Halloween Smoosh Mani

Hi guys! Today I have a smoosh mani to share with you. I used some neon flakie polishes in green, orange and purple for a Halloween theme because I'm just so excited for Halloween manis. Unfortunately, the purple didn't end up looking purple enough, but I love how it looks. I also added some black and a bit of holo on top of that, and it came out looking pretty cool. I just painted on the polish onto the stamper, and it kind of separated and spread. It's during these times that I wish I knew how to make tutorials for you guys, because it's kind of difficult to explain. But anyway, the polish spread and I dabbed it onto my TwinkledT Glamour Mat to get some of the polish off. Once I was happy with what was left, I stamped it on my nail. The last thing to do was to apply top coat and add the studs.

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

Products Used:
Orange: Love, Angeline "Mac-N-Tosh"
Green: Love, Angeline "Apple Blossom"
Purple: Love, Angeline "Spike's Crush"
Black: Serendipity Polish "Building My Empire"
Charcoal Holo: Serendipity Polish "CE0,000,000"
Top Coat: Seche Vite
Cuticle Guard Peel-Off Latex: Born Pretty Store item #36614
Short Clear Jelly Stamper: Born Pretty Store item #39374
Neon Studs: Born Pretty Store item #14438
Silicone Mat: TwinkledT Glamour Mat

*Giveaway Prizes: Love, Angeline "Mac-N-Tosh", "Apple Blossom", "Spike's Crush"; Serendipity Polish "Building My Empire", "CE0,000,000"; TwinkledT Glamour Mat.
*Past Press Sample: Born Pretty Store Short Clear Jelly Stamper.

Neon Stud Smoosh Mani

Hi guys! Today I have a smoosh mani to share with you. I've been wanting to try this technique for a while and finally did, here's the end result. I used my Twinkled T Glamour Mat to make the smoosh decals. I added a coat of clear polish to make my nails sticky and then placed the decals on my nails. For my accent I just painted on a black base and added some neon studs. Last thing to do was add top coat.

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Well I hope you all like the mani. Thanks for stopping by, until next time.
-Ana

Products Used:
Pink: Bonita Colors "Miss Piggy"
Orange: Bonita Colors "Orange Zest"
Purple: Bonita Colors "Purple Art"
Clear Polish: Wet N Wild "Clear Nail Protector"
Black: Serendipity Polish "Building My Empire"
Top Coat: Serendipity Polish "Finishing Touch"
Medium Clear Jelly Stamper: Born Pretty Store item #26498
Neon Studs: Born Pretty Store item #14438
Mat: Twinkled T Glamour Mat

*Gifts: Bonita Colors "Miss Piggy", "Orange Zest", "Purple Art".
*Giveaway Prizes: Serendipity Polish "Building My Empire", "Finishing Touch"; Twinkled T Glamour Mat.
*Past Press Sample: Born Pretty Store Medium Clear Jelly Stamper.

A Weekly Dose of Rainbows: Rainbow Fashion

 Purchased By Me / Gift / Giveaway Prize 

Hey guys, I hope you're all doing well. This week's A Weekly Dose of Rainbows theme was Rainbow Fashion, and I had absolutely no idea what I'd be doing. I looked up fashion images on Google and found no inspiration I liked. Then I remembered how much I love the fashion from the show Reign, which is one of my favorite shows. I looked up pictures and there were so many beautiful looks that it was difficult to choose just one. Anyways, I chose a gorgeous gown Adelaide Kane (who plays Mary Queen of Scots) wore for some promotional pictures of the show as inspiration.

Picture from Google:

I started off with gold polish on all my nails as my base color. On my pinky and ring finger I added a nail art water decal from the Born Pretty Store, but I painted half of my pinky with black polish and added some round gold nail studs down the middle. On my index and middle finger I applied some TwinkledT mermaid scale vinyls, after applying top coat of course, and then sponged on some brown polish. I let that dry and added top coat. Afterwards, I put a single chevron vinyl on my index finger and painted the top black. To finish the mani, I added some gold acrylic paint dots in the middle of the scales just like on the dress. My pinky and ring finger represent the skirt of the dress, and my middle and index finger represent the top of the dress.

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Matte:

I also had to add matte top coat because I thought it'd look nice.

Glossy:

Matte:

Remember you can use my code ANNYW10 for 10% off your Born Pretty Store purchase if you'd like.

