Shells!

Another tropical mani with these shell nails!   I think this base is perfect for these nails as it looks like the beautiful blues of the ocean where you find shells!

Started with a base of Femme Fatale Floral Coral, HHC October 2022, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using B. 11 Summer Paradise using Painted Polish Blanc Slate, no top coat.

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

Thanks for looking!

Daisies!

This is a spin on a look that I've shared before using these daisy images and I think this might be my favourite so far!

Started with a base of Different Dimension The Carousel Never Stops Turning (Hella Handmade Customs November 2021) with accent of Essie Transcend the Trend.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped lines using BP-L09 and daisies from Lina 4 Seasons-Spring 02 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

Added dots using Painted Polish Stamped in Starfruit, Mdu 78 and Different Dimension The Carousel Never Stops Turning.

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

Thanks for looking!

Another Snowflake Mani!

This isn't my typical style of stamping but I didn't mind how it turned out.  In fact, I think they turned out pretty cool! Of course, I'm late to the party; these mani's have been around for a while now and this is my first!  Hopefully I'll be able to do more!

Born Pretty Snowflake-L001

Started with a base of three coats of Masura Coolness of Evening Lake, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top. 

Stamped using images from Finger Angel XL10 using MdU 78 and 126.

Finger Angel XL10

Added snowflake image from Born Pretty Snowflake-L001 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

Added a few extra snowflakes from Creative Shop155, then topped using Painted Polish Blanc Slate, then topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

This was Ms. Cindy; I actually thought this hand turned out better than the other one!  I really like the lines; hopefully I'll remember to use that stamp in a future mani.

 

Thanks for looking!

More Cherry Blossoms!

Here's another cherry blossom mani and OMG I cannot believe that I didn't do terribly bad using the layered images on the plate with lining up the outline and the filled in part onto the nail!  Thank you Clear Jelly Stamper lol!  Even with it, I rarely line up well and while this isn't perfect either, I'll take it as a win!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of Different Dimension You Betta Werk (February 2020 PPU), no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Using images from Creative Shop 166, first stamped the fill in part of the blossoms using MdU 20, Painted Polish Stamped in Rose and Painted Polish Blanc Slate.  

Then using the outline image on the same Creative Shop 166 plate, stamped on all the blossoms using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.  In case it's not clear, I stamped the on the four fingers to make it look like a long branch and stamped the thumb with the part of the image I liked best!

Creative Shop 166

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Thanks for looking!

Cherry Blossoms!

I've been seeing some pictures of cherry blossoms; hard to believe that the weather is warm enough for this as we certainly don't seem to have warm enough weather for much budding right now.  Although I guess I do see a few buds on the trees and sprouts of plants coming up.  But man, it is chilly!  And windy!  Hopefully warmer weather is right around the corner!  I haven't done cherry blossom nails in a while (if ever, come to think of it) but have done a couple so far this year so thought I'd start sharing as part of my spring sharing right now.  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of Enchanted Disco H20 (teal) with accent nails of Elevation Polish The Cow's Mouth.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Made a stamper decal from Creative 167 using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief, then filled in with MdU 20, Painted Polish Stamped in Rose and Painted Polish Blanc Slate and Enchanted Disco H20.  Also stamped the branches for the blossoms on the rest of the nails using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief from Dixie Plates DP10.

Edited post to add Creative Shop 167 pix.

Added the cherry blossoms to the branches from Dixie Plates DP10 using same polishes from the middle; MdU 20, Painted Polish Stamped in Rose and Painted Polish Blanc Slate by doing an gradient on the plate.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Added either black dots on some blossoms or the tri-colours on others as centers of the blossoms.

Finished with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Have a great weekend and thanks for looking!

Edit:  I loved this picture shared on Riyets on IG recently and thought it was appropriate to this mani!

Blue Swirls!

I've been shopping my stash lately and have been trying to wear untrieds (aka 'new' to me polishes!) as much as possible.  Not always the case as sometimes I don't 'feel' certain polishes and it's much easier to use a favourite than keep on searching for one that speaks to me as it can be painfully time consuming sometimes to decide on what polish to use!  Does that make sense?  Am I the only one that does this?  Well, that's what I do most days - search my stash until one 'speaks' to me and then try to find a stamping image to go along with it.  I've been trying to use all my untried plates too to change things up a bit and here was another time when I used untried polishes and plate!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of OPI Suzi-San Climbs Fiji-San with accent nails of Painted Polish Seaside Soiree, three coats.

Another one just because!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped with image from Marianne Nails Professional n.33 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

Marianne Nails Professional n.33.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

While I really liked how this turned out, I wish the beauty of the Painted Polish was a little bit more visible.  What I also really liked about this mani was that I could batch both hands!  That doesn't happen too often lol!

Thanks for looking!