Rock in Peace, Ozzy!

We lost a true music legend last week so when I sat down to do my nails this week for Music Mani Monday, I knew it had to be Ozzy related in some capacity.  This is what I came up with!

One of my favourite Ozzy songs is Bark at the Moon so I used this picture for inspiration.  

Did a stamper smoosh base using Crystal Polish Go Frost Yourself, Glisten & Glow Lake Breeze Puts Me At Ease, Cameo Colors My Eyes Are Up Here, Painted Polish Stamped in Slate, Olive Ave Polish Motn, and Femme Fatale Hecate.

The line up!  Excuse the messy work station!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Did a stamper decal with image from Candy Skull R-004 and applied it to the ring finger using Polished for Days Briar Rose for skintone; then did a stamped layered moon on the thumb with image from MoYou London E.T. Collection-02 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate and Stamped in Slate.

Shadow stamped words on middle using image from Manitude x Rock Your World using MdU 11 and 13, clouds and moon on index from Nail Matinee NM15 using Painted Polish Stamped in Slate and Painted Polish Blanc Slate, added tombstone from Marianne Nails n117 using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief, then individually stamped letters on it from Manitude Basics X Alphabet, image from Chez Delaney Musique 001 on pinky (shrunken) using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief, and SugarBubbles SB064 on thumb (again, shrunken as it is mammoth on my small nails!).  I have to say that the image placement on the thumb is just as good as it can get!  A clear stamper doesn't mean an image is still going to go where you intend it...at least not when I apply it.  

Manitude Basics x Alphabet

Manitude x Rock Your World

SugarBubbles SB064

Candy Skull R004

Added random sizes of bats on all nails from PY-F031 as well as star on ring finger MoYou London Halloween 001 using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.  I don't think I need to explain why I used the bats with this Ozzy mani....!

PY-F031

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

Ozzy and Black Sabbath paved the way for so many other heavy metal bands and we owe them a debt of gratitude for this musical contribution.   Metal isn't my favourite genre of music but there are some tunes that I really like especially some of the mainstream hits.  I was so glad that there was a final hurrah on July 5th while Ozzy was able to be there including his family.

Rock in peace, Ozzy.

Failed Shadow Stamping

I did these nails on September 24, 2019.  I can't recall if shadow stamping was a thing then or not but if it was and I was trying it out, it clearly didn't work out here!  So many fails in these nails but they are kinda cool in their own way so thought I'd share now!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a gradient base of Color Club East Austin and Youthquake, no top coat, with East Austin as the full base.  

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using an image from UberChic Of Art Magic using Painted Polish Blanc Slate and Midnight Mischief.  I'm not sure if I was shadow stamping, or just wanted something more obvious for the stamped image.  

Uberchic Of Art Magic

Topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  This is obviously before my use of Apipila No Smear Top coat....or maybe it wasn't even out then.  Quite possible.  This was in the float your topcoat to not smear your stamping days and even though I always waited a bit before applying topcoat, sometimes like shown here, it wasn't long enough or too heavy of a hand was used.  Thank goodness, no smear top coats are available now!  Although, looking at these nails, it might have been cool if the smear was all through the nail on all nails as it kinda gives it a web look!

Thanks for looking!

Whale Tail

One of my favourite things  is go when in the right water and time of year is to go whale watching.  I'm lucky that I've seen whales several times while on holiday, up in Alaska and down in Hawaii, and it was seeing them that inspired these nails.  Here's what I came up with!!!

Started with a coat of Essie In the Cab-ana, no top coat.

Topped accents nails using KBShimmer Chill Out (reflective), no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped accent nails using image from Apipila P62 with MdU 91.

Stamped the middle and ring using same Apipilia P62 plate, using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

Shadow stamped the tails using CjS 165.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

 While I'm happy I've seen whales, my next hope is that I can see a whale breach; it's on my bucket list!

Thanks for looking!

It’s Frickin Cold!

We had a few warm (for winter) days after our big snowfall and it was good because so much of the snow was able to melt.  The snow banks were soo high and there wasn't a lot of places to put it so the melt really will help if we some accumulation.  But we are in another deep freeze; it's suppose to be -17C tonight which is chillyyy!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of Pahlish Olaf (Black Friday 2024) on thumb, three coats of Moon Shine Mani Peace and Love on the Planet Earth on the index and pinky and Morgan Taylor Powers of Persuasion on the rest.  I first put a coat of Polished for Days Lilac Soft Focus on all nails the the Morgan Taylor.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Did shadow stamping on nails using Painted Polish Blanc Slate, MdU 111 and Painted Polish Stamped in Periwinkle with images from Kads Christmas 040 (thumb and middle), Kads Christmas 026 (pinky and indiex) and Marianne Nails Professional n31 (ring). 

Topped with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

 Take care out there; stay warm and drive safely!

Hugs and Kisses!

Another moody blue Valentine mani that was a lot of fun to do and I think it turned out pretty cute!  Here's  what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Different Dimension polish.  It had no label on the bottom; I don't know if it was there and I lost it or it was a mystery proto; if you recognize it, please let me know!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

UberChic UC Queen of Hearts

Stamped using UC Queen of Hearts (pinky and index), Apipila Love (thumb and middle) and Lina All About Love 02 (ring) using Painted Polish Blanc Slate, MdU 91 and UC Stamping Polish Cloud Canvas.  The three colours were used in each ring on the pinky and index and then a scraped gradient on the middle and thumb and shadow stamping was done on the ring finger.  I particularly liked the thumb nail and did a mani of just it later on.  Added a couple of random hearts on the ring finger as well using UC Queen of Hearts as well.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Thanks for looking!

 

Hearts and Kisses!

Loving this Valentine mani in blue and really liking the nails with hearts on them; just too bad that the shadow stamping wasn't tighter.  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Glisten & Glow Sea the Beauty In Everyday, no top coat.

Topped a few nails with Rogue Lacquer Knowledge Reclaimed (August 2023 PPU), no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using image from Apipila Love using MdU 91 and Painted Polish Blanc Slate, including the not so tight shadow stamping.

Added a few dots using MdU 91 on the nails with hearts.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Thanks for looking!