My Best French Stamping So Far

It is not a secret that I love stamping. And it is not a secret that I cannot achieve french stamping... :)

Well, I've tried stamping French designs before but never had them lined up, EVER! No matter what I did, they never lined up...

Anyway, for today, I wanted to try a different, festive French Mani... And I wanted to do it with stamping, because, let's face it, my free hand skills are worse than my French stamping skills... :D

I grabbed my Konad m19, simple French designs plate and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Cherry Red... With the white squishy stamper, I stamped my bare nails with red french tips...

Then I decided to go overboard and try double stamping... Well, double french tip stamping to be exact... :)

This time I reached for my Konad m56 plate. I have bought this plate only for the bow french tip image... And I never got to use it... Well, I tried using it, but it did not satisfy me, because it was always crooked... :)

Anddd here's the result!!! I nailed it!!!!! YAY!!!!

Btw, the stamping is made with Barry M gold and I did put a small rhinestone on the bows... And a coat of Sv...

One proud mama!!!! :) :) :)

Blue Skittle

Here's a mani I made while going to an event hosted by Flormar...

Pinkie : Two coats of OPI HoneyRyder
Ring : Flormar Wet Look WL01 stamped with Konad m79
Middle : Flormar Wet Look WL01 stamped with Konad m65
Index : Flormar Black Dot B04 three coats
Thumb : Flormar Wet Look WL01 stamped with Konad m59

Blue is a color for Spring (not)

Can you believe I have never used my Barry M Gellys during summertime? What a shame!!!

Thankfully, I am not a woman of traditions... I mean, I wear my colors as I wish, not according to seasons or stuff... If I want to wear it, I wear it...

That being said, today was a sunny day and I wanted to wear my Barry M Gelly BlueBerry... :) I had 2 coats of it on my nails... Then I wanted to do someting different and I stamped the straight lines from BM411 using OPI My Vampire is Buff. For my ring finger, I wanted to add some glitter and I painted one coat plus some dabbing of Models Own Freak Out, whish was aslo an untried!

Finally, I stamped some roses using Konad m65 with Barry M Gelly BlackBerry. I can say that it stamps reaaaalllly well... :) Oh, and for my thumb, I used big roses from BM323...

 Oh and I have news for you... In a few seconds, you are going to meet my thumb... :P

My thumb does want to be involved in the pictures, but it is not bendy enough. So it always misses the photo shoots. I make some funny and creepy hand poses but still cannot achieve to get it in the picture. So, for today's shot, I took a seperate shot of it and then merged the pictures in Photoshop... So, what do you think? Do you think I should add it with photoshop or are you satisfied with 4 fingered swatches?

Monkey See Monkey Do - ChitChatNails

Here's another Monkey See Monkey Do post for today... Or should I call it an inspirational post?

Anyway, I must admit I'm a big fan of Marta from ChitChatNails. I adore her nails and her designs... so when I saw THIS design she did, I loved it so much so I decided to give it a try...

I started with 2 coats of NYC Raindrops... Then sponged some China Glaze Angel Wings close to the base of my nails... Then using Konad m84 and Essence stampy polish in black, I added the flowers... For the accent nail, I used Golden Rose black and added the golden glitter from the Essence nail art decoration kit...

So, what do you think? Looks so elegant to me... :)

Rimmel Salon Pro - Britpop

Recently, new Rimmel polishes came to my cosmetic store... They were bigger in size, with round fat bottles... They are called Rimmel Salon Pro... I grabbed a few while I can... :)

The first one I tried is Britpop... Apparently, it is from a series Kate Moss has created for Rimmel... 

It is an ocean blue with a "gel shine finish" and it is opaque in two coats... It has a new brush, fat and thick, which fits perfectly on my nails!!!!

Here's how I spiced it up!!!

Using Konad Special White, I stamped images from m78, flowers from m84, clouds from m79, bird from Q1 and the butterfly from m78...

Oh, sorry, the bird was stamped with Konad Black over the clouds... :)

Cute? I think so... :)

Maybelline Color Show - Bublicious

Maybelline Color Show nail polishes started to show up in Turkey recently. I went to the store hoping to see some new shades, but unfortunately, the colors are limited and there was nothing fancy...

