Beautiful Dreamer

I have a sentimental post for you today.  This mani is dedicated to a nail friend of mine in honor of her beautiful angel named Rowan.  Please read on for more pics and info about this mani.

Purple Angel Mani

March BHB Mani Swap

Who is ready for Spring?  Well, I'm ready for summer, I've already pulled out the NEONS!!  Read on for my inspiration and how I put this mani together!

Fun Floral Mani

Doctor Lacquer Betelgeuse stamped with MPolish

I have a new polish from Doctor Lacquer to show you today!  I preordered the Something Spatial: Stars collection, as well as two beauties from Something Spatial: Galaxies collection.  Both sets are thermals and so far they are breathtaking.  Read on for more pics and info!

Doctor Lacquer Betelgeuse stamped with MPolish

Colors By Llarowe Dirty Diana Mani stamped with MPolish

Fun stamped mani using some brighter colors during this gray, bleak time in winter.  I'm ready for some neons soon!

Stamped Mani featuring MPolish

MPolish is a press sample. Other polishes and supplies were purchased by me.
I was not compensated for this review.  All opinions are my own.

Nail Stamping Guidance And MPolish Tips And Tricks

Forgive me for the ridiculously long, epic post.

This.  This is why I stamp.

Starflower by MPolish - Swatches and Review

Let's get right to it.  This is Starflower by MPolish.  This is by far my most favorite of the stamping polishes I have tried so far.  There are three others (six total) in Megan's spring collection and I will absolutely be picking up every color as I have been blown away by these stamping polishes!

MPolish is a press sample. Other polishes were purchased by me.

I was not compensated for this review.  All opinions are my own.

Stamping with MPolish Starflower

Valentine's Day Mani featuring MPolish Apple Blossom

I have another winner from MPolish for you!  I tied it into a "holiday" appropriate mani too!  ;-)  

More pics and info after the jump!

Most polishes in this post were purchased by me.  MPolish is a press sample.

I was not compensated for this review.  All opinions are my own.

Valentine's Day Nail Art

MPolish - A 5-Free Stamping Polish Review

The MPolish stamping polish in this review is a press sample.

I was not compensated for this review.  All opinions are my own.

Oh, my heart is singing.  Do you hear it??  Do you know why it's singing?  I have finally gotten my dirty little paws (okay, big and ridiculously clean hands) on an amazing stamping polish!!!!!!!

More pics and info after the jump!

Zoya Lael and MPolish Sweetclover

Bear Pawlish Cold Never Bothered Me with stamping

Here's a beautiful polish I purchased during Bear Pawlish's B2G1 free sale in the beginning of January!  It's called Cold Never Bothered Me and it's inspired by who else but Elsa from the Disney movie Frozen!  More pics and info after the jump!

Bear Pawlish Cold Never Bothered Me stamped mani

ILNP Mutagen and Flakies Stamped Mani

I'm in love with this mani!  So much that I've had it on for five days!!  I'll be sad to see it go.

Dual-purpose mani, trying out my new ILNP polish (Mutagen) and new MoYou London plate and stamper, and painting for a football playoff games challenge.  More pics and info after the jump!

Fluff: More Nail Mail

Nail mail!!  I finally got my Bear Pawlishes in from the promo Tennessee ran at the beginning of January, and I dove in and ordered some new stampers from MoYou London too!

Nail Mail!! from Bear Pawlish and MoYou London

Tennessee, owner of the Bear Pawlish indie brand, ran a Buy 2 Get 1 Free promo.  I've had several of her polishes on my wishlist so I certainly couldn't pass up such a great deal!  Her shop is currently closed, but once she works through everything from this promo she'll be back up and running.

Bear Pawlish indie brand polishes

As for MoYou London, they just recently released some new squishy stampers.  I currently own several stampers (Konad double sided firm, BPS double ended XL squishy, two Cici&Sisi squishy stampers from the jumbo sets) but I've been itching for a good marshmallow stamper for my collection.  From the reviews I've seen, the people that have purchased these stampers from MoYou London had some good things to say and they claimed they were both marshmallow squishy sticky stampers.

