Royal Wedding Inspired Mani...

With the Royal Wedding just hours away now, I decided to do a Royal Wedding mani cause I'm a theme kinda nail gal!

Here's what I came up with.

Used a base of China Glaze White out and to add a little bit more sparkly pizazz, one coat of Arezia #645, which is lightly mango scented.

Stamped using Konad special polishes in red, black, green and violet pearl, CND Gold Chrome and Nicole by OPI Positive Energy.

And because I had a few other images I couldn't fit on one hand, I decided to do my right ***warning*** messy cleanup and scraggly cuticles ahead!



Used fauxnad plates T04, T22, T46, BM08, BM09, C02, H17, P19, MW59, MW63, fauxnad C, fauxnad D and K06.



Here's the basecoat before stamping.

And just to share, the stamping image plate had three different brides and grooms on it; you can see the one I chose for the mani....which had something to do with this 'cause I was a little partial to the image...



Wayyyyy back when I got married, this was the theme of wedding invites, napkins, favour tags, wedding programs, etc etc.

I haven't decided if I'm going to get up early and watch the Royal Wedding...probably will as I still remember setting my alarm for the middle of the night when Charles and Diana got married all those years ago. I'm not a Royal watcher or fanatic or anything, but it is a historical event so I'm sure I'll be up...all bleary eyed, but up!

Thanks for looking!

Earth Day Mani...

Better late than never...I guess! I had every intention of posting this yesterday, but got busy with the family and was busy again today getting ready for the Easter Bunny visit in the morning and just never had a chance before now!

Stamping polish was Nicole by OPI Positive Energy, using Konad M79 and fauxnads A02, m27, T46, SdP A-11 and SdP A-17.



In the spirit of the day, decided to use the Nubar Going Green collex...used all but one of them. These aren't the best swatches as I was in a hurry.

Left to right starting at thumb: Nubar Reclaim, Earth, Forest, Conserve, and Greener. Seriously, if you love holos, you need to get Reclaim in your collex! I mean...a green holo! I can't believe I haven't swatched it before now! These pix were taken in artificial light but the holo was very obvious in the sun when I was out and about town today.

Thanks for looking!

Remember Earth Hour Tonight!

I cannot believe that I decided to stamp over Nfu oh# 51...so pretty and glowy...but its for a good cause!
Tonight between 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. I'll be turning out my lights in recognition of Earth Hour. Here's my Earth Hour mani....yesterday's mani of Nicole By OPI Midnight Snowfall, topped with one coat of nfu 51 and now stamped using Nicole By OPI Positive Energy.
Used IP's T37, T46, HB32, HB44, fauxnad m04, fauxnad m27, fauxnad H and fauxnad C05.
Thx for looking!

Happy Family Day!!

It's Family Day here in Ontario (aka, just an excuse to have a long weekend between New Year's and Easter)...so I thought I'd introduce my family....

My oldest son is 15, heavily into sports; my daughter is 13 and does dance, her nails and likes to hang around with her BFF's, my youngest son will be 11 in less than a month; he loves video games and swimming; then there's Mr. Rexy and I! Mr. Rexy loves the Leafs and beer and I love to do my nails!

Oh, and our family dog, Spike...you see him here in this picture....

Here's colours before stamping:

Polishes are all Essie, from ring finger-Lapis of Luxury, Lily Pond, Turquoise and Caicos, Barbuda Banana and Splash of Grenadine. Images Plates were fauxnad D, HB48, HB14, t28, T22 and T46, using Koand black special polish.

I hope you had a fantastic Monday...whether it was President's Day in US, Family Day in some provinces in Canada or just another Monday!

Thanks for looking!