Look I Stamped!!

Hey all!  Recently I was perusing Instagram and saw Bundle Monster had a new huge stamper.  This sucker is gigantic!  I shared a photo on my facebook page the other day.  Now I'm not a huge stamper just because the inner perfectionist in me freaks out at the littlest imperfections.  But I just had to see this stamper in person, so I ordered it.  It came super fast from Hawaii.  Last night I decided to stamp a full mani and see how it worked.  I have to say I'm pretty impressed.  It picked up the images super easy and I was able to cover my whole nail pretty easy.  I started with a base color of Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer Monster's Tea at Tiffany's, then used a black cream to stamp this image from Mash plate 48.

So it's not perfect but I'm loving it.  I feel like I have the stamping bug again.  Now to build up some courage to try out some of the really neat stamping techniques.

Have a great day!  Thanks for stopping by.

Sara

Born Pretty Store Stamping Plate Review

*Stamping plate sent for review*

Hey all!  I have a review of a stamping plate from Born Pretty Store.  This is a cute plate with mostly owls with some other random birds.  I picked four images from the plate to stamp for you.  This is probably the easiest time I've had yet with a plate from Born Pretty Store.  The images lifted right up and stamped easily. 

Bornprettystore.com has a ton of neat nail art items.  You can click here to go right to this particular plate.  You can save 10% on regular price purchases by using code FEMJ61.

Thanks for reading!

Sara

*Plate was sent for review.  All opinions are 100% mine.*

Born Pretty Store Stamping Plate Review

*Stamping Plate was provided for review*

Hey all!  I have a review of Born Pretty Store stamping plate, BP56.  It's a cute plate with flower designs.  I just used a few random sections of the plate to stamp.  My index and pinky were stamped with Rica Pinky Promise.  It worked great!  The middle nails were stamped with a Color Club holo (sorry the label fell off and I don't know which one it was).  This looked great in person but didn't transfer well to the photos.  This plate worked really well.  No issues to report at all.

 

Born Pretty Store has a ton of great nail art items, click here to check it out.  Remember to use code FEMJ61 to save 10% on regular priced items.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Until next time...

Sara

*Plate sent for review.  All opinions are 100% mine.*

Born Pretty Store Stamping Plate Review

*Press Sample*

Hello!  I have a quick post today reviewing a Born Pretty Store stamping plate Qgirl-027.  I struggled with this plate because the images are so big.  Now you guys have seen my nails.  I have good sized nail beds albeit a bit curved.  I was only able to get partial images on my nails.  So I went back and forth on how to do it.  I went with just some half images.  There were a few images that refused to come up off the plate.  These two I used came up very well.  I used a black cream polish to stamp over Girly Bits Stormy Skies.

You can find this plate here on bornprettystore.com.  Remember to use code FEMJ61 to save 10% on regular priced purchases.  Thanks for stopping by.

Sara

Born Pretty Store Stamping Plate Review

*Press Sample*

Hey all!  I have another Born Pretty Store stamping plate to show you tonight.  This is plate BP-L003.  I used four different designs from the plate and stamped with black over A England Ascalon.  The designs picked up very well and transferred to my nail very easily.

Click here to check out the plate and here for the Born Pretty Store.  Remember to use code FEMJ61 to save 10% on your regular priced purchases.  Thanks for stopping by and checking out my stamping.

Until next time...

Sara

*Stamping plate provided for review.  All opinions are 100% mine.*

Born Pretty Store Stamping Plate Review

*Press Sample*

Hey all!  I have a Born Pretty Store stamping plate to show you today.  I used three different stamps from plate L006.  I love houndstooth so I was so excited to try this out.  I used the two larger patterns on the middle and ring finger then a plaid looking design with little tiny houndstooth on it.  Along with it being my first time using this plate it was also my first time using my new stamper.  It's super squishy and is going to take some getting used to.  You can see that for the most part I picked up the full images.  Unless you got right up close to my nails (like I'm showing you all) it really wasn't noticeable.

