Jamberry Nail Shields, Custom Designs!

Hello Lovelies, I wanted to quickly share with you some more info about Jamberry Nail Shields that I was recently informed. I was chatting with Shea and she told me about how you can customize your own nail shields! I really thought this was a great feature for nail wraps. Here is a quick example Shea shared with me of a set she made for herself.

Here are the two pictures she used to create the above set.

Isn't this a sweet idea! Ok so right away I imagine how I could do pictures of family, friends, pets, places you visit, etc. As long as you own the rights to the picture you can make it into nail wraps! I know we are all very creative so I am sure you could think of something awesome. 

The software to do this also seems very user friendly, to do this yourself visit this webpage. Make sure you read the FAQ to get a better idea of images that are accepted and it is very informative. Let me know if you give this a try, I would love to see your design!!

Jamberry Nail Review/ New York Vacation Nails

Today I am overly excited for two reasons, I have some Jamberry Nail Shields for a review and I am leaving for New York tonight at 9!!! We are going to drive thru the night and shall arrive at our hotel 9am tomorrow, I will be back in Michigan Tuesday the 21st. Although it will be a quick vacation I am still super excited. I mentioned this vacation last post and just a reminder I have guest post lined up till Wednesday.

Back to nails, first I will show you my finished product with the Jamberry Shields and after mani pics I have my review. Below you can see the five different designs I received, I choose just one of the five for an accent nail. 

I do love all these designs and already have ideas for a couple more of them. I choose to use one of these with this mani because I want to test out the wear of them. They are suppose to last up to two weeks, so after five days I will have a better understanding how well this product works.

Sally Hansen: S-teal a Base

Lime Crime: Lavendairy

Zoya: Thandie

Jamberry Nail Shield: Middle Finger

Well let's just say I totally love this whole mani, the color combination is one I would of never thought of if it wasn't for the multi chevron pattern. Also want to mention the Sally Hansen: S-teal a Base is the most gorgeous turquoise colour I have ever seen, can you see the gorgeous shimmer! Now for my review of the Jamberry Nail Shields.

First step is to choose the size that fits your nail best, remove all polish and oils around the nail. Then you peel them off the plastic and you warm them with a blow dryer for 10-15 seconds to break the glue. Start at the base and apply pressure to adhere it to the nail. Trim close to the nail and file with a downward motion to remove the excess. Since these are curved at both ends you can get two nails out of one, unless you have massively long nails, for my length I would say there was a good 1/4in leftover.

Here is a close up of the two nails I used the Jamberry Nail Shields on. Left picture is left hand and right picture is right hand. You can see on my right hand I got it to apply perfectly, this is most likely because I am left handed and it is much easier for me to work on my right hand. The left hand is not terribly bad at all, I have a little gather of the shield on the tip and air bubble on the left side. Although I have those defects I have not noticed it catching on objects or making the sticker uplift.

Here is my right hand pictured from both sides of the nail. You can see that this shield was perfect fit for my cuticle but on the sides it didn't cover my entire nail. This is simply because everyone has different nail shapes, it is hard to get the perfect match with any nail wrap (my opinion). Personally this also doesn't bother me, from arm width away you can't see it and it also makes my nail look shaped better :) In the end this process was very easy to achieve this look and I have high hopes with the tip wear so I hope I won't be dissapointed.

I received these wraps from nail consultant Shea Caithaml, here is a link to preview designs and order the nail shields on her webpage. There are 250 designs to choose from and they have a great deal buy 3 you get 1 free!!!  Also for questions or to order you can e-mail her at sheabrenegan@me.com.

Well Ladies this is farwell till next Thursday, I will most likely still be checking in on Facebook and post some pics of the polish stores I visit there. I will have e-mail access so I will still be around if needed :) Enjoy the guest posts, there are some awesome mani's to see!!

