Dec 2015 nail art Challenge - #wnac2015 & #clairestelle8dec

Hello Lovelies! It is the last day of 2015 today and I am all set and excited to enter New Year 2016 :)
What are you guys going to do tonight? Well as for me, I am going to stay home and spend time with family and on 1 Jan, I have to go to work...YES you read it right I am working on New Year !!!

Today I have couple of nail art designs to share; I made these for the ongoing nail art challenges on Instagram.

1. Snowflakes - I kept this design very simple. Used Stay Quirky Jersey effect Mean girl as base and stamped snowflakes using Born Pretty Store Blue stamping polish.

Festive nails

Hi Lovelies! Hope you are having a great weekend. Today I have a few festive nail art I did sometime back.

Here is the first one. For this design I used Color Club Blue Heaven as base and made the color background using glass paints. For stamping I used Bundle Monster Shangrila plate BM-S105 and white stamping polish.

Halloween Nail art

Hi lovelies! Hope you are doing great. I am back after a long break and yes I missed blogging. Although I wasn't active on  my blog, I did quite a few nail arts which I will share in upcoming posts.

Breast Cancer Awareness nail art

Hello Lovelies! Today I have a special nail art dedicated for Breast Cancer Awareness. It is very important that as a woman we know what Breast cancer is and how do we look for symptoms.

Floral half and half nail art

Happy Saturday lovelies! How have you all been? Finally I got some time to do a blog post :) Today I have Floral half and half nail art inspired by the talented Debbie from Ladyandthe_stamp

Born Pretty Store Lint Free Wipes Review

Hi Friends!Do you face problem of having left over cotton strands on your nails/cuticles/stamping plates or while removing make up when using normal cotton pads/balls? I definitely do!

I hate to see stray cotton strand stuck on my nail/cuticle area or on stamping plate or while cleaning make up. Lint Free Wipes are best solution to get rid of these stray cotton strands.

Neon Palm Tree nails

Hi Lovelies! How is this week trending? I am having a hectic week and things are getting really busy. To take some time off I have Neon Palm Tree nail art to share.

Gradient stamping with Moyou Fashionista Plate

Hello All!Hope you all had a wonderful start this week. Today I have Gradient stamping with Moyou Fashionista Collection - 05 plate. This is one of my favorite Moyou plates. This design is inspired by Sammy's nail art.

Online shopping: LimeRoad.com Review

Hi All! I am back to blogging. It has been over two weeks since I last did a post, sorry for MIA. Lots happened in these two weeks that kept me away from blogging. I broke the display of my new phone and after a week long attempts by support I got to know that it is not going to be repairable :( I was so upset and frustrated coz not only was it a new phone but all my pics were in it and I cannot retrieve them anymore :( :( :(I am back with new phone and clicked set of new pics for the blog so stay tuned for lot of posts.

Today I would like to share my experience with one of the Online Shopping sites - LimeRoad.com
LimeRoad.com is no novice to online shopping freaks. This site has vast variety of collection right from Clothing to Accessories to Footwear and so on. They currently have 'Buy1 Get1 Free' offer going on on some of the products; do check them out.

Born Pretty Store - Healthy Rapid Dry Easy Peel Off Base coat Review

Peel off base coats are in these days. Lot of companies have released a variety of these  - glue based, transparent base coat kinds,etc. I have used DIY Peel base coat and Glue base NYC Stripe off base coat and love both. Today I would be reviewing a non glue base 'Transparent Nail Polish Base Coat Healthy Rapid Dry Easy Peel Off Nail Polish' from Born Pretty Store. This was sent to me for review.

Born Pretty Store ZJ07 plate review

Happy Monday friends! Hope this week brings me some joy. Now you must be thinking why am I saying this at the very beginning that is coz I ended my last week on a sad note. I broke my new mobile phone's screen and it is going to cost me 10k to replace the screen...hole in the pocket :(

Although my weekend started with a sad note, it ended in a happy and chirping mood. I met my cousins yesterday and we had a good time entire day. It was so much fun; cherishing old memories, fun times and what not.

 Ok now let me jump back to today's review post of Stripe Grid Nail Art Stamp Template Heart Leaf Image Plate Pattern #ZJ07. This plate was sent to my by BPS.

Born Pretty Store BP-L017 review and Beach Towel nails

Hello buddies! Today I have Beach Towel nails and review of beautiful Born Pretty Store BP-L017 plate which was sent by BPS.

BP-L017 is Summer Beach themed plate with 22 images of which 11 are full sized images and rest are either single images or text patterns. The plate comes with white plastic backing. Some of the images from this plate remind me of Bundle Monster Sun Kissed collection.

#clairestelle8august - Green Owl nails

Hello lovelies! Hope you had a great weekend. My weekend was short coz I was working on Sat. Coming to today's post which is #clairestelle8august - Green, I decided to do Owl nails with Green polish as the base color.

