Hello, Fireflies!
Today's Sunday Stamping theme is, "It's So Fluffy!" A celebration of fluffy and cuteness!
Showing posts with label animal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animal. Show all posts
Sunday, November 22, 2015
It's so FLUFFY, I could die!
Hello, Fireflies!
Today's Sunday Stamping theme is, "It's So Fluffy!" A celebration of fluffy and cuteness!
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Here Be Dragons!
Hello, Fireflies!
I can't believe it's already September! I really enjoyed doing all those jewelry-inspired manis last month, but it's time to move on. This month's theme is "Pets".. well, very loosely interpreted... I have two stamped nailarts today inspired by a fantasy pet - Dragons!
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Swan Song
Hello, Fireflies!
Today's the last round of this month's 'Animal' challenge from the Nail Challenge Collaborative! I decided to base this nail art on some Swan charms I found online and just loved, and I found the perfect glitter to go with them.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
A Leopard Can Change His Spots If They're Made Of Nail Polish
Hello, Fireflies!
It's almost the end of the month, and I haven't done all 4 of my NCC posts yet! Today is #3 in the 'animal' challenge. I haven't really played around with animal prints too much, but today I make a leopard print two ways.
Thursday, February 19, 2015
An-I-Mal! Animal!
Hello, Fireflies!
This month's challenge is animals. I did a cute puppy stamping mani with a little tribute to my heart dog, Goliath, for the first mani, but today's mani features a very different
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Rott'n Stamping
Hello, Fireflies!
This month's NCC challenge is Animals! So much to choose from, but I knew one of my manis had to use this new plate I got from Marianne Nails (06) just for one particular stamp...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Army of Sheep?
Hello, Fireflies!
If you can't have a duochrome, have a polish with a heavy shimmer. It's almost the same... well, kinda. CrowsToes Me and This Army is a greyed-out Army green with a heavy purple shimmer. I love this combo!
I didn't expect it to be this sheer, though! This was 3 to 4 coats, and you can still see nail line. That will never dry on me. If I use it again, I'll try it layered over a grey or dark green.
Ok, I know that yesterday was the end of the tutorial challenge.. but it will never end for me! bwahaha! I used Chalkboard Nails' Sheep Tutorial for this nailart.
It kinda looks like I'm drawing noses when I start out.
Then, I use a dotting tool and Milani White On The Spot to add a big, fluffy ball of cotton candy on top of the two sticks. Like a weird popsicle.
The same dotting tool goes first into Wet 'n Wild Black Creme, and then into the Milani White for the eyes. Ghost cotton candy!
A little taupe from Nikka K NY112 for the ears, and OPI Pussy Galore for the noses. I had a little trouble with the noses. One sheep looks like a fluffy pig. Another, more like a cat.
A little topcoat to smooth it all out, and the shimmer comes out to play, too.
Bottle shot: CrowsToes Me and This Army, Milani White On The Spot, black striper, Wet 'n Wild Black Creme, Nikka K NY112, and OPI Pussy Galore.
This isn't a fail - it's a multi-purpose tutorial. You can use it to either make Cotton Candy Ghosts, Fluffy Pigs, or Sheep. Everyone loves a multi-tasker.
If you can't have a duochrome, have a polish with a heavy shimmer. It's almost the same... well, kinda. CrowsToes Me and This Army is a greyed-out Army green with a heavy purple shimmer. I love this combo!
I didn't expect it to be this sheer, though! This was 3 to 4 coats, and you can still see nail line. That will never dry on me. If I use it again, I'll try it layered over a grey or dark green.
Ok, I know that yesterday was the end of the tutorial challenge.. but it will never end for me! bwahaha! I used Chalkboard Nails' Sheep Tutorial for this nailart.
It kinda looks like I'm drawing noses when I start out.
Then, I use a dotting tool and Milani White On The Spot to add a big, fluffy ball of cotton candy on top of the two sticks. Like a weird popsicle.
The same dotting tool goes first into Wet 'n Wild Black Creme, and then into the Milani White for the eyes. Ghost cotton candy!
A little taupe from Nikka K NY112 for the ears, and OPI Pussy Galore for the noses. I had a little trouble with the noses. One sheep looks like a fluffy pig. Another, more like a cat.
A little topcoat to smooth it all out, and the shimmer comes out to play, too.
Bottle shot: CrowsToes Me and This Army, Milani White On The Spot, black striper, Wet 'n Wild Black Creme, Nikka K NY112, and OPI Pussy Galore.
This isn't a fail - it's a multi-purpose tutorial. You can use it to either make Cotton Candy Ghosts, Fluffy Pigs, or Sheep. Everyone loves a multi-tasker.
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Hungry, Hungry Hippos!
Hello, Fireflies!
Being that I am now an old fart, I do serious, adult things most of the time.
But sometimes, I just can't help being silly and fun. This latest mood was inspired by a nail art by Beauty by Suzi, though I didn't find her tutorial until *after* I was done. I just found a pix someone had Pinned of the final mani.
I started with this cute sheer glitter from Sally Hansen, Pink-Grape Fruit. I really hoped it would be more pigmented, but it'll be a cute topper to add some pink shimmer to another color.
For the hippo's face, I used Sally Hansen Salon Please Sea Me. Also a little more sheer than I thought, but otherwise the formula was great. This line has some of my fave drugstore formulas.
