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Kiss Products Voguish Fantasy Press On Nails — Christmas Party Ready Nails

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Good morning lovelies & happy Tuesday!

Kiss once again spoiled me, & recently sent me a box of Christmas cheer in the shape of their Press On Nails & False lashes! The perfect thing to help me get Holiday ready quickly.

Sunday night I had a get-together with my former Candy Store coworkers, so I thought a set of nails would be perfect for the occasion — & who can say no to candy cane inspired nails!

These nails were fairly easy to apply. The trick is to make sure you pick out the size/style you need for each nail prior to starting your application, & laying them out in order. Then, start from your pinky nails & work your way to your thumb. I find this especially important to do when you’re doing nails with any significant length — like these ones!

Now for these nails I was only planing on wearing them for the night, so instead of using the included glue, I chose to use sticky tabs to apply them which I find a better option for shorter term wear. Each pack does come with the Kiss Nail Glue, which from my previous experience does last really well & holds up against every day use.

What do you think about these Kiss Voguish Fantasy nails? Would you rock press on nails like this for a super quick & easy party look? Let me know all your thoughts in the comments below!

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SWATCH SUNDAY — Impress Mini X Wicked For Good Press On Nails Reviews

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Hello loves & happy Sunday! Today I have a bit of a different Swatch Sunday post, & a special guest star! I was recently gifted a box of goodies from Kiss for the new Wicked: For Good movie, including a ton of press on nails. Even more special though, is they included 2 sets of the Impress Mini nails — perfect for my little girl!

To say she was excited was an understatement. So naturally, she wanted to put them on as soon as possible.

In the style Good News!

So coming from a Mom perspective, these nails were super easy to apply to my six year old. The part that took the longest was sizing each finger for the best fitting nail. Some aren’t perfect — & to be fair, I could have went through & filed them down to fit better — but we did a pretty good job matching up each nail with an appropriately sized fit.

Application itself was simple. Each press on nails were is already pre glued for application, so you just have to remove the protective plastic film, & press onto the coordinating nail.& make sure you pretty down hard, so it sticks well. Then you pop off the little tabs & give them a quick file with the provided file. Next time, I would probably use my own glass file for a smoother edge, but my little girl wasn’t bothered by the less than smooth finish — which also could have just been my own user error.

Each package comes with 18 nails, so it’s pretty easy to find ones to match up. They are also nice & sticky, but not so sticky you can’t also remove them easily. The little glittery patterns were also super cute, fun & girly, & my little girl loved that she got to “be” Glinda.

Over all these were super simple & quick to apply. Doing my little girl’s nails can sometimes not be the easiest, as she is six & doesn’t always want to sit still, but these made for a way less stressful application. Honestly, I can see buying these for her frequently just to keep things simple & easy. & even though she only decided to wear them a short time, she enjoyed them too! Plus we saved the nails for future use (also I would imagine I might need to get some sticky tabs for next time.)

Impress Mini Nails sell for around $7.97 CAD at my local Walmart, which I think is a fantastic price for a quick kids manicure. Like I said, the ease alone — & lack of stress — make these an immediate winner for me!

What do you think of these cute Impress Mini x Wicked: For Good nails? Are you a fan of press on nails? Let me know all your thoughts down in the comments below!

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SWATCH SUNDAY — Olive & June Gel Polish XOXO & Pink Goldfish

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Hello my lovelies & happy Sunday! May is very quickly speeding along — can you believe it? Summer is almost here.

Today I’m excited to share some more polishes I was recently gifted from Olive & June. They reached out to me about trying their Gel Polish system, & I said yes! While I don’t use gel polishes a lot, I’m always curious. They sent me a beautiful PR package with everything I could need to create a beautiful gel manicure, & I’m excited to share two shades with you (& a little review) today!

Products used for this manicure:

  • Olive & June qPeel Off Base Coat
  • Olive & June Gel Polish Base Coat
  • 2 coats Olive & June Gel Polish XOXO
  • 1 coat Olive & June Gel Polish Pink Goldfish
  • Olive & June Gel Polish Top Coat

I’m not well versed with gel polishes — it’s not my usual medium — but I will say I found this system easy to use. I used the provided peel off base coat for easy removal, & then followed directions.

The gel polish itself is pretty opaque. 2 coats of the pink polish XOXO, curing for the 2 minutes between each coat, & then I topped it with the shimmer Pink Goldfish. & then I finished it off with one coat of the Gel top coat.

You have no idea how many compliments I got on this colour! I’ll probably do a quick tutorial video the next time I go to apply this polish just to show how easy the whole system is to use.

The most important steps are cleaning up your cuticles, remembering to remove any oils from your nails with acetone, & making sure not to floor the sides with gel polish. For a first try, with this system I think I did awesome! & I can’t wait to try out all the colours they sent me a— maybe I’ll do a skittle look next!

I’m also so glad for the peel off base coat, because I HATE removing gel polish, so I love an easy removal option.

What do you think of these polishes from Olive & June’s Gel Polish line? Have you tried out their new system yet? Tell me all your thoughts down in the comments below.

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Simple Blue Dotticure (Featuring Madam Glam!)

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Hello lovelies — long. time no see! This month has been a rough one, & sadly that meant I had to take a very unplanned break from blogging. But I’m back, & ready to share all the pretty designs I was creating during my impromptu hiatus.

Today, I am excited because I have some new products to share with you I was gifted from the very kind Madam Glam. They reached out to me about sending me some of their nail polishes & products, & I jumped at the opportunity! You might remember I did a post sharing some of their gel polishes a very years ago, so when I found out they were now doing non-gel nail polishes, I couldn’t wait to try them out! It look a while to reach me (thank you Canada Post strike), but I’m very excited to share all these goodies with you. First thing I did? I’ll have a full swatch post of what I received, but I couldn’t wait to try out some of the goodies & decided to create this fun dotticure design!

The polishes I used for this manicure are: 

I’m sure you’ve heard me gush about my love for nail art pens before (especially for easy polka dot nails!) so when I saw they now had them in their collection, I knew I needed to try them out! You just open the pen, press down on the tip, then give the pen a shake until you start to see colour. Then draw to your hearts desire!

Super easy, & something I always love for creating nail art. I’ll have many more designs to share using these pens coming soon!

What do you think about this polka dot design I created? I love this pale blue for Spring, even if it is still very much Winter outside my window. Those warmer days are coming, so I’m ready to fully embrace all the Spring vibes I can get my hands on

Hope everyone has a fabulous Thursday!

♥︎

Products used are gifted. All thoughts & reviews are my own.

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SWATCH SUNDAY — NEW NailStuff Essentials Nail Polish – White Dove, Raven & Cardinal

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Good morning darlings & happy Sunday! & happy December 1st! I hope you’re having a beautiful start to the month. & happy belated Thanksgiving to my American friends.

Today I’m so excited because Victoria at NailStuff.ca has once again released some new beauties as part of her NailStuff Essentials line. This time, we have 3 beautiful cream shades; White Dove, Raven & Cardinal. & I’m lucky enough to be able to share swatches of all three with you today!

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