Born Pretty Store Plate BPL-024 review

Happy Sunday lovelies! Today I have review of Flower Theme Born Pretty Store Plate BPL-024. BPS was kind enough to send me this plate for review. This plate costs $4.79 and can be purchased here . Use my coupon code FZG10 to avail 10% off on your order.

Indian Independence Day Nail art

Happy Independence Day to all Indians! Today's nail art is dedicated to this special day and the colors used for the design are inspired by our Tiranga.

#clairestelle8august - Gradient Mermaid nails

Hello Buddies! 'Gradient' is the theme for #clairestelle8august Challenge. This theme was perfect to use my new untried mermaid vinyls that I bought from Angel Nailstudio.

#clairestelle8august - Aztec nails

Hello! Next theme in the #clairestelle8august is Aztec. I recently purchased the new Bundle Monster Shangri-La set. This is beautiful 10 piece square plates sets. I must tell that Bundle Monster really worked on the feedback given and have introduced new good variety of plates with nice etching. I don't find issues picking up images from both Secret Garden and Shangri-La sets.

#clairestelle8august - Hawaiian nails

Hello buddies! Hope you all are doing good. These days when I sit to do a nail art, I feel so lost coz my list of untried items right from polishes to plates to accessories to tools is piling up. So this month I decided to participate in #clairestelle8august challenge that is going on IG and make use of some of my untried items. These are the themes of the challenge.

Neon water marble nails

Morning fellas! It is nice bright morning and I am really excited today. If you are wondering why I am so excited, its coz we have our new car delivery today :) 

Coming to today's post, it is a bright water marble design. It is not perfect however I am very happy with the end result.

Bestie Twin nails using BLove Plate

Hi Friends! How has this week been? I am sailing in the same boat as last week. Trying my best to catch up on all the posts.

Couple of days back me and my nail art buddy Rajani from ThePolishedTechie decided to do twin nails using the common BLove Mind Blown 03 plate we have and this is the design we came up with. Do check out her blog, she is a talented nail artist.

#OMD3 Day - Shoes and #clairestelle8july Fruits nail art

Hi All, Today's design is Watermelon nail art. This was inspired by Watermelon print Shoes that I saw while browsing some shoe prints for inspiration on Google. These were perfect for on going OMD3 nails challenge and Clairestelle8july challenge.

#OMD3 Day 21 - Travel - Paris print nails

Hi Friends! Today's post is for OMD3 Day 21 - Travel theme. For this design I chose to do Paris print nails.I used China Glaze Lotus Begin as base, Maybelline Colorshow Glitter Mania Dazzling Diva for accent and Born Pretty Store BP-L016 for stamping.

Geometric twin nails with Crazypolishes

Hi Friends! It's been a while since I did a blog post. Sorry for MIA, there are too many things going on to catch up with. I am trying to be active on Instagram.

On today's post, here is my twin mani with by nail art buddy Dimple. She is an amazing nail stamping artist, I love all her creations. I have known Dimple for over an year now and this was the first time we met. We had great time together and my son thoroughly enjoyed her company.  We did this mani using UberChic UC-201 plate,Opi Colorpaints, My Boyfriend Scales Walls and China Glaze Point me to the party.

#OMD3 - Day20 Jewels

Hi Friends, Happy Monday! Today is OMD3 Day20 and Jewels is the theme. A few days back I was browsing for some jewelry designs and came across this Paisley pendant. This designed reminded me of my Moyou London Fashionista Plate 11 which I have been longing to use and here is the nail art I came up with.

#OMD3 - Day 9 Pattern

Hello friends! OMD3 challenge Day 9 is for Pattern. This is the design I came up with well in advance. I wore this mani during my Singapore trip and did not get an opportunity to take good pics. Please ignore the bad clean up in my pics.

#OMD3 - Day 7 Glittery

Hello All! How has the week been trending? I am trying hard to manage blogging, work and home and finally found sometime to do the post.

If you are nail artist, you must be aware of the OMD 3 Challenge for July month which is being hosted by Nailthataccent, Craftynail, Eeeeknailpolish, Brijitdigits. This challenge has themes for each day of July, the best part about this challenge is that it is flexible and one doesn't need to do all the 31 day themes.

Here is my design for the theme - Glittery. 

Floral gradient nails inspired by Christabellnails

Hi All! Today's floral gradient nail art is inspired by ChristabellNails. I followed her tutorial to make this design. This design is very easy to do and looks gorgeous.

