Orange polish is Sally Hansen - Firey Island, and base on other two nails is Sally Hansen - White on. I Stamped images from Dana 6 and Dana 8 plates using Revlon - Espresso, then I filled them up. All finished with top coat.
Here is fun manicure for the all of you with a sweet tooth. Doughnuts are not my favorite dessert - there are quite a few that I like more. What to tell you, I have a sweet tooth, and my hips don't lie :) .
Orange polish is Sally Hansen - Firey Island, and base on other two nails is Sally Hansen - White on. I Stamped images from Dana 6 and Dana 8 plates using Revlon - Espresso, then I filled them up. All finished with top coat.
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Almost all polishes in this manicure are from Orly. Base is Mirrorball, and I love it. Mirrorball is silver holographic polish with holographic glitter. This time I managed to photograph it, and you are actually able to see little bit of rainbow + holographic flashes of little bit bigger bits of glitter. I stamped with Mundo de unas Black and filled in with Orly - Key Lime Twist and Quo by Orly minis. I like how this came together - color combo, contrast between crème polish and holographic one, black lines dividing them...
I had this pretty shimmery purple in my untried pile, and boy, is it ever pretty. Color is JoeFresh - Mulberry. Color is deep purple with lighter purple shimmer in it . I liked it so much, I did not want to cover it all over, so I just stamped simple flower design from Dana 5 plate. I got those plates on AliExpress.com recently, and I love them. Designs are pretty, they are etched well, and they transfer like a dream. I used Born Pretty gold stamping polish for stamping, and you are more than welcome to use my 10% code on checkout SHGK31.
I am feeling groovy. I did tie dye design as a part of the challenge I am taking this month, and I really love the way they came along. Growing up in 70's gave me lots of opportunity to see and wear tie dye designs. Some of them would be simple, some of them quite advanced, depending on skill and experience of the one that would do it. Personally, I never did tie dye design, but I know principle of it. I used Sally Hansen - White on as a base, and I took advantage of my many striping polishes... If you don't have striping polish, fine brush and polish would do. I just liked idea of not worrying about brush clean up after every color. I just did series of uneven lines, and I also left uneven band of white to mimic the real thing, because that would be where fabric was tied. beauty of this design is that you do not need to be tidy, as everything goes. I was entertaining idea of using acetone to blur edges in between colors, but I am glad I did not. I really liked how this looked, I love brightness of it, and in a way it was like blank canvas for me, and I had to try stamping... what to tell you. I was glad I did, as I liked this even more. It just looks more complete, just looks finished. I used Bundle Monster BM-07, and I just stamped random single images off of it. I used Mundo de unas - Black for stamping. Now it really looked like something out of 70's.
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Here is simple and easy manicure for today. Two colors only - surprise even for me. Base is China Glaze - Sunset sail, kind of darker nude. I stamped with China Glaze - Flip flop fantasy, and Bundle Monster BM-322. All finished with matte top coat. Here are pictures of shiny and matte top coat. I like matted better, and it makes it so much easier to photograph. Super simple mani for today. Base color is Butter London - Trustafarian, pretty soft green holographic polish. I stamped with Black Mundo de unas, design from Dana 8 plate. I really like this pattern, and you may see it more in the future. I just can't decide if it is leafs or pine cones on it, but either way I really love sharpness of the black over softness of the green. Holographic polishes can be tricky to photograph, and stamping did not help...
OK. This is one where I did not know where I was going, but apparently, and completely missed arrival.
I started with strange gradient. Base is sheer white by Layla Cosmetics, and cream white is Pure Ice - Superstar. I continued with gradient stamping: Pure Ice - Black out and JoeFresh - Fog. I Used design from DN022 plate I got from AliExpress.com. I painted some China Glaze polishes: Sun worshiper (orange), Hang-ten toes (pink) and Splish splash (blue) on a peace of parchment paper and when was dry, I cut out square shapes that I sticked on my nails. Apparently that was not squared enough, so I added couple of square studs just for a good measure. Final result reminds me of math sheet with some sticky notes, not really look I was going for... I never attended traditional tea party, and to my understanding, apart from English, There is also ceremonial Japanese Tea ceremony. I am talking about English one, just to clear that out.
For my party, I would wear some kind of lacy gloves - sound choice for this party, as you never know, what if Queen shows up, and I am not properly gloved... Of course, there are some chocolates for hostess, and some cupcakes to go along to share. I also pulled out family pearls - you know, for Queen... Base polish is Julep - Adrianna. Stamped lace with White Mundo de unas and MoYou Bridal 07 , box of chocolates is from MoYou Comic 05, while cupcake was an image from Bundle Moonster BM307, and I freehanded few in the back. Another little critter on repertoire, this time dragonflies. I actually don't mind them...maybe because of dragon part...
Base for this is mix of polishes. First I did two coats of Maybelline - Pink and proper, than I added Essence - Pears are girls best friends. My skin type does not really agree with either of this two polishes on their own, so I did them together, and it was not bad... I used Mundo de unas orange to stamp roses over with Bundle Monster BM-702 plate. I found 2 different dragonfly images in my plate stash, and I first apply one with Mundo de unas Black, then I stamped over second image with Maybelline - Bold gold. Those plates did not have any markings on them, so no help here to recommend them. When I was cropping photos, I noticed that all but one nail look like black image is shadow of gold one. It was totally unintentional, but I have to admit I like it. Hoping you will too. Every time I see this swirly design, I think about raspberry cheesecake, so instead of baking it, I painted it - way better for my waist line even thought my taste buds would disagree.
