- Saturday, September 23, 2017
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Out of the things I received from BPS this has got to be the one I was most excited to try. Don't the roses just look so beautiful!
I love this one. The roses just look so good. It's one of the designs that never get old for nail art. They retail for $1.99 but the site carries many discounts and offers that you may be able to get it for cheaper.
You could also get 10% off with the code ATRUX31.
What do you think of the nail decals?
For this manicure:
- Apply one coat of your preferred base coat. I used OPI's Base coat.
- Apply two coats of a basic white polish. The one I used here was from Skinfood.
- With nail vinyls, line the top and bottom of all nails except for the ring finger nail. Paint the top with a white polish and the tips with a pink. The pink is Skinfood's APK07. Peel the vinyls after 10 seconds.
- Dot the pink tips with a dotting tool
- Paint the ring finger nail all white. Place the BPS rose water nail decal in the water for 5-10 seconds. Remove and separate the decal from the paper and apply to the nail. Dot the rest of the nail with pink dots.
- Seal everything with a top coat. I used a top coat from Skinfood
I love this one. The roses just look so good. It's one of the designs that never get old for nail art. They retail for $1.99 but the site carries many discounts and offers that you may be able to get it for cheaper.
You could also get 10% off with the code ATRUX31.
What do you think of the nail decals?
- Sunday, July 16, 2017
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I was so excited for this one but under my current lighting settings it did nothing to show the duochrome goodness 😓
- Saturday, July 15, 2017
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So whilst I was on holiday in Korea buying out all the nail polishes over there, I received an email from BPS who wanted to send me some PR samples for my review.
Before I go into detail I must clarify that even though these were sent to me for free it does not guarantee a positive review from me.
For this manicure:
- Apply one coat of your preferred base coat. I used OPI's Base coat.
- Apply two coats of a basic white polish. The one I used here was from Skinfood.
- With Club Clio's S117 a turquoise blue and a cosmetic sponge. Sponge all nails to create the gradient effect.
- Using Barry M's Gold foil stamp the flower image from BPS Paisley girl rectangle stamping plate #39715 on each nail.
- Seal everything with a top coat. I used a top coat from Skinfood
My opinion. For a stamping plate which costs $2.39 (approx £2) it performed quite well. The image transferred to the stamper without problem. I was surprised at the packaging it came in. Resembled the Moyou London plates very much. I guess there's many that might be like it but I was expecting just the plate itself covered with a blue film.
Would I purchase other plates from BPS? Yes, they're cheap and they work so why not.
This single plate actually retails for $5.99 but the BPS site holds sales and discounts at times and you may be able to get it for cheaper.
You could also get 10% off with the code ATRUX31.
I received a few other items which I'm still working on reviewing so stay tuned for future posts!
- Saturday, July 15, 2017
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- Sunday, July 02, 2017
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Okay I think I'm starting to get hooked on doing these half naked/tip designs. So easy and fun to do.
For this manicure:
- Apply one coat of your preferred base coat. I used OPI's Base coat.
- Apply two coats of Missha BL05 to the tips as if you're painting a heart.
- Using a nail striping brush and Skinfood white polish to draw diagonal lines to make the criss cross pattern.
- With a yellow flower and pearl nail rhinestones apply on the ring finger nail.
- Seal everything with a top coat. I used Skin Food's top coat.
The whole thing kind of reminds me of Japanese nail art which I adore. Should expect to see more designs like these ^^
- Sunday, July 02, 2017
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Wine cocktail. Hmm I like the name of this one, very fit for the weekend but the colour itself reminds me a bit of Christmas or bloody Mary?
Wine cocktail is a blood red, a bit jelly like mixed with holo glitters that doesn't sparkle as much under that thin layer of red. Two to three coats at max here.
- Sunday, July 02, 2017
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Finally got to try coloured tips. Always thought those looked better with almond nails and indeed they are 😄
For this manicure:
- Apply one coat of your preferred base coat. I used OPI's Base coat.
- Apply two coats of Tony Moly No.46 a peachy coral on the tip of the nails.
- With Konad white stamping polish and Bundle Monster Nailstamp4fun BM-XL 206 plate, stamp the whole of each nail.
- With Nature republic No.39 a neon yellow, colour in one of the flower on the ring finger nail.
- Seal everything with a top coat. I used Skin Food's top coat.
- Sunday, July 02, 2017
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For this manicure:
- Apply one coat of your preferred base coat. I used OPI's Base coat.
- Apply two coats of Holika Holika Blue Suede. One coat was pretty much opaque. I was impressed.
- With Holika Holika Banana popping, Barry M's Sky blue and a nail art brush draw some flowers and dot some dots.
- Seal everything with a top coat. I used Skin Food's top coat.
At one point when I was drawing the flowers I felt a little 'lost' and started drawing some half heartedly *points to pinky* but I still like the overall result. You?
