Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! All the best to you and yours this holiday season.  I hope you have a Merry Christmas!

Started with a base of two coats of Kiara Sky Matcha Latte, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Used EdK Merry Christmas (thumb), UberChic Holiday Jingle (middle), and CjS C-65 on the rest.  Used CjS 062, CjS218, Maniology Pumps B463, MdU 106 and What's Up Avacado Toast stamping polishes.

I tried to shadow stamp the thump image but it wasn't lined up that well, so restamped it and changed the writing colour.  Did you notice?

Added a few starts on a couple of nails for interest, colour and filler, using image from MoYou London Noel 26 using MdU 106.

EdK Merry Christmas

CjS C-65

Topped with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

 Enjoy this time with you and yours and have a wonderful holiday season!

Christmas Stripes!

Some traditional Christmas stripes!  These aren't that hard to do which is what you need sometimes when you sit down and do your nails, but they have an appeal factor; I got lots of compliments on them!  Here's what I came up with! 

Started with a base of two coats each of Orly Monroe's Red and DND 325, no top coat.

Topped with Sassy Sauce Just Elfin Around and Sassy Sauce Reindeer Games, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using images from UberChic Holiday Jingle with Painted Polish Blanc Slate, no top coat.

Topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Something along these lines will likely be my mani for Christmas Day.  Festive and colourful; exactly what you want for holiday nails!

Thanks for looking!

 

Let’s Get Lit!

I've been wanting to do one of these Christmas light man's and was pleasantly surprised how many plates have these designs. However, just before I sat down to do my nails this night, I filed them all down so not many of the images fit my shorties, but thankfully, there's stampers on the market that resize images by making them larger or smaller, which I used for this mani.  I actually use them quite a bit as my nails are on the smaller side.  I'm thankful for the trick that you put a ruler on your stamper with guides and then you can reduce even a layered mani by using the guides, which is what I did her.  So smart, whomever it was that shared that hack!  I can't give credit but I know I had seen it in a group on FB.  Kudos!  Anyway, here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of Different Dimension Wonderful Christmas Time, two coats on a base of Cupcake White Blur, no top coat.  Fun fact:  this is a glow in the dark polish which I didn't know when I did my nails and it freaked me out when I went to bed as I kept on seeing these white flashes until I figured it out!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Layered stamped using an image from UberChic Holiday Jingle using resizing stamper with Painted Polish Stamped in Salt Water, MdU 11, CjS 062 and What's Up The Othere Side, with Painted Polish Midnight Mischief base.  The image on the thumb is from Lantern & Wren All The Jingle Ladies and the same stamping polishes used on the other fingers.  In hindsight, I wish I had of used the resizing stamper to make the words a little larger, but they are just super small IRL; you can clearly see the words on micro.  But if I was to repeat this mani, I would for sure increase the size of the image on the thumb.  I also seen this wording on another plate, so who knows; might use it when I repeat this!  And I know for sure I will repeat this; I loved it so and wore it for a few days which is unusual for me.  And got so many compliments on it....everyone thought it was such fun!  Here's another tip.  I'm not the best at shadow stamping although I love the look of it.  So as I was working on the stamper decal for the bulbs, I took a brush and outlined some of the words on the thumb to mimic shadow stamping but without having to line up the letters.  I thought I was brilliant lol!

Lantern & Wren All the Jingle Ladies

Added the light accent on all nails using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

Finished with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

This was so fun; I can't wait to recreate this next year!  Oh, and here is the glow in the dark pix...not the best pix but hopefully you can see it glowing!

Thanks for looking!

 

Another Christmas Mani!

I thought these layered stamped nails would be a quick mani but of course, they weren't. But I think they were worth the time they took to do; here's what I came up with!

Started with base polishes of Sally Hansen Haute Springs, OPI Christmas Gone Plaid and Potion Polish Holiday Baking, no top coat.

Did a bunch of layered stamps; plates used were UberChic Holiday Jingle (middle, pinky), UberChic Merry & Bright (ring), MoYou London Noel 05 (thumb) and CjS C-34 (index) using MdU 7, 11, Konad greet, Painted Polish Stamped in Chai, Stamped in Starfruit, Stamped in Crimson and Midnight Mischief.  Some of the images I had to double stamp to get them to show up (ie. middle finger and index) and I did add a few dots to make up for some stamping (on index, thumb, ring and middle).  I also added some KBShimmer White Here, White Now on the index finger for some textured interest).  

UberChic Merry & Bright

Added a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Different lighting.

Thanks for looking!

 

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays!!  True fact; that's the song I sing over and over when I'm getting ready for the holiday season.  But I only know a couple lines lol.  Here's my Happy Holiday mani!

Started with a base of Colors by llarowe polishes; No, I'm Still Tacky, Last Harvest and Rain, two each, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using UberChic Holiday Jingle (all fingers except thumb), MdU Christmas 2 is on thumb, as well as UC Merry Christmas which is the mistletoe on the thumb, using Painted Polish Blanc Slate and Painted Polish Stamped in Greenery 2.0 (mistletoe) with the Cbl red holo as the berries).

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top (after using a non-smear polish that hadn't fully dried, which is why you see the cloudy marks here and there).

I thought this needed a little bit of umph so added a few random sized dots here and there using Painted Polish Stamped in Greenery 2.0.

Added a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Thanks for looking!

Big Snowflakes!

There's a system headed our way and we're suppose to get some snow over the next few days.  So time to start sharing the snowflake mani's again!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Glam Polish Virgo.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Added stripes using Painted Polish Blanc Slate using image from UberChic Holiday Jingle.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Added the big snowflakes using image from same UberChic Holiday Jingle plate using MdU 68.

Topped with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Thanks for looking!

Winter Snow Nails!

I did these nails before Christmas but wasn't in a terrible rush to share them as I thought they could be used over the winter as they don't look toooo Christmas-y.  I'm sharing today given the snow we received last night!  This is what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Zoya Shawn.

Added a coat of Indigo Bananas Low-Key on a couple of the nails.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped stripes using UberChic Holiday Jingle with the rest of the fingers being Sugar Bubbles SBS 08 (the middle finger is stamped multiple times with the snowflakes from the image on the ring finger plus I added a couple more of the bigger snowflakes on the ring finger).  Used MdU 1.  Added China Glaze Party Hearty at the tip of the ring finger for colour and interest.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

The snow we got last night isn't expected to last thanks to the mild temperatures that are forecasted tomorrow and over the weekend.  But I can still see snowflakes on my nails as it seems like I've been doing lots of snowflake manis lately.

Thanks for looking!