First Day of Fall 2018

Goodbye Summer, hello Fall! 🍁 Who else is as happy as I am, that this beautiful season is here? Let me know what your favorite Fall activity is in the comments.

Well, since Fall is my favorite time of year, I decided to do some Fall nails to welcome the season. I began with a nude polish with shimmer as my base, and chose 3 holos to stamp with. On my ring finger, I stamped a single leaf. For the rest of my nails, I chose an image with multiple leaves. To get the gradient effect, I added the 3 holo polishes over the image, and scraped a few times to get the colors to blend. Then, I picked up the image as fast as I could, and stamped it on my nails. After I finished stamping, I went ahead and added top coat.

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I really like how these turned out, and I'm so ready to see more Fall nail art.

As always, thank you for stopping by. Until next time.
-Ana

Products Used:
Nude: Bliss Polish "Au Naturel"
Sandy Gold Holo: Fancy Gloss "Gingerbread Latte"
Burnt Orange Holo: Fancy Gloss "Pumpkin Spice"
Dark Red Holo: Fancy Gloss "Red Velvet Mocha"
Top Coat: Seche Vite
Clear Jelly Stamper: Born Pretty Store item #26498
Leaf Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store item #38741 (Floral BPX-L018)
Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool: Born Pretty Store item #32220

*Past Press Samples: Bliss Polish "Au Naturel"; Born Pretty Store Clear Jelly Stamper, Leaf Stamping Plate, Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool.

Valentine's Day Roses

Hi guys! Today I'll be sharing my Valentine's Day mani with you. I know, I know... it's been quite a while since Valentine's Day, but I never shared good pictures of it with you. Anyway, here they are now, I hope you like them.

So, I started off with a blush pink polish as my base. I chose a rose image, and picked it up with my stamper. Next, I did some reverse stamping and filled in the image with red and green polish. I let that dry a bit, and then transferred it onto my nail. I repeated this step until I had the image on all of my nails. Once everything dried, I applied some top coat.

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I like how these turned out, I hope you do too. As always, thank you for stopping by and until next time.
-Ana

Products Used:
Blush Pink: China Glaze "Wanderlust"
Red: Lavish Polish "Crazy Tracy"
Green: Supernatural Lacquer "The Call"
Top Coat: Seche Vite
Black Stamping Polish: Beauty Big Bang 002 (SKU: J6415TM-2A)
Medium Clear Jelly Stamper: Born Pretty Store item #26498
Rose Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store item #20790 (BP-73)
Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool: Born Pretty Store item #32220
Peel-Off Latex: Proclaim Professional Care Hair Glue from Sally Beauty

*Past Press Samples: Lavish Polish "Crazy Tracy"; Beauty Big Bang Black Stamping Polish; Born Pretty Store Medium Clear Jelly Stamper, Rose Stamping Plate, Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool.

Feel Better Jay Lynn

Hi guys, today's post is a bit different than usual.

Some of you probably heard that Jay Lynn was having some medical issues recently. Well, Meghan brought a few of us ladies together to do some manis for Jay Lynn, in the hopes that it would help her feel a bit better, and to let her know that we're wishing her a quick recovery.

We didn't have a specific design for the manis, just a coral/mint theme. All the participating ladies did a wonderful job, and Meghan put together a collage of all the manis.

For my contribution, I decided to do some mermaid nails, because we all know everyone loves mermaid manis, right? Hehe. Anyway, I started with a white base so my colors would be bright, then I did some smoosh nail decals and let them dry. I used a coral jelly and a mint polish for the decals by the way. I applied a top coat on the decals and let them dry, once dry, I picked them up one by one. I actually set the decal on my clear stamper and applied a thin coat of the mint polish before pressing on the decal onto my nail. It worked pretty well, but I recommend using some kind of liquid latex barrier, or whatever you can use for easy clean-up. The coral jelly was kind of sheer on the decals, so I added a bit more of that polish with a brush. Then, I grabbed a glitter polish, and sponged a bit on each nail. Afterwards, I double stamped on the mermaid scales with a coral creme polish, and then with a gold holo polish. On my ring finger, I used that same glitter polish from before, but I sponged it on the entire nail. Last thing to do, was to add top coat.

