B3 by BaronessX and The Little lacquerBean Review!

Hi guys!

Are you ready for the awesome-ness I'm about to show you guys today?! I hope so because I am so incredibly excited to be able to share this with all of you! I would like to present to you guys the Build A Beauty Box (B3) by BaronessX and The Little LacquerBean (that's me!!!) The B3 is a box that includes two limited edition full sized polishes and two beauty / nail products. The best part? You can create your own! When you purchase a B3 you can pick one polish from BaronessX and one polish from The Little LacquerBean, there will be two polishes from each of us to choose from. Also you will be able to choose your choice of cuticle oil and pick two different 50 count nail vinyls. Sounds awesome right? The only thing is you can only choose what you want while supplies last so make sure you're ready when the boxes are released!

We'll talk more after, let's get to the good part... swatches!!! 

First up is the two polishes from BaronessX.

Funky Fruitcake

A beautiful mauve / maroon with a wonderful maroon sparkle and gold micro flakes. Swatch is three thin coats with top coat. 

Tenenbaum Teal
Stunning deep emerald green with a bright emerald sparkle. Seriously gorgeous! Swatch is three thin coats with top coat.

Now swatches from The Little LacquerBean.

Candycane Kisses
Super sweet glitter topper packed full of white and red multi-sized glitters. Swatch is one careful coat over Sally Hansen Silver Sweep.

Frostbite
A chilly thermal that starts off a light holographic blue when warm and transitions to a deep holographic charcoal grey when cold. Swatch is three thin coats with top coat.

I have one of the cuticle oils to show you guys, this one is in the scent Holiday Vanilla. I have to say I've never been a huge fan of scented anything because my nose is so sensitive but I LOVE this one! And no, I'm not just saying that :) It smells nice and light and super delicious. Not to mention it absorbs quickly and leaves my cuticles nice and hydrated and soft. 

I've got a quick picture of one of the vinyls that will be available, this is the skinny straights. The other vinyls that will be available are: chevrons, mini single chevrons, and mini relaxed waves. Keep a look out for some photos soon! 

Whew, if you guys have read this far thanks for sticking with me! Let's do a little recap on how this box works. When the boxes are released you can pick your choice of two polishes, one from BaronessX and one from The Little LacquerBean. Then you can pick your choice of cuticle oil and your choice of 2 nail vinyls. So your box will include two polishes, a cuticle oil, and 2 nail vinyls. Getting excited yet?! Keep reading to find out price and release date!!

The B3 by BaronessX and The Little LacquerBean will retail for $20USD and will be available Sunday, November 30 at 12pm Pacific Time! You will be able to create your box by going to www.baronessx.com. 

Alright guys, I want to know what you think! Will you be grabbing a B3 Box on Nov 30? It would make such a great Christmas gift, and I think $20 is such a reasonable price for 2 full sized limited edition polishes! There won't be another time to get them!

Thanks so much for sticking this long post out with me loves! I'd love to know what you think!

Merry Christmas!

It's here! It's here!

Anyone else excited? I must admit I'm like a 5-year-old when it comes to Christmas, I love everything about it. Which would be why I'm posting this so early my time. Yes, my sister and I always get up at 3am and play video games until 7am when we go wake up our parents, yeah, be jealous! ;) I mean I'm only 22 and she 25 so that's still okay right?!?! LOL 

Anyways, time for the nails! I struggled trying to come up with an idea for my Christmas nails until it hit me! Santa nails!! DUH! 

I started with a base of China Glaze Glistening Snow on my index, middle, and pinky and China Glaze Angel Wings on my thumb and ring. I painted all of the designs on using acrylic paints and China Glaze Running in Circles and China Glaze Just Be-Claws. I finished it up with two generous coats of Poshe.

'attempted' to write Merry Christmas.... ;) 

Fa-la-la-la-laaaaaa! Santa Claus is coming to town and I hope he treats you all good!!! ;) Me? I've already gotten the best present of all... all of you who come here and read my little blog!! So thank you guys for making this blog one of the best decisions I've ever made!! :) 

What's on your nails today? Merry Christmas my cupcakes!!

Christmas Eve-icure

What the heck?

How did Christmas sneak up on me so quickly!?!? There are so many Christmas nail designs to be done that will never get done!! T.T I really don't even understand! *sigh* Christmas slow down please! 

At least I have a design for Christmas Eve Day right?! 

