Yesterday I told you that I got three peel off polishes from Born Pretty Store, and today, I will show you second one.
This polish is from Flashing Vision Series BP-FV04, Winter Light, item #44292-4.
URL: ​https://www.bornprettystore.com/born-pretty-glitter-series-peel-nail-polish-fast-shimmer-manicure-nail-varnish-p-44292.html

I am really trying hard to like this new series of peel off nail polish from Born Pretty. Even though I find the idea of peel off glitter polish really appealing, I was bit put down. For a while now, Born Pretty is launching super pretty, quality nail polishes for really competitive and affordable price, so I truly expected the same high standard from this series. What to say, I am just that spoiled when it comes to nail polish.
I hate to give a bad review, so I will give you some pros and cons:

Pros: No smell whatsoever                              Cons: Consistency is on thick side
          Pretty color                                                        Does not self level
          Easy peel off removal                                        Applies patchy
          No need for nail polish remover
          Fast drying
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As you can see, list of positive aspects is  longer than one of flaws. Looking at that list, I had a brilliant idea! 
This polish would be awesome to give as gift to youngster, as they will not be exposed to a harmful fumes during application, or while using nail polish remover to try to remove the glitter - if you ever tried to rub off glitter, you will know what I am talking about. This one truly has hustle free removal. Can I conclude that I just found a silver lining here.
I am really bummed, as I loved this color so much, and glitter within was brilliant!

I also could not wait to try out second stamping plate that came in my parcel, and another under the sea plate. This is Born Pretty - Sea World - S002, item #44332.
URL: ​https://www.bornprettystore.com/born-pretty-nail-stamping-template-square-nail-stamping-plate-manicure-decoration-world-s002-p-44332.html

Another super cute plate full of really pretty images, that can be used layered, or on its own.
There was never any issue with any of Born Pretty stamping plates all the years I been using them. Always etched to perfection, with images that would pick up easily, no matter which polish or stamping you are using.
My eye zeroed to that middle funky water marble kind of image and one next to it, with a musical sea shell. I knew I want to use both of those images right away, and I used them like this.
With Essie - Good as Gold, I stamped that water marble image over all of the nails, like a reflection of the water surface on the sand below...
Then I made a decal for the musical shell, and double stamped it with black. I liked the under the sea symphony idea so much, that I just picked musical notes part of the image, and double stamped it with Hit the Bottle - Snowed in (white) then with As Black As Night.
I liked this funky, happy design, that to me looked like a concert with all the crazy light effects.

I hope that you liked this festive design, because, after all, this shell is only playing a Christmas carols. 

As always, here is my special code SHGK31 that will save you 10% off of all fully priced items in the store. Born Pretty Store is having a free delivery world wide, and delivery time depends of your geographical location.

*** Items used were sent to me for my honest review. All opinion is mine, based on  my use of the product, and my experience with it. For availability and all pricing inquiries, please refer to the seller, all links provided. ***

Few days ago, I received a review parcel from the Born Pretty Store. I received few items, and you will see how I can turn non seasonal items into something so appropriate, all you need is a little dose of imagination.
Today, I will show you two new items form Born Pretty - First is item #44293-1 BP-BAW01, Thick Milk. I actually have both of those polishes, and will share them in two different posts.
URL for this product is : ​https://www.bornprettystore.com/born-pretty-white-black-series-peel-nail-polish-fast-long-lasting-manicure-nail-varnish-p-44293.html

I love brilliant white polishes, and those are my favourite on they own. I know, all the colors in the world, and I settling for white!
This is peel off polish, which means that you can just peel it off when you decide to remove polish, no need for nail polish remover. I love this idea, as I use peel off base coat all the time, so this would cut the time for manicure. 
Only thing is that this white was bit tricky to apply, as it did not self level, and I needed three coats for even application.
That is not unusual for white polish, so jury is still out on the concept.
Polish did dry pretty quick, has no odour whatsoever and dried to a high gloss.
I paired this polish with one of two plates I received in my parcel. I paired it with mermaid themed square plate - Born Pretty - Sea World - S001,  item #44331.
​URL: ​https://www.bornprettystore.com/born-pretty-square-nail-stamping-plate-mermaid-pattern-manicure-decoration-world-s001-p-44331.html

