40 Great Nail Art Ideas Does Films

Today is 40 Great Nail Art Ideas featuring films.  I thought about doing an actual movie and actually had plates set aside to do Monsters Inc. but went in another direction was films in general.  Monsters Inc. will have to wait for another time!  Here's what I came up with!

For the base, I decided to do the alcohol spray water marble; first time ever doing a water marble type of design!  It didn't turn out the best; the first nail I did was the index finger using hair spray but it hardly bubbled at all.  So I used a spray bottle of 70% alcholol that I keep on hand to clean my stamper heads and got better results.  There's room for improvement; including the cleanup; O M G!  Even though I used Girly Bits Border Patrol which helped a great deal, the backside of my fingers had a ton of polish on them still.  I guess when I watched tutorials, they used the stick to remove excess polish and I haven't mastered it well enough so had a lot of polish on a couple of fingers on the back.  Next time, I'll latex the fingers all around.  After I was done, I was like....why am I doing this anyway; there's image plates with these type of designs!  Anyway, I might do this again and see how it goes!  I used Cupcake Polish Down For The Count in the marble, which was over OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls.  Accent is Funky Fingers Dark Knight.

After cleanup, but before top coat.

Added a coat of Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC before stamping.  I picked this gold holo for the water marble as it seemed to closest match the gold stamping polish that I was going to use, which was CND Gold Chrome.  It matched pretty good, I think!

Image plates used were Chez Delaney Cinema 001 (index and top figure on thumb), SdP 78 (middle), SdP 118 (pinky and lower image on thumb) and Canadian Nail Fanatic 001 with Fig Tree Stamps on ring which was stamped using CND Gold Chrome.  The rest of the images are stamped with Funky Fingers Dark Knight.  

Chez Delaney Cinema 001

Top coated with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC to finish.  I had only taken a few pix when I nicked my middle finger with a polish bottle; the very first pix was one of the few taken but not the best.  

I wanted to go glitz and glamour like the night of the Oscars, which I think this was achieved with this colour scheme!

Here's the other ladies film nails!

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Have a great weekend; thanks for looking!

Another Mani Featuring Emily de Molly EDM06

Here's another image from Emily de Molly EDM06 that I had recent opportunity to review. One of the things that I really appreciate about stamping is that you can pick an interesting polish, add an image that lets the base shine though and come up with a pretty great mani when it's all said and done with!  I think I accomplished that with this mani; here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Different Dimension Apus, shown below with no top coat.  Different Dimensions Apus is part of the Shooting Star series.  Unfortunately, I didn't get any of them when they were initially released but have picked up a few on blog sales.  I don't know why anyone would want to part with this dreamy blue with gold flakies but I'm sure happy to have it in my stash because of their destash!

Added a coat of Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC before stamping.

Stamped using Funky Fingers Gesso using an image from EDM06**.  Even though the lines are very fine, the etching is clear and crisp.  Cleaning of the plate was easy as there were no rough edges that catch the cotton when cleaning the plate nor was there any issue with the scraper catching the image during the scrape.

Added a couple studs to accent for interest.

Finished with a coat of Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC to finish.  

Emily de Molly stamping plates and vinyls can be purchased via their store here with international shipping from Australia. There is also a US Emily de Molly estore here that also ships plates and polishes to US and Canada. Emily de Molly products are also available via these stocklists with many offering international shipping!

Thanks for looking!

**item provided for review; please refer to disclosure policy

Emily de Molly EDM06 over Jade OMG, Sands!

I did this mani recently on a night when I wanted to change my polish but didn't have a whole lot of time to do my nails (aka most nights!).  Sometimes the simplest nails can be the most effective and I think this is one of them; here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of one....yes, one! coat of Jade Special Glitz Sand's Collection OMG, Sands!, no top coat. The formula was very thick but had good coverage.  I'm not sure if the thickness of the polish is normal or my bottle needed some thinner but even though it was thick, I was able to apply it decently! 

 

Stamped using Emily De Molly EDM06** using Funky Fingers Dark Knight.  I love this image; I've worn it twice in a very short time!  That says a lot when you have as many plates as I do but I find that it is quite versatile and is a great image for when you want the added interest of a stamped image but still want the beauty of the base to shine through!  As you can see, even though the lines on this image are very fine, the etching is clear and crisp.  The quality on this plate is excellent; cleaning of the plate was easy as there were no rough edges that catch the cotton nor was there any issue with the scraper catching the image during the scrape.

Emily de Molly EDM06

Didn't apply top coat as this is a texture polish even though in first pix, I'm holding a top coat bottle.  That was because it was hard to photograph holding the Jade bottle.  Even though this polish is textured, removal wasn't that hard.  It wasn't as easy to remove as a creme but not as difficult as a glitter; not too bad anyway even thought it might look really rough! I had more of an issue with all the glitter flecks being everywhere after removal; I'm sure a couple of them made their way into the mani I wore after this one!

Emily de Molly stamping plates and vinyls can be purchased via their store here with shipping from Australia. There is also a US Emily de Molly estore here that also ships plates and polishes to US and Canada.  Emily de Molly products are also available via these stocklists with many offering international shipping!

