St. Patrick's Day Rainbow Stamping Nail Art!

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Hello!

Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day, get out your green shirts and nail polish lol I actually posted this mani on instagram and youtube a week and a half ago but decided to wait to put it on my blog.  Why?  Who knows!  Ok let's get to it!

Do you guys like how super original I am? lol Green and rainbows and gold for St. Patrick's Day haha!  If it ain't broke don't fix it....I guess.

Products used:

- China Glaze Highlight Of My Summer - http://amzn.to/1psRISu ^

- Julep Jessica (no longer available)

- Bundle Monster Festival Collection Stamping Set - http://www.bit.ly/1TXY20H Use code TWISTAR for 10% off!

- Rice Polish White Out - http://etsy.me/21idyW8

- Clear Jelly Stamper Crystal Clear Stamper - http://www.bit.ly/1psRmeD Use code TWISTAR for 10% off! ^ *

- Clear Jelly Stamper St. Pats Pot O Gold Stamp Plate - http://www.bit.ly/1YiV8Ty Use code TWISTAR for 10% off! ^ *

- China Glaze Golden Enchantment - http://amzn.to/1psRMkZ ^

- Gold 2mm Nail Jewels - eBay

- HK Girl Top Coat - http://bit.ly/1U4uwGE

I did this themed mani super early and now tomorrow on the actual holiday, I don't have on green polish!  Go figure!

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Coach Holo Purse Inspired Rainbow Gradient - with a YouTube Tutorial!

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Hey Everyone!

What came first?  The holographic purse or the holo polish?

A couple weeks back I got an email from the Coach Outlet showing some new holo leather items that were about to release..... I was like whaaatttttttttt!  Purses are some of my fav things in the whole world so when the nail world combines with purse, I'm there.  They were only launching in the outlet so I ran to get them that weekend.  I'm glad I did because I got some of the last items and they sold out rather quickly.  They were rumored to be eventually available on the online site but so far no luck.  I really hope they show up because I definitely want to pick up some of the other matching items and I want my fellow polish friends to have a crack at them too!

Of course I was inspired to do a matching mani!

I went with my indies because HOLOOOOOOOOO lol

Here is what I used:

- Bundle Monster Buy Me Diamonds * ^ Use code TWISTAR for 10% off!

- Different Dimension Big Bang 

- Glisten & Glow Fireball Cider *

- Glisten & Glow Electric Lemonade *

- Glisten & Glow Clubbin’ Teal Dawn - Limited Edition no longer available :(

- Glisten & Glow Blue on Blue *

- Glisten & Glow Purple Haze *

- Bundle Monster Noir Black * ^ Use code TWISTAR for 10% off!

- Bundle Monster Stamp Plate BM-S105 * ^ Use code TWISTAR for 10% off!

- Bundle Monster Mega Stamper * ^ Use code TWISTAR for 10% off!

- HK Girl Top Coat

When your @coach holo purse matches your holo polish 😂😂😂 I got an email this week from Coach showing this new purse at the outlet and I was like 🏃🏼🚗💳💸💸💸 TAKE ALL MY MONEY!!! Lol It's not as flashy in person but the camera flash really brings out the holo! If you want to see more pics follow me on snapchat 👉🏻twi_star AND @blisspolish has a bunch of pics of what else is available. I paid $129 for the little purse and $29 for each flat wristlet. I got the last purse at my store, so if you want these ya better move quick. I wish my store had the cosmetic bag but hopefully that will be online eventually 😄 #Holo #HoloPolish #Coach #CoachOutlet #Purse #holosexual

A photo posted by Angel 😇 (@twi_star) on Feb 20, 2016 at 1:39pm PST

Above is the pic of my goodies I posted on instagram and people went nuts!  haha!  As they should lol

Would you guys buy a holo purse?  I'm still obsessing over this purse and it's become my weekend purse.  I plan on using it a lot in the Summer!


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Bundle Monster Mochi Stamping Station Valentines Day Nail Art

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Hey Everyone!

A while back I received the Mochi Stamping Station from Bundle Monster to review, and I got to try it out before it was released.  Well, it's available now and I definitely love it!  It's changed up how I stamp, specifically reverse stamping and decals for sure!  AND I have a Bundle Monster discount code, use code TWISTAR for 10% off non-sale items at www.BundleMonster.com.

