Dotty for Fall!

Here's another fall mani; I love how neutral it looks with even muted pops of colour; really different from the rest of the fall nails I've shared so far.  I was pretty happy too because every polish used for this mani is regular nail polish; nice to see that you don't always have to use 'stamping polishes' to create cool nails.  (Nail pictures have been taken in shade and sun; they are interchanged in the post in case you wonder why the polishes/skin tone is slightly different.)  Here's what I came up with!

 

Started with a base of Sally Hansen Insta-dri Sand Storm; two coats, no top coat. 

Stamped using UberChic Lovely Leaves.  The thumb is KleanColor Fashionista with Sally Hansen Insta-dri polishes Lightning, Lickety-Split Lime, Snappy Sorbet and an unnamed red.  The rest of the fingers stamped with KleanColor Military Green and Fashionista.  Shown topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

I didn't mind this but you know me; busy nails is my middle name!  So added dots using same Sally Hansen Insta-dri polishes; also added some more leaf dots to the thumb.  Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

I like the dot version slightly better than the muted neutrals but all in all, really liked how both of them turned out!

I still haven't seen any leaves turning colour yet; but I expect it will happen in the next few weeks!  

Have a wonderful weekend.

Happy Fall, Y'All!

This post is scheduled to go live a couple minutes after the official arrival of fall.  I've resisted doing fall nails as we have had such hot weather but now that fall is officially here, I guess the time has come to start doing them!  I still have spring and summer nails to share never mind fall so I'm not sure how many fall mani's will be shared but I do have a few!  This is a mani that I recycled and wore for a few days; I did the base and wore it one day and while I was wearing it I was thinking that I had have wished I had have stamped spider webs versus the pattern that I did.  Then I thought that the first stamped image just lends itself to double stamping and thought some Halloween images would be good.  But really want to do a spider web base first so so went with leaves...that plus fall is before Halloween so I still have time to do Halloween nails! And who says there's no thought into doing nails; sometimes it take me longer to plan the mani then to do the nails themselves...in fact, most of the time, that is how it is!   Anyway, here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Color Club Lunar Logic, a $3.99 Winners find.  Shown with no topcoat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped with MJ XLV using KleanColor Metallic Black.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Thought with the speckled base of the Color Club and the hint of silver in the stamping that this would look good matte; topped with My Indie Polish My Perfect Matte.

The next day, added turning leaves using an image from Lina 4 Seasons-Autumn 02.  Stamping polishes used starting at thumb and going clockwise:  MdU 11, Mdu 9, Mdu 59, Mdu 53 and Mdu 66.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Thought this would look better matte again, so added another coat of My Indie Polish My Perfect Matte.

I loved how this turned out; one of my favourite mani's in quite some time!

Happy Fall Y'all!  Enjoy the cooler temperatures, pumpkin all the things, sweaters, apple cider and all the other fall related items!

Thanks for looking!

40 Great Nail Art Ideas Does Pastels

This weeks 40 Great Nail Art Ideas challenge is pastels; I had added prompt of nude base.  Let me tell you; I don't think I could have gotten anything harder!  It was so hard to find pastels colours that were dark enough to show up over a nude base (not withstanding that apparently I don't own many pastel stamping polishes) but I gave it a try anyway! Here's what I came up with!

Started with two coats of piCture pOlish Beige; shown below without top coat.  

Topped with a coat of Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC before stamping.

Did a gradient using MoYou London stamping polishes in Dusty Cloud, Olive Tree and Sage Smoke.  Image is from Sugar Bubbles SB040.

Topped with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC before stamping.

This is just meh to me; I love the image, the stamping colours and the base is one of my favourite nudes but its too bleached for me; I much prefer brights and bolds but it was OK for a change!

Here's the other ladies pastel manis with all the different prompts!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!

40 Great Nail Art Ideas Does Fashion

This weeks 40 Great Nail Art Ideas challenge is fashion.  I've been watching Project Runway lately so the first thing that came to my mind was behind the scenes of fashion which is what I decided to do for this weeks challenge. This is what I came up with!

 

Started with a base of two coats KBShimmer Owl Miss You; this is with no top coat.



Added a coat of Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC before stamping.



Stamped using images from Vivid Lacquer VL039 (dress mannequin on pinky, scissors and sewing machine on ring), Messy Mansion MM30 (tape and buttons on index and button on ring), Marianne Nails n.38 (designer at the drawing board doing conception drawing on middle) and Marianne Nails n.28 (model on thumb).  Used Funky Fingers Dark Knight as stamping polish.



