Festive Holiday Snowflakes

My Holiday mani did not come out as I planned this week, so here is an accent nail I did last year  on a co-worker's gold nails.

The image plate is Mash-47.  I used Orly Luxe to stamp and NK Swan as the white/cream base.

Winter Snowflakes

Simple snowflakes over bare nails and a bit of Sally Hansen shimmer to top it.

Image: BM-323
Image color: Konad Special white
Tip color: Milani 

After a couple of days, I added some french tips.  

Autumn Brown & Copper

Brown and copper for Thanksgiving.   Happy Turkey Day.

 Base: China Glaze Unplugged
Stamp Color: Essie Penny Talk
Image Plate: Bundle Monster BM11 and BM21

Green & Gold

Didn't think I would like army green on my nails, but it was nice with the gold. 

 Base: Essie Sew Psyched
Stamp Color: Essie Good as Gold
Image Plate: Bundle Monster BM05

Soft Plaid Konad

A sheer, soft plaid.  It was very subtle and translucent.

Base: Essie Limo-Scene

Stamp Color: Essie Good as Gold

Image Plate: Konad m60

Purple Silver Gradient

My mother requested a gradient.

Barielle Hidden Hideaway (Purple)

China Glaze Platinum Silver

Gradient Stamp

I saw this on Boombastic Nails and loved it.  I already had the Barielle Hidden Hideaway purple.  I used a gold metallic in place of her green metallic. These shimmery colors sponge really well.

Base: Orly Luxe and Barielle Hidden Hideaway
Image Plate: Mash-41
Stamp colors: Orly Luxe and Barielle Hideaway

Halloween Spiders

Halloween week and time for a creep mani.  Black French tip with spiders and webs.  Black rhinestones for the little spider bodies.

Base: Essie Limo-Scene
Tips: Sally Hansen Black Out
Plates: Mash38 spider, Bundle Monster BM13 web

Black Lace

My mum requested a black lace mani for her Halloween party.  I used Konad m57 plate and Konad Special Polish in black to stamp over her gel manicure.

Chocolate Branches

First day of autumn and perfect to test out my new Konad Special Polish in Chocolate.  A nice shade of dark cream brown.   Orly Rage is the base.

Konad Netting

My mom's request for a simple mani.  Konad image plate m57 stamped with Sally Hansen in Silver Sweep.  The Instra-Dri colors seem to stamp well.  

Peachy Dots

I started out with a just polka dots with a contrast accent nail.  But I got tired of it right away.  I changed up each nail for more of a skittles mani.

White Base: China Glaze Dandelion and NK Swan.
Peach Base: China Glaze Mimosas Before Manis
Stamp Polish: Konad Special White
Image Plates: Konad m79, Bundle Monster BM20

Desert Sun

I saw this simple konad on the Nailsaurus blog.  Love the brown and gold together.

Base: Orly Prince Charming with a bit of Orly Nite Owl for shimmer
Stamp: Essie Good as Gold
Image Plate: BM01

Lavender Shimmer

I love the exotic patterns in my new Cheeky Plate C.  I also loved the pretty lavender sparkle shade of the new Konad purple polish.  Base is a mix of Essie Limo-scene and Nuance Moonflower.

Base: Essie Limo-scene and Nuance Moonflower
Stamp: Konad Princess Purple sparkle
Image Design: Cheeky Plate C

Denim Nails

I saw this reverse gradient on the Globe & Nail blog.  I attempted it, but my striping tape was too thin. I liked how her stripes came out thicker. My sponging also is blotchy.   And it took a bit of patience and time.

Milano White as base,
Essie Mezmerized, China Glaze Secret Peri-winkle, and China Glaze Dandelion for sponging.

Sunny French Tips

Warm weather yellow for some time at the shore. Saw this on Pinterest by CoolNailsArt.

Mash-43 Image plate

Go Kings!

Gotta give the Kings some Playoffs power with some lucky nails.

The purple is China Glaze Coconut Kiss

The crown Stamp is Plate BM08 and stamped with Sally Hansen's Insta-Dri Silver

Peacock Gradient

A lot of peacocks around the neighborhood streets lately, so I had peacock colors on my mind.  Sponged a gradient with purple, blue, and green with a stamped gold Mash pattern. It chipped the first day, excuse the damage and half-assed repair on the middle finger. The Orly Luxe gold was too pale. I wanted a more vibrant gold.

Finger Paints Sketch N Etch (shimmer green)

Wet n Wild Saved by the Blue (shimmer royal blue)

Zoya Malia (Lavender)

Orly Luxe (shimmer gold) to stamp the image. 

Mash-48 Image Plate

Wispy Lace

Love this Konad image design! It is so soft and delicate. Careful, it liked to smear a bit with top coat, even using the Konad Special Top Coat. And it is so thin and delicate, it sometimes didn't print the every little detail in the lace netting. But its worth the careful effort.

Base: China Glaze Innocence

Konad Black Special Polish

Konad m71 Image Plate

Pastel Abstract

I saw this on Pinterest from the The Nail Polish Project Blog and thought it was so creative and the color combo really cheerful.

So I tried to simulate it in a bit more simplified version. I only did two color blocks on some nails instead of three on all nails. It was time consuming with waiting for polish to dry before doing the next round of taping, and I was too impatient to do each nail with three color blocks.

Not as clean or cool as hers came out, but it was still very eye catching and received a lot of comments. Most people were amazed it wasn't a decal.  Different color combos for different seasons could be very cool. 

Milani White Polish (not shown)

China Glaze Lemon Fizz

NYC Sidewalkers 

China Glaze For Audrey (I switched to Sally Hansen Lightening for a brighter and better yellow)

Konad Special White

Mash-46 Plate

Mash-39 Plate

Mash-45 Plate

Mash-41 Plate

Simple Thistle Konad

I love this color, Thistle, by China Glaze. It looks silver at first, but in different lights, its a shimmery lavender or cream color. Super pretty. I used Mash-27 image plate in Konad Special Polish black for a simple design.

Shooting Stars

I saw this nail art on Pinterest from the ThatSoFresh blog and thought it was pretty cool.

But after a day, it was way too busy for me, so I toned it down it a bit.

And after another day, it was still too busy, so I toned it down even more, and was much happier. 

Bases: 

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Black   

Zoya, Malia (purple)

Star streaks: 

So Easy Stripe Rite (shimmer pink) 

China Glaze, Secret Peri-winkle (blue)

China Glaze, Tree Hugger (green)

Finger Paints, Prints and Printsess (shimmer orange)

China Glaze, Lemon Fizz (soft yellow)

Essie, Mezmerized (blue)

Stamp polish:

Konad Special Black

Konad Special White

Stamp Plate:

BM14