I have 2 manis to share that I made using this stamper, let's check em out!

This pink and white gradient was so super easy to stamp all nails with only 1 stamp pick up with the Mochi Stamper!  I don't know why I didn't know about the tip to use a sticky base coat over your base colors prior to stamping and this helps to pick up dry polish.  Seriously, life changing!  Ok, maybe that's a bit dramatic lol Here's what I used for this mani:

-Liquid Latex - Bundle Monster Poli-Peel
-White - China Glaze White on White
-Pink - China Glaze Bottoms Up
-Sticky base coat - American Classic Yellow Stopper
-Fuchsia stamping - China Glaze Don't Desert Me
-Stamp Plate - Bundle Monster BMS-221
-Stamper - Bundle Monster Mochi Stamping Station
-Top coat - HK Girl Top Coat Glisten & Glow






This second mani shows how I did some reverse stamping using the Mochi Stamper.  OMG!  Again with the life changing lol I seriously suck at applying decals and this is basically like a decal!  Here's what I used for this mani:

-Liquid Latex - Bundle Monster Poli-Peel
-Berry - MAC Cosmetics Past Curfew
-Pink shimmer - Julep Aphrodite
-Sticky base coat - American Classic Yellow Stopper
-White - Bundle Monster Angelic White
-Stamp Plate - Bundle Monster BMS-224 & MBS-225
-Stamper - Bundle Monster Mochi Stamping Station
-Top coat - HK Girl Top Coat Glisten & Glow

Are you going to check out the Bundle Monster Mochi Stamping Station?

Affiliate code: Use TWISTAR for 10% off non-sale items from www.BundleMonster.com

Thanks for stopping by,
-Angel

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Bundle Monster Squishy Silicone Mega Stamper and Shangri-La Stamp Plate Review

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Above mani features a new stamp plate from Bundle Monster Shangri-La plate BM-S109.

Hey Everyone!

Today I have a new stamper and plate set from one of my favs Bundle Monster! I’ll be reviewing the Shangri-La 10 Piece Stamp Plate Set and the Mega Stamper & Scraper Set. I have really been loving everything Bundle Monster has been putting out lately, they really speak to my polish soul lol To be honest, they had me at Shangri-La! When I think of Shangri-La I envision an exotic paradise with beautiful rich colors and intricate designs all romantic like. Who doesn’t want that on their nails?! Ok, let’s look at the plates first.

Here are the pics of the plates from Bundle Monster. 10 gorgeously designed plates that are abstract florals and patterns. They have a bit of a tribal or Aztec feel to some of them. These are right up my alley!

Here you can see the quality of the etching, they feel like all the other Bundle Monster plates I have.

Along with the plates I was also sent their new stamper set, the Mega Stamper & Scraper Set. This set is Bundle Monster’s response to the larger squishier stampers that are flooding the nail art scene. It comes with a gray cup shape holder, 2 silicone stamp heads, and 2 credit card style scrapers. The scrapers that came with the stamper are 1mm in thickness just like a credit card. Bundle Monster does sell a .5mm more flexible scraper which I prefer as they give me a better scrape. I used the .5mm scrapers for the above mani and stamp swatches below. The scrapers have images of some of their stamp plates, and I think that’s a great touch! They say “Scrape. Stamp. Swoon.” also an adorable touch.

Bundle Monster Around The World stamping plate set review

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Today I have a new stamping plate set from Bundle Monster to review, this is the 5 pc XL Around The World stamp plate set. This was my first time trying Bundle Monster’s newer XL plate designs and I’m pretty impressed. They came with a blue plastic backing which helps with handling and makes them sturdier and they are etched very well. All the images I have tried on plate BM-XL151 picked up and transferred well. I will be posting looks with each plate over the next couple of weeks. But the plate that spoke to me first lol was the Shanghair Summer plate, BM-XL151. I was also sent Bundle Monster’s new stamp plate scrapers in 2 thicknesses, 0.5mm Ultra Thin Nail Stamping Scraper and 1mm Thin Nail Stamping Scraper Card Set. I tried the .5mm scraper for this mani and it’s FABULOUS!! It seems like people don’t talk much about scrapers but I think they’re just as important as the stamper! They can make a crappy plate stamp so much better. The thinner and more flexible the better, and this one is perfect. I think it’s my new fav scraper!

