Glam Nails Challenge: Oct.28 - Frankenstein

Woohoo! I finished the challenge you guys, I feel so accomplished, lol. Anyway, I hope you're all having a great day. Today's Glam Nails Challenge for Oct.28 is Frankenstein, and I took inspiration from some images on Google. To create the stitches, I put down some tape and made long lines of polish, then I cut them up when they were dry. For the eyes I used some round white glitter and painted on the iris and pupil, I even added a little highlight. The mouth was actually from a jack o'lantern image, and the stitch on his face is from a net image which I just took away from. This was the end result.

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I wasn't completely pleased with the result, but it's not horrible. I would've liked the stitches to be thinner, and for the face nail not to have all those bubbles. But oh well.

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

Products Used:
Green: Sinful Colors "Innocent"
Black: Serendipity Polish "Building My Empire"
Orange: Covergirl "#ElectroGlow"
White Stamping Polish: Born Pretty Store item #18136
Top Coat: Seche Vite
Medium Clear Jelly Stamper: Born Pretty Store item #26498
Mouth Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store item #35742 (BP-L057)
Net Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store item #33742 (BP-109)
Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool: Born Pretty Store item #32220
White Round Glitter: Born Pretty Store item #37147 (#6)
Chevron Vinyls: Twinkled T Kylie's Chevron Vinyls
Mat: Twinkled T Glamour Mat

*Giveaway Prize: Serendipity Polish "Building My Empire"; Twinkled T Glamour Mat/Vinyls.
*Past Press Samples: Born Pretty Store White Stamping Polish, Medium Clear Jelly Stamper, Mouth/Net Stamping Plates, Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool, White Round Glitter.

Glam Nails Challenge: Oct.25 - Ghosts

Hi guys! Ghosts is the theme for Oct.25 of the Glam Nails Challenge. Some days back, Kayla did a pond mani featuring zombies. They looked pretty cool, so I took that idea, but instead I used ghosts. I couldn't do as many layers as she did, but they still look ok. On my accent, I just added a glitter topper in between layers and then on top as well. After that dried, I stamped on the ghost and the word "Boo". The last thing to do was add top coat.

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Well I hope you guys liked them. Thanks for stopping by, until next time.
-Ana

Products Used:
Green Jelly: Wet N Wild "Queen of Envy"
Green/Black Glitter: Sinful Colors "Cauldron Couture"
Black: Serendipity Polish "Building My Empire"
Top Coat: Seche Vite
White Stamping Polish: Born Pretty Store item #18136
Ghosts Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store item #35742 (BP-L057)
Boo 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: Serendipity Polish "Building My Empire".
*Past Press Samples: Born Pretty Store White Stamping Polish, Ghosts/Boo Stamping Plates, Medium Clear Jelly Stamper, Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool.

Glam Nails Challenge: Oct.22 - Haunted House

Happy Sunday guys! I hope you're all having a great weekend.

So today I have another Glam Nails Challenge mani. The theme for Oct.22 was Haunted House, and I have to say that I am in love with this mani. I started off by doing a radial gradient with 3 beautiful holo polishes from the Lavish Polish Fall 2017 Collection, and I'm so pleased with how the gradient turned out. After that, I applied a coat of top coat. Then, I chose the images I'd be stamping on and applied them one by one. Once the stamping was dry, I went ahead and added some top coat.

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I think this might be my favorite Halloween mani so far. Both the gradient and stamping came out amazing! I hope you guys like them as much as I do.

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

Products Used:
White Holo: Lavish Polish "Roasted Marshmallows"
Purple Holo: Lavish Polish "Plum Cider"
Berry Holo: Lavish Polish "Apple Tart"
Black: Serendipity Polish "Building My Empire"
Top Coat: Seche Vite
Haunted House Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store item #35742 (BP-L057)
Witch Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store item #23267 (BPL-031)
White Stamping Polish: Born Pretty Store item #18136
Medium Clear Jelly Stamper: Born Pretty Store item #26498
Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool: Born Pretty Store item #32220

*Giveaway Prize: Serendipity Polish "Building My Empire".
*Past Press Samples: Lavish Polish "Roasted Marshmallows", "Plum Cider", "Apple Tart"; Born Pretty Store Haunted House/Witch Stamping Plates, White Stamping Polish, Medium Clear Jelly Stamper, Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool.

Glam Nails Challenge: Oct.04 - Skeleton

Hi guys! I'm back with the second mani for the Glam Nails Challenge, the theme was Skeleton. I started with a black base and added a coat of an opalescent polish topper. After that was dry, I went ahead and picked a few skeleton images and stamped them on. The last thing to do was to add top coat.

