Born Pretty Store Nail Stickers Review

Happy Sunday!

Who am I kidding? I hate Sundays. So much. But I have pretty nails to show you so that's a good thing!

I have a review of nail stickers from Born Pretty. The item ID for these specific ones is 3817, the link is http://www.bornprettystore.com/12pcs-white-flower-snowflake-nail-tips-decals-stickers-manicure-p-3817.html. There's two sets, I got the one with more snow flakes because I didn't see the other one... -_-

I was still able to do a cute Valentine's Day manicure with them though. I'll show you that first, then do a more detailed review.

Heart and Cupid stickers over a base of OPI Pink Friday

Okay so about the stickers... here's a few points to make:

• make sure your base color is COMPLETELY dry... completely! 
• position them exactly where you want them because if you try to move them, they either won't budge or take your color with them. 
• press down hard and make sure there aren't any bubbles or lifted spots in the stickers. 
• TOP COAT! 

The designs in this set are really cute but I wish I would have gotten the other set...there's more flowers! Ha. Don't forget to use the code APL91 to get 10% off of your order at Born Pretty!

What do you think? Do you like this mani? How do you feel about nail stickers? Thanks for reading! :D 

Illamasqua Noble with NOPI Sweet Dreams

Hey hey!

So Illamasqua is a brand that I've always wanted to try but have always been too broke to buy. I cannot afford it on a college budget. I was really happy when my boyfriend bought me some for Christmas. Today I have Noble to show you.

Noble is a nice bright turquoise-ish blue. It's like a robin's egg only...better. It's super opaque, too. For my mani, I only used one coat. Here's a pick-cha:

I do have to warn you, I had to adjust the colors a little bit to make this more true to life. It wanted to photograph as a light blue. For the glitter gradient, I used Nicole by OPI Sweet Dreams, from the Selena Gomez collection. It has green/blue and silver hex glitters with purple micro glitter. I'm pretty obsessed with glitter gradients atm.

What do you think? Do you like this color? How about glitter gradients? Thanks for reading! :D 

Jade Delirio Rosa

Hey hey! I recently ordered a few (okay, a lot) of polishes from Llarowe, and they're all holographic! I've only worn this one so far because I'm debating on whether I should wear them now or wait until it's sunny. Not sure. Anyways, of the 14 polishes, 10 of them are the Jade Holograficos. I love love love each and every one of them!

Delirio Rosa is a bright, almost neon, medium pink holo. Think Barbie pink...in a holo...only brighter. I don't know how else to describe it. It's so pretty. I'll show pictures then get into detail after.

Jade Delirio Rosa in the Shade

Jade Delirio Rosa with Flash

Jade Delirio Rosa in the Sun

The formula on this is AWESOME. No balding, no dragging. It reminds me of the OPI DS holographics, even in the finish. These look like... Spectraflair frankens, to be honest. I love them so much. I can't wait to try the other colors. Dry time was quick, too. Top coat does not dull the holo effect at all. When the top coat is still wet, it looks like the holo is a bit more dim but when the top coat dries, the holo is vibrant. The wear time is good, too. It doesn't instantly chip like some holos tend to do.

One thing I do have to say about them is that they are TINY. 8 ml as opposed to the 15 ml found in OPI, Essie, China Glaze... you know. I don't mind too much, I'll just buy back ups of my favorites. They are really reasonably priced for holographics, only $7 a bottle.

What do you think? Are you loving this polish as much as I did? Let me know, thanks for reading! :D 

Born Pretty Store Striping Tape Review

Hey guys! Even though my computer is broken, I'm still going to try and blog. I'm using my kindle for the typing and my phone for pictures. Please bear with me. Today I have a review of the striping tape from Born Pretty.

Specifics: this item can be found on their site here: http://www.bornprettystore.com/color-line-nail-striping-tape-design-lines-p-231.html. This is the listing for item ID 231; there are other colors available but I got the black one for review.

Packaging: the striping tape comes in a little baggie. Mine came in an envelope which makes sense because it doesn't need stuffing and such.

