A Sterotypical Valentine’s

My husband and I didn't do anything special for Valentine's Day this year; we haven't for a few years now, but back when we were dating and before we had kids, it was always a night out for us to one of our favourite restaurants for dinner, and there was always flowers  card  to round out the night.  So when I seen these various images, I thought they would be a  nice reminder to days gone by.  And maybe this is how you spent your Valentine's, who know, although I have no idea how the night is spent now, although I suspect out for dinner is common.  I remember after we had been married a few years and when our kids were little, we used to go to dinner the weekend before, or a couple nights before as Valentine's was always so busy lol.  Anyway, here's what I came up with.

Started with a base of neutrals; starting at thumb and going clockwise:  OPI A Great Opera-tunity, Essie Gel Couture Tassle Free, Orly Light Tan, Essie Spin The Bottle and OPI Somewhere Over the Rainbow Mountains; no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Uprettego JR-368

 

BeautyBigBang Valentine's Day -XL-001

ShopAnts XL-019

MdU Mod. 537

BeautyBigBang Valentine's Day-XL-010

Started with images from Born Pretty - Artist L-014 and Dixie Plates Abbey's Abstract using MdU 43.

Stamped thumb using image from Shop Ants XL-019, middle and index were stamped using Uprettego JR-368, hearts on the pinky were stamped with BeautyBigBang Valentine's Day-XL-001 and ring is BeautyBigBang Valentine's Day-XL-010, as well as the words on the pinky, all using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.

Added heart on middle finger using image from BeautyBigBang Valentine's Day-XL-010, balloon on middle finger using BeautyBigBang Valentine's Day XL-010 and heart on index using MdU Mod. 537.

Topped using KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

 Hopefully you had a good night; however you spent it!

Happy Valentines Day!!

One day not too long ago, I needed a pick me up so I decided to paint my nails this bright hot pink.  I thought it would make a pretty cool Valentine's Day mani so added some heart stamping and this is what I ended up with!

Started with a base of Glisten & Glow Lei'd Back, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

SR-S009

Stamped using image from SR-S009 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate, with accent nails of MoYou London Festive 20.  Used same MoYou image to duplicate the hearts on the ring finger to fill the space for interest.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

 Thanks for looking!

Hearts!

This was my favourite Valentine mani that I did this year and I'm happy that I had time to share it this year versus waiting until next year, which sometimes happens.  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, then did a smooshy stamper base to get this.

Pahlish Jaq & Gus Sidekick Mystery, Pahlish ?, Pahlish The Albatross, KBShimmer Not Snow Fast (PPU Dec 2024) and Crystal Knockout Go Frost Yourself (PPU June 2024).  While they aren't all iridescent flakes, a lot of them are, which add to this really cool effect!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Creative Shop 196

Stamped using Creative Shop 196 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate, no top coat.

Topped with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

For a different look, topped with a coat of Essie Matte About You.  I thought this would really transform it, but all it all, it didn't look that much different.  

 Thanks for looking!

Hearts!

This was an experimental velvet mani and while it's not my best work, I don't think it was my worst.  It gave me good feel for how to do a tinted base on top of a velvet magnetic mani anyway and I will take what I learned this time and apply it to the next one, and hopefully it will turn out better!  Here's what I came up with!  

Started with a base of Polished for Days white soft focus, then added three coats of Cirque Chemistry, magnitized with a 30 lb. magnet.

I knew I was going to put a tint over it as I don't have a red magnetic polish, so topped with Essie Blush Stroke, which wasn't as red as I was looking for, but I at least was happy that you could see the velvet affect underneath.

Topped with a coat of Cirque Lucky Jelly, which was the red I was going for, or at least red enough, yet you could still see magnetic affect underneath.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using image from Nicole Diary-S23 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.  This was a good image to use as you seen the Valentine themed image, yet seen the velvet nails underneath.

Nicole Diary S-23.

Topped with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

 If I was to do this again, I would try it with a darker base as it took a lot of coats for the silver polish to be opaque enough, so likely a black maybe?  Or look for a more opaque silver magnetic as I have all kinds of ideas with topping jelly polishes over a velvet nail.

Thanks for looking!

Hearts!

A super easy Valentine nail with simple polish and simple stamping!

Started with a base of two coats of Garden Path Lacquers 1997 Pet of the Year (HHC June 2024), no top coat.  Such a pretty polish, it is too bad that my nails are in such a state here.  😭

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Twinkle T Hearts TT01

Stamped using Twinkle T Hearts TT01 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

 Thanks for looking!

Hugs and Kisses!

Another moody blue Valentine mani that was a lot of fun to do and I think it turned out pretty cute!  Here's  what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Different Dimension polish.  It had no label on the bottom; I don't know if it was there and I lost it or it was a mystery proto; if you recognize it, please let me know!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

UberChic UC Queen of Hearts

Stamped using UC Queen of Hearts (pinky and index), Apipila Love (thumb and middle) and Lina All About Love 02 (ring) using Painted Polish Blanc Slate, MdU 91 and UC Stamping Polish Cloud Canvas.  The three colours were used in each ring on the pinky and index and then a scraped gradient on the middle and thumb and shadow stamping was done on the ring finger.  I particularly liked the thumb nail and did a mani of just it later on.  Added a couple of random hearts on the ring finger as well using UC Queen of Hearts as well.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Thanks for looking!