Born Pretty Magic Magnetic

Today I used this beautiful magnetic polish from bornprettystore.com. The polish I chose is called Magic Magnetic Nail Art Polish #60. The born pretty magnet polishes are $6.38, with free international shipping, and a free magnet. My boyfriend and I were both shocked by how well this magnet polish worked. I have never tried magnet polishes before so I was easily impressed by the results. There are twenty different shades in their magnet polish line if pink isn't your preference. If you have not added a magnet polish to your collection yet I recommend you try them out!

Orly Elsbeth's Rose With China Glaze Full Spectrum

Orly Elsbeth's Rose is a dull pink creme that is pretty boring on its own but with China Glaze Full Spectrum as a top coat I think it is beautiful. This is a perfect eye catching- but work appropriate- manicure. For this mani I used two coats of Elsbeth's Rose with one thin coat of Full Spectrum. You can win your own bottle of China Glaze Full Spectrum by entering my Summer Polish Giveaway.

Love Life & Nail Polish

I apologize my posts have been minimal the last few months. I have been busy working on opening a new Etsy shop for graphic design prints. I would love it if you could check it out and leave me any advice or suggestions in the comments below! I hope you find something you love :)

Love Life and Nail Polish

Shine Of The Times & Pixy Stix

Orly Pixy Stix is a pretty pink/ coral creme from the Sweet 2010 Spring Collection. I think it is okay on its own but it is even prettier with a fun top coat. I have previously used China Glaze Rainbow as a top coat- you can read that post here. I have tried several polishes with Essie Shine Of The Times on top and I have loved them all. This manicure is two thick coats of Pixy Stix with one coat of Shine Of The Times.

FREE OPI Pedal Faster Suzi :-)

I purchased OPI Pedal Faster Suzi from Amazon with a free gift card from swagbucks.com. It is a pretty baby pink with silvery shimmer and has easily become one of my top ten favorite pink polishes. You can read more about swagbucks and things I have earned here.

If you click here to register for an account they'll start you off with 30 free Swag Bucks, and I will earn points for your registration. I hope you try it out!

This manicure can be seen in my latest Etsy Shop listing. Please check it out, I hope you find something you love :-)

China Glaze Sweet Hook & Latticed Lilac

I passed on the China Glaze Crackle Metals Collection when they first came out last summer but when i saw them on clearance at Sally Beauty Supply this weekend for $2.99 I did not want to pass them up. I picked up Latticed Lilac and Oxidized Aqua. For this manicure I used Latticed Lilac over China Glaze Sweet Hook from the new Electropop collection. I purchased Sweet Hook from Amazon with a free gift card from swagbucks.com. I am planning on purchasing several of the Electropop polishes with upcoming swagbucks giftcards :-) You can read more about swagbucks and things I have earned here.

If you click here to register for an account they'll start you off with 30 free Swag Bucks, and I will earn points for your registration. I hope you try it out!

Favorite Manicures 2011

This post is a little late- but better late than never. Here are my top 5 favorite manicures from 2011 :-)

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Magenta & Marry A Millionaire

For this beautiful sparkly manicure I used two of my favorite China Glaze polishes. I began with one coat of China Glaze Electra Magenta, then added one thick coat of China Glaze Marry a Millionaire on top. This is probably one of my top 10 favorite manicures. I think the combination is stunning, and is especially pretty in the sunlight.

This manicure can be seen in my latest Etsy Shop listing. Please check it out, I hope you find something you love :-)

Layered: Pink & Green

I purchased OPI Sit Under The Apple Tree last month on sale at Ulta. It is a beautiful, but VERY sheer lime green with shimmer. I wanted to find a use for this polish so I decided to try it for layering. Today I used two coats of Essie Pink Parka as a base, then one coat of Sit Under The Apple Tree on top. The lime green helped tone down the neon pink creating a beautiful manicure. I love the results!

I love Essie Pink Parka for layering because it dries so quickly. If you would like to see Pink Parka layered with White Cap click here, and if you would like to see it layered with China Glaze Lighthouse click here.

Nail Striping Tape 2 Ways

I have recently been trying out Born Pretty striping tape for my manicures. I am pretty impressed with their striping tape. It comes in a dozen colors, for a very low price. The tape was flexible, which made it easy to place, and it was also easy to remove in case of error.

There really weren't any issues with using the tape except that the second manicure had some lifting at the free edge, but it was easily fixed by adding more top coat. I would also recommend getting a variety of colors for your manicures, the white tape is a little sheer. The polishes used for these two manicures were Essie French Affair, China Glaze White Cap, and China Glaze Merry Mistletoe.

