Alter Ego Nail Enamel - Balsam Beauty

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Today I have for you a deep forest green polish from the wonderful Alter Ego Nail Enamel called Balsam Beauty. It is part of her brand new Winter Wonders Collection and is now available at the Big Cartel shop here. Cynthia, the lovely maker of these semi-matte polishes, was inspired by the fir trees the original owner of her house planted many years ago! The deep green base tinged with the darkest blue and dusted with fine copper makes the Balsam Beauty a must have for any collection. I used two coats and followed up with Alter Ego's very own top coat. BB applied flawlessly! I also am throwing in a little nail art that I created with the use of some chevron nail vinyls. 

Alter Ego's dry to a semi-matte finish unless you use a top coat which I find to be a great option. Sometimes I feel like a matte and other times I like to bring on the shine. Her polishes are available now so head on over to her shop on Big Cartel to pick up some new lovelies for your collection. Please stop by her Facebook page also listed here to watch for any specials and just to say hi.

Day 7 JNAC - Green Base

Welcome to day 7 of the nail art challenge. We are half way there. Today I chose a Darling Diva lovely holo green called The Shapeshifter. Now I am not a typical green polish lover but I just can't resist Carrie's polishes no matter the color. I attempted to use the KB Shimmer nail vinyls but the top color just didn't turn out right. I was using Different Dimensions Big Bang again. I just ended up covering my middle finger and using my dotting tool with the design on my ring finger. To finish the look off I painted a stripe on my pointer.. I am just going to keep trying! Take a look at the rest of the ladies at the end of the post. See you on Monday for more pics.

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Day 6 JNAC

It's day six of our 13 day nail art challenge. Today we have a theme of inspired by pinterest. I'm stretching my inspiration quite a bit to get to my final manicure. But it truly all started with the nail art pictured from pinterest. I acquired a few Different Dimensions a couple of months ago and they have sat in my untrieds for a little while. I was wanting to wear purple and I had two perfect bottles in mind. First up is Feelin Spotty and This is Halloween. Feelin Spotty is layered over a Pahlish Bespoke Batch Shadow Proclomation are on my ring finger. This is halloween was applied to pinkie, thumb, and pointer finger. I just used my favorite black which is WetNWild Black. It applies in one coat. I then made two dots with the Proclomation and the center dot is This is Halloween.  I hope you like it.

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Day 4 JNAC

Today's theme is monochromatic nails.. I really enjoyed this theme. I wish I was much better at nail art but as I take on more of these challenges I think you shall see improvement. I pulled out some awesome creme's by Pretty Serious for today's challenge. They are Comfy Y - Fronts, Under Dunders, & Granny Panties. I hope you enjoyed this post. I really like this mani a lot.  Tune back in next week on Mon Wed and Fri for more! Make sure you check out the other talented ladies at the end of the post!

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Day 3 JNAC

Today's theme is half and half. And of course I LOVE coffee so I immediately thought coffee with cream. I pulled out two lovely Elevation polishes. Up first was Mount Meru and I seriously only used one coat of this for full coverage. Just gotta love my Elevation creams. I then used Devil's Cauldron and used my make up sponge to soften the lines a little bit. If I had more time I would've put a gold stripe across each nail but my niece is leaving for Scotland so I had to get to a family dinner. I hope you like what I put together. I am a day behind so look out for another mani tomorrow!

Day2JNAC

Day 2 for the January Nail Art Challenge prompt is Happiness. Bright colors and shiny, glittery things make me happy so for today I have a color changing thermal from Superficially Colorful - Daring and Elevation Polish - Kilimanjaru. Make sure you check out my fellow bloggers at the end of the post. I used two coats of Daring and one coat Kilimanjaru and Out the Door for top coat. I love how shiny and bright this mani turned out!

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Hi Readers!
Happy New Year and to start off with a bang I joined a nail art challenge.  Day one is to follow a nail art tutorial. So after recovering from going out two nights in a row I came up with a Saran Wrap manicure and used three Elevation Polishes. I started off with two coats of SBP: Ellesmere Island then layered with Anteleo and Purple Queen Anthias. I used my new favorite top coat Out the Door. .. Our next challenge will be posted on the fifth so make sure to check that post out and the rest of the girls links will be at the end of the post. Thank you for checking this out!  To use the same tutorial I did just click here

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