My base color is 2 coats of China Glaze Sun Worshipper over 2 coats of OPI Funny Bunny to make the neon pop more.  I then added the darker orange sparkles to the tips of my flames, using Orly Emberstone.  Finally, I finished the tips with Finger Paints Black Expressionism to make the background for my flames.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!  This post will be somewhat short because Mr. Sparkles and I are spending our day making macarons together, then we will go out to dinner and a movie for our date tonight, so we have lots to do.  I'm glad to have V-Day fall on my day off this year though, so we get to spend the whole day enjoying one another! :)

For this I used one of my Sally Hansen Nail Prisms in Ruby Diamond.  This color is a nice bright pink linear holo, and I'm so glad I have it in my collection.  My light box photos made the color look a bit washed out, the sunlight ones are more true to the color.

Then, to jazz it up for Valentine's, I used a Red Angel stamp from the plate RA-101, and stamped with Finger Paints Black Expressionism.  This was my first try with a french mani stamp, and I liked how it turned out.  I think I need to give these more use when my nails are on the longer side.

Hello everyone!  So for this mani I was inspired by Sarah over at Chalkboard Nails.  She did an adorable Valentine's owl mani, and I started thinking that maybe a Valentine's penguin design would be cute too.

For my penguins' bellies I wanted a somewhat heart shape, to make them Valentine-y.  I also used pink and red rather than traditional penguin colors.  For the black and pink guys I used Finger Paints Black Expressionism and Essie French Affair.  For the red accent nail I used NYC Big Apple Red and Finger Paints Papier Mâché.  On all of them I used Essie Braziliant to make the beaks and feet and Black Expressionism for the eyes.


What will you be wearing for Valentine's Day?

I have several more Valentine's manis planned for you guys for this week, so keep an eye out for those!

What nail designs are you doing for Valentine's Day?  Do you have a big date night planned out with your other half?  Do you do something that you know they will like on your nails?

Hello everyone!  Today I have a review for you.  I found these Nail Patch nail foils at a local nail supply store here in Houston.  I believe they are sold online at the Born Pretty Store website.  They had lots of patterns and most had a holographic foil finish.  There were 8 different sizes on the single sheet that came in the package, with 2 of each size, 16 foils total.


These are meant to be applied similar to Sally Hansen nail strips, with no heat.  However, I did see a video on how to apply these on YouTube (I believe it was from the BornPretty Store YT channel) which said to use a heat lamp or blow dryer.  I cleansed my nails with 90% alcohol before applying.  I didn't have too much trouble with application, although on my index finger I had some wrinkly spots that wouldn't smooth out.  I size each foil to my nail, applied and smoothed out with my finger and an orange stick, warmed with the dryer for about 10 seconds, then pulled and smoothed more.  Then I filed the excess off in a downward motion, just as directed on the package.





I was pretty happy with how these looked at first.  They were shiny, and holo, and cute!  I had applied these  at night before going to bed, and then I had work the next day.  By the time I got there at 1 pm, these were already driving me crazy!  Just from showering and washing my hair, they were already all lifting around the edges.  They very quickly deteriorated after that point.  I took them all off as soon as I got home from work.  Needless to say, I would not bother with these again.  They are supposed to last 11 days... I highly doubt anyone could get that kind of wear from these unless they wore gloves every time they put their hands in water.  And you can forget washing your hands!  So unfortunately, I can't recommend these to anyone, unless you only plan on wearing them for a couple hours!

I haven't tried the Sally Hansen strips, but I'm sure they are a better choice.  What do you guys think of nail strips or foils?  Do you have a favorite kind?