*product sent by company PR for review*

French Affair & Born Pretty Dried Flowers

For this manicure I started out with my two favorite polishes, Essie French Affair and China Glaze White Cap. French Affair is a lavender pink pastel creme from the Essie Spring 2011 collection. It is beautiful on its own, but every polish is prettier with China Glaze White Cap so I added a thin coat on top. For the finishing touch I added a dried flower from bornprettystore.com. I have previously reviewed the dried flowers here. A thin layer of Seche Vite on top sealed off the flower and finished off this simple, and beautiful mani.

Born Pretty Dried Flowers

Born Pretty Dried Flowers are a fun unique way to create fast nail art. They come with twelve different styles of dried flowers in individual clear jars with screw-on lids. At first I was hesitant using these because I thought they would be too fragile. They were surprisingly easy to stick on.

Overall I am pretty impressed with this product, and it is an amazing deal for the set of flowers you get. You can purchase these flowers here for around $7. I will be posting more manicures with these dried flowers in the future :-) These photos were taken two days after application, and if you were wondering I used China Glaze Draped in Velvet, and China Glaze Snow Globe as a base.

*product sent by company PR for review*

Purple Panic & Excuse Moi!

Excuse Moi! by OPI is pretty polish with a pink base and multi-colored glitter from the Muppets collection. It is a beautiful polish that could easily be opaque on its own in two coats. I love to layer, and I love bright pink polishes, so for this manicure I chose to use China Glaze Purple Panic as a base. Purple Panic is a fast drying neon pink polish. I have used it several times before in this manicure here and with my favorite polish, White Cap, here.

OPI DS Signature & Flowers

OPI DS Signature is a beautiful pink holographic polish. I wanted to use my Born Pretty flower stickers again but I did not have the patience to wait for layers of polish to dry so I chose DS Signature. It is opaque in one careful coat and dries very quickly. I am loving these flower stickers for fast, but beautiful manicures.

Flirty & Rainbow Connection & My Giveaway Winner!

Orly Flirty is one of my favorite pink polishes. If you would like to see what it looks like under China Glaze White Cap please view my post here. Today I used OPI Rainbow Connection as a top coat instead of White Cap. I love using one coat of Rainbow Connection as a top coat. For the finishing touch I added a flower sticker from bornprettystore.com. I have previously reviewed these stickers here. It is a very bright and busy manicure that is perfect for the weekend :)

I apologize it has taken awhile to tally the votes and contact the winner for my 900 follower giveaway. The winner of my 900 follower giveaway was Sam G! I will start shopping for polishes for my next giveaway soon. Thank you everyone for the nice comments and for following my blog :)

Zoya Roxy & FREE Rainbow Connection :-)

I ordered OPI Rainbow Connection from Amazon this week using a $5 gift card I earned from swagbucks.com which made it almost FREE :) You can read more about swagbucks and things I have earned here.

If you click here to register for an account they'll start you off with 30 free Swag Bucks, and I will earn points for your registration. I hope you try it out!

For this quick manicure I used two layers of Zoya Roxy and added one layer of OPI Rainbow Connection on top. Roxy is gorgeous on its own but it is even more eye catching with Rainbow Connection. I think I will be using Rainbow Connection for my next couple of manicures.. as long as I do not get too frustrated with its removal ;-)

Essie Lady Like & White Cap

I am back with another work appropriate manicure. I have dozens of pink polishes in my collection, and I can easily say that Essie Lady Like is unlike any of them. It is a dusty mauve pink. In my opinion it is the fall version of Essie French Affair. I would recommend this polish highly for fall. I added a little shimmer with a thin coat of China Glaze White Cap on top!

108 Degrees & White Cap

China Glaze 108 Degrees and China Glaze White Cap are two of my favorite polishes. I am not sure why I never put these two together before. Although this manicure is very summery I love this combination. This manicure can be seen in my latest Etsy Shop listing. I have added several new cowls and scarfs to my shop. Please check it out, I hope you find something you love :-)

Knit Fuzzy Lace Cowl Pink/ White

DS Reserve & Fancy Fuchsia

Now that I have started working full time I have had less time to write blog posts, and my manicures have become very boring. I wore this cute combination this weekend. OPI DS Reserve and Orly Fancy Fuchsia are two of my favorite pink polishes so I figured why not try them together. This is a neat holographic combination but it was hard to apply an even coat of DS Reserve. This is two coats of Fancu Fuchsia with one thin coat of DS Reserve on top.

French Affair & CG In The City

Essie French Affair is one of my favorite pink polishes. I wanted to spruce up my French Affair manicure, so I decided to use China Glaze CG In The City on an accent nail. CG In The City is pretty, but last time I used it as a full manicure it took almost an hour to remove. This manicure allows me to use CG In The City, without spending an hour removing it.