Londontown Lakur swatch & review

Hello ladies and gentlemen!

Tonight's blog is all about Londontown Lakur. 

I had the opportunity to swatch and review these beauties. C'mon, these are 5-free (Formaldehyde-free, Toluene-free, DPB-free, Formaldehyde Resin-free, Camphor-free), non-toxic, vegan, gluten-free & cruelty-free. These are literally just nearly perfection! You just wait to see what I thought about these!

From (L-R: Ring Me, Cheerio, Beau Of The City & a purple holo glitter)

'Ring Me' in 2 thin coats with no top coat. ^^ I found this formula so rich and highly pigmented that you could really go for only 1 coat application! I have an OCD problem when it comes to applying nail polish on my nails, so I went ahead with 2 coats. It dries absolutely beautiful really quickly and shiny all by itself with no help from a dry fast top coat. I mean, seriously.. Look at it! It is so squishy!! :D

'Ring Me' 2 coats, no top coat + MoYou London's Mother Nature stamping plate m-11 stamped with OPI 'Love.Angel.Music.Baby.'

This purple glitter is stunning.. It has micro gitters and bigger, purple holo glitters in it which is huge plus for me. I am a purple fan here!

'Beau Of The City' is also one of my faves. It is not like any blue that I own. It is so rich in pigment and smooth.. This is shown with 2 coats and no top coat. I also used here Zoya 'Anais' for the city buildings & China Glaze 'The Outer Edge' for the stars in the nights sky.

I know a lot of people who paint their nails like to apply a fast drying top coat over the color to help seal the nails but for this brand. It is so strikingly amazing that you don't even need to use one! It dries in no time if you apply your first layer thin enough. By second coat, as it dries, it leaves such a high pigment color with a beautiful shine and squishy look which I love! I am sold on this brand by the look of the bottle, lacquer, high pigments, high shine and drying time! It has been featured many times in the leading magazines with  Harper's Bazaar, Us Weekly, Shape, Allure, Marie Claire, Self, Lucky magazine, Cosmopolitan, Nail It!, Seventeen, Health & Essence. 

I've worn 'Beau Of The City' on my nails for 2 days because I absolutely couldn't stop staring at the beautiful royal, deep and rich blue.. Usually the 2nd day, the tips of my nails are either chipped or worn out. With Londontown Lakur, it is all so true as to what every magazine had to say about them! This nail polish is bottled up with all the good stuff.. Believe that or not! 

"The high pigment bold colors leave you with a long lasting wear. The formula is infused with Londontown's family remedy of only natural botanical extracts that include Rapeseed, Chamomile, Garlic and Vitamin B7 that helps nourish the nails and encourages nails growth." - Londontown Lakur

If you are interested on this brand Londontown Lakur, please be sure to go check them out on their site as well as social media's.

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<3,

Mai

Mai Fashion Nails

Hi ladies and gentlemen!

Tonight's blog is about this particular picture that I found of some beautiful fashion sketches from Google. When I was on Google trying to search for some inspiration to do on my nails, this picture came up. I've had this photo saved on my cellphone for over a month now, so I can't tell you who I can or should give the proper credit to. Sadly, I can't.. But if you know who this photo belongs to, please let me know in the comment area. Thank you! :)

First and foremost, the sketches above brought back a lot of my teenage memories when I knew what I wanted to major in college. Can you guess what it was? IF you've guessed Fashion Designer, YUP. I am an artist and I can remember when I saw the first premiere of Project Runway, I fell in love and was inspired to do my own sketches of my own designs. I even left to NYC to pursue my dreams but it didn't even happen. Broke my heart bc God had other plans for me. I wish I have my sketches with me today but it's OK.. It was more of a hobby, just sketching, doodling and art for me to escape from my reality then. I am truly grateful for today, for I have 3 sons AND for I still am blessed by God to have my artistic skills to share with you all today on MAI (my) nails! I couldn't be any happier to show it through my nail art!! EEEKS!!! lol

My favorite nail art brushes used on this manicure can be found below by link:

instagram.com/stylishnailartshop - 15 Edinburgh Realism Grace

instagram.com/joliepolish - Clean up brush with dotting tool

instagram.com/whatsupnails - Pure Color NO.9

Sally's Beauty Supply Store - #306 

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^ I was SO shocked that I actually fit all 10 gowns on my 4 nails! ARE YOU?! lol, I even have macros for you to check out the messy, artistic details of my hand painted gowns with glitters! ^

I used over 10 nail polishes to create this entire manicure.. I can't even give you any names.. BUT 1 thing, most importantly is that I used the equal amount of China Glaze and OPI polishes.