All in all I would recommend this plate.  Especially to someone who is a better stamper than me.  I need to get in some more practice with my new stamper.  You can find the plate here and everything else that Born Pretty Store has to offer here.  Don't forget code FEMJ61 will save you 10% on regular priced purchases.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Sara

*Plate was provided for review.  All opinions are 100% mine.*

Born Pretty Store Stamping Plate Review

*Press Sample*

Hey guys!  I have a quick review of a Born Pretty Store stamping plate for you today.  I started with a base of Essie Mojito Madness and stamped an image from plate QA87 using Rica Gloomy Sunday.  I didn't have any issues with this plate.  I stamped several of the images on a piece of paper and they all picked up very well.

I love gray and green together but this mani was hard to photograph.  The gray was much easier to see in person.  Born Pretty Store has a ton of great nail art products.  Click here to see the plate I used.  Also, don't forget to use code FEMJ61 to save 10% on regular priced purchases.

Have a great day!

Sara

*Stamping plate was sent for review.  All opinions are 100% mine.*

China Glaze But of Corpse

China Glaze But of Corpse

Good morning!  I have some quick and easy Halloween nails for you today.  I started with China Glaze But of Corpse, a green with black glitter.  It dries to a texture finish but it's not overwhelming so I was able to handle it.  I used two coats, a layer of Gelous and a quick dry top coat.  My accent nail is Finger Paints Black Expressionism, an easy one coat black, and stamped with Rica Whiteout.    

China Glaze But of Corpse

Have you done any Halloween nails yet?  I'm still trying to decide what to wear on Halloween.  Have a great day!

Until next time...

Sara

Born Pretty Store Stamper Review

*Press Sample*

Hello!  Today I have a review of a stamper from Born Pretty Store.  The stamper was sent for review.  I purchased all the polishes and plates used today.  The stamper is a rectangular, which I love.  It's not as hard as my konad stamper but not anywhere as squishy as my xl stamper.  I used two of Rica's stamping polishes, light purple and pink.  As you can see I have some incomplete images on my nails.  Two things caused this, one, you have to roll the stamper across the nail.  Just pressing straight down didn't work like it does with my squishy stamper.  Second, the stamper was having trouble picking up full images.  You can see that most of my images are missing the very edge.  No matter what I tried I couldn't get nice crisp edges.

I'm not ready to give up on this rectangle stamper.  I really want it to work for me.  So I'm going to keep practicing and see if it's me or the stamper.  Born Pretty has a ton of different nail art items.  Click here to check out the shop and here to go right to the stamper.  The code FEMJ61 will save you 10% on regular priced items.  I hope you all have a great day!

Until next time...

Sara

*Stamper provided for review in exchange for my honest opinion.*

Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer Ocean Warmed by the Sun

*Purchased by me*

Hey all!  Let me start by saying today's post has a ton of photos.  Way more than I normally give you but I just love this so much that I couldn't narrow it down.  This is from the Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer (BEGL) summer collection, Far From the Sun.  I showed you five of the polishes from that collection that I received for review here.  When they went on sale I finished off the collection and picked up the ones I didn't have yet.  This is Ocean Warmed by the Sun with an accent nail of If You're a Seascape, also from that collection.  These holos have the best formula.  I used two coats of each polish and it was perfect!

I couldn't resist seeing how Ocean Warmed by the Sun stamped so I used it to stamp on my accent nail.  Worked really well I think.  Right now most of the collection is not available in the BEGL shop but due to how popular it was Julie (the brains behind the indie), will be restocking it on August 17th at 3:30 pm edt.  Here's the link to the shop so you can check out what's available and so you have it at the ready for the restock.  You can find BEGL on facebook here.

Until next time...

Sara

Birthday Nails!

*Purchased by me*

Hey all!  Yesterday was my birthday and these are the nails I decided on for it.  I'm so in love with the birthday mani.  I started with Rica Shipwrecked Siren.  I used three coats.  It looked pretty good at two but the third one just added a great depth to it.  If I was a good blogger I would have taken a picture of just Shipwrecked Siren but well I'm me and I didn't remember.  Then I used Mash plate 40 and Color Club Halo-graphic to stamp over top.  Halo-graphic stamps like a dream!  This is also the first time I managed stamp full nail designs on 9 out of 10 nails.

This makes me want to stamp everything.  I'm not the biggest fan of the Color Club holos on there own but they are amazing for stamping.  I need to go pick up some more.  Rica makes some great polishes you guys and has the fastest shipping I've come across in the indie world.  Check out the etsy shop here and facebook here.  Have a great night!

Until next time...

