With Love // Birchbox February 2020 Nails

This took a while to get up on the blog mainly because for some reason Hermes delivered the box to my old address this month for no particular reason. It wasn't an exciting box but the hand cream is nice and I got another sample of the Sand & Sky exfoliator which was a repeat product but I actually love that product so I'm quite happy.

I wanted to match the box exactly however, I couldn't find any hearts of the right size and when I eventually settled on a heart stamp I had difficulty getting a clean stamp with the Born Pretty and MoYou polishes. At this point I'm thinking of just buying all the polishes from Twinkled T as they're the only ones that work perfectly.

Polishes/Tools used:-
- Jessica // Cheeky (pink nude)
- Born Pretty // 1787 (red)
- MoYou London // Candy Floss (light pink)
- Twinkled T // Glow Up (white)
- Revlon Colorstay Gel Envy // Diamond Top Coat
- MoYou London Stamping Plates // Love Is...04, 02

Single, Taken, Cursed // Pink Anti-Valentines Nails

I thought about doing real valentines nails...I really did, but I just love doing anti-valentines nails that look legit. My friend at work also bought me this beautiful bright pink shade for Galentines and I just had to do something. It has a bit of a hint of peach; it's kind of like Deco Miami Cake but brighter. I'm wearing two coats as the first is patchy. I love the shade though...but then again; I love pink. 

But today was a game changer in my stamping game because I finally figured out how to pick up the stamp with no patched. Are you ready for this? You roll the stamp from side to side. I usually pick up stamps from top to bottom and find that no matter what, the middle would always be patchy due to too much pressure applied. However, when rolling side to side I found it so much easier to control the pressure. It honestly felt like I wasn't even touching the plate and I managed to pick up nice white lines for once. 

I feel like I've unlocked some secret of the universe and I'm once again inspired to start doing more nail art. MoYou also had 50% off all polishes so of course I had to buy some, along with the rest of the Love is... collection. I am such a ho for nail products. 

Polishes/Tools used:-

- OPI // Suzi Nails New Orleans (bright pink)

- Twinkled T // Glow Up (white)

- Revlon Colorstay Gel Envy // Diamond Top Coat

- MoYou London Stamping Plates // Amit x MYL 08, Love Is...05

Hearts // #Clairestelle8 Valentines Challenge

So I'm trying my best to catch up thanks to this amazing cold that decided to grace me with it's presence and this is my design for the 12th which was hearts. On the first entry I did the exact same white marble design on one finger (albeit with a hollow heart) and I liked it so much I just really wanted to do it again. I also didn't have any other heart stamps so this had to do. It also doesn't get much more basic than this; white marble and rose gold? Pinterest is gonna be all over this shit.

I wanted to do something a little more adventurous but I had time constraints and so I had to do a design that was relatively quick. The next prompt is Anti-Valentines which is way more up my street because eff all the happy people in love....can you tell I'm alone....bloody happy people.

How I did it:-

I started out with two coats of the French Tip polish (which is ridiculous for a French tip polish...annoyed I spent £2.50 on it now) followed by the marble print in I Wonder Where using the Explorer 33 plate. I applied a matte top coat and then used stamps from the Explorer plate and BP L002 in Golden Hour.

Polishes/Tools Used:-
- Avon True Colour Nail Experts // French Manicure Tip (....white)

- Cuccio Colour // I Wonder Where (light grey)
- Ciaté // Golden Hour (rose gold)

- Barry M // Matte Top Coat
- MoYou London Stamping Plate // Explorer 33
- Born Pretty Stamping Plate // Valentines Day BP-L002