40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Summer

Hi everyone, hope you are all having a great weekend so far! Today, I have some summery nail art for you using a lovely holo from ILNP, stamping with CICI&SISI and Bundle Monster plates, and some cute waterslide decals from NailedKit.

I started off with two coats of ILNP Music Box, then did stamping using Bundle Monster plate BM-XL25, CICI&SISI plate 04, and Konad Special White. After that, I added these cute whale and sailboat decals I got a while back from NailedKit.

I really like how these came out. They are so cute and fun. Here is a swatch of Music Box. It went on in two smooth coats. The first picture is indoors with artificial light, the second is in full sunlight.

Thank you so much for looking. Make sure you stop by to see all the other summer nails today!

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Golden Oldie Thursday - Something Tropical + Born Pretty Store Water Decals Review

Hey everyone! Well I had an awesome birthday + time off of work, but it is time to get back to real life. Waaahhhhhh! haha

Anyway, today's theme for the Golden Oldie Challenge is tropical. I am actually really starting to burn through my pile of untrieds, so I pulled the only color I had left that was somewhat tropical (and I wasn't planning to use in another challenge day down the line): Sally Hansen Byte. I really love this color and had worn it on my toes a bunch of times a couple of summers ago, but I had never put it on my fingers. I'm not sure why, I just didn't. I have had this polish for about 3 years now, so it was about time!

I added some water decals I received from the Born Pretty Store to review. This is from a pack I received about a year ago, so it doesn't look like they still sell it, but you can find tons of similar ones here. They even have a set of Plants vs. Zombies decals that I basically need to own, which you can find here for just $2.69!

Water decals are such a great way to add detailed designs to your manicure without spending a lot of time on freehand nail art. You just need a dish of cold water and some tweezers to help with application. I started off with three rather thick coats of Sally Hansen Byte because it is very thin, then added these perfectly tropical hibiscus decals. They were easy to apply just like the last ones I did, and held up well against the topcoat.

If you are interested in purchasing something from Born Pretty Store, use my discount code - it is on the sidebar to the left of this text. Make sure you check out what the other girls did for their tropical day!

*Products in this post were sent for review in return for my honest opinion.

 

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30 Day Flower Challenge Day 22: Rose + Born Pretty Store Water Decals Review!

Hello! I have a two-fer for you today! Since I am short on time and have this challenge going on that I really need to keep up with, I decided to use rose day to show off these new water decals I got from Born Pretty Store. Take a look!

These water decals are a great way to add detailed designs to your manicure without all of the time spent on freehand nail art. They do not require anything special, other than a dish of cold water and some tweezers to help with application. I started off with three coats of OPI Too Hot Pink To Hold 'Em then added these cute rose decals. They were easy to apply, and didn't smudge badly with topcoat the way some of the other decals I've tried have done.

Here is Too Hot Pink To Hold 'Em all by itself. It is a thin jelly, which I will have to remember to play with again with some of my glitters. :)

You can buy these particular nail decals here. This set actually came with 11 sheets filled with a bunch of different images, including lots more flowers, Snow White, and Hello Kitty! I can't wait to use them! When you buy a set at Born Pretty Store, you will get enough decals on each sheet to do two full sets of manicures, or more if you only apply these as an accent! In this set, I received 11 sheets, so that is enough to do 22 manis! You can gets a lot of other designs from Born Pretty Store as well, (including these awesome nautical decals), which you can check out here. This entire set was $4.73 with FREE international shipping, and took about three weeks to get to me here in Ohio.

Also, you can get 10% off today by using the discount code below! I will keep it on my sidebar too, so you can find it easily in the future!

*Products in this post were sent for review in return for my honest opinion.

Be sure to look at what the others did for this challenge!

KKcenterHK D.I.Y. Water Decals Review + Sally Hansen Hi-Def

Hello! I am probably out on the beach right now having a fabulous time with my family, but just so you don't miss me too much, I scheduled this lovely review for you. :) This is my second shot at using their D.I.Y. Water Decals and I have to say, I learned a lot the first time around, so this time went way better. I got fancy with this one. Here is what I ended up with.

