A Quick Christmas Mani

Back to doing a holiday mani....a quick one I came up with.



Started with a base of two coats of Color Blast by Orly Raging Vine.  This is two coats; no topcoat.



Added NYX Girls Emerald Forest for some glitter french tips....for some reason, I'm kinda into these funky french glitter type of mani's right now....



Neither one of these has top coat on top.



Stamped with Konad white stamping polish using SdP 83.



Added a few red dots for the holly berries. 



(Topped with SV, which is the first pix.)

Just before I took it off, I had a recently received bottle of Lush Lacquer Ho Ho Holidays sitting out and thought I'd layer a coat on just to see how it looked.




Have a great weekend! 

Thanks for looking!

Oopsie Daisies Glacier

After a couple weeks of non-stop Christmas/Holiday/Winter mani's, I felt like something different and needed a little change.  When I was trying to decide what polish/what stamp (which usually takes me longer to figure out than the actual time spent on doing my nails...can anyone relate?), I seen the bottle of Oopsie Daisies Glacier** sitting on my table which I hadn't worn yet; this is what I came up with.



Started with a base of three coats of Oopsie Daisies Glacier.  Topped with SV.



Another pix.  Glacier is unlike anything in my stash; while I was initially going to layer it over a creme, I decided to just do layers on its own.  Three coats had good coverage yet was interesting because it was still translucent.





When it came time to do some stamping, the first images that came to mind were snowflakes...but I was wanting to stay away from Christmas/Holiday/Winter images as I had done so many mani's already with them and was feeling the need for something different.  So decided on MJ VI using Konad white special polish.



Topped with SV.



I really liked how this turned out; the popping glitter, combined with the stamping, made the mani look 3D which I thought was awesome!  The funny thing about this is that this polish would be an awesome base for some snowflakes...the glitter combined with stamping would be an awesome 3D effect!  Next time....! 




Oopsie Daisies is available via Etsy here....there's also a new collection from Oopsie Daisies called Mount Olympus just launched that has a couple colours calling my name.....!

Thanks for looking!

**Polish was sent for review.  Please refer to my disclosure policy.

Stamping Over Red

This weeks FB Adventures in Stamping Challenge was stamping over red.  This is the mani I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of China Glaze Adventure Red-y.

Added a little glitter at the tips using Orly Halo; this pix has no topcoat on the tips.  Halo is fast becoming one of my favourite polishes for adding some glitter interest at the tips; I'm seriously contemplating if I should be trying to track down a backup from Sally's I love it so much and its so versatile going with any colour!

Stamped using fauxnad P12 with Konad white special polish.

This is one of my favourite snowflake images; however, the smallest image doesn't stamp clearly; just kinda blobby.  So I isolated the large ones and used them somewhat like a french tip. 

Lastly, topped with SV.

Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen: Festiveness, Day 5

When it came down to the last day of the challenge (which I'm late in posting!), I thought what can be more festive than a few different ways to say Merry Christmas?  So this is the mani I'm sharing now, which is the stamping I had done when I originally did the mani featuring Oopsie Daisies Carols by Candlelight a couple posts ago.....which was a perfect festive backdrop!

Oopsie Daisies Carols by Candlelight, by itself, two coats, topped with SV.

When I received Oopsie Daisies Carols by Candlelight the first thing that came to my mind was Christmas.  Simple.  Pure.  Christmas.  Are there any other colours that scream Christmas more than green, red and white?  

Started with a base of Sinful Colors Exotic Green.  This is two coats, no topcoat.  I thought this was a fabulous green base, perfect for some holiday nails....until I took it off a couple days later and seen the horror of green staining despite two layers of base coat. 

Added a layer of Oopsie Daisies Carols by Candlelight, then a coat of SV.

