Surprise! Another Fall Mani!

This might be my last fall mani, other than a Thanksgiving one that I hope to do Sunday night and post Thanksgiving Monday...but we shall see!  

Started with a base of skittles; at thumb and going clockwise:  Olive Ave Polish Smiley, Essie Risk-Takers Only, Olive Ave Polish Olive, Essie Walking the Walk, and Olive Ave Golden Hour. 

Topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top. 

Used following plats:  UberChic Lovely Leaves (thumb), Lina 4 Seasons Autumn 03 (index), CjS-267 (middle), CjS-86 (ring) and CjS-267 again (pinky).  Used MdU 9, 11, 13, 23, 66, 106 and 107.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

 Finally seeing some fall colours too; hope to see more this weekend!

Thanks for looking!

Fall!

This fall mani has a lot going on which is pretty typical of the nails I do!  I love it though!  The weather has taken a little bit of a dip lately and which means some of the leaves that are still on the trees...and there are a lot in some areas; maples have barely started to turn in my area...will probably start to fall!  Soon we will transition into the next season with that white stuff!

Started with a base of Moon Shine Mani Work Your Magic Buddy and Yum As You Are.  I actually have the inspiration polish but was afraid of using it up so bought this 'Project Dupe' polish and am glad that it is in my collection as really loving it for a fall shade.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Manioloy M164

Stamped using Maniology M022 (ring), UC Lovely Leaves 01 (thumb), Lina 4 Seasons Autumn 03 (middle), Maniology M164 (pinky and index) using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief and MdU 9, 13, 22, 66 and 106.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

I didn't mind the mani but decided it needed a little bit more so added leaves using MoYou Fall in Love 09, then topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Thanks for looking!

First of the Fall Mani's!

Somehow, I missed that yesterday was the official start of fall so I'm a little behind in sharing this mani.  It has a lot going on; double stamping, shadow stamping, painted by hand and extra dots and busy; you know I like those busy nails and this is no exception!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Essie Check Your Baggage, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Using MdU 9, 46, 66 and 107, stamped images from UC Lovely Leaves (thumb), Maniology M022 (middle) and UC Lovely Leaves 02 (index, ring and pinky).

Using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief, did layered stamping using same images on the ring, middle and pinky and shadow stamped on the ring.  Added more leaves using same MdU polishes and PP Midnight Mishief on the thumb, as well as hand painted some lines in the trunk on the thumb.  Also, the ash (I think they are ash) leaves on the index and ring were big blobs of black from the second stamping on them, so I used the same polishes to give them some colour, then hand painted in some leaf veins.  Finally, added a few black dots on all fingers just to tie everything together.

I did a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish but the polish smear was soooo bad, I cringed looking at the pix and couldn't force myself to share.  But this looks cool; as if they have a coat of matte top coat on them.  

Thanks for looking and I hope you're ready for the deluge of fall manis as I've been doing them for a few weeks now.  I will probably run out of time before I get them all posted with Halloween around the corner but hopefully I'll get a few shared before snowfall!

Another Fall Mani!

Here I am still sharing fall nails, even though today is the warmest it's been in a month or so (except for one freaky Friday about 3 weeks ago).  But I did a lot of fall nails so want to share them for a bit still.  Here's what I came up with!

For the skittle base, starting at thumb and going clockwise, used Essie Bolt and Be Bold, OPI Have Your Panettone and Eat It too, Color Club Je Ne Sais Quoi, Sally Hansen Yummy Yam and Essie Heart of the Jungle, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using image from UberChic Lovely Leaves using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Added a few dots throughout for interest using same base polishes.

Added another coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

 Thanks for looking!

Another Fall Mani!

I can't seem to stop doing fall nails!  So many manis, so little time!   