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Well I hope you all liked this mani. Thank you for stopping by, and until next time everyone.
-Ana

Products Used:
Gold: Elf Nail Polish "Pot of Gold"
Brown: New York and Company "Saturn Sunset"
Black: Wet N Wild "Black Creme"
Glossy Top Coat: Glisten & Glow "HK Girl Glossy Top Coat"
Matte Top Coat: Wet N Wild "Matte Top Coat"
Nail Art Water Decals: Born Pretty Store item ID #20699
Nail Studs: Born Pretty Store item ID #7277
Mermaid Scale Vinyls: Twinkled T
Single Chevron Vinyls: Not known

*New York and Company "Saturn Sunset", Glisten & Glow "HK Girl", Twinkled T mermaid scale vinyls and single chevron vinyls were giveaway prizes

Pretty in Purple & Silver

 Purchased By Me / Gift / Giveaway Prize* 

Hi guys! Today's nail art is full of purples and silver, oh and a bit of holo glitter of course. Hehe.

Well I sat down to do some nail art, but had no real plan or vision of what I was going to do. I pretty much just picked some polishes I thought would look good together, including Sinful Colors Berry Charm which I've been wanting to use, and started to work.

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I started with a coat of my diy peel off base coat, and then I added my base colors. Berry Charm is so pretty, but I had to be careful with it because it did flood my cuticle a bit. I top coated and waited a good 15-20 minutes before applying my diamonds vinyl, which are from Twinkled T. Once I put my vinyl down, I sponged on a diagonal gradient using Elf Nail Polish W2 and Liquid Metal. On my ring finger I did a glitter gradient with OPI Desperately Seeking Sequins which is super sparkly, over Berry Charm. I kept it simple on my pinky and index finger. Liquid Metal is on my pinky, and W2 on my index with a silver stud from the decoration wheel (item ID #7277) I purchased from the Born Pretty Store. Remember, you can use my code ANNYW10 for 10% off your purchase. All that was left to do was finish with top coat.

Holding OPI "Desperately Seeking Sequins":

I'm really satisfied with the outcome, I think it looks nice.

Well I really hope you liked this design. If you decide to recreate it don't forget to use my hashtag annypolishandpaint on Instagram so I can see, you can also tag me if you'd like. Thank you for stopping by, and until next time.
-Ana

Polishes Used:
Purple Creme: Sinful Colors "Berry Charm"
Purple Shimmer: Elf Nail Polish "W2"
Silver: Elf Nail Polish "Liquid Metal"
Glitter Topper: OPI "Desperately Seeking Sequins"
Top Coat: Glisten & Glow "HK Girl Glossy Top Coat"

*Twinkled T vinyls and OPI Desperately Seeking Sequins were a giveaway prize

Nail Art with "Cheyenne"

 Purchased By Me / Giveaway Prize* 

Hi everyone! Today I have some nail art to show you guys. I decided to do some nail art on the swatch I showed you last time, I hope you like it.

So, I used Cheyenne by Daily Hues Nail Lacquer as my base color. When that dried I added a coat of HK Girl by Glisten & Glow so I could lay down my nail vinyls. I used some single chevron vinyls Beverly (nailedthepolish on Instagram) sent me as part of a giveaway prize, I don't know where she purchased them though. Well, I laid down the vinyls and painted on a coat of Calypso by Sinful Colors, it's a gorgeous dark teal creme polish with a great formula. I was pretty nervous that it'd end up looking bad, but I love how the color combo turned out. Anyways, after that, I decided to go a bit further with the design and do some glitter placement, so I used some gold glitter I purchased from the Dollar Tree. When I finished the glitter placement, I sealed it all in with top coat. On my ring finger, I just added a gold diamond stud from a stud wheel I purchased from the Born Pretty Store.

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I really like how this mani turned out, it looks kind of royal because of the colors. Not sure if that makes sense, lol. But yeah, that's just my opinion.

Holding Born Pretty Store Stud Wheel:

So what's your favorite thing about this design? Will you be trying it out? If you decide to recreate it, make sure to use my hashtag annypolishandpaint, so I can see your recreation. You can also tag me in the caption or photo.

Well thank you for stopping by. Until next time guys.
-Ana

*HK Girl Top Coat and vinyls were a giveaway prize

Guest Post At Nails Like Lace

Hi guys, I hope you're all doing well. Today I have a guest post for Amber over at Nails Like Lace. Amber always does such fun nail designs, and she's super nice. You should give her a follow if you don't yet, you won't be disappointed. Oh, and while visiting her page, you can check out the other guest posts.

So, here's the nail art I did for my guest post. Head on over to her blog to read more about it and see more pictures. Just click here, and it'll take you directly to the blog post.

Thanks for stopping by.
-Ana