Taking It Easy!

I love so much about this mani; it is a good representation of what I'm wearing on my nails nowadays.  I just don't have time like I did before to search for images, maybe make a few stamper decals and add dots or little stamped accent touches here and there.  Don't get me wrong; sometimes I still do them like that, but they are getting less and less.  Now, I'm more into layering with a couple of polishes for some interest and then some simple, yet interesting, stamping.  Like here.  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Essie Hyperlinked, no top coat.

Topped with Glam Polish Crescent City, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped with an image from Infinity Nails 157 using MoYou London stamping polish Beach House.

Finished with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

 I hope to get time again to do some more interesting manis but in the meanwhile, I'm OK with these!  I did these a month ago and shortly thereafter, noticed my one nail wasn't growing that well so cut it back and I'm back with nude nails for the unforeseen future; it's a good thing I have a lot of mani's in draft still to share!  I'm not too happy about it as it was just growing out in this mani but it must be done.

Thanks for looking!

Dandelions in the Wind

Here's a mani from 2019 that I hadn't shared yet.  I have so many draft mani's that I have to post them at some time so no better time than the present.  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Hydro Electric, no top coat.

Topped with Anna Sui 101, no top coat.

Topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

ZZ Dandelion

Stamped using images from ZZ Dandelion with accent nails using Vivid Lacquer VL24 on pinky and ring fingers, using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

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

Thanks for looking!

Giant Daisies!

I see spring flowers blooming all around now that the warmer weather is here so thought it would be a good time to share a few floral manis over the next little while, including this one.  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Morgan Taylor Deja Blue, no top coat. 

Topped accent nails with Whatcha Indie Polish Love & Respect - Pride Month 2023.

Maniology M401

Stamped accent nails with image from Maniology M401 using MdU 91.  (Sorry, I don't know why these images aren't the same size as the others.  I tried to correct them, but couldn't.)

Stamped all nails uring image from KADS Flower 66 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate, no top coat.

Added centers to the daisies using Painted Polish Stamped in Starfruit.

Finsihed with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Thanks for looking!

Swirls!

Spring is upon us and we have warmer weather again, which means I'm going to be sharing a whole bunch of floral mani's, but before I do, I thought I'd share this swirl mani that I did one bleak day this past winter.  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Orly Synthetic Symphony, no top coat.

Topped with a coat of Glam Polish Sunset Surf, no top coat.

Topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped with image from Lesly LS-20 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

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

 Thanks for looking!

Galaxy Nails

I know a lot of people will have their eyes to the sky today for the April 8th solar eclipse and while I don't have eclipse nails to share, I do have galaxy nails that will have to do.  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of Sally Hansen CSM Dark Hue-Mor, two coats, no top coat.  And not very clean up by the looks of it.

Maniology MXM 121

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Sponged Lemming Lacquer I Blue Bubbles When You Were Not Near and Pahlish Out of the Woods until I got the galaxy look I was going for.

Stamped images from Maniology MXM 121 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

Added a few more stamped images from same plate using Painted Polish Thirty & Flirty.

Topped with a coat of KBShimmer to finish.

Added a coat of Essie Matte About You so the flakies pop!

Thanks for looking and be safe if you're watching the eclipse today!

 

More Snowflakes!

I know the calendar says April 4th but when I looked out my window just before starting a blog post, I seen about an inch of snow on the ground.  So that means reason for me to post another snowflake mani before the it melts, which will probably be by morning.  So here is yet another snowflake mani that I did this past winter but hadn't shared yet.

Started with a base of Essie Ride the Soundwave, then topped with a coat of Scofflaw Heisenberg.

Then topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Kads Christmas 026

Shadow stamped using Painted Polish Blanc Slate and 2.0 using MdU AZ Winter 2 for words on ring, and Kads Christmas 026 for the rest. This is the best shadow stamping I have every done; I can only thank the large magnifying light that I got as a gift at Christmas time.  What a game changer!

Topped with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Thanks for looking!

Happy Easter!!

Hopefully everyone had a good Easter weekend!  Here's the final set of Easter nails that I have to share this year!

MdU AZ Easter

MdU AZ Easter 2

Started with skittles; starting at thumb and going clockwise:  Essie Take The Lead, Zoya Kay, China Glaze Holy Sugar!, Zoya Lena and Zoya Tilda, no top coat.

Topped with Penelope Luz Scocery, then topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Decided to do some tone on tone stamping:  used MdU AZ Easter for words and index image and MdU AZ Easter 2 for the rest; I shrank some images and also double stamped some images to get image opaque.  Stamping polishes used were CjS 165, CjS 212, CjS 218, Painted Polish Stamped in Royalty and MdU 11.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Thanks for looking!