A Little Pick Me Up

I did these quick and easy nails not too long ago when I needed a little pick me up so went with something to brighten my day after a day that just wasn't the best. Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of Colors by Llarowe Coral-dly Yours, which was part of the February 2016 A Box, Indied.  Shown with two coats, no top coat.

Added a coat of Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC before stamping.  

I didn't want to cover up this gorgeous shade too much so went with an image from Apipila P.2 using Funky Fingers Gesso.

Added small square stud to accent.

Topped it all off with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC to finish.

Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen Does Gradient - Day 5

It's Day 5 of Digit-al Dozen gradient week challenge!  All of my mani's all week have been pink or purple or pink and purple and today, I have good reason for wearing them both again as this Day 5 mani is doing double duty for 40 Great Nail Art Ideas as this weeks theme for it is pink and purple; I had added prompt of reciprocal gradient.  Here's what I came up with!

My very first task was to see what pink and purple polishes and stamping polishes were a match or pretty close anyway for the reciprocal part of the challenge as I knew I wouldn't be doing a reciprocal gradient with striping tape.  So I picked out a few pinks and purples and went from there.  This actually was one of the longest processes for this mani.

For the pink, I went with Nvr Enuff Pink Sprinkles; this is two coats, no top coat shown below.  It was an added bonus that there was some purple shimmer in there!

Did a sponged gradient using piCture pOlish Wisteria.  In hindsight when I was done, I wish I had have sponged about half the nail as it would have evened out the reciprocal gradient a little bit more, but didn't think of it at the time.

Added coat of Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC.

For the reciprocal gradient, using an MdU 16 and MoYou Pink! which matched the base polishes pretty good.  The images are from MoYou Holy Shapes Collection-07 on all fingers except the larger image from MoYou Holy Shapes Collection-08 was used on the thumb.  The stamper was the DRK XL which helped with lining up pretty good and because its not overly squishy, the lines stamped pretty straight except on the index and its only visible in the close up so overall, happy with how these lines stamped on.

Finished with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC to finish.

Here's the other ladies Day 5 manis!  

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Here's the 40 Great Nail Art Ideas pink and lilac mani's!

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Hopefully you've enjoyed all these gradients!  Right now, it's one of my favourite type of bases for stamping as it adds a little base interest so I have quite a few more done and will be sharing at some time!

Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen Does Gradient; Day 4

For day 4 of Digit-al Dozen gradient challenge, another pink and purple (gasp!) gradient.

Started with two coats of L'Oreal Violette, no top coat.

Did a sponged gradient using Chaoes & Crocodiles Wishing Star Sky and Spun Sugar Magic.  Both of these beautiful shades are from the Once Upon a Unicorn collection.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top. 

Stamped using Funky Fingers Gesso using an image from Apipila Super Placa B.

Apipila Super Placa B.  There are so many great images on this XL plate especially if you love full size designs!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Here's the other ladies Day 4 mani's!

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Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen Does Gradient; Day 3

This is probably one of my most favourite gradient mani's EVER!  Purple!  Holo! What's not to love!  Well, I guess you might not be too impressed if you're not a purple or holo lover lol but it is right up my alley!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with two coats of Polish II Another World; shown with no top coat.  I haven't seen much posted about these Polish II's but I get them at local supply place at a great price so have a bunch of them! 

Added coat of Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC.

For the gradient, sponged on Colors by Llarowe Fall-o Me.  This was the October 2015 polish of the month.  In hindsight, I'm not sure why I top coated before sponging.....but I did.

Added a coat of Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC before stamping.  

Stamped using an image from UberChic Love & Marriage-01 using Funky Fingers Guesso.  I picked this image so just enough stamping while still allowing the cool base to show through.  I put different pieces of the image randomly on the nail for added interest.  

This isn't the best swatch picture but it shows the amazing rainbow of colours in Colors by Llarowe Fall-O Me so post worthy!

UberChic Love & Marriage-01

Finished with a coat of Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC to finish.

Here's the other ladies Day 3 gradients; there have been some amazing manis posted already this week so hopefully you've had a chance to check them out!

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Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen Does Gradient; Day 2

For day 2 of the Digit-al Dozen gradient theme, I'm sharing a gradient of pinks using Salon Perfect polishes that I had picked up on the Easter weekend during a quick cross border trip.  These nails were so much brighter than really shown, it's too bad they don't show how vibrant they really were!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a sponged gradient using Salon Perfect Tickled Pink, Let's Not Coral and Tropicool Punch (nope, not a typo!) , shown with no top coat.

Added a coat of Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC before stamping.

Stamped using an image from Pet'la Koy.

Topped with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC to finish.

Here's the other ladies Day 2 gradient mani's!

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Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen Does Gradient; Day 1

It's Digit-al Dozen week!  This months challenge is gradient, which is one of my current favourite things to do for nail art!  Some of these pix I've had saved for a while knowing that the challenge was coming so you might see a lot of different nail lengths as they were taken over such a span of time.  The other thing I discovered is pink or purple or pink and purple seems to be my most favourite gradient colour scheme; I had 5 gradients uploaded for the theme and realized that every single one of them were in this colour scheme!  I might change it up with a few other or you might just end up seeing a pink and purple; I guess we'll see how the week goes as I don't have all the posts done yet!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Celestial Cosmetics Hope Is The New Pink; no top coat.  This was exclusive to the Hella Holo Customs FB group. 

Did a sponged gradient using Colors by Llarowe Oops!  

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top before stamping.

Stamped using Chez Delaney Floral A001 using Funky Fingers Gesso.

Chez Delaney Floral A001.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Here's the other ladies Day 1 gradient mani's!

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Thanks for looking!