Guest Post: Meisie's Nails

 Welcome readers to my first guest post while I am on vacation. Hopefully by now we have reach the house my family and I are staying in and starting the tour of New York City! For my first guest post I have Angelique from Meisie's Nail Blog, she does alot of amazing freehand nail art, make sure to check out her blog!

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Hi lovely ladies,

I'm Angelique from Meisie's Nails blog. I was very happy and excited when Lisa contacted me and asked me to write a guest post for her. This is the first time I've been asked to write a guest post, so be gentle! :)

I wasn't sure what nail design to do for this post. I thought of many themes, but decided to go through my TO-DO list of nail designs - yep, I have a TO-DO list of nail designs I want to do some day! :) The first item on my list was drip nails. And that's what I did: a rainbow drip mani! 

For the base color I used OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, which, in my opinion, is the best white nail polish ever! For the drips I used acrylic paint and a small detailing brush. This is a very fun and easy nail art design that anyone can do. You can also use nail polish to paint the drips instead of acrylic paint. 

I hope you liked my rainbow drip nails! 

Thanks for reading!

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Wow isn't that an amazing drip mani!! I love this design with the bright rainbow colors. I have yet to do a full on drip mani and this is great inspiration. Thank you again Angelique, this is just flawless! Make sure you check out her blog for even more nail art! Stay tune for some more guest post next few days :)

Guest Post: Sincerly Stephanie

I have officially been in New York for a full day! Today's guest post is from Stephanie at Sincerely Stephanie, she has a great mani to share with you.

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Hey Everyone! I am really excited to be here today on Nail Polish Creations. My name is Stephanie and I run the Canadian nail art blog Sincerely Stephanie. I love all things nails and nail art and love putting crazy things on my nails. 

The nails I'm sharing today were actually inspired by a sweater that I saw a girl wearing on campus. She only just passed me by so I have no idea where it was from, but it was really cool! The sweater was a mint green with this funky geometric pattern.

I started off with one of my favourite polishes of the summer etoile New York Fizzy Cucumber. The diamond dust shimmer just steals my heart every time I look at it! I used It's So Easy Stripe Rite Black to freehand the geometric print. I love my accent nails so on my middle nail I used one coat of Cult Nails Fetish, a black wax finish polish down half my nails and then added some silver square studs from Born Pretty Store. 

Mint green is such a chic colour for spring and I love the touch of black to add a little bit of spunk to the overall look. Would you wear something like this? 

I want to thank Lisa for asking me to guest post today! I am totally honored and excited to be here! Hope you have a wonderful day!

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Omg, I LOVE these nails sooo much. This pattern is so cool, I love how she added the studs too. This mint green is absolutely gorgeous, I don't own any etoile products but now I really want this one!! If you don't follow Stephanie at Sincerely Stephanie you are missing out on amazing nail art! Thank you so much Stephanie for this guest post!

Star PJ Matching Mani

Happy Wednesday Lovelies! Today is like my Thursday since I will be leaving for vacation tomorrow night!! Don't worry I have some guest post lined up for my vacation so you won't be left out :) Me and my family are going to New York, since we are all growing up this is our 'last' family trip. I am sooo excited to see New York and looks like we are going to have nice weather, I'll have more details tomorrow.

For my mani today I ended up being inspired by a pair of pajama pants I own. I received this purple in my Nail Art Society monthly package and out it on immediately. I didn't know what I wanted to do until I realized it matched my pj pants perfectly. Check out this star design.

Sinful Colors: White on White

China Glaze: Life is a Beach

Mash-49

(Purple had no name, came in Kiss Marbleizing Kit)

I stamped with white than painted in some pink stars and tried to do an outlined star look. I really need to get some art brushes that are better at detail, it is just alittle sloppy for my taste. Below is a picture next to the actual pajama pants pattern.

It defiantly looks better far away, but I am still impressed with how well this mani turned out. Now I am go to sleep with matching nails and pajama pants! This matching mani made me remember when I matched my swimsuit last August. Isn't great to get inspiration from your clothing!?