Here’s a better description of the plate set taken from the product page.

DESCRIPTION

Take a trip Around the World with these internationally inspired steel nail stamping plates! Around the World features designs from: China, Egypt, France, India and Japan. Have a macaroon in Paris while visiting the Great Wall of China, you can travel the world through your manicures! Choose from (5) unique plates: (BM-XL151) Shanghai Summer, (BM-XL152) Pharaoh-est of All, (BM-XL153) Parisian Perfection, (BM-XL154) Paisley Delhite and (BM-XL155) Kyoto in Spring. The scraper and stamper are NOT included. *APPLICATION*: Apply any color nail polish to your chosen image on the stainless steel plate. Using a scraper, remove any excess nail polish. Using a stamper, stamp the image in a rolling motion. Stamp the design directly to the nail. Not only are our nail stamping plates easy to use, but your design can be changed as easily as a coat of nail polish!

HIGHLIGHTS

- Take a trip Around The World with this internationally stylish stamping plate set!
- This plate set is inspired by China, Egypt, Paris, India and Japan.
- Plate Size: 4.75 in x 2.4 in.
- Plate number: BM-XL151 through BM-XL155
Source: 5 pc XL Around The World stamp plate set



Here is the stock photo from the website, 5 pc XL Around The World stamp plate set.



Andddddd here are the actual plates! I never know how to photograph stamping plates lol And the white card is the back of the scrapers, on the front they have images of the designs from some of the stamping plates, a nice little touch.



Finally after all of that! Here is the first mani I did using the plates. The Shanghai Summer plate BM-XL151 has a lot of nice designs. Perfect for layering and telling a little story if you want, or there are plenty of standalone images.

China Glaze Don't Desert Me black lace stamping nail art

Some of these items were provided to me

Hey Everyone!

I’m just getting back into the rhythm of posting as I was on vacation last week and part of this week. I went to Atlanta to visit my best friend (my best friend Kristie was the co-author of this blog for 5 years before I switched it over to a nail blog) that was moving back home, we sadly had to make her move early and suddenly as she received terrible news that her nephew who has been ill was having more complications. 6 year old Ethan lost his battle and went to Heaven this week. I will be posting more about his story and a mani inspired by this beautiful soul most likely on Monday after I have attended his Memorial Service. Ethan smiled through all of his health issues and lived his life as if he was not sick so in his honor his family along with myself are determined to never take life for granted and live every day to its fullest potential. So, I will continue doing the things I love and that includes creating beautiful art that makes me happy because he was happy! Fly high Ethan!

China Glaze Don't Mesa With My Heart - Pink gradient flourish stamping tutorial

Hey People!

When I'm feeling uninspired I just copy myself, so this mani is just a copy of a previous mani but I changed the colors and stamping plate.  Also when I'm feeling uninspired I don't even bother writing an intro apparently haha!  SO hey!  How is everyone?  Better late than never I guess lol  Since I can't seem to string together decent sentences let's just go to pics ;)

I'm always a fan of pink!  I thought it would be fun to pair a crème, Don't Mesa With My Heart, with a shimmer, Don't Desert Me, as a gradient and I'm pretty pleased with the results.  I think the two finishes play nicely together.

China Glaze The Heat is On floral stamping

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Yesterday I shared my swatches of the China Glaze Desert Escape Collection, and for the next week (maybe less if I get bored and start posting them faster lol) I'll be sharing nail art for each color from the collection. The first color up is The Heat is On, let's check it out!



Now, when I first swatched this color I was kinda meh on it. Don't get me wrong I love red polish but red isn't exactly the color I like for visible nail line, and The Heat is On is still a little sheer at 3 coats. BUT the longer I wore it the more I liked it and now I'm sold on the color and I think it looks fab with black stamping!

Cinco de Mayo mani featuring Wet N Wild Sun Settle Down and Bundle Monster BMH-24

Feliz Cinco de Mayo!

Margaritas for everyone! How else am I supposed to celebrate? Lol I’m in the middle of swatching the Wet N Wild California Dreaming collection and one of the colors ‘Sun Settle Down’ seemed like the perfect base for some Cinco de Mayo themed nails! I also attempted another mini Instagram tutorial for this mani and I kind of just messed up the whole thing haha I didn’t realize my camera would be in the way of stamping, whoops. Shortly after I purchased a new tripod so that I have more room, it’s never ending what I feel like I NEED in order to complete my manis lol Ok, onto my mani!


