StyleThoseNails- 2016 Nailart at a Glance !

Hello Lovelies 

Wish you all a very Happy New Year. 

May all your dreams come true.

 I am sharing nailart I did in 2016 which I posted on my blog and instagram. I wish You all a very HAPPY 2017 . Have a great year ahead !! 

Born Pretty Store Starry Sky Silicon Head Stamper and Scraper Set Review

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Today I am sharing review on stamper and scraper set  sent by BornPrettyStore. This stamper is called Starry Sky Silicon Stamper. There are five different colour heads available. I was sent translucent white one. Keep reading for more details.

Born Pretty Store Stamping Plates BPL 052, BPL 053, BPL 054 Review

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This is a picture heavy post as I am sharing review of three stamping plates BPL 052, 053 and 054 sent by Born Pretty Store. Born Pretty Store is a leading online store which sells various nailart stuff and also other items like clothing, jwellery, makeup and beauty etc etc. They were kind enough to send me some nailart stuff for review and I have review them in previous posts. In this post I am sharing stamping plates I was sent for review. Keep reading for details.

Born Pretty Store Cuticle Guard Review

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I was sent cuticle guard / nail latex from Born Pretty Store for my honest review. This was my first time using this product and I was pretty impressed by it. Keep reading for more details.

Santa on sleigh - Freehand Christmas Nailart 2016

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Wish you Merry Christmas. I also did Santa Nailart for Christmas. I got inspired from the cover of magazine which had image of Santa on sleigh on cover. I loved how it came out. Keep reading for more details.

Born Pretty Store Nail Polish- BPR004 Swatches and Review

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Today I am sharing review of BornPrettyStore's Nail Polish BPR004. (item code: #35981) I was sent this polish for review and my honest feedback. So here I am sharing my review , keep reading for details.

DeBelle French Affair Nail Lacquer Swatches and Review

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Today I am sharing a swatch post of DeBelle French Affair Nail Lacquer. I got this gorgeous Red nail lacquer for review by AGS Inc which has come up with brand "DeBelle" in India. They mainly deal in personal care products and have come up with this amazing polish line which has natural ingredients in it. Keep reading for more details and my thought on this polish.

Greek Nails- B'day Collab

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Today I am sharing Greek Nails with you all. I did this nailart for B'day collab hosted by Diana for Mary of +dreamyMM Nails  . Since Mary is from Greece Diana asked us to do Greek/Greece Theme Nails and I thought this is good time to use my Greek Vinyls from @AngelNailStudio . Let's see more pics and Birthday Collage below :)

Reflective Foil Abstract Nailart

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Today I have come up with some edgy and fun nailart. I had some reflective glass foil for a while and wanted to try it. I didn't want to do shatter glass mani as this was already done a lot so I was just playing around and came up with this mani. I did accent nail with white background and rest with black background. It was so much fun and this mani was so eye catching. I hope you will also like this abstract random nailart.

Winter Cardinal - Handpainted Winter Landscape Nailart

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Today I am sharing a landscape nail design. This is a winter theme nailart. I chose to draw winter cardinal ( A bird mostly found in North America) with snow mountains in background. I hope you will like this nailart. Do check out the progression pic I posted at the end of the post ..

Aliexpress(YanKun Happy Store) holo glitter powder review- Normal Polish vs UV Gel Polish

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Today I am sharing a review cum comparison post of holo glitter powder I recently purchased from aliexpress. This product was described as holo laser powder and pics also showed that effect but my experience was different. I tried it over normal polish as well as gel polish I have at the moment (pot gels) to compare the effect. Keep reading to know more

Flemmingo Nails- Mani Swap

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Today I am sharing a summery nailart. If you love summers and flemmingo you will love this nailart too. So all of you who are enjoying summers at this time of year this is for you. This mani is recreation of Kelly's mani aka @ KPnailexpressions on Instagram. We planned a mani swap and she recreated mine while I recreated hers... What a fun ! Right. Below is our mani swap pic

Bestie Nails with Featured Artist Paulie aka @laynopaul

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How are you all? Today I am sharing bestie twin nails with one of my favourite nailartist on instagram Paulie aka @Laynopaul on instagram. I have been following Paul's work for a long time and it was a great opportunity to be do bestie nails with someone who inspires you so much. We decided to do Night Scene Beach nails. I even did a small interview which I am sure will interest you. So keep reading to know more .........

Beach Nails Night Scene - Painting inspired freehand nailart

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Today I am going to share a landscape nailart. Whenever I want to paint something like this I look for inspiration in paintings and luckily I found this painiting (pic shared below) and I decided to go for it. It seemed easy at first glance but as I proceeded I found it has so many unique shades of blue and greens I had to mix and match a lot of colours to get similar effect. Not 100% match but this nailart is quite close to painting I guess and I am indeed happy with my work :) I have shared the colours I used in this nailart also so keep reading for more details.

