Hello and happy Monday!
Sorry for the lack of posting. I've been very busy, stressed out, and not feeling well since Thanksgiving. I'm hoping things will slow down just a little this week. Here's what I've got to show you :)
Last Friday's mani was a 30DoCC prompt and an IG nail art challenge prompt. One was candy canes, the other Christmas candy. This is what I came up with. The base is OPI Kyoto Pearl, to have that pearly finish that old fashioned Christmas candy has. The candy cane like swirls are stamped in MdU red and green, and are from Winstonia 216.
Candy cane Inlinkz-
Last Thursday was my birthday, so I had do something more "me" instead of festive. The colors were definitely seasonal, but then I've always loved blue and silver together :) The base color was Et Tu, Brute? from Cupcake Polish, which just happened to be the first one I own. This beautiful polish was gifted to me by a wonderful friend I met on FB <3 The butterflies are from one of my favorite stamping plates, Messy Mansion MM42, in MdU silver.
The water marble prompt for last Wednesday's #watermarblepracticewed prompt was a bit of a challenge this time. The prompt was poinsettias, and I had to really think on how to achieve this. I really didn't want any white in there, even to outline the petals, so I decided to a red on red look. The base is KBShimmer Whole Lava Lovin'. To create the water marble, I used Zoya Asia, so it would show over Lava, and OPI Nail Envy. Some nails even got double water marbled, something I've never done before, but you can't really tell. The "centers" were dots done in Zoya Darcy.
Last Tuesday was another two challenges combined; this time, it was hot chocolate and reindeer. My base color for the whole mani was Zoya Emilia. I stamped reindeer sweaters on three fingers on each hand, and lemme tell you, that was a bitch getting two of them straight. The sweater images were from Marianne Nails 53, and the single reindeer was from Handy N1, stamped in MdU bones. On the other fingers, I used a dotter to create "marshmallows" and OPI Angel With a Leadfoot for a mug of hot chocolate look.
Hot chocolate Inlinkz-
Last Monday, I combined the PAA Mani Monday prompt, red/green/white only, with 30DoCC prompt, wreaths. Base colors were Zoya Aspen, Amal, and Veruschka. The wreaths were stamped in MdU green, and were from MdU Christmas 2.
Wreath Inlinkz-
Last Sunday, I kept it simple, because we had family visiting from out of town. It was just Ashes to Ashes, from Amy's Nail Boutique, who seems to have disappeared =\ That sucks, because I love this polish.
The previous Friday, that day's 30DoCC prompt was ugly sweater nails. I had a hard time intentionally doing ugly nails, but this was my result lol. Essie Mint Candy Apple was the base color. For the ugly sweater image, I used one from Marianne Nails 53, stamped in MdU tutti.
Ugly sweater Inlinkz-
And my final mani for this post. It was simple; Zoya Iris and Loredana.
Hello and good afternoon!
For US folk, this Thursday is Thanksgiving, making this week crazy busy, since not everyone is off and we have to rush through a week's worth of business in three days. So much to get done!
Today's mani is for an IG challenge, and the prompt is owls. I've been wanting to use a jelly polish for a while now, so I pulled out Zoya Paloma. I promise you, I capped my free edges with each coat, but it shrank back on a few -_- It's so hard to not let OCD me..... Anyway, it's stamped with MdU copper and Bundle Monster 309.
For yesterday's PAA Mani Monday challenge, I picked to jewel tones prompts. The colors I used were Zoya Yves and Honor. Both are stainers, if not removed carefully. Otherwise, I love them :)
The polish I wore on Sunday, I picked up because of a blogger on IG, Chit Chat Nails. I'm totally obsessed with rose gold polishes, and this screamed at me, buy me! This beauty is Cirque Colors Halcyon. I own a few rose gold metallics, but Halcyon, by far, is the most gorgeous. I couldn't bring myself to stamp over it or anything, it's just so beautiful on its own. It's a limited edition color, so I highly recommend getting now if you love it.
Nothing for Saturday, and Friday's mani was already posted, so on to Thursday! This turned out to be more Christmas-y than I intended, but honestly, it was one of those days where I didn't want anything complicated. This is Zoya Janel and Sue.
I skipped out on last Wednesday's #watermarblepracticewed prompt, because I had to spend time at the DMV. Not sure if I mentioned it, but I pulled over on Veteran's Day, and the cop busted me for my driver's license not having the right address -_- So, yeah, didn't have time to get a water marble together, so I slapped on a couple coats of Colors by Llarowe In the Navy.
Last Tuesday's mani was also for an IG challenge. That prompt was Gothic. I'm happy with the execution of the mani, I just think I could have done something..... more. The base color was OPI Lincoln Park at Midnight. The stamped color was Essie Penny Talk, the silver was OPI Birthday Babe, and the stamping plate was Messy Mansion MM54.
And last Monday's PAA Mani Monday mani :P I chose to do prompts, falling leaves and purple for Epilepsy Awareness. Base is CbL Paper Moon. Leaves were stamped in MdU copper and were from Winstonia 119 and Messy Mansion MM23.
Good Saturday morning!
I'm not feeling well this morning, been around a lot sickies this week, and I think it's finally getting me, so I will keep this brief.
This week's 40 Great Nail Art Ideas challenge was black and white; my nail art prompt was waterfall. This is only my second attempt at one, and I really dislike how it turned out. For some reason, it's just not an easy thing for me to do, and it's not a difficult nail art to execute.