Garden Twin nails inspired by Nailstamp4fun

Hi Friends! How have you all been? I am back from my Singapore trip, had lot of fun. I did miss blogging and painting my nails during the trip :)

Today I am going to share Garden twin nails inspired by my nail stamping guru Nailstamp4fun. She is an amazing artist and I have learnt so much about stamping by watching here videos. Now coming to the Garden nail art, this mani is special to me coz I did twin nails for the second time with by best buddy Setu who blogs at http://nailartandbeauty.com/ and using the Bundle Monster Secret Garden set which was gifted to me by her. Thanks for the set Setu, I love it!

Floral wallpaper nail art inspired by Wondrouslypolished

Hello friends!I seem to be in mode of recreations these days :) I did another free hand nail art inspired by talented artist @Wondrouslypolished. I love her work, she is just too good with free hand work.

For this Floral wallpaper design, I started with NYX Pastel mint as base; I am in love with this new mint shade that I recently purchased. I used white acrylic paints for leaves and for flowers used Orange, Red and dark peacock blue color polishes.

Maybelline NewYork Rebel Bouquet Lipstick - REB05 Review

Hello lovelies! How has this week been trending? I have had a good start this week and I am really excited as I would be travelling to Singapore next week on a family trip. And yes I have been making a list of places we should visit and things that I would love to shop there :)

Now coming to today's post; I would be reviewing Maybelline NewYork Rebel Bouquet Lipstick - REB05. Maybelline recently launched their Rebel Bouquet collection which has 6 lipsticks priced at Rs450 each. They are labelled as REB followed by number. Product claim -
1. Rich and bright colors
2. Creamy and soft technology
3. Bold pastel shades from runway

Tropical Floral nails inspired by JauntyJuli

Happy Monday morning friends! It has been a long time since I did free hand nail art. With a variety of new brushes I bought in the past few months, I felt the urge to do some freehand. Today I have freehand Tropical Floral nail art design inspired by the talented artist JauntyJuli.

I used Color Club Look Don't Tusk for the base and rest is all acrylic paints. I used my new Calligraphy brush which my buddy Setu bought for me from Malaysia. This brush is very good and made it easy for me to do the design. 

Geometric nails and Angel Nail Studio Vinyls review

Hi Friends! How have you all been? I am doing good and excited to do this post. Today I am going to review Nail Vinyls from Angel nail studio. These vinyls are made by Indian nail artist and my buddy Veeral Hanj. Check out her ig profile here. This post is special to me as this is the first time an Indian nail artist has come up with her own vinyls. I was so keen on buying vinyls for so long now but never found anything in Indian market. Now I no longer need to have someone get it for me from abroad.

Veeral has come up with a variety of vinyls and is working on her website which will have specifics of these items. From her numerous designs I chose Medium Chevrons, Medium Straights and Mermaid Scale pattern. Each vinyl sheet costs Rs200, all these sheets were purchased by me. Veeral did send me few samples prior to her vinyl set release.

Brocade nail art and BornPrettyStore BP-L016 review

Hello Friends! Today I have BornPrettyStore BP-L016 plate for review. This plate is Vintage Damask and Love theme based and was sent to me for review. It is priced at $3.99 and can be purchased here. Do use my coupon code FZG10 to avail 10% off on your purchase.

This is a rectangular plate with 14 large images (1.4mm x 2mm) and 8 small single images of different sizes. The plate comes with white plastic backing. I love all the images of this plate; I do see the first right image in second row to be dupe of Moyou collection.

BornPrettyStore BP-L020 Review and Snake Skin nails

Hello friends! Hope you all had a great weekend. I had a great weekend and met my blogger friends - Setu, Dhara and Kejal. I have known these lovely artists for long now and it was the first time we all met. We had a great time and I am sure you would have guessed what we did next - a nail art haul. Here is our pic and the nail art we were wearing on the day.

Delicate Damask print nails and BPS Rhinestones review

Hello buddies!If you are my regular follower you must be knowing how much I love Damask prints. I keep revisiting Damask prints; they are just so beautiful. 

I recently purchased Street wear Dreamy Pink nail polish. It is such a pretty light pastel pink shade; I am in love with it. I teamed up this subtle pink polish with Damask print from Moyou London Fashionista 08 plate. I added smallest sized black rhinestones from Born pretty store which were sent to me for review.

Chevron nails inspired by my Tshirt

Hello All! These days I seem to be inspired by a lot of patterns on clothes/fabrics. Today I have Chevron nails inspired by my Tshirt.

For this design, I made decals using Moyou Fashionista Collection - 05 plate and painted my pointer and pinky nails with my current favorite polish - Revlon Shiny Matte Pinestripe. You can check my tutorial on how to make stamping decal here.

Fashion inspired nails

Hi Friends! Today I have a simple freehand design inspired by a Tshirt worn by my cousin. For this design I used my brand new Pure Color 10 brush and Sally Hansen First Blush polish. I free handed the triangles using blue, white and black polishes.  
                                  