Base is NCN - Soft Daisy. on my ting finger I stamped raspberry with Sally Hansen - Berry Swift and In Record Lime. Image is on BM-313 plate. Rest of the fingers are randomly sponged with Color Club - Je ne sais quoi. I stamped swirly image from BPL-003 in Berry Swift, and I placed loose glitter in center of each swirl. It seem that I post awfully lot of animals lately, and month is still young...
Here are some pink flamingos. Base for this fun manicure is Color Club - Holy Chic! I stamped image form Bundle Monster BM-508. I filled in flamingos with Kozmic Colours - no name neon pink. I added some neon pink glitter my hubby got me, so I won't be all traumatized for a lack of it. I was on self imposed no-buy, and he took pity on me...or he just did not wanted to listen to me whine... So this pretty glitter I did not buy is Claire`s - On Wednesdays. I have no idea what is relation of this or any other glitter for that matter with days of the week, but I like it, and that is all that matter. As a rule, I do not like bugs... but one of the challenges I do this month have whole lot of critters on repertoire, and you will see them as they come.
To be honest, I was quite uninspired for this topic, and does not help that I only have 2 images with single ladybug... and I sure did not want to subject you to my freehand. How considerate of me... Until I get hold of my brushes again... So, for a starters, I painted my nails with light green metallic polish from Kozmic colors. It is mini polish and there is no name on it. With various striping polishes I painted some 'grass', so mama bug can take her baby bugs for a stroll... I mattified whole thing, then stamped image from Pueen 46 plate, and I added some top coat, but only on my bugs... I can't tell that I am completely satisfied with final results, but with subject - it is what it is... and a good thing that my hubby got me this ladybug pin ages ago - you can tell by pristine condition of it how much I wore it... Textured polish is something that I am not used to, and I am not sure if I even like it, but boy, does stamping look good on it, or what. It just giving it another - well, dimension.
Today I am taking you to a coral reef. Can you tell I need vacation? Somewhere near ocean preferably. On my pinky I am wearing Sally Hansen - Peachy breeze, and I stamped silhouette of coral with Mundo de unas Black and Bundle Monster BM-510. Other nails have 'gradient' done in textured polishes. Yellow is Nicole by OPI called Sand in my shoe - name goes well with topic, don't you think?. I love this color, it is soft buttery yellow, with orange/coral bits. I am not sure if they are called glitter in this polish. Blue is L'Oreal - Distressed Turquoise. This color is fabulous, and I did not have this particular shade, and I was disappointed to discover that this is textured polish when I finally got around to use it. I guess I got over it if for nothing else,, than for this manicure. I stamped more using my Bundle monster collection, and I added more corals using both Mundo de unas Black And Peachy Breeze, and for seaweed I used Sally Hansen - In Record Lime and BM-501 and BM-506. Really simple manicure for today. I've done this two weeks ago for MoYou contest, but decided against submitting it.
It is raining here for a third day in the row, and this pattern reminds me of lightening bolts, so seem quite appropriate for weather we are having now. Well, just rain, and thanks havens no lightening. Base is Essence - Always on my mint. I love this super soft, really light minty color. It is such a nice canvas for all sorts of nail art, but in the same time, it is nice on it's own. I stamped images from MoYou Fairytale 03 plate with Mundo de unas black. For ring finger, I just stamped same image over with different Mundo de unas colors and slightly moving design around. I like matte manicures, and as added bonus, it is so much easier to photograph them, as there is no glare. Thank you for visiting. Hi there! Often in my posts I say that I did reverse stamping, or advance stamping. There are many tutorials on line (that is how I learned), but I decided to show what I do, considering that this is something I do often. I just love the idea of using different colors and color in designs, and still have crisp lines. I did another pictorial, and hope that you will like this. For start, I do my base color (Revlon - Dreamer), and while that is drying, I start with my decals. You pick design you want to color in, and sky is limit. I prefer floral designs, but I did it on different designs too. Today, I picked floral design that reminded me of sunflower, and is on Uber Chic 1-02 plate. 1. For stamping of this design I picked Revlon - Espresso, nice brown, as I did not want black. You can always use special stamping polishes, as they are more pigmented and would show better, but I use 'regular' polishes too. Rule of the thumb is - if polish is good to wear in one coat, it is likely that will stamp well. Most metallic polishes are good in that regard. 2. You leave picked up design on the stamper, and I always have more than one of these going on, just in case... Cover design with clear polish, do little bit bigger coverage than necessary because it is easier to get it off of the stamper later. Just a note here. Do not use quick drying top coat, as it dries too quick and I found it to be too brittle, inflexible, hard to work with and prone to breaking. I just bought inexpensive Wet'n wild top coat, but you can use what you have on hand. For coloring in design, I use dotting tool, but you can use toothpick, or fine brush. First color I did was China Glaze - Sun worshiper, and I filled in just central petals. I decided to leave center of design as is. 3. When that dried, I added my second color Sally Hansen - Lightening, and because my base is little bit darker, I filled in petals over the first coat, so it would be seen better. 4. I left it to dry and than using a tweezers, I gently peel decal using tweezers. Before peeling it off the stamper I ease it all around, so there would not be any tugging or ripping of the decal.
5. I place it on the nail, and because I did not use quick dry clear coat, I found that even though it is dry on the touch, it would stick to polish right away. 6. Gently press decal, personally I just go from one side to other, clean all the excess design - I use curved scissors to cut as much as I can, and brush and nail polish remover around cuticles. Seal everything with top coat, and there it is. I hope that all of this made sense to you. |
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