Bio Seaweed Gel | Nail Art

This weekend I got to play around with some gel polish from Bio Seaweed Gel. The colors I picked is Ottawa & Montreal.

I highly recommend if you are thinking about buying some of these polishes that you check out some color swatches online. As seen in the picture above the actual color is slightly different than what's on the bottle. 

This is a very unique nail polish...this polish will actually cure in sunlight OR with an LED lamp. I have tried it both ways and it works! I actually really enjoyed taking my nail polish outside and painting my nails on the deck, it was a great way to spend some time outside this summer.

Unfortunately over the weekend here in Edmonton it rain so I used my LED lamp to create this look.

I stared by coating my nail with 2 coats of Ottawa and then I drew on a cute pink bow with Montreal. Here's a tip if you don't have any nail tools like me. To create designs like these use a fine point pen ( on that you don't care about using after or one that is out of ink) as your tool. Put a dollop of polish on a piece of paper and dip the pen in. Brush off any excess polish before starting your design. If you are a beginning practice drawing your design on paper before attempting it on your nails. The Montreal color reminds me of a Barbie pink so I though a cute bow design would be appropriate. 

If you like this nail art please go over to @bioseaweedgel Instagram page and vote on this nail art between Sept 14-16. There will be a nail art contest going on featuring looks done by members of CBB (Canadian Beauty Bloggers). The winner will get bragging rights and host a Bio Seaweed Gel giveaway on their blog! Please go vote so I can give you guys some awesome prizes from this company. 

If you are interested in trying these gel colors out you can use the coupon code "MSPAMBLAM" for $10 off at  http://shop.bioseaweedgel.com . 

Share below if you have tried out this polish and what color did you pick up?

Sensationail Gel Nail Polish Started Kit

 I picked up the Senationail Gel Nail Polish Started Kit. I love my nails but it's always a pain when you spend so much time doing your nails and then they chip in two days. This kit claims to last two weeks so I decided to try it out and put it to the test.

 This kit comes with a LED light, double sides nail buffer, lint free wipes, gel cleanser, gel primer, gel base & top coat, gel polish (the color I got is Raspberry Wine), manicure stick and directions.

 The directions are very straight forward and easy to follow. From start to finish it took no more than 15 miniets and they were completly dry as soon as I finished....so dry to the point I wash doing the dishes about 5 min after!!! I was very impressed by that.

 In addition to the started kit I also picked up the removal kit. I will say that these did come in handy when removing the gel but defiantly not necessary if you don't want to spend extra money. There are cheaper wraps that you can purchase that will do the exactly same thing as these do.

 I also picked up the removal tool, I will say that this is amazing and works better than the manicure stick they include. This wasn't too expensive and you will never need to replace it, unless of course you happen to loose it.

 In addition to the Raspberry Wine color I decided to pick up three more. Red isn't may favorite color so I decided to pick up some other colors that would suit me better. A couple of these were even on sale which makes it even better!

Okay, so now to answer the question you are probably all wonder about. How long did these gel nails last? It claims to last 2 weeks or 14 days. The picture above was taken on day 10!!! As you can see there is slight chipping and you can see my nails did grow a little in the 10 days but other than that it's not that bad. 

My final thoughts, this is one of the best at home nail kits that I've tried! It was easy to follow, dried quickly and lasted a long time. I was impressed and I found that in the 10 days that I had this gel on my nails were able to grow and looked great once the gel came off. If you are looking for a at home gel kit this is the one I would recommend you try.