Good evening!
So, it is officially spring here in SWFL, even though most of up north is still experiencing winter weather. I'm kinda jealous of that, winter didn't last long at all here. There are many times I wished further north :P
The first mani I want to show you I'm quite proud of. It was for a Monkey See Monkey Do challenge for Advanced Nail Stamping. I had a hard time picking one to copy; there were several I loved, but I decided on this one:
I don't know the specifics of ^^^that mani, as far as colors and stamping plates used, so I pretty much winged it. I started with a base of OPI's Alpine Snow, then a coat of Seche. The closest colors I have for the water marble were, I thought, OPI's In My Back Pocket and I Just Can't Cope-cabana.
My butterflies came from Messy Mansion MM42, stamped with MdU black. For the glitter, I used Zoya Alma and a dotting tool. Everything was topped again with Seche.
This week's Stamping Sunday theme was purple and orange. This was tricky, because unless you're really into Halloween (I'm not, not like a lot of people I know lol), purple and orange can end up looking very Halloweeny.
I chose to keep my base colors light; I used Zoya Dillon with Zoya Hudson for accents. Over the Hudson accents, I stamped an Easter image from Bundle Monster BM-H08 and MdU orange, and finished with Seche.
I actually didn't really care for this mani, but a lot people on IG seemed to like it lol.
Textured Friday was an oldie, but a goodie. Zoya Arabella graced my nails.
Thursday's mani was another Easter-y one. The base for this one was a new to me yellow, Morgan Taylor's Ahead of the Game. Now, I love this yellow. It has a subtle silver shimmer that adds depths to it. The formula isn't great, since it is yellow, but it's not horrible either. My base was three coats, followed by a coat of Seche. My ring and middle fingers served as accents, and received a sponging of Candy Lacquer's Candy Confetti. The others were stamped over with Messy Mansion mm08 and MdU white. Everything was topped with Seche again.
Wednesday was a matte flakie kind of a day. I chose a vampy red for my base, Zoya Mikka. I received Mikka as a GWP, and I like it :) My flakie of choice was KBShimmer's Rainbow Shield. A coat of Seche, then a coat of Wet 'N Wild matte topcoat.
And now, my simple but pretty St. Patrick's mani. Colors used were Zoya Sage and Tomoko.
Yay!!
Good afternoon and happy Friday! Boy, I'm tired this week! I know I'm looking forward to a relaxing weekend :)
I've got two manis I want to show y'all today; one is more of a swatch, the other is August's Monthly Palette Project.
Today's color was a new to me polish, one I found on clearance at Ulta. I was kinda surprised to find it on clearance, since I'm pretty sure it's a core color for Zoya, Roxy. Roxy is a fuchsia glitter in a dark ass pink jelly base that's very similar, if not the same, as OPI's Let me Entertain You. In some lighting, Roxy looks to have a black jelly base instead. My mani needed three coats with a coat of Seche.
I think I may need to a comparison of Roxy and LMEY......
For August's MPP, the colors we were supposed to were called tiled colors:
We were to use at least two of those ^^^^ colors and do a Monkey See, Monkey Do mani. Here's the link to the mani I used: MSMD mani. The colors I used for my version were OPI's OPI Eurso Euro and My Boyfriend Scales Walls, and Zoya Blu and Yummy.
Good evening and happy Valentine's Day, to those that celebrate it :) Hubs and I celebrated yesterday because he has to work all weekend. We had a nice dinner and some champagne and an amazing dessert. Really, just an awesome time.
Anyways, I have a few manis to show you, starting with today's. It's Valentine's themed, but not red and pink lol. One of my favorite treats for Valentine's are the little candy conversation hearts, so when Messy Mansion designed a plate with with those little phrases, I had to have it. I started with a Skittles mani, using Zoya Shelby, Yummy, Josie, and Sharon, and OPI's I Just Can't Cope-acabana (ahhhhh-mazing yellow!!!), all topped with Seche. Then I stamped a different phrase on each finger in Confetti Purple Reigns. Topped again with Seche, then a coat of Wet 'N Wild's matte coat.
I won't show you yesterday's mani because, quite frankly, I hated it. I hate how it turned out, it really looked better in my head than on the nail. It was awful.
I got a lot of compliments on Wednesday's mani, which is kind of funny, because the plate I used wasn't the one I ordered lol. I'm still waiting for the one I ordered :P
Wednesday's mani started with OPI's Kiss me on my Tulips as a base then Seche. The stamped image came from Vivid Lacquer plate VL 010 in CND Vinylux Black Pool. Seche again, then OPI's matte coat.
Tuesday's mani was for the Monthly Palette Project-
Okay, so for this one, it was use at least two colors and recreate someone else's mani. You know, monkey see, monkey do. I found this mani on Pinterest and went for it.
All my colors are Zoyas: Stevie, Malia, and Danni. Stamped image came from Messy Mansion MM07.