Sara

Pretty Stamped Mani

*Purchased by me*

Hey guys!  When the OPI Sheer Tints first came out I was convinced I didn't need them.  Then someone posted a mani similar to this and I fell in love.  So much love that I ran to ebay and purchased the mini set.  So let me give you the run down.  I started out with a coat of my favorite one coat black, FingerPaints Black Expressionism.  I used Glossy Glam to get it dry.  Once it was dry I stamped using my new favorite white polish, Rica Whiteout.  It's an amazing stamping polish but the best part is it's a one coat white.  Yep you read that right.  A one coat white!  I let the stamping dry (although not long enough as you can see some smearing), then used the Sheer Tints in random swipes on my nails.  Kind of giving it a water color look.  Then I top coated the whole thing with Glossy Glam.

So I'm obviously not a perfect stamper but I'm getting better.  A cashier asked me if I got my nails done when I had this on the other day and I proudly told her that I did them myself.  I don't think she believed me haha!  Have you tried out the Sheer Tints yet?  I'd love to see what you've come up with.  Feel free to drop a photo by my facebook page.  Oh and don't forget to enter my giveaway!!

Until next time...

Sara

Born Pretty Store Stamping Plate Review

*Press Sample*

Hey guys!  I have a stamping plate from Born Pretty Store to review for you all today.  I started out with a base of Mentality Orgasmic which I received in a secret swap from a lovely lady.  Then I used my go to black stamping polish, Wet n Wild Black Creme to stamp this very pretty flower pattern from plate QA27.  I have to say that this plate worked really well.  Other than on my ring finger where you can see the inside of a flower is missing it stamped amazingly well.  The missing flower part probably has more to do with me than with the plate.  I'm still working on this stamping thing for sure.

So I have to say for $2.99 this plate is worth it.  Here's the link for the plate and here's a link to Born Pretty Store.  Don't forget off to the right is a discount code, FEMJ61, that will save you 10% on regular price items.   Have a great day!

Until next time...

Sara

*Stamping plate was sent for review.  All opinions are 100% mine.*

Chevron Stamping

Good morning and happy Wednesday!  It has been forever since I've done any stamping.  If you follow along over on my facebook page you saw my junior high chic, crazy stamping practice mani.  I was testing out colors and plates.  In the end I decided to use Color Club Over the Moon to stamp a chevron print on Zoya Ibiza.  I'm obviously not the best stamper.  My chevrons are a bit wonky but I really don't care.  This was just so much fun to wear.  This ended up being my Thanksgiving mani.  Not festive at all but super cute.

This makes me want to stamp every mani with a holo.  So much fun!  I hope you all have a great day.

Sara

Different Dimension Good Evening Clarice

Sun

So I know Halloween was a few days ago but I really wanted to show you guys the super cool mani I actually wore that day.  This beauty is two coats of Different Dimension Good Evening Clarice layered over Zoya Neely.  GEC is a minty green with a super subtle holo.  Since it was a bit sheer I layered it to give it a bit of a color bump.  GEC is glow in the dark too!  My accent nail is Orly Old School Orange, a rubber finish, with China Glaze Goulish Glow layered on top.  I couldn't handle one nail on each hand not glowing haha.  Then since Mr. MLiP said my green and orange mani wasn't Halloween enough I stamped on a spider from my Mash plates.

Shade

I thoroughly enjoyed wearing this mani.  The glow in the dark was so much fun to torment Mr. MLiP with.  Although karma payback for sticking my fingers in his face was the next night I scared myself when I turned out the light and itched my eye.  It was weird to have something glowing by my eye.  I hope you all had an awesome Halloween.  We had lots of fun trick or treating with my boys.

Talk with you soon,

Sara

LynBDesigns Am I Ginger?

Hellllooooo!  How is everyone tonight?  Tonight I have a gorgeous orange holo for you but first I must admit that I only bought this because I am a ginger.  This polish is from LynBDesigns Doctor Who line but I've never watched it.  I just thought the name was great.  This is Am I Ginger?.  I haven't always been the biggest holo lover but they are starting to grow on me.  The holo in this beautiful orange made me so happy.  This is two coats with topcoat then I stamped on a pumpkin using Wet n Wild Black Creme.  I managed to break my stamper right after this nail so it ended up being an accent nail mani.

