NPA Does Digital Nails Part II

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How was everyone's weekends?
Because I feel like two days just isn't enough! We need 4 day weeks. Fridays could be for catching up on sleep, Saturdays for getting everything done and Sundays for preparing for the week ahead! Or for swatch-a-thons :)

The other day I showed you some Digital Nails glitters, and today I'm back with some of Raphaelle's fabulous shimmers and holos!

Digital Nails Super Temp

Super Temp is a saturated orange with gold flake glitter. It is seriously hot, perfect for Summer, and only needs two thin coats for full coverage.

Digital Nails Stars At Night

Stars At Night is a navy blue linear holo. In the shade (a picture of which I forgot to include) it's a bit darker. The formula is a bit thin, so I used three thin coats for the photos above.

Digital Nails So Disco

So Disco is another holo. This time it is a scattered fuchsia pink with purple/blue shimmer. I can't tell/show you how amazing SD truly is :( The sun wasn't coming out that day, but it is really fab and another two coater.

Digital Nails Run, You Clever Boy

Run, You Clever Boy is my new polish crush! A deep raisin burgundy/brown filled with colour shifting flake shimmer!!! It gives RYCB a duochrome/dual-tone flash of shimmer effect. The dominant colour is green but it shifts to blue and pink as well. I think this was two coats.

So are you in love with Digital Nails now too? I really want the thermal polish Lying - teal to purple with flake shimmer? Yes PLEASE! 15mL bottles will set you back US$10-13.

Hope your manicures make Monday bearable you'all!


xxx
NPA

Born Pretty Store Review - 2mm Pastel Square Studs

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* Press Sample

I'm absolutely in love with coloured studs and Born Pretty Store has brought out heaps in the last couple of months. They sent me some pink and peach 2mm square studs to review and they're so cute!

Source Item #6968

I looked to other nail art bloggers for ideas for how to wear these and came up with the following look:

OPI Don't Pretzel My Buttons with 2mm square studs

Sadly my camera dulled down the colour of the pastel/neon studs and played up the dirtiness of OPI DPMB :( It looked much prettier in person, only I had to move some of the studs around a bit once I placed them on the nail; so some are smeared with the polish, woops! They say practice makes perfect, so I'll get on to that and maybe I'll also sharpen the tip of my wax pencil and see if that helps me apply the studs more accurately.

I did find that nail polish remover will take the colour off the studs too, so if you are planning on reusing them, you might have to settle for a silver stud. That kind of sucks but I had already guessed that would be the case.

The 2mm were a good choice for my small nails, but they also have a 3mm size available in all the same colours. Each bag of 200/100 respectfully is $2.99. I think I'll be buying all the other shades soon!!!!

BPS offer my readers a 10% discount and they have worldwide free shipping (makes all the difference I tells ya!!!) Next time you're after nail art supplies use coupon code QHL91

xxx
NPA

NPA Does Digital Nails Part I

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I had been dreaming of Digital Nails lacquers for far too long so I finally bought some! I got eight which is the perfect number for two separate swatch posts!

Raphaelle makes a real mixture of finishes. Today I've got some of her glitters to share with you.

Digital Nails ANUSTART

ANUSTART is inspired by Season 4 of Arrested Development. Tobias is at his misguided best with his 'new start'. There is appropriately some brown glitter in this one!! It's a periwinkle, navy, holo lavender and chocolate glitter mix in a clear base. With three thin coats you can reach opacity, but you need some Glitter Tamer to smooth it all out.

Digital Nails Red Wedding over Cult Nails Quench

Red Wedding is a rich mix of red hexes and large circles with red/burgundy holo micro glitter. I believe this one was inspired by Game of Thrones and a rather bloody wedding... I layered one coat over Quench, then topped it with Glitter Tamer to smooth.

Digital Nails Bonnibel

Bonnibel is a pretty pastel pink with iridescent, pink and purple hex glitter, plus medium pink glitters. I needed two coats for full coverage, then smoothed it with one coat of Glitter Tamer. She's real pretty!

Digital Nails Oh, Fiona

Oh, Fiona is inspired by Adventure Time - which seems to be a really popular nail polish collection theme with Indie labels. It's a shimmery pale flesh/nude beige with iridescent, white, yellow and blue glitter. There's a freshness to Oh, Fiona which I love. It feels rather Spring like.


You can get your hands on these and lots more at Digital Nails on Etsy.


xxx
NPA

Rainbows & Happiness Nail Wraps

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I found some really cheap and easy to apply nails wraps!

Rainbow Nail Wraps 

These are full nail stickers that stretch, file off and are easy to reshape around the cuticle once they are stuck on. I didn't do a wear test but I feel like they'd be good for 3-4 days with some top coat.

There isn't much in the way of design selection, but for $4 I'm seriously impressed. Usually I avoid wraps because they take me longer to apply than a regular manicure, but these ones went on pretty fast.

I bought these from Born Pretty Store. Next time you make a purchase feel free to use my coupon code for 10% off your order.

xxx
NPA

More Candy Lacquer Pretties

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LLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG time, no see...

I'm not even sure why, but the blogging bug went bye bye, still I'm clawing my way back, I promise!
I'm on an unofficial no-buy for the month of September - ok it has been a week so far so maybe just til mid-September?
Luckily I just got a couple of good polish deliveries so there'll be plenty of manis to share for some time!


Today I've got my last Candy Lacquer order to share. I limited myself to just four this time - SO HARD!!

Candy Lacquer Fun Dip

Fun Dip is a Floam-style matte glitter mix with mainly neon pink, blue and chartreuse. I applied 3 coats plus some Glitter Gloss and Seche Vite for a smooth, even finish.

Candy Lacquer Fairyland over Picture Polish Twinkle

Fairyland is in the running for BEST Candy Lacquer EVER! It's a chunky mix of holo pink, purple, blue and green glitters in all shapes and sizes!!! I'm not huge on stars and moons but Fairyland makes it work! This was one thick/dabbed coat with a coat each of Glitter Gloss and Seche Vite.

Candy Lacquer Midnight Magic over Digital Nails Super Temp

Midnight Magic is a navy and black holo glitter top coat. The blue is sooooooooooooo gorgeous and the black looks sort of charcoal when it's doing its holo sparkle. I layered it over a bright orange with gold shimmer but it'd look fab over everything!! This was one thick/dabbed layer with a coat of Glitter Gloss and Seche Vite for a glassy finish.

Candy Lacquer Rose Water over Digital Nails So Disco

Rose Water is another holo mix with just pink and aqua blue glitter in a multitude of shapes and sizes. I layered one thick/dabbed coat over a pink scattered holo - SO SPARKLY! And topped it off with the aforementioned Glitter Gloss and Seche Vite.

I'm so glad Candy Lacquer is reopening tomorrow (August 28/29). Hopefully Sandra has some brand spanking new glitters to wow us with!

Which do you prefer: matte or holo glitters?


xxx
NPA