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.

 Thanks for looking!

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!

In Memoriam to My Mother In Law

Shortly after New Year's, on January 5th, my mother-in-law passed away.  We had just seen her a few days before as we had taken her and my parents out for brunch on December 30th and she was doing well, and we were glad we had seen her before she passed as it was sudden and expected.  Today is her Celebration of Life and these nails are for her.

Started with a base of three coats of Essie The Fuchsia of Art, no top coat.  Even with three coats, this polish was pretty sheer.

Topped with a coat of Wildflower Lacquer Fairy Lights (PPU April 2020), no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using image from Moyra 118 Dream On using Painted Polish Blanc Slate, no topcoat.

Finished with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly On Top.

A lot of people complain about their mother in laws but I can't say I ever had any issues with mine.  We never had any issues and she wasn't in our business as so many times occurs...or so I hear lol.  She loved her family and was a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, loved to play cards and dice and always had her nails done when she could get to the salon; just not in later years.  In fact, I stamped her nails a few times as did my daughter, who also gave her a few pedicures over the years.  Her and my husband were close, as she was with all her kids, and she will be missed.  Rest in peace.

Love Is…

I was searching through my Valentine's Day plates and seen the Love Is couple and thought they might make a cute Valentine's Day mani; here's what I came up with!

 Candy Skull R-020

Started with a coat of Cirque Hatch over a coat of Cupcake Polish White Pop, no top coat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using image from UberChic Love & Marriage 03 with accent nail of Candy Skull R-020 using Moyra SP. 02 and Painted Polish Midnight Mischief. The ring finger image was shrunk using the Moyra super sizing stamper.

Stamped words on thumb using same UberChic plate and added a heart at the cuticule and filled them in on the accent nail.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

The next morning, I remembered that the phrase for the cartoon couple is Love Is so added the extra word on the thumb using same UberChix plate.  I also had something unusual happen; on both black stamping images, the stamping polish smeared even though I used my regular go to Apipila non smear top coat before I added the KB tc, and I've never had that happen before so I need to figure out why as I use it to prevent smears and it didn't seem to work this time.  Never had it happen before so weird.  I hope I can figure it out. It wasn't noticeable on the nail, just in the pix, but annoying still the same.

Here's the cute cartoon couple.  Do you recognize it now?

Thanks for looking!

XOXO

I've been so into snowflake mani's that I hadn't even given Valentine's Day nails a thought until I seen a few being posted on IG.  So I decided to do a Valentine's Day mani and hope to share more over the next few weeks.  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Bee's Knees I Want To Peel You Like A Potato, no topcoat.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using images from Apipila Super Placa B using MdU 68, with accent nail of UC Love & Marriage 04, shadow stamped using MdU 68 and Painted Polish Blanc Slate.

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

 Thanks for looking!