Ellagee Ev'ryone Wishes for Silver and Gold

Here's something a little different than what I normally do. A look I really liked in theory, just didn't execute it that well!  I will try this out another time (New Year's Eve??) for sure and hopefully have better results, but maybe this might give someone some inspiration so I'm posting it anyway.  Here's what I came up with.



Started with a base of one coat My Vampire is Buff on thumb, middle and pinky and topped with one (maybe two) coats of Ellagee Ev'ryone Wishes for Silver and Gold.  Accent fingers are one coat each of OPI Love.Angel.Music.Baby and OPI This Gown Needs a Crown, no topcoat. (Really liking this look with no stamping!)

Stamped using Konad gold black pearl special polish using Apipila 01.



Here's were I messed it up...by adding too much topcoat on the pinky and it blobbed causing the stamping to smear.  It was a pretty pleasant surprise to see the golden shimmer in the stamping as it really popped when it was topcoated!



My test hand.



Love this!!!


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Pahlish Whiskey from a Bottle of Wine

Here's a mani I did back in March just haven't got around to posting it yet....to be honest, I had the whole post finished and just didn't publish it....not sure why now but anyway, this is Pahlish Whiskey from a Bottle of Wine.

Started with a base of two coats of Pahlish Whiskey from a Bottle of Wine. Oh my goodness....this is a sparkler!  Not only holo in the sun but sparkly as anything in the shade due to the addition of fine shimmer. Whiskey from a Bottle of Wine is part of the Timeless Flight collex.

Stamped using white Konad special polish using Lily Anna 06 with an accent of Lily Anna 10.

Loving this 70's vibe and always great when you can pick an image that lets the base show through!  In hindsight, I probably could have used this mani for the Digit-al Dozen does decades challenge; it probably would have fit in just fine!

Top coated with SV.  Unfortunately I had base reaction and it turned the stamping polish light purple.  Serves me right for not top coating the polish first before stamping as this sometimes does happen.  

At tleast light purple is complimentary to the base lol!

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Digit-al Dozen Does Decades; Day 5

I'm late getting up my post but finally, here's Day 5 of the Digit-al Dozen decades challenge.  This time, I'm doing the 90's; here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls (white), FingerPaints Black Expressionism (black) and Duri Taming of The Shrew; topped with SV.

Stamped using assortment of images from MoYou Back to the 90's-01 (index and ring), MoYou Roxy-06 (thumb), MoYou Tourist-02 and HD-A (thumb) using black FUN stamping polish, Mundo de Unas in 11 (yellow) and 48 (green).

Added 90's on the thumb using the wording from the MoYou plate.

Here's a closer look at the plates used.  MoYou Back to the 90's-01

MoYou Roxy Collection-06

MoYou Tourist Collection-02

Topped with SV to finish.

Here's the other ladies Day 5 mani's!

An InLinkz Link-up

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Digit-al Dozen Does Decades; Day 4

Have you enjoyed DD decade challenge so far?  I know I've said it before, but it always amazes me the creativity the other ladies come up with for their mani's...I feel I barely keep up!

Anywhoo, every mani I want to do for decades is using bright pops of colour and thought that wasn't very imaginative so decided to go for something a little different for this one.  This decade is the 50's; I went with black and white on the basis of black and white TV back in the day.  If I'm being honest, I was going to do Elvis but I'm pretty sure there will be another lady doing Elvis at some point this week (here's looking at you, Laurie!) so decided on something a little different. Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls and one coat of FingerPaints Black Expressionism topped with SV (no pix).  Stamped using Konad white special polish and FUN black stamping polish using images from MoYou Back to the 50's-01.

Touched up some of the stamping with same polishes and added dots for filler.

Topped with SV to finish.

Here's the other ladies Day 4 decades mani's!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen Does Decades; Day 3

Day 3 of Digit-al Dozen decades challenge; the decade for today is the 70's when Disco Fever was all the rage!  Everyone was Jive Talkin'!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top (no pix as have shown before).  Stamped using Nailz Craze NC05 using assortment of Mundo de Unas stamping polishes; 4 (blue), 11 (yellow), 13 (orange), 15 (pink) and 39 (green).  I was going to use the swirl image from W216 but with my nails being so short right now, I know a lot of cleanup would have been needed trying to the centre burst centred on the nail, so went with the NC05 swirl as the center burst was less as closer to the edge which made it closer to cuticle to center (hopefully that makes sense!)

Added images from Wistonia W216 (all fingers except thumb) and MJ XVII (thumb) using black FUN stamping polish.

A closer look at W216.


Nailz Craze NC05


Added a few accents before finishing with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.



Here's the other ladies amazing Day 3 mani's....I must say they have outdone themselves so please be sure to check them out if you have a chance!

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Digit-al Dozen Does Decades; Day 2

For Day 2 of the decades challenge, I chose the 40's which was a time of war for most of the world.  Here's what I came up with.

Started with a base of one coat of American Apparel Army Jacket with an accent of Zoya Carey, no topcoat.  One coat was thin coverage but knew I was sponging on after so left at the one coat.

Sponged Quo by Orly Raging Vine, L'Oreal Creme Puffs and Barry M Mushroom on the green bases and Barry M Grey and Barry M Mushroom on the gray; no topcoat.

Added assortment of images from plates from Mash66 (thumb), Cheeky Jumbo 2 Tropical Holiday (index), Messy Mansion33 (middle), Apipila P.12 (ring) and MoYou Sailor-02 (pinky) using FUN black stamping polish and white Konad special polish.

Closer look at some of the plates used.  Mash-66


MessyMansion 33

MoYou Sailor Collection-02






Cheeky Jumbo 2 Tropical Holiday








Added a few accents to stamping as filler.



Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.




Here's the other ladies Day 2 decade mani's!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!