- Monday, June 12, 2017
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Anyone heard of the brand Missha? I remember when their BB creams were the talk of the town and only when I went Korea I realised they had nail polishes too *rubs hands together*. They were having some sort of deal so I threw a few in my shopping basket. I wish I bought more.
This polish is from their gelatio range but I couldn't see a name printed on the label apart from PK01. It's a really nice pinky nude and 2 - 3 coats does the job. Got to love this colour against my skin tone.
For this manicure:
- Apply one coat of your preferred base coat. I used OPI's Base coat.
- Apply Missha Gelatio PK01.
- Using the Chitchatnails BM XL-202 stamping plate from Bundle Monster and black Konad stamping polish, stamp an Aztec pattern on the ring finger nail.
- Using China Glaze's Fairy dust apply to the ring finger nail then apply a clear rhinestone to the top of each nail.
- Seal everything with a top coat. I used Skin Food's top coat.
Ahh. The colour + the shape = Love.
- Monday, June 12, 2017
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- Saturday, June 10, 2017
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We're getting a lot more heat and sun here in the UK and turquoise just seems like a summer must.
For this manicure:
- Apply one coat of your preferred base coat. I used OPI's Base coat.
- Apply Models Own's Turquoise gloss to each nail
- With Barry M's Watermelon and a sponge lightly dab the tip of the nails. It's really up to you how dark you want it to go.
- With China Glaze's Glitter me this, apply to the tips also.
- Using the BM S107 White lotus stamping plate from Bundle Monster, stamp the image to the ring finger nail.
- Seal everything with a top coat. I used OPI's top coat.
This reminds me slightly of the sea and also mermaids? It might be the glittered dark gradient tips that leads me to think of a mermaid's tail or just my imagination going wild. 😆
- Tuesday, May 30, 2017
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Purple is such a great colour and purple with shimmer is even better! This is one of the very few Zoya's I own. They're quite expensive here in the UK compared to other brands which is why I hardly ever think of purchasing any.
This is Zoya's Tru. A purple filled with orangey/red gold shimmer. If only my ring light didn't wash out the shimmer sparkle. Two coats here for full opacity.
Got to say, despite the price I do like their polishes though. I'm still looking for a stockist which offers a cheaper price but until then I've still got a few more I can keep using 😊
- Tuesday, May 30, 2017
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For this manicure:
- Apply one coat of your preferred base coat. I used OPI's Base coat.
- Using striping tape line each nail horizontally.
- Paint each section with the polish of your choice then peel away the tape after 10 seconds. The polishes used here were from top to bottom:-
Models Own Paradise pink
Models Own Long beach peach
Models Own Coral glaze
Models Own Cerise shine
Models Own Red lustre
- Use a white dotting tool and Models Own White light, dot some flowers and dots randomly.
- Dot each flower with a gold polish, here I used Barry M's Gold foil
- Seal everything with a top coat. I used OPI's top coat.
This looked prettier in person than in my photos. I've been trying to play around with my lighting and camera settings since I bought a ring light. I have to admit, this whole photography thing is really hard.
What do you think of this manicure?
- Wednesday, May 24, 2017
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This manicure unexpectedly ended up looking very like Henna nails but I still like this one.
For this manicure:
- Apply one coat of your preferred base coat. I used OPI's Base coat.
- Paint two coats of China Glaze's Sunset sail.
- With the Bundle Monster BM-S102 plate from their Shangri la collection, stamp the image with Konad black stamping polish on the top half of all nails.
- Seal everything with a top coat. I used OPI's top coat.
CG's Sunset sail is still one of my favourite peachy colours I have. It's always nice to use it around Spring time.
I do wonder if stamping all nails seemed too much. I started off with the ring finger nail but then I got curious on how it'd look on all of them. What do you think of these nails?
- Tuesday, May 09, 2017
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I totally ran out of nail art ideas and when I finally came up with something it ended up looking festive. 😅
For this manicure:
- Apply one coat of your preferred base coat (I used Essie's Protein base coat)
- Paint two coats of China Glaze's Elephant walk.
- Sponge Models Own's White light on the top half of the nail.
- With the snowflake image on the Moyou London Suki 07 plate, stamp the image with Konad black stamping polish.
- Seal everything with a top coat. I used OPI's top coat.
I realised that green tint at the bottom of the bottle. This was one of them shades that I neglected for a while so the formula separated but it still looks fine on the nail.
- Sunday, April 23, 2017
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I'm starting to like these nails more and more. The longer the better in my opinion. It just looks more girlier but I'm having to relearn how to do a lot of things with these claws.
For this manicure:
- Apply one coat of your preferred base coat (I used Essie's Protein base coat)
- Paint two coats of Nails Inc's Pont Street Mews.
- With Barry M's Gold foil and the image on the Bundle Monster Magically polish BM-XL205 plate, stamp the ring finger nail.
- Seal everything with a top coat. I used OPI's top coat.
What do you think about this manicure?
- Sunday, April 23, 2017
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