Beauty and the Beast Theme

*Disclaimer: Please excuse my nails in this look. I broke my middle finger nail and did not realize how bad the shape was until I painted and took photos.

Next up in my Disney Princess series I have Belle. Now I admit I did cheat a bit and use these adorable nail decals from Born Pretty Store . This was my first experience with nail decals and I am thrilled to say that they were so simple to use. All you have to do to apply them is hold the decal in water for about 10 seconds, slide it off the backing, and position on it on your nail. It's really that easy. You can check out all their other nail art products. They have a ton of different options and my code at the bottom on my post will help save you 10% off

 The yellow is China Glaze sun upon my skin. I used Opi I just cant cope-acabana to get the details on her dress. The base color is Essie mademoiselle. The roses are all a base of Essie double breasted jacket, with China Glaze bottoms up, and Color Club featured hair out to there for details. The stem is China Glaze treble maker and Opi jade is the new black. I used Seche Vite to seal everything in.

After I got done this with look I wasn't too thrilled with the yellow. I felt like it still looked patchy and is just not a great color on my skin tone. If I was to redo this I think I would use a different background color but when I think of Belle I think yellow.

Macro of ring finger

Macro of thumb

 **I was sent these products for review but it does not effect my opinion.

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

-Samantha

4th of July Watermarble and Stamping

Polishes used: China Glaze I sea the point. Opi quarter of a cent-cherry, Essie blanc.

Cheeky Ch4 stamping plate with Mundo de unas white stamping polish

Seche vite as top coat

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

-Samantha

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Coral and Mermaids

I broke my pointer finger so I ended up trimming down all my nails but I actually like the look a bit better than when they are really long. I absolutely love how this turned out. I knew I wanted to watermarble ocean currents but I was a bit nervous. I am still not the best at the technique and my middle finger did end up smearing but that's what stamping is for.

I used China Glaze's uv meant to be, dj blue my mind, and Color Club's meet me at the rink for the watermarble background. I did have two coats of Opi's alpine snow down as a base. The bubbles are from bm 505 with Mundo de Unas white. I didn't stamp the bubbles on my middle finger because I knew you wouldn't see them so I went straight in with Opi's cajun shrimp and bm-501 for the coral. The mermaid is Mo-You London Sailor 01 with Mundo de Unas black. Due to having to shrink the image it is a bit smudged. She reminds me of Ariel from the little mermaid when she is singing part of your world.

As always you want to use a good top coat to help prolong your design. My favorite is seche vite. You can get a bit of shrinkage with it so you want to make sure you wrap your tips.

Macro of thumb

Macro of middle finger

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

-Samantha

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China Glaze Glow With The Flow

Two coats of glow with the flow

Accent nail is glow with the flow, home sweet house music, and plur-ple all from the China Glaze electric nights collection

Stamping plate is BM-508 from Bundle Monster's sunkissed collection

Konad black for stamping

Seche vite for top coat

 

 I hope you all have a wonderful day!

-Samantha

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-All photos were taken in my lightbox

Can I Get An Untz Untz

Last neon glitter from China Glaze's new Electric Nights collection is Can I get an untz untz. The name is atrocious but the glitter is amazing. Just like the other glitters in the collection this works best over a white base. Although it does show up over other colors, it tends to not show all the colored flecks unless over white. I chose not to sponge this one on and just the brush with the bottle. You can see from the photos that you do get a pretty good glitter payoff from just using the brush but if you use a makeup sponge you don't get that buildup from the clear base nearly as bad.

I decided to use some of the other colors from the collection for my accent nail.I do like how well these colors go together. I have found with some collections the colors wind up being inharmonious, so it's nice to see one where they stand alone and together beautifully. The plate, Bp-31 is from Born Pretty Store. I used Mundo de unas black to stamp and filled it in with China Glaze's Daisy know my name, home sweet house music, violet-vibes, treble maker, glow with the flow, and dj blue my name. My white base is two coats of Orly dayglow.I did only use one coat of seche vite for my top coat but you may want to use two as it is a bit of a top coat eater.

Macro of ring finger

Macro of thumb

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

-Samantha

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-All photos were taken in my lightbox

Cute Bird Stamping and Gold Flakies

Base color is Opi My Vampire is Buff

A layer of Opi 185k Gold Top Coat

Plate is BM 607 with Konad Black

Seche Vite as top coat

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

-Samantha

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-All photos were taken in my lightbox

Cake Pop and Lollipop Gradient with Stamping

After applying FingerPaints gel like base coat I painted one coat of Orly french white to help my gradient be brighter. I sponged on Orly's cake pop and lollipop for a subtle gradient. Cake pop is very light so it almost appears white but it has a light purple tint to it. Once my colors were dry I used Rica whiteout and bundle monster BM 505 for the shells. I like how you can just barely make them out over top of cake pop. A layer of seche vite completes this look.

Macro of thumb

 Please excuse my dry cuticles. I forgot to put cream on before I took these pictures.

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

-Samantha

 

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Point Me To The Party

Can all of China Glaze's glitters please be as pretty as the ones from the Electric Nights collection?!? They lay beautifully on the nail, don't require a lot of fighting to get on the brush, and have a multitude of colors and shapes. I did sponge this one over white instead of brushing simply because I wanted to get as many glitter colors as I could on my nails. I will say it definitely isn't necessary. You can easily just use the brush to apply and still get great glitter payoff.

I used several of their cremes for the watermarble accent nail. I started off with using a thin coat of Orly French white as a base for all my nails. For the accent nail I used Daisy know my name?, Treble maker, Uv meant to be, Home sweet house music, Violet-vibes, and Glow with the flow. I do wish the marbling had come out a bit better but oh well. This look is supposed to be all about the glitter anyways.

When you look at the bottle shot to be honest it looks a little plain, but once you actually put this on it is super neon. I see this being my favorite pedicure glitter for the summer. I do have one more glitter from this collection to post but I am still waiting on it to be delivered. Keep an eye out for it in the next couple of posts. 

Macro of thumb

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

-Samantha

 

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-All photos were taken in my lightbox