You can see how I mis-stamped the nail with what is supposed to say Cinco de Mayo but instead it says “inco de nayo” hahaha! I half-ass painted on a C but didn’t have any room to fix the M so nayo it is!

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Bundle Monster - First Holo Polish Collection review plus swatch-fest

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Hey Peeps!

 

Today I have something super fun to share!  Bundle Monster sent me their first Holographic Collection EVER!  How exciting, glad to see this brand getting into the holo polish game.  I love their inexpensive polishes and these are a great option.  Along with my swatches, I did a little stamping over each color using the Bundle Monster Secret Garden plates – check out my review of this set here: Secret Garden Bundle Monster Stamp Plate Review.   Ok, onto swatches!

 

 

 

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BUNDLE MONSTER Easter Nails Stamping Tutorial and Giveaway!

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Are you ready for Easter?  How about we get in the mood for bunnies and chocolate with some stamping!  Today I am sharing a tutorial that I created for Bundle Monster using a couple of their Easter and Spring stamping plates BUT the best part is that Bundle Monster provided me doubles of all products used that I am giving away to all my followers!  Yaaaaaayyyyy!  The giveaway is at the end of this post, you will be able to enter here many different ways and you can also enter over on Instagram, check out my page: @twi_star and @bundlemonster for details.

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For this mani I used a technique called reverse stamping.  Reverse stamping is when you leave the image stamped on your stamper and paint it in before applying to your nail.  Sounds complicated right?  Well guess what?!  If you have stamping experience, it’s not!  And I’ve laid out all the steps so you can recreate this mani with links to all the Bundle Monster polishes, stampers, and plates used.  Shall we get started?

Here are all the products you will need to complete the look, if you enter the giveaway at the end of this post you can win them all!  All products used (except for base and top coat, and dotting tool or toothpick) are from Bundle Monster.

• 1 - Bundle Monster Stamping plate BM-302
• 2 - Bundle Monster Stamping plate BM-H10
• 3 - Bundle Monster Stamper and scraper set
• 4 - Bundle Monster Noir Black Stamping Lacquer (Bonus item included in giveaway but not used in tutorial) 
• 5 - Bundle Monster Angelic White Nail Stamping Lacquer
• 6 - Bundle Monster Lucky Green Nail Stamping Lacquer  
• 7 - Bundle Monster Sky Blue Nail Stamping Lacquer
• 8 - Bundle Monster Electric Pink Nail Stamping Lacquer
• 9 - Bundle Monster Sunshine Yellow Nail Stamping Lacquer

Miscellaneous Items

• Scrap paper or wax paper
• Dotting tool or toothpick
• Base coat
• Top Coat

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St. Patrick's Day Nail Stamping - Bundle Monster Plates BM-H04 and BM-H05

Happy St. Patty’s Day Everyone!

Of course I had to do a gold and green mani lol I knew this bright Spring green I got in my Love Angeline grab bag would be perfect paired with Different Dimension Sexy and I Snow It!  Check out my stamping green mani!

For the stamping I used Bundle Monster plates BM-H04 and BM-H05 and their green stamping polish Lucky Green.  How perfect was the name?  It stamped nicely.

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Creative Shop Stamper review! and Azature Lapis Diamond

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Last week I received my Creative Shop Stamper that I ordered from Bsquared Lacquer so I needed to give it a try as it gets such rave reviews.  Spoiler alert!  I really really like it, and I thought it would be a good time to use 2 of my un-trieds Azature Lapis Diamond and FlossGloss Moon Baby and do some sponge gradients.  Check out my mani using the stamper.

First let’s talk about Azature Lapis Diamond.  I was super excited about this one since lighter blue cremes are my thing, in the bottle it’s a deeper almost periwinkle.  It applied very nicely but even after the first coat I knew something was weird about because it started to changed colors, and not like an all over solid change but streaking in places and turning darker.  And then once I added top coat it darkened even more, but at least it ended up being a little more even but as you can see it looks nothing like the bottle.  Maybe a different top coat would help.  You can see it the most on the thumb.  I’ve had other similar colors react like this so I think it is something with the pigments used, I’m looking at you Julep Taylor!

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St Patrick's Day green and gold nail art!

Happy March Everyone!

