Mermaid Nails at the Beach & 100th Blog Post!

 Purchased By Me / Giveaway Prize 

Happy Friday guys, I hope you're all doing well.

So apparently, this is my 100th blog post. I can't believe it, but here's to 100 more.

Anyways, today I have some Mermaid Nails for you. A few weeks back I went to the beach with my family, and I did this mani for the occasion. Some of you probably saw a sneak peek on Instagram, but now I can finally give you a better look at the mani. I hope you guys like it.

So I started off with the blue and lime green as my base colors. On my lime green nails I decided to stamp some scales, and I used the same blue polish I used on my other nails. Since the image wasn't as opaque as I wanted, I went back and stamped on the image a second time. Unfortunately, it makes the scales look blurry in the pictures, it wasn't as noticeable in real life. I did try my best lining it up to the first image, but I don't have a clear stamper, so I did what I could. Anyways, I let the images dry and moved on to adhering the charms on my other nails. Before applying the charms I applied a coat of top coat and let it dry. Usually I just use top coat to apply my charms, but since I was going to wear these out for a while, I went with nail glue instead. I put some of the glue on my nail and then applied the seahorse on my middle nail. Then I applied the starfish, rhinestone and stud the same way on my ring finger. To finish the mani, I applied top coat on my stamped nails.

Close-Up:

So what do you guys think? I actually really loved them, although it was a bit difficult having bigger charms on my nails because I'm not used to them. Oh, and here's the picture I posted on Instagram, in case you hadn't seen it.

Instagram Sneak Peek:

Well I hope you liked the mani and post. As always, thank you for stopping by and until next time.

-Ana

Products Used:

Blue: Revlon "Beguile"

Lime Green: Revlon "Tantalize"

Top Coat: Seche Vite

Starfish Charm: Simply Charmed Nail Art Gilded Starfish

Seahorse Charm: Born Pretty Store item #22145

Silver Stud: Born Pretty Store item #7277

Rhinestone: Born Pretty Store item #21303

Stamper: Born Pretty Store item #15868
Scales Plate: Bundle Monster BM-502 from the Sun Kissed Collection

*Simply Charmed Nail Art Starfish charm and Bundle Monster scale plate were giveaway prizes.

Stamping over "Fine Eyes"

 Purchased By Me / Giveaway Prize / Press Sample 

Happy Friday! I hope you're all doing well. Today I have a stamped mani for you. I just recently received some stampers I ordered from the Born Pretty Store, and I have had lots of fun practicing and getting the hang of it. Remember, you can use my code ANNYW10 for 10% off your Born Pretty Store purchase. Anyway, here's my first official stamping mani.

Holding Love, Angeline "Topped With Love":

I applied 2 coats of Aliquid Lacquer's "Fine Eyes", a gorgeous chocolate brown jelly with iridescent glitters/shards. Over that I stamped an image from the Bundle Monster plate BM-501 using Fancy Gloss "Gingerbread Latte". I finished it all off with some top coat.

I love how both colors go together. The only thing I didn't like was that the stamping covered up a lot of my beautiful base color, I probably should've chosen another image. Lol. You can see the iridescent glitters better in the following close-up though.

Close-Up:

Well I hope you liked this mani. Thanks for stopping by and until next time.

-Ana

Products Used:

Brown Jelly: Aliquid Lacquer "Fine Eyes"

Sandy Holo: Fancy Gloss "Gingerbread Latte"

Top Coat: Love, Angeline "Topped With Love"

Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster BM-501 from the Sun Kissed Collection

*Bundle Monster stamping plate was a giveaway prize; Love, Angeline "Topped With Love" was a Press Sample.