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I love how the base color turned out, it goes so well together. I couldn't have picked a better color. Yes, I know white goes with everything, so it would've looked fine over another color, but the green-ish color looks appropriate for a Halloween mani. To me it looks as if the skeletons are in the dirt or a grave. Spooky, huh? Lol. Well I like the end result, I hope you guys like it too.

Thanks for stopping by and until next time.
-Ana

Products Used:
Black: Serendipity Polish "Building My Empire"
Green Topper: Sinful Colors "Sheer Flight"
Top Coat: Seche ViteWhite Stamping Polish: Born Pretty Store item #18136
Skeleton Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store item #35742 (BP-L057)
Medium Clear Jelly Stamper: Born Pretty Store item #26498
Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool: Born Pretty Store item #32220

*Giveaway Prize: Serendipity Polish "Building My Empire".
*Past Press Samples: Born Pretty Store White Stamping Polish, Skeleton Stamping Plate, Medium Clear Jelly Stamper, Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool.

A Weekly Dose of Rainbows: Halloween

Hi guys! Today I have another mani for A Weekly Dose of Rainbows. This month's theme is Halloween, so I thought I'd do a cemetery scene. For my base I did a coat of white so my orange/yellow gradient would be bright. When that was done, I went ahead and stamped on the images. Last thing to do was to add top coat.

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I really hope you guys liked these. Also, be ready for more Halloween manis because I'm participating in a challenge. It's been a while since my last one, so I hope I can get through it. I already posted my first one yesterday, so go check it out in case you missed it.

Thanks for stopping by, and until next time.
-Ana

Products Used:
Orange: Covergirl "#ElectroGlo"
Yellow: Covergirl "#GetGlowing"
White: Sinful Colors "Snow Me White"
Black: Serendipity Polish "Building My Empire"
Top Coat: Seche Vite
Gravestone Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store item #23267 (BPL-031)
Tree Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store item #35742 (BP-L057)
Medium Clear Jelly Stamper: Born Pretty Store item #26498
Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool: Born Pretty Store item #32220
Latex: Proclaim Professional Care Hair Glue

*Giveaway Prize: Serendipity Polish "Building My Empire".
*Past Press Sample: Born Pretty Store Gravestone/Tree Stamping Plates, Medium Clear Jelly Stamper, Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool.

Glam Nails Challenge: Oct.01 - Black Cat

Hi guys! This month I'm going to be doing a challenge. I haven't done this in a while, so I hope I can finish. The Glam Nails Challenge was put together by Bianka on IG. The first challenge was Black Cat, and here's what I came up with. I used a neon purple (why is it so difficult to photograph neons!?) as my base and stamped on the cat images, I also used a lime green polish to dot on the eyes. The ears and tail I got by stamping on a pair of bat wings and the tail from the cat image, I also went over the images with a brush and polish to fix any imperfections and darken up the images.

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Well I hope you guys liked these more than I did. I actually felt ok about these when I first finished, but once I uploaded them to the computer I was disappointed. But oh well, I'll just have to re-do these in the future or something.

I've linked the challenge page in case any of you are interested.

Glam Nails Challenge: Instagram

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

Products Used:
Purple: Love, Angeline "Spike's Crush"
Green: Covergirl "#GloAllNite"
Black: Serendipity Polish "Building My Empire"
Top Coat: Seche Vite
Cat Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store item #35742 (BP-L057)
Medium Clear Jelly Stamper: Born Pretty Store item #26498
Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool: Born Pretty Store item #32220

*Giveaway Prizes: Love, Angeline "Spike's Crush"; Serendipity Polish "Building My Empire".
*Past Press Samples: Born Pretty Store Cat Stamping Plate, Medium Clear Jelly Stamper, Manicure Saver Cotton Claw Tool.

Born Pretty Store Review: Halloween Plates & Rhinestones

 Press Sample / Giveaway Prize / Purchased By Me 

Happy New Year guys! Today I have an overdue review for you. Now I know Halloween came and went, but I'm sure that those of you that love Halloween as much as I do, won't mind seeing some Halloween manis.

Before I begin I will say that the items did take a bit longer than usual to arrive this time. They usually take 4 weeks or so, and this time they took almost double the time. I did message Cynthia from Born Pretty Store though, and she informed me the items were a bit delayed due to customs, but on their way. She is always very kind and helpful which is great.

The good thing was that everything arrived safely as always. The bad thing was that I got sick right in the middle of when I was doing my manis. I actually just started to feel better a few days back, but it completely messed up my mani schedule. So getting this done took a bit longer than I anticipated, and for that I apologize. Okay, now that I've gotten that out of the way, how about some manis?

