Good afternoon!
I've got some catching up to do :P I totally meant to post over the weekend, but well, getting our taxes done was topmost of my list, so yeah lol.
I'm still taking part in the 31 day challenge, although that'll be coming to an end this weekend. I want to start on Valentine's manis, and the end of the challenge is actually this weekend, so it coincides nicely. For now, here's the manis I've got from last week on through yesterday.
Yesterday's theme was inspired by a book. I bet you can guess which ones :) The base is 2 coats of ILNP's Undenied, stamped over with Mundo light gold and Messy Mansion MM05 and MM21, then topped with Seche.
Sunday's Stamping Sunday theme was pink and black; it was also inspired by a movie day. The movie I picked may not be as obvious as the book inspired :P I picked Memoirs of a Geisha, I absolutely love that movie. The pink base is 3 coats of Zoya Gie Gie. The stamping polishes are Mundo mexican pink and black, the images are all from Sugar Bubbles SBS 022. Topped with Seche, course.
Textured Friday managed to be tied in with inspired by a color. My color was L'Oreal's Bad Bad Grey from their Dark Sides of Grey collection, inspired by Fifty Shades of Grey. I've seen some bad reviews about the textures in this collection, but I like this one. My mani only needed 2 coats.
Thursday was water marble day. I did a chocolate and vanilla marble with OPI colors, Suzi Loves Cowboys and You're so Vain-illa over Alpine Snow. OMG, I think this my favorite marble, I really love how this came out!
Wednesday and Tuesday were both fails for those days' challenges. I don't remember what Wednesday's was, but Tuesday's was half moon, and yeah, didn't work. For Wednesday, though, I did a stamped mani. The base was three coats of Zoya Kitridge, then a coat of Seche. Stamped over that with Mundo silver and FUN 14.
For Tuesday, I simply did 3 coats of Zoya Julie.
And, lastly, for Monday I did a jelly sammy, using 2 coats of Jordana Fairy Dust sandwiched between two coats of Orly Butterflies.
Good afternoon! I hope you week is off to a good start. Mine's not too bad :) Here are my mani offerings to you so far!
Today's mani is...... I don't know. For whatever reason, I just don't care for it that much, and it's not as if I used colors I dislike. Maybe it's simply a matter of it's not what I wanted, I don't know. Anyways, it's a jelly sandwich, starting with a coat of OPI's Suzy Says Feng Shui, two coats of OPI's Polka.com, and a coat of China Glaze's Ride the Waves. All topped with Seche.
Yesterday's mani, however, I absolutely loved. I'm very proud of how it turned it, since I've had similar manis turn out not so nice. The base was 2 coats of Zoya Darcy and a coat of Seche. Once it was dry to the touch, I created a gradient with Darcy and Zoya Thandie, cleaned it up, and let it dry. I stamped over that using Vivid Lacquer plate VL 002 and Milani Black Swift, and added dots with Milani White on the Spot. Instead of Seche, I used Out the Door's Northern Lights.
Sunday's Stamping Sunday challenge was very simple: over a pink base. So, I first did 2 coats of Zoya Katy. I just love this pink. Topped Seche, then stamped using my Handy 31 and 32, with OPI's Lincoln Park After Dark. Another coat of Seche and done!
Good evening and happy Saturday!
Yes, it's been a ridiculously, stupidly long week that I am really glad is over. How long was it? So long that I went to work with naked nails Thursday ._. Don't judge lol; I had a mani planned and even had done it, but as soon as I finished clean up, I hated it. It looked terrible, so I took it off, and by then I had to get to bed. I do have manis from Friday and Wednesday to show you though!
I think I mentioned earlier this week that I was doing bright jellies. I managed to keep with that for these two. Friday's mani was another candy mani, this time in pinks. Both colors are from OPI, Do You Think I'm Tex-y? and You Glitter Be Good to Me!; very pink and sparkly.
Wednesday's mani featured a new to me jelly, China Glaze's Are You Jelly? from last year's summer collection. Are You Jelly? is kind of a cross between a jelly and a neon, but is absolutely better than Isle See You Later. Jelly only needed three coats for this mani. I stamped over it, using an image from my Apipila P.2 and OPI's Incognito in Sausalito.
