Digital Dozen Does Colour Contrast, Friday.

So, I was looking for inspiration for this look for Digital Dozen week and happened to watch Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas linked here with my kids on Wednesday night. We start Christmas Specials in November! We were watching a segment that stars Minnie and Daisy as competitors in a figure skating competition. They were wearing colours that totally reminded me of Lottie Dottie from KBShimmer, and this look was born. I used two coats of the polish for my insta-contrast in a bottle and then added double line stamping stripes to represent the ribbons the characters twirl in the competition.

Weird inspiration I know, but a glitter cruelly was perfect for this week...once I thought of it. As an FYI, the Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas is amazing! I have some more colour contrast looks coming up soon on nail tips as I kept up my freehand practice for fun while I was growing out my ring finger. 

Cheers all,

An InLinkz Link-up

KBShimmer, Witch Way and Bundle Monster Stamping

Today's look is a simple one, but a stunner due to KBShimmer Witch Way. This amazing purple crelly/jelly glitter is really rich and and intense. This is just one coat over Fierce Purple from NYX. The Stamping is Bundle Monster BM-604 with Konad White and I dotted in a touch of pink for a little something extra.

For a glitter packed doozie, this polish was really excellent to work with.

Cheers all,

My Indie Polish, For My Fi Swatch

This amazing pink glitter polish is from My Indie Polish linked here, and it's also a charity polish. This amazing pink is two coats and chalk full of micro holo glitters in and dusty holo goodness! As usual with this brand, straight amazing quality and formula. Quick dry time too.

This ones a keeper guys!

Cheers all,

Digital Dozen, Childhood, Care Bear Nails

So welcome to Digital Dozen Chilhood week or what I'm calling Indies and the eighties! I was a kid of the eighties, so Childhood was totally a great flashback to all the great toys, movies and tv shows of the eighties. I've decided on kind of a theme for the week. All my designs are on a great indie polish with art accents. Let's dive in to a swatch of KBShimmer Lottie Dottie. This is two coats plus topcoat.

This polish is one of my long time faves, and I decided to do one of my favourite tv/toy characters. This is Bedtime Bear from the Care Bears. I loved and had a few Care Bears. But this guy, he's my sons 'Tare' Bear. He also matched this polish just perfectly.

I created my bear accent and star buddies with acrylic paints and sealed with topcoat. In loved loved the star buddies, so I couldn't leave them out. Don't forget to check out my girls designs. I have lots more fun looks like this coming this weeks, so stay tuned.

Cheers all,

An InLinkz Link-up

Pipe Dream Polish, Empyrean, Snowman Nail Art

This lil doozie is a design inspired by Deanne29 on Instagram. I love her page, and have tons of her stuff in my inspiration folder. For this look I used Empyrean Pipe Dream Polish on my snowflake fingers. This was two easy coats with Bundle Monster snowflakes stamped on top with Konad a White 

My Snowmen were created on two coats of Sinful Colors Paper Mache with mostly acrylic paints, but I also used Essie Penny Talk to accent the scarf. 

Aren't these lil men just so happy and smiley?

Cheers all,

An InLinkz Link-up

KBShimmer Sugar Plum Faerie, Christmas Tree Nail Art

Hello all my baby cakes! Today another Christmas look. This one hits a dark green prompt, as well as Christmas Trees. This is two coats of Sugar Plum Faerie from KBShimmer, and my trees are inspired by the awesomesauseness @deanne29 on Instagram. The accent finger base is Twiggie from Color Club, and the art is all acrylic and created with a dotter and detail brush.

Hope everyone is getting into the holiday spirit, and if not...you go right ahead and get your Grinch on. We all have those years too.

Cheers all,

An InLinkz Link-up

Pipe Dream Polish, Empyrean with Glitter Tips

A cute glitter gradient today. This is Color Show Vintage Leather Lasting Lilac with Pipe Dream Polish Empyrean sponged on my tips. I have a swatch of Lasting Lilac coming for Ya later, because it is straight up the strangest polish I've ever used, and I just had to post it. Spoiler alert, it's still pretty though. 

This is a look I could totally wear for this holiday season.

Cheers all,

Grimm Brothers Nail Art, Red Riding Hood 2

So friends, I had promised more Grimm looks, and here we go. Yes it's a second Riding Hood look, but I couldn't help myself. @Clairelofthouse on Instagram did this look last week and inspired me to totally copy her! I switched up her look a bit using two coats of Different Dimensions That's Not Fir and used a fir tree instead of an apple tree, but you really need to see her look. My details were all created with acrylic paints today.

