My Mani Box review: September 2018

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I'm back today with a look at another My Mani Box, this time the September 2018 box...If you don't already know,  My Mani Box is a subscription box service through Beautometry, where they curate nail stamping supplies around a theme each month for nail art fans. To be clear, you can't buy this box anymore (although you can buy some of the contents through Beautometry), but this will give you a look at the type of contents you get, and some ideas for manis. :)


Let's take a look at what was inside:

Beautometry's September My Mani Box

Here's what's all in the contents:

• 2 pouches pumpkin spice sugar scrub
• water decals
• 2 nail art leaves
• MoYou London Festive Collection 61 plate
• MoYou London Festive Collection 62 plate
• Dixie Plates Thanksgiving 01 plate

Here's a closer look at the stamping plates:

MoYou London Festive Collection 62

MoYou London Festive Collection 61

Dixie Plates Thanksgiving 

Okay, on to the manis! I love nail art challenges, so this became a little mini-challenge of how to use fall, Thanksgiving, and Halloween-themed images during spring/Valentine's season, so let's take a look at what I came up with...

I call this first one "Wednesday Addams is so OVER Valentine's Day...":

MoYou London Festive 61 and 62 over Zoya Brighton and Everly

MoYou London Festive 61 and 62 over Zoya Brighton and Everly

Base Polish(es): Zoya Brighton and Zoya Everly
Stamping Plate(s): MoYou London Festive 61 and 62
Stamping Polish(es): Girly Bits Cosmetics Little Black Dress and White Wedding

Can I just say how much I adore those little hearts with the scary jack-o-lantern faces and the bones?!


In a similar vein, I can the next one "Love Potion #9"...:

MoYou London Festive 61 and 62 over Zoya Everly

MoYou London Festive 61 and 62 over Zoya Everly

Base Polish(es): Zoya Everly
Stamping Plate(s): MoYou London Festive 61 and 62
Stamping Polish(es): Girly Bits Cosmetics Little Black Dress and White Wedding

Nothing wrong with a little love potion to get your Valentine's night going right...;-)


Next I did a simple manicure that I have to admit I'd wear all year 'round:

MoYou London Festive 62 over Zoya Brighton

MoYou London Festive 62 over Zoya Brighton

Base Polish(es): Zoya Brighton
Stamping Plate(s): MoYou London Festive 62
Stamping Polish(es): Girly Bits Cosmetics Little Black Dress

Simple, fun, and pretty. :)

The next mani is pretty fall-ish, but I do think these images could work for spring or summer to:

Dixie Plates Thanksgiving 01 over Girly Bits You Can't Handle The Spruce and Irreplaceable

Base Polish(es): Girly Bits Irreplaceable and You Can't Handle The Spruce
Stamping Plate(s): Dixie Plates Thanksgiving 01
Stamping Polish(es): Girly Bits You Can't Handle The Spuce
Other: Nail art skeleton leaves


And for the last mani, I went with a timeless manicure, a mermaid!:

MoYou London Festive 62 over The Lady Varnishes Sky Reflections

MoYou London Festive 62 over The Lady Varnishes Sky Reflections

Base Polish(es): Sally Hansen Creme De La Creme and The Lady Varnishes Sky Reflections
Stamping Plate(s): MoYou London Festive 62
Stamping Polish(es): Girly Bits White Wedding & Silver Bells, and Moonflower Amatista
Other: Loose glitter diamonds from the August My Mani Box.


So what do I think? For $35, I think this box again is a good value for your money, and as always, I just love the fun of opening up a box like this and playing! If you'd like to see a few other boxes to judge if this is something you'd like, you can find my review of the August box here, the June box here, and the May box here.


You can sign up or future My Mani Boxes on their site, here.

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The Digit-al Dozen Day 1 and 5: Unicorns + Holo = Awesome!

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So today's the final day of The Digit-al Dozen's Holo theme, and since I missed day 1, I decided to do two manis with holo in this post...plus a bonus third mani...;-)


For these manis, I used My Mani Box's August box. If you aren't familiar with My Mani Box, it's a curated mystery box for nail stamping fanatics that you can buy just one time or get on a subscription basis. You get at least two plates, a polish or another equivalent value item, and several nail art accessories. If you buy just one box, the cost is $35, and if you get a subscription, the cost drops according to the length of time you sign up for.


