Singing Their Hearts Out

Loook at the cute singing froggies!! :)

This design features silver nail stickers from Born Pretty Store.

This is it. My my last post and review. after 168 posts and 2 years I bid farewell to all of my 341 followers. I can't believe I still have regular viewers. I love you guys, I really really do, each and every one of you, who have been with me during all of this time, it has truly been an amazing journey. Maybe one day I will continue writing this blog ans get back my passion for nails, or maybe make this an art blog (as is still adore painting)
But for now,
Goodbye

Comic Book Nails

So I got myself a squishy stamper form Born Pretty Store. It's pretty awesome. The biggest difference in performance it has when compared to a regular stamper, is that it easily covers the entire surface of the nail, leaving no gaps. And with my huge nails, gaping edges have been a problem in every design. I definitely am not going back to my old non-squishy konad stamper.

Pretty in Pink

Or perhaps more like crazy in pink.

The pearls and the big gemstone were sent for me by Born Pretty Store, and I am pathetically late with this post. This was originally meant as something valentines day-ish, but well, it's kind of too 8th of March for that now.

Let it Snow

I have wanted to do a snow themed nail design since forever. I miss snow soo much. And here I am sitting under a palm tree with no hope for it. Sniff.

Are these cute or what. I mean look at the little white sparrow, awww. The stickers are from Born Pretty Store, I also used them in my late Christmas mani. I really really love the stickers, and you get so much of these :). However the white parts aren't completely opaque, as you can see from the snowman on my middle finger.

Rockabilly+ Princess Nails

This is a review for a set of water decals I got from Born Pretty Store. Unfortunately the decals are out of stock right now. I'll edit this post and add a link when they are back. Anyway, love them, easy to apply, vibrant colors etc.

And here's a hyper girly design using the decals. I did the background using the water color technique and stamped swirls from MoYou Princess 13 template on it. 

Think Outside The Box- Destroy The Box and Splatter Paint it

This is a review for stamp shaped water decals from Born Pretty Store.

I got a Leonardo da Vinci calendar for Christmas, it's awesome. After hours of staring all the scetches in the calendar, this illegible handwriting water decal immediately made me think on him. So I did a mini black and white copy of one of da Vinci's paintings (it's The Virgin of The Rocks). Since the mani itself is black and white I splatter painted a fun colored background for it. I kind of overdid it, didn't I? O_O

 The website doesn't really give you the measurements (it should). So it's 5,7cm on the longer and 4,4cm on the shorter side. (cm to inch calculator). Anyway, I love these stickers you get so much for $1.99. However for my huge nails one stamp was big enough to cover 5 fingers, so these are more for accent nails. the bend very well leaving no or minimal wrinkling.

I used van Gogh paint for a da Vinci painting, I feel like I have just done a major art crime. Let's just hope da Vinci won't be haunting me any time soon.

Melting Butterflies

This is a review for black-pink mood gel from Born Pretty Store.
Who was the sharp mind that decided to make gel heat sensitive. As if gel wasn't sheer enough. I hate this product, it provides minimal color and is really thick. I would say I am disappointed in this product, but its a heat sensitive gel, why did I even expect coverage. Then again maybe it's just this color, the others may work great, but I wouldn't risk it. I got it in black-pink, the black looks something gray-ish and the pink is lot lighter than it should be. 

It does look pretty good in the design though.(It's the gray). This is the gel when cold.

And here is a photo of it when warm (it's the light pink). I used water steam to heat my nails, as a result the steam turned my recently applied top coat matte, which is kind of cool :)

Jester's Jellies

It's december of 2013 and I have finished my first jelly sandwich manicure. Boooy, did I miss the jelly train, or what. I used Kiko- 298 and Essence- Glorious Aquarius for the jelly sandwich.

This is a review for checkered full nail stickers from Born Pretty Store. I really liked these. They are something in between water decals and regular (small) nail stickers. They stick really well, but are not bulky and they are very flexible so they leave no air bubbles.

Bleeding Gems

This is a review for the rhinestones used in the design. I got these from Born Pretty Store.

Look how pretty these are. Shiny shiny shiny. I like these so much, I almost wish I had a ball or something to go to :). They do have a metallic base so they weigh quite a lot. 

Stripes and Roses

This is a review for a mixed nail decoration wheel from Born Pretty Store.

I've got to say this is probably my favorite item like ever. It has everything, fimo, little plastic bows, acrylic flowers, pearls and rhinestones. This is perfect if you don't use a lot of 3d decorations but you would like a large selection when you do. The wheel itself is the biggest I own (has a diameter of 8,3 cm). 

Look at that I made an elegant design. It's really nice for a change. Oh, and btw, the leaved do not come with the item, I made them myself from acrylic.

And  don't forget about my coupon code SCL91. 

Patched Up Perfection

So, I got this stamping plate from Born Pretty Store. It's absolutely adorable. The design is so detailed. Stamps perfectly. However it's a few millimeters too small to cover my nails. 

Dragonfly Nails

I love fimo. Hate using it. But it's sooo cute. I could never paint anything so small and detailed. I got the fimo from Born Pretty Store. See here. 