Use: the tape is easy to use and produces nice, clean lines. I recommend doing one nail at a time so that you can remove the tape before the polish dries. That gives the best results.

Manicure: below is a manicure I did with the striping tape. I used Color Club Cherubic as a base and Butter LONDON All Hail the Queen for the over color, as I call it.

Summary: I've never used striping tape before but this was really easy to use and I'm very pleased with the results. For the price, you really have no excuse to not try it. I now want to use it for every manicure. Ha.

Remember to use my code, APL91, to get 10% off!

Stay tuned, I have a review of some nail stickers soon!

As always, thanks for reading!

Giveaway Winner

Happy new year! I'm gonna get straight down to business. I had a sort of secret giveaway that was for only the people who read this blog. I only got 6 entries. I used random.org to pick the winner. Here's the result:

And here are the entries:

So Mnemo, you won! Send me an email at alltheprettypolish(at)gmail(dot)com! I would put it the right way but last time I did that I got a lot of robots emailing me about things like erectile dysfunction and hair loss...anyway, email me so I can get your address and send you your bottle of Orly Halo!

So, how was everyone's NYE? Thanks for reading! :D

Hey.

Hey hey guys.

No excuses, just apologies.

Sorry for not being here for a while. I have been trying to make the look of this blog different. I'm not decided yet on exactly how I want my blog to look so...meh. I'm going to work on it.

I did notice that I lost 2 followers. Sorry for not being a good blogger, hopefully you'll come back when I start blogging again in the new year. My new year's resolution is to actually keep up this blog. Let's see how that goes.

Now for those of you that still stuck around and are reading this, I want to reward you. I have a bottle of Orly Halo from the holiday collection that is up for grabs. I'm doing a sort of secret giveaway. I'm not going to tell people about it, so it really is only for those of you that actually read my blog. The way to enter is to simply comment on this post with your favorite color. I will pick someone (if anyone comments) on the first. This is only open to US readers...sorry for those that already commented...I should have said that earlier. That's it. I just want to see who actually reads my blog.

Anyway, thanks for sticking around, and trust me, 2013 will be a great year for All the Pretty Polish. I have some nail mail coming that is going to be perfect as my first posts of the year.

As always, thanks for reading. Happy Holidays. :-*

I love you guys.

How I have any followers left is beyond me... I've been a really shitty blogger. And for a while, too. I guess you guys just really like my rants? I don't know, but thanks for sticking around.

So what's been up with ATPP? Here's a little recap:

got my power back...broke a nail...grew them out...got sick...got better...broke another fucking nail...grew them out...got an abscess on my wisdom tooth...face went back down to normal size...found a big ass peel on my nail...now I'm here.

I know what you're thinking: this girl is such a liar. She can't possibly have all of those bad things happen to her right after the other like that. Well, that's where your wrong. See, when you have bad luck like I do, shit like this happens. A lot. A hell of a lot.

About my nails: They're nubs. So you won't see them for another week. But you know I will blog because I have more bornpretty stuff to review, so I will be blogging soon.

About my wisdom tooth: It's ridiculous. Thanksgiving night it was bothering me. I took a pill and went to sleep. I woke up and looked like a chipmunk. My face kept swelling so I went to the ER and they told me it was a dental abscess. They gave me pills and antibiotics and told me to go to a dentist. Turns out it is hard as hell to find a dentist that takes my insurance around here. I gave up and went to my boyfriend's dentist. Payed $50 for the dentist to see me for a total of 5 minutes...just to tell me that I have an impacted wisdom tooth that got infected and that I need to see an oral surgeon. After a few hours on the phone with my insurance provider and multiple oral surgeons, I got an appointment for Tuesday. They're going to see if this other dentist is right, and if so, set up a date for me to get my wisdom tooth yanked out. As you can probably tell, I'm super excited about it...for any of you Sheldons out there, that was sarcasm.

If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I have been painting my nails and posting pictures on there. You may not have known all of that ^^ but now you do.

So what the hell have I done this past...month? Crocheted my fat little fingers off. I'm now selling some of my creations. I make the cutest little girl hats. I make boy hats too but they don't get the little flower on them that is so damn cute. If anyone's interested, I'll post pictures on here. I may open an Etsy store for them, who knows.

