Last day of class!

YAY!
Okay that's a lie, the last day of class was the 28th, but I am free!
Also a lie. I have finals this week. Boo.

But I decided a bit of nail art using an awesome stamping plate from Lady Queen was in order.
This should brighten my finals week!

I have a Java final on Tuesday. I really kind of am terrible at Java, so I hope it goes well! On Thursday is my Calculus final. Eep! Let me tell you how prepared I am for that!
Well study study, right?

Click to zoom and see the neat patterns!

I'm in LOVE with this lace plate! I picked the (in my opinion) most intricate one. The little tiny circles are so delicate, and the polish even lifted in corners(like stamps do sometimes) and when I pressed it down it was like real lace. Or maybe I'm just being girlie!
The plate can be found here at Lady Queen, and I so do recommend it! The only downside to these bigger plates is - Okay, two downsides - they don't fit in my cute plate book, and they bend a bit easier, making it far more difficult to run the scrapper along it.
The super neat green is Venique Garter Your Attention. It sure does! The black is, you guessed it, Venique Dominating Thigh Highs. I used a gel topcoat for this(my freakin' new favorite!) and the combo was SUPER UV reactant! I gotta wear this into a club! Haha!

But no clubs for me yet. I have 4 days for that. Then the clubbing begins!
Lol, jk. I'm probably going to sit home and binge watch 30 Rock until next semester starts. Why am I taking summer classes? =(

If you want to snag this plate, or other awesome nail art accessories from Lady Queen, please use this coupon to save some dollars! =D

Thanks for reading! And good luck on all finals to anyone needing the luck. =3
♥Jo

Lady Queen Review. Stamping Plate sent for honest review. Please see my disclosure policy here.

Venique polishes self-purchased.

Spring: Pretty Trees and Allergies

So I hate winter, and that's pretty understandable, right?
I loooove warm weather, so Spring is such a welcoming season for me. It's so pretty and there's flowers and good smells everywhere!! And sneezes!! I have super bad allergies in the spring, through the fall. So lame. However, I'll totally take it over the icky cold weather!
I can't be alone, right?

I got these neat water decals from Lady Queen, and I thought they were nice and Springy, so I felt they were fitting for the season.
The nail art accessories from Lady Queen are awesome! I get super cute manicures with little effort, and they look fabulous! =D

These decals remind me of a nice watercolor painting that I wish I could paint. Find them here at Lady Queen!
Turns out... I don't have any gold glitter. So lame. Aw well! I had a little golden yellow rhinestone to decorate an accent nail with.
I used Zoya Gie Gie as my pretty pink. It has such a delicate shimmer. I thought it was perfect to tag along with these decals and break up the green a bit more.

Use this coupon code at Lady Queen for some dollars off your purchase!

Thanks for reading, and happy warm days!
♥Jo

Lady Queen Review. Water Decal accessory sent for honest review. Please see my disclosure policy here.

Zoya polishe self-purchased.

Grow Strong!

HeeyY!!!
Guess what?!
Game of Thrones is back woo! Season six premieres and I'm super stoked. I'm all for house Targaryen, but I got this cute rose bling from Lady Queen, so I sort of felt a rosey mani nail art was in order for House Tyrell of Highgarden!

But I kept my Targaryen colors. =3

Isn't that gold rose ridiculously blingy?! I feel like its a bit too much for a normal day, but when celebrating GoT, it's pretty much needed. I got it here from Lady Queen nail art supplies. I love this shop so much...
The colors I used was Gelish Hot Rod Red and Gelish Good Gossip. Of course Venique Dominating Thigh Highs as my trusty black stampy. It's almost gone =O The plate used here was Pueen 27.I freakin love lace stamps!

If you want to purchase anything from Lady Queen, please don't hesitate to save 15% with this coupon! =D

As always....thanks for reading and enjoy!
Now time for studying... and HBO!
♥Jo

Lady Queen Review. Metal rose accessory sent for honest review. Please see my disclosure policy here.

Gelish and Venique polishes self-purchased.

New boots are a cause of inspiration!

Hi guys!!! I'm off today and should absolutely be doing homework. But this is taking up my time instead, Which I think is perfectly okay, because I'll be doing homework like super soonish, kay??

Si got these little nail art accessories from Lady Queen, and wasn't sure exactly what to do with them. Then I got these super cute new boots from Amazon and was inspired.

Sometimes I think this little 'buckle' looks more like a Pilgrim hat than a nice decorative buckle, but that's okay. It's still super fashionable to wear buckles on hats, right!? This little accessory can be purchased right here through www.ladyqueen.com. They could probably be used with like making little paintings on your nails! Oh, now I want to do that and frame my work with them!!
I just simply applied it with a clear coat as a glue thing,and filled in the space with a clear gel from Sensationail so it was all neat and stuff. The colors used are Zoya Raven and China Glaze Recycle. I used a sponge to create the marbled mixed color effect. I super love these nails, and they matched my dark outfit today. Woo! I thought the matte coat on the accent was a nice touch.


