Studded Spiral

Hi guys! Today's mani is a super simple and quick one! I'm wearing a Girly Bits shade called #islandtime, this was part of an LE trio released last year made exclusively for Gloss48. I have swatches of the trio here.
I created 2 accent nails using colour-shifted studs provided by Born pretty Store. You can find the product in this link. There are 3 different sizes, and mine is 1,5mm the smallest one. I attached the studs using the pointy end of an orange wood stick and top coat as the glue. Then I applied shiny top coat for the finishing touch.

This really took less than 10 minutes to get the accent nails done, and they seem to stick quite nicely, and these are the perfect size if you have a slim nail beds like mine! 
Don't forget, you can use my code NVG10 for all your purchases at BornPrettyStore.com to get 10% off.

XO
Novi

Summer Gradient & Stamping with Picture Polish and Born Pretty BP-L017

Hi guys! I'm back from the weekend, finished the third season of Orange is The New Black, twice. Yeah, I've had a productive weekend :p
Today I did a quite simple nail art, a gradient and stamping. The colours and plate I chose has a very summery themed. Perfect for the sunny days we have here. 

I'm also reviewing a Born Pretty Store plate that was sent to me a little while ago. Plate BP-L017, which can be found in this link, is a beach themed plate, complete from palm trees on the beach, sea shell, starfish, to underwater scenes. I had no issues with picking up the image, though I admit I was a bit lazy in wiping the plate clean between stamping so the image picked up stay clean and sharp. So the imperfection you may see here is purely my own fault. 

As you can see, I picked the starfish and palm trees design to use here. I also use a cute octopus design on my right hand. I stamped the designs using Mundo de Unas white, over a Picture Polish gradient, Coral Reef and Totes.

Don't forget, you can use my code NVG10 to get 10% off from your purchase at BornPrettyStore.com. They have variety of stamping plates, that I grow to love, plus a ton of other nail art stuff at affordable price.

**stamping plate was provided for my honest review

XO
Novi

Romantic Double Stamping with Born Pretty Store BP-L015

Hi guys! On this lovely Saturday, I'm showing you a nail art look done with a combination of stamping and the use of chevron vinyls. The plate I'm using for this manicure is provided by Born Pretty Store. I'm using 2 designs from plate BP-L015, which you can find in this link. Don't forget, you can use my code NVG10 and take 10% off your purchase!
I usually include a picture of the plate I'm reviewing, but I'm out of pure acetone and unable to clean the plate thoroughly for it to look nice in the pic. But all the designs are shown really clear on the link I provided. The full size designs are 20mmx15mm, there are 14 of them plus 9 smaller designs at the bottom.

The polishes I used are Romantically Involved, Dark Side of The Mood, and My Silk Tie, all from OPI 50 Shades of Grey collection. Plus Mundo de Unas black for the rose stamping over red. 
I used mini chevron vinyls to separate the top and bottom part of my nails, paint the red polish on top and the grey on the other half. I peeled the vinyls right away, and created a negative space between the colors. I applied top coat before I stamp over them. 
Since I'm using 2 different designs, prior to stamping, I placed a chevron vinyls over the negative space and a piece of tape to cover the half part I won't be working on. You want to be sure that the stamping polish is completely dry before you move on to the other half, or you'll risk on pulling the design off your nail with the tape, especially when you use MdU to stamp with. 

I'm quite satisfied with the finished look of this mani. Took a little longer to do than I expected, but worth it. I think it would make my life much easier had I chosen to use regular striping tape instead of chevron for the negative space. It's an option for you guys if you decided to give this a try! :)

XO
Novi

Peacock Feathers w/ Born Pretty BP-L007 & Glam Polish

Hi guys! Today I have a stamping decal featuring a plate from Born Pretty Store and Glam Polish shades I reviewed on the last post. It's a rather vampy, yet sparkly, manicure. Not sure yet if I'll be keeping this for my weekend mani, but at this moment, I just can't stop staring at them!

For my base, I used a thin layer of Glam Polish Death Defying Acts over OPI First Class Desires. I made my decals on a ziploc bag, using Mundo de Unas black and peacock feathers design from plate BP-L007 (you can find it in this link). Then I filled in the feathers with 2 Glam Polish shades, Now You See Me, Deceptive Practice, and Death Defying Acts. For the accent nails (pinkie and index), I used mini chevron vinyls and use the same Glam Polish shades. I sealed off the design with HK Girl top coat.

Happy weekend guys!! :)

**products used on this post were provided for my honest review.

XO
Novi

Color Burst Stamping With Born Pretty Plate BP-11

Hi guys! Today I did another colorful mani, using all piCture pOlish shades and stamped with Born Pretty Plate BP-11. The plate was sent to me for review, and I love all the large images they have on that plate, you can see it in one of the picture below or find it in this link (don't forget you can use my coupon code NVG10 to get 10% off).

