Nautical Nails

I went on vacation not too long ago and it has prompted me to post some themed nails including this one.  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of OPI Charge It To Their Room, no top coat.

Topped a couple nails with Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Hold-back, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Added waves with MdU 91 using an image from B. Loves Plates B. Mini Ahoy, Captain.

Layered stamping using Wistonia Absolutely Nautical (thumb, middle and ring), Chez Marin 001 (ring and pinky) using Painted Polish Blanc Slate, no top coat.

Added a few birds on the thumb from image from Lesly Marine 1 and What's Up Nails A019 on the pinky.

Lesly Marine 1

B. Loves Plates B Mini Ahoy, Captain.

Topped with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

 

Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen Does Tropical; Day 5

It's the last day of the tropical challenge and no hibiscus nails!  I thought that starfish would be tropical enough for the theme and I think these colours are tropical looking too so this is what I'm using!  It's too bad that I couldn't use the lizard, palm tree, tropical fish and birds plates that I thought I was going to use but there are always other days and don't really need the challenge to do them!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Orly Push the Limit with accent of two coats of Painted Polish Card Tricks & Carousels, no top coat.

Topped with a thin coat of Indigo Bananas Fiery The Angels Fell.  I thought both went well with the glitter in the Painted Polish but the Indigo Bananas is a little thicker than I wanted as I had to touch up to cover bare spots and then there was a bald spot in another spot, so had to add a bit more and so on and so on and before you know it, it was heavier than I wanted lol.  

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Stamped using Wistonia Absolutely Nautical (thumb), B. Loves Plates B. 11 Summer (index), Creative Shop 85 (middle), Nailways Vive La Vie-Beach Baby (ring) and Sugar Bubbles SB051 (pinky) using FunkyFingers Gesso.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Here's  the other ladies Day 5 mani's!

An InLinkz Link-up

Hopefully you have enjoyed all the tropical nails that the Digit-al Dozen have shared this week.  Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen Does The Terrific Two's; Day 3

It's Day 3 of the Digit-al Dozen The Terrific Two's.  Today's theme features Sapphire, being the birthstone for September.  Here's what I came up with!



(Different lighting; probably more sapphire in colour!)



Started with a base of Dance Legend Sahara Crystal 44 Earth.  This is two coats, no topcoat.  One coat is good coverage for this polish but I had a few thin spots so decided to add a second coat.  Unfortunately, when I added the second coat, I didn't get the texture effect like on my other hand that only had one.



So I added one coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top. The nails were slightly rough at this point but I knew I'd be adding stamping and another coat of top coat so left them.



My right hand.  I'm not sure how well this translates in pix but one coat clearly has much more texture than two.



Of course, I had to do some stamping!  Decided to make these nails nautical; added images from Marianne n.42 (pinky), Marianne n.31 (ring) and Wistonia Absolutely Nautical (index, middle and thumb) using white Konad special polish.



My right hand (I cannot believe how well I stamped this hand!!  I was pleased how it turned out!)



Marianne n. 31






Marianne n. 42




Wistonia Absolutely Nautical


Added KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.



(The thumb image is officially one of my favourite images ever!)

One coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top on the right hand.  It was still on the gritty side but I left it.



Here's the other ladies Day 3 Sapphire nails!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!