grey and black leopard print nails design

Here is design I did using the Confetti in Lonesome Dove as a base coat. You know I had to do this print! You can never go wrong with it.

Breast Cancer Awareness nail design

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Dont forget to check out our hairstyle in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness as well.

hair carnival in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness

product review: nail foils from kkcenterhk

I'm excited to review these nail patches/stickers/foils/wraps I received fromkkcenterhk to review.http://

I have no idea the proper name even though one says nail sticker and the other says nail patch because I know this product is also known as nail foil and nail wraps as well. In case you aren't familiar with these products it is an alternative to nail polish. They are decorative (or plain) foils that are applied to fingernails or toenails. They are hard to apply (atleast to me) and some salons do it as well since theyre more qualified.

There are nail foils that require t

he use of heat to apply, salons use a heat lamp but you can also use a hair dryer at home. Some even us it without the heat and there are some that just need water.

I totally forgot about the use of heat when I did this review. When I first heard about nail foils I watched a tutorial and one used heat while another just applied it and smoothed it out onto the nails. Anyway, this my first time using these types of products.

For this tutorial I used the design with the hearts.

1.)I first removed any previous polish I had on.
2.)Then chose the nail foil that was closest in size to my nail bed and cut it out.
3.)I removed the backing and placed the rounded corner on my nail bed.
4.) Gently smoothed the nail foil as much as I could without creating any bubbles.
5.) Cut off excess foil
6.) Filed gently in a downward motion to file the rest of the foil off.

And you're done! I wasn't too happy with the results. I was a bit too excited to try this and I did it while my kids were awake so you can imagine how that went. I rushed through it and didn't take my time.

It probably looks better in the pics because I tried to hide the flaws lol

To remove is easy. It says to wash off with warm water and soap. All I had to do was peel it off. No problems! Btw, this only lasted me a few hours! Everybody has different experiences though and I am no expert at applying these..yet.

Pros:
It def beats having to smell nail polish!
It comes in really cute designs (a plus for people who are not good at doing nail designs)
No drying time!
Easy, to a certain extent and based on your skills

Cons:
Contradicting myself a bit here, but it can be difficult to apply if you do not know what you're doing.
Doesnt seem to last too long

You can purchase these items at www.kkcenterhk.com or simply search nail foils or patches to see what else comes up. Sally Hansen also sells cute nail stickers as well!

DISCLAIMER: These products was sent to me for review purposes. Opinions are my own .

cute cheetah nail design

Nail polishes used: Sinful Colors Snow me white, Sinful Colors Seaweed and Sinful Colors Verbena. For this look I painted my middle finger with Sinful Colors Snow me white, the index and pointer Sinful Colors Seaweed and pinky and thumb Sinful Colors Verbena. I painted 2 coats of each polish . To get the cheetah look I randomly dabbed spots of Sinfulxj Colors Seaweed and Verbena and then drew random black half circle around the dots. I also filled in the empty spots with some black circles. To finish it off I added a silver rhinestone in top of one of the spots (:

pink ombre nails, anyone?

Nail polishes used: Wet n Wild clear coat, Jordana pink hearts (clear with pinkish glitter and heart specks), Jordana soft pink, Sinful Colors soul mate, Jordana creamy fuschia, L.A girl matte hot pink.

There was/is a trend of ombre hair going on. If you have not heard of ombre hair, it is where your hair gradually goes from dark (roots) to light (tips). More info and pics here.

There has also been a new trend of ombre nails. Here's my take on it. Enjoy! (:

in sunlight

Btw, yes I'm trying to get fancy with the necklace! Lol it may be my signature look for designs. What do you think? Would you rock this?


DISCLAIMER: All products have been purchased by me with my own money.

Born Pretty Nail Stamp Review & Haul

this design is the FIRST time using the stamper. As you can see, the thumb print is crooked and the pointer is barely there. It still came out cute!

I finally received my package from Born Pretty (really fast shipping considering it is all the way from Hong Kong.) I have purchased from Born Pretty before but it was through their Ebay store. I recently, found out they had a website and decided to try their nail stamp products.

here are the items that I purchased (click on the item to view and possibly even purchase!):
Dual double stamping nail art
stamper with scraper $3.03
leopard and lace design nail art template $2.32
black and white nail art varnish for stamping$3.41
nail art template m81 $2.99
in total I spent $10.04
I used a discount code. To save more you can also use the code TTL73 from divalocks that offers an extra 5% off.They also ALWAYS offer FREE SHIPPING ANYWHERE.

Later I switched up the look and added rhinestones (also purchased through them on their Ebay store. I'm pretty sure they have it on their site as well.) For this look the following products were used

I used the black nail varnish to use with the leopard and lace nail template, the stamper and scraper, black rhinestones, a dotter to attach the rhinestones (purchased the dotter from them as well in a previous order), clear coat by Wet N Wild to attach the rhinestones and Sinful Colors Soul Mate as the base.

Now here is my review: It is very difficult for me to get the stamper to work correctly every time. Its a hit or miss for me and I have no idea why. I have read blog reviews and have seen Youtube videos of the stamper working fine. I still have a lot to learn. When I use the stamper sometimes either the image doesn't pick up all the way or stamp all the way. I have used my own polish AND the nail polish varnish purchased from them that is intended for the nail template. I have no idea what I am doing wrong! BUT when it does work, I love it! It is def an easy way to doll up your nails esp if youre like me and not talented or crafty at all when it comes to designing nails! I love that they offer VERY low prices and even offer FREE SHIPPING. I will keep working with it and update (:

Please check out Born Pretty right now!

DISCLAIMER : All products were purchased by me with my own money. All opinions are honest and my own

Ugh I hate that the picture doesn't really capture how nice these nails were. I tried!

Products used:
Base coat Wet n Wild
Jordana in Silver Glitter
Wet N Wild in Sparked

DISCLAIMER : I purchased these products with my own money

nail design: Hello! & 30 Day Challenge, Day 2- something I feel strongly about

Ive been slacking on my nail posts and was tired of having plain nails. While I was writing in my "hair book" it gave me an idea....

For this I used:
Sinful Colors Snow Me White
Sinful Colors Verbena
Jordana Creamy Fuschia
And my dotting tools (forgot to picture)

I just did two coats of Jordana Creamy Fuschia and applied the Snow Me White for the polka dots. I painted my ring finger the Verbena. I originally wanted to do a bow on that finger but kept messing up. Enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: products were purchased by me with my own money.

30 Day challenge, Day 2 - Something I feel strongly about:

I feel really strongly about my girls and how I want to raise them. When you go through things yourself, you see what's right and what's wrong. You see what you shoulda, coulda and woulda did. I didn't do well in school and missed out on a lot. I want my daughters to do everything I never did. I want them to participate in a lot of extra curricular activities and focus on school! I want to put them up on game about every possible situation they may run into especially with love and boys. I want them to be comfortable enough to talk to me about anything and everything. I believe its our job to steer them in the right direction and always leave an open line of communication. We can only do so much until they wander off to school, but from what we teach them they should know better or atleast feel comfortable enough to talk to us about a situation. As parents we all want better for our kids and I am no different!

Simple & cute

Products used: L.A. Girl matte flat finish in hot pink (I love love love this color but since I used a top coat you can't see the matte finish) Sinful Colors in Snow Me White Rhinestones and pearls from Ebay

Oldie but goodie

Here is a style I did during Christmas time. This is one of the first designs I've done. I did these on fake nails and used nailpolish from F21, Pure Ice and Jordana. I painted 2 coats of the grey from F21 then, randomly placed green spots. I used a dotting tool to do the lines around the spots.