......baby one more time

It's funny where you can get the inspiration for mani's sometimes.  I was going through some IG accounts checking out some sites that had music on them for inspiration and came across Britney Spears video of .....baby one more time, amoungst others.  Then, when I sat down to do Back to School nails last night, I seen the one uniform image on one of the plates that I thought kinda looked like the uniform that Britney wore in the video (with some liberties, of course!) and then I thought, hey, I have a plate with some Britney images on them...and this weeks #MusicManiMonday was born, I just had to execute it.  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Cupcake Polish White Pop and Nicole by OPI Naturally, no top coat.

Topped the Cupcake Polish with Seche Diamond Dust, then topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Did a sponged gradient using NOPI Naturally and Color Club All That Razz.  Earlier, I had made a couple stamper decals from Beauty Big Bang City-XL001 and applied them on the thumb and pinky.  Used MdU 13 and Painted Polish Midnight Mischief for the decal on the pinky and MdU 73 and 91 and Painted Polish Midnight Mischief on the thumb, as well as Painted Polish Blanc Slate for the uniform shirt.

Added rest of the images from Journails by NiinasNails Women in Music using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief  and MdU 29.  I shrunk all images from this plate and I seriously cannot believe how good I shadow stamped the middle image considering I shrunk the image and both times, they shrunk to the same size and THEN!, I shadow stamped it to perfection.  I was so exciting; I never do this good of a line up so I was super stoked about this win!  Also added a few hearts from the same Beauty Big Bang plate mentioned above.  It was too bad I didn't position it slightly better so it was all on the nail, but I'll still take it as a win!

Beauty Big Bang-City-XL001

Journails by NiinasNails Women in Song.

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

I did some research on the video .....baby one more time prior to doing this mani; watched the video several times and urge you to go check it out as the nails may make more sense!  But if you don't, this is the album cover that had Britney's break out hit, which was used on the ring finger.

 

Here's Britney in that famous school hall scene in her uniform; used for the thumb inspiration with a little creative liberty.

This image is from near the end of the video when she's in the gym sitting on the bleachers with a basketball, which was inspiration for the pinky.  

Hope you enjoyed this weeks #MusicManiMonday and thanks for looking!

Spirals!

I've been trying not to post blue or floral nails and looks like I'm going to fail with that personal challenge!  But I think these have enough colour and interest in the stamped image that I can forgive myself lol!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of OPI Duomo Days, Isola Nights (not shown), then topped with Nvr Enuff Polish Alchemy, no top coat.  I'm not sure what happened to Nv Enuff Polish but they certainly had a lot of pretty polishes and I'm happy to have them in my stash!

Topped with Fancy Gloss Crushed Sapphire, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Did a stamped gradient using MdU 91, Mdu 39 and Painted Polish Blanc Slate, using image from Big SdP A-2.

Big SdP A-2.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Just before taking it off, I added a coat of Essie Matte About You and I have to say, I really like how all the flakies pop with matte.  I wish I had have worn it for another day matte, but too much polish and plates and the urge to change my nails!

Thanks for looking!

 

Hugs and Kisses!

Another moody blue Valentine mani that was a lot of fun to do and I think it turned out pretty cute!  Here's  what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Different Dimension polish.  It had no label on the bottom; I don't know if it was there and I lost it or it was a mystery proto; if you recognize it, please let me know!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

UberChic UC Queen of Hearts

Stamped using UC Queen of Hearts (pinky and index), Apipila Love (thumb and middle) and Lina All About Love 02 (ring) using Painted Polish Blanc Slate, MdU 91 and UC Stamping Polish Cloud Canvas.  The three colours were used in each ring on the pinky and index and then a scraped gradient on the middle and thumb and shadow stamping was done on the ring finger.  I particularly liked the thumb nail and did a mani of just it later on.  Added a couple of random hearts on the ring finger as well using UC Queen of Hearts as well.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Thanks for looking!

 

F-A-L-L

Fall is in the air so still sharing fall mani's in this corner of the internet.  This one looked better in my mind than how it turned out but maybe next year, it will be better.  Here's what I came up with!

MdU Autumn 3

Started with a base of two coats of KADS 45, no top coat.  

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Did gradient stamping using MdU 9, 13, 106 and 107 and images from MdU Autumn.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

 Thanks for looking!

Golden Leaves

This was one of my favourite fall manis that I did last year but I didn't have time to share it so wanted to make sure I got it shared this year before going onto Thanksgiving and Halloween nails.  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Orly Lovella, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Did layered stamping with image from UberChic UC Lovely Leaves 5 with accent nail using CjS-86 using MdU 9, 11, 13, 66 and Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.  Added few more dots on accent nail using dotter.

Shadow stamped words on accent nail.

Topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

As with the case of a lot of manis, I liked how this turned out, in fact, it was one of my favourite fall mani's, but if you've been here a while, you know I like busy nails.  So added random dots for interest and colour using MdU 66.

Finished with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Thanks for looking!

Autumn Days

I guess every day is autumn days until December 21st so here's another autumn days mani!

Started with a base of fall looking skittles; starting at thumb and going clockwise:  Zoya Honey, Zoya Arbor, KBShimmer Oh My Gourd, OPI Is That A Spear In Your Pocket? and OPI Piazza Cake.  

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Maniology M425

Did layered stamping on index and pinky with image from Maniology M425 and on the middle finger using CjS LC-56 as well as the ring finger using CjS-267.  Thumb image is MoYou London Fall in Love 09; shadow stamped the words.  Used MdU 9, 13, 48, 59, 106, 107 and Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.

Finished with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Thanks for looking!