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.

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.

Supernatural Lacquer "Mystery Prototype"

 Giveaway Prize 

Hi guys! Today I have a quick swatch for you. If you follow me on Instagram you might have seen that I won a gorgeous mystery prototype by Supernatural Lacquer from Melissa. She held a small giveaway in the Facebook Group Page and I can't believe I was the lucky one to get it. Again, a big thank you to Melissa for the opportunity.

I know you're anxious to see this beauty, so let's get to it. This is a berry purple holo polish with flakies that look magenta, it's amazing! My swatches show 2 coats plus top coat. Just so you know, it's not as blue as it looks in the pictures.

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I'm seriously in love with this polish. I'm hoping to use it for a Halloween design very soon, so stay tuned for that. By the way, Stefanie mentioned this was a Funhouse prototype. All her info is below in case you're interested.

Supernatural Lacquer: Shop - Instagram - Facebook - Facebook Group Page

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

Products Used:
Purple Holo: Supernatural Lacquer "Mystery Prototype"
Top Coat: Seche Vite

*Giveaway Prize: Supernatural Lacquer "Mystery Prototype".

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.

Born Pretty Store Stamping Plates Review

 Press Sample / Purchased By Me / Gift 

Hi guys! Today I have a review of some Born Pretty Store stamping plates I was sent.

I also received a clear stamper to review, but I will save that for a future post because I couldn't make it work for me. I have been able to stamp before with regular polish, so I assumed that I'd be able to do the same with the clear stamper. After a few hours of failed attempts I contacted Cynthia from BPS and she was very helpful. She asked me about the process I used, and just went through everything with me which I greatly appreciated. We came to the conclusion that the problem might be that I was not using stamping polish. Unfortunately, I don't own any stamping polishes at the moment but I will let you know how it works when I try it with stamping polish.

So, the stamping plates each came in their own little envelope or pocket (as you can see in the picture above). Some did arrive out of their pocket, but I'm sure it happened while in transit. Luckily they did not get scratched thanks to the blue plastic that protects the plates.

So let's get to the manis shall we?

First up is this Rose Theme Stamping Plate (item #20790), it has an assortment of roses, so you can pick whichever ones you like best.

For the first mani I decided I'd do some basic stamping, plus a reverse stamp which I've never tried to do before. I picked the top middle roses, and the bottom right single rose for the reverse stamp.

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Next up is this perfect for Fall Leaves Theme Stamping Plate (item #17264). If you love Fall like I do, then this plate is for you.

I really liked the reverse stamping I tried out for the first mani, so I wanted to do a whole mani using the technique. I chose the middle left image for my mani. I think it came out pretty neat with the colorful glitter crelly background.

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The third one is this Birds and Feathers Theme Stamping Plate (item #20794), I just loved the feather designs it had.

So I chose to use the middle right image. It actually reminded me of The Vampire Diaries, when Bonnie shows Elena she's a witch. Lol. Anyways, I really loved how this mani turned out, it might actually be my favorite.

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The fourth one is this Nail Art Theme Stamping Plate (item #17912), it has some cute images every nail polish addict will love. My favorite is the multiple polish bottles image.

For this mani I used the middle bottom and top right images.

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Last but not least is this Peacock and Rose Stamping Plate (item #29541). I'm sure we can all agree that it's absolutely beautiful. Now this plate also came from Born Pretty Store, but I guess it's a Harunouta plate because that's what it said on the back. You'll notice it doesn't have the BP letters on the plate like the others.

Anyways, I'm so happy with how the stamping came out. I honestly thought I wouldn't be able to get such a crisp image because it was so detailed and I wasn't using stamping polish. But just look at it, it looks amazing!

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Overall I'm very pleased with the stamping plates. They all had some beautiful images and they worked extremely well, so I definitely recommend them. Not only did I love the quality of the plates, but also the fact that Cynthia from BPS did her best to help me out when I had difficulties.

Remember, you can use my Born Pretty Store code ANNYW10 for 10% off your purchase (it only works on original priced items). If you have any questions you can leave me a comment below. I really hope you all enjoyed the review and the manis, I loved creating them. As always thanks for stopping by, until next time.
-Ana

Products Used:
Light Pink Creme: Wet N Wild "Tickled Pink"
Bright Pink Creme: Wet N Wild "Dreamy Poppy"
Pink Glitter Crelly: Stardust Beauty "I Love You Gnome Matter What"
Golden Yellow Holo: Fancy Gloss "Gingerbread Latte"
Green Flakie Crelly: Supernatural Lacquer "Avalon 2.0"
Fall Glitter Crelly: Pinwheel Polish "Crushed Leaves"
Light Gray Crelly: Supernatural Lacquer "Calliope"
Purple Holo: Daily Hues Nail Lacquer "Cheyenne"
Light Purple Crelly: Lavish Polish "Wisteria"
Black Creme: Wet N Wild "Black Creme"
Blue Gray Crelly: Aliquid Lacquer "Mercy, Mastery, Mystery"
Maroon Holo: Daily Hues Nail Lacquer "Blaze"
Top Coat: Seche Vite
Gold Stud: Born Pretty Store item #7277
Silver Stud: Born Pretty Store item #7277
Rhinestones: Born Pretty Store item #21303
Lilac Charm: Simply Charmed Nail Art Treat Yourself Charm

*All 5 stamping plates were Press Samples. Lavish Polish "Wisteria", Daily Hues Nail Lacquer "Blaze", and Simply Charmed Nail Art Treat Yourself Charm were giveaway prizes. Stardust Beauty "I Love Gnome Matter What" was a Press Sample.