^ My FAVE nail of the 3 gowns.. OH, and the awesome gorgeous various sized holo hex glitters were picked out are from Emily De Molly's 'Dark Forces' to place them on my nail. How gorgeous are the glitters?! I'm still droolin' over dem babies!! ^ 

^ OPI 'Love.Angel.Music.Baby' over 'Pompeii Purple' & a China Glaze 'Liquid Leather' for the top is super gorge.. ^

^ The gown reminds me of a gown or a certain color and style that Audrey Hepburn would wear! SO CUTE, whomever sketched the drawings of the gowns is a beautiful artist. I'm in love with their sketches! ^

^ Another up close angle.. ^

^ Another gown, the black one with the stripes look like an Audrey Hepburn style too! ^

I am excited to share this inspiration that I found from Google. It brought back some good memories and I can still even paint them.. ON MY NAILS THO!! lol, The tiniest canvases but I am happy that this person brought me to do this so I can share with you all this tiny story about myself. I hope you all enjoyed my blog tonight. Wish you all a good night and sweet dreams Mai Loves!!

<3, Mai

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Neon rainbow gradient + striping tape mani

Hey-lo!! This afternoon, I have for you guys a mani I had shared over the weekend of my neon rainbow gradient that I had done with a sponge. I used all China Glaze products; Highlight Of My Summer, Love's A Beach, Sun Of A Peach and Fairy Dust on this creation.

The base was originally suppose to be a random pattern of the neon rainbow sponged gradient but as I was doing my nails, I was literally knocking out.. lol I also had planned to use Sassy Cats Lacquer's Kitty Kaps {a liquid latex} to help minimize clean up from doing mani's like a gradient, ombre or even glitter gradients OR oh yeah.. Watermarbling <-- something I don't do!! I apparently wasn't thinking clearly that day that I did the gradient without Kitty Kaps.. It was a quick clean u with a clean up brush.. I was surprised!! LOL!! I did remember to use Kitty Kaps for the 2nd gradient that done with striping tape AND to my experience with it,, It is such a wonderful product! Below, I will have photo's of the product used around my cuticles! Go check Mora's instagram account: instagram.com/sassycatslacquer for her latest indie polish and liquid latex called Kitty Kaps. It comes in 3-4 colors that you can choose from. It's more affordable in my honest opinion and I love how vibrant the teal one that I chose looks in real life!! If you are allergic to latex, I'm pretty sure there are other sites that you can search for and can buy from also. When you click on the link above to her instagram account, she has a link that will lead you to her shop!

Lastly, on Sunday, I decided to add another gradient on top the previous one BUT with striping nail tape. I found inspiration from So Nailicious on instagram when they shared a pictorial on their website. I remember I had done one last year in neon polishes and a holo before that I LOVED SO MUCH. I'm glad I did it again trying So Nailicous' technique bc I think this one turned out great also!

Anyway, I hope you enjoy these mani's! Have a Happy rest of Monday and the rest of the weeeeeeeek ladies and gentlmen!

:D Mai

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'Negative Space Nails'

inspired by: So_Nailicious on instagram

^When I was so tired, I completely forgot to use my 'Kitty Kaps'

before I had done the neon sponging!! LOL^

Here^ I remembered to use my

Sassy Cats Lacquer

'Kitty Kaps'

before I did the negative space nails.

DAM Nail Polish (my personal review)

Hi ladies and gentlemen!

It has been a month since I have blogged. This one has been a week long overdue.. Today's blog is a personal review of DAM Nail Polish's 'Dear Fucshia Husband'. DAM Nail Polish did not ask me to review or swatch their indie polish. It is just 1 polish that I had personally liked bc its a thermal with glitters. I loved it so much to want to blog it. I have finally the time to blog since the blogger app on my cellphone keeps crashing. I am glad that I can even get a decent wifi signal to write this right now!! Anyway, You're not going to wanna pass up on this one! Lol, this one is the only one I grabbed up from the shop but I am in  love!!! I know you will love it too!

I used 3 coats of 'Dear Fuchsia Husband' over my natural nails, plus with my all time favorite Seche Vite top coat. This pink (when warm) & purple (when cold) is an amazing polish! It is so vibrant and the colors are uber cute bc of the glitter! I love it, I couldn't stop playing with the water! Lol, I'm glad I don't have anyone to stop me from playing with the water bc I am my own BO$$. Lolol.. Im still a big kid at ❤! 

If you are interested in this polish, head over to DAM Nail Polish on instagram.com/dam_nails. She has a link that brings you straight to her etsy shop. She has a few more polishes that you will not want to pass up. I know I regret passing the other ones up...  but I know one thing for sure, I will be purchasing more from her in the future!  

Wishing you all a Happy Friday loves!!

, Mai

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DAY 3: OMG Nail Strips Review

It's been such a long, long review for me wearing these adorbs jellybeans nail strips from omgnailstrips.com Considering the fact that I am a girl who cannot commit to one manicure for more than 2 days!! I love to change my nails almost every day. With the nail strips on day 3.. It has been a wonderful experience. Please, keep reading for my review on these!

As you can see above, the nails have no tip wear. Which I am impressed with also from the help from Seche Vite fast drying top coat! 

