Baby Shark!

It's #MusicManiMonday and I'm sure you can guess the name of today's tribute song!  I have to admit that I've heard the song more than I care to admit as it's a favourite of my granddaughter.  Another mani from the archives; I did these nails in February 2021.  It seems so odd to see my nails this long as I wear them much shorter nowadays.

Started with a base of three coats of Glisten & Glow Baby Shark Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo.  This is the inspiration for today's nails; not that I did shark themed nails, but rather, the name of this polish.  

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using image from Chez Delaney Divers 007 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

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

I did Ms. Cindy a little different as we all know what a PITA glitter is to remove; however, I was a bad blogger and didn't note what polishes I used.  But here's the pretty base!

Stamped it with the same plates Chez Hivers007.

 Thanks for looking...and sorry for Baby Shark being your earworm today!

From the Archives

I suffered a pretty nasty nail injury recently on my swatching hand, so I haven't been doing my nails for the last week or so....and probably won't be until the nail grows out, which will likely be a month or more.  It was a low break, well into the bed so it has a bit of growing to do.  It's just at the point that it doesn't hurt anymore, IYKYK.  I'm still painting the rest of my nails but they aren't shareable as the injury is on my index nail, not like it is on my thumb and I can share the other four fingers.  But thankfully, I have lots of manis in the archives to share.  My issue is that most of them are blue, or daisies (or some type of floral nails), so the pickings are slim what I can share.  Luckily, it's spring, so floral nails are on point, but the nails are very similar, so not great to share for blogging.  It's what I like to put on my nails, which is why I have so many of them and when I'm doing my nails 5 days a week or whatever, I do enough other styles and colours that I can sprinkle in other styles and colours, but not now.  Although I do have quite a few snowflake mani's that I haven't shared, but not sure anyone wants to see snowflake nails in April, or May!  It's like seeing Halloween nails in March (which I do see, no shade to those who do them, it's just not my style).  Anyway, be prepared to see lots of blue, or daisy nails and I'll try to sprinkle in a few others in between until this nail grows out.  

Started with a base of Nina Ultra Pro Punki Pink, three coats, no top coat.  This isn't a very good example of this polish; my camera freaked out a bit from the brightness and it shows much more muted than it really is  The stamped nails are more accurate and you can see how much more vibrant it is.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Moyra 114 The Brightest Light

Stamped using image from Moyra 114 The Brightest Light using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief, no top coat.

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

I did these nails in July, 2019; how time has flied.  I wish my nails still looked like this; amazing what time can do to the body and how much we change as we age!  

Thanks for looking!

Zigzags!

A lot of days, I want to change my nails, but lack inspiration as to what to put on them.  I pick a plate and to change things up a bit, I do some layering or a few different polishes, which is what I did here.  I think it worked out?!?!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of China Glaze Blue Raspberry Ice, two coats, and OPI NFTease Me, which needed three coats to opaque, no top coat.

Topped the two fingers on the OPI base (middle and ring), with Pahlish Boo Bayoo Test Batch; thumb with Ribbits Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (LBOH Feb 2025), and the index and pinky were topped with Glam Polish A Fine Addition to my Collection.  I'm seriously loving the look for the blue flakies from Pahlish Boo Bayoo; it's one of my favourite layering polishes!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using image from UC Got Chevron? 2 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

Finished with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

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

Daisies!

These nails remind me of spring so I guess it's the time to share them!  I did these back in 2020; right when COVID was new and most of us were staying at home.  I didn't share them as the lighting makes my hands seem really red here but now, it doesn't bother me as much so they are coming out of archives.  

Started with a base of two coats of Cameo Colours Feathers in the Foliage (PPU Feb 2020) with a bit extra at the tips.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using image from Marianne Nails n110 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

Then topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

After the top coat had dried, added dots using Painted Polish Stamped in Starfruit.

Then topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Thanks for looking!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!  To me, lilies always remind me the most of Easter, so I made sure when I did these nails that I did them.  It was late so I thought that layered stamping would be best, but, as you can see, I didn't line them up the best.  I'm going to blame the late hour lol. 

Started with a base of two coats of Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Knowledge is Flower, no top coat.

Topped with Phoenix Polish Boy Toy (PPU Dec 2022), no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using CjS-109 with Painted Polish Blanc Slate and Midnight Mischief and shadow stamped accent nail with images from MoYou London Festive 77 with the butterfly from MoYou London Festive 58.

MoYou London Festive 77.

CjS-109

Topped with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Have a wonderful Easter and thanks for looking!

Bunnies!

Sharing these bright bunnies for Easter!

Started with a base of Morgan Taylor Baby It's Bold Outside, no top coat.

Topped with All Mixed Up Lacquers Totally Bonkers.  I love this glitter; it was nice to use it again and the mix of glitters and the pop of colour was fantastic!  However, what wasn't fantastic was the amount of fishing I had to do for the glitters plus the goopy base it was in, which resulted in quite a bit of polish sitting on my nails to get this amount of glitter on them.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  I dried my nails for quite a while under the nail dryer so get hopefully get the thick base to dry before stamping.

Stamped using Simply Polished Spring with MdU 107 (thumb), MdU AZ Easter with MdU 15 (index), MdU AZ Easter 3 using MdU 91 (middle), MdU Peeps with MdU 11 (ring) and Nicole Diary-042 with MdU 39 (pinky).  I had to stamp all images 2-3 times to get the vibrant colour and you can see that the base wasn't dry on all nails as it indented from the stamping.

MdU Peeps

MdU AZ Easter 3

Simply Polished Spring

After topping with Girly Bits Glitter Glaze, topped with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

I stamped Ms. Cindy but slightly different as, even though I love glitter, it still is a PITA to remove, so topped Pahlish Love To Love You Pride 2025 on same base, then stamped with an image from MdU Peeps using same stamping polishes.

 Thanks for looking!

Easter Egg Nails!

Like St. Patrick's Day, Easter has snuck up on me and while I have mani's to share, am running out of time to post them.  Hopefully I'll get a few shared before it passes.  

Started with a base of skittles; starting at thumb and going clockwise, Never Mind Ginger Taste, Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Miami Ice, Orly Bleu Iris, Cirque High Roller and Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Pink Cadillaquer.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

I decided I wanted speckled egg nails, so added a coat of Fancy Gloss Crushed Onyx.  It was a little heavier than I was wanting and I should have applied it before top coating, but that's OK; I decided I can make it work.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  Thankfully I have a nail dryer so dried my nails for a bit to ensure they were good before stamping.

Stamped using Apipila XL using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.  This isn't what I had in mind, but I couldn't decide on a bright colour that would pop on all the nails, that still worked with the black specks.  It was OK but not what I had anticipated.  Also, I shrunk the image using the size adjusting stamper or otherwise, would have just one line of wavy lines as it is a fairly bit image on my itty bitty nails.

Apipila XL.  Yes, I bought this plate strictly for the image I used here.  We all do it!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

 Thanks for looking!