The base for my stamping is a sponged mani with these following shades, Sizzle, Cyan, Paris, Whimsy, Forget Me Not, Honeymoon. I used Color Club Beyond to stamp the image I chose from this plate. I really adore the finished look, but oh my gosh.. clean up was hell! Even with the glue I used to protect around my nails, it still took a lot of time to clean up the rest. I have curved nails and deep sides, the tiny silver flakes (which all of these polishes have) were so stubborn to remove. Ok, enough rant! Lol!

And here's the sponged mani before stamping, isn't it lovely?

XO

Novi

Born Pretty Store Stamping Plate Review - BP-L 004

Hi guys! Today I have another stamping plate review from Born Pretty Store. I created a stamping decal using one of the designs from plate BP-L 004, which you can find in this link, and you can use my code NVG10 to take 10% off your purchase.

I cannot say this for every single design on this plate, since I haven't tried them all. But the one I used picked up really easy. I used Mundo de Unas Black and Konad stamper. 
The plate has 21 designs, on a rectangular plate with a pink plastic backing and paper sleeve. 
The plate measurement is 12cmx6cm. The plastic backing add 1cm to the total measurement, 13cmx7cm. The design size is 1,5cmx1,7cm. The width is more than enough to fit my nails, even the thumb. The height is just enough for my current length, and a bit short to fit my thumb. 

I used the design on the top row, far right. 

I used more than a dozen polishes for this decals, I started with 7 polishes and find myself going back and forth to my melmer for more polish. I added half moon design after I put on the decals, wanted to use glitter instead of dots around the moon but couldn't find anything I like for it. 
Here's a list of polishes I used, by brands:
A England: Encore Margot, GLoriana, Fotheringhay Castle
Glam Polish: Fantasies Come True, Whirlwind, Polar Lights, Below Zero
Girly Bits: Our Lips are Sealed, Selfie Bomb, Mint-al Precision.
OPI: My Signature is DC
Picture Polish: Monroe, Tail Feather, Whimsy, Cyan, Kryptonite, Forget Me Not

I'm really loving this mani. So colorful and sparkly! My kind of nails :)

**Stamping plate was sent for my honest review

XO
Novi

Born Pretty Store QGirl-033 Plate Review & Nail Art

Hi guys! Recently I received several stamping plates from BornPrettyStore to review. So today I'm creating a nail art look with one of the plates, I'm also mixed it up with some chevron vinyls cause for some reason I kept messing up my stamping today and ran out of patience to keep re-doing them.

The design I picked for today's mani is the zigzag one at the bottom of the plate as pictured above. I had no problem with picking up the image itself, and I really like a few other designs from this plate. I just wish they didn't place the designs so close to each other like that. But, if you're stamping with Mundo de Unas, a quick lift with scotch tape on the stamper for the part you don't want will fix the problem. 
You can find this Qgirl-033 plate in this link, and you can also use my code NVG10 to take 10% off your total purchase. 
The polishes I used in this mani are KBShimmer Blush Money, KBShimmer Rust No One, ILNP Mega, and Picture Polish Monroe. 

XO
Novi

Funky Distressed French featuring Born Pretty Store Bow Studs

Hi everyone! It's 8 days before christmas, whoa time flies really quick. Have you finished your christmas shopping yet? I have not :p Should get them done this week, I hope..

Anyway, today I have a pretty simple nail art to share with you. I'm calling it a distressed french mani, because well.. the french part is done with a distressed technique. 
The base color is piCture pOlish Beige, topped with the new LE Holiday. I used a flat end brush to do the french and several polishes (OPI Sleigh Parking Only, OPI I Carol About You, piCture pOlish Sizzle, and Cirque Memento Mori). I added a little bit of glitter on the smile lines using OPI My Voice is a Little Norse. 
To sweeten it a bit, I add a tiny bow stud on each nail, then sealed everything with HK Girl top coat.. The studs are from Born Pretty Store, and you can find it here. There are 250 studs in the set for only $3.70. You can also use my code NVG10 to get a 10% off of regular priced items.

How do you feel about french mani? Honestly, this is totally not my style, but I like to do it once in a while to see if I changed my mind about it. Haha.. nope, still not my style.

XO
Novi

BPS Water Decals Review & Neon Mixed

Hi guys! Another late night post here.. I have been postponing this post for a few days, it's not often that I get a not too great experience in trying new nail related product. But I guess, there's always a first to everything. 
This is my first experience playing with nails water decals, I have always preferred stamping or free hand nail art, but I've seen so many beautiful mani created with water decals, whether it be just one or two accent nails, or full manicure. So when BornPrettyStore asked me to choose products to review, I chose water decal as one of them. I played around with temporary tattoos when I was a kid, it worked the same as the instruction on the decal, so I thought this should be a quick one to do. I was wrong. 