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I'm so glad I was able to participate in this collab. A big thanks to Meghan for bringing us together and organizing this.

I hope you guys liked the mani. As always, thank you for stopping by, and until next time.
-Ana

Products Used:
White: Morgan Taylor "All White Now"
Mint: Bonita Colors "Frosty"
Coral Jelly: Lavish Polish "Jamaica"
Coral Creme: Bonita Colors "Honey Me"
Gold Glitter: Bonita Colors "I Could Care Less"
Gold Holo: Fancy Gloss "Gingerbread Latte"
Top Coat: Seche Vite
Mermaid Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store item #33742 (BP-109)
Medium Clear Jelly Stamper: Born Pretty Store item #26498
Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool: Born Pretty Store item #32220
Cuticle Guard Peel-Off Latex: Born Pretty Store item #36614
Mat: TwinkledT Glamour Mat

*Giveaway Prizes: Morgan Taylor "All White Now"; TwinkledT Glamour Mat.
*Past Press Samples: Lavish Polish "Jamaica"; Born Pretty Store Mermaid Stamping Plate, Medium Clear Jelly Stamper, Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool.

Glam Nails Challenge: Dec.20 - Reindeer

Hi guys! Today I have some reindeer nails to show you, these are for Dec.20 of the Glam Nails Challenge. I started with a red polish as my base, which I actually got from my sister this Christmas. I then chose some reindeer images and stamped them on my nails. To finish this mani off, I added some white dots, or "snow", to my middle and ring nails. The last thing to do was to add top coat.

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I like how these turned out. But I'm now kind of wishing that I had added a holo glitter topper on some parts of each nail, just for an added sparkle. Lol.

Anyway, thank you for stopping by. Until next time.
-Ana

Products Used:
Red: Sinful Colors "Ruby Glisten"
White: Sinful Colors "Snow Me White"
Top Coat: Seche Vite
White Stamping Polish: Born Pretty Store item #18136
Reindeer Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store item #38219 (Celebration BPX-L013)
Reindeer/Tree Stamping Plate: Beauty Big Bang 06 (SKU: J3141TM-6A)
Medium Clear Jelly Stamper: Born Pretty Store item #26498
Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool: Born Pretty Store item #32220

*Gift: Sinful Colors "Ruby Glisten".
*Past Press Samples: Born Pretty Store White Stamping Polish, Reindeer Stamping Plate, Medium Clear Jelly Stamper, Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool.

Glam Nails Challenge: Dec.17 - Christmas Wreath

Hi guys! The Dec.17 theme for Glam Nails Challenge was Christmas Wreath. I started off with red, white and black as my base colors. On my white nail, I used some round glitters and did a glitter placement to create the wreath. I only had a black/gold/white glitter mix, but I actually really liked how the colors looked all together in the end. To finish off the wreath, I picked up a bow image and made it into a decal, it actually popped up a bit because I added a second coat of top coat to it, which looked kind of cool. On my black nail, I added a gold and white glitter to complete the look. Last thing to do was apply top coat.

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I really like how these turned out. I didn't use traditional colors, but I think they still look pretty Christmas-y.

Well thanks for stopping by, until next time.
-Ana

Products Used:
White: Sinful Colors "Snow Me White"
Black: Serendipity Polish "Building My Empire"
Red: China Glaze "Ruby Pumps"
Dark Red: Serendipity Polish "Less Whine, More Wine!"
Top Coat: Seche Vite
Round Glitter Mix: Born Pretty Store item #37147 (#6)
Bow Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store item #38219 (Celebration BPX-L013)
Medium Clear Jelly Stamper: Born Pretty Store item #26498
Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool: Born Pretty Store item #32220

*Giveaway Prizes: Serendipity Polish "Building My Empire", "Less Whine, More Wine!".
*Past Press Samples: Born Pretty Store Round Glitter Mix, Bow Stamping Plate, Medium Clear Jelly Stamper, Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool.

