Cosmic Sponging

I know! 2 days in a row! :p

Hi everyone!

Today I tried out sponging for the 3rd time and this is the first successful attempt, it wasn't a gradient but I like it. :D

I tried to accomplish a spacey kind of look. Everything else came out good except the stamping in my opinion. Let me know if you liked the stamp or not.

Tools:

• Konad stamper & Scraper
• EBay plate m39
• Simple Pleasures white polish
• Sally Hansen: Celeb City
• Kleancolor: Pearl Pink
• Kleancolor: White
• Spoiled: Checkin' Into Rehab
• Sinful Colors: Let Me Go

Ready! Set! Go!

The Base colour was Spoiled: Checkin' Into Rehab, which I applied 2 coats of, which still ends up being a translucent but dark enough. It is a very lovely colour. I plan on wearing it on its own very soon.

I then sponged it with the Pearl Pink, and the Simple Pleasure white polish. (The reason I had used simple pleasures is because it is a very thin polish and I didn't want it heavy like the Kleancolor White polish.)

Next I used Sinful Colors Let Me Go, which is a very psychedelic polish, fairly transparent that a little shows through, but still too heavy to leave alone for what I wanted.

Sooo... I sponged again one more time and I think it was the topping on the cake.

I then stamped with the design that I thought would have looked good, but I was not too happy with the way it came out. I used a mixture of Celeb City and Kleancolor White to stamp. Top coat and finished!

I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did. ;-)

P.S. Don't forget to enter my GIVEAWAY!

See you later,

Kelly-Ann.

I love GOLD...and purple!

Hello ladies,

Well, I did my toes that have been naked maybe 3 weeks because I had hit my toe and the nail went down down down, it still looks awkward which is why I had chosen a colour that might not be too noticeable. 

Like I said I did my toes but not very well, by the time I was done and went into proper light I realized my toes had ridges and I messed up the polish a bit. I hope you like the design minus the mistakes I made due to terrible lighting in my living room.

Tools:

• Konad scraper & stamper
• Gems
• EBay nail plat M64
• Maybelline Color Show: Bold Gold
• Wet n' Wild: Buffy the Violet Slayer

So on to it then!

Ok, here is Le base color which is the Bold Gold, This a very pretty colour but I think it goes on a little tiny bit streaky at first but after it dries it doesn't look that way.

Added the pattern using the Buffy the Violet Slayer which smudged when I stamped it, but it only happened on this toe, it might have been my fault, I may not have scraped it properly.

I then added 4 gems one on each of the 3 dots and one in the middle of the flower, which looked really great, but unfortunatly I added my top coat a little too soon and it smeared my stamp. I always do that, it's like I get anxious and just add the top coat.

Anyway, regardless of my mistakes I hope you enjoyed this post :-)

See you next time,

Kelly-Ann.

P.S. Don;t forget to enter my GIVEAWAY!

Spring Challenge 1: Love & Life

Hi everyone...I was supposed to post this yesterday but my day got sooooo busy I couldn't even post it, and the funny thing is that I did my nails from Thursday night. But with further delay here it is My first in Spring Challenge by Purpler Glitters.

The first theme is Love and Life, the colour combination I chose was Pink and Orange.

Tools:

• Bundle Monster Plate: BM 03 
• MASH Plate: m 63
• JLB 04
• Confetti: Conga Line
• Nina Ultra Pro: Fuchsia Rage
• Shades of the Season: Glitter Pink
• Konad Stamp and Scraper

Base Colour:

This base colour was a beautiful light colour, however it was the first time using this brand (JLB) which was not very smooth but I made it work, don't think I'd buy this brand again.

I saw this pattern and decided to use it from my MASH plate set m63. I used the Shades of the Season Glitter pink and i thought it came out sooooo lovely.

I then added these cute little hearts from my Bundle Monster plate BM 03 using Confetti's Conga Line which is a lovely shimmery orange. This came out very cute.

Ok this is where I went wrong, u added the additional heart with wings using the same Bundle Monster plate which I do think was a bad decision using the same Confetti Conga Line. I then use the Nina Ultra Pro: Fuchsia Rage to fill in the heart(another bad decision.) 

Here is the finished product with the flash.

All in all I love the fingers but not the thumb, I think I took it a little too far.

Anyway, that's it for now...see u for the next Spring Challenge on the list.

Here are a few others that are participating in the challenge:

• Purple Glitters
• Taya 
• I love pretty colours
• Creative Nail Design by Sue
• Hooked on polish
• Pinky to Thumb
• Posh Nail Art
• Welcome To Brianna's World!
• World of Happy Nails
• Mateji ustvarjata
• Nail buff
• Moonchild
• Anna
• Colorful bottle's blog
• Glazed Talons
• Rainbow Nails
• Nailpocalypse
• Lady-flover123
• Nail Crazy
• Mimi's vanity box

Luck of the Irish

Howdy yall!

 I know I'm late with posting this but I honestly haven't had the time. But now it's here and that's all that matters...right? :-D

Okay, so I did an Irish theme for St. Patrick's Day, and I thought it came out pretty good.