I love everything under the sea or mermaid themed, and I love this plate. I will definitely use this super cute plate in the future. Thing is, I am Christmas crazy too, and I wanted to use this plate right now, regardless of the season, and I am pretty sure that I managed to use this plate to create clearly wintery look.
I stamped with Hit the Bottle - As Black As Night, just because  I love black and white manicures, and I thought I will leave it at that...
That was until I peaked in my glitter drawer... and all of that crumbled. Even there I was undecisive, and when in doubt, just use both of the chosen glitters. I picked silver holographic smaller and light blue slightly bigger hex glitter.
In the end, I did not see the wavy ocean, but all I seen was snowbanks and few stray sparkly flakes. 

"Do you see what I see?" I hope you could see the wintery scene I was going for, even though I colored my starfish red, as I wanted some splash of color. I guess, this manicure is all about mix messages...
What is not mixed up is that I have a 10% off coupon code SHGK31 good for all non sale items in the store.

*** Product used were sent to me for my honest review . All opinion is mine, based on my use and experience with product. For availability and pricing inquiries please refer to seller, all links provided.***

Candy cane is something that you can see only in the Christmas time in North America, but while growing up in Croatia, I seen something very similar on every fair... only difference was that Croatian version was straight, like a stick.
My favourite kind is peppermint one, even though I have to admit that I tried whole bunch of different flavours.
These days, my favourite way to eat candy cane is in a Hershey's Kisses - Candy cane flavour. Just imagine rich white chocolate with a little bits of peppermint candy cane. Yum! Sadly for me, they are only available at this time of the year, and in my experience they sell out really quickly. To have and enjoy them as long as I can, yours truly stock up early in the season, and save them for  the months to come. LOL!
Here I did a little homage to the candy, even though I was not impressed with the way this all ended up looking.
 I started with super pretty Ever After - Playing With Fire, one of the Polish Pick Up exclusive polishes that was thankfully brought back in July, as I missed first round all together.

Polish was inspired by Australian black opal, and it is stunning in person. Playing With Fire is easily applied and took me two cots to built it to the full opacity - it is black jelly packed with multicolored ultra chrome flakies that are giving such an amazing effect all together.
Images I used are on SPH-002 stamping plate I did use last year, but neglected to take another photo of again...
Plate has few super cute candy cane images that are so different than all I seen, and I still can't figure out where all this went wrong... how I managed to use amazing images and make such a mess of the things. It was  one of my off days, when whatever I did just went very wrong... I am afraid, that no matter what I tried that day would just go South, and it did... I guess we can't win them all...
All images are at least double stamped... but my lining up of images was way off. Instead of improving on look, I just made a bigger mess! My gorgeous base that I omitted on my ring finger is my only saving grace. I am in love with it.
To a better nail day!
Cheers!

I needed my texture fix, and Textured Tuesday is back!
This time with textured sweater pattern.
Base is pretty textured glitter by Julie G - Sugar Plum Fairy. Unfortunately, I completely forgot to take a swatch photo, but in the same time, I thought that name is so appropriate for this time of the year.
That in mind, I figured we all need a help with the wardrobe for Christmas parties we might attend. My office party was on Friday, and I had such a nice time, wearing my new red sweater jacket paired with same shade of red skirt and cute little top.
My feet refused to be squeezed into high heels, but cute little booties completed the look.
I have to admit that this particular color scheme would appeal to my sense so well - purple and gold is always a winning combination with me.
Image is on Cooi - 018 stamping plate, and for stamping I used Essie - Good As Gold.
Oh, how pretty this chunky knitted sweater would look in person.
Wishing you an awesome day ladies, and stay warm.
​Cheers!

