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Ooh La La French Nail Design

I created another nail design using the Messy Mansion stamping plates that I received.  This one was created with plate MM06, which is one of their round plates with some gorgeous French patterns.  This plate has three full nail patterns and 14 smaller ones including a poodle, chandelier, ribbons,...

“Owl Love” Nail Art with Water Decals

Valentine’s Day is coming up and I’m in the mood to start doing some love themed nail art (even though I’m currently single)!  Last year I did an “owl love” theme and I had to do it again this year using some different water decals.  These cute owl decals...

Gelish Trends – Concrete Couture

This is Concrete Couture, another glitter topper from the Gelish Trends line.  I applied three coats of this without a base color, though I would probably recommend applying only one or two coats over a base color (black would look great).  Concrete Couture has a sheer black base and...

Fire and Ice Nails with Messy Mansion Stamping

Messy Mansion sent me a few of their stamping plates to try and review.  They have some really unique stamping designs, so be sure to visit their website to check them out.  And even though the company is located in Australia, the shipping rates to the states are very...

Gelish Trends – A Pinch of Pepper

I bought a few more Gelish Trends polishes and this one is A Pinch of Pepper, a black and white glitter topper in a clear base.  I thought I would show what it looks like over black, white and a color.  The pink color that you see here is...

Blue & Cranberry Gradient w/ Stamping

I’ve been a little under the weather with a head cold the last few days.  My head is so foggy that I can’t even come up with a creative name for this manicure.  LOL  I started with one coat of Gelish Rendezvous, and then applied a gradient at the...

Entity 1 Gel Polish – Electric Runway

I’ve had this lone Entity 1 polish sitting on my shelf for a few months and I finally decided to give it a try. The shade is called Electric Runway, a gorgeous shimmery electric blue.  You know I’m a sucker for blues!  I was really pleasantly surprised by this...