Good morning!
I've had an incredibly long few weeks, so this is gonna be a big post :P So let's get started! I've already shown yesterday's mani, so on to Thursday's. It was a simple mani, but I think it was pretty. Both colors are OPI colors, Worth a Pretty Penne and Crawfishin' for a Compliment.
I was supposed to do a water marble for Wednesday, but it just didn't happen. I had my base all ready to go, sat down to do the marble, annnnd nothing lol. At least my base was awesome. I tracked down, and found in a destash, ILNP A.C. Slater. It is such a beautiful holo.
Tuesday's mani was for two IG challenges, the prompts being animal you love and hearts. The base was Colors by Llarowe Sir Purr, from the Football Fever collection (not that I care about football in the least, but I happened to love three of the colors in this collection). The stamped images were all from DRK A3, in MdU lilac.
Monday was a rather uninspired mani for a different IG challenge. I think if I had used either a different base or a darker stamping color, it would have looked better. The base color was Zoya Penny, which is a pretty color. The teddy bear came from Winstonia 207, stamped in MdU brown.
I do love my Valentine's mani, which covers just about all the challenges I had that day, lol. I created a gradient with Zoya Dow and ILNP Champagne Blush. I stamped a heart on the thumb and ring fingers in MdU copper, with the heart from UberChic 1-03.
Saturday's mani is already posted for last week's 40 Great Nail Art Ideas post, so on to Friday's. That was an IG challenge mani, and the prompt was sealed with a kiss. My base colors were Colors by Llarowe When Doves Cry and Pirates of Penzance. The kisses were from Sugar Bubbles 002, stamped in MdU red.
Last Thursday's mani was simple. Just KBShimmer's Rust No One. This appeared more orange on me than in the bottle, which looked more red.
For #watermarblepracticewed's prompt that week, hearts, I combined it with another IG prompt, color you love. This what I came up with. I used OPI Angel With a Leadfoot, My Pal Joey, and Rich Girls and Po-Boys. This was my first attempt at a heart water marble.
Tuesday was a gradient with Zoya April and Lake over Purity, then matted with Zoya's matte topcoat.
And finally, that Monday's PAA Mani Monday mani. This was combined with two other IG challenges, and here is the results. Base colors were Colores de Carol Beso and Jasper. Stamped images were from Handy 31 and 32, stamped in MdU red and white.
Good morning!
Christmas is over past us, and we have just New Year's left! It's been a busy, stressful holiday season this year, but I won't bore you with the deets. I have lots of manis to show, so let's get to them!!
This is my simple, but simply stunning Christmas Day mani, ILNP Juliette. I fell in love with this color with the first swatch that Barbra at ILNP previewed. Have I mentioned that I am obsessed with rose gold? Lol, yeah. This has the Precious Metals finish with a sprinkle of holo. My pic doesn't do it justice, it's just so beautiful.
Next is my nails for Christmas Eve. That was actually our family gathering, even though hubs and I had my parents and grandma over yesterday for Christmas dinner. The base was CbL Blue, Blue Christmas, which just screamed to have snowflakes stamped over it. Snowflakes are from Infinity Nails 79 and Winstonia Have a Merry Christmas! plate, stamped in MdU black and silver.
Wednesday's #watermarblepracticewed prompt was holiday of choice. I went with just a general, festive look, or at least what I thought was a festive look. It started with a base of OPI Kyoto Pearl because I wanted a little more depth to the water marble. The water marble was created with all the Color Paints. I didn't really have a pattern in mind, because I wanted a stained glass for the end result. The cathedral windows are from Messy Mansion MM01, stamped in MdU black.
I thought it looked pretty cool, if a little trippy lol.
For Tuesday, I did the 30DoCC challenge a day early, since it was set for Wednesday. The prompt was just Christmas, so I chose to do Christmas cookies. The base is Colores de Carol Gingerbread Cupcakes, and is very appropriately named. That's what is looks like. It's a pretty color. I stamped little gingerbread men from 5 different plates in MdU pinon. The plates were-
Winstonia 222
Handy N1
Winstonia Have a Merry Christmas
Marianne Nails 62
Chez Delaney Xmas 001
Christmas Inlinkz-
Monday's 30DoCC was snowmen. I used My Little Glacier from ILNP, which was one of my birthday gift, and Cold Fusion. I really wish I had had better light to show off those two, but the weather just hasn't been the best. The "snow" is from UberChic 1-03, the snowman Winstonia 120. Both are stamped in MdU white.
Snowman Inlinkz-
Stamping Sunday's challenge was Merry Christmas. I figured that meant the words, Merry Christmas, needed to be somewhere, so that's what I did. The base is CbL Peacock Parade, which isn't quite as blue as my photo makes it appear. The stamping images I used came from Handy N1, MdU Christmas 2, Infinity Nails 79, and Chez Delaney Xmas 001, stamped in MdU silver.
Last Thursday's 30DoCC prompt was silver and gold. The silver and gold was great, and I should have left it at that because the stamping was a flop. You can barely see it -_- The silver was OPI This Gown Needs a Crown, the gold was OPI Love.Angel.Music.Baby. The ornaments are from Chez Delaney Xmas 001, and were stamped in MdU silver on one, gold on the other.