But I grabbed this, just to try...

It is called Bublicious, it is a neonish pink creme... Looks lovely on the nails, 2 coats for full opacity...
The formula is easy to manage...

On my ring finger, I have another Rimmel Salon Pro. This one is Black Out. I bought this hoping that it was a one coater as well, but it wasn't. Still, is has a gel like shine and the perfect formula for a 2 coater black... :)

Anyway, I used my Konad plates for stamping. m79 for polkadots, m69 for the zebra print, m57 for the leopard, and m59 for the bow... All stamped with Konad Special Black...

Pink Girly Mani

I've been in search of a good baby pink for some time. A pink that is easy to apply, without streaks... I've tried various brands and I'm happy to announce that I finally found it!!!!

It is Golden Rose Rich Color 46... It is a lovely baby pink creme. Not a thick creme, though... It is easy to apply and it is opaque in 2 coats, streak free!!!!

Yay!!!

And what does a girl do if she has a baby pink polish? She does a girly mani!!!!!

:)

Anyway, I tried to do a skittlette mani a la ChitChat Nails. Her manis are always an inspiration to me!

I used Golden Rose Rich Color 46 for my pinky, middle and index fingers. And I used Golden Rose Rich Color 35, a gorgeous black for the thumb and the ring finger.

I stamped the polka dots from Konad m79 to my pinky.
I added a pink rhinestone to my ring finger.
I stamped the cute bow from Pueen 10 on my middle finger.
I added two coats of Golden Rose Jolly Jewels 104 to my index finger.
And I left my thumb just black!!!!

I loooooovvveeed this girly mani!!!! I should do these kinds of things more often... LOL

The New 31 Day Challenge - Day 23 - Inspired by Nature

Whenever I think of nature, wild life comes to my mind... That's why I made this wild mani for my day 23, inspired by nature...

I used China Glaze Ruby Pumps for my base and then sponges it with I'm not Lion. On the accent nail, I used China Glaze Midnight Kiss with Konad M57 and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Black out. I added the red spots with a dotting tool and Ruby Pumps...

Looks really wild... :)

The New 31 Day Challenge - Day 22 - Inspired by a fabric

Mom bought me a t-shirt for New Years and I really loved the animal print on it... So today, I'm wearing both the t-shirt and the mani inspired by the t-shirt... :)

This is the fabric I got inspired...

And this is the outcome... :) Another mani I'm proud the show the world... :)

I used China Glaze Liquid Leather for the thumb, index and middle finger...

For the ring finger, I used 2 coats of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls. Then I stamped it with Konad Special Black and Konad M57... I added the grey dots using Rimmel Grey Matter...

And for the pinkie, I used 2 coats of Rimmel Grey Matter...

And Poshe, of course...

The New 31 Day Challenge - Day 16 - Color Opposites

Finally a mani I'm satisfied with!!!! And I present it with pride!!! MY COLOR OPPOSITES MANI!!!!

Ok, readers who know me can tell that I am retarded in the color area. I don't really know whic color family is cool, or warm or anything else... :) 

So, when I read that day 16 is going to be about color opposites, I studied my lesson. I learned all abour the color chart, how colors are mixed, etc etc... I'm not an expert, but I'm getting better at this...

Anyway, the color opposites I picked for this challenge is purple and yellow... Well, who knew purple and yellow are supposed to look good together, huh? See, that's the rule I've learned!!!! Opposites attract!!!!

First I picked my colors... I used Flormar Pretty P06, a yellow for the base. Then using Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Yellow Mellow, Flormar Pretty P20, and Flormar Pretty P21 I made a gradient...  To add some shine, I used 1 coat of Catherine Arley Holo 676, as a holo topcoat... Then I stamped it with Konad M69 and topped it with Poshe... 

Honestly, I couldn't help but stare at my fingers all day... 

Here's the gradient before stamping... :)

Flormar Pretty P06, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Yellow Mellow, Flormar Pretty P20, Flormar Pretty P21, Catherine Arley Holo 676