Vivid Lacquer VL039



Marianne Nails n.38




Topped with Girly Bits What A Rush to finish.



Here's the other fashion inspired mani's!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!

40 Great Nail Art Ideas Does Love!

It's Friday and that means 40 Great Nail Art Ideas Challenge (and somehow I forgot about last weeks challenge so sorry about that; not that anyone missed it, I'm sure!)  This weeks theme is love!  I know this doesn't seem very much about love and I do have a more lovey dovey mani planned but was going to save it for Valentine's Day, but hearts are an expression of love so I'm going with it!  And I love this mani, so there, it's theme appropriate anyway lol!

I am so into flakies right now so love everything about this one I recently got in a blog sale; Ever After Falling.  Unfortunately, I didn't realize how sheer it was until after I already applied to the nail so this is three coats of Ever After Falling, no top coat.  

Added a coat of Girly Bits Clearly on Top QD TC before stamping.

I did something a little different on my Cindy hand because I'm just not a fan of every having to apply three coats of anything.  This is one coat of piCture pOlish Beige with one coat of Ever After Falling then top coated..  I actually prefer this look and I'm sure it will show up on my nails at some time!

Stamped using an image from Bundle Monster BM-317 using Mdu 43.  I picked this image for the sole reason that there is lots of area to let the base shine through! Love, Love, Love!

Topped with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC to finish.  This isn't the most flattering pix I have but its good to see the shimmer.



The finished look on my right hand.  So loving this slighter lighter look!



Here's the other ladies mani's; I hope you LOVE them!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!

40 Great Nail Art Ideas Does Glitter/Flakies + Leopard

This weeks theme for 40 Great Nail Art Idea challenge is glitter/flakies; I had the added prompt of leopard. I've never seen a glitter/flakie leopard but love a challenge!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of OPI My Vampire is Buff, topped with one coat of Elevation Polish Aguja St. Exupery; this is no top coat.

This is topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  The flakies are faint but they are there!

For leopard, did an accent nail with a face (of what I hope is a) leopard using an image from ZZ Animal Print 3, with leopard print from Infinity 60 using Funky Fingers Dark Knight.  

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  This neutral look is my favourite!

ZZ Animal Print 3

Infinity 60

I wanted to go for a more realistic look, so decided to do some brush work; added blotches using China Glaze Desert Sun.

Did the face on the thumb simply by adding dots here and there with tip of brush.

Added in a few brushstrokes using China Glaze Kalahari Kiss to the four fingers and more dots on the face.  also painted eye on the thumb.

Finished with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  

Here's the other ladies glitter or flakies manis; there's lots of variety as we all have different prompts!

An InLinkz Link-up

Have a great weekend; thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen Does Fandom; Day 2

One of the things I realized when I was thinking about the fandom theme to try to come up with nails, is that I'm not really a fan of much. Certainly not enough in the definition that I belong to a fan online group, or have to see the latest movie release of a director or actor or in a series, or run to the bookstore when a certain author has a release.  Not into video games either.   The only show I watch regularly is Big Bang Theory and I already did a BBT mani here. Never watched any of the Harry Potter movies, or Dr. Who, Hunger Games, nor seen any of The Walking Dead, Anarchy, or whatever else seems to be so popular on tv in recent years. While I do a lot of reading, not a big fan of any one author and again, haven't read a lot of the popular books or series. So instead, I decided to do nails on what I like and one of my favourite things is being around the water.  Whether it is going to the beach, swimming in the lake, going on a cruise in the ocean, puttering around the lake on my boat, or just sitting in on my deck, drinking a coffee, reading a book overlooking the water, I love the water!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of Chaoes & Crocodiles Forgotten Paths.  This is one coat...yes, one!

I didn't topcoat the base, instead, did a sponged gradient using Chaoes and Crocodiles City in the Clouds. This is my representation of sand/land and water/sky.

Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle!

Top coated before stamping.

Stamped using Funky Fingers Gesso using images from Bundle Monster BM-506 and MoYou Sailor Collection-07.

Closer look at the plate used.  Bundle Monster BM-506.

MoYou Sailor Collection-07

Top coated using KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Here's the other ladies Day 2 fandom mani's!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!