Born Pretty Store Review: Nail Art Foils

*Product provided by Born Pretty Store for honest review*

Happy Friday, everyone!  I've got a whole lot of nuthin' planned for the weekend (with the exception of brunch with my girls on Sunday), which is just the way I like it!  I might manage to get some nail-related things in there, too ;)

Today I have another Born Pretty Store review for you guys, this time with nail art foils.   I hope you aren't tired of these reviews yet, cuz these foils are outstanding!  Take a look:

I chose to review #21 from this set which has a pretty, bright blue to grass green gradient and a fractal pattern.   The foil came in one long strip; 113 cm (44 inches) by 2.5 cm (just under 1 inch).  The strip was packaged in a cute little plastic container with a lid.  Following the directions on the website, I applied 2 coats of Deborah Lippmann's black Edge of Glory polish as my base.  These foils were SO easy to apply.  I cut the long strip into smaller pieces about 1.5-2 inches in length and then  I used my Ciate nail foil glue rather than leaving my last coat of base polish tacky as suggested, which worked really well.  On most of my nails, I was able to get almost ALL of the foil off.  This created a cool kind of marbled effect with the base polish peeking through.  I topped it all with a coat of Seche Vite to seal in the look.

You can see a bit of the fractal pattern in the macro shot above.  I'm really pleased with these foils.  It's only my second time using foils of any kind and, so far, I have to say that Born Pretty Store's are much better than the Ciate kit (you can read that post here) I purchased at Marshall's a couple of weeks ago.  You do need to be careful when handling the foil, especially if you have wet nail polish on your nails.  These will stick very quickly and don't offer a lot of wiggle room to redo a nail.  You can reapply foil glue or polish and restick the foil on top of a mistake, but I think they look nicer when you do it all in one go.

*Product provided by Born Pretty Store for honest review*

These foils are $2.99 for the aforementioned 113 cm. strip.  Shipping will cost a couple of bucks if you want registered mail.  Otherwise, it's free if you want to take the risk of no tracking! And, if you use my code below, you can save 10% off of your total purchase.  Pretty sweet deal, huh?

And a quick reminder about my 100+ Trifecta Giveaway.  If you haven't entered yet (what are you waiting for??), you have 8 days left!  Don't miss out on your chance to win 1 of 6 great prizes!  

Thanks so much for reading :)

Mish Mash Challenge: Metallic Nails

Howdy, everyone!  Two posts back to back and I'm worn out!  But I've got a busy couple of days coming up so I really wanted to get my Mish Mash Challenge post up tonight.  This is the third challenge already...holy cow!  We're on to Metallic Nails.  This was one of those serendipitous weeks where I thought to myself "Self, I wonder what the Mish Mash Challenge is for this week" this morning.  When I looked it up, I discovered that the manicure I was already wearing fit the bill!  Love it when it works out that way!

A couple of days ago, whilst wandering through my local Marshall's, I stumbled upon a foil kit by Ciate.  I've never tried any of their products before nor had I tried foils yet, so I decided to grab it.  It's a pretty decent kit, came with one Paint Pot in Pepperminty (which I did not use yet), 6 different colors of foils with several 3"x3"ish sheets in each color, foil "glue" and a nail wheel, all for $9.99.  I also saw their Velvet nails kits, but they were either $7.99 or $9.99 and I already own flocking powder so I didn't see the need.  But, if you're interested in either kit, make a stop at Marshall's or TJMaxx as it seems like they're in circulation there.

My base color here is Sinful Colors' Shock and Awe, a greyed blurple creme.  The foils were a lot easier to use than I thought they would be and I'm loving the effect they give!  Basically, after your base color dries, you swipe on a little of the foil glue and let it dry to tackiness.  Apply the foil on top, press it down firmly on the nail and then, in one quick motion, pull the foil off the nail.  I had wanted to cover my nail with one color of foil initially, but I couldn't get that to work, so this is what ya get lol

All in all, a good value for the money and I can't wait to try it again!

Please take a few moments to check out some of the other Mish Mashers' manicures.  They're all so talented and so darn nice!  You can find them via the thumbnails below :)