The decal I received can be found here, item #1580. The set came as 1 sheet of sticker that you can cut out into 10 pieces. No room for error here if you're planning to do a full mani with it. I followed the instruction, paint the base color and let them dry (which I found out that it has to be white because the decal is not opaque), wet the nail surface and soak the decal 10-20 secs in a lukewarm water, place the decal on the nail. After this step, I find that sometimes the decal stick to the nail and sometimes it doesn't. 
I waited until the decal is completely dry before applying top coat. Here where I get more issues. I tried 3 different top coat, 2 quick dry and 1 regular top coat. 1 of the quick dry top coat just didn't work, it totally melted the decal. The other two gave a similar result as you can see on my index and middle nail, they gave the 'distressed' look. 

I ended up using the decals for 2 accent nails, since I pretty much ruined the rest of them. It took longer for me to apply 2 decals than to do the other 3 nails. I did a dry brush technique using 4 OPI Neons. 

I know a lot of you had good experience with water decals, maybe I just happen to get a dud? Anyway I won't boycott it entirely, but I sure won't try it again anytime soon! Lol. I do have another set that's not a full nail decal, and I got it elsewhere. Gonna try that when I forget about this one. 
What are your thoughts? 

xo
Novi

Mint Manis For Talia Joy

Hi guys,

As most of of you know, people in nail polish/beauty community are collaborating today to  do something to remember this beautiful soul, who has been an inspiration for millions of people with her spirit, attitude, and creativity, Talia Joy. 

Here's my MintManisForTaliaJoy

I used Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet for the base on all fingers, layered with Enchanted Polish Britney SpearMint. 

On my thumb & index, I did a glitter gradient with Dollish Polish Just Keep Swimming. 

Middle finger, I used striping tape to create the criss-cross pattern.

Ring finger, stamped a design from BM-317 plate with China Glaze Aquadelic.

Pinky, stamped a design from BornPrettyStore CK-04 plate with China Glaze Aquadelic.

Feel free to share your mint manis on my Fb page, I would love to see them! :)

XO

Novi

ILNP Cashmere Sweater

Hi all!

I've been eyeing this brand for a while, and I'm glad I didn't miss their restock announcement for the ultra minis. I don't normally buy mini polishes, but since this is the first time I'm buying this brand, and there's just too many that I wanted to try, so I decided to try the minis first. I picked up 6 holographic ultra minis from I Love Nail Polish Brand, I promise I will post swatches of all of them. I'm starting with Cashmere Sweater :)

Cashmere Sweater is a holographic nude polish. The holo effect is subtle on this one, pretty much what you can expect from a nude polish. It gives a delicate and sophisticated look, very work appropriate. For opacity, you can use 3 thin coats, or 2 medium coats. I used two coats of the polish and top coat for these pics, application was easy, no issue at all. All pictures were taken under artificial lights.

ILNP Cashmere Sweater

ILNP Cashmere Sweater

ILNP Cashmere Sweater

ILNP Cashmere Sweater

And of course I couldn't just leave it at that. I used another ILNP to stamp over it. It's a pink holographic called Princess Diaries, using image plate CK-04 from BornPrettyStore.

ILNP Cashmere Sweater & Princess Diaries

ILNP Cashmere Sweater & Princess Diaries

I Love Nail Polish brand can be purchased directly from their website here. Full size bottles retail for $10, and the ultra minis are $3.75. I believe they provide international shipping. This brand is probably the only indie that ship their polishes in a really cute packaging! The boxes and the wrapping paper they used are so cute, you wouldn't have the heart to throw them away. 

Stay tuned for my other swatch post of this polish! ;) 

XO

Novi

BornPretty Image Plate Review

Hello again!

I just can't wait til tomorrow to post my very first review. I have nail plate from BornPrettyStore to show you. I am so excited to try this, and had trouble which design I want to try first. Finally I decided on the floral design. I used 2 different design on the mani I'm about to show you. And I'm happy to report that 3 designs that I have tried so far are working perfectly! The only problem is, I need more hands so I can try all the designs right now! Lol!

The plate has 42 designs, all of them are full designs, but 12 are smaller than the rest. I'm thinking they would be perfect with those who has petite nail bed. But anyhow, I think I might be able to use them somehow. I wanted to take a shot of the nail plate to show you guys, but I always have my reflection on the plate, lol! So, you can go here to check out all the designs they have. The nail plate I'm using for this post is CK-04.

My base color here is Different Dimension Gnarly. Green is usually not my go to color, but it seems weather appropriate today, since it's a scattered holo neon. And I think I made it work for my liking here, cause I am SO loving the end result! I used OPI Alpine Snow to stamp to flowers, and the dots on the flowers are Zoya Yana, Darcy, and Thandie.

Here is a shot of Gnarly on its own

Different Dimension Gnarly

Do you like the designs that I picked from this plate? If you'd like to see any other design from plate CK-04 just leave a comment ;)

The CK series nail plate consists of 8 plates, each plate has 42 designs. They retail for $8.53, if you use my code NVG10, you can get 10% off of your entire order. BornPrettyStore also offer offer free shipping worlwide. Pretty good deal, right?! Will you be trying these plates soon? ;)

XO

Novi

**the nail plate is sent to me for review, the opinions are my own.