Here is the boots. Awww, so cute. =D They are a little scuffed already, of course. I love the color so much!

If you want these, or many other nail art accessories and things, check out Lady Queen, and remember to use my coupon code for 15% off your order!!

Alright, Java and calculus time.
♥Jo

Lady Queen Review. Metal frame accessory sent for honest review. Please see my disclosure policy here.

Zoya and China Glaze polishes self-purchased.

Abstract Stripes - Water decal art

Wooow is what I can say about these decals! This is so neat and crazy! =D

I'm IN LOVE with these decals from Lady Queen! I love black and white nail art to begin with, and I extra love that this is really crazy with minimal effort. These full nail decals were actually easier to use than the previous posts decals. After application I applied my Seche Vite and the loose ends pulled right off again.
I'm not sure why these decals were easier to apply, but truly, they were so simply! This sheet aslo has enough that if you mess up a bit, you've got plenty more to go for. Also, being that black and white is such an easy color combo, you could so easily use this as simply an accent nail. =D
The white is a brand new bottle of Venique Wing Tip White. I've been needing this new bottle for so long, and treated myself to two. :3

If you want these decals, check them out with this link from www.ladyqueen.com. Kind of I love them. I want to keep them all of the time!!!

Use my coupon code for 15% off, though!

♥Jo

Lady Queen Review. Water decals sent for honest review. Please see my disclosure policy here.

Venique polish self-purchased.

Almost 8-bit Decals

This title may be a tad misleading. =)
I say it because these water decals are all pixelly! But also aren't! From further away than just a few inches they look all marbled and awesome. Also blue and yellow are such cool colors together!

I wasn't sure at first if I much cared for them, but it turns out they are pretty neat. =)

These water decals are fun tip coverage decals, but I had a bit of a hard time getting them flat. I may have accidentally ruined two of them, hence the different directions I have going on here.
This is the link to these decals on Lady Queen. They have so many awesome little nail art and nail accessories. I have another decal coming soon! =D Hopefully they are going to be a bit easier in applying. The other think I wasn't too fond of, is that there are only 10 decals. Often, you will get a set of at least 12 in little guys like this, for you know, if you mess up like I did!
I used a super cute loose glitter from Sally called Punk Rock over a wet coat of Butter London Cheeky Chops. I love the texured glitter look. =3

So, the design is nice with these decals, so if you have a bit of patients and try really hard not to mess up, you can get a cute mani from these! Use my coupon code on www.ladyqueen.com to save 15%!!

 

Happy superbowl weekend! May your team win and stuff! I'll be watching because there are snacks at the party. Yup.
=D
♥Jo

Lady Queen Review. Water decals sent for honest review. Please see my disclosure policy here.

Butter London polish self-purchased.

Little Wrapped Presents

It's getting closer and closer to Christmas! I was inspired by a wrapping paper I have to bring you today's manicure. This is my favorite thing I've done in a long while, I can't lie!

The base color is Julep Ginger. It's a holographic polish seen on this blog before, but considering it is being covered by Venique Wing Tip White, you can't see the effect much. But that is certainly okay! There is also some Zoya Tomoko happening, but sadly, the image sort of blends that with the Ginger. Still, it's there. Like in the tip of the ring finger, near the snowflake, it's there. =) By the way, tje snowflakes are Zoya Nina. I used two stamping plates for this: BM 205 and BM 319. Finding the right plate for the white stuff was terribly difficult. Time to get more plates, right?!

Cuuute little bow! Because presents need bows! I got this bow from Lady Queen, right here. I've never used such big gemmys before! I hope it lasts a while and I don't lose it. I have a little Christmas dinner thing, so I hope it lasts through that. As everyone knows, gems in general aren't meant to last forever. Brush through your hair too much and they'll likely come off. But it's so pretty for now! The bow came without any flaws, and all of the pearls/gems are intact and where they need to be. I kind of want more, although I have no idea what to do with them! Perhaps also I should go for some smallers, yeah?

Use my coupon code to get neat Lady Queen nail art accessories! Fifteen percent off WOO!

As always, thanks for reading. Have the Merriest of Christmas-es and the Happiest of Holidays!!
♥Jo

Lady Queen Review. Pearl Bow Gem sent for honest review. Please see my disclosure policy here.

All polishes and plates were self-purchased.

Marilyn Monroe Water decals - She's so lovely!

For the first time in my nail polish journey I have used water decals! I kind of love them a lot!
These water decals gave me awesome nail art based on the beautiful Marilyn Monroe!!

I really wanted to have chevrons for the pattern, but no such luck in having a chevron stamp plate. Boo.
Oh well, please enjoy!

