Mags' BPS Review & Wavy Nail Art

Hello Everyone,

I'm back with another nail art and reviews from Born Pretty Store. Today I'll be reviewing the BPS scraper and plate BP50.

This nail art, gold and black is perfect for a party. A very easy nail art, just a plain color and some stamping nothing else, can work very well. We tend to forget that :)

It was my first time using a plastic scraper, but I had no trouble using this one. I liked the fact it was clear. I would have liked it being just a tad harder but that just nitpicking really. It was a breeze to clean up compared to my metal one. So yeah, for less than 1$ there's no arguing! You can use the code BESG10 to grab it if you're interested to get 10% off. (I won't gain anything you using it, it's just for your wallet's happiness :))

This plate is so lovely, I particularly like the waves and leaves but the hearts are very cute too, lot's of possibilities with this plate and with reverse stamping, wouldn't you say?

Lately I've been more into simple nail art that doesn't require 10 items! Just A base coat, top coat (of course), 1-2 colors and a stamping plate or freehand accent nail. There will always have times I want to complicated things but it is not this day!

I'll see you next time!
-Mags

Mags' Mix & Match Nautical Nails

Hello Everyone!

I have a nautical nail art for you today! I absolutely LOVE nautical manis! I think it is my favorite kind of nail art to wear! So as soon as summer starts, it's only natural for me to create one. This year is no exception!

As you can see I went for a mix and match kind of mani. There are usually not my cup of tea but I couldn't decide on one design so i did them all :)

Before I go into the manicure detail, I want to take a moment to express my absolute adoration of Kiko - Electric Blue! It's hands done my favorite polish of all time! That color is magnificent and I always reach for it whenever I want to do a blue nail art or when I just want plain nails. It's Glorious!!

For this look I used Essie - Blanc as a base for my ring and middle fingers. I made a gradient using Kiko - Baby Blue, Kiko - Electric Blue and Barry M - Blackberry and topped it with a little gold shell from Born Pretty Store.

For the middle finger I used nail vinyls again from BPS and Barry M - Blackberry, and topped the look with a anchor metal sticker. The metal anchor was such a pain to use, I should have curved it before applying, but i ended up managing to stick up fairly well.

You can see that the anchor is a bit damaged from me trying to stick it down! You live and learn :)

The rest of the fingers were less complicated to make, just few dots here and there using Catrice - Goldbusters. I ended up adding a thin layer of a shimmery polish from Berangé called Bleu Désir on top of Blackberry on my little finger.

With this kind of design, it is quite easy to do your dominant hand:

Everytime I look at my nails my mind  wanders on faraway beaches and sunny skies! Oh how am I longing for my holidays! To pass the time, bringing the holidays to my finger tips was the only thing to do!

I couldn't resist taking a macro shot of the little shells studs!

Until next time!
-Mags

Fabiana's ManiSteal from Elie Corzo

Good afternoon , everyone!

First...  I thought I could put "Fabs" on the post title. Turns out I can't. I thought I could... but while others can call me "Fabs", Fabiana does not call herself "Fabs". Fabs feels silly that way. :P And I am referring to myself in the third person... #FACEPALM!

Before you ask... no, I don't like green eggs and ham either.

For this post, I want to share with you my recreation of one of Elie Corzo gorgeous manis. It was not easy choosing one of Elie's manis. They are so beautiful... and featuring a dazzling array of neons. Which brought me to a discovery. A massive, until now unnoticed, gap in my nail polish stash.... neons...

I knew I had three for sure. Color Club "Warhol" and "Glitter Envy", and Orly "Glowstick". That's it... This situation is going to be rectified in the next few days... completely unacceptable!

However, as of the past Sunday, doing one of Elie's rainbow neon manis was out of the question. That led me to look for one of her other manis. I REALLY did want to do one of the neons... perhaps later. :)

My choice came down to what I could do with what I have. I decided to do her stamping mani of gold over Sincerely Polish "Put a Spell on You". I do not have the divine Sincerely Polish... or her stamping plate so I improvised. I loved how it came out. :) Cirque "Magic Hour" gave it the exact right touch!

Polishes:

Cirque "Memento Mori"
a-england "Bridal Veil"
Cirque "Magic Hour"
China Glaze "Passion"

Stamping Plate:

MoYou Artist Collection 02

Photo in shade

Photo in sunlight

Elie's original mani.

(Details here)

With that, I wish you all a wonderful evening!

Sincerely and faithfully, Fabiana.

NPQ 12 Days of Christmas - Day 5

"On the twelfth day of Christmas NPQ sent to me, 

Twelve Twinkling Tree Lights

Eleventh Pretty Presents

Ten Rudolph Reindeer

Nine Jolly Santa's 
Eight Mistletoe

Seven Super Sweaters

Six Frosty Snowmen

Five Goooold Bliiiiing..."

It's gold, it blings, it's Christmas, it's fabulous! Ornaments, city lights or delicious baked goodies, gold is everywhere during Christmas time, of course we'd put it on our nails! 

And here are the fabulous nails of our Queens:

+Kelly S. 

+Kathleen Coultes 

+Tanya Grala 

+Crystal Bond 

+milena pencheva 

+Sophie T 

+Margriet Sijperda 

+Anatasia Kamelia 

and our mods:

+Keely Gallagher 

+Fabiana N 

+Magali Neuville-Bisceglia 

On to the delicious candy canes we go, there's no Christmas without them after all!

NPQ Challenge - Chinese New Year - Showcase

Any occasion is a good excuse to party with our nails. The Chinese New Year was no exception.

Lots and lots of pretty manis were seen on our community and here are a selected few:

+Jenni N 

+Lindsay Fitzpatrick 

+Keely Gallagher 

+Sophie Tate 

+Elie Corzo 

+Lauretta A 

+Mary Daniel 

+Sarah Short 

+Magali Neuville-Bisceglia 

This week we are celebrating Valentine's Day, well almost, our challenge is Anti-Valentine. So if you love to hate Valentine's Day or just simply don't fancy that day or even just wanna have a good laugh, come join our weekly challenge on NPQ. 

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"