NOTD: Pinky/Coral scalloped nails

Hello again everyone! What do you guys think about my new blog design? I worked hard on it yesterday, and I love it! I have another NOTD(nails of the day) for you. I'm not sure how I feel about these nails to be honest. I kinda like them, but they aren't quite what I had imaged when I thought up the design. That happens sometimes though, and I don't have time nor patience to redo them. I figured I'd share them with you despite how they turned out. I hope you all enjoy them more than I do. If you have any questions feel free to ask. I'd love to hear from you. If you try this design out, share it with me on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, I'd love to see! Like me on Facebook to see more from me. I'm also on Instagram and Pinterest, and Twitter . Check out my other blog if you'd like to see non nail related blogs. 
Have a blessed day,

Products used:

Base coat: Nail-aid, Triple Warp Thickener

Pinky/Coral: Sally Hansen, I Pink I Can

Silver glitter: Queen of Beauty

Top Coat: Sally Hansen, Insta-Dri

White acrylic paint: Apple Barrel Colors, White

Dotting tool

Detail paint brush

 

Review: imPress Broadway Nails

Hello again everyone! I hope you're having a good morning so far. I've got an interesting post for you this fine Wednesday morning. I received the Spring Fever VoxBox from Influenster last Friday. If you would like to see what all I received and get more information on Influenster , then check out my blog post on it here. Inside my Spring Fever VoxBox, I received a set of imPress Broadway Nails.  I got immediately excited, I love trying new things. I've never tried imPress Broadway Nails before. I've heard great things about this product, so I couldn't wait to try them out. As you all know, I love to do my own nail art, but it would be nice to be able to just stick some nails on and not have to worry about it from time to time. These seemed like just the kind of thing I might like. If you want to see how imPress Broadway Nails worked out for me, keep reading. 

Below is what their profile on Inlfuenster has to say.

"Introducing imPRESS Press-On Manicure by Broadway Nails, the revolutionary way to apply polish! Featuring advanced nail technology, you can get a salon-perfect manicure in seconds – simply peel off, press on, and you're done. There's no drying, a killer shine and a manicure that lasts up to a week! And, imPRESS is so easy to remove, you can change it up to match your mood as often as you want. Check out all colors and patterns, including trendy brights, classic darks and animal prints. With imPRESS, your nails will always be your best accessory.

imPress Manicure retails for $5.99 for colors and $7.99 for patterns, and is available at CVS, Rite Aid, Duane Reade, KMart, Walgreens, Walmart and more. For a full list of online and in-store retailers, visit imPressManicure.com, where you can download an exclusive coupon and virtually try on all the colors and patterns!"

They make some pretty big claims,"revolutionary way to apply polish!", "lasts up to a week!", "you can get a salon-perfect manicure in seconds ". I remember press on nails from when I was a kid. So, I'm curious what makes these different.

This is the design I got. imPress Broadway Nails, Over the Moon. It was a nice marbled design. Honestly, it wasn't my favorite design. Their nails retail for  $5.99 for colors and $7.99 for patterns. 

The packaging was really cute, and functional. Unlike the boxes most fake nails come in. 

The black lid comes off, and the package opens up to house all of the nails. This made it easy too keep up with all of the extra nails.

 Always start with clean dry nails, free of any nail polish. Then, lay the nail over your natural nails to find what size works for each nail. Align the tabbed edge  with your cuticle.

After finding what all sizes you need lay your nails out. This makes it easier when you're applying them. This way you don't have to dig around for each nail. I actually had to trim my natural nails for this. My nails were already short for me, and I still had to trim them. I wasn't happy about that. Who wants to fake nails shorter than their natural nails? I wish the nails were labeled with what size they are. That would have helped when it came to sorting them.

This is what the glue looks like. It's very thick, and makes the nails sit way above your natural nail. This lead to me getting my long hair stuck between the imPRESS nails and my natural nails. 

Above is a closeup of how the nails look once applied. They were very easy to apply. Just peel, align with your cuticle, and press firmly. I wasn't too crazy about how they looked. They look very thick, and a little too square for my liking. I prefer the more rounded look. I also feel like they were all a little too wide for my nails. It took less than 5 minutes to apply all 10 nails, and that was nice.

I'm not sure if this is a common problem, but none of the
nails actually fit my natural nails. There were these awkward gaps on almost every nail. Above are pictures of 2 different nails with the gaps. From afar you can't really tell, you have to be looking closely to notice. As somewhat of a perfectionist, this bothered me. If I'm going to wear fake nails, I don't want it to be so obvious that I'm wearing fake nails. I'm not sure how they can be too wide, and have these gaps all at once, but they were.

Overall, I was very disappointed. I had high hopes for this product after I've seen so many people hype it up. It just didn't work out for me. I found the nails to be so wide that they hurt my nails. Then there was the fact I had to trim my natural nails to put them on. They claim these last up to 1 week, mine lasted less then 24 hours. I put them on just before dinner, around 5 pm, I wasn't doing any hard work, or anything out of the normal. Just day to day behavior. They popped off then I got dressed for bed,  again when I washed dishes, then again when I dug through my purse. I used the left over nails to fill back in before I went to bed, and woke up with over half the nails off.

