Digal-Dozen; Day 2, Black n White

Day 2 for the Digit-al Dozen black and white challenge!  Did you check out yesterday's nails from the group?  It was interesting to see the diversity of the designs that the ladies in the group came up with simply using black and white! And the freehand skills are off the wall!  I'm always envious of anyone who can freehand because I have a hard time dotting (as you'll see in this post!) never mind freehand a design/image with a brush!  This is my Day 2 mani....no free handing here, you can see!

I've been experimenting with different white bases as my bottle of my go to white, OPI Bride's Bouquet, is almost empty and I haven't been able to find a replacement.  I did try NYX White and while I love the brightness of it, I'm not a fan of the formula or the brush, so still searching.  This time, I thought I'd try OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls; this was the first time I used it even though I posted mani's done later already.  It's an OK white but I wish it was a little brighter.  I much prefer the OPI brush and formula and it may have to do until I find something better.  This is two coats, topped with SV.

Stamped using black Konad special polish using SdP C-13.



Now, I know the challenge is black and white, but the rules for the challenge are open to our personal interpretation so I decided to add a pop of colour. (You have to keep in mind that I wear my mani's and do my entire nails each time I do them and this is just a little plain for my taste.)  So added a few dots.



Did you notice that the balls rotated each nail?  Trying to give the illusion of juggling!  I thought I was clever anyway!  (You can also see how I messed up the dots!)  I then decided to add some more colour so added a few more. All polishes are Konad special polishes.



Topped with SV.





Here's the other ladies Day 2 manis!

Thanks for looking!

Betty Boop is Hot Hot Hot!

This weeks challenge over at AiS was Hot! Hot! Hot!  When I was coming up with a mani and looking through my plates, I got to thinking that some of these Betty Boob images looked pretty hot!  This is what I came up with.

Started with a base of Essence Modern Romance as neutral to cover VNL because I knew Revlon Sheer Blossom was going to very sheer...and did two coats over Modern Romance.

Stamped using black Konad special polish using the following plates:  SdP 18 (thumb), W206 (ring), SdP 1 (middle), SdP C13 (index) and W207 (pinky).

Added some funky french tips using CH22; the heart tip on thumb and dots on the rest.

Added a few accents using red Konad special polish.  Stars are W203, hearts are fauxnad K06, sexy is SdP D02, and kiss is OB28.  You can see I misstamped sexy and it pretty much only reads sex...this was my second attempt and I thought if I couldn't do it the after the first two attempts, I probably wouldn't get it right on the third......so just lived with it!

Thanks for looking!



How Was Your Weekend?

What a fabulous weekend! A long weekend at that due to the Canada Day holiday! Yahoooo!! I had a great time! Spent a lot of time at the beach on the lake, under the sun, or swimming in the pool. There was a nice cool breeze off the lake making the hot weather tolerable.



July 1st, during the afternoon at Canada Day celebrations, we sang the National Anthem, then released red and white balloons into the sky. Then ate fresh picked strawberries and vanilla ice cream. The afternoon was spent having a barbecue and then lots of games for adults and kids alike!

There was an awesome fireworks display the evening of July 1st that blasted shades of colour explosions over the night sky.



Every night of the weekend was clear and we made the most of it, sitting around the campfire, roasting marshmallows, looking at all the twinkling stars under the clear night sky. (Thank goodness that terrible lighting and thunder storm Saturday night happened in the wee hours of the morn!)



The weather was fantastic.....we were kept cool with nice refreshing drinks..loaded with ice. Kept us well hydrated in the hot weather!

I hope you enjoyed my interpretation of my weekend on my nails! LOL! Base coat was one coat of OPI Need Sunglasses? topped with two coats of L'Oreal Yellow Seahorse. I found the L'Oreal difficult to apply, but after adding a few drops of thinner, the second coat applied better. Here's base by itself.



Then stamped using Konad special polishes in orange, black, red, blue pearl and deep jungle stamping polishes using fauxnad IP's D-17, D-16, T37, T27, HB 44, SdP B-20, and SdP C-13. Added a little sparkle after stamping. Kinda makes the stars twinkle....I'll have to keep this in mind for another mani!

Hope you had a great one....or are still having a great long weekend if celebrating July 4th! So, how was your weekend?

Thanks for looking!