Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  May you have a skip in your step, find a pot o' gold at the end of the rainbow and enjoy green beer today!  And watch out for those mischievous leprechauns!  

I had pulled a lot of green polishes from my stash and at some point, I knew I couldn't wear them all but wanted to wear some of them at least.  So I picked a few favourites that I hadn't had a chance to wear in some time (or ever, as in the case of at least one!) and decided on a green skittle base.  The polishes used, starting at thumb and going clockwise, are Darling Diva Do or Do Not, There is No Try, Darling Diva On the White Cliffs of Dover Sat a Poet, Painted Polish Shamrock Your World, Scofflaw Drop Dead Fred and Lilypad Lacquer Frogs Alive.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped images from UberChic mini:  St. Patrick's Day 2 (pinky and index), Messy Mansion MM04 (ring) and MoYou Festive 21 (middle and thumb) using MdU 37 and Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

Shadow stamped the ring finger using same MM04 with MdU 37, then added a whollllleeee lot of mini shamrocks on the middle and a few on the thumb using MoYou Festive 21.  Every. single. one. of those mini shamrocks on the middle finger were individually stamped.  Thank you, clear jelly stamper! 

Finished with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Enjoy your day and thanks for looking!  

Kiss Me, I'm Irish!

If this mani looks familiar, it's because it was a mani that evolved over several days, with some parts staying constant, that I shared the finished look here!  That and the fact that I loved Pahlish Four Leaf Clover so much, I didn't want to take it off!  But I did wear it in different phases for a few days before how it ended up and this post will share a couple of those looks including this one!

Started with a base of Pahlish Four Leaf Clover on the index, middle and pinky.  The ring is a sponged gradient of KBShimmer In Yacht Water and Girly Bits It's Near Leaf Fall.  Thumb is a fluid art decal that was applied, polishes unknown.

Stamped all the Pahlish nails with Lina All Mixed Up! 01 using MdU 30, thumb is UberChic mini:  St. Patrick's Day with the shamrocks from the same Lina plate; the middle nail is a stamper decal made from Messy Mansion MM04.  Ring finger is MM04 with the rainbow being CjS H-14 using Mdu 39, 68, 11, 107, 9 and 60.

However, when I went to top coat the middle nail, the stamper decal pretty much disintegrated so as not to abandon the entire mani, I did a fresh coat of the Palish and stamped it with the clovers on the rest of the nails, then topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  I wore this for a couple days.

But after a couple days, I thought the thumb nail didn't seem to go that well with the rest of the nails, so removed the fluid art decal and put on Pahlish Four Leaf Clover on it as well, then stamped it with the same shamrock images and again, wore it for a couple days.  I didn't mind how it looks here but just preferred it with the Pahlish base on all four nails with the pot of gold accent nail!

Thanks for looking and hope you're having a great weekend!  And wash your hands often!

Another St. Patrick's Day Mani!

It's Digit-al Dozen week!  

Except it's not!  (Insert sad face.)  This was suppose to be a Digit-al Dozen post; however, unfortunately, we aren't doing the challenge this month.  I understand; I've had to miss a couple months myself or wasn't able to participate in the full week due to life events happening lately, so I hope we will be on track for next month!

Speaking of participating; the Digit-al Dozen is looking for new members!  If you love nail art, have a blog and can do 5 mani's a month on various challenges, we'd love to hear from you!  Please comment in this post or email me or any of the Digit-al Dozen members!  Thank you!

This mani is actually one of my favourite mani's that I've done for St. Patrick's Day!  Here's what I came up with!

 

Usually my posts show the mani in progress but this was actually the end look of three different looks just changing up a few nails over a couple days and I'll share them later.  But just in case I don't get to sharing them soon, the base polish is Pahlish Four Leaf Clover with an accent gradient of KBShimmer In Yacht Water and Girly Bits It's Near Leaf Fall.  The clovers are from Lina All Mixed Up! 01 using MdU 39 and the accent nail is image from MM 04 for the pot of gold, filled with Hit the Bottle to Have and to Gold, and the rainbow bars from CjS H-14 using, in order shown, MdU 39, 68, 11, 107, 9 and 60.  I just could not get enough of Pahlish Four Leaf Clover which is why I kept on changing up this mani over several days!  

Thanks for looking!

Another St. Patrick's Day Mani!

St. Patrick's Day is sneaking up and with next week being Digit-al Dozen week, I won't have much time to share many more mani's.  Here's what I had on a couple days ago!

Started with a base of Different Dimension Fernweh and Paint Polish Shamrock Your World, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using Bunny Nails HD-B (thumb), UC Mini: St. Patrick's Day (index and words on ring), MoYou Festive Collection-21 (pinky and small shamrock accents on middle and ring) and Messy Mansion MM04 (middle).

Added a couple more shamrocks, then topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Have a great weekend and thanks for looking!

St. Patrick's Day Nails!

I have a few St. Patrick's Day nails to share; I planned on sharing all next week but just realized it will interfere with Digit-al Dozen week and the likelihood I'll share two mani's every day all week is slim to nil so I thought I had better get to sharing them if I'm going to!  This is my favourite of the bunch so they are all going to be downhill from here!  Just joking; the rest aren't that bad, it's just this happens to be my favourite! Here's what I came up with!