Cosmic Eye - Freehand Nailart

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Today I am sharing my another freehand nail design. I was looking for inspiration for my next nail design and came across this image.  I find it quite interesting so tried it. I am quite happy with the result . Check out more below

Babyboomer / Faded French Gel Nails and Bridal Nailart

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Today I am sharing very popular style of nails that is faded french or baby boomer nails. This is different from classic french as instead of white tip with a strong smile line you go for pink fading into white. I broke my index nail so instead of cutting all others I did a tip extension and then faded french using gels. Keep reading for details

Soft Floral Nails Using Gels- Gel nailart

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Today I am sharing something new for me. It's my first time doing gel nailart. I had purchased a UV lamp with gel kit from aliexpress almost a year ago (Click here to read my first impression) But I hardly used it. But finally I decided to try these gels and I came up with this simple floral design. I am quite pleased with the way it turned out. Read on to know more about my experience.

Rangwali Pichhora Nailart : Twin Mani for Uttarakhand Diwas

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Today's blog title might be strange for many of you. I am from India and belong to Uttarakhand which is a small state in Northern India. Today on 16th Anniversary of Uttarakhand me and my bestie Lakshika (ig@lakshika_pant)who belongs to same state did a twin mani dedicated to Rangwali Pichhora - A shawl worn on ceremonial occasions by women of Uttarakhand. It has unique yellow orange prints with golden or any decorative border. It's a symbol of Uttarakhand Culture. 

Abstract Wave Pattern Nails

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Do you like abstract patterns? Today I am sharing an abstract nail design. I had some wave pattern in mind while creating this nailart, I just went with the flow and really liked the end result. I hope you will like it too. I used acrylic colours and fine liner brush to create this nailart. Have a look...

Black and White Stamping Nailart

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Today I am sharing a stamping nailart I did using stamping plate available at 

Indian Lacquerholic. This is a beautiful plate with leaves, flowers and other patterns. 

I am a co-owner at ILH so I obviously love this stamping plate hahha :) . I used stamping polishes black and white to stamp images. I absolutely love polishes from El-corazon and have reviewed them HERE. If you also love black and white combo you will love this nailart too , have a look .......

Roses an Butterflies- French Tip Nailart

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Today I am sharing a different look. I haven't done any french tip design for ages and this weekend I thought to try one so here what I came up with. All freehand and I just went with the flow. I won't say it's my best design but I kinda like it. I think I should try some more french tip nails as they look quite dainty and feminine. What do you think of this nailart? Have a look at the pics below and leave me your valuable feedback !

Diya and Toran for Diwali Nailart 2016

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Can't believe it's Diwali again !! Time is flying so fast. Like every year I am back with some cool Diwali Nailart for you all. I kept it simple with hand painted Diya (Earthern Lamp) and Toran (Flower Decoration) both of these elements are integral part of Diwali or Deepawali celebration. For this naildesign I used El-corazon polish Kaliedoscope Pisces as base and then freehand everything with acrylic paint.

Think Pink : Breast Cancer Awareness Nailart

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Today I am sharing my nailart for the cause of Breast Cancer Awareness. As you all know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month with the theme colour pink I also did a pink mani. This mani is dedicated to Think Pink Bahrain- A non profit organisation working for the education and awareness of Breast Cancer in the Bahrain. You can visit them here

Angel Nail Studio Vinyls Review

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How you all doing? Today I will be sharing my thoughts on vinyls from Angel Nail Studio. But before I get into it I have a disclaimer :I am not that good in using vinyls. At times I am impatient and simply can't get it right. Having said that I think I did a pretty decent job with these vinyls :D. So keep reading to know more

Autumn/Fall Squirrel Nailart- Freehand Nail Design

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Today I am sharing my first nails for fall/autumn 2016. This is a freehand naildesign. I have done freehand after a long break of three months. I really missed doing freehand but hopefully I will be doing more now as things are slowly settling down. Enjoy the pics below

Halloween Nailart- Stamping Design

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Today I am sharing  a stamping nailart which I did using X-19 Halloween Plate available at www.IndianLaquerholic.com . I also used XL-clear Jelly stamper from the same website. If you are in India then you can buy different nailart  stuff from ILH site. I used different designs from this plate to create this mani. I hope you like it.

Nicole Diary Water Decal Review- Part 1

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Today I have come up with a review post. I was sent some water decals by Nicole Diary for review I will be sharing all the designs in two posts since I want to share all the designs with my lovely readers. So let's get started.

Independence Day -2016 Nailart Collaboration.

