Thursday, October 29, 2015

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Halloween

Hello!
Another Friday, another 40GNAI day! It will be really short and sweet today since I don't really have much to say.

Today the challenge is Halloween! I initially wanted to do something super complicate and gore, but I wanted to do something simple and cute too. I decided to go with the "simple and cute" finally because I don't think I could have wore the mani I had in mind at work haha.

I was inspired by @sloteazzy on IG for these pumpkin faces.

 
I started with a radial gradient (we can't really see it. Sad panda!) and then painted the faces with acrylic paint.

 
I didn't take too much pictures. Oh, well. You get the idea, right? :P
 
Happy polishing!
 
Irrationails xo

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

40Great Nail Art Ideas - Orange, Purple and Green + Saran Wrap

Hello!
 
I know, I am terribly late for the 40GNAI challenge! I first tried to do my mani Thursday and it was so much a fail, I couldn't bring myself to post this mani Friday. You know when you do something and while you do it you just say to yourself : "Stop. STOP. STOOOOP." but then you continues? It's what happen with my fail.
 
So I tried something different and I like it better!
 
 
First of all, my pattern and the color prompt had a potential of 99.99% of turning into a big mush. I knew it before I start. (Previously fail turned into the mush predicted.)

 
I decided for my second attempt to do the colors separate instead of trying to use them as a whole. Super simple skittlette, but I love it!

 
I used black to smudge the colors and because black is a Halloween color, of course!

 
I hope you liked it!
 
Happy polishing!
 
Irrationails xo


Saturday, October 24, 2015

Review - Gold Nail Sticker from Born Pretty Store

Hello, hello!
 
Today I have something new to my blog! A review from Born Pretty Store! Yeah, I'm so excited for this!
I contacted BPS earlier in September and they were kind enough to send me three samples to show you! Let's take a look!

 
 
My first item is these gold stickers. (here, Product ID:21776) There are three different design on the sheet. Big bold chevron, three tiny chevron design and the heartbeat one. The three tiny chevrons aren't showed on the sheet because I totally forgot to take a picture before using them! Oops!


 
 
 
The stickers are "glued" to the sheet, so you will have to peel them first and then apply them to your nails. I chose to use the three chevron first and I went full hand with them. I immediately got a chic manicure without fuss.



This is what they look on my nails. My base color is Bye Felicia (by Trust Fund Beauty), a gorgeous vibrant purple with some pink undertones polish! 



You can see that the glue of the sticker is really not visible to the eye. I pressed firmly when I applied them and I had a perfect define line without a white film surrounding it (I had it happened to me in the past!)



Even thought they are sticker, they are super fine and won't go bumpy once on your nails. I had troubles in the past with stickers because they were kind of 3-D and I didn't like it, but with these stickers, no problem at all! 




Oh, and they are gold. Who doesn't love gold? This color makes everything better in my opinion, seriously.

I would recommend to use a topcoat to seal the design. I didn't do it because I was testing them for a short time, but if you want to extend the lifetime of your mani, definetely wear a topcoat.

If you ever want to buy something from Born Pretty Store, I have a discount code for you! Use "DEAEX31" at check out on items not already reduced for 10% off! 

Happy polishing!

Irrationails xo

Saturday, October 17, 2015

40 Great Nail Art Ideas- Geeks

Hello! Today I'm back with the 40GNAI challenge! 

Geek was the theme and I had so much inspiration and none at the same time for this week prompt. Weird, right?  

I finally settled and decided I wanted to do science inspired nails, since I'm a big science geek. Apparently, you can geek about anything (I didn't know that) nowadays. I think at first geek was for the video games and nerds were for science/math etc. But now, it is a lot mixed up, geek, nerd, whatever.


I started with a saran wrap background using three different shades of soft green/mint polishes. 


After, I topcoated it and painted with Black acrylic paint my little molecules. From left to right (on my first picture) you have a part of the sugar molecule, on my ring finger it's dopamine or serotonine (I did both and I can't remember which is which haha), on my middle finger it's a coffee molecule and finally I have the dopamine/serotonine molecule on my pointer finger. 

