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!

Fluid Art Friday!

I've been trying my hand at fluid art for a couple months now and when I'm able, I like to participate in the #fluidfridayfriends weekly challenges on IG.  This is the fluid art that I came up with based on the colour prompt for this week!  Not really happy with it; way darker than I wanted and just don't even about the cleanup but I only had about 45 minutes before work this morning to get them on my nails and stamped before I had to leave.  But I always share the good with the bad; here's what I came up with!

This is the colour prompt that we were to use.

These were the polishes I used initially but I ended up switching the red polish for the red Dance Legend fluid polish.

My fluid art decal.

After cutting the areas that I wanted to use, applied to the nail after applying sticky base coat.

I should throw out that navy polish; I've used it a couple times and clean up is horrendous every time!  I'm sure I have something better in my stash that I can use instead!

Applied a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

 
I didn't have too much of the yellow in the fluid base so decided to stamp using yellow polish; stamped using an image from Infinity 158 using MdU 11.  I wanted to use an image that would let the fluidart show through but the your eye is so drawn to the stamping, the base is just background cover.  To me, anyway.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

 

Please ignore the mess of my cuticles here but this is Ms. Cindy with the same stamping but different base.  It is a lot of layers of polish and flakies but turned out pretty cool!

Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for looking!

Top Shelf Lacquer Purple Rita

Today's mani has been in archives for almost a year so I think it's time that it is sees the light of day!  I look at these nails and think they hardly look like mine; I haven't had them this long is a very long time! Here's what I came up with!

Started out with two coats of Top Shelf Lacquer Purple Rita, shown with no top coat.



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



Stamped using an image from Infinity 158 using Funky Fingers Gesso.



Added a couple white nail studs to accent for interest then top coated with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC (first pix).



Infinity 158





Thanks for looking!

Stamped Gradient

I'm not sure if I'm in the minority or not, but as much as I love wearing all the holiday nails associated with Christmas, New Year's, ugly sweater nails, snowflakes, winter, etc, I was just itching to do a mani that was nothing related to anything closely resembling the holidays.  So I was searching my stash to use a polish for a mani and nothing seemed "right" to put on my nails.  I don't know about you, but I have to have a feel for something to put it on.  Anyway, I seen a bottle of Orly Bus Stop Crimson sitting on my table that I had pulled to wear for the holiday season but didn't get around to wearing it and that's what struck me as I had to put on my nails!  Even though I had set out to wear nothing remotely associated with the holidays, I picked another deep red to wear.  Duh!  But it was what I went with; here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Orly Bus Stop Crimson; no top coat.  I would suggest very thin coats; I applied my first coat as normal only to have polish puddle at the cuticle which lead to lots of clean up and we all know how hard it is to clean up a colour like this!  So very thin coats even if you have to do a third would be suggested.

Topped with a coat of Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC before stamping.

Did a gradient of polishes on the plate using MdU 11, 32 and 66.  Image is from Infinity 158.

Topped with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC to finish.

Thanks for looking!