They say in like a lion out like a lamb and I have never hoped for this to be true more than this year!  I’ve had enough cold and snow this winter to last me a lifetime, arrrggghhhhh!  At least I can cheer myself up with some St. Patrick’s Day nail art.  I busted out some gold nail vinyls that were sent to me for review from Vinyl It Up.  Check out what I came up with.

This subtle holo grass green is from Love Angeline.  I don’t know this colors name because I received it in a mystery grab bag, so it was unlabeled.  But anyways, it does have a very nice formula and covered perfectly in 2 easy coats.

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Tweed nail art - Bundle Monster stamp plate BM-706

Hey People!

Today I have a double layer stamping mani to share, whoah I know.  I’m getting all crazy lol  Not really, I just stamped on each nail twice.  I used another Secret Garden Bundle Monster plate, BM-706 see my full review HERE!  The pattern I used from the plate is a sort of cross-hatch pattern, it reminded me of tweed lol  Check out my mani!

Isn’t this stamp pattern so cool?  The plate BM-706 stamped perfect and crisp.  The blue is Annie from Julep, and the white base is also Julep, Brigitte and it covers nicely in 2 coats.

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Secret Garden Plate BM-705 - OPI Steady As She Rose and Loreal Masked Affair

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Today I have a 2nd mani using the Secret Garden stamping plates that Bundle Monster sent to me for review (see my full review HERE).  Plate BM-705 has all garden themed words and is probably the plate that jumped out at me first that I wanted to use, I love all the fonts they used!  It screamed for purple so I grabbed one of my all time fav grayed lavender polishes, OPI Steady as She Rose.  Check it out!

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Peacock Mani using Secret Garden Plate BM-708 and Painted Polish Enchantress

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Today I have my first mani using a nail stamping plate from the Secret Garden set from Bundle Monster, see my full review of the plates HERE.  I chose plate BM-708 and went with a peacock theme.  Check it out!

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Secret Garden Bundle Monster Stamp Plate Review

Hi Everyone!

Today I have something really fun to share, Bundle Monster sent me their entire 25 pc Secret Gardenstamping plate collection $20.50 to review!  Do I want a Secret Garden on muh nails?  Hells Yeah.  I saw a few pics of the plates they posted on Instagram but once I knew they were sending me the set I wanted to be surprised so I stopped looking at them lol  And let me say, they nailed the Secret Garden theme!  The plates are full of trees, vines, scroll-y leaves, little forest creatures, and just things you think you’d find by a gnomes home lol  I’m picturing the Travelocity Gnome.

WARNING!  This post is pic heavy and I left the blue protective coating on for photographing because you get a little less glare that way, well at least I do lol  Onto the plates.

Like my other Bundle Monster plates they come in a little plastic ziplock pouch.  The plastic is heavy duty and will survive many openings.  If you’re like me and don’t have many plates and you can just keep them stored in their pouches.  I’m sure eventually I’m going to need some sort of binder storage haha
 

This is me trying to artfully arrange the plates, but they just ended up looking like a sorry excuse for a snake lol

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Bundle Monster Downtown Collection polish swatches

Hey Everyone!

Today I have the
Downtown Collection $13.50(that’s right $13.50 for 6 polishes! Or $3.50 each) from
Bundle Monsterto share! I have some Bundle Monster stamping plates but I’ve never tried their polishes, actually I didn’t even know they have polish lol So I was pumped when they sent me an entire collection to review. They picked a collection that is right up my alley because it’s mostly cremes and the colors are some of my faves. Let’s check out the Downtown Collection!



Sometimes I have a little too much fun during my photoshoots lol

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Polish My Life - It's a Little Nippy andPom Pom Spice rose stamping

It's Monday again arrggghhhhh! *shakes fist at Monday*

Let's distract ourselves with gorgeous polishes, shall we?



This perfect nude is It's a Little Nippy from Polish My Life. This is 2 perfect coats. I seriously love this one, such a great neutral.



The cranberry red is Pom Pom Spice, also from Polish My Life. I used it for stamping and it worked great!



For the Rose stamping I used Bundle Monster plate BM-H16, and for the script stamping MoYou London Pro Collection 04 plate.



This mani was inspired by my outfit, a leather jacket from Marciano and a cranberry sweater dress from BCBGMAXAZRIA. Thanks for stopping by!

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