Zoya Island Fun & Paradise Sun

Zoya will be releasing 2 collections for Summer 2015 on 5/5/2015. All of these colors look so vibrant and will be perfect for summer mani & pedis! I'm all grabby hands! Gimme Gimme!

Images provided by Zoya PR

Bornprettystore Nail Stamping

Today I have a bunch of manis to show you!

I was sick for a month and have been really behind on my blogging. Thankfully, I'm much better now and my energy has come back. I am back with lots of pretty pictures to share with you. 

Lots of nail stamping!

Uberchic Beauty

If you're into nail stamping, you've probably already heard of this brand of stamping plates. And if you haven't, you need to finish reading this post and head on over to their website to check it out. But make sure you finish reading this post. That's important.

UberChicBeauty

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is the perfect holiday to do some super girly manis that you wouldn't normally do.
A few weeks ago, I posted a Valentine's Day watermarble mani, but I have 3 more festive manis for you. If you're following me on Instagram, you've probably already seen them. There are some quick video tutorials on my instagram as well.

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Zoya Naturel Satin 2015 Zoya Delight 2015

Last month Zoya’s social media team recommended me to be a part of their sampling program. When I got the email, I was beyond excited. I was jumping around screaming from the excitement. For two weeks I couldn’t stop talking about it and then I finally received the first collection in the mail. They sent me the Zoya Naturel Satin collection and shortly after, I received the Zoya Delight collection. Once I got the packages I started swatching immediately.

Zoya Delight

Zoya Naturel Satin

Valentine's Day Water Marble

Last week I won Pipe Dream Polish's A Night in Vegas giveaway. I received them very quickly and was so excited to start playing with them. Here in New York we were snowed in from the blizzard, so what better time to do a water marble mani! I knew I wanted to do something for Valentine's Day and I came across a great tutorial from MySimpleLittlePleasures. 

Pipe Dream Polish - A Night In Vegas Collection

Butterfly Dreams

One of my very good nail polish girl friends sent me some nail stamping polish prototypes to sample. She knows my love for nail stamping and wanted some honest feedback before releasing her collection this Spring. I was beyond excited to play with them!

Isn't it beautiful?!

Sinister Evil

Any Disney fans here? How excited were you for Maleficent!? The movie was fantastic and Angelina Jolie played the role so well. I saw it with my husband and we both thought it was a really cool movie. It really lived up to our expectations. 

Can you guess who inspired this mani?

Yellow Nails

If you're a nail polish addict, you'll understand this struggle: yellow and stained nails. Today, I suffered the embarrassment of being out with hideous stained, yellow nails. What am I supposed to do? How do I fix this?

How embarrassing

Sunset Safari

When bornprettystore sent me this safari animal plate, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I searched for sunset safari images on Pinterest and came across the most beautiful photo and I had the perfect colors for it!

Sunset Safari

Subtle Gradient Autumn Leaves

This Thanksgiving I decided to skip the turkeys and do Autumn leaves instead. This was a very easy mani and only took a little over an hour. The final look is beautiful and will be perfect for my family's Thanksgiving feast.

Subtle Gradient & Autumn Leaves

Frozen

My littlest dude is incredibly obsessed with Elsa and everything Frozen. He watches YouTube videos every day. He sings and dances while pretending to be Elsa. So, I had to create these pretty Frozen Elsa nails to show him.

Frozen Elsa nails

Fall Floral

Floral is usually a Spring/Summer staple but with the right colors it can transition to Fall. 

Fall Floral

Water Marble

Lately, I've been working on water marble nails. It can be incredibly frustrating and messy and it's definitely a technique I tend to stay away from. But these past few weeks, I decided to take it on. I'm going to be a water marble master... probably... not really...

Zoya Matte Velvet

Zoya has brought back their popular Matte Velvet line! As soon as they were released, I called Ulta to make sure it was in stock and bought 3 of the 6 colors. I'm hoping for a sale or promotion so I can order the rest from this collection. 
The Zoya matte velvet nail polishes are not meant to be long lasting like regular nail polish. You'll get tip wear and chipping much quicker than usual.

Zoya Savita
Zoya Harlow
Zoya Veruschka

Black & White

I recently had a horrible experience with the Pueen Encore plates. My husband surprised me with a set back in July and I was so excited for them. People were raving about these gorgeous plates. They were beautiful; however, my images would not pick up. I thought it might be user error so I read the reviews on Amazon. It seemed like others were having the same problem. I tried all different types of scrapers, stampers, nail polishes, stamping polishes, pressure and basically everything I could think of but nothing worked. Some images would pick up bits and pieces but some wouldn't pick up anything.

Black & White

Kate Spade Inspired

I'm probably one of the least creative people you'll ever meet so I'm very grateful that Pinterest exists for people like me. Pinterest is my source of inspiration; there is such a wide variety. This mani was inspired by Kate Spade's blue and mint leopard print. 

Glittery Mermaid

I am in love with these right now! The extra sparkle from the glitter really pulls the look together. 

Sparkle Sparkle

Cyprus Dreams

Let's start September with a gorgeous green for Fall. As much as I love bright colors for the Summer, my true love lies in dark colors for the colder weather. 

Poppy : Cyprus Dreams

Back To School Plaid

About a month ago I was chosen to be one of the few brand reps for Poppy nail polish. Poppy is an indie nail polish company dedicated to the color and health of your nails and is run by mompreneur, Tiffany Barry. Poppy nail polishes are all 5-free (meaning they do not contain dibutyl phthalate (DBP), toluene, formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, or camphor), cruelty-free, and they're vegan!

Poppy : In The Tropics