I should also mention that I took these pictures after working all day.  We did three houses that day and I can't even believe that this held up.  I slapped on some cuticle products so you weren't subjected to that mess and took the pictures.  Now my other hand was a hot mess.  I broke a nail and had large chips on three fingers.

Until next time my dears...

Sara

*I bought this polish myself because I'm a ginger and I feel like I must own all the ginger referencing polishes*

Colors by Llarowe Zipper

Hello!  Tonight for your viewing pleasure I have Colors by Llarowe Zipper, a soft blue holo.  I honestly expected this to be sheer and need to be layered.  Imagine my surprise when it was totally opaque in two coats and the formula was so great.  Super smooth and easy to apply.  I'm not usually a holo lover but I feel myself being sucked over to the dark side by soft, pastel, light color holos.  I stamped on a flower design using Mash plate 42 and Color Club Eternal Beauty.  Stamping with holos is fun for sure.

Both pictures are in the sun because really what fun is a holo in the shade?  I will definitely be looking into more of these polishes.  I hope you all have a great night!

Sara

*I purchased this polish myself.  I hid from my kids in the bathroom (they were driving me nuts) and used my phone to purchase it.*

Zoya Giovanna

Hello everyone!!  I'm excited for today's post because it's been forever since I successfully stamped a full nail design.  Now by no means is this perfect but it's pretty dang good for me.  I started with two coats of Zoya Giovanna, an amazing metallic green.  Honestly it was the only color from their fall collection that I was interested in.  It's gorgeous all on its own.  Next I stamped the bubble image from my Mash plate 43 using Zoya Trixie.  I've tried to stamp with Trixie in the past with terrible results but the planets must have been aligned for me because it worked great.  I wanted to wear this mani forever but sadly I had to do the dishes and half of a nail peeled off.  That's weird for me.  I don't usually have issues like that.

Here's a sun picture and then a shade picture of Giovanna on her own.  So pretty!  I did have green fingers when I took it off.  My nails weren't stained but the skin around them was all messed up.  Washed off in the shower though.

Giovanna is seriously a gorgeous color with an awesome formula.  You should all run out and buy it right now.  I'll talk with you all soon.  Until then have a fantastic day!

Sara

Patriotic Manicure

Hey lovlies!  Today I have a patriotic mani to show you.  Tomorrow is Independence Day here in the US so I thought a red, white and blue mani was in order.  I started with a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, probably the best white ever.  It only takes two coats to be even and streak free.  Amazing!  Then I did Shimmer Nichole (I was sent this for review) to do a reverse glitter gradient.  Shimmer's are the absolute best for doing glitter gradients.  The formula is just so smooth and easy to use.  My accent nail is stamped with Zoya Elisa and Song.  My stamping isn't perfect but I was dead set on having stars in this mani.  The first two photos were taken in a mostly sunny condition.  It's monsoon season here so the clouds roll in super fast and that's what happened while I was taking pictures.

I love that this mani turned out just like I was picturing it in my head.  My head's a weird place so it doesn't always work out this way haha.  If you'd like to see this Shimmer and so many other pretties click here to visit the etsy shop and here for the facebook page.  I hope you guys all have a fun and safe 4th of July celebration.  I'm still trying to decide if I should brave the heat and take my boys to see fireworks since I don't have to work the 4th this year.

Until next time...

Sara

*The Shimmer was sent to me for review purposes.  I bought the OPI and Zoyas myself.  As always all opinions good or bad are mine.*

SoFlaJo White Sensation

Overcast skies

 Hey look!  I do remember where to find my blog :)  Sorry for the absence guys.  Life has been insane and just got in the way of blogging.  I'm back to day with SoFlaJo White Sensation.  I've wanted this polish for a while and recently found it on a blog sale, so I snatched it up.  White Sensation is a shimmery, matte white.  It took three coats to not be streaky and reach a level of opaqueness I was comfortable with.  The formula was really easy to control.  I stamped on an accent nail using Kleancolor Metallic Aqua and Green and Mash plate 35.  These Kleancolor Metallics stamp so well.  Definitely need to get my hands on some more of these.

Shade

I love a good white polish no matter the finish.  Do you like mattes?  What is your favorite?  Until next time friends...

Sara

*I bought this polish myself from a super awesome blog sale.  No this wasn't the only one I bought.  I didn't want it to be lonely on the trip to AZ.*