Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year!  All the best in 2022!!

Started with a base of two coats of OPI Black Onxy, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using image from Sugar Bubbles SBS09 (bursts) and HD-E (all on thumb) using Hit the Bottle stamping polishes in Ectoplasm Green, High Voltage Violet, I Pink Therefore I Am and Blutonium.

Added numbers using Lantern & Wren Everything is Fine and a few stars using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

Lantern & Wren Everything is Fine

Topped with a coat of KBShimmer on Top.

Have a fantastic 2022!

Digit-al Dozen Does Vampy; Day 1

Happy Thanksgiving!  

It's Thanksgiving Day here in Canada and because it's also Day 1 of Digit-al Dozen's theme this month of Vampy, I tried to come up with some darker autumn hues to combine the two.  Here's what I came up with!

 

Started with a base of piCture pOlish skittles; starting at thumb and going clockwise, polishes used are Sisters, Autumn, Meow, Sunflower and Bordeaux.  All are two coats, no top coat.

Added a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Made a few stamper decals using acrylic paints.

Then applied the stamper decals.

Images are from Bunny Nails HD-E (thumb and index); Delaney Automne 001 (middle and ring) and Messy Mansion MM23.  

Added a few more random leaves for filler and interest.  Used MdU 9, 11, 13, 48 and 66.

Topped using KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Here's the other ladies Day 1 Vampy mani's....and if you look closely, you will see that there are a whole bunch of new ladies in the Digit-al Dozen starting this month!  Please check out their awesome nails and blogs using the inlinkz below!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!

Reindeer Sweater Nails

There are several stores in my general area that sell random polishes.  I might stop by 2-3 times a year to see what they have.  One of these such stops happened last weekend as I was out Christmas shopping and remembered that one of the places also sells discounted body washes, perfume and cologne, makeup; perfect items for stocking stuffers for my teens!  I stopped by and picked up a few stocking stuffers, then checked out the random polishes and found a bunch of old Cutex polishes in the polish bin.  I can't remember if I paid 3/$1 or 6/$1 but know about 12 came home with me; even if they are close to polishes I already have, the sale shopper in me can't pass up the bargain!  When I sat down a couple nights ago to do my nails, I was a little tired of doing Christmas nails but wanted somewhat in the holiday spirit; so decided to use one of the bargain bin polishes I picked up; this is what I came up with!



Started with a base of two coats of Cutex Velvet Velour; this has no top coat.




Added a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top. Not a whole lot difference but wanted top coat in case I messed up stamping.



Using Mundo de Unas #1, stamped using Bunny Nails HD-E.  This is one of those tricky images to line up but I was pretty happy with the placement on these fingers at least!  Didn't do too good of a job on the thumb but left it anyway.



Top coated to finish.



I was pretty happy with my bargain bin find and how this turned out!  I've been wearing this for a few days now as too tired from doing errands and shopping after work to do my nails but got a lot of compliments every where I went.  It's also holding out really, really well!  A good thing as I think I'm going to be out and about shopping tonight too!  But this is what I heard the most:  "Are those stickers?"  Urggggg!

Have a great weekend; thanks for looking!

Thanksgiving Nails!

Happy Thanksgiving if you are celebrating today!!  This is the Thanksgiving mani I was wearing when we were celebrating here in Canada back in October; unfortunately, I didn't have a chance to share (except on IG) so thought would share now for the US Thanksgiving!

Started out with a stamper decal on the thumb using Infinity 65.


The rest of the base polishes used are Sally Hansen Butterscotch (index and pinky, OPI Don't Talk Bach to Me (middle) and Barielle Peanut Butter (ring).



Stamped using Messy Mansion MM23 on all fingers except pinky, which is BundleMonster BM-H11.



MM23



Did the right hand slightly different; used BM H-11 on pinky and index, MM23 on ring and the leaf on the thumb and Bunny Nails HD-E on thumb.  I didn't make note of the stamping polishes but I'm guessing they were an assortment of Sally Hansen Insta-dri's as I wasn't home when I did this.



Top coated to finish.



Have a great holiday if you are off; otherwise, thanks for looking!

Ugly Sweater Nails

How about some ugly sweater days on a cold January morn?  Brrr, it is cold here!  I think today is the coldest day we've had this year....even if not THE coldest, still cold!  Here's a mani I did in back in early December but haven't posted yet.

