New Year, New Look! Announcing My New Blog Design

As you may have noticed, UnitedinBeauty recently got a makeover with the help of the awesome folks over at Pipdig.co! After having my old website theme for the past few years, I wanted something fresh and clean to start the new year off. I did a ton of research and talked with a lot of other beauty bloggers, and the one name that kept popping up among the blogospere was Pipdig. Just to refresh your memory, here's what the old design looked like.

Cute, but I felt like it had a bit of an amateurish feel to it. I love butterflies as much as the next gal, but they just didn't fit in here. Time for a real live grown up blog. I needed something sleek, sexy and sassy, which is no easy task. I found that Phil over at Pipdig was awesome to work with! He helped me to customize my design so that it was everything that I was looking for, and he even included installation for free. Bonus! I can't recommend him enough. If you are looking for a new design, go check out Pipdig and tell 'em I sent you!

Blue and Silver Glitter Gradient Nail Art

Omg, WHAT? New Years Eve BONUS POST! Bet you never saw this comin' did you?! I've still got a few tricks up my sleeve now and again. ;) So, in typical fashion if you know me at all you know that I just couldn't ring in the new year without bling and glitter all over my fingertips and hence here we are again!

As you may have guessed, the gorgeous blue polish is still Gilty Girl's Brilliant. This polish has been putting in work lately, I've used it so many times since I got it! For the bling, I created the glitter gradient by using a sparkly little gem of a polish called Frost Yourself that I picked up from Icing in the mall. To create the gradient, use the nail polish brush to apply the glitter at the base of the nails, then drag it lightly towards the tips. It's one of my favorite ways to fancy up a manicure because it's so quick and easy! There we have it folks, that's a wrap on 2014! See you on the other side!

Do you have any New Years Eve traditions that you like to follow? I'm off to the casino tonight, wish me luck! I'll need it!

Blue and Silver Filigree Nail Art

Happy New Years Eve Everybody!! Wow, 2014 has flown by! I can't believe it! I'm ready to ring in the new year tonight, and hopefully you all are too! Going to keep this one short and sweet since I know everyone is probably going to party the night away in a few hours. Can't waste precious party energy reading words, now can we?!

For this one, the bright blue base is 3 coats of Gilty Girl-Brilliant. The silver stamping was done with Pueen stamping plate 28, and the polish is by Pure Ice. As always, everything is topped with Seche Vite fast try topcoat. Elegant and fancy, wahoo! I'd love to stay and chat a while, but a girl's gotta get ready and we know that takes some TIME, am I right? I can't wait to rock my new dress and boots tonight and dance the night away!

Have a safe and wonderful NYE everybody! What's your plans for the night? Do you stay in and relax or go out and party 'till dawn?

OMG Nail Strips - Pics and Review

Today I've got more pics and a full review of these OMG Nail Strips as promised, but first can we just talk about how fun this design is? It has a hot pink, black, and white newsprint style background with pictures of little white poodles too. The words say different phrases like "So cute," "Woof means I'm ready for my close up," and "10 ways to be the leader of the pack." Pretty freaking adorable, really.

I'm a bit of novice when it comes to the world of nail strips, I usually stick to regular old nail polish and nail art, so I was super excited to get to try these out. I've tried a few different types of nail strips before, but I always find that most of them don't seem to fit my apparently very awkwardly shaped fingernails. Nothing is more rage inducing for me than finding a gorgeous design in a nail strip and then finding out there is no way humanly possible that they are going to fit me. The struggle is real, people. 

I found that the application for these was very simple. To apply them I just peeled off the clear top sheet, then peeled the design away from the paper backing. I used a pair of tweezers to put the design in place on the nail, then I pressed away any air bubbles with a soft cotton bud. I used a small pair of nail scissors to trip the nail strip to fit my nail perfectly. There was very little filing required for me, just a bit to round off the edges, then I applied a nice layer of Seche Vite top coat to finish everything off.

This design and many more can be purchased from OMG Nail Strips for $7.99 per set. Each package contains 14 nail strips in various sizes. Right now you can get 5 sets for $25 with the coupon code 5pack, or 10 sets for $45 with code 10pack, and there is free shipping on all orders. SCORE!

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