Beauty Tips for Women: Purple Moroccan Quatrefoil Manicure

I purchased some nail vinyls from TwinkledT in the Moroccan Quatrefoil Almaz pattern.

Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 605

The polish I used was Wet n Wild Bite the Bullet. I then toped it with Sally Hansen Ruffle. For the accent finger, I painted a white base and used the nail vinyl applying Bite the Bullet over it. I added some black rhinestones as well. Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 606 Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 607Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 608Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 609

I loved using the vinyl. It was simple to place and reposition.  Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 610

Beauty Tips for Women: Purple Lightening

I purchased “lightening” shaped nail decals from Amazon. When I received them I wasn’t very impressed with the shape.  Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 602

I decided on a purple color scheme. I used Wet n Wild – Who Is Ultra Violet? and Essie – Nothing Else Metals.

Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 603

Beauty Tips for Women: Combination Review of Sinful Shine – I’m Blushing and Essence – Let Stars Rain Down On Me! top coat

I purchased Essence Nail Art top coat in Let Stars Rain Down On Me! It claims to be a holo-glitter polish. The bottle needs to be shaken because all the glitter particles settle at the bottom. It looks very pretty, so I was hopeful that it would deliver.

Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 601

I decided I wanted to pair this with Sinful Shine – I’m Blushing. This polish was horrible. I have several Sinful Shine polishes and have never experienced such horrible formula issues. It streaked and had bits of black particles in it. I did two coats and it still did not look good and I did not want to invest in more coats to fix the problem. I hoped that adding the holo-glitter top coat would help. So here is where I finish my review of Let Stars Rain Down on Me! Stars do not rain down. I applied 4 coats. With a sponge and without and this is all I got. I was not impressed at all with this top coat.

Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 599

To help salvage this manicure I decided to do some stamping. Nail Art Polish Beauty tips for Women 600

Not crazy at all about this manicure.

I give Sinful Shine I’m Blushing, one brain. I hope that this simply was a bad batch and that others do not experience the same formula issues I did. BRAINrate1

I give Essence – Let Stars Rain Down On Me! top coat, zero brains. Don’t waste your money on this at all. It simply does not deliver on its name or claims.  BRAINrate0