Stamping Sunday: My Mom's Black and Red Skittlette!

Good morning, readers! It's time for another Stamping Sunday! Today's post features my Mom's recent mani we did for the holiday weekend! She wanted to go with red and black and we came up with this fun skittlette look!

I just love how it turned out!

Thumb: 2 coats of Milani Rapid Cherry, topped with one coat of Jordana Galaxy.
Index: 2 coats of Nails Inc Leather Effect in Noho.
Middle and Ring: Gradient with Milani Rapid Cherry and OPI Black Onyx. Topped with Pure Ice Silver Star stamped with Cheeky CH51 plate from the summer 2012 set.
Pinky: 2 coats of Milani Rapid Cherry, topped with one coat of Jordana Galaxy.

What do you think? I love how these turned out and love that my mom is wild enough to wear such a funky mani! Love you, Mom! 

Thanks for reading!

Born Pretty Stud Review!

Hello, readers! I have a funky mani to share with you today. I have some fun studs from Born Pretty Store and I wanted to share some different looks I came up with using them! I've done one look on each nail instead of 4 separate photos.

This is what came in my set:

Nail glue, orange sticks to help position the studs, and 2 stud wheels.

Here is a bit more of a closeup of the wheels so you can see the different colors and shapes. There are stars, squares, circles, hearts, triangles, and more in different sizes and colors! Lots of things to choose from!

And here is my mani to show off 4 different looks using the studs! I used Illamasqua Vice (dries to a rubber finish) and Nails Inc Leather Effect in NoHo to tie in the stud look.

They were really easy to apply and laid flat on my nail with the exception of the big heart on my pinky. My nail was too round so the edges stuck off and got caught on things. The smaller shapes worked nicely! 

You can get these nail studs and other nail art supplies from Born Pretty Store for $12.99 here:

http://www.bornprettystore.com/heart-square-elliptic-hollow-star-multi-shaped-colorful-stud-rhinestone-nail-wbox-glue-p-5275.html

What do you think? Will you be ordering these or any other things from The Born Pretty Store? If so, please use my 10% off code with your order: JACJ61. Don't forget that Born Pretty ships free worldwide!

Thanks for reading!

*These products were sent for me to review with my honest opinion.

Thumbs Up For Epilepsy Awareness!

Hello readers! Today, I have a special manicure to share with you that I made for today: Purple Day. It's Epilepsy Awareness Day and Becca from NailNarcotics asked if I wanted to join her in making a post. She's done purple nails/purple thumbs all month so go check out her blog and see her posts and pretty manis! She has some facts and also some personal stories she has shared with us about her experience living with Epilepsy.

I chose to use my new China Glaze Ombre Grape Expectations nail kit for my accent ring finger and thumb nails contrasted with the Nails Inc Leather Effect in Noho on the rest of my nails. I wanted the purple to stand out and be the focus of this manicure.

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The kit comes with 4 purples, from light to dark, for the perfect gradient! It also comes with sponges but I haven't tried them yet. I used my go-to triangle makeup sponge instead. The colors in the kit are: Sweet Hook, Spontaneous, Grape Pop, and Crimson.

I also have decided that I love the Nails Inc Leather! The texture was more subdued compared to the OPI Liquid Sands, Zoya Pixie Dusts, and Julie G Gumdrop textured polishes I've already tried.

I used:

Duri Rejuvacote

2 coats of Nails Inc Noho Leather Effect

Accent Nails:

1 coat of China Glaze Sweet Hook

Makeup Sponge and gradient with:

  China Glaze Sweet Hook, Spontaneous, Grape Pop, and Crimson

1 coat of Poshe 

What do you think? I love how this turned out, but was even happier to wear this for Epilepsy Awareness Day. Thank you so much to Becca for inviting me to join in! Thanks for reading!