Born Pretty Store - Bullion Beads/Microbeads

I mentioned that I also received the Bullion Beads. They can be found here for $3.33. It comes in a wheel of 12 different colors. The beads are so tiny that they got a little mixed together despite the different compartments. It's a nice array of colors that are available in this wheel. I chose to use the dark teal on the top right of my picture.

 It was a perfect match for Essie School of Hard Rocks. This is 2 coats.

 I applied a generous coat of Seche Vite and then poured the beads over the nail until they covered the entire thing. (Remember the "caviar" debate?)

One solid nail used up a good bit of my beads of that color, so for the rest of the nails I just outline the half moon area with a line of beads.

 It's not a terribly long lasting manicure, but it's cute and a novelty. :)

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Novelty Nails - Microbeads/Fish Eggs

Next up was microbeads! I wanted to try out the "Caviar" trend. I found this set of microbeads at Michaels for 50% off. It had 8 different colors in the mulitpack for a final price of $3.50. Much cheaper than the Ciate version....

You can attach these a number of ways... foil glue, nail glue, or still wet topcoat. You would probably get the best wear out of nail glue. When I tested these I had them coming off left and right after just 1 hour of wear. I just used still wet Seche Vite though.

 I'm wearing China Glaze Spontaneous btw.

 I prefer this as just an accent nail and not an entire mani. But that's just my opinion. :)

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Audrey's Bow

I'm so glad to now have these plates in my stash! Konad m59 and m79. I had trouble with the netting image to stamp completely. :( I had to fill in the larger dots with a dotting tool because the stamp came out with uneven hollow dots. But it was well worth it!

China Glaze For Audrey and Konad Special White Polish

 I added tiny silver bullion beads into the polka dots on the bow. I placed them in the not-quite dry topcoat and sealed it in with another layer of topcoat.

So dainty and pretty! I love it!

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Cupcake Tutorial

Here is how you can recreate this for yourself. Entirely painted with polish. No acrylic paints were used.

Base color is China Glaze Lemon Fizz

Sally Hansen Insta Dri Blue-Away in a square shape for cupcake liner.

Sally Hansen Insta Dri Blue Blast as the cupcake liner outline & pleating.

China Glaze Secondhand Silk for the frosting.

Zoya Areej and a skinny brush for the outlines of the frosting.

Then I added a large purple rhinestone and tiny light purple bullion beads as sprinkles.

I hope you enjoy this and if you recreate it, send me the link! I want to see!

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Bullion Beads & Me

I got these from Dollar Nail Art and they are super tiny!

For my first attempt at using them I played it safe and concentrated on one accent nail swirl.

 They were fairly easy to work with. Applied on top of a not yet dry topcoat. I used my smallest dotting tool to pick them up just like with rhinestones.

 My right hand turned out a little better for some reason.

This is two coats of Orly's Ancient Jade btw. Mainly people asked me what was wrong and why my nails were so "tame" Lol.

After a day's worth of wear they seemed to have "yellowed" under the topcoat. :( They looked kinda gross by the time I took them off. I had used Seche Vite, maybe a different topcoat wouldn't make them turn yellow?

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