Red ribbons

So every now and then Nick likes to give me weird ideas for a manicure, and I have to carry them out. Part of our deal for him allowing me to have so many polish! 😛 His inspiration this time?

A heart shaped, silk covered box of chocolates from Godiva that he bought for me yesterday, Valentine’s Day 🙂

Hard to see isn’t it?? What I did was set a base red, then make a thick stripe with a shimmery red, then stamped over it with a stripe pattern from one of my BM plates and then lastly a very dark red for the rose. It’s a very textured look that my camera won’t pick up. 😦 You can see the stamping pattern in my middle finger nail if you look to the left of the rose.

Colors used: (all China Glaze) Salsa for the base, Red Stallion for the shimmery stripe, Thunderbird for the stamp, Naughty and Nice for the rose stamp.

Red ribbons

So every now and then Nick likes to give me weird ideas for a manicure, and I have to carry them out. Part of our deal for him allowing me to have so many polish! 😛 His inspiration this time?

A heart shaped, silk covered box of chocolates from Godiva that he bought for me yesterday, Valentine’s Day 🙂

Hard to see isn’t it?? What I did was set a base red, then make a thick stripe with a shimmery red, then stamped over it with a stripe pattern from one of my BM plates and then lastly a very dark red for the rose. It’s a very textured look that my camera won’t pick up. 😦 You can see the stamping pattern in my middle finger nail if you look to the left of the rose.

Colors used: (all China Glaze) Salsa for the base, Red Stallion for the shimmery stripe, Thunderbird for the stamp, Naughty and Nice for the rose stamp.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Didn’t start off the day too good– insomnia then woke up with like the worst back pain ever D: But I had pretty nails.

 Kisses! I’ve had this idea for Valentine’s day for ever, and it took a lot of restraint to wait until today to be able to slap it on.

Base color is Zoya Jolene, layered with Nubar Sugar. Stamped on is China Glaze Snow for the white lips, and Zoya Sarah for the red lips 🙂

smooches to all of you 🙂

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Didn’t start off the day too good– insomnia then woke up with like the worst back pain ever D: But I had pretty nails.

 Kisses! I’ve had this idea for Valentine’s day for ever, and it took a lot of restraint to wait until today to be able to slap it on.

Base color is Zoya Jolene, layered with Nubar Sugar. Stamped on is China Glaze Snow for the white lips, and Zoya Sarah for the red lips 🙂

smooches to all of you 🙂

Bouquet of Roses

 OPI I Got a Date To-Knight! for the base, OPI Dim Sum Plum for the french tips. Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Cherry Red for the roses, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Jumpin’ Jade for the plants.

 My favorite one out of them all 😛

This thumb gave me SO many problems… It wasn’t even funny. First, the base pink refused to dry properly and I destroyed it twice with the scotch tape. Then I hit something, and wiped off a spot which I corrected with a dab of the base color and topcoat. It just didn’t like me last night.

But this is my favorite mani so far, in terms of being able to bring idea into reality 😀

Bouquet of Roses

 OPI I Got a Date To-Knight! for the base, OPI Dim Sum Plum for the french tips. Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Cherry Red for the roses, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Jumpin’ Jade for the plants.

 My favorite one out of them all 😛

This thumb gave me SO many problems… It wasn’t even funny. First, the base pink refused to dry properly and I destroyed it twice with the scotch tape. Then I hit something, and wiped off a spot which I corrected with a dab of the base color and topcoat. It just didn’t like me last night.

But this is my favorite mani so far, in terms of being able to bring idea into reality 😀

The One that Got Away

 Base color- OPI The One That Got Away; top glitter- OPI Teenage Dream; Stamp- Pure Ice Sterling Silver.

 Decided to matte it down with Essie’s Matte About You. Then added Seche Vite over the stamp pattern only.

Comparison of matte vs glitter/shiny topcoat. I think the matte brings out the sparkles a little more, somehow.

This is another one for the Valentine’s theme week 🙂

The One that Got Away

 Base color- OPI The One That Got Away; top glitter- OPI Teenage Dream; Stamp- Pure Ice Sterling Silver.

 Decided to matte it down with Essie’s Matte About You. Then added Seche Vite over the stamp pattern only.

Comparison of matte vs glitter/shiny topcoat. I think the matte brings out the sparkles a little more, somehow.

This is another one for the Valentine’s theme week 🙂

Linear Hearts

 Another one for the Valentine’s week mani! 😀 This is a patchwork mani base, with a stamp.

 The pinks for the base was Orly Butterflies; Orly Pixy Stix; and Orly Cotton Candy (this one was the whole base and is the lightest pink color you can see)

For the stamping I used Misa’s Single and Ready to Limbo, a red creme. 😀

Linear Hearts

 Another one for the Valentine’s week mani! 😀 This is a patchwork mani base, with a stamp.

 The pinks for the base was Orly Butterflies; Orly Pixy Stix; and Orly Cotton Candy (this one was the whole base and is the lightest pink color you can see)

For the stamping I used Misa’s Single and Ready to Limbo, a red creme. 😀