I started this look with a bast of Azature White on all or my nails. On the striped nails I used striping tape with China Glaze Santa Red My List, China Glaze Con-Fused?, and China Glaze Angel Wings. For my thumb and ring finger I did a glitter gradient using China Glaze Angel Wings and then applied a red and green rhinestone to the top. I topped is all off with some Poshe and the design was finished! 

Totally digging this look! I'm so sad I have to take it off but sadly I haven't even thought about what my Christmas nails are going to be so I must find time today to figure them out! Suggestions welcome!!! :) 

I hope you are all having a wonderful Christmas season and hopefully you're more prepared then I am!! ;) 

Wrap it up!

T minus 4 days until Christmas and I'm..... completely unprepared!!! Oh boy.

Well I can't say completely, my shopping is all done but I have absolutely zero things wrapped. Ugh I despise wrapping, I mean what's the point of taking all the time to wrap something when a few days later someone is just going to rip it off? And no one likes just getting bags for Christmas! Bah! But they do look so pretty all wrapped in different colors and lined up in pretty rows. *sigh* I guess I've got a lot to work to do when I'm finished this! 

Wrapping is such a pain but it much easier to do on your nails! Check out this design ;)

I started with a base of OPI This Gown Needs Crown on all of my nails. I painted the boxes using red and green acrylic paint and Maybelline Color Show Bold Gold for the little one at the top. I painted the bows using dark red acrylic paint and China Glaze Con-Fused?. A layer of top coat and the design was done! 

I hope you're all having a wonderful weekend! I should be off to wrap but instead I'm going to go brave the crowds at the mall! Wish me luck LOL! ;)

Thanks loves :) 

Oh dotted tree, Oh dotted tree!!

Rolling along on the Christmas posting train choo, choo!! ;)

My creative juices just may be returning to me, I'm feeling more inspired and I think my designs are starting to reflect that again. *Sigh* it feels good to be getting back into the swing of things! 

Anyways I've been wanting to do a dotted Christmas tree design for a while and I'm super happy I decided to finally give it a go!

I started with a base of Azature White on all of my nails. For my thumb and ring I did the trees using China Glaze Con-Fused?, Blackheart Beauty Jealous Type, China Glaze Def Defying, and Maybelline Color Show Candy Apple. I topped the trees with some yellow acrylic paint. For my remaining fingers I used a striping brush and the same colors and painted some random stripes. I topped everything off with some Poshe and the deign was finished! 

Look at that pudgy little Christmas tree! Awwwww

I wish I had my Christmas tree decorated when I did these nails I would have loved to have a photo with it! Maybe next time I suppose. I hope my creative mojo stays with me for a while but we'll see. ;) 

Thanks for reading cupcakes!

Christmas skittles

I think I've finally gotten a hold of that whole Christmas spirit thing. 

Well sort of anyways ;) I just finished decorating the tree and it smells like Christmas in my house so that must mean that it's Christmastime right?! 

These nails are... okay. They aren't the best but I quite like the concept of them so hey, if the concept is good I must show them to you guys! I should have left the Christmas trees alone before I put the "star" on top but oh well, you live and learn.

I started off with a base of Maybelline Color Show Bold Gold on my thumb and ring finger and layered two coats of China Glaze Angel Wings over that. For my index and pinky I used a base of Maybelline Color Show Candy Apple and Blackheart Beauty Jealous Type on my middle. All of the designs were painted on with acrylic paints. A bit of top coat to finish and the design was done! 

Yeah that's right I'm getting all Christmassy with my photos! BAM Christmastime :) And I mean if anyone gives me a present with that gold bow on it, I don't even care what it is as long as I can keep the bow I'll be the happiest EVAR!! ;)

What's your favorite Christmas nail design? Mine has got to be Grinch nails! 

Thanks loves :) 

What the marble?!

This is not what I expected.

Sometimes I just like to add dots... lots and lots of dots... it can almost camouflage a terrible water marble right?! Right?!? 

Ehhh almost but what are you going to do? I wanted this marble to look like a Christmas tree, I saw one somewhere at some point in time and absolutely fell in love with it, not that I can remember for the life of me where, when, and what the heck it looked like. But I attempted anyways and then just smothered it in dots. :) 

I started with a base of Maybelline Color Show Tenacious Teal and marbled with China Glaze Def Defying and Con-Fused? and Maybelline Color Show Tenacious Teal. Then after I dipped my nails and saw the.... whatever it was I made, I decided that it needed some "Christmas ornaments". I added dots with OPI This Gown Needs A Crown and Sally Hansen Golden-I. I topped it with some Poshe and the design was finished, I think anyways. :) 

Oh and speaking of nails... I'm not sure how I feel about these longer nails of mine. I don't know, sometimes I like them and then sometimes I feel like they look terrible. What do you guys think? Keep 'em growing or go back to my shorties? :) 

I suppose this design isn't terrible... Just not exactly what I had in mind. Although I didn't really have a real picture in mind so maybe this IS what I had in mind! ;) What do you think?! 

