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

52 Week Challenge - Non US Brand : "Welcome to the 60's" by GlamPolish

It took me long enough, but I'm back with a new blog post. I struggled through the last weeks to find inspiration, motivation and time to blog about nails.

 

I'm coming back with some holo sparkles/glitter deliciousness!

 

For the 52 Week Challenge, I decided to go with the "Non US Brand" for the beginning of the week. Maybe if I have time later, I'll do the Kids Tv... I honestly have no memories about what I was watching when I was younger haha. All the memories I have is watching movies with my dad and watching tv shows that I probably shouldn't have. (Don't worry, not this kind of tv show.)

 

Anyways!

 

The last time I fell off my "No-buy" train, I bought some Glam Polish babies I wanted from a long time at Harlow and Co. "Welcome to the 60's" was one of them.

 

31DC version 2.0: Day 18: World Cultures

I was getting down last week because I wasn't feeling very inspired. Now, I'm back on track and producing a lot of manis to be up-to-date on this challenge!!

First post for today is my post for world culture. I kept having this idea of doing this Mexican nails, something very festive every time I thought about this prompt. I really don't know why. Lol. But then, yesterday evening I was looking through my inspiration folder on my computer and saw a greek pattern. I forgot about it, only to remember it again when I was looking on SimplyNailogical.com at a tutorial (Greek, of course! It had to be.) Destiny had called.

31DC version 2.0: Day 7: Metallic

I'm back with more nail art for the 31 Day Challenge!!

Today's nail art is inspired by steampunk pieces. Metallic totally inspired me this. Doesn't it inspire you this?

 I must admit it's been a while since I wore a metallic shade. I usually don't wear that kind of polishes, I don't know why exactly. I have like one gold (a really pretty one, I should wear it more often!), two or three silver (that I wear almost never) and one copper-like (I wear this one never.) Sooooo. I thought it was time I used them so they can feel loved too :)

I found my inspiration on DeviantArt. I don't remember the girl's name who did these nails but I thought they were pretty cool. In one of my previous design for the new year I took a little part of this design too. I loved it. I still do.

Okay, okay. I shut up now.

 

Nails Of The Weekend: Pahlish's "La Belle Endormie"

Taking a short break from the 31DC to wear one of my many new pretties!

Fall is almost here and I'm really happy about it. I think over the years, it has become my favorite season. The colors in the trees, the cold air (but not too cold) and when the sun is there, wow!

Yesterday night, when I was searching for a new color to wear, I couldn't decide. I knew I wanted something dark, with a fall vibe... The problem is that I have a million of new pretties and I wanted to wear all of them! (Compulsive buyer heeeeeeere.)

I finally decided on wearing one of my new Pahlish. It's my first time buying from them and I was really amazed when I had them finally in my hands. The colors on my screen didn't prepare me for all this amazingness! They are so much prettier in real life! Making it harder to decide which one to wear first!

No more blabla. Let's see those nails!!

 

La Belle Endormie is a dark red/purple jelly full of gold shimmer. Very vampy, very fall!

I'm not at home at this moment, so I took the pictures with what I had.  Look at that gold shimmer peaking through! I wish it would have shown better on the pictures!

I just adore this shade. I will wear this one very often during fall. It has so much depth. Just beautiful.

What are you wearing on your nails this weekend?

Happy polishing!

Irrationails xo

Black Sheep Lacquer Subscription Box (May)

For my very first blog post, I want to talk about Black Sheep Lacquer.

She was one of my very first indie I bought when I decided that I was trusting someone I didn't know who lives across my country with my money. Black Sheep Lacquer is a Canadian indie polish maker, 3-free and Leaping Bunny Certified. How cool is that! You can use her polish safely and no puppy/bunny/kitty were harmed during the process!

Few months ago, she started a subscription box. Every month she will ship to you 2 bottles of nail polish and a mini no-name for 19$(CAD) if you're in Canada or 15$(US) if you're in the US.

This month the colors were picked from her new collection (Zelda-inspired)! I got Hero, Golden Power and Magic Mirror with the mini purple. Wait.... If you're smart, you noticed that there are more than 3 on the picture. But.. How? Well first thing first. I ordered the subscription box before and then she released the new collection. When I saw Dark Knight, I knew I had to had this one! So I bought this perfection in a bottle. With Purple Planet, because I was lusting after this one for months now.

Erin, who is so sweet, e-mailed me asking if I wanted to combine my 2 orders and have 1 more bottle of polish... Of course, I accepted. Who doesn't want a extra polish, huh? No one. That's right.

Hero (Green), Dark Knight (Purple Duochrome), Purple Planet (Green Duochrome), Golden Power (Gold), Magic Mirror (Silver) and a purple/lavender unnamed 

 I must confess that I was not one of those cool kids who played Zelda when I was younger. Even if I don't know exactly to what it refers I can say that they are pretty cool!

Hero, Dark Knight, Purple Planet, Golden Power, Magic Mirror, Unnamed Purple

I am really excited to wear these beauties! Right now, I wear Dark Knight on my nails. Duochrome are the best thing created, just FYI.

Maybe I'll try to do swatches.. Just need to understand how my camera works haha!


Irrationails xo