First Easter Mani Of The Year Didn't Go As Planned.

When I got the Spring/Easter collection Sunshine & Rainbows from 10.1 Polish I knew I had to do at least 1 Easter mani with it. I had it all planned out, what background and what plate, and the images I wanted.
A couple of years ago the stunning Dulce aka Bunny Nails did a mani with bunnies playing around under a cherry blossom tree on a pink base. But I wanted to do a mani with this look with the bunnies playing on a green field on a sunny day. And I knew two of the Sunshine & Rainbows collection polishes would be perfect as the background base for this mani. I even used the same plate for the bunnies as Dulce did, one of her own amazing plates Bunny Nails HD-B. This image plate has some Easter images, St. Patrick's Day images, birthday images and some Valentine's Day images. And if you haven't tried Bunny Nails plates, they are amazing.

My inspiration from the very talented Dulce aka Bunny Nails.

Products I used for this mani:

Pro FX Fiberized ridge filler base coat

Sinful Colors Snow Me White

Mr Blue Sky and Springtime Carpet from 10.1 Polish

Bunny Nails HD-B plate

Candy head stamper heads from Marianne Nails

Fab Ur Nails Marshmallow stamper head

DIY stamper handle

Graftobian makeup latex in red

DRK Nails stamping polish in White

Dashica stamping polish in Emerald Green/Dark Green and Brown

Dotting tool

Glisten & Glow HK topcoat

Bliss Kiss cuticle oil

                                      

youtube tutorial

When I was done stamping the bunnies and grass, I thought adding the cherry blossom branches and flowers would overcrowd my mani. And I was so bummed and unhappy with the mani. But still decided to share the mani and do the tutorial to show the Bunny Nails plate and the 10.1 polishes.

So I uploaded my picture to instagram and couple of friends (Gwen & Kelly) pointed out it reminded them of a mani done by another nail friend of mine, Diana. And you know what, I have admired Diana's work for so long. So I looked at it again, and liked my mani again. Why? Because I felt like when my friends told me that my mani reminded them of one of Diana's that was a huge compliment. Diana always creates these amazing looking manis and she inspires a lot of people around the world. Not just little old me.... I will just continue to wish I had wider nail beds so I could do more on my nails without it making my nails look overcrowded..... And do my best to do nail art.

Diana's amazing story telling mani.

My playful Easter bunny mani....

 So simple looking compared to Dulce's and Diana's, but I still like it now.

Special thanks to:

Dulce/Bunny Nails for her amazing plate and being such an inspiration to others with her nail art. 

Kelly the amazing friend and lady behind the 10.1 Polishes

Diana van Nisselroy for all the inspiration to others with her amazing talent for nail art.

Gwen for being such and amazing friend, thanks again for all of the goodies you sent me.

Love ya, girls.

My Valentine, Love Me Nails.

Time for another Valentine's Day nail tutorial.
Been so busy making all the videos of the Marianne Nails plates I was sent, dealing with colds and stomach bugs But I wanted to do one more V-day nails, will try and see if I can get one more done. That is if my RL doesn't get in the way.

For these nails I did my base coat, then one thin coat of Sinful Colors Pinky Glitter (830) and then did a gradient effect with Boundless Color Ruby Dust (425).
Then I grabbed my Bunny Nails HD-A, La Femme White and DRK Nails Black

Once I was done stamping I did another thin coat of Ruby Dust to add some sparkle to the stamped images. But not so easy to see in the picture or in the video.

Christmas Sweater Nails 2014.

Time for some stamping nail art. My nails are so short, but still I wanted to do a tutorial on youtube.
And as I promised in the 10,1 Polish Review post I would do some nail art using those polishes.

I wanted to do some Christmas sweater nails using Bunny Nails HD-I, it's such a pretty Christmas plate. I think she sold out of the plate, but will still add the link to her Bunny Nails page. She has more awesome looking plates on there.

youtube tutorial.

I used La Femme stamping polish in White and my Creative Shop Stamper. I let the image be on the stamper to make a stamping decal.  I decided to use two of the Icing polishes from 10.1 Polish in Kiwi Delight and Cherry Blast. I filled in areas of the image with the 2 colors, and let it dry for a few before adding another coat. Because the 10.1 Polishes are tints you only get a hint of color on the first coat. But the more coats you add, the color will become more vibrant. You just keep adding coats until you have the color effect you're after. Then when it's dry you apply topcoat and let it dry for a while. Then you gently peel it off your stamper, flip it over to the other side and let it rest on the stamper while you apply a clear nail polish or slow drying topcoat. Then you take the decal and place it onto your nail while the clear polish/topcoat is still wet, that will act as a glue. Gently tap the decal on your nail to straighten it out and make it even. Cut off pieces of the decal that is outside the outline of your nail. And apply your favorite topcoat to seal in the decal and give your nail a nice shine.

The left one is over a clear swatch stick, the right is over a white polished base.

Hope you liked this one. As always, thanks for stopping by.

Zombies Hungry For Brains Nails.

Happy Halloween.
And just in time my last Halloween mani for the year. I love these Halloween plates by Bunny Nails, so many awesome images on these plates. SO hard to pick images to use when there are so many of them. Thank you, Bunny Nails for sending me all of your amazing plates.

Products I used:
Sinful Colors Prosecco as base
Sponged pink
Stamped with Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Rapid Red
Sinful Colors Black On Black
Bunny Nails Hd-C and HD-H

youtube tutorial.

 

   

After my nails were done it was time to carve the pumpkins for the kids. Little G wanted a skull while her big brother D wanted a monster face. They lost patience while daddy and mommy was prepping the pumpkins to be carved, but once daddy started carving they came back around And they were very happy with their pumpkins. They even got to look at them while waiting to fall asleep when it was time for bed. Hope you all have a nice and safe Halloween.

Halloween Nails 2014 Part 2.

I am sorry I haven't been updating my blog posts as often as my youtube. Dealing with a lot of family and real life stuff right now. Having a rough time these day dealing with a family member back home.
I did these nails a few days ago and forgot with the stress in my life right now to make a blog post about those nails.

Here are the products I used:
Products used for these nails:
White polish
Pure Ice Show stopper
Pure Ice Drive Me Crazy
Sinful Colors: Amethyst and Black on Black
Bunny Nails HD-D

 youtube tutorial

I will be doing one more Halloween nails tutorial with the new Halloween plates I got from Bunny Nails in the next day or two.

I am sorry to keep this post so short, but like I said too much going on right now. And haven't had much sleep the last few weeks. I hope things get sorted soon, so I can get back on track with youtube and blogging.

Thanks as always for stopping by.