Bow Nail Art with nail polish jelly sandwich manicure

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CND Creative Play Pinkidescent, 2 coats
Painted Polish Joie de Vivre, sponged
2 more coats of Pinkidescent
Plus matte top coat
Plus shiny top coat
Bows using Bad Bitch Polish Cerulean Sky and Poseiden [press sample]
Polished Vino bows

Ever have a good idea and then execution is horrible? Yeah, that’s what happened here. I should have stopped after sponging Joie de Vivre over Pinkidescent. I wore it for a day, I just didn’t like it. And spent ages scrubbing off glitter. Ugh.

Painted Polish Joie de Vivre, CND Creative Play Pinkidescent | Be Happy And Buy Polish

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Striped nail art skittlette manicure with KBShimmer, Painted Polish, and Fancy Gloss

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Polishes used:
KBShimmer Solar Flare, 3 coats plus top coat [currently sold out!]
Painted Polish Calls For Chocolate, 2 coats plus matte top coat, then QDTC
Fancy Gloss dark grey mystery box prototype, 1 coat and no top coat

KBShimmer Solar Flare magnetic nail polish, Painted Polish Calls for Chocolate, Fancy Gloss dark grey creme mystery stripe nail art full manicure | Be Happy And Buy Polish

So get ready for a lot of freaking pictures because I love this mani, I love the polishes, and if I can figure it out, I’ll even add a video to this post.

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Silhouette manicure with Octopus Party Nail Lacquer, Painted Polish, Contrary Polish and Polished Vino

Purchased by Me buttonHey everyone! Are you excited??? I am because school starts in 2 days! Yikes! Am I ready? NOPE! haha! 😀 So let’s procrastinate further by showing you this manicure with Octopus Party Nail Lacquer Prime, Painted Polish Stamped in Greenery, Contrary Polish Feel the Spark, and Polished Vino silhouettes nail vinyls.

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Octopus Party Nail Lacquer Octopus Prime close up | Be Happy And Buy Polish

Octopus Party Nail Lacquer Prime is a green leaning blue holographic polish with iridescent glitters and flakes. This applies sheer but has a good consistency. It’s so shiny even without top coat. This is 2 coats plus top coat. Continue reading

Mixed Animal Print holographic manicure with CrowsToes Nail Color, OPI, Turtle Tootsie Polishes, Painted Polish

Morning all! I hope that if you’re having a heat wave like we are in Montana, you’re staying cool! I am sweltering and not staying cool because my 6month old is on a nursing streak and he’s sweaty – which makes me sweaty and him more sweaty. Ugh. It’s a sweaty mess. How about a mani that isn’t a mess….or maybe it is? I dunno. At first I didn’t really like it but then it grew on me. Let me know at the end what you think.

CrowsToes Damned If You Do, Turtle Tootsie Polishes Aquarius, Painted Polish Gray Goddess  | Be Happy And Buy Polish

So I started off with OPI You’re So Vain-illa on my ring and pointer fingers. On my pointer finger, I used a giraffe print (maybe it’s a cheetah print?) decal and used Painted Polish Gray Goddess, then outlining with China Glaze Liquid Leather. I added some gems from Crystal Parade in the corner – didn’t really like how it turned out though. Continue reading