Glam Nails Challenge: Dec.13 - Poinsettia

Hi guys! Today's mani is for Dec.13 of the Glam Nails Challenge, and the theme was Poinsettia. I know I'm late with the challenges again, but I plan on finishing this. So I apologize to those of you that don't want to see holiday manis anymore, but expect more of them. Lol. Anyway, I started off with a golden yellow holo for my base and began to look for an image that would help me achieve the look of a poinsettia. I didn't have any poinsettia images, so I took a leaf image and used that. I first stamped it on with a green polish and added a lighter green to create the leaves. I then used a dark red polish and added red to make the petals of the flower. It could've come out better to be honest, I did regret not adding some white to the back of the flower. It would've popped more. Last thing I did, was add some golden dots near the middle of the flowers, let that dry, and added top coat.

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Well I hope you guys still like these, even though they do look a bit weird. Thanks for stopping by, until next time.
-Ana

Products Used:
Golden Yellow: MDJ Creations "Cappuccino"
Dark Red: Serendipity Polish "Less Whine, More Wine!"
Red: Jessica Cosmetics "Royal Red"
Dark Green: Serendipity Polish "Cash Flow Queen"
Light Green: Bonita Colors "Wild Guess"
Top Coat: Seche Vite
Leaf Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store item #38741 (Floral BPX-L018)
Medium Clear Jelly Stamper: Born Pretty Store item #26498
Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool: Born Pretty Store item #32220
Cuticle Guard Peel-Off Latex: Born Pretty Store item #36614

*Giveaway Prizes: Jessica Cosmetics "Royal Red"; Serendipity Polish "Less Whine, More Wine!", "Cash Flow Queen".
*Past Press Samples: MDJ Creations "Cappuccino"; Born Pretty Store Leaf Stamping Plate, Medium Clear Jelly Stamper, Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool.

Glam Nails Challenge: Dec.06 & 10 - Santa Claus & Jingle Bells

Merry Christmas everyone! If you're celebrating, I hope you're having a wonderful time with your loved ones. If not, I hope you're having a good day regardless.

So, I know I'm really late in posting this, but I hope you like it. This mani is for the Glam Nails Challenge of Dec.06 and 10, the themes were Santa Claus and Jingle Bells. I started with a gorgeous green polish with copper flakies as my base. Then, I picked up the bell and Santa images and did some reverse stamping. After they were filled in, I waited for the polish to dry a bit so I could stamp them on. Once they were on my nails, all I had to do was apply top coat.

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I really like how they came out, I hope you do too. Also, I absolutely LOVE my base polish, it's so pretty!

As always, thank you so much for stopping by. Until next time.
-Ana

Products Used:
Green with Copper Flakies: Supernatural Lacquer "The Call"
Gold: Fancy Gloss "Gingerbread Latte"
Red: Jessica Cosmetics "Royal Red"
Green: Supernatural Lacquer "Avalon 2.0"
Tan: L'oreal "Shinetastic"
White: Sinful Colors "Snow Me White"
Top Coat: Seche Vite
Santa Stamping Plate: Beauty Big Bang 06 (SKU: J3141TM-6A)
Bell Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store item #36245 (Celebration BPX-L008)
Black Stamping Polish: Born Pretty Store item #18135
Medium Clear Jelly Stamper: Born Pretty Store item #26498
Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool: Born Pretty Store item #32220

*Giveaway Prize: Jessica Cosmetics "Royal Red".
*Past Press Samples: Beauty Big Bang 06 Stamping Plate; Born Pretty Store Black Stamping Polish, Medium Clear Jelly Stamper, Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool.