The hippo's nose was more trouble than it should have been, because of the polish I chose. LynBDesigns Sacre Blurple is a beautiful blurple jelly, but the formula was goopy and sticky. I hope some thinner will help!
A dotting tool was helpful for making the ears and the nostrils.
A little white for the eyes and teeth, and black dots for the pupils, and there's the face! Way too cute!
When polishes get goopy, details are hard to keep clean, so there were some mistakes. I keep thinking I should start using acrylics for these things, but I've yet to make the jump. These macro pix are hell on mistakes, but I couldn't see them in Real Life.
I played, "Hungry, Hungry Hippo" on my husband's arm. I am a serious, mature adult.
Bottle shot: Sally Hansen Come Sea Me, LynBDesigns Sacre Blurple, and OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, and Black Onyx. Apparently, I forgot Sally Hansen Pink-Grape Fruit. Oops.
It's fun to explore your silly side! You are only as old as you feel. What's the silliest mani you've done?
Being that I am now an old fart, I do serious, adult things most of the time.
But sometimes, I just can't help being silly and fun. This latest mood was inspired by a nail art by Beauty by Suzi, though I didn't find her tutorial until *after* I was done. I just found a pix someone had Pinned of the final mani.
I started with this cute sheer glitter from Sally Hansen, Pink-Grape Fruit. I really hoped it would be more pigmented, but it'll be a cute topper to add some pink shimmer to another color.
For the hippo's face, I used Sally Hansen Salon Please Sea Me. Also a little more sheer than I thought, but otherwise the formula was great. This line has some of my fave drugstore formulas.
The hippo's nose was more trouble than it should have been, because of the polish I chose. LynBDesigns Sacre Blurple is a beautiful blurple jelly, but the formula was goopy and sticky. I hope some thinner will help!
A dotting tool was helpful for making the ears and the nostrils.
A little white for the eyes and teeth, and black dots for the pupils, and there's the face! Way too cute!
When polishes get goopy, details are hard to keep clean, so there were some mistakes. I keep thinking I should start using acrylics for these things, but I've yet to make the jump. These macro pix are hell on mistakes, but I couldn't see them in Real Life.
I played, "Hungry, Hungry Hippo" on my husband's arm. I am a serious, mature adult.
Bottle shot: Sally Hansen Come Sea Me, LynBDesigns Sacre Blurple, and OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, and Black Onyx. Apparently, I forgot Sally Hansen Pink-Grape Fruit. Oops.
It's fun to explore your silly side! You are only as old as you feel. What's the silliest mani you've done?
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Giraffe Nails for the Giraffe Ranch
This year has been the year of many adventures for the Hubby and I. It's been so much fun to go out and do things that we'd never done before. One of the trips we planned as an anniversary (belated) present to each other was a safari at The Giraffe Ranch in Dade City, FL.
Of course, I wanted to stamp Giraffe nails!
I saw the original idea on Pretty Little Bottles, but I didn't have the same polishes, though I did have the same stamp. I used Nails, Inc. Hampstead Gardens, a mustard yellow, as the base, and because ther wasn't enough differentiation between that color and the stamp color, I decided to dab on a little Revlon Sunshine Sparkles over it. The stamp was done with Butter London Tee Total.
I was pretty happy when the ranch matriarch noticed my nails, and said that, next to the giraffe tattoo one former visitor had, this was her favorite giraffe homage to come to the park.
One of the safaris we took on the property was on camel-back. So awesome.
Feeding the giraffes with my giraffe-stamped nails! squee!
Another memorable moment - feeding the Lemurs. Such a unique experience. The lemurs were so gentle, and just brought your hand up to their mouth so that they could eat the grapes from our hands.
I enjoyed the experience, and painting my nails in preparation for it just heightened my excitement! Do you ever paint your nails in a particular way to match an activity you're going to do?
Of course, I wanted to stamp Giraffe nails!
I saw the original idea on Pretty Little Bottles, but I didn't have the same polishes, though I did have the same stamp. I used Nails, Inc. Hampstead Gardens, a mustard yellow, as the base, and because ther wasn't enough differentiation between that color and the stamp color, I decided to dab on a little Revlon Sunshine Sparkles over it. The stamp was done with Butter London Tee Total.
I was pretty happy when the ranch matriarch noticed my nails, and said that, next to the giraffe tattoo one former visitor had, this was her favorite giraffe homage to come to the park.
One of the safaris we took on the property was on camel-back. So awesome.
Feeding the giraffes with my giraffe-stamped nails! squee!
Another memorable moment - feeding the Lemurs. Such a unique experience. The lemurs were so gentle, and just brought your hand up to their mouth so that they could eat the grapes from our hands.
I enjoyed the experience, and painting my nails in preparation for it just heightened my excitement! Do you ever paint your nails in a particular way to match an activity you're going to do?
Saturday, July 7, 2012
I'm a little Crabby today
I love getting dressed for an occasion, and now that included my nails! For a special trip with my best girls to Joe's Crab Shack, I put on some crabby nails! This look was inspired by this mani from Holy Manicures.
First, my "beach" was made with Sally Hansen 24 Karat.
The crabs were made by mixing Golden Rose 152 (wine red) and Color Mates Romance (light red). I used a dotting tool for the eyes (as well as Sally Hansen White Tip and Pure Ice Black Rage) and a small paintbrush for the rest of the crab.
The "water" is Borghese Mediterraneo Sea, a blue matte glitter.
Cousins, identical cousins... /singing
I think this is the first time I've matched my mani to my meal. How about you?
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