Happy Birthday…..To Me!

I'm blessed to celebrate another birthday today!  Thanks to all my family and friends for the birthday wishes!  These are the nails I'm wearing today!

Started with a base of one coat of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls on a coat of Cupcake Polish White Pop, then topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  After it was dry, sponged using BKind Mojito, BKind Sapa Valley and OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls. 

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Clear Jelly Stamper CjS-257

I made stamper decals for all nails except the pinky using images from Maniology M458 (index), MoYou London Happy Birthday 02 (thumb and middle), and SugarBubbles SBS 28 (ring).  The layered stamping on the pinky is using Clear Jelly Stamper CjS-257.  Stamping polishes used are MdU 11, 52, 53, 65 and 91, with Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.  

Added lots of individual stars using images from Chez Delaney Fete 001 and Maniology M458 using MdU 11.

Finished with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  

I did Ms. Cindy a little different but was all me with floral daisies from Maniology X Carole Annette M415 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate with MdU 11 centers, on a base of BKind Sapa Valley with accent nails topped with Sally Hansen Instadri Limelight, then topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top. 

 Looking all that the next 365 days bring!  

I also used this mani for #MusicManiMonday but didn't pick a birthday song as I just used Happy Birthday for my son's bday a couple weeks ago, so used Taylor Swift's August, which is appropriate too!

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Happy Birthday!

The one who made me a mom turned 30th last week and I did these birthday nails for him!  His current interest is playing darts so I did these dart themed nails; here's what I came up with!

Did a stamper smooshy base using lots of polishes.  Adding the shimmer was a good idea in theory as it adds lot of interest but such a pain in cleanup; it was everyyyyywhere!

These are the polishes used:  Pahlish 1989, KBShimmer Chill Out (Reflective), Essie Gel Couture Rock the Runway, Essie Gel Couture Cut Loose, Noodles Nail Polish Long Time No Sea, Lacquer Is in the Air I'm Just a Kid (PPU June 2022), Sally Hansen CSM Writing on the Walls, Did I Blue That and Draw Blue in.  (whew!)

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

After shrinking the dart board images, did stamper decals on the thumb and middle using MoYou London Games Collection-03; this plate was also used for the images on the pinky.  Then stamped using images from Maniology M458 (stars on background on index and pinky), MrFox-LB023 (words on index), MoYou London Happy Birthday 01 and 02 (cupcake and stars on ring), and UberChic UC mini:  Happy Birthday (numbers on index).  Stamping polishes are MdU 11, 13, and 91, Painted Polish Midnight Mischief and Blanc Slate.  Also used red and green Sally Hansen CSM polishes for stamper decals but didn't make note on them.

Added random stars on middle and thumb using MoYou London Happy Birthday 01 using MdU 11 for filler and interest.

MoYou London Games Collection-03

MrFox-LB023 

After removing the hair that I seen on the index finger, topped with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

 Here was the cake my son had for his birthday, which was awesome!

My son really liked these nails so the time and effort they took was worth it (as they were time consuming lol).

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Birthday Nails!

I had a birthday not too long ago (OK...it was yesterday!) so these were the nails I was sporting for the weekend!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a sponged gradient of Fancy Gloss Neon Yellow Sunshine Pop and Painted Polish Blanc Slate.  (I did post it was neon yellow but just checked my notes and its not.  Sorry.)

Applied KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

After making stamper decals with images from MoYou London Happy Birthday 01 and 02 using Fancy Gloss Neon Orange, Neon Yellow, Neon Green, Imperial and Azure.  The thumb and pinky are double stamped; first with a few of the Fancy Gloss Neons using HB 01 and then, the thumb is double stamped the thumb using an image from BundleMonster BM-H19, the word to is from MoYou London Happy Birthday 01 and me is from UC Love and Marriage 01.  The pinky has another decal from the index finger that didn't fit!  I also added random stars, dots, etc. for filler in various images from these same plates.

BundleMonster BM-H19

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes on my various social media accounts as I did post these on FB and IG yesterday but didn't have time to do a blog post!  Hopefully you get some ideas from this mani when it's your birthday!!

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Happy Birthday Nails!

What I've been wearing today!  I've had such a hectic day, its the last hour of the day until my birthday is over but hopefully this post will be up before the day is over! 

Started with a base of two coats of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls then top coated with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC.

Did a saran wrap smoosh for accents using American Apparel Lazuli, Crescent Heights and American Denim.

Topped with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC.

I made a few stamper decals using MoYou Happy Birthday Collection-02, filling in with acrylic paints.

MoYou Happy Birthday Collection-02

Applied four of the decals.

Then stamped the thumb with the confetti from MoYou Christmas Collection-05 using MdU polishes in what I hoped was close to the acrylics that I used for the stamper decals.

MoYou Christmas Collection-05

Stamped in Happy Birthday on the thumb using an image from MoYou Happy Birthday-01 after shrinking the image.  But I had to do it sideways to get Birthday to fit as my nails aren't wide enough for the image even when shrunk.  Had I realized I was going to do have to stamp sideways, I would have placed the words separately to at least even out the words and not cut out half of the H.  Added 'me' using Nailways Back to Basics 123 ABC.

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

It was looking a little bare so added a few random dots for filler and to make it more me!

Added a coat of Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC to finish.

Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes via texts, messages, FB posts and IG comments!

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