Pink Smooshy Floral

It looks all nice and warm outside today but it is still chilly!  Hopefully spring will arrive soon!  If only the weather was as hot as these nails!  lol.  Here's to wishing for some warmer weather soon!

Started with a smooshy stamper base using Nubar Amazon Coral, Strawberry, Caribbean Coral and FunkyFingers Gesso.  I just was thinking over the weekend that smooshy stamper method is probably one of my favourite ways to create a base for nail art.  You get some interesting base designs for not much effort.  Except cleanup!  I guess it is the next best thing for those who can't water marble (like me!)

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using Konad The Most Popular Pattern with floral accents using Marianne Nails XXL 7 using FunkyFingers Gesso.

Finished with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

I did Ms. Cindy just a little different; still like how she turned out though!

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Digit-al Dozen Does Books; Day 3

Today's mani shows my most liked genre of books; romance.  I do a fair amount of reading and I would have to say that my most read genre by far is romance.  Favourite authors are Nora Roberts, Fern Michaels, Lesley Pearce and Maeve Binchy; if you are familiar with them, then you have read the romance lol.  If I have a preference, it's a novel set in a past century because I like to read about how people lived way back when.  I also really enjoyed the Earth's Children series by Jean M. Auel's again because it is set in prehistoric times and I found it fascinating how people lived.  Not lived, survived.  The Earth's Children series isn't romance related but I did enjoy the series.  So here's to some romantic reading!  

Started with a base of three coats of Nubar Grape with accent of two coats of Girly Bits Stayin' Alive.

Topped a couple of the nails with FunkyFingers Unicorn Dust for some layering interest.

Topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using BundleMonster BM-XL201 on all nails except ring which is BP-L13 using FunkyFingers Gesso.

Finished with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

I also took a picture of the mani outside; you can see the layering a bit better.  I mean, look at the thumb?  Not bad for a $1.67 polish!!!

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

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Digit-al Dozen Does White; Day 3

This is a mani that I've had in archives for quite a while; it dates back to September 25, 2016!  I look at it now and I think, pret-ty cool, but in all honestly, the reason why it hasn't been shared is I really wasn't that happy with it at the time!  I do not like my nails in natural light; I never can get the angle just so and wasn't happy about my poor clean up on them but I dunno, they don't seem to bad now a year and a half or so later so I thought, I'm going to share them now!  This is my day 3 mani for the Digit-al Dozen white challenge!

Started with a base of two coats of Nubar Dusk Till Dawn, no top coat.

Did a sponged gradient with Nubar Dusk Till Dawn and OPI Keeping Suzy At Bay.

Top coated with Girly Bits What A Rush QD Top Coat.

Stamped using FunkyFingers Gesso using XY-L29 (acrylic plate).

Finished with a final coat of Girly Bits What A Rush QD Top coat.

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

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Purple Might Be My New Favourite Color

I was looking through my archived mani's and noticed that I've been wearing a lot of purple.  A LOT.  Like, it might be overtaking my love of blue. This is a simple mani I did back in November; even though it's simple, I did like how it turned out.

Started with a base of three coats of Nubar Romance. The accent nail is two coats of Colors by llarowe The Good Old Days; this is shown with top coat. 

Stamped all fingers using MdU 14 using MJ XII; the accent nail is FUN 16.

Finished with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC to finish.

Hopefully I have enough mani's to mix things up or I might be sharing purple for a while lol!

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P.S.  Ironically, as I type this post, I have (you guessed it) purple on my nails.  I'll share it next time!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month; I thought it would be a good way to kick off the month by sharing a pink mani!



Started with one coat of Nubar Cover Girl.  This isn't really picture worthy; I did a very quick lay down coat just for a little coverage as I knew I'd be sponging on more of it for better coverage as part of the mani.



Did a sponged gradient using Nabi Bright Purple and Anna Sui 370.



Top coated with KBShimmer Clearly on Top before stamping.



Stamped using an image from Apipila p.25 using Funky Fingers Gesso.



Apipila p.25.



Top coated with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.



I even sponged my left hand and stamped it and it didn't turn out too badly!



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Nubar Peacock Feathers

It's hard to believe, but I used to go to a nail supply place that had the motherload of Nubar Peacock Feathers. They weren't terribly expensive; I used to buy a few when I was there and give them away as an extra in swaps I participated in on MUA.  So one day, I gave away my last bottle and went back to the supply place but they were all gone.  I think someone else found the magical supply and bought them up! No more were to be had because that happened around the time they discontinued it.  So I had to resort to eBay to get a bottle and let's just say I paid more for a bottle than I was buying them for at the nail supply place!  I think I eventually swapped for a back up bottle too.  I'm not sure why I have a backup; duochromes are OK but not my favourite finish and I'm sure I'll never finish the first bottle, never mind the backup.  I'm sure one of the bottles will show up on my blog sale, whenever I eventually get around to destashing. Anyway, one day back in the spring, I decided to go with something a little darker and decided upon Nubar Peacock Feathers; this is what I came up with!

Started with three coats of Nubar Peacock Feathers, no top coat.  Here's a lot of pix of Nubar Peacock Feathers; I took a lot to try to show it's many sides!

Topped with OPI The Man With a Golden Gun for some interest.

Topped with KBShimmer before stamping.





Stamped using MoYou Holy Shapes-08 using Funky Fingers Gesso.  I wanted an image that you could see the duochrome visible in the stamping, but try as I might, I couldn't get a good pix of the duochrome once the stamping was on.



MoYou Holy Shapes Collection-08





MoYou Holy Shapes Collection-07




Top coated with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.



Sorry for going crazy over the top in showing pix but hopefully someone out there appreciates them!


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Tax Time!

Sharing a Polish Previously Received for Review!

I'm late getting this post up but as today is the usual deadline for filing your taxes in Canada (except this year, due to a notice distributed earlier in the week by CRA stating the deadline is May 5, which was an error, they have now officially extended it to 3:00 am May 5th), I thought I would do a tax related mani!  Of course, it's blue being that I've been sharing blue mani's for the month of April in support of Autism Awareness.  This is what I came up with!

Started with a base of a coat of Nubar Fan Club; one coat gave pretty good coverage and I knew I would be adding glitter and stamping.

Layered a thin coat of Shimmer Sarah on all fingers except accent, which got a second coat of Nubar Fan Club.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  

Close up of Shimmer Polish Sarah**.

Stamped using Funky Fingers Gesso using Bundle Monster BM-311 on all fingers except accent.  Accent is stamped with Apipila 03 and VL011.

Close up of Vivid Lacquer VL011.

Top coated with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

I haven't really shared this before, but I've been trying out a new glitter removal base; NYC Strip Me Off Base Coat.  I used it on all fingers here and it worked well even on the non glitter polish!  So far, used it about half a dozen times and it has worked well every time.  Can't beat the price either for under $2 here in Canada!

Hopefully you've enjoyed all the blue mani's this month...and have filed your taxes lol!  Myself, I pay someone to do mine so I don't actually have to pull my hair out and swear while doing them....good luck to you if you do yours!

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**item received for review; has been previously reviewed here! See disclosure policy.