You can't buy past kits, but to show you what type of stuff you get, here's a look at the contents of the August box, which had a unicorn theme:

Contents: 
Danglefoot What's Your Unicorn Name scattered holo polish (exclusive to the box)
MoYou London Hipster Collection 23
MoYou London Hipster Collection 24
1 Coupon for a free polish through Beautometry
2 pots diamond glitters
2 striping tapes
1 set unicorn nail wraps
1 "What's your unicorn name" activity sheet


For a more in-depth look at the contents, check out the video review I did:

Here's a close-up of the two plates that came in the box, which I used for my manis:

For my first mani, I started with a base of the polish that came with the kit, Danglefoot Polish What's Your Unicorn Name, and I stamped with Moyra Silver, and filled in my unicorns with Wikkid Polish Satin Blue, (coming soon to Lantern & Wren):

MoYou London Hipster 24 over Danglefoot Polish What's Your Unicorn Name

MoYou London Hipster 24 over Danglefoot Polish What's Your Unicorn Name

For my second mani, I went an alternate holo route--holo glitter! I layered Spellbound Nails Hem, Hem over Metamorphmagus, then stamped with Moyra Silver, using MoYou London 24:

MoYou London Hipster 24 over Spellbound Nails Hem, Hem

MoYou London Hipster 24 over Spellbound Nails Hem, Hem

And for my final mani, I started with a base of Spellbound Nails Prophecy, and stamped with Moyra Silver and Kaleidoscope White, with MoYou London Hipster 23:

MoYou London Hipster 23 over Spellbound Nails Prophecy

MoYou London Hipster 23 over Spellbound Nails Prophecy

So, what do I think about the box? Like the others I've reviewed (click here to see June's box, and here to see May's box), I think this is an excellent value for your money. The only question is whether or not you're the sort of person who likes to be surprised (I am definitely that sort of person!). If you aren't, probably any sort of surprise-based box like this doesn't work for you. But if you are, you can rest assured you'll get an selection of quality up-to-date items in hot themes.


And, that's it for Holo week! Do you have a favorite of the holo manis I did this week?

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Beautometry's June My Mani Box!

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So a few days ago, I reviewed Beautometry's May "My Mani Box," a subscription box that sends you a sweet package of nail stamping goodness each month, and reported that I thought it was an excellent value, and a lot of fun...Well, I'm back to take a look at the June box, and see if it holds up to what the quality of the first box.


Here's a look at the full contents:

Beautometry's June My Mani Box

The theme for this box is 'travel', so I think it's really cool that they include a travel-sized glass file in the box:

Beautometry's June My Mani Box

This box also includes some cuticle barrier for your nail art:

Beautometry's June My Mani Box

The box includes two MoYou London plates, Mix & Match collection 13, which has a very cool retro 90s Miami Vice kinda vibe:

MoYou London Mix & Match Collection 13

And MoYou London Explorer Collection 33: 

MoYou London Explorer Collection 33

And here are some shots with a ruler so you can judge the size of all those little images:

The polish in this box is Femme Fatale Fates Bound Together, which, OMG--is one of the prettiest polishes I've seen ever, including a duochrome blue/purple element, flakies, and a thermal blue/purple element, so pretty much all the time you've got beautiful shift:

Femme Fatale Fates Bound Together

Femme Fatale Fates Bound Together

Femme Fatale Fates Bound Together

Here's what it looks like on--tell me this isn't ah-maze-ing:

Femme Fatale Fates Bound Together

The box also included Hit The Bottle Polish Holo There Beautiful, a stunning silver holo stamping polish:

Hit The Bottle Polish Holo There Beautiful

So, to recap, here's what all you get:

Beautometry's June My Mani Box

Okay, before we get into manis, let's do a recap. I am again impressed by the contents of the box. It's clear after seeing two boxes now that Beautometry takes care to pick a really special polish for the box that matches the theme and images on the plates--not just a run-of-the-mill polish. And, of course, the quality of the items are great--MoYou London plates are the best.


So let's count up the value:

Two MoYou London plates: $19.98
Femme Fatale specialty polish: $13.00
Hit The Bottle Mini: $4.00 (approx)
Peel Putty: $9.50 (based on similar cuticle guards)
Travel-size glass file: $7.50 (based on similar product)
Total value: $53.98

So yeah--I'd say this is well worth even the most expensive $35 price for the box (the cost of the box goes down if you subscribe for more than one month). Great value and great quality--that combo doesn't come along every day!


Okay, now it's time to play! For my first mani, I couldn't resist playing with those llamas on MoYou London Explorer Collection 33!!! I started with a base of Zoya Cole, then stamped and did some reversed stamping with Messy Mansion Carbon, Misty Jade, and Hydrangea Blue and Zoya Jack. Here's how it turned out:

Mani with Beautometry's June My Mani Box: MoYou London Explorer collection 33 over Zoya Cole

Mani with Beautometry's June My Mani Box: MoYou London Explorer collection 33 over Zoya Cole

For this next mani, I went simple. I just wanted to play a little with holo stamping over the beautiful colors in Femme Fatale Fates Bound Together, so I stamped what's supposed to look like a moon reflecting off a pool...I'm not sure it came out like I hoped, but I still think it's crazy pretty:

Mani with Beautometry's June My Mani Box: MoYou Mix & Match collection 13 over Zoya Cole

Mani with Beautometry's June My Mani Box: MoYou Mix & Match collection 13 over Zoya Cole