Started with a skittle base; polishes used starting at thumb and going clockwise are Girly Bits It's Near Leaf All, Girly Bits Another Brick in the Fall, Girly Bits Butternut Leave Me, Girly Bits Sample 041217 and Fancy Gloss Pumpkin Pie, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using images from UberChic Lovely Leaves (thumb), UberChic Lovely Leaves 4 (index, middle and pinky) and UC mini:  Hello Fall & Pumpkin Spice.  Used MdU 9, 11, 13, 32, 46, 59, 106 and 107.  The ring finger was stamped first with MdU 9.

UberChic Mini:  Hello Fall & Pumpkin Spice

UberChic Lovely Leaves 4

Double stamped ring finger using MdU 11.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Hope you're having a great weekend; thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen Does Wool/Copper; Day 3

I'm running a bit behind but this is my day 3 mani for Digit-al Dozen wool/copper challenge!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of KBShimmer Run It's The Coppers, no top coat.

Added a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

After making a stamper decal using Delaney Automne 001, applied to pinky.  Stamped image from UberChic UC Lovely Leaves on thumb, Chez Delaney Halloween 004 on index, Lesly LS-21, and UberChic UC Halloween 04.  Stamping polihses used were MdU 2, 8, 9, 11, 22, 48 and 53.  Also added some hand painting on the index and middle finger. 

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Thanks for looking!

Note regarding the thumb image:  I have used this image a few times now; it is one of my all time fall favourite images to use.  In the past, I have dotted the plate with the different colours, scraped and then stamped whatever the affect of the scrap is but I find the colours really intermingle and aren't as nice as they could be.  I usually go back and dot in the the 'leaves' with the individual colours as it is rarely the look I'm going for.  For this mani, I did a couple dots of yellow for example, scraped and stamped.  Then cleaned the plate, did a couple dots of red in different locations on the plate different than the yellow, scraped and stamped.  And so on for all the colours.  The end result was clear colours intermingled well for the fall leaves.  I never thought of this until this year but I like the end result a lot more than in past years so we will using this method going forward.  Hopefully it will help someone else out!

Dotty for Fall!

Here's another fall mani; I love how neutral it looks with even muted pops of colour; really different from the rest of the fall nails I've shared so far.  I was pretty happy too because every polish used for this mani is regular nail polish; nice to see that you don't always have to use 'stamping polishes' to create cool nails.  (Nail pictures have been taken in shade and sun; they are interchanged in the post in case you wonder why the polishes/skin tone is slightly different.)  Here's what I came up with!

 

Started with a base of Sally Hansen Insta-dri Sand Storm; two coats, no top coat. 

Stamped using UberChic Lovely Leaves.  The thumb is KleanColor Fashionista with Sally Hansen Insta-dri polishes Lightning, Lickety-Split Lime, Snappy Sorbet and an unnamed red.  The rest of the fingers stamped with KleanColor Military Green and Fashionista.  Shown topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

I didn't mind this but you know me; busy nails is my middle name!  So added dots using same Sally Hansen Insta-dri polishes; also added some more leaf dots to the thumb.  Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

I like the dot version slightly better than the muted neutrals but all in all, really liked how both of them turned out!

I still haven't seen any leaves turning colour yet; but I expect it will happen in the next few weeks!  

Have a wonderful weekend.

Last of the Fall Nails!

I have been loving these fall mani's and could do oh so many more but with Halloween knocking at the door, it's time to post the last of the fall nails.  (One of my neighbours already has their Christmas lights up; I'm like, let's get over Halloween first buddy and then we'll think about Christmas!)  

Anyway, here's the last of my fall nails....unless I decide to throw one in after Halloween as I'm sure we'll still be in the middle of fall here at the rate the leaves are falling!

Started with a base of two coats of Sally Hansen Butterscotch.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped with images from Delany Feuillages A001 on all fingers except thumb which is UberChic Lovely Leaves.  Stamping polishes were MdU 11 and 13, GirlyBits Fire Engine Red and Esmaltes Da Kelly Lili.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

I got some new lighting and would love any feedback you have on these pictures.  Worse?  Better? Not colour accurate?  Too much glare?  Any feedback including the good, the bad or the ugly is greatly appreciated!  It's a work in progress but I am trying!

Thanks for looking!