Difficulty: Medium
Time: 22 minutes

Hope you like this second Riding hood look, I can't wait to choose another Grimm Brothers tale to do.

Cheers all,

R2D2 Nail Art, Green Goddess Creations

This is Train Underwater from Pahlish. This is one coat over two coats of Sinful Colors Endless Blue. The decal is another goodie from Green Goddess Creations. I love her decals, so easy and adorable. I used a chevron nail guide also from Green Goddess to add my little digital design accent nail. You can find these and other Green Goddess goodies in her store linked here. She just launched a ton of Christmas decals to, so go and check it out.

Not sure if this is going to work, but I'm uploading my first little tutorial here. This is how to apply a water decal. I pre-painted the back of the R2D2 design white to allow it to show better on the dark polish.

Hope you guys like my little tutorial attempt.

Cheers all,

Eye See You Nail Art!

This luscious polish is Bloody Bride by Pretty Serious Polish. This is my first time trying out this brand, and I gotta say I love it! Probably one of the prettiest indie polishes I've tried. Anywho, the accent nail is Liquid Leather from China glaze with a gradient I created with acrylic, I'm really digging this method. I love the textured look, and the ease of clean up! Then I stamped the eyes from Bundle Monster's Halloween plates and filled over the stamping with a handful of neons.

I've for sure been neglecting the stamping lately. I think these turned out pretty fun! Those of you that follow my IG may have seen the fail that preceded this look. I tried to create a literal Bloody Bride, but alas...more mess than anything else so I quit.

Cheers all,

Jindie Princess Bubblegum and my fave ever mani!

So birthday/blogiversary week continues, and it wouldn't be complete without wearing my fave ever polish now would it!! Now the nail fairies threw me a birthday bone on this, because as soon as I got going I knew I was in fave ever territory! My fave polish...Jindie Princess Bubblegum and inspired by one of my fave Instagram accounts @wondrouslypolished and the art came together spot on for what I was hoping.

This is two coats of Princess Bubblegum and the details are all acrylic.

Gosh, I can't stop staring and I'm still wearing this design...AND on both hands to boot! Now that I've been wearing it awhile, I wished I'd added more white vines for detail below the florals, oh well!

Cheers all,

Polish Addict Summer Berries

I'm in the mood...the mood for some summer, or at least summer polish! So, ‎Polish Addict Nail Color Summer Berries it is! It was soo cold and snowy in Ontario Canada that since spring hit, I've been mostly craving more pretty and pastel shades.

This is two coats of Summer Berries over one coat of Sally Hansen Berry Juicy with topcoat. Summer Berries is a lovely mix of berry coloured glitter in various shapes and sizes. The base is a pastel pink shade with a hint of purple to it. It's soo sweet it makes my teeth hurt! I just adored this polish.

After these pictures I thought why not add a cute little strawberry leaf top as an accent 'berry' finger. I added a base of white acrylic for the shape and to make the greens pop without showing through the glitters. Then I added Essie Shake Your $$$ Maker and Nicole by OPI Daffy Dill to create the leafy strawberry tops. 



I hope you enjoy my hint of summer! I know yesterday really felt like summer, and I spent the day in the park with my family!

Cheers all,

Jindie Nails, Princess Bubblegum

Just a quickie...I did these at my good friends house last night on a girls night in! She's new to Indies, but has amassed a small army of Jindie Nails polish and I just had to try this one out! This is two coats of stunning amazing happiness in a bottle...(I might need to get this one too). Once dry I stamped Konad special white with plate Pueen32.

Simple and stunning still this am when I grabbed these shots. I couldn't not post this!! Have a great day!

Cheers all,

Dots and Stripes, Finger Foods Weekly Post

It's been a couple weeks since I checked in with my ladies over at the Finger Foods Theme Buffet and did a prompt. As it's only once a week, I really should get these in weekly! This week was dots and stripes and here's what I came up with.

I started with one finger in Julep Janel Bombshell, one in Sinful Colors Gorgeous and two in KBShimmer Lottie Dottie. Lottie Dottie was actually the colour inspiration for this manicure, however I find that The Julep is looking a lot more red in pictures. In my hand both these colours in the bottles appeared to match a lot better. Oh well, I still like the final look. As an FYI, this is three easy coats of Lottie Dottie. Isn't this polish happy...something about circle glitters just makes me happy!

After my base colour and bottom third contrasting swipes were dry, I went in with white acrylic for the stripes and added the contrasting dots in the polishes. Topper and that is all! Check out the InLinkz below for all the Dots and Stripes lovelies!

Cheers all,

An InLinkz Link-up

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,