Pink Stars are Falling in Lines!

SAMPLES PROVIDED FOR REVIEW

Today I want to show you the cute nail art that was inspired by the series Under the Dome!  I recently received these adorable little pink star studs from The Born Pretty Store.  If you're not familiar with The Born Pretty Store you are missing out, my friend!  There is such an amazing amount of fun thing on this page I cannot even begin listing them all.  I have gotten several decals and other things from them.

These precious little neon pink stars came in a bag with 200 pieces!  You can find them in various colors right HERE.  The Born Pretty Store has even been so kind as to create a 10% off coupon code for my blog readers!!!  Just use code GAG10 at checkout!  COUPON CODE!

I created this design with Essie's I'm Addicted as the base and used a neon pink Kiss nail art pen to create the falling star lines.  I then used a thin layer of topcoat as adhesive and placed the stars where I wanted them to go.  Finish it off with top coat to keep the stars in place and voila!

I'm with the Lifeguard - Topless and Barefoot!

Hahaha, I know, I know.  I just couldn't help myself.  But the art mani I put together today was made with Essie Topless and Barefoot and China Glaze I'm with the Lifeguard!

It's a simply done tape mani that turned out to be one of my new favorites.  Please forgive my dry cuticles; the weather changing back and forth here is rough on them.  Both of these colors were on my wish list for so long and I haven't done much with either of them until now.  I used two coats of Essie T&B then taped off areas for China Glaze IWTL.  I absolutely adore it and it was so easy to do!

How do you like this fresh neon pop on a nice nude in all this wintery stuff? :)

Also, don't forget about my Giveaway!!!  I have a lovely set of rose water decals up for grabs.  If I can get 200 followers I will add a second prize winner! Check it out HERE!

Jamberry Nail Shields

Good morning! So, as you may know, I started a new job and this is my third week there. It's slow going getting adjusted into a routine for work and taking care of the kids (especially nighttime feelings for E) but it's gotta be done!

A week ago OMG, Wait What Polish Is That posted a FB Challenge to try out Jamberry Nail Shields for a week and I thought it would be the perfect thing to try since I have been so short on time lately! Shea sent me a couple of options to try out and I selected a cute, simple black and white floral design.

For those of you not familiar with Jamberry shields they are adhesive nail strips that you apply with heat and remove with heat or polish remover. There are soooo many different designs and something for everyone. My biggest concern with trying these was that they are a bit pricey to me for what they are so I was very excited to be able to test them out! By the way, I live in Texas and it's dang hot here and I was very worried I would get my mail and the appliqués would be applied to the sticker sheet but nope! They were just fine! :)

Here is my mani on Day One:

The instructions were to cut a strip in half and use each half on one nail on each hand. The strips were more than long enough and there were multiple sizes to choose from. Applying them with my blow dryer was pretty simple, although I have slightly rounded nails and on each hand I ended up with a little (not so little on my right hand) crease in my appliqué. The ladies in a FB Group I'm in suggested "more heat and more pressure" to smooth out these rough areas but I just couldn't fix my right hand. In fact, I think that my attempts to unstick and smooth were the undoing of my right hand's strip because it came off that very same night. Disappointing!!! Also, I am still slightly annoyed with the results of my attempt to file the edge of the strip "in a downward motion" as instructed. Nonetheless I said I would do the challenge which was to post a pic on Day One and Day Seven so I hung in there with my other nail strip in tact. 

Skip ahead about four days. I was losing some of my nail polish, Whimsical Ideas by Pam's Persian Violets over Essie Play Date, but I was also experiencing peeling on the remaining nail strip. The edge was just coming right off! Of course, I can't handle that so I went ahead and cut the loose corners off.

Here is Day Seven:

All in all I'm not super duper impressed with this first experience but I have seen some amazing manis sporting Jamberry nail shields and I am definitely going to use my other samples to practice application. I would purchase if I could figure out how to use them properly! ;)

Until next time, I leave you with a link to Shea in case you are interested and want to purchase from a Jamberry Nail Shield consultant.

http://jamwithshea.jamberrynails.net/