In case I haven't said this enough already, this simply is Christmas in a bottle.  So I was thinking Christmas, holidays, trees, wreaths...but the day I went to wear this, I had already done a wreath and tree mani just a few days before and wanted to add some different type of stampings.  So, again, with Christmas on the brain, I thought, what more appropriate stamping than an assortment of ways to say Merry Christmas.  And sure enough, I was able to find an assortment of images along these lines. Edited to add plates which I forgot!  Holly is W220, thumb Merry Christmas and Noel on middle is Dash 11, Happy Holidays on ring is W215, Feliz Natal on middle is Apipila 05, pinky Merry Christmas and Seasons Greetings on index is W233.

Happy Festivus Festiveness....Merry Christmas.....Noel....no matter how you say it; enjoy the Season!

Here's the other mani's from Day 5 to check out!

Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen: Festiveness Day 4

I got a couple new plates in the mail yesterday, which happen to be fulllll of holiday images, so I thought I'd try them out for Day 4 of the challenge.  Here's what I came up with.

Started with a base of three coats of Spa Ritual Marble; this pix has topcoat.  I had bought Marble as I was looking for a different white base other than my usual white creme...forgetting I already own Nicole By OPI It's All About The Glam!  Well, now I have two sparkle/shimmery whites to use as stamping bases!

Stamped using FUN green, red and blue metallic stamping polishes, using SdP 83 (ring), HD07 (middle), Nailways 0002 (pinky), Sugar Bubbles Special 01 (thumb) and SdP 59 (index).

Topped with SV (I applied a little too much on the middle finger and it wrinkled when it was wet but it did dry flat).

A pix of after it dried ....the middle finger wrinkles dried pretty well.  (This pix was taken a few hours after I had finished...and after I had broken the middle nail.)

Here's a couple pix of the Sugar Bubbles special plates.  Oodles of holiday images on them!

Sugar Bubbles can be found on Facebook here.

Here's the other ladies Day 4 mani's if you'd like to check them out...so much creativity in the group!

Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen-Festiveness; Day 3

Am I the only one that thinks Festivus when I see Festiveness?  I type it every time I type Festivus  Festiveness.  Too much Seinfield back in the day, I suppose....anyhoo, this is my mani for Day 3 of the challenge (my second mani as I missed first day!)

I was trying to come up with something a little different just to mix it up instead of the more typical greens, reds, whites and blues that are more seasonal right now! 

Started with a base of two coats of China Glaze Let's Do It In 3-D, no topcoat.  It dried fairly fast and after about 5 minutes, I was able to do the stamping.

Stamped with black Konad special polish using an assortment of images (BM222, large g-men on thumb; Nailways0002, small g-men on thumb as well as pinky; OMG XL, ring finger g-man; HD08-middle finger g-man; and AT01 on index). 

Added a few randomly placed stars from T37 using red Konad special polish.

Topped with Sally Hansen quick dry.

When I was out and about this morning doing some Christmas shopping, the sun came out so I snapped a few pix (when I was parked, of course!). 

I urge you to check out the other Digit-al Dozen bloggers are are participating in Day 3 of Festivus Festiveness! Another day of awesomeness!!

Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen: Festiveness!

It was a thrill to be asked to join the Digit-al Dozen for their monthly challenges and this is my first time participating...unfortunately, I failed because the group does five consecutive daily posts starting yesterday; and for a variety of reasons, I wasn't able to post.  So I'm joining up with the group today and I'll be sharing four out of five days this month! 

Here's the mani I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of China Glaze Adventure Red-y and Ulta Green and Wear it, topped with SV.

Stamped using Konad white special polish using an assortment of image plates (Apipila 05-angel on middle finger, W232-wreath on index; SdP 56-bells on thumb, fauxnad E03-holly on thumb, QA19-small bells on index and random snowflakes and Nailways- ornaments on pinky, gingerbread man and tree on index, candle on thumb).

Added a few random dots using yellow Konad special polish for a splash of colour.

Topped with SV. 

A few of the other ladies in the group have the inlinkz posted at the bottom of their posts but I haven't figure it out yet (hopefully I will for tomorrows post! lol) but I do urge you to check out their posts which should all join up at the link!   There's a lot of awesomeness in these.....the creativity is phenomenal!

Thanks for looking!