The first plate is this Trick-Or-Treat Plate BP-81 (item #23264). It has some very cute and non-creepy images, perfect if you don't want a scary mani.

For my mani, I decided to go the traditional route with the color scheme. I used orange, yellow, white and black. I picked up 4 images and did some reverse stamping. Aren't they so cute? Although I accidentally smeared the jack-'o-lantern face.

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The second plate is this Dracula Plate BP-122 (item #35741). It's a bit more spooky, it has some evil looking pumpkins and even an eye.

For my mani, I ended up picking the pumpkins. Once again, I picked up the images and did some reverse stamping on the pumpkin. It has a kind of 3D look, pretty cool right?

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The third plate is this Halloween Silhouettes Rectangular Plate BPL-031 (item #23267). It mostly has some fun silhouettes, but it does have a more dark/creepy one too.

The first mani I did with this plate is this cool Black Widow mani. I did struggle quite a bit when trying to pick up the web image, it's so close to the edge and I'd never worked with a rectangular plate before. All I need is practice, I'm sure.

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I also received this awesome Black Rhinestone Wheel (item #12412). The listing says it has about 500 pieces, and they come in a variety of sizes. I love the size variety because you can choose the size that best suits your design and/or style.

This is the mani I did using both the rectangular plate I showed you last, and the rhinestones. I went for a cute witchy design. I loved the silhouettes.

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The last stamping plate is this Ghost and Skulls Rectangular Plate BP-L057 (item #35742). It had some adorable and spooky designs. I think one of my favorites was the image I used for my next mani.

I thought the little ghost/bat design was so cute, I just had to use it. Since the image had bats, I decided to use a bat design on the rest of my nails. I liked how it looked with the bright lime green neon as my base color.

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The last items I received for review were these Blue Rhinestones (item #5178), color #15 on the drop-menu. The listing says you get around 20 pieces, I only photographed a few though.

For this next mani, I used the last rectangular plate I showed you and the rhinestones. The rhinestone really tied the whole design together, and I loved the end result of this Haunted House mani.

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Overall, I had a good experience with all the items. The only difficulty I encountered was when I couldn't pick up the images on the edges of the rectangular plates. But like I said before, I'm sure I just need to practice. I'm not an experienced stamper by any means, so if you aren't either (or you're just beginning) don't get discouraged. Stamping is something you can master with practice and patience. I definitely haven't mastered it yet, but I'm working on it. Hehe.

The only problem was that the items got here later than usual. I'm not sure if it's just because of the craziness of the holiday season and USPS being lame, but the items arrived much later than I expected. Other than that I have no other complaints.

Well I really hope you guys enjoyed the review and manis, I had tons of fun coming up with these designs. If you plan to make a purchase from Born Pretty Store, remember to use my code ANNYW10 to get 10% off any regular priced items.

Before I go, I want to wish you all a blessed 2017; full of laughter, health and happiness.

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

Products Used:
Black Creme Polish: Serendipity Nail Polish "Building My Empire"
Dark Red Creme Polish: Serendipity Nail Polish "Less Whine, More Wine!"
Orange Creme Polish: Covergirl "#ElectroGlow"
Yellow Creme Polish: Covergirl "#GetGlowing"
Purple Shimmer Polish: OPI "I Carol About You"
Charcoal Holo Polish: Serendipity Nail Polish "CE0,000,000"
Lime Green Neon Flakie Polish: Love, Angeline "Apple Blossom"
Neon Orange Polish: Love, Angeline "Mac-N-Tosh"
Green Flakie Polish: Supernatural Lacquer "Avalon 2.0"
Light Gray Flakie Polish: Supernatural Lacquer "Calliope"
Dark Blue Flakie Polish: Glam Polish "Night of the Living Dummy"
Brown Micro-Glitter Polish: Creative Cuticles Nail Polish "Pumpkin Spice"
Black Stamping Polish: Born Pretty Store item #18135
White Stamping Polish: Born Pretty Store item #18136
Top Coat: LACC Beauty "2013 Top Coat"
Clear Jelly Stamper: Born Pretty Store item #26498
Lime Green Star Stud: Born Pretty Store item #14438

*Stamping Plates and Rhinestones I reviewed in this post were Press Samples. Serendipity Nail Polish "Building My Empire", "Less Whine, More Wine!", "CE0,000,000"; Love, Angeline "Apple Blossom", "Mac-N-Tosh"; Glam Polish "Night of the Living Dummy"; LACC Beauty "2013 Top Coat" were all giveaway prizes. Creative Cuticles Nail Polish "Pumpkin Spice"; Born Pretty Store Black Stamping Polish, White Stamping Polish, Clear Jelly Stamper were past Press Samples.