BornPrettyStore holo polish #12

Hey guys,
So, some of you may have noticed, that, for awhile I had a picture on the right hand side of my blog, showing that the bornprettystore had released some new holo polishes! Well, I was lucky enough to get one to review and that is what I have for you guys tonight. First off, bornprettystore is a website that I LOVE! I go mainly for all my nail needs but they sell A LOT of stuff. Also, they have great ,reasonable prices and the thing that I love the most is FREE SHIPPING!!! Especially for me in Canada, often times it's the shipping costs that just kill me so I LOVE their free shipping! You can pay 3$ if you like for a tracking number and verified mail if you rather do so. I have never had any issue not doing so. I have gotten polish from them before. I own a glow in the dark that I love , among many others but was happy to see they had holo polishes and was happy to try one out. I chose number 12 (they go by number, not names as do most of their polishes) which is a gorgeous dark teal holo. How about we just get to the good stuff??:)



                                                                   Outdoors
                                               (in sun)

I have a mini bottle but I am pretty sure you get a bigger one than this.

AH! that gorgeous rainbow flare! LOVE IT!

Just look at this gorgeous color.

I just LOVE the look when I take a pic of holo's in this angle:)

here's a macro shot!

In the shade

Of course, as with all holo's, the flare is gone when not in the sun but still a gorgeous color:)

So?? Don't you agree?? It is just gorgeous, isn't it? Granted, yes, I am a sucker for holo's and for teals and blues but I loved it. And to be quite honest with you, it's quality is right up there with some of my most expensive holo's. I did wear my NFU-OH aqua base under it but I have heard from others that they didn't and had no issue. And a lot of time, even with my aqua base, I still get balding but I had none whatsoever with this one and it was fully opaque in 2 coats. So, overall I was truly pleased with this polish and will definitely be getting more. As I already said, these are available from bornprettystore for 12.88 BUT they are on sale right now for ONLY 5.59$ each and some are only 4.59$ AND if you take a look on the upper left hand side of my blog, where the ad for these holo polishes were, you will now see I have been given a 10% off code for all orders. So, just type in my code and you will get an extra 10% (good forever) so you can NOT go wrong especially, as I also already mentioned, you get free shipping!

Do any of you own some of these yet? If so, which one? I am anxious to try more out ASAP! I will be taking advantage of this sale, for sure:) Hope you guys enjoyed my post and hope to hear from yous. Till next time:) xxx

Monday MAni challenge, week 16, "purple"

After blue, purple is my fav, go to color. So this week is one of my favs. And with this, we are now all caught up! I thank you all for being patient and understanding with me:)


                                                        Purple

Like me, Briana seems to love purpls cause she did two tries:) The top is "Whoops" from Mckfresh" and the bottom is China Glaze "that's shore bight" with some purple holo foils.

HA!! AWESOME PHOTO BOMB ALERT!!! hehehe!! such a cute dog!!! But the mani focus is Kellee Foster's nails which are Butter London "Marrow" with "Knackered" on the index finger:)

Michele Clinton is wearing Zoya pixie dust "Carter" AKA my number one pixie dust lemming! this is just gorgeous!!!!!!!

ANja Andersson in Color Club "Too violet"

ANd because great minds think alike, Deneen Champion Smith went with the same polish I choose, which is a gorgeous purple from China glaze called "Flying dragon".

Another polish I am dying to try is Picture polish, which Kathy SMith is wearing in "Wysteria" with an accent nail of Jindie nails "Tastes like snozberries"

Jeanie Puo in a brand i am dying to try , KBS shimmer. This color is" Lilac dreams"

Maggie  wearing, "cosmic forces" and femme fatale "edge of cosmo" for accent nail on top and Gloss and sparkle "fruit tingle" and "Lead paint" for the accent:)

KArin Johansson wearing, as she called it a "blurple mani" because she says this is more purple than pic, unlike the picture leads us to believe. And I know how it is to take pics of a polish and the color  just won't  capture!!! This polish is LA color girl "addict junkie" 

Michele Clinton with another from Cirque "Fascination street".. WOW! This is beyond gorgeous!

Nubar "nile purple" another from Karin Johansson" which is a really nice jelly and Darling dive "ringer" which she says is a dupe for Max Factor "fantasy fire". Gorgeous!

And...Michele Clinton (I am not the only one who loves purple and this is too gorgeous not to share) wearing a Swedish brand Make-up store "Lea"

HAHA! So, obviously I am not the only one who loves purple. Everyone seems to have more than one in their stash that is their fav:) So there we have it, I am now all caught up and I can finally fell good and take a breath of relief...Now, I must just keep up:) Darn you summer fun! lol..........

