Too Soon?

I knew when I sat down to do my nails last night that it was calling for rain and because I've been wearing lots of neons and brights lately, I decided to wear something a little toned down.  I was looking through my IEC 2019 haul and seen these polishes and thought they would make a cool skittle fall mani.  This is what I came up with!

Started with a skittle base of Bees Knees Lacquer Bucking Bronco, Alter Ego Uncommonly Me, Bees Knees Lacquer Hell Knight, Alter Ego Happy I'm Not Like The Others and Alter Ego Being Myself.  All the Alter Ego polishes are two coats; the Bees Knees are three. 

 Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped on some fall leaves using image from Lina 4 Seasons-Autumn 01 using MdU 9, 11, 32, 51 and 66 (and not all them necessarily on each nail).

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  

The Bees Knees have this pretty delicate shimmer in them so I decided to apply a matte top coat to highlight it; applied one coat of Glisten & Glow matte.

We had a late start to summer and I believe I heard it's forecasting for a warm fall so oodles of time so don't worry that I'll be sharing fall manis now.  I still have lots of summer looks to share before the leaves really change and the wind blows colder!  Just a nice change from the brights and neons that I've been wearing lately!

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Seeing Dots!

Good afternoon!  Hopefully you had a great weekend!  I'm gearing up to start a few days of vacation; I hope the weather stays warm and dry for the next week!  I did these nails back in April but could easily wear them any time of the year!  Here's what I came up with!

Glossy...or matte?

Started with a base of two coats of Fancy Gloss Beyond The Sea, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using Lina Feeling Shapely! 02 with accent of MoYou Pro XL 26 using MdU 1. 

MoYou Pro Collection XL-26

I double stamped the index finger to add more dots as you might be able to see close to the tip on the accent finger because the image had a stripe of dots that just didn't look right on my nails as there wasn't enough of a void so I added more dots using a clear stamper for placement to fill the space.  Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

I thought this would be a cool mani in matte, so added a coat of My Perfect Matte by My Indie Polish.

I'm not sure which version I like best; what do you think?

Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen Does Christmas in July, Day 4

These wild and crazy nails are for day 4 of  Christmas in July challenge for Digit-al Dozen!  Santa chillax-ing in the pool with Rudolph, and laying under the lit palm trees!  And how cute is that too tight Hawaiian shirt from Santa indulging in all those cookies on the index finger?  Accent is reindeer and Santa;s sleigh sailing over the palm trees!  Perfect for Christmas in July challenge!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of Zoya Tilda on index, OPI It's A Boy on middle, sponged gradient of Fancy Gloss Neon Blue and Blue Skies on thumb and pinky and Fancy Gloss Neon Orange, Neon Orange/Yellow and Neon Yellow on ring finger.  Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

 

I had made a couple stamper decals from Creative Shop 157.

 Applied them to thumb and middle.  Also did a decal using same image plate Creative Shop and applied it directly on the index.  Stamped ring finger using images from Betina B-19 and Chez Delaney Noel A007 using MdU 2.  Pinky is stamped with image from Lina 4 Seasons-Summer 01 using MdU 1..

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Added a few stamper decals to make the Hawaiian shirt on the index finger using image from Lina 4 Seasons-Summer 02 and MdU polishes.  Also added some white trim to Santa's hats on middle and thumb, as well as more colourful bulbs/lights on the thumb.  Added beach sand using Zoya Godiva on thumb and pinky.  For this mani, I used MdU 1, 2, 9, 11, 52, 81, 91 and 101 in some capacity.  I also used an assortment of regular polishes to fill in the stamper decals but didn't keep track of them; however, they were mainly older CND's.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Thought that matte topcoat might show up some of imagery better, so added a coat of My Indie Polish My Perfect Matte.

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

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Digit-al Dozen Does Christmas in July; Day 2

For my day 2 Christmas in July look, I'm sharing nails that can pretty much be worn any time of the year!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls.  Topped with Great Lakes Lacquer I Speak For The Trees.  This is a stunning polish that looks like glistening snow to me, which is why I bought it!  Hopefully you can see the coolness of this mani by looking past my hand redness and poor cuticles; this was around when they were at their worst but I was still doing my nails!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using MdU Christmas 7 using MdU 1.

MdU Christmas 7.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish. 

Here's the other ladies day 2 mani's!

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Enjoying Summer!

Good morning!  It's another beautiful day; the weather has been so nice this week and it seems that summer has finally arrived!  I did these nails back in May when the weather wasn't quite as nice but was hoping for summer anyway!  Here's what I came up with!

I love these flaky type of polishes and while this shade might remind me more of spring than summer, it's still a nice bright colour that I personally would wear all year round.  This is Different Dimension There Is No One Alive Who Is More You-er Than You, which was the March 2019 polish of the month.  Shown with no top coat.

Applied a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using an image from Moyra 118-Dream on with Painted Polish Deux 2.0.

Moyra 118 Dream On.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  I really like the simplicity of these nails but I also like to dot everything so.....

....added dots using MdU 51 for a pop of colour.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Thanks for looking!

Happy Canada Day!!

Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canadians!  I had a really hectic week and just did these yesterday but they'll be on my nails all weekend!

Started with a base of two coats each of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, OPI My Wish List Is You with an accent of Different Dimension Kiss Me Under The Light of a Thousand Stars.

Added a light coat of Funky Fingers Olaf on thumb for some interest and topped all with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

 Stamped all fingers using Clear Jelly Stamper CjS LC-08 using Konad red special polish and MdU 1.  Accent is CNF 001 with Fig Tree Stamps.

 Topped all with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.  It was a little hot and humid yesterday so even though I waited a bit to top coat, I still had a little smear.  I had to use the Konad and MdU stamping polishes as everything else dried too quickly!  Normally I would have done a bit of touch up with the stamps that didn't stamp that well but I did these in cottage country and only had a minimum amount of supplies with me.  But still was happy how they turned out!

Whatever you are doing this long weekend (and hopefully it is a long weekend for you!), please be safe regardless if you are on the water, driving, make sure you wear a hat and sunscreen and overall, enjoy your day and think of  what a great country we live in!

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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!