A closer look at the tips..

Last but not least, As you can tell.. The area above my nail bed and cuticles have a space in between them because I needed to push my cuticles. The index nail has a wear off on the cuticle area because my hairs kept getting caught with it due to a tiny corner shrinkage from Seche Vite because I didn't do a good enough coverage with smoothing it down.

All in all, I am impressed with the OMG Nail Strips. Like I have said before too, they are much easier to apply than Sally Hansen. I absolutely love these because of the cute and funky prints. I would recommend this nail strips if you are a person who likes to have your nails done fast without drying time. Plus, it is SO easy to stick on, peel off without tearing it and placing it back on to the nail without having it not sticky anymore. While filing the nail strips downwards, if you do it right, Which I didn't know if I was doing it correctly.. They turned out rather much nicer than I thought I would've done. I am in love with the simplicity of these nail strips. 

Please, go check the website out for the pricing, more nail strips with a ton more prints to choose from at: ogmnailstrips.com 

Yours truly,

Mai

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Review for OMG Nail Strips

Welcome everyone to my blog!

Today, I have my first review for OMG Nail Strips.

I know I may say this a whole lot BUT OMG.. Yes, just like these OMG Nail Strips, I am saying OMG about these and for this wonderful opportunity to review for them. I love fun and exciting opportunities like these. It's definitely a treat for me because this is what I love to do. Hard work does pay off! I feel truly blessed by God by these little things. I cherish them because it's what makes me feel happy and sane. OK, enough blabbering.. I'll get right down to the review of these funky and sweet nail trips by OMG Nail Strips!

I chose the asymmetrical line pattern and jelly beans nail strips.

Just an up close shot of the sweetest nail strips by OMG Nail Strips. They're so sweet, I just can't even stop looking at my nails. I personally love jelly beans and that was why I just had to pick these to review! Down below, I will have my first review of these. 

Asymmetrical line pattern has been gettin' around on instagram that I've seen. I still had to pick this design out just because of the most two simplest colors and the lines.. In case, you haven't noticed because you guys don't know me well or just yet.. Lines that are asymmetrical or just plain stripes.. I absolutely love. I can't wait to try this design once Friday hits tomorrow.

Aren't the Jellybeans just sweet and scrumptious on le nails?! They were absolutely easy to apply on. More easier to apply on than Sally Hansen nail stickers just because they stick on at the first application and if you mess up and try to align it straight on the nail, you'll rip the sticker entirely. I found the OMG Nail Strips to remove after laying down on the nail easy to pick up and stick back onto the nail. Filing downward on the nails did not leave any of the nail stickers to tear or lift up, which is a definite plus. Hence, Sally Hansen's nail stickers do that and it'll take off the nail design too. I just can't even stop looking at my nails!! I'm a girl of no commitment to one manicure. I can't wait to take these off to try out the asymmetrical pattern one though.. 

Oh and in case you were wondering what is that thing that I am holding in my hand? It is 'Summer Carnival' by Sweet Baby By Donna. It smells so divine and makes my cuticles oh so baby soft.... I can literally sit and smell my fingers ALL day long. lol Thanks to Amy from @amylovesnewwave @indies500 & @jessdjnails for this wonderful gift. It's a huge necessity for a nail enthusiast for sure!!

I can't wait to try out the asymmetrical line pattern tomorrow after wearing these Jellybeans nail strips for three days. I will also do another review on the 3 day wear of them. Though the package of the OMG Nail Strips to day that they last up to 10 days. My nails tend to wear off at the tips a bit so that is why I chose to wear them for three days. All in all review, the strips are wonderful. They are so easy and a fun, fast way to get a long lasting manicure. Just be sure to seal the nail strips with a good top coat for a longer lasting manicure! If you're interested on getting some of these OMG Nail Strips, head on over to their website to check out on the other nail designs at: omgnailstrips.com!

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Mai

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My Snowglobe Christmas-y Cabin Mani made it on Nail Pro!!

I am SO Excited to share on my blogspot tonight that my nails have been featured on Nail Pro on Facebook on December 2nd, 2014!! 

I missed the feature on my Facebook Newsfeed but a good friend Jamie from ig:@sealorepolish tagged me so I could see this wonderful news. It made my day because I never thought in my life would get noticed or featured on the site. It was a mini dream come true for this nail enthusiast! Check it out!! I even had 3k likes on it! That was the cherry on top! :) <3 

Nail polishes used here on the manicure are by China Glaze 'Red Satin', 'There's Snow One Like You', OPI 'Last Friday Night', Zoya 'Hunter'.

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An up close of my Snowglobe Christmas-y Cabin mani.. & I did say at two points that I regret painted a red cabin with the line on the cabin house. BUT I'm so surprised that this manicure made it live on Nail Pro with 3k+ likes!! :O

Thank you ladies and gentlemen!!

Have a wonderful night..,

Mai