Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Nails on My Right Hand

I get a lot of questions about my right hand.
Do you paint your nails? Do you use gel? Acrylic? Why don't you post photos of them?
And on and on...
I don't mind at all. I happily answer the best I can. So here is some info on my right hand lol

Do I paint them at all?
Yes, I do. While it can be more difficult for me and a lot more time consuming, I do like to make them as pretty as I can and math them with my left hand.

Do you use Gel or Acrylic on them?
Yes. I used to. I would do the same to my right hand as I would my left when it came to Gel and such.
Now I leave them bare and natural. 

Why?
Well, firstly, when I swatch a color for someone or a new polish, I get some people saying that I can show its true color or application because I am putting it over Gel nails and not 'real' nails. Now I can show it on both. Gel for my left, Bare for my right!

Why don't you ever post any pictures of them?
I try. I'm very shaky when it comes to taking pictures with my phone and using my left hand :)
But I have done it and I will have pictures below.

What do they look like bare?
Just like everyone's nails. My natural nails are very thin and sharp. I have been known to cut my other fingers with them on accident or scratch my hubby too hard during sex lol
  *wink wink*
That's usually why I had Gel or Acrylic on them as well as my left hand.

Gel or Acrylic?
Both. But Gel is my current favorite right now and I like them more because they last longer on my nails than Acrylics do.
I love to get my nails done professionally with Acrylics. 
And with that, I recently tried Acryli-Gel technique on my right hand. I will show that below as well.

What shape do you have?
I LOVE the square shape for my 'fake' mails and the rounded for my 'real' nails.
I also recently tried rounded for my Gel nails and it lasted a little over a week lol
Pictures below.

What do you use on your bare nails to keep them strong?
I am still working on that. I use Burt's Bees Cuticle Cream everyday, several times a day.
I also use the Milk and Honey Hand Cream by them as well.
If I don't have polish on them, I put two coats of Nail Life on them and sometimes a Matte topcoat.
I'm not too big on shiny, bare nails :)
I also am a bad nail bitter and I'm still struggling with that. I try to file them when I get a dent it they peel and buff them lightly.

I hope this helps and answered all your questions. If you have anymore, please leave me a comment below. Thanks for reading.
-Kayla
Natural Nails Painted. Mimosas for Mr & Mrs by OPI
Bare Nails after Acryli-Gel removal today.
My Acryli-Gel Attempt


Small picture was right after Gel removal and Big picture is 3 weeks later

My usual beauty routine minus my Honey and Milk lotion

   
My left hand with rounded nails and what they look like today


Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Born Pretty Store Stamping Plate Review

I received a BPS plate the other day in the mail and I was so happy and super excited. 
I tried it out the next morning. It was late when we checked the mail :)
The plate I got is called, Cute Birds Feather Nail Art Stamping Template Image Plate
Born Pretty BP58
Product #19361
It is so beautiful. I'll have images below.
The plate itself is round and has 9 separate images on it. Including 2 full nail images.
All basically about birds lol

Nice details. Good, deep etching! Hold a good amount of polish. Stamps beautifully!
 I used 'non-stamping' polish and it still made great images. I used my XL stamper also from BPS. For my Mani (below) I used Sally Hansen Coral Reef and SinfulColors Black on Black.
Topcoat is Sally Hansen Invincible. (all over my Gel nails..)

I'll also leave a link to the plate and my discount code.


(Does not show all images :/ sorry)


BPS Discount Code- NARYX31

Kayla