40 Great Nail Art Ideas Does Mint Green

I did a quick 40 Great Nail Art Ideas mani before heading to work this morning; this weeks theme is mint green and I had added prompt of splatter!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of three coats of Delush Polish Amazemint, no top coat.  I found that it was best to wait a few minutes between coats for the polish to dry; I didn't do this on the index finger and then had some polish pull so it doesn't sit as nice on the nail as the rest of them for this reason, having to add a little thicker coat because of this.

Added a coat of Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC before stamping.  Had some polish wrinkling due to the thickness of the top coat and base polish again on the index finger.  If I had more time, I would have done this nail again but it was before work this morning so didn't have any extra time.

For the splatter, I was going to do real polish splatter but too messy and not enough time so went with stamping splatter using MJ X and MoYou stamping polish in Ever Green.



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



Here's the other ladies mint green manis with everyone's different prompts!

An InLinkz Link-up

Have a great weekend; thanks for looking!

What I Did Last Summer

I know, you were thinking of something really cool and interesting, but nope, just some fun and colourful nails!

Started with a base of two coats of Quo by Orly Blue Beat, topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Did an accent of Quo by Orly Epic Remix.

Stamped using an image from MJ XLV using Funky Fingers Gesso.

I picked out some of the glitter from Quo by Orly Epic Remix and used it to dot the flower centers.



Topped everything off with a coat of KBShimmer What A Rush QD TC to finish.



Hopefully I can do something more fun than colourful nails this summer!  I actually have a few things in the works, that I think will be cool and fun anyway; I'll share them in posts later on!

Thanks for looking!

40 Great Nail Art Ideas Does Weddings

This weeks theme for 40 Great Nail Art Ideas is weddings; I haven't been to a wedding for a very long time; maybe a good 10 years, and my own wedding is now some 23 years ago so I'm not overly familiar with what is on trend regarding weddings nowadays.  But I don't think the traditional lace look ever goes out of style, so with that in mind, I came up with these lace looking nails!

Started with a base of two coats of Essie Marshmallow, no top coat.

Added a coat of Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC before stamping.  (Not this opaque IRL; just the lighting!)

Stamped using FunkyFingers Gesso using an image from Delaney Dentelle A004.

Delaney Dentelle A004





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



The bright lover in me was surprised I liked this as much as I did! Here's the other wedding mani's!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!

Glam Polish Secret Stash

Another quick mani I did in late spring using Glam Secret Stash.

Started with a base of two coats of Glam Polish Secret Stash; shown here top coated with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC.

Stamped using an image from ZZ Abstractos 4 using OPI Every Month is Oktoberfest which was a nice change from using black and white stamping polish which I seem to favour lol.  I should also say that I could not for the life of me get a clear stamper to pick up this so believe this or not, it is stamped with my regular go to stamper and placed by luck; thankfully placement wasn't too bad!

ZZ Abstractos 4

Topped with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC to finish.  While this pix has a lot of glare, it shows the shimmer in the OPI well.

Hope you're having a fabulous week; thanks for looking!

Pahlish Test Batch: Canyon Sunrise

A gal in the Pahlish FB group had posted a few mystery Pahlishes and I absolutely fell in love with one of them.  Little did I know at the time that I had one on the way to me from buying my own Pahlish mysteries so you would not believe how excited I was when my package arrived and I discovered I too got a bottle! (And low and behold I even got a backup bottle when I bought another mystery as yet another bottle was sent while the first one was in transit!)  This is Pahlish Test Batch:  Canyon Sunrise!

Started with a base of two coats of Pahlish Test Batch:  Canyon Sunrise, no top coat.  There is a very slight holographic to this dusty coral.  There were no application or clean up issues.

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

Stamped using an image from BundleMonster BM-XL206 using FunkyFingers Gesso placing it a little bit different on each finger.

BundleMonster BM-XL206

While not overly obvious, added a little glitter sparkle using Sally Hansen Shake Shake then topped it all off with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC.

I think this will be an interesting polish as a base for some brown, mustard yellow or even some interesting greens stamped during the fall.  Lots of possibilities even thought this isn't your typical colour!

Thanks for looking!

40 Great Nail Art Ideas Does Hot Pink

Late again for the 40 Great Nail Art Ideas Does Hot Pink challenge; I had added prompt of skittles!

For the skittles, picked assortment of hot pink polishes, purposely trying to have a few different finishes for some interest.  Starting at thumb and going clockwise, polishes are Girly Bits Julia, Glam Polish Unforgettable Dream, Smitten/Dreamland Pool Noodle, Colors by llarowe Frenzy and Crazy Polish Lady Strawberry Swing.  All are two coats except Pool Noodle which is 3 and Frenzy which is 4.  I had forgotten that Frenzy is also a skin and nail stainer which might not have been too bad for it was also very thin and I did a newbie move and flooded my cuticles then had pink stained skin for the rest of my pix.

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

Stamped using assortment images from MoYou Tropical Collection 15 and 16 using Funky Fingers Gesso.



MoYou Tropical Collection-16 (with a sneak peak of my red polka dot jammies!)





MoYou Tropical Collection-15





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



Even though I had on base coat, I still have a hot pink accent from Colors by llarowe Frenzy.  I've tried several known methods to in an attempt to remove the staining, but nothing has worked yet.



Here's the other ladies Hot Pink mani's with their various prompts!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!

Go, Raptors!

Well, tonight's Game 6  is do or die for the Toronto Raptors so I thought I would do a mani to support the home team! Go, Raptors, Go!!

Started with a base of four (yes, four!) coats of Vapid Snow Fox with an accent of two coats of Kiara Sky Stylette, all shown with no top coat.  

Topped with Girly Bits What A Rush QD TC before stamping.



Made two stamper decals using an image from Bundle Monster BM-XL185 (middle) and MJ XXIV test (thumb); outline is Funky Fingers Dark Knight and filled in with Sinful Colors Textured Burn Rubber. Unfortunately, the texture didn't show up as much as I wanted as I thought it would be quite realistic to a basketball but think it was too thick.  Added other images from BM-XL185 to index and pinky using Funky Fingers Dark Knight and lastly stamped the ring finger with MdU 9 using another image from MJ XXIV test.



Bundle Monster BM-XL185





Added a few filler stars to ring finger using same BM-XL185 plate.  Then, added a couple dots to the ring and index finger using MdU 13.




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



The game starts in about half and hour and I'll be glued to the TV anxiously watching the outcome!

Thanks for looking!