Christmas Nails!

It's Christmas Eve! These are the nails I'm wearing today for the last minute errands I have to do!

Started with a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, KBShimmer Chilly Pepper, KBShimmer Holly Back Girl and CND Green Scene.  All two coats, no topcoat, expect KBShimmer Holly Back Girl which is three.

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

Stamped using MJ XXXVIII (thumb), Chez Noel A001 (middle), Sugar Bubbles Special 01 (ring) and Chez Noel A003 (pinky and index).  Stamping polishes used are Girly Bits Emerald, White Wedding and Fire Engine Red Stamping Polishes.



Chez Delaney Noel A001






MJ XXXVIII








Did some brush work on Santa using Girly Bits Fire Engine Red Stamping Polish, as well as added a few berries to the holly on middle.



Added glitter and placed it individually on the ring finger from Noodles Nail Polish First Snow.



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



Enjoy your Christmas Eve!

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Candy Cane Stripes

I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas!  I've spent the last few days either travelling to see family or working, including dealing with homes that still are without hydro from the ice storm a week ago.  Many homes in Toronto and other parts of the GTA that have been without power for 7 days. It certainly has been a trying week; I truly hope that power is restored to most by tomorrow as reported in the media.  

This is a very quick mani I did Christmas Eve and what I had on my nails on Christmas Day.



Started with a base of three coats of Glitter Gal Light as a Feather; topped with SV.





Stamped using BM-423 using red and green Konad special polish. Unfortunately, my squishy stamper wouldn't work with this plate and I had to use the Konad stamper.  The squishy stamper works better on my curvy tips and sides so I was really hoping to use it, not to mention I seem to place tricky designs like this better (straighter) when I can place my nail into the stamper versus roll the stamper like you have to with Konad.  But no choice but to use Konad when the squishy stamper wouldn't work!



Even though my nails aren't terribly long, the image didn't fit onto my thumb that well (or I did a really bad placement job, which could be the case too!)



To fill the gap, I used a french tip design from Sugar Bubbles Special 001 at the tip of my thumb using same Konad green.  I also added a holly from Chez Xmas 001.  Using a fine tipped brush, I filled in a little to the tips and other areas where the stamping was missed.



Topped with SV to finish.



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Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas!!!!  All the best to you and yours!

I have a few holiday themed mani's to post and hope to get them up over the next few days.  Our area had a pretty serious ice storm that came through last weekend which resulted in power outages.  Even when power was restored, there was no internet.  We got hydro around 11 pm Sunday night and then it was back to work (but still no internet!) along with last minute holiday preparations.  One thing after another, I just wasn't able to get a post up.  This is a mani I was wearing a few days ago and hopefully I'll have time to share more soon!



Not your typical holiday themed mani, but I like how it turned out!  Started with a base of two coats of Pahlish Mad Man with a Box, no topcoat.  This could have easily been a one coater and if I wasn't taking pix to show on the blog, would have left with one coat at the coverage was good.



Added a coat of topcoat; used Sally Hansen quick dry.  Look at allll those colours in the pix below!  Wowzers!



Stamped using assortment of images from plates HD-F (index and thumb), Handy N3 (pinky and ring), Chez Xmas 001 (ring) and Sugar Bubbles special 01 using white Konad special polish.



Added a little red glitter at the bottom of Santa on the middle finger using China Glaze Ring in the Red.  Then added a bunch of filler using multiple stampings of images from Chez Xmas 001.



Fished some glitter from KBShimmer Kringle All The Way and added in a few spots to accent.





Added coat of HKGirl topcoat to finish.



Just before I took it off, I added a coat of OPI matte topcoat.





Happy Holidays from my family to yours!  I hope you have a joyous holiday.....and safe travels if you are out and about during the holiday season!

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Digit-al Dozen Does Red, Gold and Green; Day 1

It's Day 1 of the Digit-al Dozen monthly challenge; this month's theme is Red, Gold and Green. This is the mani I came up with.

Started with a base of three coats of Layla Special Effects 02.




I really wanted the stamping I was going to be adding to stand out so decided to matte this; added a layer of OPI matte.




Stamped using Sally Hansen Insta-dri Jumpin' Jade using images from W232 (wreath), Sugar Bubbles special 02 (tree), Sugar Bubbles special 01 (ornaments), Chez Xmas 001 (mistletoe) and MoYou Festive Collection-03 (string of lights).




Added assortment of

glitters by fishing them out from polishes, mainly from KBShimmer Kringle all the Way.

A quick look at MoYou Festive Collection-03.






Added topcoat to finish.





This mani is doing double duty; my weekend was too busy with my DD's birthday and other holiday related items that I didn't get a change to do something specific for the Nail Polish Canada week 2 contest so it's my entry for this week.  Here's all the entries if you want to check them out and vote for your favourite!




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Happy 2013!!

After a month of wearing mainly green, white, red and gold, I was feeling like something different for my next mani when I got around to doing my nails on New Year's Day.  So after sorting through my stash, decided on purple; this is what I came up with.....and what I've been wearing the for last three days!



Started with a base of two coats of Ulta Tutu Cute; this pix has no topcoat.



Added NYX Girls Silver Glitter, no topcoat.



Layered a little Maybelline Color Show Sequins Lavender Sparks, no topcoat, then waited about 15 minutes for the various layers to dry before stamping.





Stamped with Konad white special polish using Sugar Bubbles special 01.



Topped with SV.



I wish you a healthy and prosperous 2013...let's hope it's a fantastic year!!!

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3, 2, 1...HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Happy New Year! These are the nails I'm wearing tonight for the countdown to the New Year!



Started with a base of two coats of SpaRitual Cassiterite, no topcoat.



Stamped using black Konad special polish using Dash 16 (streamers on pinky), fauxnad D (couple on ring), MM02 (middle), Nailways Snowwhite-New Years (clock on index), fauxnad m47 (numbers on thumb) and Sugar Bubbles special 01 (fireworks on index).



Added more fireworks above the couple and a few random stars using Cheeky 26.



Topped with topcoat.



Have a fun and safe New Year's....and all the best to you and yours in 2013!!