MoYou London stamping plates and squishy stampers

I found that while the rectangular squishy stamper is a marshmallow, sadly the double ended one is not.  It's still squishy, probably a little less so than my BPS one, but certainly not a marshmallow.  Never fear, I'll find a use for it!  Both stampers came with their own plastic scraper.  Woo hoo!!!

I've also had the Explorer plate 22 on my wishlist forever, since Debbie (@ladyandthe_stamp on IG) received one as a prize from MoYou London.  Since I was ordering stampers, I figured I may as well put this baby in my cart too.  I was not disappointed!!

MoYou London Explorer collection plate 22 and rectangular stamper and scraper

Now for my testing of the stampers.  I used an image from the Explorer plate and Sinful Colors Black On Black polish.  I first tested them unprimed, then I primed a little, then I primed some more until I got a good image.  I primed the stampers using a dry Mr. Clean Magic Eraser and lightly buffed in circular motions until the head was no longer shiny.

The first picture is my double ended stamper.  (Sorry, I can't directly link it right now because it is out of stock.  I'll edit my post once they are available again.)  The top box is where I used the larger end of the stamper, and the second box is the other slightly smaller end.  The smaller end stamped better than I expected unprimed, but once I primed it twice it was good to go.  The larger end took a little extra priming until it was perfect.

MoYou London Double Ended squishy stamper

This second picture is the rectangular squishy stamper.  This actually worked pretty well unprimed, but I thought it may be even better if I primed it a bit.  I stamped twice more after I primed it to make sure it wasn't a fluke.  I'm thoroughly impressed with this stamper and I think it moved to the top of my favorites list.

MoYou London Rectangular marshmallow stamper

Do you stamp?  What is your absolute favorite stamper to use?

KBShimmer Deja Brew and In Bare Form Mani

So, I stepped away from my multichromes for a hot minute, but still went right for my indie drawer... (btw, collection pics coming soon!!)  I came away with some beautiful holos from KBShimmer, this time Deja Brew and In Bare Form.  More pics and info after the jump!

KBShimmer mani

BHB Spooktober Mani Challenge: Day 6 - Skeletons/Ghosts

Halloween is all about the blues, I mean, boos, right?!?

So I have my Day 6 challenge for #BHBSpooktober: Skeletons and Ghosts

More info and pics (warning: pic heavy post!) after the jump!

Girls Day Manis - September

So two of my friends had this great idea to get together for Girls' Day, which consists of manis and wine.  Lots and lots of wine.  This is the second time we've done this, but I decided to save you from the first round of cocknails we had...  You're welcome.  ;-)

Yep... that about sums up our Girls' Days...  More info and nail pics after the jump!

Simple Pink Mani with a Twist

Last one for today, and I'm all caught up!

So, I felt like I really needed a palette cleanser after all the crazy MoYou London manis.  I still can't seem to put my MoYou London plates away just yet though.  ;-)  You can see more pics of this mani by clicking on the "Read More" link below!

MoYou London Rainbow Contest 2014

I just wanted to recap my seven manis I created (before they announced the "rainbow" day) for the MoYou London Rainbow Contest.  You can find all the manis on my blog!

Seven manis for MoYou London Rainbow Stamping Contest 2014

MoYou London Stamping Contest - Day 8: Rainbow

Final (added) day of the MoYou London Rainbow Contest: Rainbow!  I was inspired to do a "Rainbow After the Storm" for this mani.

MoYou London Artist plate 10

MoYou London Stamping Contest - Day 7: Pink

I am so behind in blogging on these... sorry guys!!

I was inspired by Punk Rock Pink for Day 7 of the MoYou London Rainbow Contest.

MoYou London Punk Plate 04

MoYou London Stamping Contest - Day 6: Purple

This was my absolute favorite mani to do.  It was also my favorite result.  I was so sad to take it off after only one day!  I was inspired to do something "Regal" with my nails for purple day.

Stamping with MoYou London Pro XL 10 plate

MoYou London Stamping Contest - Day 4: Green

For Day 4: Green of the MoYou London Rainbow Contest, I was inspired to do Mermaid Tears.