Essie Naughty Nautical with Nail Art!

*press sample*

Hello again!

Back to my regularly scheduled posting after my post earlier this morning (it's very exciting if you haven't seen it)! It's not often that Essie gets me very excited about their polish, but I did have to get a couple from the Naughty Nautical collection because they were super pretty. My base for this mani is it's namesake...I'm such a sucker for shimmer! Here is the look I came up with...I am really loving this:

This is my first time using caviar beads...I just dipped my still wet base color in a pot of the beads and it was done...very easy! I stamped a design from my Summer Cheeky plate set and placed some stud rhinestones on the middle of the flowers.

Like most of my nail art supplies, the caviar beads I used for this mani came from Born Pretty Store in this pretty set:

You can find it on their site *here*. AMG10, my coupon code, gets you 10% off too!

*Product sent for review in exchange for my honest opinions.

Salon Perfect Exploded- Summer Vaca Nails!

Good morning!

I have been so busy with review posts this past month that I am still catching up on my personal manicures. Today I am showing you a mani I wore for the vacation I took with my family to Hilton Head Island , SC back in June. I loved the bright neons and the accent nail turned out so cute. Perfect for the beach!

I layered 1 coat of Salon Perfect Exploded over a white creme. The accent nail is Color Club Wham! Pow!,  China Glaze Hang Ten Toes and Sunkissed all swirled together with an adorable pufferfish stamp from the Cheeky Summer 2013 plate collection.

These aren't my normal pics or lighting since I took these after I had already left for my trip, but I think you get the idea!

I still have a handful of summer polishes to use before the season is over...crazy to think fall is practically around the corner!

Cheeky Stamping Plate Review

Good evening readers! 

It's been one of those days where I just haven't gotten around to blogging until the day is practically over. Better late than never I suppose!

So I recently had the chance to test out some stamping plates from a brand that I hadn't tried before called Cheeky. I just think it's awesome how easily accessible stamping plates have become. I remember when Konad was the only one out there and it was super expensive! Luckily, brands like Cheeky make stamping supplies much more accessible and affordable. I think you get more than you pay for with this set. Check it out: A nice storage box, protective film over the front of the plates as well as a coating on the back, and a cute card that can double as a scraper. . The packaging itself is super cute and definitely adds to the appeal of the product.  

I did some stamping over some LCN colors that I will be reviewing soon. I mostly used metallics to stamp and that makes it a little more difficult for the image to transfer smoothly sometimes, so any bald areas are because of that and not the quality of the plates.

Love the fun range of designs! I would definitely recommend these plates and they are nicely priced at $25/set. You can purchase the set *here*!


*Product was sent for review in exchange for my honest opinions.