BPS review: #40481 Cartoon BP-X41 stamping plate

Want a fun and cute stamping plate for an adorable manicure?

This (cartoon BP-X41) plate could be just for you!

Check out my 2 mani's that I have created with this plate from

bornprettystore.com!

The etches of the stamp images are perfectly etched and

picks up nicely with the help from a soft and squishy head stamper.

I created the cute daisy, watermelon and fruit with blue birds all with black stamping polishes and the colored polishes are China Glaze and Orly.

I love how they turned out. Especially the periwinkle mani down below.

Which manicure is your favorite?

Kitty cats in galoshes bc of a rainy day..

Aren't they just cute?!

Seriously, get this stamping plate!

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Have a wonderful night everyone!

- Mai

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♡Manicure of the night: For my niece!♡

This evening, I had the opportunity and privilege to hangout with my first niece who's now a young a-dult teenager. LOL, we went to Wal-Mart with my kids for a little food shopping & then hit up McDonald's for dinner lolol.... We had a fun 6 hours for a hangout & my three kiddos loved it!

OK, enough about us.. LOL, on to the mani of the night..

Her request was for a baby blue base & cherry blossom trees but unfortunately the timing flew by so fast she settled on the China Glaze in 'At Vase Value'. I couldn't send her home with a plain manicure, so I sponged up two coats in a subtle gradient in 'Metro Pollen-Tin' & Sinful Colors Professional striper in 'Flower Girl' with some adorable gold accents. I forgot to mention, her manicure for her family's vacay this Thursday will be fab for the warm weather! I'm a bit jealous bc I dislike the weather here in the Midwest.. :P

I'm not going to lie, I was a bit "OMG'shing" over it & her reaction to it was,"OMG! I love it!! The colors reminds me of Princess Jasmine! Especially, the gold!!" Anyway, I'm not a professional nail tech but this manicure was amazing! I am proud of this manicure! I feel ready for more opportunities with new faces & friends. Message me on my Facebook or by e-mail at▶▶ ipaintmainails@gmail.com

I hope you all enjoyed thus manicure as much as we both did tonight! Goodnight world!!

♡Mai

▶Swatch & Review on China Glaze's City Flourish 2014 Collection

Here's my full swatch and review on China Glaze's City Flourish 2014 Collection of the four polishes I had picked up this week.

This first swatch is called 'Metro Pollen-Tin' from the China Glaze 2014 City Flourish Collection. It is a cream polish in a yellow to slightly orange shade, almost reminds me of a #2 pencil! I used three coats for an even application. Though It dries with a glossy shine finish, I also used Seche Vite fast drying top coat. Drying time between three coats is always good for me.

Second swatch is 'Lotus Begin' done in two easy coats plus Seche Vite! The application doesn't require you to apply more than two because this one was silky and creamy for a full coverage!

Third swatch is 'Peonies and Park Ave' can be done in two coats but like almost a perfectionist, I wanted to make it ultra smoother and bright because HELLO! It's a cute, bright and cheery, it can be a neon but more of a subtle yet neon. It dries almost like a matte finish but I decided to use Seche Vite for a glossy shine.

Last but not least, here is 'At Vase Value'. A Cyan/baby blue, creamy, pastel polish done in three coats plus, Seche Vite. Application was wonderful and out of the few pastel blue, this ones my favorite!

Accent nails base was a Saran Wrap technique I used with all the four polishes. While the peony flowers were free hand painted with acrylic paints. I had a tough time painting the peony flowers on my ring fingernail. I never knew how hard it was to paint such detailed flowers!! LOL All in all, I really like the outcome of it and the four color of the polishes are so pretty! I love it all but now I wish I can own all the other eight!

Mai♡

▲Metro Pollen-Tin▲

▲Lotus Begin▲

▲Peonies and Park Ave▲

▲At Vase Value▲

▲Macro of my free handed Peonies▲

over a sponged base of all the four polishes from this collection.

China Glaze 2014 City Flourish Collection

My 4 picks from China Glaze 2014 City Flourish Collection.

From Left to Right:

At Vase Value
Lotus Begin
Metro Pollen-Tin
Peonies and Park Ave

I wish I could have the entire collection but I am glad I got my hands on these four beauties bc of Sally's Beauty Supply Store's BOGO deal. I cannot wait to swatch these babies!

I've gotta say, I am a huge nail fanatic of China Glaze but I'm not a nail polish hoarder sadly but gladly!! LOL! I do love me some polish though! ;)

Happy paintings!
Yours Truly,
Mai

Today's nail polish haul!

Did you get your BOGO nail polish yet from Sally's Beauty Supply Store?

When I saw the e-mail for this BOGO deal at Sally's Beauty Supply Store, I went to grab China Glaze's 'Metro Pollen-Tin' & 'A Vase Value'. The OPI 'Mod About You' was nail polish I've been wanting for a while now since I can't buy any indie polishes yet.. These will do for now!

Swatches of these will be done soon when boys and I feel better! :)

》If you haven't gotten yours yet, Go get this deal!! It ends tomorrow Feb 27th, 2014!! Remember, its only for any China Glaze, Finger Paints, Orly & gel polishes! 2 transactions per person/member!!!《

♡ Happy paintings! ♡
Mai

Finding the perfect nude base for a perfect French manicure.

It's definitely been a while since I've done a French manicure. I've been searching for some of the prettiest polishes in a nude shade for the perfect French manicure. I felt lucky today as I was going through my stash of polishes this afternoon.. I found four polishes that I though would be great for a French manicure.

(From the index finger nail to the pinky nail, the names are:)

Barielle 'Princess', Essie 'Sugar Daddy', Rimmel London French Manicure PRO 'French Lingerie' & Wet n Wild megalast 'Private Viewing". On the pinky nail, I kind of didn't like how beige the polish was so I topped China Glaze ' Temptation Carnation' over the entire nail. It gave it a nice, shimmery, soft subtle finish look & I really like it!

I used two coats of each nail polish for the French manicure base. For the white tip, I used Wet n Wild Wild Shine 'A Blank Canvas' & Seche Vite fast drying top coat.

You can't go wrong with a French manicure. Going for a simple manicure is always the best choice for a special occasion or if you are just not into the more intricate nail art. With a French manicure, you can always add a little bling for it to be more flirty and Princess-y fun! On the middle finger nail, I made a gold beaded heart necklace and the ring finger nail, I used Sinful Colors Professional gold striper polish in 'Flower Girl' to outline the white tip & added two gold caviar beads.

I'm glad I found a few polishes this afternoon. I couldn't wait to try these out and share the results!! I hope you enjoy these!

Happy paintings ladies and gentlemen!!

×♡, Mai

China Glaze 'Sand Dolla Make You Holla' swatch

This adorable beauty is called 'Sand Dolla Make You Holla' by China Glaze 2014 Sea Goddess Collection.

This polish is an off white/pinkish crelly texture base with multicolored micro glitters in it. I find it so cute and fun because it reminds me of colorful, glittery sand and cake?! :)

In this swatch, I used 3 thin coats for a complete coverage with no top coat.

Macro shot with 'Matte Me Crazy' top coat.

Macro shot with Seche Vite top coat.