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Today I am sharing Independence Day Nailart. On 15th of August we Indians remember the auspicious day when we took breath of freedom in 1947. To commemorate this day I collaborated with my fellow Indian nailartist and we produced a nail collage (check at the end of the post)

Tribute to Ane_li : Feather to birds Nailart

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This is a special post dedicated to @ane_li , an 18 year old, talented nailartist who left us all on 11th of July 2016. She was immensly talented and contributed amazing nailart to nail community. She was an inspiration to many including me. No doubt whole nail community and her fans will miss her a lot. Though we may wonder why such a popular artist would take such an extreme step but we can't forget that Ane was not just a nailartist she was a human being with her own moments of sorrows and happiness.

Born Pretty Store Stamping Plate BP-76 Review

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Today a review post for you. I received BP-76 stamping plate from Born Pretty Store for my honest review and here is what I think of this plate. Keep reading :)

El-Corazon Night Dreams Polishes No.12 Pisces and No.03 Gemini- Swatches and Review

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I am very excited to share this post today. I won a nail contest last month hosted by Yagala (See my manis I did for contest at the end) and as a prize winner could choose three polishes from El-Corazon website. El-Corazon stocks a lot of variety of nail polishes so it was hard to choose any three. Anyways I chose these two gorgeous polishes from Night Dreams Collection and one yellow stamping polishes. So let's move on to swatches now.

Born Pretty Store Stamping Plate BP-79: Review

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Today I will show you a very beautiful stamping plate from Born Pretty Store. It was sent for review and I must say I absolutely loved it. Read on full review below and link for purchase at the end of the post.

Zig-Zag Water Marble Nails using DIY water marble decal technique- (Video Tutorial)

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Today I am sharing a water marble nailart with you all. Lately I am into watermarble since I found a brand here which works so well when comes to marbling. So whenever I get a new shade I try to marble it. I am talking about MaxTouch brand polishes available in Bahrain. And I guess they should be easily available in all gulf-Middle East countries. I love to create water marble decals for water marbling look for two obvious reasons, first it saves your precious polishes. You can easily get 2 or 3 nails done with one decal and secondly it is mess free method with minimal clean up. I have filmed a tutorial to show how I get this look so do check out at the end.

Sunset at Beach FreeHand Landscape NailArt- Twin Mani

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Today I am sharing a landscape nailart with you all. I did a landscape painting after so long. I enjoy doing detail art work and doing it after so long made me feel really good. I am proud the way it came out. My nail bestie Nisha from @nishas_nailmatinee suggested that we should do some twin mani and she was mainly interested in free hand landscape. I googled for inspiration and this beautiful painting done by Darice Machel caught my eyes. This painting is of Makena Beach you can read more about it here We both agreed on creating a nailart inspired from this painting. You can see our bestie nail collage and more pictures of this nailart below.

Water Decals Nail Designs- Lady Queen Decals Review (Video Tutorial)

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Today I have come up with a review post on water decals sent by www.Ladyqueen.com. This website has tons of products related to nailart, jwellery, makeup, etc etc. and you will surely find something nice for yourself so do check them out. I have a coupon code which I will share at the end of the post. So keep reading and let's talk about their water decals first :)

Blue and Pink Water Marble : Water Marble Decals Technique (Step by Step Tutorial)

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Hope you are enjoying your weekend !! I did this pretty watermarbling design for this weekend. I loved how these two polishes from MaxTouch marbled together and produced a clean design. I decided to go for decal method. This was my first successful attempt and I think I will do more as I am already addicted. Below is step by step tutorial with notes for those who don't know about this method.

Anchor Nails- Born Pretty Store Nail Stencil Review (video Tutorial)

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Today I am sharing a simple nailart using Die Cut Stencils from Born Pretty Store. It was sent for review by BPS. They are different from the normal nail vinyls as they are very elastic and stretchy. I think they are made up of same material of which insulating tapes are made. I liked the fact that they can be reused yeyy!! Keep reading for full review and also watch the tutorial how I reused and stored them for future use ! :)

Freehand Roses over Water Marble Nails- Mani Transformation !! (Video Tutorial)

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If you follow my blog you must have seen my previous post where I shared my water marble mani with you all. I was about to take it off after wearing for few days when I thought why not do something over it. I have seen a lot of ladies doing stamping over watermarble base so I thought to do some roses which looked like stamping but done freehand :) I also filmed a tutorial for all of you so do check that too. 

Water Marble Nail Collaboration

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A quick post today !! Recently I did a water marble collaboration hosted by my nail bestie Nisha(NailMatinee) on instagram so I am sharing some pictures of my watermarble nails. I tried to film the tutorial but my polishes refused to cooperate on camera but they behaved well off camera LOL I am sure happens to all of us. So let's have a look at my mani and our nail collage.