Pros:

• Cute packaging
•  Great designs(even though I didn't care for this design I've seen some great ones) 
• High shine 
• Easy to apply
• Fast

Cons:

• Ill fitting
• Awkward gaps
• Poor lasting power
• Too short
• A little pricey 
• Too thick

I wish these had worked out better for me. I would love to try this product again, maybe I got a bum batch. However, With poor lasting power, and ill fitting sizes I'm giving it a 2 out of 5 stars. I could have dealt with the gaps, ill fitting sizes, thickness, and short length, but if they don't stay on. I won't spend my money on these. It seems I'll be sticking to my natural nails. I wish I had more positive things to say about this product. I will always give you my honest opinion, even when the product doesn't work out for me. Keep in mind, just because this product didn't work for me, doesn't mean it won't work for you. If you have any questions feel free to ask. I'd love to hear from you. Have you ever tried imPress Broadway Nails? What did you think about them? Like me on Facebook to see more from me. I'm also on Instagram and Pinterest, and Twitter . Check out my other blog if you'd like to see non nail related blogs. 

Have a blessed day,
                           






 *I received these products complimentary from Influenster for testing purposes.

Tutorial: Memorial Day Nails

Happy Memorial day, everyone! While you're out having a cookout, and the family gets together, lets not forget about what today is all about. Today we remember all of the fallen soldiers who laid down their lives so we can be free. Free to do simple things like write a blog about how I paint my nails.  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I'm happy to bring you a tutorial for an easy patriotic design. I was inspired by a pin on Pinterest. Check out the pin that inspired me here. If you have any questions feel free to ask. I'd love to hear from you. If you try this design out, share it with me on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, I'd love to see! Like me on Facebook to see more from me. I'm also on Instagram and Pinterest, and Twitter . Check out my other blog if you'd like to see non nail related blogs. 
Have a blessed day,

If you want to learn how I created this design, keep reading :-)

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Products used:

Base coat: Nail-aid, Triple Wrap Thickener

Blue: Pure Ice, French Kiss

Red: Finger Paints, Curator's Crimson 

Top coat: Sally Hansen, Insta-Dri

White(not pictured): Apple Barrel Colors, White

Detail paint brush

Dotting tool

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 Step 1: As always start by applying your favorite base coat. Let it dry before moving on.

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Step 2: Apply 1-2 coats of your favorite blue nail polish on your index finger nail. I used 2 coats. Navy or true blue work best for this design.

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Step 3: Paint all the rest of your nails red. This red polish only took 1 coat to be opaque. 

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Step 4: Using a dotting tool, or toothpick dipped in white polish or acrylic paint, make small dots. These dots are the stars. Try to keep the dots in straight lines. That way they look more like the stars on the American flag.

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Step 5: Using a white nail striper, or a detail brush and white  polish/acrylic paint, create 2 horizontal lines on all red nails except your thumb. You can do more than 2 lines if you like. 

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 Step 6: Using the same blue polish you used earlier, and a detail brush, create a small blue square in the bottom left of your thumb. This will be the background for the stars. You could also use a nail striper in a similar blue if you have one.

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 Step 7: Using a white nail striper, or white polish/acrylic paint and a detail brush, start making the lines on the flag. I like to start just under the blue part of the flag. 

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 Step 8: Using a dotting tool or a toothpick dipped in white polish/acrylic paint, carefully place your white dots on the blue square. Once again, try and keep them in a straight line.

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Step 9: After letting your design dry for a few minutes apply your favorite top coat. Then clean up whatever polish may have gotten on your skin with a cotton swab or paint brush dipped in nail polish remover. After that, you're done!
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 Bonus Toes of the day! I figured I'd show you what my toes look like. If you want to learn how to get the gradient glitter look I have a blog post on how to do it. Check out my Gradient glitter nail tutorial here!

Products used on my toes:

Base coat: Nail-aid, Triple Wrap Thickener

Blue: Pure Ice, French Kiss

Red Glitter: China Glaze, Mrs.Claus

Top coat: Sally Hansen, Insta-Dri

1 cosmetic wedge

NOTD: Fun Spring Mint and Coral Nails

Hello everyone! I hope you're all having a great week. My heart and prayers go out to any of my readers effected by the recent bad weather. In happier news, I have another NOTD(nails of the day) for you today. I hope you enjoy today's nails. I'd love to hear your thoughts on them.  If you have any questions feel free to ask. I'd love to hear from you. Like me on Facebook to see more from me. I'm also on Instagram and Pinterest, and Twitter . Check out my other blog if you'd like to see non nail related blogs. 
Have a blessed day,

Products used:

Base coat: Nail-aid, Triple Wrap Thickener 

Mint green: Pure Ice, Home Run!

Pink/Coral: Sally Hansen, I Pink I Can

Holographic Silver: L.A. Colors, Live

Fine silver glitter: Sinful Colors, Queen of Beauty

Chunky silver glitter: Pure Ice, Dazzle Me

1 Detail brush, and dotting tool

 Pinky: I started with mint green, then using a detail brush to do the coral stripes, then went in with a white acrylic paint and added the white stripes. Next I took the larger hexagonal pieces out of the dazzle me polish and placed them one by one on the white lines. 

Ring Finger: I started with a holographic silver polish, and then applied 2 coats of chunky silver glitter. 

Middle finger: I started with the coral polish, then made a white triangle using acrylic paint. Then a slightly smaller triangle using mint green polish, then an even smaller triangle using silver holographic polish and then topped the silver triangle with a fine silver glitter. Here is my detailed tutorial for this nail design.

Index finger: I started with the mint green polish. Then using a detail brush and the coral polish, I made a thin vertical stripe going down the center of my nail. Then using the white acrylic paint and a detail brush I outlined the color stripe. Then I used the large hexogonal glitters from dazzle me I placed them one by one with a dotting tool up the center of the coral stripe.

Thumb: I started with the coral polish. Then I went in with the mint polish and a detail brush and painted the chevron print. I picked one line and filled it in with the holographic silver, and then topped that with the fine silver glitter. 

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