A Weekly Dose of Rainbows: Inspired by the Season / Glam Nails Challenge: Dec.03 - Snowflakes

Hi guys! This month's theme for A Weekly Dose of Rainbows is 'Inspired by the Season', and the Glam Nails Challenge theme for Dec.01 is Snowflakes, so I thought I would just combine them both. I chose a beautiful teal jelly with glitter as my base, and I stamped on some snowflakes. To add a bit more color, I applied some gold holo glitter on the stamping. I hope you all like it.

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I'm so in love with this teal polish, I'm so glad I got it.

As always, thank you for stopping by. Until next time.
-Ana

Products Used:
Teal Jelly: Creative Cuticles Nail Polish "Oops! Teal Glitters"
Gold Holo Glitter: Jessica Cosmetics "Gold Hologram"
Top Coat: Seche Vite
White Stamping Polish: Born Pretty Store item #18136
Snowflakes Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store item #36245 (Celebration BPX-L008)
Medium Clear Jelly Stamper: Born Pretty Store item #26498
Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool: Born Pretty Store item #32220

*Giveaway Prize: Jessica Cosmetics "Gold Hologram".
*Past Press Samples: Born Pretty Store White Stamping Polish, Medium Clear Jelly Stamper, Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool.

Glam Nails Challenge: Nov.29 - First Frost

Hey guys! I have the last mani of November's Glam Nails Challenge, and the theme for Nov.29 was First Frost. When I thought about the challenge, frosted windows came to mind. I thought it would be so cool to capture the look of frosted windows, so I looked on Google for some inspiration. Well, it was more for knowledge, lol! I live in Southern California, so I have no idea what a frosted window looks like. After looking online, I put some thought into what products I'd use, and it was a bit tough trying to come up with a way to execute this properly. Anyway, I ended up choosing a sheer frosty white, I applied a coat of that and let it dry. Using that same polish, I applied some on a sponge, and sponged it on the outer sides of each nail. Afterwards, I used a coral image to create the "frost" on the sides. Then, I added some small white shards from a topper polish with the help of an orange stick. To finish off, I sponged on some white on the edges of each nail, and applied top coat when it was dry. I hope you like them.

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I actually like the way they came out, and I think they look pretty neat. I just hope that I was able to achieve the look I was going for. They look kind of better in real life though.

Just so you know, I'm planning to join the December challenge, so stay tuned for that. Thank you for stopping by, until next time.
-Ana

Products Used:
Sheer White: Wet N Wild "Break The Ice"
White: Sinful Colors "Snow Me White"
Topper Polish: Super Nails Lacquer "Ice Ice Baby"
Top Coat: Seche Vite
White Stamping Polish: Born Pretty Store item #18136
Coral Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster BM-501
Medium Clear Jelly Stamper: Born Pretty Store item #26498
Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool: Born Pretty Store item #32220

*Giveaway Prizes: Super Nails Lacquer "Ice Ice Baby"; Bundle Monster Coral Stamping Plate.
*Past Press Samples: Born Pretty Store White Stamping Polish, Medium Clear Jelly Stamper, Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool.

Glam Nails Challenge: Nov.26 - Sweater Prints

Hi guys! Today I have a Sweater Prints mani to share with you, it was the theme for Nov.26 of the Glam Nails Challenge. Christmas sweaters were my inspiration, so I wanted to go with traditional colors. I was planning on using some red and green holos as my base colors, but then decided to use a flakie polish to give it more of a fuzzy look. So I applied 2 coats of the flakie polish, and applied top coat. It was too pretty on it's own, that I just wanted to leave it alone. Lol. But I went ahead and stamped on the Christmas sweater print, and they looked so neat. The shift in the flakies is just so stunning, I kept catching myself staring and moving my nails to see the color shift. Anyway, the last thing to do was a bit of clean-up, and to apply top coat.

You can see the blue in there:

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What do you guys think? I really hope you like them because I'm so happy with how they turned out. Also, I'm glad I ended up picking this polish, I think it did give it a fuzzy sweater feel.