This is such an appropriate post. Last night we had some snowfall, and today as planned, I am showing you flurry of snowflakes.
I used super pretty base polish by Lucky 13 Lacquer - This Violet Delights Have Violet Ends from Violent Delights Collection I had a pleasure of swatching back in spring.

Polish is still available at the site for $9 per bottle, and I provided you with the links to the home page and collection. 
On the swatch above, I am wearing 2 coats and no top coat.
I used MoYou London - Festive Collection -02 stamping plate, that was the part of first My Mani Box back in November 2017.
First I stamped with Wikkid Polish - Ice, Ice Baby that on most of the photos looks like a ghost of the flake, then I double stamped with Hit the Bottle - Snowed in - picked just for appropriate name. LOL!
I also used Hit the Bottle - Moonshine.
​I have glossy and matte version, but on matte, top coat reacted with polish, and colored my snowflakes purple... Which version you like better?
Stay safe and warm, and adjust your driving to the road conditions to protect not just yourself, but also the others that use the same road...
Cheers!

Few weeks ago, I was the lucky winner of Beyond the Nail The Very Spooky Christmas collection. Beyond the Nail is Canadian indie brand, and I do have few of their older polishes, but is always great when I can expand on fellow Canadian collection. I included link above, so you can check them out.
Collection contains three silver holographic polishes with contrasting shimmers, and three toppers. 
​One I used today is Ghost of Christmas Past.

First photo is taken outside, in indirect light, and second photo is done indoors, using my lamp. As you can see for yourself, in direct light and sunshine, holographic part will almost blind you, and in the shade, or low light contrasting shimmer will give you that special ethereal glow that only contrasting shimmers can give you. It is barely visible on the second photo but is there for sure.
You know that I have ongoing love affair with shimmers at the moment.
Polish has great coverage, and if you usually apply generous coats of polish, one coat is enough. I do thin coats, as I like it dry as fast as possible, and even then this polish was almost opaque. On the swatches above I am wearing 2 coats of Ghost of Christmas Past, and no top coat.
This one is so pretty, it can be left on its own.
You know that this did not happen here though. This was opportunity to use another of the plates I received too late to use last year. In a way that was a good thing, as this year I have so many more to choose from.
Image is on SPF-015 stamping plate I purchased on Ali Express.

I purchased this plate for that gingerbread train, I named Gingerbread Express. There are few cute and unique images, and I love that they are on the smaller side, so you can use them on the shorter nails too, or you can build your scene by using more than one image.
I found train image bit too big for my nails, so I shrunk it a bit. Trouble with shrinking of the images is that you can't really choose the size... and double stamping is out of the question, as matching the shrunk images might be an issue...
I stamped mine with Hit the Bottle - Snowed in, but my base overpowered the light images. I decided to add some black using the small brush... Not perfect, but had to do for now.
Sending you good wishes from Gingerbread Express.
​Cheers!

I intentionally skipped the Halloween train, but not skipping on the Christmas one, no mam!
Even with all the reviews I did last couple of weeks, here I am back on where I want to be.
This is my favourite time of the year.
Let's get to the jolly old man himself, dear old Santa.
Now, I have whole bunch of the plates Christmas themed, but I did not have chance last year to play with some of my newer plates, now all I want to play with them.
All images are on Uber Chic - Holiday Jingle.

I got this one way to late to use for the last Christmas, so I was having tons of fun with this plate, and I have to admit, there are few manicures I did with this plate, I also just received brand new Christmas plate from Uber Chic, so there will be much more where this came from.
As a base for Santa Claus I used La Femme - Preciosa, grey holographic polish, which I pared with the China Glaze - Ruby Pumps. 
Stamped with Hit the Bottle - As Black As Night and Snowed in and Moyra - SP.02.
Loved this simple and bright manicure.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Cheers!

