Hello? Is That You, Valentine?

The cutest Valentine's Day nails that I did this year...and the first time I've sponged gradiented in a long, long time!  Here's what I came up with!

MdU ZZ Valentine S5

Started with a base of Morgan Taylor Adorably Clueless with accent nails of Painted Polish Don't Go Bacon My Heart, which was over Cupcake White Pop.

Did a sponged gradient using Morgan Taylor Adorably Clueless and You Optopi My Heart, no top coat.

Topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped ring, middle and index with image from MdU ZZ Valentine S5.  Did a gradient stamp on the thunb using imagine from Lina All About Love 02 using Moyra SP19 and Maniology B463 and did a heart using same polishes using image from Lesly Love Me.

Shadow stamped thumb using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief and then did a stamper decal with the same image on the pinky using Morgan Taylor Optopi and Midnight Mischief.  That thumb....love!

Added random hearts on index, middle and ring using hearts from ZZ Valentine S5 and Maniology B463.

Topped with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

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Super Bowl Nails!

Congrats, 49ers!  

I did these nails for the Super Bowl and was wearing them for the game, just didn't get to share them on the blog before the game.  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, then top coated it with KBShimmer Clearly on Top. 

MoYou London Pro XL-19

MoYou London Pro Collection - 11.  The plates have a lot of the same images, I used plate 11 for these nails but my nails at this time are really short.  If they have any amount of length, I need to use the larger images, which is why I own both.  This need is pretty much eliminated now with the stampers that enlarge images!

MdU AZ Sports 2: Football 1

Started by stamping image from MoYou London Pro-11 using MdU 9.

Kansas image is from MdU VZ 12 on the thumb; San Francisco is MdU AK 35.  For the Kansas image, I stamped first in red and removed the arrow outline, then stamped a second time in black and removed the KC image but each time I used sticky base to get it to stick to the nail, which is why there is liquid look at the image.  But I was pretty excited I did this as I hadn't done this technicque before!  Words on thumb are from Lina Express Your Nails! 01.  Ring and index are from MdU AZ Sports 2:  Football 1, pinky image is UC Uber mini:  Football is life and words on middle is BM-XL181.  Used Painted Polish Midnight Mischief and MdU 9.

Lina Express Your Nails! 01

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

I was really happy to see Taylor Swift there supporting her boyfriend, Travis Kelce and Ms. Cindy was all about Trav and Tay!

MdU Music 3

MdU Music 2.  I didn't end up using this plate but I had planned on using it.

Base is OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, then used MdU 3 on the ring finger and MdU AZ Sports 2:  Football 1 for the rest of the nails, using MdU 9 and Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.  Those lips on the ring finger gave me so much grief but it was worth it as I think they make the mani!  The numbers on this shirt were a different plate but I didn't mark it down but it was another sport plate.

Awkward hand pose but my daughter took this pix of both hands together!

 

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Pink Hearts!

 I realized that I pretty much only wear pink doing Valentine's Day nails which is odd because pink used to be my go to colour of choice when I did my nails a long time ago.  Here's some pink nails for Valentine's Day and hopefully more pink will show up between now and next V-Day!

Started with a base of Pahlish skittles; starting at thumb and going clockwise, used Pahlish Arietty, Love At First Bite sample batch, Champagne Problems, Sugar Venom and Once Upon A Dream.  Applied two or three coats of polish depending on if it was needed or not.

Topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Maniology Classic Beauty BM-XL356

Stamped using image from Classic Beauty BM-XL356 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

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

I had a bit of polish drag on this mani even though I did a coat of no smear top coat.  Twice I had it happen when I haven't had it happen in a long, long time.  I *think* I figured out it happens because the coat of no smear top coat is dry and then the topcoat brush on the quickdry is dry and it doesn't glide over the stamping polish but picks it and drags it. Haven't had any issues since and I hope that is the end of it as it is highly annoying!

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Leopard Hearts

I've been into leopard prints lately; bought a few tops and other items with the leopard print.  So when I seen the leopard heart image on a plate recently, I knew I had to do it for Valentine nails.  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, no topcoat.  

PY-J033

After topping it with KBShimmer Clearly on Top, stamped using image from PY-J033 using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief, no top coat.

After top coating, hand painted all spots using assortment of brights.  MdU 11, Fancy Gloss Neon Green and Neon Blue, Color Club Peace Out Purple and Orly Synthetic Symphony.  This took longer than I thought and I wondered after if it might have been faster making stamper decals ?!?  Not sure but I'll consider it next time.

Finished with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

I loved this plate so much that I bought 2 (not realizing I already had it lol)!  I'm going to be giving one away on IG if you follow @canadiannailfanatic there and comment on the post.  So head on over there if you want to enter.  Link to IG is on sidebar.

Thanks for looking!

 

Hearts!

Good Monday morning!  Hopefully you had a great weekend!  With Feb 14 just around the corner, I thought I had better get in high gear sharing all the V-Day mani's that I've done lately including this one!  Here's what I came up with!  

Started with a base of two coats of Morgan Taylor You Octopi My Heart, no top coat.

Topped with a coat of Baroness X Mind Walk, no top coat.

Look at that shimmah!

Top coated with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped with an image from Hit The Bottle To Love Or Not To Love-01 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

Topped with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

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Hearts!

I was in the mood for some bright nails so decided to go with bright Valentine's skittles.  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of Glam Polish flakies; starting at thumb and going clockwise:  Oh Buoy!, Fin-tastic!, Such A Catch, The Boss Beach and You're Kracken Me Up, no topcoat, on a base of Cupcake Polish White Pop.  Loving that highlighter yellow one!

Topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using image from Apipila Love plate, using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief, no top coat.

Apipila Love plate.  I don't know if this is the name of the plate as I couldn't find it noted so decided to call it that lol.

Finished with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

I forgot to mention that I shrunk the image to get it to fit on my nails and even then, it barely fit on my pinky but it did help making them smaller to fit my nails better.  These sizing stampers are a game changer for someone like me with smaller sized nails!

Thanks for looking!