Tools:

• Sally Hansen: Hard as Nails Hardener Clear
• Shades of the Season: Clear
• Shades of the Season: Green Glitter
• Kleancolor Nail to Toe: Popping Green
• NYC: High Line Green
• Rimmel French Manicure Pro: French Lingerie 
• Bundle Monster Plate: BM03

I liked the way this looked on its own but I figured I'd continue with the original idea and do a little more. add some glitter and pizzazz! Hehe (NYC High Line Green for tips)

So I added the design from Bundle Monster Plate design (BM03) (Kleancolor Popping green for design). Wait for everything to dry well and applied the Green Glitter to all green areas.

I Hope you enjoyed this design as much as I did.

See you next time,

Kelly-Ann.

Silver Has Fun

Howdy yall!

Today I did something simple pattern with a number of colours with the base colour  being the same silver I have on my fingers (I really do love that silver).

Tools:

• Kleancolor: Cobalt
• Kleancolor: Neon Aqua
• Kleancolor: Metallic Pink
• Kleancolor: Silver
• Sally Hansen: Hard as Nails Hardener
• Shades of the Season: Clear
• EBay Fauxnad Plates: m63 & m12
• Konad Stamp

As you can see the pattern is pretty, but also my clean-up method is really no method at all besides when I shower it washes off. I give up the whole clean-up thing. HA!

I used the Cobalt and Neon Aqua for the first pattern and the Metallic Pink for the second. I like using the Kleancolor brand to stamp, but the Cobalt colour is very translucent and doesn't show up as bright as I'd like it to. Still like the design though, hope you do too.

Love you lots,

Kelly-Ann.

Mercury Vines

Howdy yall!

I am very excited about my nails tonight, I love the colours and the design. I hope you all are as excited as I am. And can you imagine I almost did not do anything on my nails for the rest of the week. It took me a while to decide what to do. But... here it is 

Ok this week I am going to try and change my layout and not do the numbered step by step thing. Also I made the decision to throw out my Sally Hansen: Hard as Nails Clear because I have grown to dislike it, and I have decided to use my Shades of The Season Clear.

Tools:

• Konad nail stamp
• Sally Hansen: Hard As Nails Hardener
• Shades of The Season: Clear
• Sinful Colors: Mercury Rising
• Shades of The Season: Glitter Green
• Kleancolor: Nail to Toe Copycat Hater
• Bundle Monster: Plate BM03

Steps:

After applying the beautiful Mercury Rising colour I had added the glitter green tips (a sudden decision). It was an awesome decision in my opinion, it complimented it so well.

When the tips dried I used my Bundle Monster plate and add the stamp with the Copycat Hater, Which also was a wonderful contrast from the base colour and the glitter.

Add clear top coat and as usual clean up as necessary. In my case clean as much as I can without messing up everything. (Which is still not so great). I really hope you enjoyed this design.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to follow my blog.

See you next time,

Kelly-Ann.

Pretty in Purple and Pink

This design is quite similar to the design I did a few days ago so I am not going to put any instructions just post the pictures and list the colours and I hope you enjoy it. I have been feeling very 'purpley' this week, so i did another purple polish. :-D 

Tools:

• Sally Hansen: Hard as Nails Clear
• Sally Hansen: Hard as Nails Hardener
• Kiss: Beach Pink
• Kiss: Soft Purple
• Rhinestones
• Mash Plate: m60
• Konad Stamper

Light Pattern

This was an experiment that I have seen many people done, where they take 2 similar colours and use one as the base colour and one as the pattern colour. It did not turn out the way I wanted it to, so I will be attempting it again very soon. I will post this one anyway. The difference between the base and pattern is very hard to see but can be seen nonetheless.

Tools:

• Konad Stamper and Scraper
• Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Clear (Top Coat)
• Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Hardener (Base Coat)
• Shades of the Season: Metallic light brown
• Shades of the Season: Clear glittler
• Kleancolor: Metallic Yellow
• Shany Nail plate: SH20

Steps:

1. First I applied the Base coat
2. Then applied 2 layers of the base colour

       3.    Let base dry for about 15 mins

       4.    Apply the pattern with the other colour using the scraper and stamp.

      5.     Let the pattern dry for 5 mins then apply the clear glitter and let dry

(You can see the pattern better in the picture above after I had added the glitter)

      6.     Apply top coat to seal everything in.

I hope you enjoyed this design today.

Comments and special requests appreciated.

Much Love,

Kelly-Ann.

French Love in Red

This design I did because I was feeling loving. hehe. I'm always loving. for this design I did not use any base color but you can if you choose.

Tools Used:

• Bundle Monster Gold nail beads
• Stamping plate from EBay m01
• Konad Stamper and Scraper
• Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Clear (Top Coat)
• Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Hardener (Base Coat)
• Shades of the Season Metallic Red

Steps:

1. Apply Base coat
2. Use metallic red and make a french like line across the top of your nail. (Use tape to line if you don't have a steady hand)
3. Apply top coat to all nails except the thumbs
4. Let dry for 30 mins
5. Apply metallic red to the design on the plate, scrape and pick up with stamper
6. Apply design to nail quickly in the middle of nail.
7. Let design dry for 15 mins
8. Apply top coat to thumbs.
9. Immediately after, use a toothpick to apply the gold beads.
10. When dried, apply a generous layer of top coat to seal the beads in.

Sorry but I still have not mastered cleaning up my fingers. And red is so hard to clean, as you can tell by the paper towel behind my hand I had already cleaned up a lot.

I hope you enjoyed this.