Beach Baby, Beach Baby!

It's #MusicManiMonday and I did these nails with the song Beach Baby by The First Class!  Beach Baby was released in 1974; if you're not familiar with it, please check it out on YouTube!  Fun summer pop song!

I did a smoosh stamper gradient with an assortment of polishes; too many to mention.  

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Sugar Bubbles SB127

Beauty Big Bang XL-071

Stamped a bunch of beach babies using Beauty Big Bang XL-071 (thumb), Sugar Bubbles SB 127 (ring and index), Sugar Bubbles SB 077 (middle) and Sugar Bubbles SB 065 (pinky) using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.  Quite a few of the images were shrunk with the sizing stamper.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

 Thanks for looking!

PSA

This is your public service announcement that if you aren't using a water based top coat after you stamp and before your final coat of of quick dry topcoat, that this is what happens to your stamping.  

I've been doing my nails forever....like I think I'm on my 12th year of nail stamping or so and no matter how I float my topcoat, I will still occasionally get get stamping smear, but it doesn't happen that often now as I always do a coat of Apipila No Smudge Top Coat after I stamp and before applying the quick dry top coat.  No, this isn't a sponsored post, it is just me helping you to avoid stamping smear in the future.  I also have Hit the Bottle Aqua Base and a few others, but my preferred one is Apipila.  I've bought it when it was available through Girly Bits, and with Polish Pickup, and Hella Handmade Creations and  Little Box of Horrors, although I think it might only be available now through LBOH, as I haven't bought it for a while as I already have a lifetime supply, I love it so.  Go get it and try it if you have stamping smear issues.  

Started with a base of Glam Polishes:  It's Now or Never, Remember the Monsters?, Someday My Prince Will Come, Crash! and It Sucks To Be Me, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top. 

Stamped using Painted Polish Blanc Slate using image from Creative Shop 5S. 

Creative Shop 5S. 

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

This mani is from November 2020 and I bought my first bottle of Apipila No Smudge Top Coat from PPU on January 1, 2021 and haven't looked back.  I haven't bought it since 2024 and that was with LBOH when I bought 4 bottles, mainly because I had bought several bottles any time I was purchasing from a stocklist or PPU/LBOH, even if it was a couple bottles.  

 

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Thermal Teal Flakies!

I have a few thermal polishes, although I don't wear them often because I find my nails are usually cold, therefore, there isn't much transition when I wear them.  In fact, for the few thermal polishes I have, I usually ensure that I like the cold version of them as I never expect to see the warm transition and I was shocked that it actually happened when I wore this one.

Started with a base of Models Own Hyper Gel Teal, two coats, no top coat.

Topped with Fancy Gloss The Toxic B*tch, 1 coat, from PPU June 2020.  To note, I did these nails in March 2022, so the polish was almost 2 years old, yet still transitioned.  Well done, Fancy Gloss!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top. 

Stamped using image from Moyra 39-Eastern Mystic using Painted Polish Blanc Slate, no top coat.

Moyra 39-Eastern Mystic

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish. 

Here's a few pictures of the thermal transition.  I finally had a thermal gradient!  This was really the only nail that transitioned; the others I'm shared were forced with my nail dryer.  

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Welcome Spring!

Spring officially arrives today at 10:46 am so I'm sharing the spring-esque nails on the dot of spring.  Right colours, wrong flowers but daisies will be out soon enough!  

Started with a base of Cirque Matcha (index and pinky), Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Pink Cadillaquer (middle and ring) and Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Fuchsia Fever (thumb), no top coat, all on a coat of Cupcake White Pop.

Topped with a coat of Noodles Snowkissed, one thin.  I rediscovered this polish when I was pulling green polishes for St. Patrick's Day nails and seen this one sitting there and I thought it would be perfect for a spring mani.  And here we are!  Cirque Matcha was one of the greens I had pulled for St. Patrick's Day nails as well.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped with image from SdP-67 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.  This is a full nail image and is isolated an image and enlarged it using the sizing stamper and placed them several times on the middle and ring fingers.