Let's put this in the spotlight!

Can I just take a second here and talk about something important... NAIL POLISH! ;) My work had our Christmas dinner the other week and every year we do a secret santa swap. It's no secret there that I'm obsessed with nail polish so who would have thought that my secret santa would get me polish?!? Not I! ;) 

Among other polish pretties that I was given, there is a real gem in here. OPI Fresh Frog of Bel Air, while not a new polish but new to me, is a gorgeous mix of green micro glitters and silver large hex glitters and it is just everything I wanted is a green glitter! I knew I wanted to layer it over a white to red gradient... but I forgot to take in to account that the white and red would turn pink... Christmas FAIL -_- 

But I persevere, I still very much liked this combination so Christmassy or not you still get to see it :) 

I started with a base of Azature White and sponged using that white and Dior Marilyn. I dabbed one coat of OPI Fresh Frog of Bel Air and top coated with Poshe and it was finished! 

Ooooooh sparkly!!! The photographs really don't show how gorgeous this polish really is but it's a small glimpse into the green sparkly abyss!

Until next time lovelies! 

Merry Blah-mas

Hello pretties

I hope you don't mind if I have a little pity party for a second here... I know I've been pretty absent from this blog and to be honest with you I haven't even had my nails painted for a while now. Nothing seems to stand out to me and anything I paint on my nails I immediately take off because I hate it. I can't seem to get out of this funk! I think it's because I've been so busy working extra hours at work, going to nail school, and trying to get my Christmas shopping done. I also seem to be having a bit of seasonal depression, not that I'm using that as a crutch but because I want you guys to know what's been up with me. I've painted a few Christmas designs which I'm not happy with but I'm still going to show on this blog because I don't want to abandon you! I've been working hard lately to get myself to a better place and slowly I think I'm getting there. Maybe I'll try to paint my nails again tomorrow and actually like what I paint!! *fingers crossed* ;)

Now I don't want you guys to think I'm a debbie downer now because I'm still bubbly old me, I've just had a few too many bubbles popped lately ;) I do really love the Christmas season and I hope to be able to bust some awesome Christmas designs out soon! So let's get back to this design... the most acceptable of designs I've painted lately :) 

I started this design off with a base of Azature White. When my base was dry I painted on the red and green stripes using red and green acrylic paint. Finally I topped it off with some China Glaze Fairy Dust and Poshe. Ta daaaaaa! 

Not too bad but I know I can do better, I'm a glutton for punishment and I must challenge myself!! I can't figure out why I'm lacking such inspiration this year :( So I'm asking you guys! What do you want to see me paint this holiday season? Challenge me loves! :) 

Thanks again for sticking with me! You are all the best followers ever and I mean that!! :) 

Merry marbling!

Hello chickadees!

I hope you're all having a wonderful Saturday! Any plans? I'll probably be off spending all my money on gifts and hopefully getting a tree ;) Every year we have to get a real tree because that pine smell is my absolute favorite and I've really been getting into the Christmas spirit despite the lack of snow... yes I have been wearing my pajamas inside out and putting a spoon under my pillow! LOL The silly things we do right? 

Anyways, I decided to kick off my Christmas nail arts with a lovely red, green, and white water marble. I was feeling decidedly within Miss Watermarble's good graces the other day and thankfully she didn't let me down! I wish the green was a bit darker but oh well I am in love with it! Shhhh I'm actually still wearing this on my nails today ;) 

I started with a base of Azature White and proceeded to tape around my nails to minimize cleanup. When my nails were dry I made my watermarble design using Azature White, Maybelline Color Show Candy Apple and Maybelline Color Show Tenacious Teal. I layered some China Glaze Fairy Dust over that and top coated with some Poshe.

Aaaaaaand here I am posing with my failed attempt at watermarbling a baby Christmas ornament -_- Looks okay from this angle but you should see the other side! ;) 

There's nothing like a successful watermarbling sesh to really get you in the Christmas mood amirite?! 

Sometimes though I find myself lacking in spirit... so what do you all do to get in the Christmas spirit if you celebrate? 
Thanks loves and have a great weekend!! :)