Monday Mani Challenge "Duo-chromeMichele Clinton has Cult nails ", week 15

So, alot of us had a hard time knowing what exactly a "duochrome" mani is...but from what I gathered, it is a mani with 2 colors, that shift from one to the other...Black and white is a very popular combo. SO, it is not monochrome" it is duochrome"....ok, it can be confussing, trust me I was as well....So, let's se what people came up with. We all have our own takes, there are not really any rules here. I would never not accpet an entry, unless it was totally off, and even then, if you had an explanation/reason, I would welcome it......

                                           
                                        Duochrome

Jeanie Pou went with a nude and gold monochromew using China Glaze "fast track" and SOPI "14k top coat". I love the combo!

Lisa Waldhaus did a great job with her B&W mani. I LOVE those designs on her nails!

I LOOVE this one! Another gorgeous, flawless mani from Anja Anderson!

Kathy Smith did the "acid wash" technique for her mani.

Michele Clinton has Cult nails "Be loco" with "All out" for her accent nail.

Deneen Champion Smith wasn't sure if this could count, but I say YES! This is Emily De Molly "it's complicated" because let's face it, I found narrowing down specific duo chrome mani's was, well, complicated!!! 

And this is a gorgeous duo-chrome polish that is a new indie brand "La bella vernice" which will  be on the blog shortly and a brand you do not want to miss!!!!

So, there we have it. A lot of you may look at this and not agree with all these being duo-chrome mani's but as I said, I am not here to judge or be difficult. That is what is great about doing our nails. It's our own expression and us having fun so, we do what we want. I am not going to be fussy, these challenges are all in good fun, after all:)
                                                                                                 

Monday Mani Challenge, week 13 "Rainbows"

Ah! who doesn't love rainbows! So many possibilities and so many colors!!:) So, here I go, still catching up and I bring you RAINBOW mani's:):)


                                                               Rainbows

So, in a past post I said "does Anja ever fail?"..Well according to her, this is a fail! I still think this looks pretty darn good and is great for this challenge. I actually like it:) But I understand how it is when you have an idea in your head and it just turns out a totally different way.......

Jeanie Pou did this awesomely cute rainbow sneaker mani! I just LOVE this! I actually saw it a while ago and have been meaning to try and do one. Now I want to even more! so awesome!

Jeanie Pou used some rainbow glitter on her tips to get a rainbow theme:)

Michele Clinton, wearing Chilarity "Marauders" asked if a holo can be a rainbow mani and I said YES! Hey, when I describe them in post, I always refer to the "rainbow shift" so I think holo's can fit right on in:)

Kathy Smith used the fan brush method to do her rainbow mani using China Glaze "Heat index"(pink), Sinful colors "neon melon"(yellow) , sinful colors "Snow me white)(white and Julep "Annie" (blue) .

For my mani I did a skittles rainbow ombre and topped it off with my new FAV polish, Lush Lacquer "Clowning around". This polish is so awesome, I am working on a post for it all on its own, but, until then...

And that is that for all the pretty colors of the rainbow:)

Monday Mani Challenge, week 12 "Gradients"

So, still catching up, here is week 12. Gradients are something that I just can't master. So I truly admire and envy all who can do them. Something I need to keep practicing, right? Anyhow, let's have a look at what others, who have the talent to do it have came up with:)


                                            Gradients

I LOVE the colors of this gradient by Kristina McCurley! And the accent finger is gorgeous! You can never got wrong with glitter...:)

Lisa Waldhaus did this gradient on a friends nails and I wish I was a friend who lived nearby. This is just beautiful!!!

Kelly Monaghan's gradient, who, she says is "not great, just ok" but I have to disagree. I think it looks great! I know how hard they are to do and that is what I have tried. Sponging over white and if mine even looked anywhere close to this one, I would be happy!!!

WOW! This gorgeous mani is Michele Clinton wearing Mentality "Charity" ( a holo color shifting polish) and Cirque "XX". Michele says that the pictures don't capture the true beauty of these polishes so, IRL, they must just be gorgeous!!!

These two gorgeous glitter colors are the gradient that Kathy Smith did:)

Seriously, Anja Anderson seems to never fail! Her mani's are always spot on!  Like Briana, this could also fit in with stripe week but it is spot on gorgeous for our gradient theme!Julie G gumdrops "Tangerine dream" and "hot cinnamon"

Here is Briana's Gradient, although it also fits right tin with stripes week:)

So there are the gradients and I hope to be able to add one to this post very soon..... DREAM BIG!!! :)