Anyways, how are YOU guys? I want to know! How was your Thanksgiving? What's on your Christmas list? I missed you guys! As always, thanks for reading :-* 

I'm back!

Hey guys and gals. I'm back!

I was out of power for 10 days. Yes, 10 days without power which meant 10 days without heat...you read that right, 10 days without heat. I could deal with not having power. My boyfriend got power before I did so I charged my phone at his house. What really got to me was the cold...the cold was bad. My little sisters were shivering in their sleep and it broke my heart.. my youngest sister would press her face up against the fish tank and tell our fishes to not die.. it broke my heart. It was a bad 10 days... but we have our power back!

Hurricane Sandy kicked my ass though. No heat or power or nail polish. Well, if you follow me on instagram (@my_reh_neh) you know that I did paint my nails once in the dark and it came out pretty well. But I took that off and left them naked because it was really hard to see and I just wanted to focus on staying warm. I'm glad that I got my power back though and I'm ready to resume posting.

So tell me, what have I missed? Who else was affected by Sandy? What's new in the blogosphere? 10 days may not seem like a long time but it is...haha.

Color Club Cloud Nine

Hey girlies!

Now that I'm done fangirling, I can do a proper review. This time, the lovely lacquer is Cloud Nine by Color Club. It's a gorgeous light lilac strong (think Hulk strong) linear holo. Ridiculously gorgeous and application was a dream. I did experience more dragging and balding on this one than Harp On It, but that's probably my fault for not letting one layer dry before putting the next layer on. It was still great at two coats. And again, I was able to put top coat on without having it dull down the holographic effect. Here's a picture:

Isn't it perfect? I am in love with these polishes!

I also am quite proud of myself! I stopped being so shy and posted the swatch from yesterday on Color Club's Facebook page...and they shared it! It got over 200 likes on their page. Wow! I'm very excited about that :]

OH! The wear time on these holographics is amazing. It stayed put until I took it off...wow. I'm very very pleased with these.

Again, you can purchase these directly from Color Club's website. Their shipping is incredibly fast. I ordered three of these on Wednesday evening and I got them today in the afternoon. Amazingly fast, if I do say so myself!

What do you think? Do you like this one? Let me know, thanks for reading! :D

Color Club Harp On It

Hey guys!!

So I wasn't planning on posting for a while because I'm feeling under the weather but I had to post this polish..oh my gosh it's love in a bottle. Holy cow.

Color Club really knows how to give their fans what they want. We asked for holos and boy, did we get them. Wow. Their Halo Hues line is AMAZING. The formula on all the four I've tried have been great. I'm waiting on the two pinks as well as a back up of the color I'm showing you today. Yes, I got all six and a back up of the silver holo...don't judge me.

Anyways, onto the nail polish...wow. I am at a loss for words...just look at this beauty. I'm going to show you how amazing these polishes are by showing you an inside shot...yes, under regular lighting where most holos just look like a silvery, pastel shadow of what they actually are in the sun...except this one. Look at this:

Holy holo! This is INSIDE!! Not anywhere near sun since it was long after sundown when I put this one on...wow. I'm amazed. Now, onto the one with flash:

LOOK AT IT! LOOK AT IT! LOOK AT IT!

This is amazing. This is so perfect. And if you notice, my nails are shorter in the second picture. I decided to go on a file-fest while wearing this...and IT STAYED ON! It's got amazing lasting power so far. I'll report back to you on how much it lasts...also, this has top coat on... can you believe this? I'm in complete and total awe. Color Club really outdid themselves. Great job. You guys get two manicured thumbs up from me.

I got mine at shopcolorclub.com but I know transdesign.com and 8ty8beauty.com also have these...but they have black caps whereas they're supposed to be silver...yeah, they're cheaper but that little detail seems a bit fishy to me, so I just bought them directly from Color Club's website.

What do you think? Are you loving this as much as I am? I cannot stop staring at my nails...I'm in love. Let me know, thanks for reading! :D