Fun with Halloween Decals!

*Sally Hansen polish sent for review*

I somehow lose track of October every year. I always think I have all this time to do Halloween manis and decorate the house for Halloween, but then all of a sudden, it's October 22nd and I haven't done anything!! So I decided I HAD to do a Halloween mani today. I ordered these decals from Born Pretty Store last October but got them after Halloween, so I hadn't tried them yet. I used Sally Hansen Tribal Sun as my base, it's a perfect pumpkin orange!

I love these decals. I know some people aren't crazy about them, but I think they're fun for holidays and quick festive manis. I used a witch glitter and some small glitters from a loose mix Lynnderella sent out with the Halloween duo (post coming tomorrow!!) on my middle nail. The end result is cute and great to get me in the Halloween spirit!

These water decals are available at Born Pretty Store. I hopefully will have some more Halloween manis coming up!

Born Pretty Store Adorable Cat and Moon Decals!

 *sent for review*

Born Pretty Store hands down carries the best selection of black cat nail stickers and water decals on the interwebs. As the servant of a black cat, I personally can't get enough of black cat nail art. I picked these pretty kitty water decals out and couldn't wait to try them. This kitty is fancy looking and very elegant. One sheet of these decals has 20 cats, so two full manis, and costs $1.99. There are 5 different cat poses, all very adorable. This is sheet D244. D243 is shown on the same page of Born Pretty Store, but the black cats are kind of creepy and melted looking. Those would be great for Halloween, I'm sure!

These decals are easy to apply. Just cut out the decal you want to use, remove the plastic top film and soak the decal in water for 20-30 seconds. Slide the decal off the backing and apply to your nail. Add a layer of top coat for lasting power. I used OPI Suzi Has a Swede Tooth for my base here. One note, if you have small nail beds and short nails like I do, these will certainly be too large for your pinky nail. I had to cut the tail off of the poor kitty on my pinky LOL. Still cute though!

I also got these great golden moon decals from Born Pretty Store. I thought they'd look perfect over a night sky-like shimmery blue, so I used OPI Unfor-Greta-bly Blue for my base. These cute decals also come in silver if you prefer, and can be used as little half moons on some nail beds. There's a picture of that on the Born Pretty website if you'd like to see, but I think they're too wide for me to do that. I like them centered on the nail too! These are $2.86 per sheet, so still a bargain for sure.

These apply the same way as the cat decals, with a bit of water. They are so easy to use and really ideal if you are a nail art dunce like myself. They take no skill, so they're also perfect when you're in a rush.

*sent for review*

Born Pretty Store has both of these decal sheets in stock and tons of great Halloween and holiday nail art stuff too, if you're looking for that! Remember to use coupon code ERJ61 for 10% your order. I plan on ordering more of those fancy kitties!

Also, I have to share a picture of the packaging of the kitty decals. "Just stick them onto your finger and foe nails". Ahhhh, foe nails. Don't ya hate those?

Fun with Born Pretty Store Decals!

I was hoping to swatch the Zoya Tickled collection today, but I have a massive cold on top of my already bad spring allergies. I honestly can't muster up enough energy to swatch 6 polishes, take 80-something pictures, pictures about 18 pictures, crop at least 18 pictures, and write about 6 polishes. 6 isn't even very many polishes, but I am exhausted and can't put the tissues down for very long either. So today I have two cute little looks with decals from Born Pretty Store.

This is OPI Kiss Me, I'm Brazilian! with these awesome Born Pretty Store bow decals. I love decals from Born Pretty Store for easy nail art looks. They're super easy to use, impossible to mess up, and add a cute touch to a mani. These are water decals, so you just need a little dish of water and a paper towel. After applying your base color, cut out the decal you want to use, remove the plastic cover sheet, and soak it in the water for 20-30 seconds. Slide the decal off the backing and position on your nail. Dab the nail with the paper towel to dry and finish with a layer of top coat. The blue bow above looks a little pixelated in the pictures, it looks more evenly colored in person though.

Here we have China Glaze Mimosas Before Manis with a different set of Born Pretty Store bow decals. I actually wanted the cute kitty decals on that same item page, but I didn't select the right item number, d'oh! If you go to that page, you can see the bows with "lucky" script like I have on here (cute for a night out at the casino, haha!) and also a set with kitties. The kitties are adorable- they're dancing and prancing, and there are fish and paw prints too! I think I need to get those as well. 

These are also water decals and they apply the same as the first set of bow decals. Adorable and easy as pie!

For more great nail art supplies check out the hot specials and new arrivals at Born Pretty Store. Remember to use the code ERJ61 for 10% off your order.

SinfulColors Pine Away with Christmas Decals!

*SinfulColors Pine Away purchased by me, decals sent for review*

The "good" Walgreens in town is not really on my way home from work on Wednesday nights, so I often take a little stroll through to see what's new. The SinfulColors holiday display caught my eye and SinfulColors Pine Away came home with me this week. Pine Away is the perfect Christmas green I've been looking for. Sometimes I feel greens are too dark or too summer-y to be a real Christmas green, but this one is right on. Pine Away is a dense foil, so it looks glittery, but is totally smooth to the touch.

 Pine Away has great pigmentation. It was nearly a one-coater, but I did two in these photos. The formula was also excellent. Gotta love when a $1.99 polish is super pigmented, has a great formula, AND looks amazing!

I was going to a Christmas fair this weekend to work at a fundraiser for my dance school, so I wanted to add some holiday decals to my nails. I used these Born Pretty Store water decals I showed you last year. I was originally just going to do an accent nail or two with decals, but I got a little excited and just kept putting them on LOL.

Here's a close-up of the cute Santa in a sleigh that was on my thumb nail.

*SinfulColors Pine Away purchased by me, decals sent for review*

SinfulColors Pine Away is available at a Walgreens near you and the Christmas decals are still available at Born Pretty Store.

Born Pretty Store French Edge Water Decals

 *Sent for review*

I really love Born Pretty Store for their selection of affordable nail art, especially their water decals. Water decals are so easy to use, they're basically foolproof for nail art dummies, like myself. Unless they are these new French edge decals LOL. I mean, they were actually very easy to use, but they were hard (for me) to properly size them for my tiny nail beds and short length. I trimmed them, but but were still kind of awkwardly shaped. For those of you with longer nails and wider nail beds, I think these will be really fun. They're a great easy way to dress up a mani with tip wear, or just a way to rock a leopard print!

These were simple to use. Just cut the pattern out, trim to the best size for your nails,  remove the plastic film, dunk in water for a few seconds and peel the design off. Apply to your nails and add top coat.

*Sent for review*

The leopard print pattern was easier to trim to fit to my nails, but I found these fruit pattern decals to be very difficult. If I trimmed them too much, you couldn't tell what the pattern was supposed to be. I also thought the sizes of these were larger than the leopard ones. So ignore the poor placement of these and just imagine these on long nails. They'd be really cute, just not so much on me.

While browsing Born Pretty Store today, I found these ADORABLE black kitty Halloween decals that I immediately ordered. So cute!!! I hope they come before Halloween, I really want to wear them. Their water decals are a steal at less than $3 a sheet and free shipping. Remember to use the code ERJ61 for 10% off if you order anything.