicole Diary are offering IthinityBeauty readers a free gift worth upto $5 when you order from either their Amazon / Alliexpress store. Just add the code 'ITH2016' to your order notes!

First we have 'Nicole Diary 04' beautful and simple looking floral pattern. I love the colour combination of mustard yellow flowers and burgundy. I feel like these make me think of sort of... a chic look. Does that make any sense? Probably not. I just feel there's something very sweet and charming about the colour combination and pattern. I decided to pair these with an accent nail of Barry M's 'Mustard' and a 'Jodie-Bow' (Aptly named after the kind friend who sent them to me!)

This second pattern, 'Nicole Diary -13' is sooo entirely different. I personally wasn't quite sure how I wanted to wear them. One side of the decal has a dark version of the pattern and the other side is a light pattern. Mr Bravo urged me to face my dark side. These decals are very solid, I don't think you can even guess I am wearing a medium bright green underneath! I paired this manicure with an accident nail of Zoya's 'Charla', a circular sequin and added some very small Model's Own 'Artstix' golden beads. If I am honest I probably like these the least but that's just my personal preference. I can't remember the last time I had green nails that wasn't grass in a freehand manicure!

Don't forget Nicole Diary are on Instagram too, you can see how other nail artists wear their decals!

Which of these manicures/water decals did you like the most? How do you wear decals – with accents or all nails? I personally love the first set!

Have a beautiful day my friends, thank you for visiting and I'll catch you again on Thursday!

Love

Ithi