Dotted centers of the polishes using the same base polishes.

Topped with Girly Bits Glitter Glaze to smooth the glitter, then topped with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

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Hello New Year!

Hello, 2026!  Here's to the New Year!

This post is short and sweet as I only took a few pictures of these nail, which I wore to ring in 2026!  Started with a base of OPI Black Onyx.

Stamped using KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

After waiting about 45 minutes to ensure they were dry, stamped using MdU AZ New Year on the thumb and ring, and Maniology M445 on the rest of them.  I used holographic chrome power to highlight the image after stamping with CjS sticky stamping polish as it dries the slowest.  I did the pinky first and it turned out great; however, the middle and index fingers, it went full coverage on the nail.  Instead of removing it, I just went with the flow and then stamped the image on top of the chrome, but I really wanted all the nails to look like the pinky image so the stamped image was holographic. I don't know why it went full on coverage as this was my first time using chrome powder and haven't researched it but the nails were bone dry so it shouldn't have stuck.  

After topping with a coat of Sophi water base top coat, topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Maniology M445

I did Ms. Cindy slightly different; used same base polish and plates but stamping using CbL Sparkling Diamond stamping polish and whooo-eeee, it really sparkles like a diamond!  This is a really good option for stamped holographic nails!

I did these charcuterie boards for our stay in on the couch New Year's Eve; we had the board around 11 pm and then a candy board at midnight.  I  thought they turned out pretty cool so thought I'd share!

And oh my lantra, cutting those letters out from cheese was tedious but I think they took the board to another level!  

 I wish the best to you and yours in 2026!  

Let’s Get Lit!

I've been wanting to do one of these Christmas light man's and was pleasantly surprised how many plates have these designs. However, just before I sat down to do my nails this night, I filed them all down so not many of the images fit my shorties, but thankfully, there's stampers on the market that resize images by making them larger or smaller, which I used for this mani.  I actually use them quite a bit as my nails are on the smaller side.  I'm thankful for the trick that you put a ruler on your stamper with guides and then you can reduce even a layered mani by using the guides, which is what I did her.  So smart, whomever it was that shared that hack!  I can't give credit but I know I had seen it in a group on FB.  Kudos!  Anyway, here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of Different Dimension Wonderful Christmas Time, two coats on a base of Cupcake White Blur, no top coat.  Fun fact:  this is a glow in the dark polish which I didn't know when I did my nails and it freaked me out when I went to bed as I kept on seeing these white flashes until I figured it out!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Layered stamped using an image from UberChic Holiday Jingle using resizing stamper with Painted Polish Stamped in Salt Water, MdU 11, CjS 062 and What's Up The Othere Side, with Painted Polish Midnight Mischief base.  The image on the thumb is from Lantern & Wren All The Jingle Ladies and the same stamping polishes used on the other fingers.  In hindsight, I wish I had of used the resizing stamper to make the words a little larger, but they are just super small IRL; you can clearly see the words on micro.  But if I was to repeat this mani, I would for sure increase the size of the image on the thumb.  I also seen this wording on another plate, so who knows; might use it when I repeat this!  And I know for sure I will repeat this; I loved it so and wore it for a few days which is unusual for me.  And got so many compliments on it....everyone thought it was such fun!  Here's another tip.  I'm not the best at shadow stamping although I love the look of it.  So as I was working on the stamper decal for the bulbs, I took a brush and outlined some of the words on the thumb to mimic shadow stamping but without having to line up the letters.  I thought I was brilliant lol!

Lantern & Wren All the Jingle Ladies

Added the light accent on all nails using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

Finished with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

This was so fun; I can't wait to recreate this next year!  Oh, and here is the glow in the dark pix...not the best pix but hopefully you can see it glowing!

Thanks for looking!