Gold Studs - Born Pretty Store Review

Recently I was contacted by Born Pretty Store to make some reviews. I picked the 2mm gold square studs I've been seeing around... My package arrived last week, but because of the 31 day challenge, I was able to use them only today... :)

The studs came in a small bubble envelope in almost 20 days. They were in a zippered pouch, but I don't plan to keep them there. I will empty them to a tiny pot... :)

First I tried a half moon mani... I started with 2 coats of Flormar black. While the polish was still wet, I took my dotting tool and started placing them on my nails. As the polish dried, they stuck on my nails, so I didn't have to use a top coat. :)

One more thing, as you can see, on my ring finger, the last stud did not fit. So I took my nail clippers and cut it to fit... :)

I saw a fellow blooger do a Tetris nail design the other day... So I thought I should give it a try... I really loved how this one turned out... Totally cute... :)

Ok, I admit it, I went overboard with this one... LOL

Anyway, if you want to buy from these studs or other nail art accessories, you should visit the Born Pretty Store...

Feel free to use the coupon code HLL91 Born Pretty Store has provided to my readers, for a 10% off with worldwide free shipping!!!

These products were sent to me for my honest review... For more info, please visit the Disclosure Policy tab.

Flip/Flop February Challenge - Day 1

Hey, I'm here again with another challenge... This time it is hosted by Jillian from Jilltastic Nail Design. This looked like a super fun challenge, so I couldn't let it go... :)

I asked Jillian to post a few manicures weekly, because it was really hard for me to complete the 31 day challenge. She is such a nice lady, and she said yes...So I guess I'll be posting every other day and keep up with this challenge...

Anyway, this challenge is called Flip/Flop February Challenge and you have to pick one of the two "missions" each time... Hmm, maybe on some days, it would be nice to use them all... :)

Anyway, for the first day, I chose gradient... Because it is my new favorite nail art technique... After stamping, of course... LOL

For this mani, I used Flormar Pretty in white, Pastel 95 and Essence Ultimate Pink... For the first time, I used a make up sponge for the gradient. I usually use a kitchen sponge, or a soft sponge like that. The make up sponge (the triangular ones) suck up more polish but give a flawless gradient, while the other sponge had a lot porous view... I addes the Flormar Glitter on top and I was ready for the first day...

Comments needed!!! How do you find this frame? I see similar things on other blogs and love it but not sure if it fits to my blog! Please comment! :)

Don't forget to check out what other ladies did!!!

RETO 2013 - A new Challenge!!!

Well, since my January Challenge is over, I can start a new one, right?

I found the prettiest challenge over at Loving Cosmetic... The post is in Spanish and my Spanish is not that good as my Italian. But since the two languages are alike, I can understand most of it... Anyway, there's always Google Translate... :)

The rules are simple...

- There are 12 manicures to do...

- We are starting on Feb 4th.

- The challenge lasts for 12 weeks, this means one mani each week. And you get to post on any day of that week... (Loved it!!!)

- You have to use the Inlinkz code after posting each mani...

And the rest is up to your immagination...

Loving Cosmetics sent the English version of the table for me...


1st week -> Something about candy.
2nd week -> Something about love
3rd week -> Something about flags
4th week -> Something about Disney
5th week -> Something about Videogames
6th week -> Something about Fruits
7th week -> Something about brands (Coke, Nike, Dior ...)
8th week -> Something about Colors
9th week -> Something about Water
10th Week -> your imagination, whatever you want
11th Week -> Something about a Drawing
12th Week -> Something about Make Up

Isn't it fun? If you want to participate, please comment to Loving Cosmetic's post...


Don't forget, we are starting on February 4th... :)

My new Nailz Craze Plates

My new Nailz Craze plates have arrived!!!!

I guess I was one of the lucky ones to have them. :)

I bought my first plate about a month ago. I had bought NC02, the one with the unicorn... :) I've been meaning to buy the rest later, but when I saw that Natalie released a new plate with diamonds on it, I went crazy and ordered the rest!

To my surprise, the package came on only 5 days from Israel!

As always, it was neatly packed, bubble wrapped and came with a cardboard at the back, so the plates don't accidently get bent in the mail... :)

Here are all the plates...

Sorry for the fingerprints... LOL

I tried the diamond one today, NC04... As always, the images stamp crystal clear. The only thing that made my cry was the big diamonds... Just like the cloud pattern in the NC2 plate, you just have to scrape it really carefully to get a nice image. Because the image has a lot of flat area, it is really tricky to scrape... 

Recently, she made a video about the scraping method. After seeing her, I finally made my NC02 plate to work. I hope she makes another video for NC04.. LOL

For those who haven't seen the video, here's the link...

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151362711106118

Anyway, for this mani, I used 17 Holo and Konad Special Black... Loved the way it blings... :)

Oh, the Konad Black is soooo hard to clean!!!!

The New 31 Day Challenge - Day 31 - Recreate someone else's mani

Oh my God!!! How time flies!!!

We are on the last day of the 31 Day Challenge... I am both sad and happy... I am sad, because I love doing challenges. They give me headstart when I lack inspiration...

I am happy, because it was really hard posting every day. I don't understand how other ladies do it but it was really tiring for me... I guess from now on, I'll be posting every other day, just like I used to do...

Anyway, for the last day of the challenge, we are supposed to re-create someone elses mani...
The mani I chose was the color opposites mani of Lydia from Lydia's Nails Day 16: Color Opposites.

Well, let's say I tried to re-create... I looked nothing like hers... Hers was more gorgeous. But mine did not turn out to be so bad... :)

Here's the awsome inspiration!!!

And here's my interpretation... :)

I used Essence Miami Roller Girl in Bienvenido A Miami, Essence Breakthrough and Flormar Matte M102...

Well, shall we make a round-up?

It was really fun being in this challenge with all the other ladies... Thanks Debbie, for the opportunity... :) Hope to see all the ladies in another challenge soon... :)