Sweater Nails + Oopsie Daisies Discontining Some Polishes

At the beginning of December, I had seen a few posts of 'sweater nails'....I thought they were pretty awesome so I decided to do one myself.  Here's the sweater nails mani that I was wearing almost six weeks ago.....and just getting around to posting now!



Started with a base of two coats of Duri Taming of the Shrew; this pix has no topcoat.



Added one coat of Oopsie Daisies With A Cherry On Top, then topped with SV. (I think this combo would be a great stamping base for some upcoming Valentine's Day mani's too!)



Stamped using Konad white special polish using image plate QA15 (didn't do too good of a job on lining these up or stamping unfortunately - the index finger looks more like a frayed sweater!)



Topped with SV.



I seen a update recently that Oopsie Daisies is discontinuing a few of shades to make room for new ones in upcoming months; one of them is Oopsie Daisies Festivus For The Rest of Us**.  This is a mani I did on January 19th; Oopsie Daisies Festivus for the Rest of Us on top of Revlon Colorstay Bold Sangria that I had picked up that week when Revlon's were on sale at Shoppers Drug Mart.



Started with a base of two coats of Revlon Colorstay Bold Sangria. 



Added a coat of Oopsie Daisies and topped with SV.



For information about the polishes Oopsie Daisies is discontinuing; please go here....you can check out Oopsie Daisies Etsy shop here.  A few polishes are on sale including Festivus for the Rest of Us, Carols by Candlelight and Keepin' it Kosher; mani's I've done with the last two are here.  I've also done a mani with Soldier Of Fashion which is also being discontinued....and here's another mani I did using With A Cherry On Top too...it too is on the discontinued list.

Thanks for looking!


**Edited 15 mins after posting to add that Oopsie Daisies polishes were sent for review (forgot to mention!).  Please refer to disclosure policy for further information.

Oopsie Daisies Glacier

After a couple weeks of non-stop Christmas/Holiday/Winter mani's, I felt like something different and needed a little change.  When I was trying to decide what polish/what stamp (which usually takes me longer to figure out than the actual time spent on doing my nails...can anyone relate?), I seen the bottle of Oopsie Daisies Glacier** sitting on my table which I hadn't worn yet; this is what I came up with.



Started with a base of three coats of Oopsie Daisies Glacier.  Topped with SV.



Another pix.  Glacier is unlike anything in my stash; while I was initially going to layer it over a creme, I decided to just do layers on its own.  Three coats had good coverage yet was interesting because it was still translucent.





When it came time to do some stamping, the first images that came to mind were snowflakes...but I was wanting to stay away from Christmas/Holiday/Winter images as I had done so many mani's already with them and was feeling the need for something different.  So decided on MJ VI using Konad white special polish.



Topped with SV.



I really liked how this turned out; the popping glitter, combined with the stamping, made the mani look 3D which I thought was awesome!  The funny thing about this is that this polish would be an awesome base for some snowflakes...the glitter combined with stamping would be an awesome 3D effect!  Next time....! 




Oopsie Daisies is available via Etsy here....there's also a new collection from Oopsie Daisies called Mount Olympus just launched that has a couple colours calling my name.....!

Thanks for looking!

**Polish was sent for review.  Please refer to my disclosure policy.

Oopsie Daisies Wintertime Wonders Review-Part One

Oopsie Daisies recently launched Wintertime Wonders.  These are two of the four polishes in the collex; Keepin' It Kosher and Carols by Candlelight.

This is one coat of Oopsie Daisies Carols by Candlelight over two coats of Sinful Colors Exotic Green, which is shown below, no topcoat. 

Carols by Candlelight simply screams Christmas in a bottle to me!!! 

I wore this out Christmas shopping last weekend and received soooo many compliments!  It was very eye catching with all the holiday colours!

When I was browsing google reader for updates on blogs I follow, I seen My Nail Graffiti was also wearing this recently and her combination of Carols by Candlelight over Orly Au Champagne is stunning!  To be honest, the first base colour that came to mind when I seen the polish was green, as it reminds me of mistletoe, Christmas trees, wreaths.....but it looks fantastic over a lighter colour as well! 

Keepin' It Kosher is another glitter that's part of the Wintertime Wonders collex. 

I've shown it here over two coats of Ulta Blue Streak (please excuse my boo-boo!). 

Bottle shot.  Some of the glitter looks black in the pix but there is no black glitter at all in it, fyi. 

Of course, I couldn't resist some stamping!  Stamped using white Konad special polish with image D01.

Oopsie Daisies Wintertime Wonders is available via Etsy here. 

Thanks to Cathryn who sent these to me for review**.  I feel honoured that she thought of me again with her new collex....thanks so much!

Part Two of the Wintertime Wonders collex will be posted soon!

Thanks for looking!

