Spring is Coming!! =D

You guys, I am so excited for Spring to be on it's way!
I saw tulips popping up the other day which is so amazing and I'm pumped! =D
Those trees that have the super cute snowballs of flowers on them? That's what this mani reminds me of.
=3

These decals are from the Born Pretty Store. I kind of love them! At first I did the full art on all of the nails, but then it got kind of ruined, and of course there isn't enough for all again (sad day, right?!) so now you get some neat nail art. Which is better, anyway.
These decals are AMAZING!!! Applying them is so easy, even on the full nail. I want so many more!! Venique Wing Tip White is my go to white, and OPI DS Radiance is the nice silver chevron.

I'm so excited to get outside and not wear a jacket. I love warm weather.
Yay!

If you want these decals, please use my coupon code at Born Pretty! =D

♥Jo

Born Pretty Review.Water decal accessory sent for honest review. Please see my disclosure policy here.

  Venique and OPI polishes self-purchased.

Watercolored Water decals

Hi all!!! I'm going to Wendover today. It's like a little town in Northwest Nevada. It's there so that, ya know, Utahns can gamble too.
I should have done blackjack nails for this day, but I have these neat looking decals to try out, soooo, here we are!!!

This water decal sheet is available from The Born Pretty Store. I think it will be fun for having a crazy Saturday night in Vegas Wendover. They remind me of a watercolor of some sort. Modern art, right? Or perhaps they are a tie dye thing. Naw, watercolor for sure! I'm holding my Venique Wing Tip White because I used it as the base, and wasn't sure if there was any transparency to this water decal. There's not!
This is hands down the BEST water decal I've ever used! There's no wrinkled, even across the whole nail, they dried fast, but stayed easily movable is I kept them wet.
I love them....

You should give them a shot from! Use my coupon code at Born Pretty to get some discounts!!!
=D

♥Jo

Born Pretty Review.Water decal accessory sent for honest review. Please see my disclosure policy here.

  Venique polish self-purchased.

Freindship Bracelet French Tip!

Hi all...
I haven't been so well in the last few weeks.
Bleh.

But here are nails, so it's okay!!!
Super short post, today!

 

=D Love!!!

This is a suuuper cute water decal sheet from The Born Pretty Store. I wasn't sure how to do a cute manicure with these, but I totally love the designs! They remind me of those little friendship bracelets I used to make when I was a kid!
I used my OPI Can't Let Go and Zoya Mira. The water decal was super easy to apply, and there are tons on the sheet to choose from!

I want to redo this manicure someday with a BFF. Dawwww... I love this sheet of decals, and I want to also do a full french manicure with it, not just a little accent.

Buy stuff from Born Pretty with my coupon code. =3

♥Jo

Born Pretty Review.Water decal accessory sent for honest review. Please see my disclosure policy here.

Zoya and OPI polishes self-purchased.

Holographic Foil Transfers! And another Frozen manicure...

Hi everyone! I have the worst cold. It's incredibly horrible and I hate it. =(
That only sort of stops me from having nice nails, though.
This was a super awesome idea, so I had to pick it up. I reviewed once before on nail foils, and I quite like them. I think they are innovative and fun, and I've seen some super neat things with them!
So I found this holo foil on the Born Pretty Store, and gave it another go!!

 I tried this on a purple color first, but had a hard time getting it to work, or get decent pics. Later, I was watching Once Upon A Time Season 4... And Elsa happened, so, these are inspired in part by Frozen! Bluueeeeeee.
The foil is number 43 from this selection. I found it was a bit difficult to transfer it onto larger nails (than the little pinky!) and get it to not look cracked. BUT! I still think it turned out pretty great. The Zoya is Kristen. I loooove this color. I forgot how much I did. I've certainly used it many times in the past, and again, it looks so Frozen! =D

If I were to get any others from this selection, I'd probably pick 167 or 160. They have a 'broken' look to the pattern anyway, so I imagine it would transfer just fine, and you wouln't notice anymore cracks as easily. Well, if I ever get them, I'll let you know!

If you want anything from The Born Pretty Store, feel free to save 10% and use my coupon code! =D

School started this week. The week I've been dreadfully ill... I've had to endure that, because if you miss the first classes, they can boot you for the waitlist and  I can't risk that. Here's hoping the end to this is near..
♥Jo

BPS Review. Holo foil sent for honest review. Please see my disclosure policy here.

Zoya Kristen is self-purchased.

Let it snow, let it snow... Let it Go!!

Hello everyone!! It's been awfully snowy out here in the ole' SLC. So I thought a snowy cold manicure was in order. I'd like to try to enjoy the snow, but it's super hard when I crazy hate being cold!

I got to thinking... There is no 'too hot' temperature for me. It gets to like, 105F max in the summers here, and as exhausting and gross as that is, I think if you put it and freezing temperatures together to pick one, I would rather be hot. My body hurts when it shivers sooooo...
And none of this "take layers off, put layers on" Even if it's cold for just a short period of time... It's too cold.

Anyhow, rant over... NAILS!

 Texture so nice!!!

I got these super cute stickers from Born Prettty!! On the index finger I did NOT apply a topcoat over the sticker, whereas on the other two nails I did. I think I like it better without, although it's more likely to fall off faster. Win some, ya lose some. Overall, the stickers are wonderful. They peeled off the backing perfectly, and applied very smoothly. Love!

