Bonus Fall Nails!

While we experienced a few cooler days at the beginning of October, for the most part, we're still experiencing milder temperatures and a good many leaves are still on the trees around the city.  So I'm sharing these bonus fall nails as fall leaves are still a very real thing here now.  The temps are suppose to be mild for a few more weeks too so who know, I might share a few more before transitioning into winter/snow nails.  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of skittles.  I didn't take a picture of them by themselves as honestly, I didn't think I was going to stamp or share this mani as I was just not in a good headspace about my nails, but they turned out OK so only took pictures after I had stamped.  Starting at the thumb and going clockwise, polishes are Essie You Know the Espadrille, Dimension Nails Kangaroo, Essie Yes I Canyan, Essie Win Me Over and Essie Let It Slide.  Topped with Holo Taco Fallen Flake Taco.  Then stamped using images from CjS-318 and Lina 4 Seasons-Autumn 03 using MdU 9, 13, 66 and 106, with Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

 Thanks for looking!

Halloween Flowers!

If you've seen the daisy nails that I seem to do so often, I had planned to do a mani similar to those; however, when I got down to it, the nails went in a different direction and this is how they ended up.  The Halloween daisy mani I envisioned will have to wait for another day!  Here's what I came up with.

Started with a base of skittles; thumb and going clockwise, polishes are Holo Taco Not Pressed, topped with Fancy Gloss Natures Cove, OPI Black Onyx, OPI Summer Lovin' Having A Blast, OPI I Manicure for Beads and OPI Black Onyx again.

Topped the black accent nails with Fancy Gloss Halloween Party.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Moyra 126 Witchcraft

After making a stamper decal with image from Lina Spooklicious! 03, stamped them onto middle and index fingers, then added pumpkins using image from UberChic UC Halloween 05 with faces from UC Halloween 03 using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief and MdU 11.  I also shrunk the image using resizing stamper for the pumpkin on the index finger.  Added spider on thumb from image from Moyra 126 Witchcraft using MdU 107 and Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.

Added a few shadow stamped images using images from Moyra 126 Witchcraft using MdU 11, 52 and Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

 Thanks for looking!

Zigzags!

Really simple stamping but I did try to jazz up the base by doing some layering; did it work?

On a base of Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Hydro Electric, topped Etheral Lacquer Spellfrost, then topped with Holo Taco Flakie Holo Taco.  I didn't take pictures of the in-process mani as I didn't think this was a mani I was going to share as this was the time when my thumb was growing out and I was painting my nails regularly but not always taking pictures to share.  

Too pretty to stamp!  But you know I did! Before stamping, topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  Then stamped with Marianne Nails n.1 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

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

Slightly different lighting.

Thanks for looking!

Fall

The fall leaves were absolutely spectacular when I drove out of town recently!  It's too bad I have a funky twist on a fall mani to share today versus more traditional colours but I thought I'd change it up a bit!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Boho-A-Go-Go, no top coat.

Topped with Paint it Pretty Polish Water Gun Fun (PPU June 2022).

Topped with Holo Taco Flakie Holo Taco, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using image from What's Up Nails B033 with accent nail of Maniology M022 using Painted Polish Stamped in Taro, Painted Polish Blanc Slate and Moyra SP19.  ('Fall' didn't gradient very well and was too white so I hand painted in some colour but not very well; it's kinda obvious lol.)

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

These were a little busier than I wanted (even for me lol); I think they could have done without to holo taco flakies but when I added them, I thought it needed a little extra.  But not the worst nails I've ever did lol!

Hope you're having a great weekend and thanks for looking!
 

Snowflakes and Layering

Here's a couple of my current favourite things...layering and snowflakes!  

I don't plan these layering mani's.  I pick a base and then decide if I'm going to layer it or not, and if I do layer it, I pick a few different ones and test them on Ms. Cindy to decide what I'm going to go with.  So this time, I started with a base of Quo Beauty Stormy Night, two coats, no top coat.

Topped with one thin coat of Potion Polish Love Potion.

It didn't quite give me the look I was going for, so topped with coat of Holo Taco Unicorn Skin.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using Painted Polish Blanc Slate using Beauty Big Bang XL-032, no top coat.  Great stamping plate so you can see the beauty of the base through the images.

Topped with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

I meant to put a matte top coat on this later on but removed it before I did it so it will have to wait until next time.

Thanks for looking!