Every once in a while, I come across a super inexpensive polish at the local Winners store, and on some of those occasions, I just dive in and try new to me brand/.
That was the case with this super pretty soft green polish by Pixi - Lime Lustre.

Lime Lustre gave me all the good feelings, and I am in love with color-shifting green to copper shimmers. Shimmers are my long time craze, especially these days when you can get them in so many different combinations.
As I earlier said, this is new to me brand, so here are my first impressions. Polish has a nice formula, loving the color and was surprisingly opaque, and on the swatch above, I am wearing two coats and no top coat. Brush is awesome! Yay for the full brushes!
Only one thing - I don't really care for the long skinny bottle. It may look pretty and elegant, but I find it bit tippy. some of us need all the help they can muster. 
I paired it with the textured glitter by Julie G. - Mistletoe. I can't remember if I ever used this glitter. I know, I am bad...
Images are on Chaomao - 24 stamping plate I purchased on Aliexpress.com.

There is very good chance of you seeing me using this plate quite a bit. I am in plaid crazy at the moment, and have to own all the plaid... yeah, I may or may not have some more plates coming, and I may or may not have a plaid design on my nails at the moment...
Perfect match for stamping was Messy Mansion - Forest. This is easily my favourite green stamping polish at the moment.
All the textured glitter was obviously not quite enough for me, so I added a gold metal snowflake charm...
Yaay for Fridays, and another one for the office Christmas party!
​Cheers!​​

This is the last of the review I did for three My Mani Boxes I received from Beautometry.com .
Latest look was created using few items provided in the box, and one of those items is Blue Morpho Nail stamper. I looked on the site, and this item was not yet available for individual purchase, same as Magic Wand (clean up brush on one end, and starburst magnet on the other) I showed you yesterday.

Stamper came in this super cute canvas bag with Beautometry logo, and with smaller scraper. Big stamper is soft kind, and I love it. Stamper itself is very comfortable in hand, with metal stock, and with head diameter of 4 cm. Head is medium soft and medium sticky, and is picking up images fantastically well. There was no priming necessary. I took the stamper out of the bag, and just stamped. It was that easy.
On the photos above, you can see one of the images I used from second plate that came in the October box, MoYou London - Enchanted 09.

Out of 18 images on the plate, 12 are animal, and remaining 6 are mix of floral and geometric images. I used that leafy one in the manicure, and it looked like a ice crystals. Loved it - some days you just have to think outside of the box.
Box theme was Magnificent beasts, and eagle is not just magnificent, it is majestic! It is not without reason that eagle is seen on many old crests and shields, even on some flags today.

For the base of this manicure I used China Glaze - At Vase Value. All but my ring finger I topped with China Glaze - Glistening Snow. Using the Blue  Morpho stamper and Hit the Bottle - As Black As Night, I picked up the eagle image, and I made a decal using different polishes.
On rest of the nails, I used Esmaltes da Kelly - Dolly and Topolino to create ice like crystals.
I absolutely loved this manicure, and it is also very seasonally appropriate.

My Mani Box is monthly nail art subscription box available at Beautometry.com .
​You can decide if you want to purchase the subscription for 1 month or you want to do it for 3, 6, or 12 month period. If you purchase the multi-month subscription, your box per month cost will go down.
Box is billed at the end of the month, and you can cancel or skip the box if you do not like the monthly theme.
December theme is 'Cheers to the Holidays', and on 20th day of every month new theme is announced.
Cost per box is $35, with flat shipping rate of $5. Subscription box is available for pre-order to Canadian and US clients only. 
Each box contains following:
2 MoYou London stamping plates
1 stamping accessory
1-3 additional nail art items.
​
 *** Box was sent to me for my honest review. All opinion is mine, based on my use and my experience with gifted items. For instructions about subscription box, you should visit the website, all links provided. ***

For today's manicure, I used the same Wikkid Polish - Hermione - multichrome, magnetic polish that was part of the October My Mani Box from Beautometry.com. Hermione is the part of What Wizardry Is This? collection, and I added a link above, as it is available on its own on website.
Difference today is that I did not use the black undies, so look is softer than one yesterday.