You know, stuff that makes you happy! :)


On my thumb is the new statement I see eveywhere. Geek is the new sexy.

Hope you like it!

Happy polishing!

Irrationails xx

Monday, October 12, 2015

Nailmail from Trust Fund Beauty, Eat.Sleep.Polish and Supernatural Lacquer

Hello!
 
Time for some random nail mail post! It's been forever since I shared my nailmail on my blog, so I thought it would be a great idea to start again. Personally, I love seeing others people's nailmail. Sometimes I discover new brand and sometimes I just appreciate to look at nail polish bottles. :)
 
Let's see what I got this week. I got my Trust Fund Beauty order, Eat.Sleep.Polish and Supernatural Lacquer order too!
 
 
First, we have I Had It First (soft pinkish nude creme), Wine O'Clock (burgundy/wine creme) and Drunk Dial (deep purple creme) from Trust Fund Beauty.
 
I just love nude polish and I've been eyeing this polish for a while, so when I made my order, I just HAD to put I Had It First in my cart. (Right?)
 
Wine O'clock and Drunk Dial are both from the "Because I Can" collection (Fall 2015), while I Had It First is from the "Prenup" collection.
 
 
Then, we have my Eat.Sleep.Polish. order. I bought Rasberry Gummy Bear and a crystal nail file.
 
 My first order got lost so the owner, Caterina, sent me another package to make up for it. I initially bought The Deadly Poppy Fields, but she didn't have it in stock since she is in the process of moving. (I will have it later when she reopens!).
 
Caterina was a sweetheart from the start. She responded in a matter of few minutes (max one hour) and she tried to fix everything for me. I even got a mini nail file! I really appreciated her professionalism and her customer service. I wish her luck in her move and I can't wait for her to open again.
 
 
And finally, my last order. From Supernatural Lacquer aka my favorite indie, of course! I got some of her new fall polishes. The first is The Trickster. Oh, my.
 
 
LOOK.AT.THAT.POLISH.


The next two are thermal inspired by the ghost on Supernatural. Poltergeist is a black (cold) to light gray/white/transparent polish.

It has black, pink and blue flakies. I don't know how to described it. It's gorgeous, okay?


Ectoplasm is a blue (cold) to gray/white/transparent thermal.

 
Drool worthy, right?




The last two are magnetic polish inspired by the Horsemen. I bought Death and War. They were my favorite Horsemen so I had to have them. Death (right)is a purple and War (left) is more of a deep red. I CAN'T WAIT to play with them.




Weeeeell, that's it for this post! I'll see you later this week for the 40GNAI!

Have a good week!

Happy polishing!

Irrationails xo





 

Friday, October 9, 2015

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Teal

Hello!

Today's the second week of the 40 Great Nail Art Ideas Challenge! For this week, the theme was teal. Each participant had a specific prompt assigned to them, so everyone would make something different. Since we are more than 40 now, some prompt may repeat, but the interpretation may be different! How fun is this?

Mine was teal + rose! I was happy I had this one, because I thought it would be very easy to do. I also wanted to make something a little bit different but that turned out to be a fail so I changed my direction at the last moment. In the end I'm very proud of my nails.

Let's take a look!

Thursday, October 1, 2015

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Hobbies

Hello, hello!

Yes, you read right, Reader. Once again, I'm joining the Crumpet Nail Tarts Challenge, but this time it's a little different! Not the same rules, not the same prompts. A new adventure!

I am so excited to be part of this challenge, since I didn't really have any ideas or inspiration the last months. The challenge will keep me busy for a few weeks (I think it's for the whole year, oh boy!) and we are posting on each Friday. I have already all my prompts, I just need to do them now lol.

Without further ado, let's talk about the first prompt. It was decided it would be hobbies.

When I start looking for ideas, at first I was completely lost.. Did I have hobbies other than doing my nails? I don't really like sports, I am not a very outgoing person, meaning I like to do my things all by myself. Then I remember something. Writing. I loved and still do love writing stories.

Now, trying to do this on my nails. Hum.