Baking Themed Mani f. Oopsie Daisies Tiramisu

Do you bake?  I love to bake....I made an Apple Crumble Pie on Sunday; last night, I made Banana Chocolate Chip Bread....if this trend continues, I think the next thing I'm going to have to make is an appointment at the local gym! 

Anyway, when it came time to do my nails last night, I still had baking on the brain so decided to do a dessert/sweets/baking themed mani...here's what I came up with.

Started with a base of OPI Berlin Done That from the OPI Germany collex.  This is two coats, no topcoat.

Added a coat of Oopsie Daisies Tiramisu and topped with SV.  I can see Tiramisu reflected in this unique polish... so I thought it was an appropriate choice for my baking themed mani!

Stamped sweets are BM 307 (ring finger), SdP C-18 (cupcake on middle), LLC 3 (pie on thumb), BM308 (cupcake on pinky and donut on middle), CH41 (pie on thumb) and DRK-B (index finger) using white Konad special polish.

Looking at my nails, the cupcake on the pinky and the cake on the thumb were just screaming to me...add a cherry on top!  So added some rhinestone 'cherries'.

Topped with SV to finish. 

I seen Fingers Polish Mania is absolutely loving Oopsie Daisies Tiramisu. Her post shows how different Tiramisu looks when layered using different base polishes...if you'd like to see what I'm talking about, please go here. Oopsie Daisies Tiramisu** is available via Oopsie Daisies Etsy store here. 

Oh, and in case you thought I was joking about making banana chocolate chip loaf last night.....I texted this pix to my friend last night right after I had taken them out of the pans....she responded she could smell them over at her place...then wanted to know how soon I'd be over with some for her!  And no, she's not a baker!

Thanks for looking!

**Polish sent for review. Please refer to disclosure policy.

Happy Birthday (to Me)!! Plus New Plate Previews!!!!

Another year has passed; 29.....again...! Or based on my mani, 18! This is my HB mani.



Very girly, girl teenage-type of mani...probably more suited to my DD but oh well. I feel 18 at heart...except I wish I had the energy of an 18 year old!

Here's mani in progress. I thought I'd try my first (I think!) ombre mani.



Starting at thumb, left to right: OPI Mod About You, OPI Pink-ing of You, Zoya Jolene, OPI Don't Know...Beets Me, and OPI Your a Pisa Work. All are two coats except Pink-ing of You, which was three.

Then stamped using Konad special polish in black. Used IP's SdP D-08, SdP C-12, SdP B-20, SdP C-18, SdP C-06 and Konad m71.


Then added a few random dots in the colours used as the base coat, and a few black using Konad black special polish. (These special polishes work great for dotting as they are really pigmented but they do dry fairly fast so you have to be quick!).



And my new plates arrived! Let's just say I'm more excited about getting new image plates than the fact that today is my birthday!!! They arrived a couple days ago, just in time to be considered a present. At least, that's the story I told my husband, and I'm sticking to it! And thanks dear, for the 3 new fall Chanels...Peridot (very birthday appropriate!), Graphite and Quartz, ahem!



Anyway, as soon as I got my new SdP IP's, I did a bit of swatching...here's some pix if you want to have a look! You may wish to click to enlarge to see more of the details. I cannot wait to do some stamping with these!








What birthday would be complete without presents? My next post will announce my latest giveaway!

Thanks for looking!