I applied two coats of Hermione, and applied the same starburst magnet I used previously, and you can see that without black base, all is much softer, mellower...
Magnet came on the Magic Wand, which has magnet on one side, and flat clean up brush on other. Handle is filled with clear rhinestones, so it is pretty to look at, and extremely useful.

Love the flat clean up brush. Bristles are stiffer, so it can really do the 'scrub' job, it is very thin in profile, which will allow you to go really close to the cuticle line for the better clean up job.
Thank you Beautometry for including this useful tool, as you can never have too many clean up brushes.
Loved this tool very much, but I couldn't find it on the website, otherwise I would provide you with the link. Just a reminder that my links are always different color, and just by clicking on the link will take you straight to the page/product.
As for magnet, I found that one generous coat of polish and applying the magnet for 5-10 seconds would give you the best results. Thicker coat will dry slower than thin one, which will allow magnetic particles in the polish to react and travel towards the magnet before the polish dries and stop that travels.
For this manicure, I actually did not really care if magnetic effect is not so strong, as I actually wanted to use this base as a multichrome polish, just a different approach to this polish all together.
I also decided to do something more seasonal, and I did combination of stamping and freehand.
I stamped lace image from the MoYou London - Lace Collection - 05 which was the part of April My Many Box. When it came to stamping, I first stamped with Hit the Bottle - Hello Buttercup, but that just got lost over the rich base. Double stamped with Esmaltes da Kelly - Dolly, but did not like it very much, then I added a third layer of As Black As Night... and I left it at it.
Flowers are done freehand (like you couldn't guess that on your own), and they supposed to be poinsettias... very abstract poinsettias. Aren't you glad I told you what I was going for, LOL!
In all of this, I was again playing with the glitter, so I added a few gold glitters for more festive look. Just don't ask me what is relation of lace and poinsettia...
And... I added a matte top coat, so you can see this polish matte. I think that is it.

I received extra scraper, and that one is my favourite kind. 
There is lots of items that I used for review, but some items are really easier than other to create look with.
I started with a magnetic polish. I actually created two different looks using that polish.
This is Wikkid - Hermoine.

On the swatches above, I am wearing one coat of Hermoine over the black base. I used the magnet from the box on the thumb, index and middle finger, while last two I left as a multichrome polish. I will talk about magnet tomorrow...
Color switch is between chocolate brown in direct light and chartreuse green in low light. On some angles there is little bit of pink flashing from the brown and some aqua from the green.
Super pretty polish, even though there was really similar polish in a May box I purchased but from the different maker. Just saying.
I used one of the stamping plates for the stamping over this polish- MoYou London - Enchanted Collection - 11 plate.

I actually used two images from this plate, both of what I think is crocodile or alligator, does it matter? 
You have to admit that all images here are too cute, not scary in this shape or form, even though I wouldn't like to get in contact with some of them - which would include that crocodile I did on my nails.
From my experience, multichrome and magnetic polishes can be tricky to stamp over, as images tend to be 'swallowed' or overpowered by the base itself.
To overcome that hurdle, I stamped all images with white, then I double stamped using the bright colors from my stamping polish collection. White of the choice was Esmaltes da Kelly - Dolly, but also used Bruce (neon green), Messy Mansion - Forest (dark green) and Moyra - SP. 12 (yellow).
All was topped with Moyra - SP Top coat, and you can tell that there was not a smudge in sight! This amazing top coat was part of the box, and I am so happy to try it out. Now all I need is good, really matte top coat, and I am good to go.

Thanks to the My Mani Box and Beautometry.com , I was introduced to some new to me Indie brands, and one of them is Danglefoot Polish which was in August, 'Unicorn' themed My Mani Box. Danglefoot is UK Indie that is available to North American market thanks to Beautometry - this is also their latest Indie arrival to the site.
This polish is My Mani Box exclusive and was tuned for this box. Name of this Danglefoot polish is - What's Your Unicorn Name?​
Polish came with a super cute card from which you can decide what is your Unicorn name. 

