Birthday Nails!

My granddaughter turned three in December and at the time, I was in the midst of all the holiday nails, so didn't get around to sharing them.  Until now!  Her birthday party theme was dinosaurs and she thought they were awesome; here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of Orly On a Whim (thumb), KBShimmer In Yacht Water (index and ring) and KBShimmer Chick Me Out (middle).

Topped thumb with topped with KBShimmer Something to Taco About, then topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  

I used a lot of plates for this mani including many that I had never used before, so please be patient while I share them!

What's Up Nails B055.

MoYou London Jurassic Park 04

EDK Jurassic Age

MdU Jurassic Park

Manitude Basics x Alphabet

Made a stamper decal from What's Up Nails B055 and words from MdU Jurassic Park using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.  I'm prettyyyy sure the decal fill in was with KBShimmer Something to Taco About, but may be wrong.  Before stamping the ring finger, I added a little sponged gradient with Orly Midnight Oasis, then stamped with EDK Jurassic Age using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.  Stamped pinky and thumb with images from EdK Jurassic Age as well (footprint on the thumb and dinosaur on the pinky).  The pinky and index both have landscape stamped before the dinosaur both using MoYou London Jurassic Park 04, and was also used for the dinosaur on the index as well using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief and Stamped in Clay.  The landscape was stamped with CjS 083 and 218.  Happy Birthday on thumb was from SBS 28 and heart, star and smiley face on thumb was from Maniology X Carole Annette M415 using What's Up Bargain-villea.  The number 3 was stamped from plate Manitude Basics x Alphabet and the letters for the name were stamped individually using Manitude Books & Crannies.  

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

Also added a coat of Essie Matte About You, which made the middle nail really pop!

These were really time consuming; I think they took me three hours in total from picking plates and polishes, to doing all the different steps, but worth it when I seen the smile on her face when she seen them.  It was also great to use a bunch of plates that I hadn't used before.

Thanks for looking!

 

Rock in Peace, Ozzy!

We lost a true music legend last week so when I sat down to do my nails this week for Music Mani Monday, I knew it had to be Ozzy related in some capacity.  This is what I came up with!

One of my favourite Ozzy songs is Bark at the Moon so I used this picture for inspiration.  

Did a stamper smoosh base using Crystal Polish Go Frost Yourself, Glisten & Glow Lake Breeze Puts Me At Ease, Cameo Colors My Eyes Are Up Here, Painted Polish Stamped in Slate, Olive Ave Polish Motn, and Femme Fatale Hecate.

The line up!  Excuse the messy work station!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Did a stamper decal with image from Candy Skull R-004 and applied it to the ring finger using Polished for Days Briar Rose for skintone; then did a stamped layered moon on the thumb with image from MoYou London E.T. Collection-02 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate and Stamped in Slate.

Shadow stamped words on middle using image from Manitude x Rock Your World using MdU 11 and 13, clouds and moon on index from Nail Matinee NM15 using Painted Polish Stamped in Slate and Painted Polish Blanc Slate, added tombstone from Marianne Nails n117 using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief, then individually stamped letters on it from Manitude Basics X Alphabet, image from Chez Delaney Musique 001 on pinky (shrunken) using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief, and SugarBubbles SB064 on thumb (again, shrunken as it is mammoth on my small nails!).  I have to say that the image placement on the thumb is just as good as it can get!  A clear stamper doesn't mean an image is still going to go where you intend it...at least not when I apply it.  

Manitude Basics x Alphabet

Manitude x Rock Your World

SugarBubbles SB064

Candy Skull R004

Added random sizes of bats on all nails from PY-F031 as well as star on ring finger MoYou London Halloween 001 using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.  I don't think I need to explain why I used the bats with this Ozzy mani....!

PY-F031

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

Ozzy and Black Sabbath paved the way for so many other heavy metal bands and we owe them a debt of gratitude for this musical contribution.   Metal isn't my favourite genre of music but there are some tunes that I really like especially some of the mainstream hits.  I was so glad that there was a final hurrah on July 5th while Ozzy was able to be there including his family.

Rock in peace, Ozzy.