So when the decal sheet arrived in the mail, it looked like this. It is packed nicely and this is actually  resealable packet as well, which is nice. I put my leftover portion of the decal sheet back in there to use it again in another mani. :)

This sheet is the same size as the last one I reviewed, and I decided to do a partial nail instead of a full nail. Here is a pic of what one of them looked like once I had it all cut out to fit on the nail.

I had a lot of fun with these, and I got to use some polishes I haven't used much yet, too. :) Here is Sally Hansen's Hi-Def by itself. It is a very thin polish, so this is about 4 coats. Lovely color, huh?

I also wanted to mention that I tried a couple different topcoats with this mani, and this time I think the topcoats I used actually were worse. :( Here is an image with an explanation about which topcoats I used on each nail.

On the pinky/thumb, I used Orly Top 2 Bottom, which is my fave basecoat. It ate the decal. On my ring finger, I used Sally Hansen Hard as Nails. It did ok, until I reach the tip of the nail, and it lifted the decal right off in one spot, which is why you see the chunk taken out on the corner, there. On my middle finger, I used NYC In a New York Minute Topcoat which did ok, but bubbled on me just because it is old and getting thick. On my index finger, I used AVON Speed Dry Topcoat, which did alright as well. It only ate the decal a little bit. So, now that I see how some of these other topcoats did, my Seche Vite doesn't seem so bad after all. I think that the NYC and AVON topcoats did the best though.

I am really pleased with my experience with the water decals this time, and super happy with my results. Definitely check these decals out. They are a great alternative to nail art if you are short on time, and look way better than anything you can do by hand without spending hours at it. :)

If you would like to try out some of the nail goodies they have, don't forget to use the 10% off coupon code that KKcenterHK has generously provided to me! It is good through 1/31/2013.

Coupon Code:  DelightInNails

*Products in this post were sent for review in return for my honest opinion.

KKcenterHK Water Decals Review

I received some DIY water decals from KKcenterHK, when I got the stamping plate I reviewed a while back. The first one I want to show you is a floral design and came in a little square. I used it on a couple of accent nails and then painted the others with a solid color. Here it is.

Here it is with my polish still matte

The color on my nails by the way is Sinful Colors Dream On

And here it is after I added topcoat

 I didn't really know how to use water decals, so I went online and found a few tutorials that I used to help me. These ones are a bit different because they are not small individual images, it is one large image and you have to cut them into the shape that you want. Since this was a bit trial and error, I learned some things, which I will share a little later. First, I want to give you an idea of what these water decals looked like when they arrived. This sheet was approximately 2.5 inches tall by 2 inches wide. Here is an image from their website.

I really loved the way that these water decals looked and I had them on for about 4-5 days with minimal wear. I started out by cutting out small rectangles approximately the size of my nail, soaked it in water and then applied it to the nail after peeling off the backing. I had hoped that I would be easy to trim around the edges, but that was not the case. Heehee whoops. Thankfully, when they are wet, you can still move them around, so I just removed it, trimmed it to the right shape (very difficult once the decal is already wet!), and then reapplied the decal. However, I did learn after the fact that they will dissolve with nail polish remover, but it is better to just cut them to the right shape to begin with. That is what I did for the thumb and it turned out way better.

These decals looked great until I went and added topcoat. I use Seche Vite and it literally ate the decal, and pulled some of the color. Here is a close up so you can see what I mean. I don't really blame this on the decal, but it's something to watch out for so you don't ruin your mani. I'm going to try a different topcoat the next time and see if I get better results, so I will definitely share that when I do.

Overall, I really liked my experience with these decals. It was something I had never tried before, and i had a lot of fun learning and experimenting with how to use them. Definitely check these out when you visit their website. They had a bunch of different styles and now that you have heard my experience, you will know how to use them properly. :)

If you would like to try out some of the nail goodies they have, don't forget to use the 10% off coupon code that KKcenterHK has generously provided to me! It is good through 1/31/2013.

Coupon Code:  DelightInNails

*Products in this post were sent for review in return for my honest opinion.