Giveaway Time !! - Zoya Seashells and Sunsets Collection

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I am super excited as I am doing this Giveaway with a bunch of talented nail bloggers. As you see prize is superb and worth taking part and trying your luck. Please read all the rules below and have fun !! 

Tropical Flower Stamping Nails- Born Pretty BP78 plate review

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Today I will share a review on BornPrettyStore Stamping plate BP78 also called Oriental Cherry Theme Nail Art Stamp Template Image Plate on the website. This is indeed a lovely plate. I liked almost all the images on it. I did a summer nailart using one of the floral image. First I created a gradient base using acrylic paints and a makeup sponge and then stamped the image directly over it using ILH clear Jelly Stamper. I loved the textured effect so much that I didn't top coat it so all pictures are without any top coat. Of course for long wear you need to top coat :) Keep reading to know about this lovely stamping plate.

Stamping Nailart: Born Pretty Store Stamping Plate BP-80 Review

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Today I am back with another review of a stamping plate from BornPrettyStore. This plate is BP-80 and you can find it on BPS site with the name- Lotus Bird Pattern Plate. In case you don't know Born Pretty Store is an online shopping site for nailart, makeup, jwellery , clothing etc etc .  They have lots of products you have to check it out yourself :) They offer free shipping also which is a great bonus but it takes a month or so to get the product at your doorstep:) Let's move on to review now--

Donut Nails- 3D nailart (Food Nails) - Video Tutorial

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Today I am sharing my first ever experiment with 3D nailart. I created this cute yummy Donut nails as a part of twin mani collaboration with my bestie Shilpa (Nail Blogger at Our External World). We took part in twin mani challenge Theme Dessert/Sweet Treats, hosted by facebook group ThoseNailsThough (#TNTtwinNails) . If you are a nailart entusiast you should join this fun group :) For all who are interested in knowing how I did them do watch the tutorial linked in the post. Let's have a look

Lipstick Nailart (Lippie Nail Collaboration- #LippieSquad2016) and Born Pretty Store Bquan Nailart Brush Review

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In today's post I will be sharing my thoughts on Bquan crystal handle detailing brush from Born Pretty Store. BPS recently sent some nailart items for review which I will be sharing with you in future posts. This pretty brush was one of the item and I was quite excited to try it out so I used it to create this Lipstick Nailart. I will be talking about this brush in detail but let me first tell you about this interesting nail collab hosted by Millyp from Nails_by_millyp on instagram. I have also featured this talented girl on my blog HERE

Lady Queen Stamping Plate BC03 - Lace Stamping Nailart (Video Tutorial)

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Today I will share review of stamping plate I recieved from www.LadyQueen.com . LadyQueen is an online site which sell lots of nailart tools, beauty accesories etc. at reasonable price and offers free shipping. I was quite happy to get this plate for review because it has beautiful designs to create delicate lace nailart. Some of the images are already my favorite. Check out the swatches of all the images of the plate below and also watch my tutorial for this stamping design I created.

Galaxy Nails using Dry Marble Technique and Nail Collab (Video Tutorial)

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Today I am sharing Galaxy Nails. It's been long I did Galaxy Nails and I am sharing on blog for first time :) It was more fun doing with my nail besties. I will be sharing the collage of our galaxy nails in the post. Coming to the technique I used for creating galaxy nails- I did dry marbling also known as drag marbling to create this look. I was inspired by Dimple from Creative Nails who shared her galaxy nails few days back. I have posted a tutorial also on YouTube do check out  ..........

Lady Queen Plate JQ-L07 Review - Summer Beach Nail Art

Hello Lovelies,                                                                                                                  

I was sent few items by www.LadyQueen.com for review. I will be sharing them in future posts. Today I will share my review on stamping plate JQ-L07. This plate is rectangular and it's dimensions are 6cm X 12cm. I loved all the images given on plate. I feel this is a must have summer stamping plate in your collection if you love stamping. Have a look at the nailart I created using this plate.

Jungle Book 2016- Movie Inspired Nails

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I am quite excited to share my movie inspired nails today. It's from the movie Jungle Book. As a kid I used to watch Mowgli in India. It was my favorite TV show then and later I even made my kids to watch it and they love it too :) So when this movie was released we were all excited to watch and I decided to paint my nails for the movie :D. Not to mentioned that movie was awesome. We all thoroughly enjoyed. Now let's have a look at this nailart.

Cherry Blossom Nailart : Nail Collab ( Video Tutorial)

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It's time for another spring nails. Today I will share some cherry blossom nails I did in collaboration with other nail buddies. I did cherry blossom nails last year too and that was also painting inspired !! This time we organised a nail collab/ bestie nails and did our interpretation of cherry blossom. We tried to keep our nailart around this painting (shown below) It's interesting to see everyone's interpretation :). Also check out the tutorial I made linked at the end .