Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to anyone who may be celebrating today!  I did these nails a couple days ago and have been wearing them all weekend.  Here's what I came up with!

Lantern & Wren ThankFall

UberChic I Always Fall for Autumn

Did a skittle base; starting at thumb and going clockwise:  Essie You Know The Espadrille, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Pride Healing Feeling, Color Club Beaches, Orly Lovella, and Sally Hansen Miracle Gel I Don't Desert You.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Did a stamper decal from Infinity 65 after using a shrinking stamper to make it smaller.  I even made it a little too small, or didn't position it well, as I had to hand paint in the top of the free edge the cornucopia.  After sponging Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Colour Instinct on index finger, stamped image from Creative Shop 16S (used shrinking stamper too for it).  Stamped feathers on the middle using image from Lantern & Wren ThankFall, then layered stamped turkey (not very well!).  Ring is Lesly Autumn Leaves with words shadow stamped from UberChic I Always Fall For Autumn and lastly, the pinky is image from Clear Jelly Stamper CjS-220.  Used a few polishes I didn't make a note of for the stamper decal and the following MdU stamping polishes:  9, 13, 46, 53, 66, 75, 106 and 107, along with Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.  

I touched up the base polish over the turkey that I didn't stamp very well, and also added a few more brush strokes of colour for the turkey feathers, then added leaves on the middle (not very well either) using image from CjS-135.  

Finished with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

 I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend if you celebrated, and if not, hopefully this mani will provide some ideas for your Thanksgiving later in the year!

Pretty Scales!

 I remember when this Polish Pickup order arrived; the first thing I had to do was put this beauty on my nails!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Danglefoot Woaahhhh Pigeon On a Chair (Polish Pickup June 2023), no top coat.  Such a stunner!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

This is another one of those polishes where you don't want to cover too much of the base polish with stamping, so went with Moyra 28-Femme Fatale, stamped with MdU 68.

Topped with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top. 

 Thanks for looking!

Fall Plaid!

When my nails were growing out, I was doing simple polish and stamping and sometimes I took pictures of it, and sometimes now.  This was one mani when I didn't start to take pictures but once I had it stamped, thought it looked OK, which is why there's no base polish pictures on it's own. 

Started with a base of two coats of Essie Let It Slide, then topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  Stamped using Creative Shop 182 Basic using MdU 122.  The base and stamping polish compliment each other so well (I think!).

Topped with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Different lighting.

 Thanks for looking!

Fall Is In The Air!

Holy Smokes!  There is a lot happening in these nails.  May not be overly obvious but there is!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with base of fall skittles; starting at thumb and going clockwise:  Glisten & Glow Soup & Snuggles, Zoya Cory, Sally Hansen Butterscotch, Sally Hansen Yummy Yam and Zoya Cory.  All two coats, except Yummy Yam, which is three.

Topped Zoya Cory with Stella Chroma Glistens Like A Gem for some sparkle interest.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

WH-03

Clear Jelly Stamper CjS H-95

Shadow stamped words on thumb using image from WH-03 using MdU 59 and 114.  Stamped patterned leaf on thumb using image from CjS-220 using MdU 106, 114 and Painted Polish Midnight Mischief for outline.  Stamped plaid on index and pinky using Creative Shop 182 Basic using MdU 114, then leaf on both nails using CjS-135 using MdU 106 and Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.  Middle nails is CjS-220 using MdU 107, then layered with MdU 59 and MdU 48 for stem.  Leaf on middle is CjS-135 using Mdu 9 and 106.  Ring is image from CjS H-95 using MdU 59, 66, 106 and outlined in Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.

I thought that some of the fingers looked odd as hey didn't have stamped outline, so did some brush hand painting on a few images using Painted polish Midnight Mischief.

After a coat of Apipilia No Smear TC, added a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

 Thanks for looking!

Dots!

Another mani that I adored, this is so much a CNF mani: blue (of course), colourful (usually), holographic (yes please!), dots (so often!) and busy.  Busy might be my middle name!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of Cirque Hudson with accent nails of Red Eyed Lacquer Not Today Red Barron (Hella Handmade Creations September 2022).  I love this polish and as so glad I was able to get a couple backup bottles!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on top.

Stamped using Hit The Bottle Vintage Grunge 01 using MdU 91, with accent nails of DRK XL Designer 01 using same stamping polish.

Used Picture Polish Stamped in Starfruit for floral centers, then decided to add it and Painted Polish Stamped in Greenery 2.0 for colour interest and filler.

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

 Thanks for looking!

Not Candycorn Nails

I haven't done a gradient in a long time and was pleasantly surprised how well this one turned out!  It was just too bad that I did this mani in the middle of summer versus in the fall or even late summer as this would have been a great base for a fall or Halloween mani!  Another time, I guess.  Here's what I came up with!

UberChic 28-03

Started with a base of Morgan Taylor Ugh, As If, two coats, no top coat.

After adding a coat of QD TC and waiting for it to dry, did a sponged gradient using the same Morgan Taylor yellow, then Sally Hansen Insta-dri Healing Feeling and Sally Hansen Catch Me If You Can.

Topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  I love the interest that Ugh, As If adds to the base!

Stamped using image from UberChic UC 28-03 using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Different lighting.

Thanks for looking!