Thanks for looking!

**item provided for review; please refer to disclosure policy

40 Great Nail Art Ideas Does 3 Shades of Purple

It's Friday!  That means it's 40 Great Nail Art Ideas challenge!  I'm actually on time this week so happy about that!  This weeks theme is right up my alley being 3 shades of purple...this goes well with my recently loving all the purple nails mantra!  This week, we all have different prompts and I had mosaic/stained glass. This is what I came up with!

For this mani, I first did stamper decals using an image from Infinity 149.

Infinity 149

Used Funky Fingers Dark Knight for the outlines then filled in with acrylic paints in three shades of purple.

I did a purple base before applying the decals just in case there were some areas that weren't 100%.  This is two coats of Kit Spring Awakening, no top coat.

Added a coat of Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC before applying decals.

Added stamper decals. 

Added a coat of Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC to finish. 

Here's the other ladies 3 Shades of Purple nails!

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Thanks for looking!

Pahlish Such Great Heights

I have this light purple turtleneck with dark and light gray stripes along with white stripes that I love.  I used it for inspiration for a previous mani and I had it in mind when I did these nails that I had on a couple days ago. Even though the sweater is striped, I didn't want to do another striped mani as I had already done it before here so did another one using same colour scheme, just different design.  This is what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Pahlish Such Great Heights; this is two coats with no top coat.  I actually thought this was light purple but I see others label it as periwinkle; it does lean more blue in picture but really does seem light purple to me in real life.  It's a lovely colour none the less with very light holo in it.  

Topped with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC before stamping.

Stamped using UberChic 6-02 using Mundo de Unas 33, Light Gray.

UberChic 6-02

I haven't used dots in a while so added a few random using Barry M Grey and Funky Fingers Gesso.

Finished with a coat of Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC to finish.  

Regardless if light purple or periwinkle, this mani complimented my sweater nicely!   The added use of dots makes me feel like I'm back to my stamping roots so always like to see them on my nails lol!

Thanks for looking!

Purple Might Be My New Favourite Color

I was looking through my archived mani's and noticed that I've been wearing a lot of purple.  A LOT.  Like, it might be overtaking my love of blue. This is a simple mani I did back in November; even though it's simple, I did like how it turned out.

Started with a base of three coats of Nubar Romance. The accent nail is two coats of Colors by llarowe The Good Old Days; this is shown with top coat. 

Stamped all fingers using MdU 14 using MJ XII; the accent nail is FUN 16.

Finished with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC to finish.

Hopefully I have enough mani's to mix things up or I might be sharing purple for a while lol!

Thanks for looking!

P.S.  Ironically, as I type this post, I have (you guessed it) purple on my nails.  I'll share it next time!

Digit-al Dozen Does NEW & Improved; Day 5

This is what I came up with for Day 5 of Digit-al Dozen week with the theme of new and improved although I'm a couple days late in sharing.  I did another new to me technique; being the dental floss method; here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of OPI Boyfriend Scales Walls; two coats then top coated (no pix as have shared before).  For the dental floss method, you use these dental floss picks.

I brushed paint across the floss and then you place it horizontally on your nail.  

This is what I ended up which is a total fail for the method as it is suppose to be crisp, clean lines.  But what I got instead was blurs of lines.  Every time I put the dental floss down on the nail, it kinda skidded and did this blur thing.  I think it might have been because of the top coat making it too slick but not sure.  Also, my dental floss had some play and wasn't a tight string and I think that also stopped it from making crisp lines.

I didn't mind this end result though; it reminded me of an abstract water colour or something.  This was sky and trees for my airplane base.  Polishes used are Nicole by OPI Blue Baby, SpaRitual Circle of Life, Kit Teal Tango, piCture pOlish Sky, Essence The Green and the Grunge and Maybelline Go Go Green.

Top coated with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC.

I made a stamper decal using Messy Mansion MM35.

I had this big stamper that I got from Messy Mansion; its really the only stamper that I have that is big enough to stamp this image but unfortunately, it doesn't work that well which is why Messy Mansion was including them free with orders.

This was the stamped image.  I attempted to make a stamper decal by topping with Sally Hansen Hard as Nails; however, I couldn't get the image off the stamper at all.

Then I made a decal on the UberChic mat.

I cut the decal into sections so it could fit on the nails, then applied them.

I also made a stamper decal using Chez Delaney Back to the 50'x 001 and applied it to the thumb.

Finished by adding a coat of OPI matte. (I just looked at this and realized the ring finger image is upside down; I couldn't figure out why the plan propellers don't match up then seen the wheel in the air!  On the pix above, it is upside down too and should have been flipped.  Doh!)

As challenging as this week has been, it has been interesting using all the new to me techniques; when I was commenting on the other ladies manis, I also realized there are oh, so many more techniques I have not yet tried.  Hopefully, I'll go out of my comfort zone and try even more of these techniques at some time.

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

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This mani is also doing double duty for the things that fly theme for 40 Great Nail Art ideas; here's the other ladies nails!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!