Nails to Match My Sweater

I've had issues with my nails for almost a year now so since May 2022, I've been mainly sharing mani's that I've had in archives.  While I'm sad about my nails, if there's anything positive about this, is that I've been able to share so many mani's from archives or still on my camera roll.  I have soooo many as , except for the last year, I probably do my nails 5-7x a week, but only share 1-3x a week, so that's a lot of nails that haven't been shared.  There has been a few mani here and there that I've worn recently and shared with a fake nail or short but for the most part, they are all archived mani's.  I'm still doing my nails (mainly polishing, not much stamping) but haven't been sharing them when they are really short or in the growing out stage but I might as I've taken pictures in case I ever wanted to do them again when my nails grow out.  Some day lol.  In the meanwhile, this is almost the oldest mani saved on my camera roll and am sharing now.  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of Quo by Orly Mega Silver, Zoya Julie and Zoya Aurora, three coats each.

This was the inspiration for this mani; it was the sweater I was wearing at the time.

Topped with a base of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped with image from Delaney Linges & Traits using FunkyFingers Gesso.

Sweater view.

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

Sweater view.

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from my family to yours!  I hope you have a wonderful holiday season!  

Started with a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, with accents of CbL Last Harvest and O Canada.

Topped thumb with a thin coat of KBShimmer Holly Back Girl.  Also topped the holos with OPI DS Shimmer for some more holo!  Then coated all with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Did a sponged gradient on two nails using OPI Envy the Adventure and Color Club Catwalk.

Stamped the holo accent nails with image from Delaney Lignes & Traits with Painted Polish Blanc Slate, the gradient nails with Dixie Plates Christmas 2018 with Painted Polish Midnight Mischief and the thumb with Marianne Nails n.127 using Konad red.

Dixie Plates Christmas 2018

Marianne Nails n. 127

Added a couple dots on the reindeer using same polishes that were used in the gradient.

Finished with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Merry Christmas!!!

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Bright Nails!

I did these out of character for me nails a couple days ago to match a fairly busy lemon/lime blouse I was wearing that had white, black and yellow accents.  Not sure if too over the top but I loved how these turned out anyway! Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Misslyn Lemon Green, two coats.  This was a perfect match for my blouse!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top before stamping.

I recently received the new FUN plates; this is FUN 26.  The image that first caught my eye was the first image on the second row on the left hand side so I knew I was going to use it.   

I thought the image from FUN 26 (shown on ring finger) would be too busy on all nails although originally I wanted to stamp only with it.  So I had the idea to do an assortment miss mash of images and see how it worked, so I went with it!  Plates used were FUN 26 (ring), Delaney Linges & Traits (pinky and index) and DRK A (middle and thumb).  I was kinda ticked at myself for having crooked lines on the index which can happen with a squishy stamper...and wouldn't you know it, it stamped straight as can be on Ms. Cindy. Grrr! I used MdU 2 for stamping polish and didn't do that great of a clean up job by the looks of it, so sorry!  But other stamping polishes didn't pick up that well for some images but MdU did the job!

 

Added a few yellow dots using CND Bicycle Yellow.

Then added a few white using Funky Fingers Gesso.

 

I didn't mind this, but then got the bright idea to add a few big yellow dots on ring; maybeeeee a bit over the top, but I loved how it looked anyway!  Then topped with KBShimmer to finish.

 

I really liked a few of these nails; the thumb, middle and ring are my faves and they gave me some mani inspiration for future manis!

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!

Digit-al Dozen Does December; Day 3

For Day 3's nails, decided to do some Christmas nails!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Contrary Polish Flames and Colors by llarowe Chasing A Unicorn.

Added Essie Getting Groovy to the thumb for some contrast.

Stamped over Contrary Flames stripes from Delaney Linges & Traits using FunkyFingers Guesso.  I had nicked my index finger and had to add another coat of Cbl Chasing A Unicorn.

Stamped holly using Chez Noel A001 using MdU 7.

Added red berries to the holly using Moyra SP02 stamping polish, then added stripes to the thumb using same image from Chez Linges & Traits using MdU 7.

Added a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

To tie in the gold thumb, I added a gold dots; not sure if this helped or hindered the mani!  But I liked it lol!

Here's what I was wearing on Ms. Cindy; Essie Getting Groovy was the base, used image from Chez Lignes & Traits using same stamping polishes; MdU 7 and Moyra Sp02.

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

An InLinkz Link-up

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NEW Crumpets Nail Art Challenge; Halloween in the Wrong Colours

For this weeks Crumpets Nail Art Challenge, the prompt is Halloween in the wrong colours; here's what I came up with!

I've been wanting to wear Colors by llarowe Lotus as soon as I got it but because I was late in getting it and by the time I did, I was wearing fall colours and doing Halloween nails, I thought now would be a great time to finally put it on my nails.  This is two coats, no top coat.  

Added a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  The top coat really makes this beauty shine and enhances the ever so delicate shimmer!

Added stripes using Delaney Linges & Traits.  I tried several clear stampers but any of the squishy or semi squishy make wiggly lines so found that the Original Clear Jelly Stamper - second version, worked well to keep the lines straight.  Of course, even with a clear jelly stamper, I messed up on placement, so pinky isn't the best. But I had already stamped some of these so many times trying to figure out which clear stamper wouldn't stamp wiggly lines, so decided to live with it.  Middle image is from Apipila Super Place F; used FunkyFingers Gesso.

Topcoat ed with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  I really liked the look of this mani at this point but it didn't look very Halloween-y to me, so I decided to do some more stamping.  Wasn't the best decision, but it is what it is.

Apipila Super Placa F

Delaney Linges & Traits

Stamped using MdU 60 using images from Marianne Nails n.117 (pinky and thumb), Marianne Nails n.61 (middle) and SPH-008 (index), then shadow stamped using same images using MdU 2.  Added dots to skull eyes on ring finger then topped everything with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.  I didn't take pix of just the single stamping with the MdU 60 as I wasn't quite sure I could shadow stamp these well enough to share as my shadow stamping skills just aren't the best.  Still need some practise but I guess they could be worse lol!  

SPH-008

Marianne Nails n.117

Here's the other ladies Halloween in wrong colour mani's!

An InLinkz Link-up

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