This was originally planned for a Christmas mani, but I think it works very well for Lunar New Year. This is Maniology's Queen of Hearts and Yellow Brick Road. Over Yellow Brick Road I added Honeypot for extra gold flakes. This mani was also an opportunity to use the golden art nouveau stickers I got in a Mani x Me box. I cut them up a bit so that they fit nicely at the cuticle. Simple and sophisticated, I'm pretty pleased with them.
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Monday, February 17, 2025
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Mani x Me
And the very first time you order a subscription box they send you a mini scraper and a rectangular stamper. Every thing came well packed. This month's theme was Art Nouveau.
There are 2 subscription boxes available from Maniology. The first comes with 2 plates, 2 polishes, and something extra, this time it was some stickers. There is a cheaper option, however, that is exactly the same it just doesn't come with the polishes. Let's take a closer look inside after the jump:
Monday, July 8, 2019
Kiss Nail Dress Stickers
Full transparency here: I've never been a fan of finger stickers. They may seem like such time savers and there are some fantastic designs out there, but the actual techniques, the logistics of it, I don't like. But I was willing to give it a shot. Maybe I was wrong about them. Spoiler warning: I wasn't.
So I've always been under the impression that nail polish strips were actual nail polish, painted thin so you can peel it up and put it on your nail. These arn't. They don't smell like polish and are actually thick and strong. They make me think of vinyl. They do give you alot of sizes and tips. If you're careful you can get a few manicures out of one package. If you just do accent nails, a lot more than that.
My biggest issue with them was the end that you file off the excess. It leaves a jagged edge that picks up fuzz and fur constantly. With my nails in particular, I have a decent C curve (the arch of the nail side to side) but I also have a Transverse Curve (a curve of the nail from cuticle to tip). Both of these curves means nearly all the full nail sized sticker I use wrinkles. I just don't have the skill to make it lay flat.
Jagged tips after just a day or two. The adhesive is very good and the stickers stayed on thru showers and hand washing, but they still just don't impress me.
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Love and Kisses
Getting some Valentine mani's lined up. Here was me playing with my new stamping kit by Fing'rs. I used 2 unnamed Ellen Tracy polishes, a blush pink for the base and a metallic pink for the stamping. I used one of the stamping plates from Fing'rs Heart 2 Art stamping plates, but unfortunately they don't number the plates. I then used a tiny sticker also from the Fing'rs Heart 2 Art collection called "Just Face It". Very simple and subtle.
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