What's Your Unicorn Name? is complex polish - we have blue jelly with blue holographic micro glitters, purple shimmers, and some scattered micro flakies. On my photos, it shows little bit brighter than in person.

Loving the coverage of this polish. It was almost opaque enough to be one coater, and on the swatches above, I am wearing two coats and no top coat.
Amazing color though.
Images I proceed to stamp over the What's Your Unicorn Name? are on the second plate found in August My Mani Box,  MoYou London - Hipster Collection - 24.

Even though this plate is again unicorn themed like the previous one, I decided against another Unicorn manicure. I found some really cute images on the top, and did a super simple manicure,
I actually love the little quotes, and this one is pretty motivational. In a nutshell, go and make things happen, do not wait for happiness comes to you, you go and make it happen, make your own magic.
I added a little love potion to the quote, as love is most powerful thing in your life. You can not touch it, buy it or put it into your bank account, but when it is in your life, you feel rich, and believe it or not, people around you can see it!
For the stamping I used Hit the Bottle - Snowed in, Moonshine, Psycho Pink and Moyra - SP.02, also Kleancolor - Metallic Pink for the coloring the potion.
Cheers!

My Mani  Box is monthly nail art subscription box and you can decide if you want to purchase the subscription for 1 month or you want to do it for 3, 6, or 12 month period. If you purchase the multi-month subscription, your box per month cost will go down.
Box is billed at the end of the month, and you can cancel or skip the box if you do not like the monthly theme.
December theme is 'Cheers to the Holidays', and on 20th day of every month new theme is announced.
Cost per box is $35, with flat shipping rate of $5. Subscription box is available for pre-order to Canadian and US clients only. 
Each box contains following:
2 MoYou London stamping plates
1 stamping accessory
1-3 additional nail art items.
​
 *** Box was sent to me for my honest review. All opinion is mine, based on my use and my experience with gifted items. For instructions about subscription box, you should visit the website, all links provided. ***

Back to the 'Unicorn" themed August My Mani Box. 
For some reason, I always relate pastel colors with unicorn design, and we all know that I am not into pastel colors, so for the next manicure, I used pretty clean cut color scheme.
Couple of weeks ago, I was the lucky winner of the whole winter collection by Beyond the Nail on Instagram, which contains three polishes and four toppers. It arrived day after my Beautometry.com parcel, and I could not wait to try those polishes. I decided to use one of the toppers, named 3,2,1...
On the swatch below, I am wearing this topper over black base and over my natural nails.

I did strategically dabbed some holographic powder in between the layers on my natural nail. There I have three coats , while only one over the black. Difference is pretty big, but either way this topper is just magical.
I used images from MoYou London - Hipster Collection -23 which came in August My Mani Box.

I truly love this plate, I love those layering images on the bottom of the plate, and I had to use 2/3 images for this manicure. 
For stamping, I used three Hit the Bottle stamping polishes: As Black As Night, Moonshine and Snowed in.
For once my layering was on the point. 
I absolutely love the way this looked finished.

I finished with the June My Mani Box, and it is the time to reveal the August box, whose theme is Unicorns.
This box was brimming with goodies, so I better start.
As with previous box, this was also courtesy of Beautometry.com.
This was always my favourite place to shop for nail supplies, because I liked the variety of the products - from different stamping plates, to awesome indie brands that I could not get anywhere else. Who knew that I will one day do reviews for my favourite shopping hangout.
On the photo in the insert, you can see pretty much all the items that got into the box. My review box was missing two rolls of striping tape, but that was fine with me, as I have enough to last me a lifetime...
As you clearly can see, this box came with two jars of diamond shaped glitters, and this is one of the items that would vary from box to box. Colors I got were iridescent aqua and metallic emerald green.