I wasn't sure how to incorporate portraits onto my nails, but I think it turned out not so bad. =D
You can find the decals here at lady Queen. They worked so well! Like I said, I've never used these sorts of decals before, but they were so easy! I will be getting more no doubt.
The colors are Venique The Perfect Accessory. I love this red for stamping, I just wish it was a bit deeper over white. Aw well, what is, eh?
Venique Wing Tip White, once again is my white. Stamp plate BM 322 was used for the super awesome hounds-tooth. I think this is a fun manicure with or without the decals. I probably want to do it again someday. Because it's daring and awesome. So Marilyn Monroe fits so great!!! =D

Don't forget to use my coupon iffins you decide to get some Lady Queen nail art accessories and the like. =3

Much love!
♥Jo

Lady Queen Review. Monroe Water Decals sent for honest review. Please see my disclosure policy here.

All polishes and plates were self-purchased.

I'm in Dumbledore's Army!

Hello friends, here we are again with another fun stamping plate from Lady Queen!
This one is extra awesome because it's Harry Potter themed =D

While doing this nail art, I realized how long it's been since I've read Harry Potter, and I want to again soooo badly now. But I have Game of Thrones to read! And school to attend! And house to clean!
So perhaps I will settle for a movie marathon while  cleaning the house? =P

Anyhow...

The plate is héhé 034 found here at Lady Queen. It says that it's a 'peacock', but we all know that's Fawkes. ♥
This plate was wonderful, as with the other plates from lady Queen. They are free from defects, bends, scratches, and all of the engravings are the perfect depth, size, and shape for stamping. I feel like a stamping pro with these. Accept part of 'Dumbledore' didn't transfer. Aw well.
The phoenix is supposed to be read, and I played around with attempting to stamp him with a white/red mix. But gold just works so well.. The gold is Orly Luxe, and the base is China Glaze Smoke and Ashes. As always, the white stamp is Venique Wing Tip White.
I love these nails and will no doubt do something similar when I go see Fantastic Beasts!!! =D

Please use my coupon code if you feel the need to buy any awesome things from lady queen.

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See you soon, yeah!? ♥♥♥
♥Jo

Lady Queen Review. Stamp plate hehe034 sent for honest review. Please see my disclosure policy here.

All polishes were self-purchased.

Delicate Stamping

Told you there was another plate coming your way! Actually there is even one more after this, in a small series of Lady Queen stamping plate and nail art reviews.

This manicure was interesting, and it took a minute to really grow on me. The plate is so fun I didn't know which design to try, so I did them all!

The plate is héhé 006, purchased at Lady Queen. There are 4 super cute flowery, leafy, paisley designs on it. Each have super thin, cute lines that are pretty tough to pick up with the stamper, but super cute if you get them right!
I don't know why I ever use shimmery polishes, I'm never pleased with the pictures. But this didn't turn out so terrible! This is China Glaze Ayoy! and Julep Marion. The white is Venique Wing Tip White, my go to white for now. Because it's almost gone =O. I had the hardest time selecting colors for this, but these colors actually work quite well. I likes it. =)

As always, use my coupon for purchases at Lady Queen. ♥

My dump of nail art will soon end, but I can't say you're too upset by it, right? =P
♥Jo

Lady Queen Review. Stamp plate hehe006 sent for honest review. Please see my disclosure policy here.

All polishes were self-purchased.

I have a koi pond!!!

On my fingers. =3
I love this manicure! I think it's a super cute idea for a stamping plate and I'm going to be a bit vain and say I picked pretty stinking decent colors!!!

The stamping plate used in héhé 037, purchased right here through Lady Queen. This is the super cutest animal manicure I've ever done. I want to always have a koi pond! The plate was perfect. The 'water marble' design is super nice, and I want to use drastically different colors with it some day. I can't wait to use it again!
The polishes used were all Zoya: Jancyn, Neely, and Blu. Neely is the base color, with the ever so slightly different Blu over that. Jancyn made for pretty cute little fishies.

If you'd like this plate, or many other super neat nail art supplies from Lady Queen, please please use my discount code for %15 off. Sick deal, amirite?

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I have more plate designs to share with you, so hang tight!
♥Jo

Lady Queen Review. Stamp plate hehe037 sent for honest review. Please see my disclosure policy here.

All polishes were self-purchased.

Christmas Sweater

GUYS! The semester is OVER!! I had my last final today and could not be more pumped for Christmas! I got me tree up (finally) and managed to get some Christmas nails going! I haven't nailarted for so long. I miss it...

This is done using a stamping plate form Lady Queen. héhé 060, is the tag on it. It's like an ugly Christmas Sweater, other than I don't think it's ugly. =) I love this nail art using Lady Queen's plates. I have a few more to show you soon, as well. And can now because why? Oh yeah, finals are over! =3

I also used Julep Popova , Venique Wing Tip White, and Venique The Perfect Accessory.
Hello winter, too. It showed a lot over the last few days. I may have tapped a fence with my car. Aw well...

Please use my coupon code for Lady Queen if you decide you want this, or any other plates. <3

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Have the Merriest of Christmas' please?
♥Jo

Lady Queen Review. Stamp plate hehe060 sent for honest review. Please see my disclosure policy here.

All polishes were self-purchased.