Silver and gold Inlinkz-
Last Wednesday's water marble prompt was inspired by snow. The water marble was created using Zoya Seraphina, Blu, and Dove over Purity. I added gradient stamped snow from UberChic 1-03 in MdU white and light blue.
Last Tuesday's 30DoCC prompt was holly. The base was ILNP's unbelievably gorgeous Cherry Luxe, also part of the Precious Metals finish. The holly is from Chez Delaney Xmas 001 and stamped in MdU dark green.
Holly Inlinkz-
Last, but not least, is last Monday's IG challenge prompt, winter wonderland. The base Is Zoya Crystal. You can't have a winter wonderland without first have snow and snow flurries :) Those images came Sugar Bubbles SBS 06 and Chez Delaney Xmas 001, and were stamped in MdU silver and white.
Good evening!
Here are this week's mani for you :) First up is today's #watermarblepracticewed prompt, inspired by food. I picked one of my favorite seasonal treats, peppermint bark. OPI Alpine Snow was the white base, the marble was created with My Vampire is Buff and Suzi Loves Cowboys, dots are Red Hot Rio; all three are OPI also. Mattified with OPI's matte topcoat.
Tuesday's mani didn't turn out how I planned it. What resulted was this: Base color was Colores de Carol Valor, which is her color of the month for November. The snowflakes came from two plates, Infinity Nails 79 and Chez Delaney Xmas 001, stamped in MdU white and silver.
You can't really see the holo because if the crappy, cloudy weather we had yesterday -_-
For PAA Mani Monday, I chose to do both prompts glitter gradient and silver. The base color is OPI I Cannoli Wear OPI, the glitter gradient is Shine for Me. I really liked how it looked :)
Sunday was my first Chritmas-y mani of the season. Used for this mani were KBShimmer Holly Back Girl and Zoya Quinn. White doves were stamped over Quinn from MdU Christmas 5 plate and MdU white.
For Thanksgiving, I kept it simple. I was not feeling well that day. I used Colors by Llarowe Cornucopia and nine zero Turkey Coma. I think that they went well together.
And, last but not least, is my turkey feathers water marble for last Wednesday's #watermarblewedpractice. Base colors was Zoya Purity. Feather colors were Demetria, Darcy, and Taylor,dots were Nyssa.
Good afternoon!
So, I'm finally feelin' a little Halloweenie. It's not my favorite holiday, but I try to get into the spirit of it anyways. I've got a few Halloween themed manis to show you, plus a few others :)
The first one up is today's #watermarblepracticewed prompt. It called for a water marble over a radial gradient. I had a "brilliant" idea of using stippler sponges for the gradient, and it really seemed to help me. Anyways, I started with a base of China Glaze White on White. The radial gradient was created using Lady and the Vamp and Looking Bootiful from their Ghouls Night Out collection. The starburst water marble was created with OPI Black Onyx and Nail Envy. First pic is left hand, second is my right.
Now, today was also a prompt for 30DoCC, but I bumped it to yesterday, since there wasn't a way I could incorporate both in. The prompt for was Breast Cancer Awareness. Base color was Zoya Genesis over Purity (because I thought that might help with Genesis's streaking.....). The stamped images were from Messy Mansion MM42 and Bundle Monster 321 and 324, in MdU fiusca.
BCA Inlinkz:
Monday was also a 30DoCC prompt, a fall gradient this time, as well as PAAManMonday Halloween critters/characters. I've been drooling over some gradients I've seen recently, created from the ILNP multichrome flakies. I decided to try my hand at one, and I was just blown at the awesomeness of it. My gradient consisted of Glory, Phoenix, and Atlantis, over a naked base (meaning I used no base color). The bats were from Bundle Monster H08 and the Winstonia Haunted House plate in MdU black.
Fall gradient Inlinkz-
I skipped Stamping Sunday, because I haven't been voting for the challenges. They haven't really inspired me =\ Since I had some errands to run Saturday, I slapped on a color, Emily de Molly Great and Small. Pretty color! I'm such a sucker for periwinkle :)
Already posted Friday's mani, so on to Thursday. It was a challenge prompt day, but I seriously wasn't feeling it, plus I didn't want to stamp over my base color. It was a new to me indie brand, Colores de Carol. She had run a sale at the end of August, and I picked up Jasper. It's a rose gold holo, another color I'm a sucker for at the moment. The holo is a little subtle, but I love it!
Last #watermarblepracticewed's prompt was Breast Cancer Awareness. All the colors I used were from Zoya: Purity, Shelby, Reagan, and Margo.
The prompt for last Tuesday's 30DoCC was pink glitter. The glitter I used had pink in it, even though it wasn't made up entirely of pink glitter :P The base color was Take me to Your Tribe and the glitter was Escar-go to France, both from Morgan Taylor, as was the Matte's a Wrap.
Pink glitter Inlinkz-
And last Monday's PAAManiMonday offering. One of the prompts was spiderwebs. The base color was ILNP Homecoming. Spiderwebs and spiders came from Nailways A-NW00016, stamped in MdU white and red.
