Nibble Files Giveaway! Essie Shine Of The Times

I just wanted to let everyone know that Alissa from Nibble Files is having an awesome giveaway. She is giving away one bottle of Essie's Shine Of The Times. If you would like to enter click here :-)

Good Luck!!

Glitter Giveaway Winner!

I have drawn and contacted the winner for my 1000 follower glitter giveaway. The winner is Katielow! Thank you everyone for the nice comments and for following my blog :)

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*