Jack-O-Lanterns!

One of my favourite things to do lately is stamping over a magnetic base, although I might not have shared many, if any, posts using magnetic polishes.  But I have been working with them, trying to figure out how to get the different looks, buying up all the different magnets, etc.  I'm not sure if this was a fail or not; it looked better in my mind and much better in real life.  

Started with a base of OPI Onyx, no top coat.

Topped with Cirque Chemistry (magnetic).

I did one coat on all fingers, then topped each finger and magnetized them one by one for the glass bead look.  I wouldn't say it magnetized that well as it didn't have the designed glass bead look.  More like the velvet look, but anyway, I went with it.  And I should add that I don't believe this is an issue with the polish, just me moreso trying to figure out how the spinner and the magnets work, with the polishes. 

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top. 

Stamped with image from Delaney Halloween A001 using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.  A couple of the images were resized using the resizing stamper.

Once the stamping polish had dried a bit, topped with New York Summer Hot Orange.  This was really one of the only orange jelly polishes I have although it was more coverage than I wanted, but still OK.  I was hoping to see the magnetizing a bit more.  But I think these look vintage a little.  Do you see it?

Finished with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  

The next day, the jelly shrunk a little, leaving a black ring abound the orange polish (more apparent IRL, but hopefully you can see it) and I thought it was a cool look.  As I'm typing this post, I wish I had of used a matte topcoat as I think this would add to the vintage look a bit, but it will have to be next time!

 Thanks for looking!

Hearts!

This was an experimental velvet mani and while it's not my best work, I don't think it was my worst.  It gave me good feel for how to do a tinted base on top of a velvet magnetic mani anyway and I will take what I learned this time and apply it to the next one, and hopefully it will turn out better!  Here's what I came up with!  

Started with a base of Polished for Days white soft focus, then added three coats of Cirque Chemistry, magnitized with a 30 lb. magnet.

I knew I was going to put a tint over it as I don't have a red magnetic polish, so topped with Essie Blush Stroke, which wasn't as red as I was looking for, but I at least was happy that you could see the velvet affect underneath.

Topped with a coat of Cirque Lucky Jelly, which was the red I was going for, or at least red enough, yet you could still see magnetic affect underneath.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using image from Nicole Diary-S23 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.  This was a good image to use as you seen the Valentine themed image, yet seen the velvet nails underneath.

Nicole Diary S-23.

Topped with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

 If I was to do this again, I would try it with a darker base as it took a lot of coats for the silver polish to be opaque enough, so likely a black maybe?  Or look for a more opaque silver magnetic as I have all kinds of ideas with topping jelly polishes over a velvet nail.

Thanks for looking!

Stars!

Hard to believe that I did these nails almost three years ago and they hadn't been shared yet so there is no time like present, as the saying goes!

Started with a base of two coats of Different Dimension Kiss Me Under The Light of a Thousand Stars, no top coat.  This is one of my absolute favourite polishes; it is the perfect back drop for so many different looks for stamping, has holo, sparkle...what else can you ask for! I have several back ups of this which says how much I love it as I don't have many back ups now in my collection.

Topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using image from Lina Make Your Mark 04 using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief, then added dots using Color Club Peace out Purple, no top coat.

Topped with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

 Thanks for looking!

Purple Double Stamp Floral

I love these eye catching nails on one of my favourite go to bases!  And the best part is they are easy as pie!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Different Dimensions Kiss Me Under The Light of a Thousand Stars, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

This was one of those nights that I didn't have much time to do my nails but still wanted to change them so was going with simple mani of purple stamped floral on the holo base (my go to pretty much when I can't quickly decide to wear on my nails.  Pretty neutral to me!).  So pulled a few different purples.  On my test (right) hand, I had stamped using Mdu 101 which was the light lilac shade but it was too light of a shade for the image to show well.  So then I stamped with MdU 14 which  was the navy and it was good.  So when I stamped on top of the MdU 14 on the test nail, I'm like-this is amazing!  Nice light and dark contrast and you can still see all the sparkle and holo goodness from the base through.  These were my colours!