**Polishes were sent for review.  Please see my disclosure policy for further information.

Baking Themed Mani f. Oopsie Daisies Tiramisu

Do you bake?  I love to bake....I made an Apple Crumble Pie on Sunday; last night, I made Banana Chocolate Chip Bread....if this trend continues, I think the next thing I'm going to have to make is an appointment at the local gym! 

Anyway, when it came time to do my nails last night, I still had baking on the brain so decided to do a dessert/sweets/baking themed mani...here's what I came up with.

Started with a base of OPI Berlin Done That from the OPI Germany collex.  This is two coats, no topcoat.

Added a coat of Oopsie Daisies Tiramisu and topped with SV.  I can see Tiramisu reflected in this unique polish... so I thought it was an appropriate choice for my baking themed mani!

Stamped sweets are BM 307 (ring finger), SdP C-18 (cupcake on middle), LLC 3 (pie on thumb), BM308 (cupcake on pinky and donut on middle), CH41 (pie on thumb) and DRK-B (index finger) using white Konad special polish.

Looking at my nails, the cupcake on the pinky and the cake on the thumb were just screaming to me...add a cherry on top!  So added some rhinestone 'cherries'.

Topped with SV to finish. 

I seen Fingers Polish Mania is absolutely loving Oopsie Daisies Tiramisu. Her post shows how different Tiramisu looks when layered using different base polishes...if you'd like to see what I'm talking about, please go here. Oopsie Daisies Tiramisu** is available via Oopsie Daisies Etsy store here. 

Oh, and in case you thought I was joking about making banana chocolate chip loaf last night.....I texted this pix to my friend last night right after I had taken them out of the pans....she responded she could smell them over at her place...then wanted to know how soon I'd be over with some for her!  And no, she's not a baker!

Thanks for looking!

**Polish sent for review. Please refer to disclosure policy.

Oopsie Daisies With A Cherry On Top

 This is Oopsie Daisies With A Cherry on Top; another polish from the Sweet Treat collex from Oopsie Daisies Etsy shop.

Started with a base of two coats of Sally Hansen Hearts on Fire.  I found this old beauty a couple weeks ago at one of my local discount supply places...they randomly stock the old square bottle Sally Hansen's and I keep on going back in the hopes of stumbling across Project Runway.  This is two coats with no topcoat and while you can see just a hint of VNL, I didn't add a third as I knew I'd be layering and stamping on top of it.

Added a coat of Oopsie Daisies With A Cherry on Top,** which is an assortment of red glitters in a slightly tinted base.

Bottle shot of With a Cherry on Top, which can be layered on its own but can also be applied over your favourite red base.

I don't think I've shown the bottom of the Oopsie Daisies polishes in other posts, but I adore how they are labeled on the bottom like the large retail brands.  I thought this was a great idea! 

Because I chose to layer With a Cherry on Top on a solid base, I thought there may be some interest in seeing how the polish layers.  Starting at the left, the first swatch is one coat, the middle is two and the end right one is three. 

For stamping, I wanted a stamp that the base layering could be seen, and wanted to do do something stylish and sophisticated, versus a themed or cutesy mani.  Chose A44, stamped with black Konad special polish. 



Added a coat of SV to finish. 



I can't wait to use this same combination of red base, layered With A Cherry on Top with holiday appropriate images at Christmas and Valentine's. But because its fall now, on the other hand, and just to show you how versatile With a Cherry on Top is, I layered it with Oopsie Daisies Apple Picking.  I loved this combination too!  My apologies for such poor clean up and cuticles on my right hand, but I couldn't help but share!  

Have I mentioned that Apple Pickings is one of my favourite fall polishes? I just think its an interesting combination of glitter colours and sizes in the clear base that just goes perfectly with so many different polishes as shown here, that if I wasn't such a nail fanatic and have an inner need to change my polishes and stamped images so often, that I'm sure it would be on my nails straight through September to November! I think I've worn it at least four times since I got it over the last few weeks which I think is some type of record for me as I simply don't wear a polish that often.

Hope you're having a great weekend....and thanks for looking!

**This polish was sent for review. Please refer to my disclosure policy for further information.

Fall Nails with Oopsie Daisies Apple Picking

Today's the first day of fall!  It's hard to believe fall is here already...where did the summer go?  As soon as I received Oopsie Daisies Apple Picking in the mail this week, I knew I had to come up with a fall mani using it....Apple Picking simply screams fall in bottle to me!  Here's what I came up with.

I did quite a bit of swatching using Apple Picking because I couldn't decide which colour I wanted to layer it over.  While I don't have pix to share (although I may update the post later), in addition to the colours I did use here, I swatched it over swatched L'Oreal Hyde Park, Sinful Colors Exotic Park, Essie Navigate Her and even bright reds......its looked awesome on EVERYTHING, light and dark.  I'm also thinking that Apple Picking will look great over darker browns too. I had too hard of a time just picking one olour so decided to do skittles; these were the colours I decided to use for this mani.

