Mags' BPS Review & Autumn Flowers Nail Art

Hello Everyone!

I know it's been a month since my last entry, but I've been on vacations and then had the business of coming back to work. But I'm here today to do another review from Born Pretty Store, this time on their nail art brush set:

The quality of those brushes is what you'd expect from the price range, nothing special but still decent enough to do detailed work. I will probably end up thinning some of them more, because it seems I can't find the prefect thin enough brush for nail art. But that's not a real problem. I expect them to have a lifespan of few month of heavy use, so really a good price/quality ratio.

Now let's get into nail art, fall is upon us, and it's time to set the neon's to rest and bring out the darker autumn colors. I set my eyes on the Barry M - Berry Cosmo, that I bought in the UK while on vacation. It's the perfect fall berry color. And added some flowers using the medium brush from the set.

Those messy flowers are very easy to make, just by doing small strokes from the center of the flower to the outside. Add some few dots in the middle and leaves and voilà, an easy nail art that takes few minutes only.

Don't forget that you can use the code BESG10 on BornPrettyStore to get 10% off.
I'll see you next time for another review  (a stamping plate this time) and a brand new nail art.

-Mags

Mags' Flower Pastel Gradient Nail Art

Hello Everyone!

It's been a while since my last mani, but with the crazy heat wave we've had here, doing nail art was not the first thing on my mind. But we have a bit of a breeze before the heat comes back so I took this opportunity to do my nails!

I've done a pastel gradient, and a flowery accent nail. The flowers are done using the one stroke technique but with nail polish and not acrylic paint. So it doesn't work as well but still looks nice. The outlines are done with black acrylic paint.

I am trying a new base coat, that I recently purchased, it's the P2 Brittle Stop. My nails have this stupid tendency to peel so I hope it will help with that.

Close up on the flower

The other hand

That's all for today, it was just a short post!
See you next time

-Mags

NPQ Challenge - Tribal - Showcase

We had such lovely manis last week for the Tribal Weekly Challenge! We had some freehand, some stamping, some dotting, vinyls... glitter, texture, holos, etc. :) We were all over the place. Enjoy a selection from the terrific offerings. :)

Latoya ONeall

Katolin O

Karen Sulkowski

milady shakespeare


Elie Corzo


Victoria Eaves


Dante Bianchino


Anatasia Kamelia

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Keely Gallagher


Fabiana N


Magali Neuville-Bisceglia

This week, we are celebrating Spring with flowers!! Come and show us your softer side!

NPQ Showcase - Fabiana N.

And our last but not least winner of the last NPQ's Quick Quiz is +Fabiana N who decided to showcase her texture manicure from one of our Weekly Challenge:

"Weekly Challenge - Texture

I had a different plan when I started, but this where I ended up. I kinda like it. :)

The base is Zoya "Godiva" and the flowers are Opi "Tiffane Case" and Deborah Lippmann "Pseudo Silk Kimono". I also added a touch of China Glaze "Fairy Dust" to the centers of the flowers but it's practically invisible.

Anyway, my problem with this challenge was that all these polishes are gorgeous and selfish on their own. They don't like sharing the spotlight so coming up with a design that was simple enough to allow them to shine without being too busy took some thinking. I believe the flowers did the trick. :)"

NPQ Showcase - McKayle Hart

Another talented Queen of our community is +McKayle Hart who decided to showcase on of her favorite manicure:

"I think this one is my favorite.

I think it represents Me the most.

I love the contrast in colors. It has all of my favorite things: glitter for glamour, an elegant black with bright flowers. 

The colors I used are:

 Pure Ice: Bare it All, 

Sinful Colors: Black on Black, 

China Glaze: Purple Panic, 

Wet N Wild: I Need a Refresh Mint"