Wasn't It A (St. Patrick's Day) Party!

With St. Patrick's Day being tomorrow, this past weekend was a popular day for St. Patrick's Day parties (or so I'm told), so sharing these fun nails that would have been perfect for a party, had I gone to one.  And the perfect St. Patrick's Day party song is Wasn't It A Party by The Irish Rovers, for #MusicManiMonday.  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a skittle base of Glam Polish Happy Grass (PPU March 2025) on pinky and index, Glam Polish There Ain't Nothing Gonna Stop Me Now on thumb, and DND DC 2521 Quantum Leap on the rest.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  Excuse the smear on the middle; it was three coats of polish and wasn't quite dry.

Stamped using images from M561 on index and pinky using Painted Polish Blanc Slate and What's Up Pod Partners.  Thumb is also Maniology M561, shadow stamped using MdU 11 and Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.  Ring finger is MdU Irish 1 using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief, MdU 13 and China Glaze GR8 on the hat band on the stamper decal.  Middle finger is layered stamping using CjS H-104 using MdU 60,68, 39, 11, 13 and Moyra SP02 in that order for the rainbow.  The gold coins are stamped with Hit the Bottle To Have and to Gold with image from CjS H-104.  The orange on the ring and finger was a grid type of stamping image that didn't stamp well so I had to go in another direction.

Isolated the coins from the image on CjS H-104 and stamped them using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.  Hand painted the rainbow on the thumb (not very well!).

Maniology M561

CjS H-104

Added a few accents for interest and filler with images from Maniology M561 on middle, thumb and ring using Painted Polish Woodland Whimsy and Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Thanks for looking!

St. Patrick's Day Nails

 

I have a few St. Patrick's Day nails to share. These were the nails that I wore last St. Patrick's Day.  I didn't share them as I already had others that I had to post but thought I'd share them this year.  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of Zoya Tilda, then topped with Fancy Gloss Clover and Out.  I did these nails quickly and didn't think I was going to share them, so didn't take pictures of the entire mani as I normally do.

After topping with KBShimmer Clearly on Top, stamped with UC Mini:  St. Patrick's Day 4.

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

Thanks for looking!

You Spin Me Round!

I can't believe I did these nails a couple years ago and still haven't shared them.  I. Absolutely. Love. How. They. Turned. Out!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of China Glaze Blue Raspberry Ice, no top coat.  This is one of my favourite blues to wear; have a couple back up bottles.

Topped with DRK Glory (PPU August 2023).

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using image from Maniology M401 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate, no top coat.  I don't think I've every lines up stamping so well.  Thank you clear stamper!

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

I love this combination so.  I've been looking for a backup bottle of Glory; if you decide it's not for you, hit me up....although I can't imagine why you'd want to part ways with it after seeing these nails!

 Sharing for #MusicManiMonday....You Spin Me Round by Dead or Alive.

Thanks for looking!

Lucky Stars

I unfortunately didn't get around to doing Olympic nails this year.  I planned on doing them but that was the time that I had a few work issues, that required working long hours, lots of late nights, so I was doing some simple nails at this time.  Mainly just polishing them every few days so I could catch a bit of the Olympics during the highlights in the late evening.  These nails were from a quick coat of polish in a new shade, over a base that I had worn for a few days and then some quick stamping.  Took about 15 minutes start to finish, which is exactly what I needed.  Here's what I came up with!

I had a base of Different Dimension Karma that I had wore for a few days.  For this mani, topped it with one coat of Morgan Taylor Belt It Out.  Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  Used Painted Polish Blanc Slate, Painted Polish Thirty & Flirty, UberChic Kiss Me On My Tulips and Moyra SP 19 for a gradient, with an image from PY-J028.

Topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Thanks for looking!

Holographic Burst

Another simple mani, with stunning results!

Started with a base of Different Dimension Kiss Me Under the Light of a Thousand Stars.  My go to polish when I can't decide what to put on my nails, when I want neutral nails or a palette cleanser.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using image from AZ Big Nails 8 using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.

AZ Big Nails 8

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

 Thanks for looking; and sorry for the poor cleanup!  Sometimes, I just want a quick mani change!

Honey Bee!

This weeks mani for #MusicManiMonday.  Honey Bee nails inspired by Blake Shelton's song Honey Bee!  I heard this song while on a drive with my husband and had to suffer through listening to a local country music station and this was one of the songs that came on.  Cute little ditty of a song; one of the better ones that I heard that day.  Not my genre of music but there are a few country songs that I like.  And it stuck with me so I did nails later that night with honey bees on them.  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Orly Caught Off Gourd, no top coat.

Added a coat of KBShimmer Raking It In on thumb for interest.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

AN Abejita from MdU.

MouTeen-189

Maniology MXM103

Images used Manioloy CYO X Maniology M093 (thumb, honey on index and buzz on ring), Maniology MXM103 (drip on index), MouTeen-189 (middle and ring) and AN Abejita by MdU (pinky, and flower on ring).  Some of these images like the word buzz and the flower on the ring were added after this picture.

Added words on flower on the ring.

Finished with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

 These were done when my nails were in recovery.  Not the prettiest, but as I've said, it didn't stop me from doing my nails.  I still think they turned out cool and it shows that cool nail art can be done on short nails too!

Thanks for looking!

Simple Nails

I love when simple nails turn out so good!  This is how I can change my nails up on a near daily basis.  With a great base created from layering a couple polishes, then simply stamped with an image that is interesting and allows the beauty of the base to shine through.  

Started with a base of two coats of OPI Dream Come True.  Such a stunner!

Layered with one coat of Penelope Luz Nymphs, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped with an image from Infinity 158 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.  This would have also looks great on the OPI polish as well.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Not sure what happened to the layout of the finished nails, but hopefully you can see how pretty they turned out.

Thanks for looking!