Rose Gold Hearts Stamping

I have to say that out of all my nail looks this one isn't my favorite. I wish I had used a darker polish for the hearts but I still wanted to post these.

My base color is Opi Canary ate my Berries. I used the baggy method by using cut up pieces of a Walmart bag to apply Milani Bombshell, China Glaze Spring in my Step, and my original color. After I got the opacity I wanted I used Seche Vite to help blend the colors and speed up drying time.

Once dry I used Essie Penny Talk with Mo-You London plate 10 from the Princess collection and stamped on the hearts. I used a different stamper this time and so far I am very happy with it. I am planning to do a more in depth blog post about it very soon so be on the look out for it.

A final top coat of Seche Vite really makes the metallic color pop. I think because it is so reflective and bright that that is why I am not in love with this look. I plan to try something similar with a darker stamping color.

Macro of thumb

I managed to get a video recorded for these nails. I am still working on learning the best way to edit so please forgive the choppiness of the video.





I hope you all have a wonderful day!

-Samantha 

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Valentine's Day Tulips

For my first Valentine's Day mani of the year I wanted to do something that could also be just a pretty look on it's own. My new Pueen Buffet Leisure plates came in so I wanted a chance to use them as well.

For my pointer and ring finger I put down two coats of Color Club Je T'aime. I added two coats of Finger Paints Santa's Lil Topper on my ring finger as well.

My thumb and middle finger have two coats of Orly's Powder Puff. I used the tulips from Pueen plate 97. I stamped with Mundo de Unas #39 for the leaves and #55 for the blooms. I went in and filled in with Color Club's Warhol.

My pinkie is China Glaze's The Grass is Lime Greener. I love the color of this year but the formula is horrible. Even after three coats it is still a bit patchy.

Macro of middle finger

I used Glisten & Glow Hk Girl to make the decals. I finished everything off with Seche Vite. 

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

-Samantha

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-All photos were taken in my lightbox

Galactic Nails

I started off with a base coat of CND Sticky base. After applying two layers of Orly's Royal Navy I went in with my first color, Rica Whiteout, with a sponge making diagonal lines across each nail. I did the same thing with Color Club's Wicker Park and Take Me To Your Chateau. I sponged the colors along the outside of the white I had originally laid down.

I wanted to add a bit more dimension so I added some of my original blue through the center. Instead of adding white dots for stars I used Opi's Pirouette My Whistle which has silver hexagon glitters as well as holographic glitters.

 On my middle finger I used BM 610 and Rica Whiteout to stamp on the cute little design.

  After everything was finished I added Seche Vite.

Macro of middle nail

 I hope you all have a wonderful day!

-Samantha 

*All photos taken in my lightbox

Unicorns and Clouds

Base color is Opi Put a Coat On

Clouds are a gradient of Color Club's East Austin, Wicker Park, and Blue-Ming using plate W113

Unicorn is Rica Blackout stamped from plate W217

Top coats are Seche Vite and Glisten & Glow Hk Girl

Macro of thumb

 I hope you all have a wonderful day!

-Samantha

*All photos taken in my lightbox