Digit-al Dozen Does Texture; Day 3

I did this mani a few weeks ago; it was another mani I was saving to post during Digit-al Dozen texture week. When it got time to do the blog posts this week, I felt a little odd about posting snow when it was so warm; we hit 23 degrees on the weekend....until we got 3cm of snow yesterday and its around freezing again!  So this is pretty appropriate in my area right now! Here's Day 3 of Digit-al Dozen texture week!

Started with a base of FingerPaints Black Expressionism on all fingers but middle, which is OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls.



Added a little extra sparkle with Orly Shine On Crazy Diamond on all fingers except middle which is Orly Tiara.



Stamped using Infinity 13 on middle and Chez Xmas 001 on rest of the fingers using white Konad special polish.



Added trees using JR-10.  At this time, I also top coated all with SV.



Infinity 13**


JR-10


Lastly, added China Glaze There's Snow One Like You to mimic snow at tips.



Yesterdays snowfall is almost melted and I certainly hope this is the last of the snow until next winter!

Here's the other ladies Day 3 texture mani's.....everyone is certainly nailing this month's challenge!

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Digit-al Dozen Does Texture; Day 2

With Easter just around the corner, I thought it would be cool to create an Easter mani using texture for one of the DD texture challenges.....this mani is also going to do double duty as it's my entry in the Nail Polish Canada Easter contest; if you are interested in voting, please go here and vote for your favourite!

I've never used flocking powder before so wasn't sure how it was for coverage, so I started with a thin coat of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls. Doing each finger individually, I applied a clear coat on the nail then sprinkled the flocking powder on my nails (except the thumb which I dipped into the pot but think it was too heavy).  I did this on top of a piece of paper and then took a fan brush and removed any excess onto the paper.  When I was done, put the excess back into the flocking pot.  

See on my thumb near the right side, about half way, how thick it is? That's why I sprinkled on the rest!  

Stamped using FUN black stamping polish using MoYou Festive-09 (ring, middle and thumb), Nailways Springtime 0006 (pinky) and Bunny Nails HD-b (index).  The pink is Mundo de Unas #15.  The second, lower bunny on the pinky didn't stamp that well and I did most of it by brush lol!

MoYou Festive-09

Added a bit more colour using Mundo de Unas #15 to finish.

As much as I loved the look of this, I didn't have great wear with this.  Less than 24 hours, this is what my nails looked like.  I found that almost instantly, when I washed my hands or dried them on a towel, the black smudged off and got progressively worse until there was nothing left!  I don't know if a different black stamping polish would have better overall results as clearly, the pink stayed on well.  I'll have to try it again to see!  I had no problem getting the flocking powder off; removal was just as easy as regular polish which was a plus!

Here's the other ladies Day 2 texture mani's; be sure to check them out!

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Digit-al Dozen Does Texture; Day 1

Welcome back to Digit-al Dozen week; this month's challenge is texture! I did this mani a few weeks ago and have been chomping on the bit waiting to share it......I think it is one of my coolest mani's ever....but if history is any indicator, what I find cool, no one else does and what I think is meh, people love!  I guess we'll see!

Started with a base of two coats of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls and topped with SV (no pix as have shown before).  Added Zoya Godiva at tips for sand.

Added images from Infinity 18 using FUN black stamping polish.

Using Mundo de Unas 22 (brown) and 37 (green), added palm tree from Infinity 18.

Added additional images from Infinity 33 (ring and middle).

A quick look at plates used; here's Infinity 18**.

Infinity 33**.

Using the LeadLight technique, filled in images using assortment of jelly polishes.  Polishes used were L'Oreal Jolly Lolly, L'Oreal Miss Pixie, OPI I'm Never Amberrassed, OPI I Can Teal You Like Me, New York Summer Hot Sky Blue, New York Summer Hot Green and American Apparel Redondo Beach.  I also added a few birds; on the thumb, they are stamped from Infinity 33; on the middle, I hand drew it in.

Filled in the sky using a brush and more polishing.  The skin tone is The Kit Nude Jude.

Just before adding topcoat, I added a few more layers of polishes on the sky and water to give a darker hue; not sure how noticeable it is in the pix!  For top coating, I only top coated all but the texture polish and left it all gritty.  

So what do you think....cool or meh?

Here's the other ladies Day 1 texture mani's.....the group also has welcomed a few new members, so be sure to check them out!

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Thanks for looking!

**products sent for review; see disclosure policy for further information.

I'm Casting a Spell on You....

Today's Adventure's in Stamping challenge is over a green base; here's what I came up with!



Started with two coats of Liquid Sky Lacquer Can't Be Tamed; no topcoat.





Stamped using FUN black stamping polish using Big SdP J.



Topped with Sally Hansen Diamond Flash Dry Top Coat to finish.





Thanks for looking!

Easter Eggs!!

Sorry for the unexpected blog hiatus...it wasn't planned but life just go in the way of doing posts!  I've still been doing mani's just haven't been able to finish a post.  This is a mani I did for this past Sunday's Adventure's in Stamping pastel challenge and almost a week later and am finally finishing the post.  Better late than never as the saying goes! I've already posted it in the group but hadn't here so thought now is as good of a time as any to to it!



Started with a base of skittles; polishes used starting at thumb and going clockwise are L'Oreal Macaroon Me Madly, Jessica Lime Cooler, L'Oreal Royally Yours, Butter London Molly Coddled and Jessica Banana Peel, all two except Macaroon Me Madly, which is 3.  Topped with SV.


Stamped using MoYou Festive Collection-13 (thumb), MoYou Festive Collection-14 (index and ring), Pueen38 (middle) and BM-402 (pinky) with Konad white special polish.



MoYou Festive Collection-14






MoYou Festive Collection-13






BM-402


Pueen38


Topped with SV to finish.



Have a great weekend!

Different Dimension Da Ba Dee

I recently read on a FB group not too long ago that the large glitters aren't as much on trend now.   I guess I didn't get the memo because a few days before reading the group comments, I had ordered a few other large glitter polishes including this one.  This is a newly arrived Different Dimension polish, Da Ba Dee.

DD Da Ba Dee (blue; as it was noted on my bottle; not sure why...I even went and looked in the DD shop to see if there are other polishes like Da Ba Dee green or Da Ba Dee purple but couldn't see any!) is a tinted blue jelly with an mixed assortment of glitters including the large round glitters.  I wasn't sure how many layers of polish it would need for full coverage (and just because I'm not a big fan of VNL on me), so did an underwear base of Orly Shock Wave; this is two coats, no topcoat.

Added a coat of Different Dimensions Da Ba Dee (blue).

While normally I wouldn't mind the look of this, I didn't have any of the big circle glitters on my nails which I wanted.  So added a second coat and had more success on snagging a few of them after a good shake up to see if some would surface!  The second coat added more glitter overall making the nails a little bit more interesting too, I think.

Top coated with SV.



Gorgeous!  On trend or not, I love this!


In hindsight, I don't think the underwears were needed as the coverage is pretty good.  Perhaps three coats would have been needed, but it does look like it would have covered nicely. As jelly looking as this is, I'm sure it would have been even more translucent without the blue base.  Next time!



For stamping, wanted an image that you could see the gorgeous base polish underneath; decided upon MoYou Sailor Collection-05 using white Konad special polish.



MoYou Sailor Collection-05






Topped with SV to finish.







The next day, I took a pix in natural daylight; the glitter was a little bit more obvious.



Still using Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter A-Peel!



Different Dimensions can be purchased via her Etsy shop here or llarowe.

I don't follow trends too much unless it is something new and exciting and I'm on the look out for it as I wear whatever strikes me at the moment I decide to do my nails. Whether that's big circle glitters, sands, or any other finish (cough cough magnetics or crackle!) that happens to be trendy...or perhaps has faded.  (I seem to recall reading not too long ago too that nail art is a trend on it's way out....just more proof I will never follow fads because I cannot imagine doing my nails and not stamping them!)  We should wear whatever makes up happy on our nails even if it's not trendy; don't you think?

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