Brights!

Bright nails go so good with hot summer days and and we've had some nice sunny days with some hot temperatures so I thought it would be a good time to share these!

Started with a base of Color Club Yelling' Yellow on a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Drybruhed using Color Club Montego Bae, Color Club Koo-Koo Cachoo, Color Club We Liming and Color Club Warhol.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using MoYou Holy Shapes 08 using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.

Finished with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Thanks for looking!

 

Hmmmm

 I'm not sure what to think about these nails.  Not my typical style but I think they turned out alright!

Started with a dry brush base using a few different polishes on a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls.

These are the polishes used:  Orly Bird of Paradie, KBShimmer Chilly Pepper, OPI Marigolden Hour, Orly Lion's Ear and OPI Orange You Stylish.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Sstamped using an image from Creative Shop 131 using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Different lighting.

Ms. Cindy; I liked some of the image placements on this hand better, so thought I would share it too.

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#peaceforukraine

Not much to explain here; I hope this war ends soon.

Started with a base of KBShimmer Chick Me Out, Orly Blue Tango and OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, no top coat.

Added coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

After dry brushing middle, stamped images from MoYou London Back to the 70s 04 (thumb), Dixie Summer 01 (middle) and MdU ZZ Hippie (rest) using MdU 11 and MdU 30.

MdU ZZ Hippie

Dixie Plates Summer 01

Added a couple small peace signs from MoYou London Back to the 70s 01 using same stamping polishes, then topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Praying for an end to this war.

Dragonflies!

I did these nails a couple weeks ago; they didn't turn out how I thought they would but overall, I've done worse!  I thought I would share them as part of the spring nails that I've been sharing lately.  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of three coats of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

The glitter on the accent nails is Pahlish Brighter Than Sunflowers; the rest are dry brushed with Zoya Mitzi and Ulta Bam-Blue-Zled.  (My dry brush skills could be better; I still have too much polish on the brush for dry brushing!)

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped with images from Moyra 68 Bug-hunter using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.

Moyra 68-Bug-Hunter.  There are some stunning images on this plate despite the creepy plate name!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

I've been wearing glitter a little bit more now that I've been using Taco Holo Peely Base which so far, of all the peel off bases I've test, is the easiest to get off, but not so easy that you lose a nail before you're ready to take them off.  

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Welcome Spring!

It's 12:15 p.m. and spring has officially arrived!  While it's far too cold here for any flowers to be blooming yet, hopefully they will be here once it gets a little warmer!  According to the forecast, it won't be warm for about three more weeks.  In the meanwhile, floral nails will have to do!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls.  Then dry brushed with an assortment of polishes: KBShimmer In Yacht Water, KBShimmer Bahama Drama, KBShimmer Hugs and Wishes, KBShimmer Little Boy Hue, Nicole by OPI Hit The Lights, The Kit Smoothie Delight and Painted Polish Stamped in Greenery.

Stamped using an image from Marianne Nails Professional n18 using FunkyFingers Dark Knight.  I have no idea what happened to the middle finger; all I can think of is I forgot to remove the stamped image from the stamp before. Duh! I don't know what I was thinking lol!  I tried to do the brush stroking where I thought the flower would be stamped but that didn't work out all the well on all the fingers.  Maybe just the thumb lol.

Ms. Cindy didn't turn out too badly either; in fact, in some ways, I like it better, especially the thumb!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

I thought the mani would look cool if it was matted, so after dotting flower centers to change it up a bit, added a coat of OPI matte.

I don't know about you, but I am glad spring is officially here!  I just hope it truly is the end of winter; no more snow!  I guess we'll see!

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Dry Brush Flowers

I haven't had a whole lot of time lately to do really detailed nail art and even less time to do blog posts (as you can see from the frequency of posts).  Unfortunately, I don't see a change to this in the near future.  I do have oodles of nails to share, but again, posting time is a problem but I will share as I have time!  I do find doing my nails at the end of the day helpful with relaxing after a hectic day, so I still do my nails pretty often, but due to time constraints, they might not all be the most elaborate, detailed nails out there and I thank you if you are still here checking out my little blog and liking my pix on the various social media accounts!   I have been trying to do some more creative backgrounds/bases that don't take a lot of time and this was another attempt at dry brushing as it's pretty quick although the end result wasn't that good lol!  Here's what I came up with!

Did a base of two coats of OPI My Boyfiriend Scales Walls.  Then added some dry brushing; polishes used from thumb going clockwise are LVX Citrine, Butter London Sprog, CND Taffy Pink, Butter London Lady Bird and The Kit Beach Dancin.

Top coated with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped with images from Creative Shop 22 (pinky, middle and ring), Creative Shop 61 (index) and Creative Shop 56 (thumb).  The stamping polish is FunkyFingers Dark Knight.  I absolutely love these images and thing they would be fantastic for some stamper decals/reverse stamping!  

Creative Shop 22

Creative Shop 61

Top coated with KBShimmer to finish.

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Digit-al Dozen Does (5 Days, 5) Continents; Day 3

Continuing this week with doing 5 continents in 5 days for Digit-al Dozen challenge, this not often attempted free hand mani is suppose to be icicles being representative of Antarctica.  (This is why you do not see free hand art on these nails often lol!)  Here's what I came up with!

 I didn't keep track of polishes for this, but I know this base is from Pure Ice.

 This is a bunch of dry brush strokes gone on a rampage!

Added a whole lot of scattered holo polish to represent icicles from the sparkle when the sun hits the ice in an icicle!  Unfortunately, I couldn't capture the sparkle due to the lack of sun while taking these pictures.

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

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!