Maybelline Colorshow Go Graffiti Nailpolish - Blueberry Bombshell review

Hello All! Maybelline India recently launched Rebel Rouge Collection. In this collection they launched 9 Maybelline Colorshow Go Graffiti nail polishes priced at Rs.145.  There are few glitter toppers and jellies in this range. Glitter toppers didn't really excite me as this was not something new or something I haven't seen before in the market. For jellies, I can say this is the first time I have seen jelly glitter polishes launched in India. This caught my attention and I purchased Blueberry Bombshell shade. I am sucker of blue polishes.

Gradient nail stamping using Blove plate

Hi Friends! How was your weekend? Mine was good. I watched Pikku movie followed by lunch. I also bought few polishes. All in all it was a good weekend :)

Today I have gradient nail stamping for you all. For this design I used Wet n Wild Black Creme as base. Using Models Own Chrome Cerise, Indigo and Mauve I stamped pattern from Blove Mind Blowing plate on all my nails. To complete the look I added a layer of SV. 

Born Pretty Store Image Plate - BP 26 review

Hey buddies! Hope you all are doing well. Today I have Born Pretty Store Red Ribbon Image plate - BP26 for review; this was sent to me by BPS for review.

BP-26 is a circular plate and comes with protective blue film and backing. Make sure you remove the protective blue film before using the plate. There are 4 large and 4 small images on this plate. 4 Large patterns are 1.5cm x 2cm in dimension.

Wallpaper nail art

Hi Friends! Today I am sharing a simple design inspired by wallpaper. I did this couple of months back. 

I started with Health and Glow Summery Sultry as base. It's a beautiful shimmery metallic light blue color. For stamping I used Born Pretty Store BP-L003 plate and Kleancolor metallic Orange. Then added layer of SV to complete the look.

Radiating patterns Born Pretty Store Plate - BP 11 review

Hi friends! Today I have Radiating patterns plate - BP 11 sent by Born Pretty Store for review. This can be purchased for $2.99 here.  Use my discount code FZG10 to avail 10% off.

Radial fern nail art for Nail That Technique Challenge

Happy Weekend fellas! Today I have Radial fern nail art for you guys. This was one of the themes for Nail That Technique Challenge and I did this a few weeks back. This design is nice and bright; perfect for summers :)

I used Models Own Bikini and Street Wear Blue My Eyes to make the radial/circular gradient. Then using Nail Matinee NM03 plates, I stamped the ferns pattern. To complete the look I added a layer of Seche Vite.

Nautical nails and Born Pretty Store - BP 33 review

Hey Fellas! Today I have Nautical nails and Born Pretty Store BP-33 plate review. This beautiful Sailors and Sea sailing theme plate was sent to me by Born Pretty Store for review. It is a circular plate with 9 images of different sizes and comes with standard BPS backing. The plate costs $2.99 and can be purchased here. You could use my coupon code FZG10 to avail 10% discount on your order. 

Floral Glitter tint nails for Nail That Technique Challenge

Hello All! Its been long time since I blogged. I was on a short trip to my home town - Hyderabad and am back now. I wish holidays never ended :)

Today's post is Flora Glitter Tint Nails for Nail That Technique challenge. This design is inspired by gorgeous nail art created by Crazypolishes. Check out her design.

For this design I used Maybelline Colorshow Glittermania Dazzling Diva as base, then using Colorbar mini neon set I made random brush strokes. These neons are sheer and can be used as tints. I added a layer of SV and then stamped floral pattern from my Pueen Encore set using Konad Black special polish. To complete the look, I added another layer of SV. 

I loved this design, it looked beautiful. I just couldn't stop looking at my nails althrough :)

Floral Fan brush nail art for Nail that technique challenge

Hi fellas! Today I have Floral Fan brush nail art for you guys. Fan brush technique was the theme for this week's challenge. I have never done nail art using fan brush before. This is my first attempt and I really liked the end result.

I started by painting all my nails with Maybelline Colorshow Blueberry ice. Then I dipped the fan brush in blobs of Sally Hansen Insta Dri Blue Me Away and Sinful colors White on White and drew random lines on all nails. Using Konad Special black polish and Pueen encore plate I stamped the floral patterns. To complete the look I added glitters and sealed the design with Seche Vite top coat.

Bridal Lace nail art and Nail Matinee plate NM03 review

Hello buddies!Today I have review of Nail Matinee plate - NM03. I am excited to share this review especially coz this plate is made by one of the indian nail artists - Nisha Sharma. You can find details of the Nail Matinee plates here. I purchased NM03 and XL squishy stamper from Nisha.

NM03 is a rectangular plate and comes with 12 XL images. Each plate comes with a protective blue plastic film which needs to be removed before use. Plate also comes with a pink plastic backing. Image quality is good and image size is 2.2cm x 1.7cm.