New stamping plate

Hello, hello!  Happy to be back.  I had some health issues last week that kinda got me down.  :(  I've been dealing with a broken ankle since June and while I'm finally out of the cast, I still have problems with the pain.  Anyway, here I am, and I got a new Konad stamping plate that I LOVE!  I bought it for the argyle stamp on it and haven't even used that one yet.  Haha, I simply fell in love with this one and used it twice this week.  So here ya go...

 For this first one, I used Essie Bikini So Teeny and stamped it with Sinful Colors Black on Black.  This turned out so pretty.

I've used some plates of lesser quality (cheap) and I can tell you that I sure notice a difference between them and some of the higher priced ones.  Definitely worth the extra money to avoid the frustration.

I had a wedding to go to last night and wanted a pretty design, so again I chose this stamp only this time I went with a lavender/silver combo underneath.

 I used OPI Lucky Lucky Lavender and did a gradient with Essie No Place Like Chrome.  I took these pics before top coat/clean up and please ignore my icky cuticles. I stamped the same design using Orly Velvet Rope.

I got lots of compliments at the wedding, which I love!  It's nice to have people notice the hard work(mostly) and thought I put into my manis.

So there you have it, my new favorite stamp.  By the way, it's Konad m60.  I'm pretty sure I'll try the argyle later this week....Enjoy!!

Gradients

Hello!!  I'm so happy to have a few more followers.  :)  Thanks and welcome to all!
I don't now about you but I like to paint my nails to help me relax.  For some reason it really calms me down and makes me happy.  However, lately I've been trying so many new nail designs that I have become very frustrated and giving myself a mani was not so relaxing.  So after two days of total frustration with my visions not working out or turning out as I pictured them in my mind,  I decided to spend the rest of the week with easy applications.  And with that, I present my two recent gradient manicures.  For the first one I used my two favorite colors.  Orange and Pink.  I used Essie Tour de Finance as the base, and for the gradient I used Sinful Colors Clementine.

I love it when Walgreens has Sinful Colors for .99.  I always pick up a lot of colors during that week!

Aren't these pretty together?  I got lots of compliments on my nails while wearing it.
I made my first trip to Sally beauty the other day and picked up a few polishes and some eye makeup.  Two of the polishes I got were the ones I used in this next gradient.  First I put down my new China Glaze Spontaneous, then I sponged on my new Orly Velvet Rope.

I really like the sparkle in the Velvet Rope.  It's so pretty!
Both of these were so easy to do and turned out awesome.  They brought the joy back to doing my nails.  I think I might wait for weekends to try the harder designs and stamping.  That will give me lots more time to get the look I have pictured in my mind.  So Lovelies, what do you think?  And do any of you get frustrated with getting the perfect design to look good?  Oh, and I finally got my Seche Vite top coat!  I'm afraid Sally Beauty is going to become my new favorite store.  :)  Enjoy, and remember to live the life you love!!

Dots and NEW followers!!

Oh happy day!  I am totally happy to announce that I have two new followers!  I can now honestly say that at least two people that are not related read this goofy blog of mine.  Happy face!!  :)  Seriously, a big thank you to all!  I know that I can do better with my pictures and descriptions of the polish I use and now that I know that more than my hubby and sister are reading I promise to do the best I can from now on!!  I'm still fairly new at blogging so I know I can only get better.  The technical aspect of this baffles me at times.  Like getting my header better aligned and setting up tabs, but I know I will eventually get it all figured out.  So, having said that, I now present my latest dotty nails.  I totally idolize "A Girl and Her  Polish (www.agirlandherpolish.com) and she's does dots that look amazing so I'm constantly trying to get close to having a dot manicure that is as nice as hers.  This one turned out pretty good and I love the pink and grey combination.  For the base I used Pure Ice Kiss Me Here.

The accent nail is Essie Lights.  I tried to stamp a heart on the accent nail but it didn't show up very well so I just dotted over it.  The pink dots are done with Essie Lights and Maybelline Express Finish Posy Pink.

I topped it all off with Revlon Extra Life top coat.  I'm still trying to find a top coat that doesn't smear.  I'm think I'm going to order seche vite or make a trip to the Ulta store and see if they have it there.  Lots of folks seem to really like it.

And for my sis, I matched my hairy toes with the pink and grey.  It's a shame that because of my healing ankle I can't wear sandals to show them off.  My physical therapist sure liked them though!!  Thank you again to my new followers and to everyone who likes to check out my fancy fingers and hairy toes!

Happy Flowers

I love orange!  Anything orange puts a smile on my face so it goes without saying I have lots of orange polish.  This manicure is from earlier this summer when I was off work with a broken ankle.  It's when I first started taking pics of my nail art.  I just found out today that I shouldn't be taking my pictures with my camera phone.  Who knew?!?  I thought they were decent pics but I want to do the best for my loyal readers so from now on I'm gonna have Dave take the pics with our good camera.  :)  In the meantime, here is my orange mani from June.  I added the flowers with my dotting tools and sinful colors white.  Then I dotted the centers with purple.  LOL, since this was three whole months ago I don't remember the exact orange or purple I used.  I know, my bad.....

This was fun and summery!  Sure hope you like it, lovelies!!

Blue Chrome

Good Evening Lovelies!
Here's hoping everyone had a great holiday weekend.  I know I sure did...well, my Monday Labor day hangover wasn't very fun but other than that it was fab!!  My beautiful daughter-in-law Lindsey lost her beloved Nana recently so I decided to try and cheer her up with a manicure.  I let her pick the colors and stamp and it really turned out nice!  First I started with my new Julep Gunta from the Trina Turk collection.  This color is the most beautiful royal blue I have seen in quite a while.

Next I stamped with my mash-46 plate.  The color she chose for the stamping was Essie No Place Like Chrome.

I probably would have never picked this stamp for myself but I will certainly use it now.  I love it!  And the blue/chrome combo looks fantastic.  I hope I was able to cheer her up for at least a little while.  :)

Ta Ta for now Lovelies!!  Enjoy!

Pinkle

Happy Weekend Lovelies!  Tonight we have a beautiful pink gradient.  Sometimes I just want a quick and easy mani and this fits the bill.  I started out with my Julep Kate.  I've really been turning to this polish lately when I'm wanting to have white in my design.  This and my Sinful Colors white.

Next I applied three coats of Sinful Colors Glass Pink.  After that I did the gradient with this beautiful twinkling glitter.  Sinful Colors Pinky Glitter.  I adore this color.  It really looks pretty over the white & pink.

This looked  a lot brighter in person, but I really like it a lot.  I got some new polishes yesterday that I ordered from an Indie I found on Etsy.  I can't wait to try them both out.  I'm thinking a nice pedi is in my very near future since I go to the ortho doc Tuesday to hopefully get my boot off.  I'll have to use one of my new indie polishes for that.  In the meantime, enjoy this pretty in pink mani Lovelies!  As always, if you have any suggestions of a design you would like to see just let me know.