For my take on ugly sweater nails, I wanted to do something a little different than what I've seen out there in the blogesphere, so did skittles in bright holo's!  Polishes used starting at the thumb and going clockwise are Jade Uau!, Jade Mirage, Jade Vermelho Surreal, Jade Hypnose, and Smitten Sunny Side Up; all two coats, no topcoat. 

Different lighting.

Stamped using assortment of image plates; MoYou Festive Collection-06 (pinky, ring and middle), HD-F (index) and HD-E (thumb) using white Konad special polish.

Different lighting.

Here's a closer look at HD-E.

MoYou Festive Collection-06

Topped with SV to finish; unfortunately had reaction on a couple of the fingers turning the white stamping polish to pink, but it wasn't so noticeable in real life!

Thanks for looking....and try to stay warm if you are in the deep freeze like me!

P.S.  I haven't forgotten about announcing a winner for the giveaway; I'll try to do by the end of the week...thanks for your patience!

New Year's Nails

I'm terribly late in getting up a New Year's mani but was finally able to some on New Year's Day!  I thought these turned out kind of cool.... then it made me kind of sad that I didn't have time to do more New Year themed mani's....oh, well, c'est la vie!  This is what I up with!



Started with a base of two coats of Sally Hansen Satin Glam 08 Silk Onyx**.  This was part of a surprise promotional box of Sally Hansen products that I received just before Christmas. (Pssst.....I was thrilled to see that there are six new colours of Sally Hansen Sugar Shimmers being released too!)



There are eight Satin Glam's that will be released including this one, Silk Onyx. Sally Hansen Silk Onyx dries to a satin finish and has the added interest of sparkle (aka tiny pearl particles as mentioned in the promotional brochure).



Application was easy and coverage was good in two coats; I may have been able to get away with one coat if I had have been more careful.





Stamped fireworks as a backdrop using assortment of Mundo de Unas stamping polishes and images from HD-E.



Added more images using same HD-E plate using yellow Mundo de Unas stamping polish.





While I really liked this satin look, I have a need to topcoat all mani's so added a coat of HKGirl QD topcoat to finish.



When I showed my daughter the finished nails, her first comment was that the sparkle in the base polish looked like stars in the sky.  While I didn't have this in mind specifically when I chose SH Silk Onyx as the base, I think she is right and it adds an interesting twinkling star quality on the backdrop of the fireworks!



There is a wide arrangement of new Sally Hansen products that will be released soon across Canada including the Satin Glams, Sugar Shimmers, gel polishes, nail polish stripes and new colours of Insta Dri polishes.  Sally Hansen is also releasing an assortment of nail art products for DIY use which includes embellishment kits, nail art stripers, tool kits, and nail art pens (one of which I used earlier in this post). Some of these products I've already already seen launched at local retailers and all products will be available by February 2014.

Thanks for looking!

**products sent for review; please see disclosure policy for further information.

Quick and Easy Gmen!

I'm not entirely sure I'll be able to do a New Year's mani yet; I'm hoping to get one on my nails maybe this afternoon and post later but time will tell. I've been dealing with a lot of work related emergencies, my husband had a death in the family and had an out of town wake to go to, haven't been feeling too well, so just no time and/or energy to do nails.  But there are other priorities over doing nails, not to mention working enables me to pay for all the plates and polishes so can't really do much about it for now! There's always next year!

This is a mani I did Christmas night to wear on Boxing Day.  Super quick and easy!

Started with a base of two coats of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls.  No pix as have shown many times before.  Stamped using red Konad special polish using HD-E and HD-F (the small gmen are isolated from the full nail image on HD-F and the large are a single image from HD-E).



Added dots using green and yellow Konad special polish.  Then added some glitter from Lynderella Do You See What I See?  I was looking for green glitter in a clear base, which I thought this, but it looks like there is faint glitter bleed.  (I also went to Lynderella blog and the description says that it is in a clear base so obviously glitter bleeding has occurred).  The tinge looks pretty obvious in these pix but in real life, it wasn't so obvious, plus gave a little holiday colour!  Just wasn't what I had in mind when I envisioned the nails though. No cleanup as I knew I was adding more glitter.)



Added more glitter using Revlon Graffiti 678.  I honestly did some cleanup but not the best obviously from these pix!



Added topcoat to finish. (That isn't a blue glitter on the ring finger, just a reflection!)



This didn't turn out too badly even though the bleeding glitter tinged the base a little.  It was very festive I thought and super duper easy and quick which was what I was looking for that night!

Have a fun and safe New Year's if you are venturing out and about tonight to celebrate!  All the best to you in 2014!

Thanks for looking!