Take Me To The Beach!

I pulled a bunch of summer themed plates and have been doing a lot of beach inspired mani's including this one.  Hopefully I don't get into a theme trap like I have been doing lately with a whole bunch of leaves in the fall, snowflakes in the winter, daisies in the spring...but I guess we'll see!  But just in case, be prepared to see lots of beach mani's like this one; here's what I came up with!

Started with a stamper smooshy base using Pahlish Cascades, China Glaze Capacity to See Beyond, Essie Style Cartel, Essie Viva Antigua! and FunkyFingers Gesso.

 Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using images from UberChic UC Beach Plates (thumb and middle), What's Up Nails A019 (index), SugarBubbles SB 051 (pinky) and CreativeShop 84 (ring) using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

 

What's Up Nails A019.

Shadow stamped with Painted Polish Deux 2.0 using same images.  Stamped some a little too tight, some a little too loose; one of these days I'll get it right!

Finished with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Hope you're having a fantastic week and thanks for looking!

Daisies!!!

Like a lot of areas in Canada and US (maybe more countries as well), we've had some unseasonably cool temperatures lately.  Even hail and snow a couple days earlier this week.  But it is calling for warmer weather and I can't wait to feel the warm air and sun on my face!  Might even go for a little drive in the country with the windows down to feel the breeze! We'll see!  

Thought I'd share these brights in anticipation of all the sun we should be seeing soon!

Started with a base of three coats of China Glaze Good As Marigold, no top coat.

Topped with a coat of Fancy Gloss Magma.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using an image from Lina 4 Seasons-Spring 02 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Dotted flower centers using same base.  Don't ask me why; not really that obvious but it made sense at the time!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

The next day, I thought that these flakies would look cool with matte top coat, so added a coat of Glisten & Glow matte top coat.  Not sure which one I liked best; they both look pretty awesome if I don't say so myself! haha!

One more shot; this time outdoors.  I don't really wear much orange and especially not outside of fall and Halloween but really love this combo!

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

St. Patrick's Day Nails!

I've seen lots of green mani's this month and I thought it was time to share some of the St. Patrick's Day mani's that I've done including this one!  Here's what I came up with!

This mani is inspired by one of my hand towels that I put out; if only I could water marble but I can't (at least not well!) so decided to do a stamper smooshy!

For the stamper smooshy, used OPI Envy the Adventure, China Glaze Grass is Lime Greener, Trip of a Lime Time and Gaga for Green.  Accent nail is OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using images from UberChic UC mini:  St. Patricks Day using MdU 37 (ring) and Bunny Nails HD-B on the rest using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Thanks for looking!

Stay Spooky!

I spent some time ago last weekend pulling some polishes that lend themselves to Halloween nails so that when I had time to sit down and do my nails, they were already at hand (as were Halloween plates as I pulled them and fall plates quite some time ago).  I'm not quite sure why I keep on buying polishes that lend themselves to Halloween manis when I discovered I have quite a few polishes already that lend themselves to Halloween manis.  So I thought I'd try to use quite a few of them in this mani because it might be some time before they get used again!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of skittles, polishes used starting at thumb and going clockwise:  Nine Zero Jack-O-Lantern Juice (3 coats), China Glaze Ick-A-Body (3), OPI Summer Lovin' Having A Blast (2), Cadillacquer White Knight (3) and Colors by Llarowe Sweet Nectar (Hypnotic Polish Excl) (3).  Case in point; I've had Ick-A-Body for I don't know how many years but have never wore it.  I don't know why I don't wear some of these polishes I have; it's like I collect them more than I wear them!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using images from UberChic Halloween-05 (middle and thumb) and MoYou Festive 16 (index, ring and pinky) using Painted Polish Stamped in Clay, MdU 11 and 52.

UberChic Halloween-05.

Shadow stamped on some of the nails using same images with Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.  Also added bats to the thumb using image from UC Halloween-05.  My shadow stamping wasn't as tight as I would have like but what can you do lol.

Added spider (didn't make note of which plates, sorry) on index, then finished with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

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!

Blue Floral Nails!

I've really been loving doing floral nails lately!  I remember a time when stamping plates were released and I thought, oh no, not another floral plate.  But now, I'm like, I need to be buying more floral plates!  Although not really because I seem to be drawn to this one image on Lina 4 Season-Spring 02 and have used it time after time!  Here's what I came up with not too long ago!

Started with a base of one coat of China Glaze Bahamian Escape, then coated with one thin coat of Claire's Off To See The Wizard.  I love this type of polish; I know polishes like this aren't all the rage right now but I think they give a pretty interesting base for some stamping.  I have begun to search my stash to see how many colours I have these polishes in because I want them all!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped with images from Konad Square 13 (index and pinky) and Lina 4 Seasons-Spring 02 on the rest using MdU 1.

Added floral images from same Lina plate to accent nails using MdU 112, then dotted nails using MdU 1 and 112.

Not the clearest picture but look at that holo!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on To to finish.

Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen Does Albums; Day 3

Hopefully you have been enjoying the album mani's this week!  This is my day 3 mani with a tribute mani based upon a KISS album; took a few liberties because there are no face images of KISS (except Gene which is on a MdU plate that I happen to have on order but won't help for now!  Just realized his face is also on a MoYou London Back to the 70's plate too that I just looked at that I have too!)  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a skittle base of KBShimmer Eyes White Open, China Glaze Flame-boyant, Sally Hansen Celeb City and OPI Envy the Adventure, all two coats, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

I made a few stamper decals using images from Apipila L18.  Filled in with KBShimmer Eyes White Open with a little SH Celeb City on nose of catman. 

Apipila L18.

Applied them.  Stamped thumb with Delaney Musique 001 for interest.

After adding a few accent stars from MoYou London Roxy 04 using Konad red stamping polish and MdU 1 and 2, topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Here's the album cover that the nails are based upon!

Here's the other ladies day 3 mani's!

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