Anchors Away with Beyond the Nail Decals

Press Sample Purchased by Me

Gooood Morning!

Yesterday I showed you two beautiful polishes from the indie brand Beyond the Nail, and today I have a look featuring Blue Microglitter and silver vinyl decals made by Beyond the Nail. These decals are cute, easy to use and let you have some great nail art in a flash!

For this manicure I used 4 coats of Beyond the Nail Blue Microglitter on my index and middle nails and then used a white creme on the rest of my nails. Using a striping brush and China Glaze Adventure Red-y I freehanded some lines across my nails, just because I'm too impatient to use striping tape lol.

I added the silver anchor decals on my non accent nails to play into a nautical theme. The decals are really small so I would recommend using a pair of tweezers to lift the decal off the paper and place onto your nail. I originally tried just using my nails and completely messed up my right hand so I had to go back with my tweezers. Much easier that time around and my right hand was saved!

I'm not usually one to use decals like these, but I love the result! There is no way I would be able to freehand something like this and I don't have an anchor stamp. The decal was really easy to use, once I figured out the tweezer trick, and in no time at all I had a great looking manicure. You get 20 decals for $2.50 and there are tons of different designs that you can check out here.

Are you a fan of decals? What do you think of these anchors?! Hope you're having a great Thursday :)

Beyond The Nail Blue Microglitter and Shimmering Mermaid Swatches and Review

Press Sample

Morning Everyone!

Today I have some swatches of a new to me indie brand to share with you. Beyond the Nail is a Canadian indie brand that sells quite a variety of nail polish, vinyl decals, caviar microbeads as well as some fake nail sets! That's quite a lot for a new brand! Today I have 2 of their beautiful polishes to share with you, let's jump right in!

Beyond The Nail Blue Microglitter is just that! Awesome blue microglitter. I found the formula to be a little on the thin side so I used 4 coats for the coverage you see here. You can probably get away with 3, but I wanted a little more depth in the polish. This would also be great for layering as you would get a speckled look over another colour.

This glitter is designed to dry to a gritty finish, similar to the Holiday Joy China Glaze glitters that came out last November. However I preferred it nice and shiny so I did 2 coats of NYC In a Minute top coat. We all know how much I love blues and this is beautiful. It is unique in my collection and I'm really happy I now own it!

Beyond The Nail Shimmering Mermaid is just awesome. This clear based glitter mix is full of blue microglitter, small blue hex glitter and medium silver holographic glitter. I couldn't get the holographic glitter to shine as much as it does in real life, so take my word for it that the holographic goodness of Shimmering Mermaid is really shimmering ;)

This was 2 coats of Shimmering Mermaid over Pure Ice Bikini. I am completely in love with this polish and think it will look flattering on anyone.

Beyond the Nail is a great new brand that I am really impressed with. I didn't picture their bottles, but they are the same as Cult Nails, and I love that rounded look.

You can purchase both of these here at Beyond The Nail's esty shop for $9.00 for a full sized bottle. Also show them some Facebook love here! Since they are new they still have under 100 likes :O

What are your thoughts on these polishes? Will you be checking out Beyond The Nail?