Polishes used starting at thumb and going clockwise are Essie Recessionista, China Glaze Kalhari Kiss, China Glaze Desert Kiss, L'Oreal The Perfect Trench and OPI Schnapps Out of It.  These are all two coats, no topcoat. (PSA: the China Glaze Safari polishes are part of the red tag sale right now at Sally's Beauty; I was able to pick up a few backups as part of their 2/$3....they also had the Orly Electronica collex that had Preamp too.  While I had initially passed on all the Orly's but Preamp when the collex was released, at $1.50, I couldn't resist the rest!)

Here's a whole bunch of pictures with Oopsie Daisies Fall Picking on top.  As you can see, it layered really well over light and dark colours.

A little bit of a better close up on the fingers.  Feel free to click on any of these pix for  better view!

Bottle shot of Apple Picking.

This was actually one of those few times that I didn't really want to 'wreck' my nails by stamping on them, but ultimately decided to do french tip of leaves to add to the fall theme, yet the majority of the base could be still be seen through the stamping.

Used Mash-27 and CND Gold Chrome on the darker colours and CND Copper Chrome on the lighter ones.

Oopsie Daisies Apple Picking is available online via the Oopsie Daisies Etsy store...and remember to use code HALLOWEENHARVEST for 10% off until September 25th! 

Hope you're enjoying the first day of fall! I'm up in cottage country and went for a drive this morning as I love looking at fall leaves, but they are just starting to turn so there wasn't much fall colour to see.  But with these cool nights we've been having, I'm sure the leaves will be changing in no time.  In the meanwhile, I'm off to make a huge pot of homemade soup...which will be perfect for the cool, damp, overcast weather...aka...fall weather...we are having today!

Have a great weekend...and thanks for looking!

Turning Oopsie Daisies Strawberry Trifle into Strawberry Shortcake!

I just found out that Oopsie Daisies currently has 10% off with code HALLOWEENHARVEST over at Oopsie Daisies Etsy shop until September 25th!  This is one of the polishes, Oopsie Daisies Strawberry Trifle**, which is part of the Sweet Treats collection. 

The above pix is with one coat of Strawberry Trifle, no topcoat.  I adore the awesome red glitter peeking through the base polish! 

Below is Strawberry Trifle, two coats,  no topcoat.

Just before I added stamping, I did top the mani off with a coat of SV, as you can see below.  I think the next time I wear Strawberry Trifle,  I'll leave at one coat to see more of the awesome red glitter that peeks through the base. I was so in love with the glitter that I took a brush and removed a little of the base over a couple pieces so it would shine through, which is why a couple of the pieces seem more pronounced than in earlier pix.  I had though about taking a cotton swab dipped in acetone and doing a quick swipe so that the glitter would pop but ultimately decided not to only because I've never tried this method before and didn't want to ruin the polish!  Maybe next time though.  Or leave at once coat as it had great coverage and there was lots of glitter visible. 

I have to be honest with you, all I could think about was strawberries when I was doing my nails.  So it was a no brainer when I decided to do some stamping that I ended up using....strawberries, what else! This is what I came up with.

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 I was surprised that in fact there are soooo many strawberry images available to use. 

The plates I decided to use were CH42 (thumb), W229 (Strawberry Shortcake and her pet), KD7 (ring finger) and Mash16 (large strawberry on index).  I also isolated one of the strawberries from the full nail image on CH42 and randomly stamped it on index, middle and pinky.  The pinky also has one of the images from Mash16. 

Konad red stamping polish was used.  And for some added colour interest, added random dots using Konad green stamping polish.

Topped with SV to finish.

Another pix.

I did my right hand a little differently and thought I'd share a couple pix of it as well.  The pix below is after stamping and dots.  I actually like how this hand turned out better than the left!

Topped with SV. 

I know this is a little cutesy (probably the understatement of the year!) but I was loving this mani!  In fact, I did my nails Sunday night and am still wearing it now as I finish up this post.  It's been wearing really well too.  Here's a pix that I took last night; you can see there's only minimal wear on a couple fingers right at tips even thought I bang away at a computer most of my day (and have been working 12-14 hour days all week!)  So I was really pleased with the wear of this polish. 

Oopsie Daisies also has three new polishes available, including Halloween Fall Harvest Duo, that look absolutely fantastic!  The two polishes in the duo are Mischief Night and Apple Picking, please go here to see them!

As mentioned in my last post, a winner had been picked from my impromptu giveaway.  There were 15 entries.

And as chosen by random.org....Marcia!  Congrats!

I've already emailed Dashica your three plate choices as part of my order, so I guess all you need to do now is send me an email with your mailing address for when they arrive I can send them your way!  And if you happen to have a wishlist of polish lemmings, I'll see what I can do about quashing a couple.  No promises, but I'll see what I can do! 

Thanks for looking!

**This polish was sent for review.  Please refer to my disclosure policy for further information.

Edited to correct image plate W229 was used, from W228 as originally posted.