This mani was brighter in person than my camera is showing >.<
Good afternoon and happy first day of April! Yes, I know, it's April Fool's, but I'm not a prankster so I really don't take part in this day of pranks :)
I do have a few bright, springy manis to show you, though. I'm kinda continuing in the same vein I was last week, bright colors, but this week I'm using bright jellies. Today's mani featured not only a jelly, but one of OPI's new Sheer Tints as well.
To start, my base was one coat of both China Glaze's Kinetic Candy and Isle See You Later, then a coat of Seche. I stamped over that, using CND's Vinylux in Black Pool and my Apipila P.2 plate, followed by another coat of Isle See You Later and Seche, then stamped again with the same things. I topped that with a coat of I Can Teal You Like (Sheer Tint), then Seche. Amazingly, I didn't have any chips with all that on my nails when I took it. Usually, with that much Seche, I get chipping lol.
I love how Monday's mani came out. It wasn't exactly anything new that I did, but the glitter I used for the candy mani was different. All OPI colors, all one coat each, topped with Seche. Base to top- Flit a Bit, Rose of Light, and Y'all Come Back, Ya Hear?. I think this is by far my favorite candy mani look I've done.
Sunday's Stamping Sunday mani I regard as something of a fail. The challenge called for stamping over another technique, which isn't actually that difficult for me to do. My problem came with the colors I used. See, I was inspired by an ad layout in Nails Mag. for CND's latest line of Vinylux and Shellac colors. They are gorgeous, and I absolutely had to have Tango Passion. It's a deep orchid shimmer that's just beautiful. The other colors, except for maybe the pink, I already very similar colors, but those are pretty much what I wanted to use.
Except for Tango Passion, the other colors are from Zoya: Josie, Yummy, and Pippa. Josie and Pippa were sponged over Yummy, and Tango Passion was stamped over that, the image is from Winstonia Nature Series W-04. All topped with Seche.
And for last Friday's Textured mani, this beautiful color is I'm Brazil Nuts About You from OPI. Two coats.
Good evening!
Today's Stamping Sunday challenge was Halloween nails. If I had followed my set up, it would have instead been pink nails, but since this is the week of Halloween, I decided that I would do some kind of 'weeny nails the rest of the week. So here goes!
My base for this mani is comprised of all OPI colors and all one of each: Flit a Bit, Serving Up Sparkle, and Y'all Come Back, Ya Hear?. Yes, the base was a jelly sammich :) I actually really like how the base alone came out, but since it was for the stamping challenge, it wasn't meant to stay that way lol.
My stamped images came from Bundle Monster BM13, Mash-38, and Shany SH25 (just on the pinkies). Stamping colors were Pure Ice Silver Mercedes and Sinful Colors Black on Black. All topped with Seche.
Good afternoon!
Another busy week for me! I can't even tell you what day it is, to be honest, I'm so jacked up from actually working normal days again. I just haven't had time at night to post like I usually do, between catching up on my shows and getting my nails ready for the next day lol. Because of that, I've got three manis to share with you :)
First is what I had on my nails Tuesday. Very easy and Halloween appropriate. Both are Zoya colors, Sharon and Storm. Three coats of Sharon, two of Storm, coat of Seche over it all, done!
Yesterday's mani was a pink jelly sammich, something I haven't done in I don't know how long. For first time, I feel like really nailed it. Other times, I can tell I didn't apply the jelly color evenly, but this time I did. I'm so proud :D
This was one coat of China Glaze Fuschia Fanatic, one coat OPI More Than a Glimmer, and one coat OPI Do You Think I'm Tex-y? followed by one coat Seche.
And today's mani! One of my favorite Halloween candies is candy corn. I can eat myself sick on it (not that that takes much lol). Not sure if I've done this before, but I figured what the hell, let's do it anyways!
Base color is 2 coats of Zoya Purity, topped with Seche. Then I sponged on Purity, Pippa, and Sharon, in that order, to create the look of candy corn. I topped again with Seche, then made it matte with OPI's Matte Coat, to really give it the look.
