2014 Catch Up Post Five

I am a massive fan of all things kind of spooky but not actually scary. Halloween is so much fun! You can go all out with your nails and even my work didnt comment!

2014 Catch Up Post Four

You know how sometimes you try something you half saw on Pinterest or somewhere but you cant quite place it and it works and for the life of you there is no recollection of where you saw it but its so awesome you want to remember? Anyway some of these are that. If the sentence above was to make any sense at all which it doesnt. 

K

Gellie Beans Burnt Meringue with CND Gilded Gleam brushed over a piece of netting. The Additives stick right to the tacky layer so if you dont like the way it comes out simply wipe off with alcohol, apply a thin layer of either the color or top coat, cure and go again.

Shellac Moonlight and Roses with Shell Nail Foil transfer.

Gelish Tiger Blossom, Orange Creme Dream, Tru Gel Designer Carry On, Shellac Bicycle Yellow, Gelish Coco Cabana Banana all over Gel II Arctic White.

Shellac Blue Rapture with Glitter in an Ombre from darkest to lightest.

Gelish Garden Teal Party with Tru Gel Lets Celebrate.

This is LeChat Black Velvet, THE best black gel I have found! So So good. No pullback, two coats to opaque, perfect. This is a hand painted swirly design I did over the top of the matte top coat. Looks so much better in person :)

2014 Catch Up Post Three

So I dont know if you have ever noticed but I LOVE red polishes and crystals and stamping and I am slowly getting better and here is more of 2014 :)

 

K

Shellac Wildfire with Ruby Ritz and Swarovski Crystals.

Shellac Wildfire with Essie Silver Stamping

Shellac Cerulean Sea with Swarovski Crystals

Shellac Overtly Onyx with Silver Stamping. MoYou London Explorer Collection Plate 3.

Shellac Tango Passion with Silver Stamping. MoYou London Pro Plate 06.

Shellac Lush Tropics with Swarovski Crystals

2014 Catch Up Post Two

Hello!!!

So this is continuing on with 2014 nails. By now you will have noticed that I am getting into Stamping in a BIG way. So very cool and so very very pretty!!!

Shellac Serene Green stamped with Pueen plate 26

Shellac Cerulean Sea with Bundle Monster Stamping. Done as a decal transfer so I stamped it onto the stamper and then colored the triangles in and then painted a coat of clear and peeled off and applied to the tacky layer of the Shellac. Top coated and DONE. Its the only way to use opaque colors and keep those clean lines!!! Thanks Pinterest for another amazing idea!!!

This is a coat of Gellie Beans Purple Popsicle and a foil I purchased form Shardee Nail Shimmers on eBay.

Shellac Scarlett Letter with Bundle Monster Stamping

Shellac Black Pool and Hollywood with Orly Gel FX Shine.

Gellie Beans Emerald City with Messy Mansion Stamping

Ornamental Overload

 As you may or may not be able to tell. I am not feeling the spirit of Christmas. Black. Really. Black is so not christmassy. BUT glitter is and ornaments really are. These are so not on my list of favourite manicures but they fit the bill for my ANM Ornaments or Decorations requirements. This is Shellac Overtly Onyx with loose glitter pushed into the circle. Bah Humbug again :(

 

Oh PS. Check out my new Logo and Blog Header. FRIGGEN AMAZING!! All Sparklie and glitter and neon and shit. If you are interested please contact me and I will send you to the Magic Man. Love IT!

Wedding Bells

My lovely lovely friend Miss Jaimee is getting HITCHED!!! I am wearing the most amazing red lace dress that I had made with a high low flared skirt. Its AMAZING. Anyway I wanted nails that would compliment it but not take away from it. I loved how these ended up and Miss J looked beyond amazing!

Growlie Teal

I am just really not that much of an animal print person. I like it. I think it looks amazing on other people but I dont think it suits me. I was on Pinterest the other day (BANE OF MY LIFE) and I saw a photo pinned from Tegan Jean ( http://instagram.com/Tegan_jean# ) and she does her animal prints with all different colors so they become more like a design than me walking around shoving my nails in everyones face and growling at them like a demented cat. So I gave them a go.

This is another new brand of gel polish I have come across (OzSale for like $8!). For that price I wasnt expecting a miracle BUT the teal is ONE COAT!!! Stuff is like magic! And it lasts really well and applies cleanly! The only thing I didnt like is that is its such a small bottle (3.7ml vs the 15ml Gelish and 7.3ml Shellac) the brush is small too. But you get used to it.

The silver is my Orly Gel FX Shine and the black is Shellac Black Pool. Just grab a dotting tool and go to town. Note for anyone doing this with Gel. Make sure you cure the color dot before you put the back around the edges.

Black and Pink

Blah, This looked so much better in my head. Stupid Head :(

Challenge No 23 - Inspired by A MOVIE

Wow these challenges are getting really hard. I actually just did this mani because I liked the colors and patterns in my head and then  matched them to a movie. Technically cheating I know but DAMN!!! I used stamping plates BM-215 and BM 208 and stamped with Konad Black. The red base is Shellac Wildfire with Ruby Ritz on top. The foil is just a random shattered effect silver with Shellac Silver Chrome underneath.

This is one of my FAVOURITE manicures EVER! I am absolutely in love and cannot stop staring at my nails!!! Hope you like them too :)