Fugly is Looking Pretty Normal Nowadays

I feel that in some ways, this mani is getting back to my nail roots; one of my early favourite things to do with manis was to add dots here and there for some interest but I haven't done it a whole lot recently it seems. However, once I stamped these nails, they needed something a little more so added the dots too for a little extra colour!

Started with a base of Nerd Lacquer Some Bastard Who's Presumably Responsible; two coats, no top coat.  There were no application issues.  

Top coated with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC before stamping.

Added an image from Big SdP L using Funky Fingers Gesso stamping randomly for interest.  Well, tried to stamp randomly; I seen after the fact that the middle and ring finger were stamped identically lol!

Added dotted centers using CND Bicycle Yellow.

Top coated using Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC to finish.

Here's a close up of Nerd Some Bastard Who's Presumably Responsible.  You can see the base polish a little better; there's some gold flakies in there and black and bronze micro glitter for added interest.  This isn't a shade that usually appeals to me but sometimes there's an urge to wear what I called a fugly in the past but nowadays, it's no longer fugly but moreso a unique shade that I like to wear every now and then.

Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen, Love and Heartbreak; Day 3

Here's yet another Valentine's Day themed mani I came up!  Is anyone tired of them yet?  I don't even think I'll get all the V-Day mani's I've done so far posted before Valentine's.....this one's kinda lovey-dovey....



Started with a base of two coats of OPI Bride's Bouquet and OPI Red My Fortune Cookie; topped with SV.



Stamped using MM03 (Be Mine wording), SdP 60 (couple on ring), SdP 78 (balloons on thumb), SdP 85 (pattern on pinky) and Big SdP L (images on index and middle fingers) using black, red and white Konad special polishes. I wasn't entirely happy with the way that the index finger stamped so I hand painted it in but didn't do that great of a job unfortunately. Added a few accent hearts here and there as well.



Topped with SV.



On a side note and totally unrelated to Valentine's, I believe the stamped couple here are the couple from Twilight...Edward and Bella...I have the series of books and movies but have never read or watched them...I don't want to watch the movies until I read the books simply because I like to read a book before watching any movie or anything because I find that a lot in the movies get missed or interpreted differently  then the book, but hey, that's just me.....anyway, just haven't gotten around to it yet...some day!






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Digit-al Dozen, Love and Heartbreak, Day 1

This month's Digit-al Dozen theme is Love and Heartbreak....I have so many V-Day mani's to post...they are mainly about Love....but there will be some Heartbreak too....this is the first I came up with!



Started with a base of one coat of Nicole by OPI Positive Energy, with two coats of OPI Red my Fortune Cookie on accent.



Stamped with black Konad special polish using Big SdP L.



Stamped on accent with Nicole by OPI Positive Energy using plate W203.



While I didn't mind this, wanted something a little different so I did a test stamp on my thumb with a layer of white.  Liked the results so started the other hand and LOOK AT THIS!



Stamped EXACTLY on top of the first image...I mean, I couldn't do that in a million gazillion years if I wanted to on purpose, never mind that I really wanted it offset!  I was amazed I did this...even though it was unintentional!  (Small things amuse me, obviously!!!) 



Anyway, I had seen the double stamping had a little bit of potential on my test thumb so stamped the rest of my hand in white, except the thumb, which I added another layer of black for contrast.



Topped with SV.



IRL, this was pretty cool and funky; however, it kinda looked like a hot mess in this pix....like I was intentionally doing a Jackson Pollack Valentine mani!

Thanks for looking...and here's the other very talented ladies in the group with their Day 1 mani's if you want to take a look!

Autism Awareness Day Mani

Today is World Autism Awareness Day. This is the mani I came up with to support awareness for a cause that is near and dear to my heart.

Base polishes used starting from thumb are Essie Borrowed & Blue, China Glaze Bahamian Escape, OPI No Room for the Blues, Nubar Boyfriend Jeans and Nubar Dark Wash Jeans.  All two coats except No Room for the Blues which was three.

Image plates used are Big SdP F (thumb), Big SdP L (index), XL A (middle), Big SdP F (ring) and XL A (pinky) using an assortment of Konad special stamping polishes except pinky which was Sally Hansen Instadri Blue-Away as I was less than thrilled with the stamping on the ring finger.  I hoped that when I topped the stamping polish was SV that it would even it out a bit, but it never.

I've had this idea of a mani in mind for a while and had hoped that the new Lilic plate I ordered a couple weeks ago would have arrived to I could include the puzzle pieces on it as then I'd have five different images for all five fingers...but I guess its still in transit!

Hope you had a great weekend...thanks for looking!

Yet Another Valentine's Day Mani

Another Valentine's Day mani....



Started with a two coats each of China Glaze Haunting, Orly Mirror Mirror, and Duri Taming of the Shrew.

Topped Mirror Mirror with a coat of Zoya Luna and Duri Taming of the Shrew with Zoya Jade for a little sparkle interest.

Stamped using SdP A20 (thumb), SdP 33 (index) Big SdP L (middle and ring finger), SdP C20 (on pinky) using red, black and white Konad stamping polish.



A rare shot of my right hand...pretty much same designs and plates, just a little different (I kinda like how it turned out better!)

Added a couple random hearts from QA18 using Konad black and white special polish, then topped with SV.



Is it just me or have there not been a whole lot of V-Day mani's out there in the blogesphere? Maybe because there are so many polish collections being released now and everyone is swatching them....not sure? Have you done one yet? If not, do you plan on doing one? Anyway, I hope I'm not boring everyone with mine! I think I even have a couple yet still to post!

Thanks for looking!

More Traditional V-Day Mani

A good friend of mine just went to the salon and got a hot pink Valentine Day mani...complete with hearts and everything...I thought I'd try one out myself!



Started with a base of two coats of OPI Don't Know...Beets Me! with accent nail of OPI Bride's Bouquet.



Stamped using Konad white special polish using Big SdP L. I isolated one of the dangling hearts and stamped it alone on the pinky just for something different.




I had picked up a new Konad stamping polish called Magenta at Christmas so decided to see how it stamped on the accent finger, again using another heart image on Big SdP L. While it was hot pink in the bottle like the OPI base, it didn't stamp as dark as I would have liked.

It didn't stamp terribly well as you may be able to see from the first pix; my error as I did my right hand and it stamped better as you can see below on my pinky....looking at the pix below, it seems that I stamped all the images way better onto my right hand using my left hand; that's just how it goes some times!



Added a few more hearts here and there to fill in a couple bare spots, topped with SV and done!



A pretty traditional, hot pink Valentine's Day mani! My friend said it was her kind of nails (cause she's not a fan of all of my mani's!).

Thanks for looking!