Born Pretty - Plastic Bows

I had so much fun with my family last week, I forgot to blog! I'm going to babble about my life for a bit so skip down if you just want to just know about the nails. I won't take it personally I promise. =)

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My husband had a four day weekend which is very rare (he's a workaholic). We had fun hanging out at the house. He has been asking me to play an online game with him for a while and I finally caved. It's called Rift if you're into that sort of thing (it's free). I'm not a gamer but have played them in the past so I gave it a try. We have been playing together every night after dinner which is usually when I blog (while we watch tv). It's actually pretty fun and totally nerdy but I'm ok with that. I just need to blog earlier in the day now. 

As for family, we celebrated the 4th with his family on the 3rd and with my family on the 4th. It just happened that way so I got to hang out with everyone. I went to see World War Z with my hubby and I actually liked it. I'm not into zombie movies but I'm into Brad Pitt so I went and I was pleasantly surprised. Sitting through movies is really hard on my body and it usually takes a day to get back to my normal pain after I dare have any fun. Stupid body. 

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I thought I'd stop neglecting my blog and get a post in tonight. I've had this in my queue for a while now. So long in fact that I can't remember which Zoya I'm wearing and it's really really bothering me. I really think it's Zoya Mickey but it's hard to tell. What do you think it is? 

On top of the mystery Zoya is two thin coats of Lynnderella Connect the Dots and Seche Vite top coat. Then with a dot of nail glue, I added the adorable bow from Born Pretty Store which is what I'm going to review in this post! 

Let's talk about the cute bow shall we?

The bows are from Born Pretty Store, here. There are several different patterns that are attached to this item. If you just add it to your cart without picking which pattern you want, you will get something you may not want. I did that very thing with the next item I will be reviewing and I was bummed. 

In the product description, it say that these are stickers. They are not. At least this pattern isn't. They are made out of hard plastic and are not flexible. I like that they aren't stickers, they are a lot sturdier than I expected. I used nail glue to apply it and it didn't go anywhere. I'm slightly amused with how much I love these because I'm not a pink fan (I might be converting).

Now I know that these aren't practical and that's ok! I wore it for a day and then I popped it off and put it back in it's container. Reusable is good. If you snag it, it will most likely just pop off. If you lose one, there are more! 

You get nine bows for $2.69 which is a great deal in my humble opinion. Use my coupon code for an extra 10% off! Oh, and did I mention that shipping is free? Sweet.

So, I've gotta know...would you rock a big bow on your nails? 

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-Mira

*Products in this post were provided for review. 

CrowsToes Tequila Sunrise

I'm back and I have a lot of great stuff to show you this week. I have two more polishes from CrowsToes to show you after this. They're both from the springTHIS 2013 Collection. Alright, let's get right to it, here is CrowsToes Tequila Sunrise. 

I wasn't sure if this polish would be for me. I've been getting more used to pink polish and am starting to even like it. I know. This is more of a coral pink with an incredibly strong gold shimmer. I wore this for so long I had to add another coat to cover up the tip wear. I believe I had it on for around four days before I had any tip wear and it was minimal. 

I wore Zoya Micky as a base coat and three coats of Tequila Sunrise. I applied the third coat to cover up the tip wear, two is all you need. The formula is on the thin side but applies smoothly. It's a bit sheer which is why I wore a base coat color. You can build it up to opacity with three or four coats. 

The gold shimmer is stronger than my pictures show. It looks like it glows and is absolutely stunning.

What do you think? 

You can purchase CrowsToes from:

Llarowe
Overall Beauty
Shop Eclecticco  
Femme Fatale
Norway Nails

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-Mira

*Products provided for review. 

Born Pretty Pearl Rhinestones

I recently had the opportunity to play with some more products from Born Pretty.  I decided to try these adorable pearls which is out of my comfort zone. Not because I don't like them, I've just never used them on my nails before. They were very easy to use and in my opinion, very pretty. After my manicure was completely dry, I applied top coat where I wanted the pearls (one area of the nail at a time), put top coat at the end of my dotting tool to pick up the pearls, and placed them on my nail. I then put a coat of top coat on to seal everything in. After everything dried, those babies weren't moving. 

I wanted a baby girl pink but didn't have exactly what I had in mind. Zoya Erika was the right shade but it is too sheer for what I had in mind. I used two coats of OPI Pink Friday and then softened the color with two coats (maybe it was one) of Zoya Erika. 

 After that was completely dry, I used Konad Special Polish in white to stamp the polka dots from Konad plate m79. I couldn't handle the lack of sparkle so I added a coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust. 

 I attempted to make a bow on my accent nail. 

 The pearls come in a sturdy wheel. There are three sizes: 4mm, 3mm, and 1.5mm. 

 This is the 4mm pearl. It was too big for my nails but I wanted to show it so I stuck it on my thumb. I'm going to use this size on homemade cards.

 The 3mm pearl is in the center of the bow with the rest being 1.5 mm. 

 I used the 1.5mm pearls on the rest of my nails. They fit perfectly over the polka dots. 

I love these pearls and can't wait to use them again. You can get them, here for $4.14. Get them for less by using this coupon code!

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-Mira