The colors I used were all Zoya Matte Velvets: Aspen, Dovima, and Loredana.\
Black and white Inlinkz-
Good evening!
I've got a lot of manis I want to show y'all this evening :) Let's get started!
The first is yesterday's office party look, which was also my Textured Friday mani. The colors I used were Zoya Veruschka and Bar. The stamped images on Veruschka were from Sugar Bubbles Special 02, stamped in Mundo light gold.
Thursday was a sparkly glitter gradient. It started with 2 coats of Zoya Casey, which I think was a gorgeous background for Finger Paints' Peacock Portrait. Two coats of Seche smoothed it out for the most part.
Wednesday featured one of the sought after I Love Nail Polish multichrome flakies, Phoenix. I layered two coats of Phoenix over two coats of Zoya Mason.
The first two pics are direct sunlight.
These are shade shots.
And this inside with a flash.
Tuesday was another indie feature, this one from Jindie Nails. I bought this last year, but had only used it once. This is Footprints in the Snow, 3 coats. Topcoat, then stamped with images from Bundle Monster BM-608 and Chez Delaney Xmas 001, in Mundo black and silver. Finished with Seche.
For Monday, I did up a red and green water marble, using Zoya Elise and Giovanna. I added dots in Zoya Brooklyn.
I don't remember what last Sunday's Stamping Sunday theme, but this is what I came up with. It also fit a flash challenge for another stamping group I'm in. Base color is Zoya Cassedy. The stamped images are from Sugar Bubbles SBS 06 and Chez Delaney Xmas 001, stamped in Mundo light grey and light blue. I call it Flurries :)
And last, but not least, is last Friday's texture of the day, Zoya Noir. It seems my camera was determined to make all my pics look horrible -_- This is only one that looked half decent, and I'm not happy with it. Noir is gorgeous, I love it. My mani was two of it.
Good evening!
I hope everyone had a great weekend :) Mine was uneventful, but nothing wrong with that. It was the first weekend in several weeks that we weren't running here and there, which was nice.
Alrighty, today's Stamping Sunday challenge was "things I'm grateful for"/Thanksgiving nails. There are truly so many things that I'm grateful for right now, that I stuck with just Thanksgiving nails.
My base color was 2 coats of Zoya Veronica. Veronica is, at least on my nails and to my eyes, a gorgeous, almost cranberry red. Perfect for fall! A coat of Seche, then stamped with images all from Messy Mansion MM23 and MdU Pinon, and sealed with another coat of Seche.
For Textured Friday, I finally got around to using Zoya Harlow. Omg, I can't believe I passe this up months ago, but at least I did finally get it! I was mistaken in thinking that Harlow is like OPI's We'll Always Have Paris Suede, but it really isn't. Harlow is so beautiful.
I decided to recreate another Fall 2014 Trend mani from Zoya, using Harlow and Loredana. Two coats each, then (gasp) a coat of Seche. Don't worry, I rematted them once I was done adding some free hand art. Both colors looked the same with the matte coat as they do without.
Good evening!!
Sorry I've been MIA, I just haven't been able to my act together this week ._. It's starting to get a little crazy here, work wise, and that's okay lol. Because of this, I've got a week's worth of manis to show off tonight. There's a mix of new colors, old colors, new techniques, and comfortable familiars :)
Let's start with my Textured Friday mani. It wasn't exactly a new color, but I don't think I've used it yet. Zoya Savita is a lovely, blue toned purple shimmer matte. I did two coats for opacity, then topped with Seche because I wanted to stamp. I used three different plates, Winstonia W116 and W221, and Bundle Monster BM-H07, stamped using Mundo de Unas white. I topped with Seche, then rematted with Morgan Taylor's Matte's a Wrap, which gave Savita its original look.
For this finger, I used a technique to shrink the image so it would fit my pinky finger. I had more success with it than with enlarging on the thumb.
This wasn't exactly a fail at enlarging the image, but for my first attempt, I don't think it was too bad.
Thursday's mani was a matte glitter bomb. It was 2 coats of OPI's Suzi Has a Swede Tooth with a coat of OPI's More than a Glimmer. MTAG dries rough, so I topped it with OPI's Matte Topcoat.
I wasn't completely happy with this mani, since I didn't have a lot of time to plan it, but it worked lol.
Wednesday's mani was a glitter bomb, too. It started with 2 coats of China Glaze's Liquid Leather, followed by a coat of China Glaze's Howl You Doin', then a coat of Seche. That coat stamped with Bundle Monster BM-H07 and Winstonia W221 in Mundo de Unas white. Topped again with Seche to finish it.
I absolutely love how Tuesday's mani turned out. One of the colors was new, to me, Zoya Rue. That served as the base, at two coats. Then, I used a new technique, I think it's called the reverse French, with Zoya Aubrey as the contrasting color. I used French tip stickers to create the look. Finished with Seche, and almost matted, but I restrained myself.
Monday's mani was a disappointment to me. My base color pretty much ate the glitter I added to it -_- The base was 2 coats of OPI's Do You Have This Color in Stock-holm?, which is a pretty color, but no where near as bright as I thought it would be. I added a coat of OPI's Where's my Blanket? to my index, middle, and pinky fingers. On the ring fingers and thumbs, I stamped with Winstonia W116 and W221 in Mundo de Unas white. Everything was finished off with Seche.