Stamped using MdU 101 using image from MoYou Flower Power 20.

Then stamped again using same image using MdU 14.  I didn't shadow stamp, just randomly restamped the image however it laid on the nail because it didn't really matter as the base stamping was just another coloured background for interest and I still wanted the base polish to shine through.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

This is everything I love about stamping; quick and easy, interesting image, colourful and still see base polish shine through!

Thanks for looking!

Friends Don't Lie by CANVAS lacquer

I'm sharing another polish from The Upside Down Collection by CANVAS lacquer; this is Friends Don't Lie by CANVAS lacquer!

I'm kinda digging this futuristic nail art that I did, too!

Started with a base of two coats of Friends Don't Lie by CANVAS lacquer**.  Before I applied the polish, I set the bottle upside down for a few minutes to get some of the shards to the top of the bottle; even then, I had to do a little fishing for them but nothing I haven't done with other polishes that have denser glitter.

Friends Don't Lie by CANVAS lacquer is described as a silver with a soft holographic finish with scattered silver holographic shards.

For nail art, I wanted a design that would still allow those awesome holographic shards to peek through. Decided on an image from Curali 016 using FunkyFingers Dark Knight, then added an accent stud for interest.

Curali 016

Top coated with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Friends Don't Lie by CANVAS lacquer and the rest of the recently released The Upside Down Collection are available from their Etsy shop here!

Thanks for looking!

**item provided for review; please see disclosure policy

NEW Crumpet Nail Tart Challenge: Blue and Silver

October 14th started the next round of the Crumpet challenge; things are a little different this time in that challenges are only every two weeks so hopefully I can participate in all them this time! Last challenge, I started out well but petered out towards the end so didn't do all the challenges but hope to do better this round! I'm not off to a very good start as, even though I had my nails done, I couldn't get the post up in time but here it is now!  I did two challenge nails at the same time; one on each hand which is why this is a rare showing of Ms. Cindy.  Here's what I came up with for the first challenge which is blue and silver!



Started with a base of two coats of Colors by llarowe Sparking Diamonds Stamping Polish.  I know this isn't your typical base polish but I was using it for another mani and it was handy!



Stamped using an image from Handy 20 with accent of Bunny Nails HD-G using Esmaltes da Kelly Allan then topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.



Here's what I was wearing as I did two challenge nails; one on each hand!



Here's the other ladies blue and silver nails!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July if you are celebrating!  I did these nails yesterday; I didn't plan it very well as I only had one set of plates with me (Apipila) and limited polishes so had to come up with an Independence Day mani using what I had on hand but was pretty happy how these turned out considering!

Started with a base of two coats of Quo by Orly Mega Silver with an accent of Barielle Bold n Confident topped with an unnamed Pixel polish (the name might have been on the bottle but I couldn't make it out if it was!)  While not shown, topped everything off with a coat of Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC before stamping.

I have to say, stamping this was a pain in the arse!  The image with the lines is from Apipila p.06.  As you probably know, straight lines with squishy stamper equals crooked lines, so took many attempts with several stampers to get them straight.  I didn't have many stamping polishes with me and no navy ones, so searching through what I had on hand and after trying out a few, ended up using Maybelline Navy Narcissist for the stripes, which dried super fast.  Even after closing all the windows and turning off the fan, dried at the speed of lighting!  Some nails took many attempts to get all the lines stamped and a few, the tailings at the end wrecked the image and had to redo.  But I managed to eventually get them stamped as good as was going to happen!

I was only able to stamp about 4 stars in total before the clear jelly stamper head I was using totally disintegrated.  So had to do the best I could with a regular stamper for the rest.  

Finished the remaining stars at the tips using red Konad special polish with an image from Apipila Kids A. This might have been the end look if I wasn't able to stamp the line of stars decently on the accent.

 Stamped stars from same image plate on accent; the first row turned out OK so decided to do a few more.

I was able to line up a second and third row of stars decently for the end result.

Topped everything off with a final coat of Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC to finish.



This is final mani in the sun; the shade pix are more accurate though but the sun makes the silver really sparkle!

Enjoy the 4th if you are celebrating!