Smile!

I hope these put a smile to your face!

Started with a base of Color Vibe Feelin' It, three coats, no top coat, over a base of Cupcake White Pop.

Maniology M329

Topped with Pahlish Jaq & Gus, no top coat.  

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped with image from Maniology M329 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.  Unfortunately, I didn't stamp the index fully to the end of the nail and I didn't notice until I had finished my nails as this could have been an easy fix with some polish and a brush.  Not visible IRL anyway, but still irked me.

Finished with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top. 

 Hope you have a great day and remember to smile at least once today...and several times if you're lucky!

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Gradients

I've been doing quite a few gradients lately and have been loving them!  Here's one I did not too long ago!

Started with a base of two coats of Sally Hansen Contempor-airy, no top coat.

I always find that my gradients work out better if I top coat and let them dry, so added a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top, then let the nails dry for about 10-15 minutes.  

Did a sponged gradient using Sally Hansen Contempor-airy and Sinful Colors Endless Blue.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  

Stamped with image from UberChic UC 15-02 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

Finished with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top. 

I really liked that this was a bright pop of colour during this late summer when I'm still wearing brights as it's too early for fall nails yet!

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......baby one more time

It's funny where you can get the inspiration for mani's sometimes.  I was going through some IG accounts checking out some sites that had music on them for inspiration and came across Britney Spears video of .....baby one more time, amoungst others.  Then, when I sat down to do Back to School nails last night, I seen the one uniform image on one of the plates that I thought kinda looked like the uniform that Britney wore in the video (with some liberties, of course!) and then I thought, hey, I have a plate with some Britney images on them...and this weeks #MusicManiMonday was born, I just had to execute it.  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Cupcake Polish White Pop and Nicole by OPI Naturally, no top coat.

Topped the Cupcake Polish with Seche Diamond Dust, then topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Did a sponged gradient using NOPI Naturally and Color Club All That Razz.  Earlier, I had made a couple stamper decals from Beauty Big Bang City-XL001 and applied them on the thumb and pinky.  Used MdU 13 and Painted Polish Midnight Mischief for the decal on the pinky and MdU 73 and 91 and Painted Polish Midnight Mischief on the thumb, as well as Painted Polish Blanc Slate for the uniform shirt.

Added rest of the images from Journails by NiinasNails Women in Music using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief  and MdU 29.  I shrunk all images from this plate and I seriously cannot believe how good I shadow stamped the middle image considering I shrunk the image and both times, they shrunk to the same size and THEN!, I shadow stamped it to perfection.  I was so exciting; I never do this good of a line up so I was super stoked about this win!  Also added a few hearts from the same Beauty Big Bang plate mentioned above.  It was too bad I didn't position it slightly better so it was all on the nail, but I'll still take it as a win!

Beauty Big Bang-City-XL001

Journails by NiinasNails Women in Song.

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

I did some research on the video .....baby one more time prior to doing this mani; watched the video several times and urge you to go check it out as the nails may make more sense!  But if you don't, this is the album cover that had Britney's break out hit, which was used on the ring finger.

 

Here's Britney in that famous school hall scene in her uniform; used for the thumb inspiration with a little creative liberty.

This image is from near the end of the video when she's in the gym sitting on the bleachers with a basketball, which was inspiration for the pinky.  

Hope you enjoyed this weeks #MusicManiMonday and thanks for looking!

Watermelon Sugar High!

Today's #MusicManiMonday is watermelons with Harry Style's Watermelon Sugar High in mind!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of Sinful Colors Curry Up, with accents of Lakur Guilty Pleasure, both on Cupcake White Pop.  Two coats, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using images from MoYou London Tropical 07 (enlargened; thumb), Lesly Garden Stuff 1 (pinky), Creative Shop 81 (middle) and CjS-182 (index and ring).  Used Sally Hansen Instadri Jumpin' Jade, MdU 52 and MdU 9 mixed for a custom pink and Painted Polish Midnight Mischief for stamping polishes.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

 Thanks for looking!

Happy Birthday…..To Me!

I'm blessed to celebrate another birthday today!  Thanks to all my family and friends for the birthday wishes!  These are the nails I'm wearing today!

Started with a base of one coat of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls on a coat of Cupcake Polish White Pop, then topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  After it was dry, sponged using BKind Mojito, BKind Sapa Valley and OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls. 

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Clear Jelly Stamper CjS-257

I made stamper decals for all nails except the pinky using images from Maniology M458 (index), MoYou London Happy Birthday 02 (thumb and middle), and SugarBubbles SBS 28 (ring).  The layered stamping on the pinky is using Clear Jelly Stamper CjS-257.  Stamping polishes used are MdU 11, 52, 53, 65 and 91, with Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.  

Added lots of individual stars using images from Chez Delaney Fete 001 and Maniology M458 using MdU 11.

Finished with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  

I did Ms. Cindy a little different but was all me with floral daisies from Maniology X Carole Annette M415 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate with MdU 11 centers, on a base of BKind Sapa Valley with accent nails topped with Sally Hansen Instadri Limelight, then topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top. 

 Looking all that the next 365 days bring!  

I also used this mani for #MusicManiMonday but didn't pick a birthday song as I just used Happy Birthday for my son's bday a couple weeks ago, so used Taylor Swift's August, which is appropriate too!

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Nails With Unknown Polishes

This is a pretty cool stamper smooshy base; however, I'll never be able to recreate it as I didn't jot down the polishes.  D'oh!  Here's what I came up with!

Did a stamper smoosh base with unknown assortment of polishes.  

After cleanup, topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using image from UberChic UC 7-02 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

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

Thanks for looking!

 

Cringe Worthy

I'm going through archived nails for posts while I think these turned out OK, I know I didn't post them because I didn't think they were post worthy due to the cleanup.  I can't believe there was so much polish left at the edge....even with latex barrier!  Please overlook this as you see what I came up with!

Lina Mad for Mandelas 01

After applying a base of Fancy Gloss Neon Yellow, did a radial sponged gradient using Fancy Gloss Neon Yellow, Neon Orange and Tomato Soup. 

After (not so great) cleanup, stamped using Lina Mad for Mandelas 01 using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.  I have since changed my sponged method as I always apply the lightest of the polishes then apply the top coat and let it dry as I find when this is done, the polish doesn't come off the nail, versus on it, which sometimes happens when there is a lot of polish saturation with sponging.  You can see it happen on these nails too, which is why I do it differently now. 

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish. 

Thanks for looking!