A couple weeks ago in preparation of doing St. Patrick's Day nails, I pulled a bunch of greens from my stash.  Then I pulled a few of them for a smooshy mani.

This is what became of my smooshy from the polishes above.  I was trying for mainly lighter greens with just a smidgen of dark for contrast.  I'm still learning this method; while it is easy peasy to do, I have a tendency to use way too much polish on the stamper so need to gear it down a bit for future attempts.

Topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using FunkyFingers Dark Knight using an image from KN 12. 

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

I had made stamper decals using images from Messy Mansion MM04 (hat and pot of gold) and Wistonia W105 (mug). 

Applied stamper decals in centre, then stamped on images from Bunny Nails HD-B (index) and MM04 (ring).  Unfortunately, the black solid didn't show up as well as I would have liked; maybe if I do this design again, I'll do dark or light green. 

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

I did a coat of OPI matte in case it showed up the designs a little better with a little less glare!

Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen Does Spring; Day 4

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

This mani is doing double duty for the occasion as well as day 4 of the Digit-al Dozen spring challenge just because I really wanted to post a St. Patrick's Day mani today and had no time to do another mani more in line with spring for the challenge (plus still have to get up my day 3 post as it is; the nails are done but the blog post is not!).  So this will have to do.  It's a little busy, but busy is probably my blogger middle name lol! Here's what I came up with!

For the base, used OPI Don't Mess With OPI (thumb and pinky), Nerd Lacquer Thistledown (ring and index) and OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls (middle).  All two coats, top coated with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC.

I did the white base for a water marble design that would have been the background for some stamping, but try as I might, the water marble gods were not with me and I had no luck with doing a proper design.  After the third attempt, I just took what was in the water, swirled it around, dipped my finger in and hoped for the best.  It wasn't that bad; in fact, who knows, this might have been better than the real water marbling. Anyway, it was late and I had spent enough time on it so just ran with it.  

I had made some decals last weekend; the rainbow is freehand using acrylic paints.  The decal was topped with Sally Hansen Hard As Nails and it was pretty dry and brittle by the time I used it last night, so it cracked and ripped in a few places when I peeled it off the stamper.  I smooshed it onto the nail with my finger as best as I could and quickly top coated to try to get the cracks to fill.  Its ok but not the best.  There's actually rainbow stamps out there; don't ask me why I decided to free hand it lol.  I thought it would be simple enough to do but am sure stamps would have been neater.  The other two decals are using images from Messy Mansion MM04 and assortment of paints and polishes.  Stamped image on the pinky is from MoYou Festive 21 using Funky Fingers Gesso.

(I actually kinda dig this look without all the extra stamping.)

MoYou Festive Collection 21

(Love, love, love the 17 image; I really wanted to use it for this mani if only I had six fingers!  I did next best thing by putting it on Cindy.)

Stamped image on the middle using another image from Messy Mansion MM04 using Funky Fingers Dark Knight.  The words on the thumb are from Moyra Stamping Plate 09-Celebration.  Added a few random shamrocks for filler using another image from Messy Mansion MM04. Placed with clear jelly stamper.

Moyra Stamping Plate 09-Celebration

After some touch ups, finished with a coat of Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC.  In hindsight, I should have put the sparkly hat on the dark green cream base and the pot of gold on the lighter green which would have made both stand out a little more but I guess I didn't plan it out well.  Next time!

I did my other hand a little different; base is two coats of OPI I'm Soooo Swamped with images from MoYou Festive Collection-21. 

Here's the other ladies Day 4 mani's!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!

St. Patrick's Day Mani

With St. Patrick's Day being 9 short days away, I thought I should get around to sharing a mani.  I'm not sure how many St. Patrick's Day mani's I'll have time to share between now and then, but hopefully there will be more to come!  I have one planned for the 17th if nothing else! Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of OPI Don't Mess With OPI and Noodles Nail Polish Clovers and Coins; both two coats and shown with no top coat.

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

I mixed a custom colour on the plate, Messy Mansion MM4, to match the OPI (as best as I could anyway) using MdU 7 and 48.  Topped with QD TC.  This is my favourite look of the bunch!

I wanted to do some stamping on the green base too but wasn't sure what to do; ended up using same image from Messy Mansion MM4 plate using Funky Fingers Gesso.  Top coated with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC to finish.

This ended up being a little bit busier than I wanted when it was finished, but I don't mind busy!

Thanks for looking!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Top o' the morning to ya!  It's St. Patrick's Day; this is the last of the St. Paddy's day mani's I have to share!

Started with a base of Quo by Orly Raging Vine (thumb, middle and pinky), Colors by llarowe Army of One (ring) and Liquid Sky Autumn Thyme (ring).  All two coats; the holo's have no topcoat, Raging Vine has SV.

Stamped using assortment of stamping plates and polishes; thumb is MoYou Princess Collection-14 stamped with Mundo de Unas 48, index finger is MM04 stamped with Mundo de Unas #7, middle is stamped with MJ XII stamped with Mundo de Unas #48, ring is MM04 stamped with Sally Hansen Jumpin' Jade and pinky is MM04 stamped with Mundo de Unas #48.  

MJ XII

Added a few dots using same stamping and base polishes.

Topped with SV to finish.

Have a fantastic St. Patrick's Day!

Thanks for looking!