Another Valentine Mani!

 Sweet Valentine hearts!

Started with a base of three coats of China Glaze Totally Taffy, no top coat.

Topped accent nails with Pahlish Witches Batch sample batch, two coats.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped lines using Creative Shop182 Basic using Moyra SP19, with accent of hearts from KADS Festival 018 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate, with ring accent stamping with image from  MdU Love.

Layered more hearts on the accent nails using images from KADS Festival 018.

KADS Festival 018

Finished with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

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Booooo!

So many Halloween nails to share in a week as I was behind in sharing!  I did last year and wasn't able to share them but am now; here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Essie Push Play, no top coat.

Topped with Polished for Days Rainbow Fire, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped plaid with Creative Shop 182 Basic using MdU 91.

Added ghosts using Wistonia Haunted House, Marianne Nails n.61 and Infinity Nails 146 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate and MdU 11.  The booooo on the thumb is from Maniology m032.

Wistonia Haunted House 

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

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Fall Leaves

We've had cooler temperatures at night and fall leaves are in full swing in my travelled area.  Not as vibrant as other years, but still really, really pretty!

Started with a couple of OG fall colours; Sally Hansen Yummy Yam and Sally Hansen Butterscotch.  These are holy grail fall colours to me; I use them almost without fail every fall.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

*Angels sing*

ShopAnts XL-016

Stamped lines from Creative Shop 182 Basic using Painted Polish Stamped in Sweet Potato and isolated a leaf from ShopAnts XL-016 using a gradient of MdU 11, 13, 106 and 122.  The dent in the middle nail is from the stamper edge hitting semi wet nails.  I forever pick up images on the edge of the stamper versus the middle.

Finished with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

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Welcome, Summer!

Welcome, Summer!  Summer has officially arrived and nothing screams summer like flowers in bloom so I'm sharing these floral nails!

Started with a base of two coats of Pahlish This Room Is A Mess! Classic Mom mystery batch.  No top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped plaid with image from Creative Shop 182 Basic with MdU 91.

Added flowers from Lina 4 Seasons Spring-02 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate, no top coat.

Added floral centers using MdU 80.  

Topped using KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

After a day or so, added a coat of Essie Matte About You.  I really liked the look of the matte version, too.

Have a wonderful summer!

 

Snow...Go Away!

So here in Southern Ontario, this weekend past, we had as much snow as we had all of last year.  Needless to say, we got quite a bit; however, it pales in comparison to the amount of snow that has fallen in the snow belt this winter in other parts of Ontario.  I stayed in (couldn't go anyplace anyway, as it took over 24 hours for the plow to go down our street, although I think it may have been passable with effort anyway) and did some needed decluttering, baking and other things around the house for the long weekend.  Then had to deal with all the things that snow brought workwise and have been busy most of this week dealing with those issues.  But the snow we had won't be going away anytime soon so it's a good time to share more snow nails, including this one.  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of Sally Hansen Draw Blue In, two coats, no top coat.

Topped accent nails with Rogue Lacquer Knowledge Reclaimed (PPU August 2023).

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped plaid with image from Creative Shop 182 Basic using MdU 91, and accent nails using Lina 4 Seasons-Winter 02 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

Stamped isolated snowflakes on accent nails using same Lina 4 Seasons-Winter 02 plate using Painted Polish Blanc Slate, then topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

I know I've shared this look before but I can't help it; it is one of my favourite looks and it will likely be shared again at some point lol.

Thanks for looking!

Let It Snow!

Snow is in the forecast today so I thought I could share a snowflake mani.  I did these last year (snow many snowflakes nails; snow time to share them).  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Easy Paris Cosmetics 037, no top coat.  I bought this polish and a few others when I was in Portugel on holiday.  They were very inexpensive, just one euro or a little over $2 CAD with exchange and you don't see that price often nowadays for any polish!  They really aren't unique but I was happy to have bought them as I likely won't be in Europe again and it was cool to have bought something not available here (at least, that I know of lol).

Topped accent nails with Nailed It Dragon Dance, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped images from Creative Shop 182 Basic (thumb, index and pinky), UberChic UC Let It Snow (middle) and UC It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas (ring) using MdU 68.

Shadow stamped the middle and ring finger using same plates, then added snowflakes on thumb, index and pinky from UC Let It Snow using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.  The shadow stamping wasn't that much on point on the ring finger but sometimes that how it goes.  

UberChic UC Let It Snow .  If you are looking for a plate with a lot of different snowflake images, this is it!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

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Fall Leaves!

 Fall in not only my favourite time of year, but it is my favourite season to do for nail art and I usually have so many manis completed, I don't get to share them all.  This is from last fall that I didn't share; here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of skittles; polishes used starting at thumb and going clockewise:  Olive Avenue Polish Golden Hour, OPI My Italian is a Little Rusty, and OPI Have Your Pantelone and Eat It too.

Topped with Garden Path Lacquers And She Had No Fear (HHC Halloween 2022). 

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using an image from Creative Shop 182 Basic using Hit The Bottle From The Ground Up (PPU August 2021).

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Did double layered stamping as did the leaf image on top of the plaid using Clear Jelly Stamper CjS 135, using MdU 11, 13, 53 and 106.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top. 

The next day, added a coat of Essie Matte About You.  

 Thanks for looking!