I’ve been wanting to use some of  those cute little bullion beads I got from ebay, and decided purple would go great with gold. I also used Milani 3D to add more gold accents. I LOVE how great the bullion beads look with the purple polish. I kinda wish I did every nail like that, but I like it this way too. What do you think of this design? Do you like purple and gold?

I used:
Nail Magic Nail Hardener, Seche Clear Base Coat , Orly Charged Up , Milani 3D, Gold Bullion Beads, Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat.

Here’s the tutorial:

For this design, I wanted to go with something simple, so I did a black crackle over white polish. I like how much the white shows through the black. The black crackle polish cracks really well it’s such a cool innovation in nail polish! What do you think of last year’s crackle trend?

I used:
Nail Magic Nail Hardener, Seche Clear Base Coat , China Glaze White Out , China Glaze Black Mesh, Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat.

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Earth Day is this Sunday, and I decided to do an earth day themed design. I used my Essie Matte About You topcoat to give the design a matte effect. This may be one of my favorites in a while. I used a paint brush rather than a dotting tool for the heart to create a textured effect and I like that a lot. What do you think of the textured heart? Do you have any plans to help our planet this earth day?

I used:
Nail Magic Nail Hardener, Seche Clear Base Coat , Zoya Phoebe, Black Acrylic Paint, Red Acrylic Paint, Light Blue Acrylic Paint, Lime Green Acrylic Paint, Orly Coffee Break, Small Nail Art Brush, Dotting Tools, Essie Matte About You .

Here’s the tutorial: (click to zoom)

For this design, I wanted something cute and spring-y (if that makes sense). So instead of the traditional five petal flower, I decided to go for an unconventional 3 petal flower. I really like how it turned out, very cute as I wanted. I used the colors for the petals for the dots as well and that turned out great! What do you think of the 3 petal flower?

I used:
Nail Magic Nail Hardener, Seche Clear Base Coat , Essence A Hint of Mint, Zoya Shawn, Zoya Tru, Zoya Areej, Dotting Tool , and Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat.

Here’s a tutorial: (click to zoom)

I recieved a sample of Jamberry Nail Shields from the lovely TJ to review. There are so many designs available, I got the design “pink butterfly.” Isn’t it cute!? I love this design, it’s very girly, but if you don’t like “girly” designs, there is plenty more to choose from. You can go to http://nomorenailpolish.com to see the other designs.

Jamberry says “Jamberry Nails Shields are solid firm coverings that can be applied directly to the nail to achieve a look not found anywhere else.”

My favorite part of these nail shields are the amount of designs that are available, plus they add new ones quite often. The website states that their are “Over 250+ designs and more being added each month.” Each design is $15 and comes with instructions and 18 shields. Although I cut each shield in half, so it’s good for 2 manicures! At first I didn’t like that you have to apply heat to it, though I think it’s worth it.

Pros:

• Over 250 designs
• Can be used for 2 manicures
• $15 for two manicures
• No topcoat needed
• Pretty pliable even before applying heat

Cons:

• Need to apply heat
• A little hard to file off the excess
• The adhesive needs to be a little more sticky in my opinion

Grade: B

Now on to the giveaway!

Jamberry was nice enough to offer the Nail Shield of your choice to one lucky winner!

Here are the rules:

• Use the widget below to enter via RaffleCopter
• You must leave a comment telling me your email address and your favorite design from http://nomorenailpolish.com
• All the other entries are not mandatory and are “extra entries”
• You can do the “Tweet this giveaway” entry once a day to earn even more entries.
• The giveaway starts today and will end at 12:01 am EST on 04/29/12.
• It is open to US residents ONLY sorry.
• I will then pick a winner and Jamberry will contact them and send out the prize.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Disclamer: The product above was sent to me for review purposes. All opinions are my own. After the product for the giveaway is sent out I am no longer responsible for it being lost or broken.

It’s Easter soon, so I thought pastels would be perfect for this design. I’ve tried water marbling about a year ago and it went horrible and it was a mess. However, I decided to try it again and I’m glad I did. It turned out really pretty and perfect for Easter.

I used:
Nail Magic Nail Hardener, Seche Clear Base Coat , China Glaze White Out , China Glaze Secret Peri-wink-le, China Glaze Lemon Fizz , China Glaze Tree Hugger, Essence Bloom-a-loom, Shallow but Wide Cup (I used the bottom of a liter soda bottle), Distilled Water at room temperature, Toothpicks (and lots of them!), Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat.

One of my friends likes Pokemon, an animated series created by people who
attend a graphic design college, so I painted Pikachu on my nails for her.  It was also great to use China Glaze Lemon Fizz, which has been neglected, but is still as pretty as ever. Even though I had to look up pictures of Pikachu to see what he looked like, I think I did ok. What do you think?

I used:
Nail Magic Nail Hardener, Seche Clear Base Coat , China Glaze Lemon Fizz , Black Acrylic Paint, White Acrylic Paint, Dotting Tools, Red Rhinestones, Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat.

Hi everyone! This design came from one of my friends who has been drawing designs, she’s very creative. She should check out the site www.art-colleges.com and pursue this talent further! What do you think of this design?

I used:
Nail Magic Nail Hardener, Seche Clear Base Coat , Zoya Areej, Rimmel Posh Pink, Color Club Yum Gum, Sponge, Fimo Flower, Black Rhinestones, Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat.

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Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day, so I decided to create a green manicure. With all the green polishes I have, a gradient was perfect. I also wanted to make use of some of my essence polishes I got from my swap last summer. I love how it turned out! I’ve never done a gradient before (sad I know) but it was really easy. I am going to try and learn more about a career in nail art and what it takes to be successful in the industry!

I used:
Nail Magic Nail Hardener, Seche Clear Base Coat , Dr’s Remedy Essential Emerald, Essence I Like, Essence A Hint of Mint, Sponge, and Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat.

For this design I wanted to do something cute but simple. I also wanted to use a pinkish-coral because it’s such a beautiful color and great for the upcoming warm months. It’s Orly Coquette Cutie and it looks really great with black.

I used:
Nail Magic Nail Hardener, Seche Clear Base Coat , Orly Coquette Cutie, Black Acrylic Paint, Nail Art Brush, Silver Rhinestones, Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat