Heart Flowers, Valentines Nail Art

Today is #clairestelle8feb Flowers You Love prompt. I did these heart petal flowers around Valentine's Day on Pow from Indie Polish. The white and purple is acrylic and my base is two coats and I mattifyed it.

Simple and cute!

Cheers all,

Valentines! Be Mine Ladies!

So I want you all to be my Valentine! See it says so right there!!
These ones here were loosely inspired by all the fantastic neon creations over at Clairestelle8 on Instagram linked here. I've been craving some neons in this mid-winter freeze, so Valentines was the perfect opportunity!

For this I used three unnamed Color Club neons and White On to create the distressed background. I stamped various Valentines and lovey dovey images from Bundle Monster and added a splash of You Rock My Heart from KBShimmer to my thumbs and pointer fingers.

This last image is my fave from my right hand. I really love this look today. It's a fun and bright wear for the holiday. Hope you all have a great day, weather it's with a loved one or a great chick flick and some chocolates.


Cheers all,

Red HOT HOT HOT, Valentines Nail Art

Zow! Right? This red hot look was actually a Christmas creation I never posted and am now recycling as a Valentines look. This was just a quick and bold layered look to wear for a Christmas party, but I loved the combo. I now dub thee Red Hot Valentines! The pictures don't do the flakie any justice, but in person this Color Club Snow-Flakes over Essie Trombone was molten lava.

Oh, side topic...can't wait for the next edition of the Digital Dozen, as I've been working on some really special looks for you guys.

Cheers all,

KBShimmer Valentine's Day Trio Review and Swatch Wrap Up

So to pull it all together for you in one place, here is the KBShimmer Valentine's Day Trio Wrap Up. I must say I loved this set. Make sure you check it out as well as the spring collection that's just coming out. STUNNING!

 For my full post on Whole Lava Lovin click here.

  For my full post on Falling For Hue click here.

For my full post on You Rock My Heart click here.

Which is you fave? I'm pretty sure mine is still Falling For Hue now that I've swatched them all, but that red really is a stunner! I got these through Harlow, and last I checked they were still available. If they are your cup of tea, don't miss out.

Cheers all,

One Last Valentine Nail Art Look, Negative Space

This is a base I created for some stamping, and then decided to try some negative space nail art instead. I'm not sure who started this idea, but it was someone very patient! It take a loooong time the way I did it and I only did that one heart in the look below.


First the base, this is Ruby White Tips Constance, (which I still owe you a swatch and review for!). I used a large number of polishes and a sponge to create this mottled and lovely base. I added China Glaze Fairy Dust for it's amazing sparkly goodness on top. I wore this for a day before I moved on to the art because it was so pretty as a look of its own.

The above picture is indirect sunlight.

So for this look, I outlined the white heart shape in acrylic and then took a brush and Q-Tip and remover and went to work scrupbbing within the outline. There must be an easier way, so I think this deserves a Google later. I do want to try again. Where I worked the polish and paint off the edges of the heart got all gummy and lumpy, and you can see how much the white paint sits off the nail. I didn't like that at all. The other three fingers I used my liner brush to add some interesting details to accompany the heart. All in all...meh...happy and romantic...but meh!

These last two have the rare Canadian winter problem of slightly too much sun, so I'm sorry for that.

I hope you enjoyed my Valentine looks. I realize now I didnt use any of my valentine stamps!!! I'll have to use them for a date night look.

Cheers all,

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