Happy Canada Day!!

Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canadians!  I had a really hectic week and just did these yesterday but they'll be on my nails all weekend!

Started with a base of two coats each of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, OPI My Wish List Is You with an accent of Different Dimension Kiss Me Under The Light of a Thousand Stars.

Added a light coat of Funky Fingers Olaf on thumb for some interest and topped all with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

 Stamped all fingers using Clear Jelly Stamper CjS LC-08 using Konad red special polish and MdU 1.  Accent is CNF 001 with Fig Tree Stamps.

 Topped all with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.  It was a little hot and humid yesterday so even though I waited a bit to top coat, I still had a little smear.  I had to use the Konad and MdU stamping polishes as everything else dried too quickly!  Normally I would have done a bit of touch up with the stamps that didn't stamp that well but I did these in cottage country and only had a minimum amount of supplies with me.  But still was happy how they turned out!

Whatever you are doing this long weekend (and hopefully it is a long weekend for you!), please be safe regardless if you are on the water, driving, make sure you wear a hat and sunscreen and overall, enjoy your day and think of  what a great country we live in!

Thanks for looking!

Orange and Peach Circles

I don't usually do these type of abstract kind of nails but I did like how this turn out!  Too bad my pictures seem really dark but hopefully you can see how they look anyway!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of China Glaze More To Explore with accent of OPI Tempura-ture Is Rising.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped with image from MoYou Holy Shapes 08 using Hit the Bottle A Flock of Seagulls with accednt of MdU 31.

Double stamped using image from MoYou London Holy Shapes 12 using MdU 108 with accent of Hit the Bottle A Flock of Seagulls.

MoYou Holy Shapes Collection-12

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

I love when I can get a pretty good match with a stamping polish and a regular polish to create a matchy-matchy look and think everything matched pretty good in this one!

Thanks for looking!

I Might Need To Use Negative Space Images More Often!

I'm doing a scheduled post for a few weeks away as I type this; I hope the day I pick is a bright sunny day to go along with these bright sunny nails!

The nails didn't start too bright and sunny; this is two coats of SuperChic Awkward Turtle, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped with an image from Marianne Nails XXL 6 using MdU 46.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

I don't use these negative space images that often, mainly because I don't think that the base shows that well most of the time but I think I need to start using them more often!  

Thanks for looking!

Going Through the Archives

I have a pretty good number of archived mani's and while I'm still sharing newer ones, I would like to get these older ones posted.  I've been posting some here and there for a little while now.  Typically these are manis that might be a little simpler to do because I did them just because I like to change my nails so often yet don't have too much time but hopefully they might be of interest to someone.  I like to see sometimes just how an image looks on the nails from a plate that I haven't used so if nothing else, this may help someone.  Or maybe create a new polish lemming for someone, who knows! Here's one from last May last year!

Started with a base of Glam Polish Chamber of Secrets, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped with an image from Marianne Nails n.23 using FunkyFingers Gesso.

Marianne Nails n.23.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Thanks for looking!

More Butterflies!

Another butterfly mani; I did these a little over a year ago but didn't get around to sharing them.  Not sure why because I love this mani; here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Zoya Sawyer, no top coat.

Sponged Zoya Tangy at the base of the nails for some interest.

Topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped with image from Lina Make Your Mark 04 using MdU 33.

Added butterflies Lina 4 Seasons-Spring 01 using FunkyFingers Gesso.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen Does Vacation; Day 5

These nails are going to do double duty today; for day 5 of Digit-al Dozen vacation challenge as well as GlamNailsChallenge tropical flowers prompt.  For vacation, these nails represent one of my bucket list items of visiting Hawaii!  There aren't too many places left to visit on my bucket list but Hawaii is definitely one of them!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a stamper smooshy base using Fancy Gloss Neon Yellow, Neon Green, Neon Blue and Tiffany.  No polish base coat; just on clear nails!  I also brush stroked in a few places that were a little dark to me for more interest.  Also, this was one smooshy and it did all five nails!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using image from MoYou London Tropical Collection-17.

MoYou London Tropical Collection-17

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

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I love how this turned out; now I want to try it in all the bright colours!  Thanks for looking!

GlamNailsChallenge; Bees!

I'm late again for the #glamnailschallenge posting on June 16th which was bees!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a textured base of OPI Emotions with accents of OPI Hate To Burst Your Bubble, both two coats, no top coat.

Stamped using images from BM-422 (pinky and index) using MdU 11 and Messy Mansion MM18 on the rest using MdU 2.  I didn't top coat these nails as its kind of pointless using liquid sands if you do but I do wish I had have because some of the stamping rubbed off the next day before I took them off!

BundleMonster BM-422.

Hope you're having a great day and thanks for looking!

Some Experimental Layering!

I was going to use this mani for Digit-al Dozen colours challenge as there are quite a few colours in this but I had so many other mani's, that I used them instead.  Another floral mani, I love the brights against the darker base!  

I love dark colours on shorties so started with a base of two coats of Pahlish Whomping Willow, no top coat.

Topped with a coat of New York Summer Alpha Jewel Glitter.

Layered with a coat of Yves Love 441.  This was a random dollar store find many years ago.  It is really sheer but I applied it thicker than my test nail so it covered up more of the holographic glitter than I wanted but you can still see it shine through.  It also has a really interesting green shimmer to it which added a whole other level to the base!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

That shimmerrrrr!

Stamped with image from Lina Feeling Shapely! 08 using MdU 1.

Added dots using MdU 53, 68 and 106 for some colour pop!  I was quite happy that you could still see the glitter and the shimmer even with the stamping on top!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Thanks for looking!