Swirly Snowflakes!

I have always liked the look of dark colours on shorties, so decided to go with this lightly shimmered navy on my newly shortened nails.  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of Icing My Date With A Royal; this is three thin coats.  The polish is fairly thin and it took the three coats for good coverage.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using an image from Ejiubas EJB-03 with FunkyFingers Gesso.  (Please excuse the tip of the nail on the index; the capful of acetone that I use for cleanup spilled all over my nails and the index finger took the worst hit; just mangled up the stamping at the tip of the index mainly.)

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Thanks for looking!

Merry Christmas!!!!

Merry Christmas!!!  All the best to you and yours this holiday season!

For this mani, started with a base of two coats of L'Oreal Vert Absynthe, shown with no top coat.

Topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using images from EJB-03 (pinky, ring and middle), Delaney Noel A002 (thumb), and Wistonia Jingle All The Way (middle).  Used FunkyFingers Gesso on middle; the rest of the light green polish is Moyra SP15. 

Delaney Noel A002

Wistonia Jingle All The Way

Added dots to the berry and to decorate the tree using Girly Bits Fire Engine Red stamping polish and Funky Fingers Gesso.

Added more dots for filler and interest using same polishes.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Have a wonderful Christmas!!!

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Santa Claus is Coming To Town!!

The jolly guy in the red suit will soon be here!  This is the mani I did for Santa's arrival!

Started with a base KBShimmer Holly Back Girl, Essence The Green and the Grunge and Lippmann Run, Run Rudolph.  All are two coats except the crelly which is four.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

I had made stamper decals using Navidad 1 for Santa and the candy cane using acrylic paints; applied them. Stamped ring with an image from MJ XXX VIII using FunkyFingers Gesso, index wih EJB-03 using Moyra SP 15, and thumb with an image from Marianne Nails n.118 using Girly Bits Fire Engine Red..

Navidad 1.

Applied topcoat to most fingers.

Dotted berries on index using Girly Bits Fire Engine Red.

Added a few snowflakes from Sugar Bubbles SBS 08 for interest and filler.

Top coated with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Have a great Christmas Eve and thanks for looking!

Tim Hortons 2016 #WarmWishes Mani

Ever holiday season, I look forward to the seasonal cups that Tim Horton releases for their beverages. This year didn't disappoint and I've had at least one of every size over the last few weeks during my near daily trips for my morning triple-triple or sometimes a smaller regular later in the day.  So decided to do a mani based on the four different designs this year; snowman is  small, nutcracker is a medium, snowman is a large and reindeer is an extra-large.  This is what I came up with!

Started with with a base of CND Creative Play You've Got Kale, L'Oreal Plaid Please, OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls and China Glaze Desert Sun. All are two coats, no top coat.

Added  coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

I wasn't sure what I was going to do with the thumb; I ultimately decided to sponge on all the colours and hoped they turned out decently as they aren't really colours that I would pick to go together.

For the sweater design, used an image from Bunny Nails HD-F using CND Green Scene over the CND and the rest are custom blends using a combination of polishes and/or MdU stamping polishes.

Topped everything off with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

I made a few stamper decals using UberChic UC Christmas-01, for snowman, Born Pretty BP-11 for collar, MJ VII for reindeer and CICI & SISI 30 for moustache on nutcracker.

Applied the stamper decals as shown below.  Whatever else shown is freehand with brush and acrylic paints or polishes.  

Topped everything off with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

For the thumb, added words from same Bunny Nails plate, accenting with holly from EJB-03 which I have used time and time again this year!  They just seem to be the perfect holly and in a great size for my nails!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

The next morning, I decided to add a coat of Girly Bits Polish Matte'rs to be more in line with the finish of the cups.

Here's what the cups looks like if you haven't seen them (photo courtesy of Tim Hortons).

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Digit-al Dozen Does December; Day 4

Sorry I'm late with my day 4 post but life has gotten in the way of doing the post in a timely manner!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Girly Bits All The Jingle Ladies Black Friday 2016 which arrived in early December!  This was the mystery polish included with Black Friday orders and I put it on a day or two after my order arrived.

Added a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top before stamping.

Stamped using an image from Ejiubas EJB-03 using Girly Bits White Wedding.  Also used the GB clear jelly stamper for placement.  

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Added a few dots of Essie Getting Groovy for some interest.  

This is Ms Cindy; I really like this colour scheme!  The base is two coats of Essie Go With The Flowy. Stamped using same images using Girly Bits Fire Engine Red, then added dots using Essie Getting Groovy.  

Here's the other ladies Day 4 mani's!

An InLinkz Link-up

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Unorthodox Christmas Sweater Nails

These nails might win the Ugly Sweater Nails contest for being so ugly, but I love them!  I always try to think a little outside the box for at least one mani when doing seasonal or theme mani's and I think this is outside the box if nothing else!  I think they are really cool anyway!

Started with a base of three coats of KBShimmer Sugar Plum Faerie; this is shown without top coat.  This is a polish that really needs a coat of top coat for best results.

Added a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top. 

Picking up the green glitter in the polish, stamped with Mundo de Unas 52 using images from Bundle Monster BM-S215 (middle) Ejiubas EJB-03 (thumb) and MoYou Festive Collection-06 (index, ring and pinky).  Two things of note; this particular Mdu is a skin stainer so do cleanup on each finger immediately after stamping; even though I did this, I still have hues of green on a couple fingers.  Also, because the polish is so thick, it is best to stamp, scrap then wait about 5 seconds before picking up the image to avoid fine spider lines.  I forgot to do this on the thumb which was the first finger I stamped but quickly remembered once I did the thumb so the rest of the nails aren't that bad lol.  It's not noticeable IRL but in macro, very obvious!

Bundle Monster BM-S215. 

Ejiubas EJB-03.  These plate are actually etched on both sides in case you are wondering why you are seeing so many images.  They are sold on Amazon here.

Finished with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top. 

I didn't want top bother with a lot of glitter removal even though I did a coat of glitter peel to help with the glitter removal so did my right hand slightly different.  This is OPI My Current Crush stamped using same plates.  Even though not traditional colours, I think they work well together; really liked how this turned out too!

Thanks for looking!