The blue is Jelep Margaret and the white is NOT Venique for once. =P The white is Julep Eileen. There is some glitters at the tips. That's a sponging of Sally Hansen Disco Ball. The chevron and ring finger start with Eileen, and then have some loose glitter sprinkled on top. Btw, I need a thousand more loose glitters. I LOVE the textured look without having to seek out a texture polish! However, it does flake off pretty easily, but at least it leaves behind a nice texture.

As always, don't forget to use my coupon code if you decide these stickers need to be in your life, or anything else from The Born Pretty Store!!

As the boyfriend said about this mani.. "Very merry, very Christmas." =D
Hope your holidays were super great!!!
♥Jo

BPS Review. Snowflake stickers sent for honest review. Please see my disclosure policy here.

All polishes and glitters were self-purchased.

Elegant Blue Flowers

Hello there again today! I have some more pretties brought to you by the Born Pretty Store!

I've only once ever used nail wraps, and I don't know why I don't every day because these things are awesome!

 These Elegant Blue Flower Wraps are so nice. I thought they were the perfect thing for just to pop on and go with a super Cute manicure!

 So it turns out, the wrap is transparent, and over the white backing is what I fell in love with, so I figured why not some Gelaze White on White to go under it? Gel is QUICKLY becoming my favorite thing, you guys.
The wraps applied so neat. They wrapped around the tips almost what you would call perfect, and it was very easy to trim up the cuticle line either with another fingernail, tiny scissors or tweezers. The wraps applied smoothly and without bubbles or flaws, and  they make my shorties look cute. =)

I think I would love to have more wraps in general, and very much recommend them. So, use my coupon code for the Born Pretty Store if you are also interested in some new super cute wraps!

Thanks for reading! I have some more gels coming up for swatching and art soon, because I can't get enough of them!

♥Jo

Born Pretty Store Review. Elegant Blue Flowers wrap sent for honest review. Please see my disclosure policy here.

Gelaze was self purchased.

Red Lace

I am so in love with lacy patterns. I have sad little shorties but wanted them to be pretty. So other than a bit too think (eh...), I think these are nice.

I received these awesome stickers from the Born Pretty Store in style HBJY010. I kind of love them.

Sooo pretty!

They weren't the absolute best at being a full nail wrap, but I figured since I have shorties, why not? I had to black tip because they weren't quite long enough even for that. I stretched them a bit over the nail and they seemed to lay nice and flat(er). They weren't too hard to lift and reposition if needed, but not after I smoothed them out. If I moved them after that they lost some stick on my nails. Not too bad though! Perhaps when I have longer nails I'll do this again, but the black tip will be even longer! =D
This is Fuse Gelnamel Watt's Your Color? for the pretty red, and Venique Dominating Thigh Highs for the ole black. Would you believe I found like FIVE fuse gelnamels at Walmart in clearance for a DOLLAR each! Omg I was so pumped. Although I didn't buy the green one.. Ah well. One of them was the kit with lamp for only four dollars! Such luck!

Anyhow, these stickers are super fab. If you were interested in buying them, don't ever pay full price! Use my coupon code to get 10% off!!

Much love, and thanks for reading!
♥Jo

Born Pretty Store Review. Black Lace Stickers sent for honest review. Please see my disclosure policy here.

Fuse and Venique were self purchased.

Gold n' Gradient

Hi all!
Wooo, I've been busy. School takes a lot of time!
Today I have a couple of fun things to show you from Born Pretty Store!
I've actually got even more fun stuff coming your way from BPS. All in good time.

We'll start with these cute awesome gold heartbeat stickers. OMG so cute! The chevrons make me so happy. =D

The sticker applied perfectly. I was able to remove and reposition it fairly easily, as long as the nail was perfectly dry an I hadn't pressed the sticker down tooo mcuh yet. The middle finger does have some fairly visible lines of the sticker. Not in the image, though! And, you know, not to anyone but me. So I think it's perfectly fine. I love these stickers and should probable get more because I WILL run out!

 Love!

So as you can see with this mani, I've got a nice gradient going on. This gradient is Zoya Neely and Venique Wing Tip White (which is like... GONE! Oh no!).
Generally gradients are suuuper messy, but yet another fancy product from BPS fixes that RIGHT up! I've seen plenty of people use similar products, so I was very excited to get this for myself. The white peel off liquid tape / peel off baseboat! If you were thinking of getting this, DO! It was so great to easily clean up leftovers from gradient. Water marbles, here I come(again!)!

 Left is before gradient (eww, smudge =P) Right is after. you can see the Neeley up on the tape.

I HIGHLY recommend putting lotion, or oil or something nice like that on your skin and rubbing it in before using this tape. It comes off so much easier that way. Just be sure it's off of your nail for polish! I also recommend a nice thick coat for easy removal.

And of course, if you want any of these BPS products, don't pay full price! Use my coupon code. =)

Thanks for reading, and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

I'm sorry this isn't a festive look, but it's nice to have a break from all the festivities, right? =D
♥Jo

Born Pretty Store Review. The heartbeat stickers and white liquid tape were sent for honest review. Please see my disclosure policy here.

Zoya Neely and Venique Wing Tip White were self-purchased.