Gingerbread Men Nail Art Stamping Manicure

Two nail looks in one day, you guys are so lucky! For this look I wanted to play with some of the many Christmas designs on my nail plates. This little gingerbread man comes from BM222 (I just cleaned off the excess design that surrounds him to just get the gingerbread man, and then stamped him twice. The color I used is the Sonia Kashuk brown from my earlier manicure. The candy cane in the middle of the two gingerbread men are from a set of plates I got from Born Pretty Store. This stamp was also used on my Candy Cane Nails from a couple of weeks ago.  I used the Konad Red stamping polish for them.

I think this is a really cute design, and is a great example of how to use multiple images and changing the images that come with the plates can be used to compose a "scene"  Hope you are liking this huge influx of Christmas designs this week!

Candy Cane Nails

This cute stamp is from my favorite Nail Art Store, Born Pretty Store.  The red base color is Milani Red Sparkle.  This color reminds me of Dorothy's ruby slippers from the Wizard of Oz!  Such a great Christmas color!

Halloween Week Day Three: Creepy Skull Nails

Ok, so Monday, we had cute sparkly skulls, and today I'm going with creepy scary blood splattered skull nails! *insert evil laugh here*

The blood splatter effect was achieved by using red stamping polish with konad M70 stamp on white nails. The skull design is from a Nail Art Stamp set from Born Pretty. I added the red to the eyes using my dotting tool to make the skull even more creepy!

Hope you like this look!  Let me know what you think.

Coral/Pink Nails for Wednesday

So, not sure if this color counts as pink. It's a bit coral, but I really love it. I don't have anything else like it in my collection. It doesn't have a name, but I got it from Ross and it is by the Cosmetic Arts company, who also make Color Club. It was a dream to apply, and I got full coverage in two coats. I decided to stamp this gorgeous color with one of my favorite stamps from Bundle Montster, BM204.

I know this is kind of springy and we are now entering into fall, but let's just consider this an end of summer mani!  How cute is the BM204 stamp?  I love these little flowers!  So, can I still sit with you guys if my nails are coral, not pink?

Diamonds are a girl's best friend

Simple manicure for you today.  I got this gorgeous aqua color from Forever 21.  And stamped little diamonds on it using konad special white.  The diamond is from a fauxnad plate I got from Born Pretty Store.

Green Week Finale!

As hinted earlier this week, I decided to close Green Week off with Zoya's Gemma from their Intimate collection.  I was a little stuck on what art to put Gemma.  I was just so struck by how smooth and gorgeous my base coat went on, that I just didn't want to mess with it.  So I lived with it for it for a day.

And today I decided to just add a simple little flower (fauxnad plate M66) to one nail and added this subtle gold shimmer top coat that I have.  The brand is Diadora.  It has no other information on it.  I think it came from one of those bulk makeup gift sets a million years ago or something.  I love how subtle it is though. 

What do you guys think?  I'll be honest, when I looked at the Intimate collection, Gemma was the one I was least excited about, but now that I've tried it I love it!  I'm not sure it's meant for my skin tone, but I don't care, I'm kind of loving the army green/grayness of it.

Green Week - Day Three

Green Gradient St. Paddy's Day!

This was my first time getting a successful gradient effect.  I'm learning that light colors and very light coats are the key to successful gradient effects.  I started with a base coat of Zoya Purity and then I stamped with two more of my Zoya greens: Tangy(lighter green) and Midori(darker green)  Then I stamped the shamrock from fauxnad plate m71 using Konad special white polish, then added a cute little green rhinestone for a little extra bling :)

In other nail news: I got my Zoya Intimate collection in the mail yesterday!  *insert happy dance here*  The package came with a catalog previewing the new summer colors!  The ModMatte collection looks so freaking hot!  I anticipate all three of those colors to be my go to shades this summer!  SO HOT!!!  I can't wait to finally be able to use the intimate collection next week when green week is over!  I might even have to sneak in Gemma this week since it is technically green...:)

Zoya Charla - The nail polish mermaids should wear!

I LOVE Zoya Charla!  It is one of my favorite colors in my collection.  It definitely deserves an underwater stamping treatment.  So, I took one of the fauxnad plates from Born Pretty Store with an underwater theme and stamped a different design for each nail.  I LOVE the outcome!  Let me know what you think!

Zoya Jo with some cute little flowers

This is Zoya Jo.  Isn't she gorgeous!  I stamped the white flowers from a fauxnad plate from Born Pretty Store using Konad Prencess White polish, and I added little blue rhinestones from a kit I got off eBay.

Valentine's Day Manicure

I'm in love!

 Alternated Zoya Sarah and Alegra and stamped white designs from a Fauxnad plate (the Love on the ring finger) other designs from M59 and M3