I love loose glitters, even though I don't use them all the time, it is a comfort thing for me to know that I have them available if I ever need them.
Glitter placement is very demanding on me: it requires patience and steady hand, both of which I lack in spades.
This manicure looked much better in my head, but in reality, took me forever! Another thing - I had to do this placement on my Cindy with non dominant hand... and even though Cindy did not look as pretty, she was happy with all the attention. LOL!
Those little glitters look all the same in the jar, but when you start applying them on the nails, you can notice that there is some difference in size/shape.
Because I couldn't decide which color to use, I used both of them - the more the merrier! I also added a silver holographic striping tape.
As a base color I used Powder Perfect - Recollection. Glitter was placed onto partially dry polish, and I had to work fairly fast so polish would not dry before all the glitter was placed. My luck was that this polish is not fast drying, and that bought me some time I so desperately needed. I also added some green and clear rhinestones for more festive look.
I sealed it all with two coats of top coat, so everything was smooth.
All in all, I loved this sparkly manicure and I got loads of compliments at work. I guess from the distance all imperfection I can so clearly see were invisible..
Isn't is just cool how I managed to make items from the Summer box into the clearly wintery, and for once, seasonally appropriate look.

My Mani  Box is monthly nail art subscription box and you can decide if you want to purchase the subscription for 1 month or you want to do it for 3, 6, or 12 month period. If you purchase the multi-month subscription, your box per month cost will go down.
Box is billed at the end of the month, and you can cancel or skip the box if you do not like the monthly theme.
December theme is 'Cheers to the Holidays', and on 20th day of every month new theme is announced.
Cost per box is $35, with flat shipping rate of $5. Subscription box is available for pre-order to Canadian and US clients only. 
​
 *** Box was sent to me for my honest review. All opinion is mine, based on my use and my experience with gifted items.***

I have another few items from the June My Mani Box, kindly sent to me from Beautometry.com.
Theme of this box was 'Passport to Polish'.
I already shown you half of the items from the box, and today, I will show you the other half.
This box contained one really useful item - glass nail file. 
If you never tried glass file, you should, I would never go back to the emery board or to metal files.
That said, I came across some really different files- some had really coarse grit, and some had fine one - I prefer later. I also came across the files that would loose their grit after month or two, and I own some that are good a year later. I take care of my files, and wash them after every use to 'unclog' the grit, but also to prevent bacteria from developing. I am the only one that uses my files, and I like it that way, as for me, nail file is almost as personal as toothbrush!
I tried this file on my nails, and I love it. It is perfect size for the purse, and it is already there.
Now, I will show you my freshly filed nails, and only thing I wear on them are my stains that I wear like a badge of honor and little bit of oil. 

After I filed my nails, I was ready to try super pretty polish from this box. This is Femme Fatale - Fates Bound Together.

How super pretty is this color. We all know that purple makes me weak in my knees, and how much I love the contrasting shimmers. We are not stopping quite there with Fates Bound Together - there are scattered micro flakies here, and as all of this was not enough, this is also a thermal polish. Love it! When warm, it is more periwinkle, and when cold it is more magenta. Such a pretty transition, and that contrasting, color shifting shimmer and flakies are making it exeptional.

On the swatches above, I am wearing two coats and glossy top coat. Polish itself dries up to a matte finish, and top coat brings out the best of those shimmers/flakies.
This polish has such an awesome coverage, it could be a one coater, but I added one more coat just because I always do.
I used the same stamping plate I used yesterday, also from this box, which was MoYou London - Explorer Collection 33.
For stamping, I used Hit the Bottle - Snowed in and As Black As Night, and Essie - Good as Gold.
I loved this manicure so much, I hated to take it off, but I have two more boxes to share with you, so I removed it with a heavy heart.
I just wanted to show you that you can use those items year long, and that all images are so versatile - all plates are so clearly tuned to Summer, yet this last manicure does not have that Summery feel. See for yourself.