As always, thanks for stopping by. Until next time.
-Ana

Products Used:
Green/Blue Multichrome Flakie Polish: KB Shimmer "She's Beyond Kelp!"
Top Coat: Seche Vite
White Stamping Polish: Born Pretty Store item #18136
Sweater Print Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store item #36245 (Celebration BPX-L008)
Medium Clear Jelly Stamper: Born Pretty Store item #26498
Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool: Born Pretty Store item #32220

*Giveaway Prize: KB Shimmer "She's Beyond Kelp!".
*Past Press Samples: Born Pretty Store White Stamping Polish, Medium Clear Jelly Stamper, Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool.

Halloween Mani Inspired by Kristi

Hi guys! Today's mani is a recreation of one of Kristi's manis. She's having a giveaway at the moment, so this recreation will be an entry to that. Anyway, she did a cute little Halloween mani back in October which I had to recreate. I know Halloween came and went, but I picked it because I've been missing it so much, lol. I was so sad when I had to take down all of my Halloween decorations. So, this makes up for that in a way.

Alrighty, so I started with a couple coats of an orange jelly polish. I didn't have a creme polish that resembled the one in her original mani, so I went with this one. I then picked out a dusty purple to stamp with. I stamped on the bats on my middle and ring finger, and added some dots on my other nails to finish the look. The last thing to do was to add top coat.

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The manis don't look exactly the same, and after seeing how sheer the stamping turned out with the purple, I wish I had used a black stamping polish instead. This orange was also very difficult to capture, it looked a bit lighter in real life, maybe a bit similar to the creme Kristi used. Well, it still looks pretty nice, I hope you all like it.

As always, thank you for stopping by. Until next time.
-Ana

Products Used:
Orange Jelly: Sinful Colors "Ring the Belini"
Purple: Jessica Cosmetics "Very Vinyl"
Top Coat: Seche Vite
Bat Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store item #23267 (BPL-031)
Medium Clear Jelly Stamper: Born Pretty Store item #26498
Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool: Born Pretty Store item #32220

*Giveaway Prize: Jessica Cosmetics "Very Vinyl".
*Past Press Samples: Born Pretty Store Bat Stamping Plate, Medium Clear Jelly Stamper, Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool.

Glam Nails Challenge: Nov.22 - Fall Gradient

Happy Thanksgiving guys! If you are celebrating, I hope you have a great time with your loved ones. I'll be celebrating with my family and relatives, which I'm very thankful for. I might even do some Black Friday shopping with my sister, so that will be fun I hope. It also happens to be my sister's birthday today, which is pretty special. I hope she really enjoys herself.

So, let's get to today's mani shall we? The theme for Nov.22 of the Glam Nails Challenge was Fall Gradient. I chose 5 beautiful holo polishes and did a gradient. Afterwards, I decided I wanted to add a bit of stamping over it to make it more of a Fall mani. I picked a leaf image since I did my gradient with leaf colors, and I think it was a perfect choice. The last thing to do was apply top coat. But unfortunately, I smeared my pointer nail by accident.

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I really liked the gradient, so I took pictures before the stamping.

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Well I hope you guys like these.

A big thank you to all of you for stopping by, and may you have a wonderful day. Until next time.
-Ana

Products Used:
Dark Red: Fancy Gloss "Red Velvet Mocha"
Red: Daily Hues Nail Lacquer "Carol"
Orange: Fancy Gloss "Pumpkin Spice"
Yellow: Fancy Gloss "Gingerbread Latte"
Green: Daily Hues Nail Lacquer "Holly"
Black: Serendipity Polish "Building My Empire"
Top Coat: Seche Vite
Leaf Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store item #38741 (Floral BPX-L018)
Medium Clear Jelly Stamper: Born Pretty Store item #26498
Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool: Born Pretty Store item #32220
Cuticle Guard Peel-Off Latex: Born Pretty Store item #36614

*Giveaway Prizes: Daily Hues Nail Lacquer "Carol", "Holly"; Serendipity Polish "Building My Empire".
*Past Press Samples: Born Pretty Store Leaf Stamping Plate, Medium Clear Jelly Stamper, Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool.