Digit-al Dozen Does Inspired by Pinterest; Day 3

Lest We Forget.

Today is Remembrance Day in Canada; it's the day we honour those who fought for our freedoms and those who continue to serve.  

For my inspiration, I used the poem, In Flanders Fields, a copy of which I found on Pinterest.

Started with a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls with a gradient of Misa Working Hard or Hardly Working, Barry M Grey and Funky Fingers Dark Knight.  Stamped images from Marianne XXL 1 (index and pinky), Pet'la Floral (ring) and Canadian Nail Fanatic 001 with Fig Tree Stamps (middle) using red Konad special polish and Funky Fingers Dark Knight.

Did a large dot in middle image.  Stamped thumb using Funky Fingers Dark Knight using an image from Chez Halloween 005.

Added more images to thumb using Chez Halloween 005 using MdU 33.

Added a few dots to middle of poppies using the smallest dotter I have with Funky Finger Dark Knight.

Top coated to finish (after lots of time had passed as was really afraid of tc smear on that middle dot!)

Here's the other ladies Day 3 Inspired by Pinterest mani's!

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Lest We Forget.

Digit-al Dozen Does Inspired by Pinterest; Day 2

I'm late getting my post up; it's just been one of those days!  But it's Day 2 of inspired by Pinterest; here's what I came up with when I was searching some landscape pictures!

This is the mani I was inspired by.  My nails are a little darker and closer to the inspired pix than my picture portray but I still really liked how my nails turned out!

Started with a base of one coat of Colors by llarowe It's Shocking! no top coat.  I love this pink; it seems to be my perfect pink holo and a one coater to boot!  I think I need to find a backup!

Did a sponged gradient using Jade Over The Rainbow and Colors by llarowe Oops!

Added a few lines with a brush onto the pink portion using Jade Fascinio Violeta to try to mimic landscape shading from inspired pix.

Top coated with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC before stamping.

Using Funky Fingers Dark Knight, stamped in scenery using MoYou Mother Nature Collection-14 (thumb and pinky) and Infinity 58 (index, middle and ring).  

Top coated to finish.

Decided to finish it off with matte, added a coat of Girly Bits Polish Matte'rs.

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

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen Does Inspired by Pinterest; Day 1

Welcome back to Digit-al Dozen week!  This weeks theme is inspired by Pinterest or magazine covers; probably one of the hardest challenges for me so far!  I only use Pinterest to pin my manis and recipes; I don't browse it for ideas and had no idea what to search for inspiration, etc. so had a hard time finding things to inspire me.  But I did come across a few things that I can tie a mani into; this is Day 1 being fall leaves.

Pix from Pinterest; credit from Today.com.

Started with a base of two coats of Revlon Hot Chocolate; this is no top coat.

Added a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

In the shade...dark and moody!

I had found craft punches at the dollar store; I wasn't sure which colours I'd be using so did a bunch of polish swatches on tape and masking tape; the tape backing makes them a little sturdier when using the punch.

The polishes I ended up using were, starting at thumb, are Pebble Beach Topez Step, Nabi Metallic Red Wine, Pebble Beach Fire Opal Step, Pebble Beach Topez Step and SpaRitual Electrum.  I really loved the look of these Pebble Beach polishes; I had found them at random dollar store a couple years ago, only paid a dollar or so each for them and they turned out to be diamonds in the rough as the texture was very cool! These have been applied and topped with topcoat.

By far my favourite finger was the thumb; the colours went together really well and it laid down nicely on the nail.

I did the right hand a little different; instead of applying the punched out leaf piece on the nail, I punched out the shape using the punch, then applied the tape with the image void directly on the nail, then polished it over like you would with a nail vinyl; application was so much better and I will probably do it like this from now on lol!

Shade pix.

Here's the other ladies Day 1 Pinterest inspired mani's!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Black & White

I was suppose to do my post for 40 Great Nail Art Ideas on Friday but unfortunately, work and life got in the way. Work buys the polishes, life is life and so, well, posting took a back seat.  I did have my nails done though!  The challenge with black and white and I had the extra prompt of houndstooth, tweed or plaid.  I did Sherlock Holmes with the thought that he'd be wearing a tweed hat or jacket to tie in the theme and prompt!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls and Funky Fingers Dark Knight.

Stamped using Messy Mansion MM40 on thumb, ring and index, using Funky Fingers Gesso, Messy Mansion MM28 on pinky and MoYou Tourist Collection 01 on middle; black stamping polish is Funky Fingers Dark Knight.

Messy Mansion MM28

Messy Mansion MM40

Top coated with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC to finish.

Here's the other ladies black and white mani's; there are a whole lot of different prompts to lots of variety here...not to mention every one's creativity!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!

Practice Makes Perfect....I Hope!

A few days ago, I did my nails before heading to work because I had worked very late night the evening before. I was wearing a sweater that is gray with black and teal stripes and it gave me inspiration for this mani. Here's what I came up with.....please forgive my vinyl handiwork; it's still a work in progress!

Started with a base of two coats of Zoya Carey, no top coat.

Topped with Girly Bits What a Rush QD TC before stamping and vinyls.

Stamped using Marianne Nails n.95.  Applied nail vinyls from vinyl boutique, then layered on top using Ciate Headliner and Funky Fingers Dark Knight.  Messed up everything horribly; I had only wanted to do the ring finger as an accent but before I knew it, I had stamped it.  To salvage the mani, I did stripes on two of the non stamped nails but didn't really have the time to do something that needed so much time and attention so kind rushed them.  Plus this is my second time using these; hopefully sometime soon, I'll get better at this. They look OK IRL but a disaster in the pix lol!

Marianne Nails n.95

Top coated with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC, not the best application of it as it kinda blobbed and bubbled.

I thought that the nails needed a little extra something something; added gold nail art balls to accent.  These are quite high; I'm usually not a fan of anything on my nail that is raised because it gets caught up in everything, but these didn't bother me at all.  I guess because they are rounded they don't snag on clothing and hair!

These nail art stones were provided for review from Lady Queen Beauty; they are available here.  They are  mixed wheel of five different sizes in gold and silver; lots of selection size wise when you don't know what will look best with your design!

NA0644 Nail Wheel and other nail art related products are currently available as part of their Flash Sale for $0.99!  LadyQueen Beauty has a wide assortment of nail art products and other beauty supplies; for further savings, use code NYLC15 for a 15% discount!

I'm not going to give up on these nail vinyls as I love the look of them; I will master their application (I hope lol!)  If I gave up so easy, there would be no stamping on my nails; there was quite a bit of trial and error back in the day when I first started stamping; I had to practise for days on paper to get an image to transfer fully and even know, it's still a work in progress learning new techniques, applying images where you want them to do, straight, etc. and even now, I mess up on a regular basis!  But practise I did and I hope to get these vinyls sometime soon too with more practise!

Thanks for looking!

**Please note that these nail art balls were offered for review from LadyQueen Beauty.  See disclosure policy for details.

Last Halloween Mani of the Year!

Hopefully everyone had a fun and safe Halloween!  These were the nails I had on for the trick or treating!

Started with a base of Funky Fingers Dark Knight, Top Shelf Candy Corn Cordial and KBShimmer Be Scareful; both accents are three coats; all have no top coat.

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

Stamped using assortment of images; MoYou Festive Collection-16 (thumb, ghost on index), Bunny Nails HD-C (pinky), Bunny Nails HD-D (ring) and Bunny Nails HD-G (spider on index and middle).  Stamping polishes used are Funky Fingers Dark Knight and MdU 11 and 53.

Bunny Nails HD-D

Top coated with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC to finish.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Thanks for looking!