And to celebrate the color change with the thermal, I grabbed a shot of the polish when it was a little colder:

Mani with Beautometry's June My Mani Box: MoYou Mix & Match collection 13 over Zoya Cole

For my final mani, I went full-on retro, baby! I started with a base of Zoya Daisy, then stamped and did some reversed stamping with MoYou London Mix & Match 13, Messy Mansion Misty Jade, Hydrangea Blue, and Petal, and Hit The Bottle Polish Holo There Beautiful: 

Mani with Beautometry's June My Mani Box: MoYou Mix & Match collection 13 over Zoya Daisy

Mani with Beautometry's June My Mani Box: MoYou Mix & Match collection 13 over Zoya Daisy

And here it is matted:

Mani with Beautometry's June My Mani Box: MoYou Mix & Match collection 13 over Zoya Daisy

Mani with Beautometry's June My Mani Box: MoYou Mix & Match collection 13 over Zoya Daisy

This box is just so fun! Those llamas and those 80s images--it all just makes me smile. I'm definitely a believer--Beautometry's My Mani Box is a cool way to get your mani on. You can sign up for the next one here, and you can follow Beautometry around the interwebs here:

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Beautometry's My Mani Box: Unboxing And Review!

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So, I have to admit...I love subscription box services. I've belonged to a few, and I love getting a little box of surprises each month that makes me feel like I have a little piece of Christmas all year long.


If you haven't heard of it, Beautometry has a monthly subscription box they call "My Mani Box", designed for nail stampers that gathers goodies from all around the world according to a different theme every month. And, they recently sent me two boxes to evaluate. So today we're going to take a look at the May box, which has a dinosaur theme, and see what we see.

Beautometry's May My Mani Box

First up--a gorgeous multichrome magnetic flakie polish, Ms. Sparkle Fallen Kingdom:

Ms. Sparkle Fallen Kingdom

Ms. Sparkle Fallen Kingdom

Here's what it looks like on--I applied the magnet at the top of my nails, diagonally:

Ms. Sparkle Fallen Kingdom

Ms. Sparkle Fallen Kingdom

Oh, my, gosh--this polish is amazing! Even without using the magnet on it, it's stunning, but then when you add the magnet--just wow.


The box also included a pot of dried flowers and leaves:

Dried flowers/leaves from Beautometry's May Mani Box

And this box came with THREE plates!

MoYou London Mother Nature Collection 18

MoYou London Mother Nature Collection 19

Clear Jelly Stamper LC-36

So, to sum up, here's what you get:

Beautometry's May My Mani Box

Okay, before I show you the manis I did with this, let's talk about whether or not I think this is a good value. If you buy only a single box, the cost is $35, plus $5 shipping. If you sign up for more than one box, the price goes down depending on how many months you sign up for. So, let's assume that we're looking at the most expensive version of this, $35. I'm not going to count the shipping, because you'd have to pay the shipping if you bought the items anywhere. So, let's do a tally:

2 MoYou London plates = $19.98
Clear Jelly Stamper plate = $14.50
Ms. Sparkle magnetic polish = $9.75 (Probably more than this because it's a specialty polish)
Magnet = $8.00
Dried flowers = $0.50 (I couldn't find single pots, but I found 12 pots for $10, so I rounded down)
Total value: $52.73

So, yes, I'd say this is a very good value for the money--especially since the products, like MoYou London plates, are top-notch quality. Of course, you don't get to pick your items, so you risk getting something that you don't like. But, I think what that comes down to is whether the experience of getting a box full of surprises is something you enjoy--if so, that more than makes up for the risk. If you're not, these sorts of curated boxes probably aren't the best way to go. :)


So, on to the manis! For my first mani, I started with Ms. Sparkle Fallen Kingdom, and stamped images from MoYou London Mother Nature 19. I stamped with Messy Mansion Soft Gold:

Mani made with Beautometry's May "My Mani Box"

Mani made with Beautometry's May "My Mani Box"

For my second mani, I wanted something simple. I started with a base of Zoya Alyssa, and then stamped an image from MoYou London Mother Nature 18 with Hit The Bottle Polish Holo There Beautiful:

MoYou London Mother Nature 18 over Zoya Alyssa, stamped with Hit The Bottle Holo There Beautiful

MoYou London Mother Nature 18 over Zoya Alyssa, stamped with Hit The Bottle Holo There Beautiful

For my final mani, I started again with Ms. Sparkle Fallen Kingdom. Then I used Clear Jelly Stamper LC-36 to stamp images, with Messy Mansion Sterling and Hit The Bottle Polish It Mossed Be Love:

Mani made with Beautometry's May "My Mani Box"

Mani made with Beautometry's May "My Mani Box"

I have to admit...I've been admiring that dinosaur plate for a while, so I had a blast making a pterodactyl manicure. :)

You can find Beautometry's My Mani Box here, and you can follow Beautometry around the interwebs here:

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