My First Blogaversary Nail Art Competition and Giveaway

As you can see from the title, I am having my first blogaversary (11 November).  I love love love this date, Because it had absolutely no significance for me, it is so perfectly random. To celebrate it I am holding a giveaway and a nail art competition.

Prize:

There are two prizes and two winners. The first one is a $20 gift certificate to Born Pretty store (use the code SCL91 for a 10% discount). The second prize is $15 worth of products from Buy in Coins (refer to riamarii@gmail.com for a 5% discount). The winner of the Nail art competition will get to choose which prize do they want, and winner of the giveaway will get the one left over.

Rules For the Nail art competition:

• International
• no age limit
• only designs done on your nails. Acrylic or gel extensions are acceptable.
• Last day to enter is 4th November.
• The winner will be determined by vote. Voting will start on the 4th of November and the winner will be announced on the 11th.

For the theme, I want you to recreate the first ever nail art design you did. Or, well, the first one you photographed. I think it will be awesome to see how much you have improved :). Send your entries to riamarii@gmail.com.
The competition has been canceled due to the lack of entrants.

Rules for Giveaway:

• International
• no age limit
• Last day to enter is 11th November.

To enter fill the rafflecopter below

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Salt Painted Nails Tutorial

So I have finally done a tutorial for this. I would have done one it sooner but, I ran out of matte polish. I had a matte top coat form h&m, it was perfect. It dried so fast and looked so perfect. Every time I go to h&m I buy the matte top coat. I have five of them, only the first one works. The last four have taken ages to dry and dried shiny. Such a shame.
So I got a soft pink matte polish from Born Pretty Store. Gosh, this took ages to dry (6 min). It is completely opaque, which is amazing for a pink polish. Quite easy to apply and smells amaaaazing. So with the help of the tutorial you can have nails that taste and smell sweet (I replaced the salt with powdered sugar).

Video:

There are sooo many more cool designs I could do with matte polish, I need to get more of it...

Mask Water Decal Nails

This is a review for mask water decals from Born Pretty Store.
I really like applying water decals, I don't now why. They are so much thinner and easier to work with than stickers. The also are a lot easier to remove. Anyway, nails:

I Moustache You A Question

... but I am shaving it for later. Gosh, how old is this pun. However I still like it.

This is a review of the moustache 3d decals from Born Pretty Store. The decals are made from plastic and very light. They come in 12 cute colors and you get 2 of each. Which for me is more than enough. An overall great product. The lines however aren't as good as they could be, oh well.

Rainbow Polka Dot Nail Art

This is a review for Born Pretty Store's multicolor rhinestones.

I really really love polka dots. The biggest problem with them is that they always come out different sized, no matter what tool you use. Luckily I found this product, with which I can have perfectly same sized dots. While it really is what it says, I mean round rhinestones, and there is nothing wrong with the product itself, I still had some problems using it. 

As you can see from the photo, I had quite a severe case of bubbling around the rhinestones. And I have no idea how to avoid that. It's really a shame since these are so cute in the box and were on the nail as well, before top coating. Does anyone have any advice?

Sweet Summer Days

This is a review of #MLS301 stamping template from Born Pretty Store.

I really love this template, the designs are absolutely adorable. I have to apologise for the really sucky clean up, but in my defence I was rushed into this and I didn't have the proper tools with me. Also, I had to play monopoly with the photographer while top coating and cleaning up.

Gosh, I've had so much sweets the past month, my thickening thighs are plotting revenge.

And here is my little 6-year old photographer. Who turned out to be the only one within a 500 metre radius willing to pick up a camera.

Multicrome Glitter Nail Polish Review

Gosh, my last post was 10 days ago,  I have been trying to find functioning cameras for a while and testing them, so I have completely forgotten to make any posts. I left my own camera in Spain knowing that my grandfather buys a new camera every three years and the whole place is filled with them. All different sizes and looks, one older than the other. I have like 4 ancient cameras on my nightstand. Surprisingly, not many of them work, or have been lent to someone. So I am left using a pentax k10d that works only when and where it wants to, complete with a SD card that only saves about half of the pictures. Enough of chatting,  time to get to the actual review.
I am reviewing a translucent glitter polish from born pretty store. See here.

The polish has a gorgeous multicrome shine. Would make a simple french mani angelic. The polish smelt quite cheap, but preformed well, the brush was a bit fanned out which I didn't like. It dried in 4,5 min.

Shiny shiny polish

You can buy this polish for 7.99 from here.

How Unicorns are Made

This is a review of Born Pretty Store's holographic nail polish.

Some time ago Born Pretty Store made their first collection of nail polishes, and to celebrate that, they gave away 200 bottles of it, I was one of the lucky winners. And got myself a bottle in 11#.

I have tried a few holographic polishes, but this one impressed me the most. I don't know if it's the formula or this color brings out the glitter more. The formula was great, I used 3 coats for the pictures. Unfortunately, I forgot to measure the drying time, and I didn't bring it with me on vacation. I don't even know if anyone actually cares for the dry time anyway :). Now, to conclude this post here is my really lame attempt at being funny :D.