[Review] BornPrettyStore Studs

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Hello again my lovelies!

I'd like to show you two more nail art items I received from Born Pretty Store for review. 

The first item is this awesome wheel containing approximately 400 pieces of 2mm studs in 6 pastel colors and 2 different shapes: squares and rounds. 

The 2nd item is this other wheel containing only 3mm square studs in 12 different pastel and neon shades. There are approximately 260 pieces in this wheel. 

These studs are pretty awesome and there's a multitude of designs you can create with them! The application is simple! Just as with rhinestones, you simply add some clear polish or topcoat on your nail and place the studs with the help of a dotting tool or any other tool of your choice. I personally don't like applying top coat over the studs. So I just make sure the studs are properly attached to my nails and I leave them just like that.

These studs can be purchased at BornPrettyStore.com for $7.59 each wheel. Besides, they offer FREE WORLDWIDE shipping! If you use my coupon code AA7J61 you get a 10% off of your entire purchase!

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Mix & Match: Denim, Gradient and Leopard Print

Hi everyone,

I'd like to share with you another denim mani I did for a contest on IG. 

For this mani I applied that same denim technique I showed you before in this tutorial. And here's the tutorial for the gradient nails and leopard print:

1. Paint your nails with a white polish and let it fully dry;

2. Apply striping tape diagonally (or any way you like) to your nails;

3. Apply the pastel nail polishes directly onto the sponge. The polishes I used are Lime Crime Once in a Blue Mousse, Crema de Limon and Parfait Day;

4. Dab the sponge over your nails.

5. Remove the striping tape and let your gradient dry and add some dots of neon polish on one of the sides of the stripes. The dots don't have to be perfect. The polishes used here are China Glaze Towel Boy Toy, Kiwi Cool-ada and Pool Party;

6. With the brush and the black acrylic paint, outline the neon dots to create the leopard print. Apply top coat and voilà! 

Thanks for reading!

Vintage Roses

Hello my dear readers,

I've already said good-bye to winter and I'm pretty much in the spring mood right now, even though it's still chilly outside.

Last time I showed you this beautiful mint green shade by Essence. So I translated my spring mood into my nails by adding some vintage roses to my accent nail.

I first applied white striping tape on my nail, then painted the roses with acrylic paint. Very easy and not time consuming at all!

Thanks for reading!

Essence - That's What I Mint!

Hi everyone,

As you can see, I totally changed my blog layout and along with it, I'm also changing the way I post my pictures. I hope you like the new changes.

So this is how the new pictures will look like from now on.

And a full hand shot as well.

I found that the older blog design kind of diverted the attention from the pictures. It was way too busy and too colorful. I was doubting between black and white, but since the pictures' backgrounds are black, I decided to make the whole blog black as well. I hope you guys like it! 

Thanks for reading!

[Review] Lime Crime Les Dessert d'Antoinette Nail Polish Collection

Hi everybody,

I'm very excited to show you some pretty nice nail polishes that I received in the mail the other day. It's Lime Crime's Les Dessert d'Antoinette Nail Polish Collection. The collection comprises 7 highly pigmented pastel shades, inspired by confectionary delights from Marie Antoinette's table.

Source: http://www.limecrimemakeup.com

I don't own a lot of pastel nail polishes mostly because the formula is usually very streaky. But let me tell you something: Les Dessert d'Antoinette polishes are a whole different story! Let me show you!

Starting with Lavendairy, which is a purple lilac pastel shade. It does not dry to a glossy finish but it isn't matte either. It's opaque in just 2 coats.

Next shade is Once in a Blue Mousse, a tiffany pastel with a glossy finish. This one also achieved full opacity in 2 coats. 

Pastelchio is a lime green chartreuse, an absolutely gorgeous shade that falls more into a neon than a pastel. 

Crema de Limon is a pastel yellow that applied like butter! Even though it gets full opacity in just 2 coats, I applied 3 to show its true color. 

Peaches ❤ Cream, a 2-coater bright orange/peach shade. Like Pastelchio, this too is a borderline neon shade. 

Parfait Day is a very pigmented and bright pink that depending on the lighting, it's pretty close to being a neon as well. 

And to complete the collection, Milky Ways, an off-white cream with a hint of peach. A truly amazing and unique color, unlike anything I have in my stash. Like Once in a Blue Mousse, this one also dries to a glossy finish. 

Overall impression: 

I totally A.D.O.R.E.D this collection! It was about time that a company would introduce highly pigmented pastels with easy application. Some of the shades are more of a bright cream than a pastel though. I had no issues with the formula, although Pastelchio was on the thick side, it still applied like butter. All polishes achieved full opacity in just 2 coats and dried fairly fast. With the exception of Once in a Blue Mousse and Milky Ways, all the others do NOT dry to a glossy finish, which is not a big deal if you apply top coat. 

Les Desserts d'Antoinette can be purchased directly at Lime Crime's website. The polishes can be purchased individually for $5.99 per bottle (9ml/0.3oz) or $39.99 for the entire collection.

These products were sent to me for my honest review.

Easter Skittles

I wasn't really in the mood for something fancy, so I just used pastel colors on my nails and left it this way. The polishes used were all China Glaze and all 3 coats:

• Agent Lavender (thumb)
• Moody Blue (index)
• Go Go Pink (middle)
• Groovy Green (ring)
• Lemon Fizz (pinky)

The picture quality isn't the best, cuz I used my mobile's cam.