Blue Gradient + Gold Accent

Hi loves,

Back in August the boy and I went to our friends wedding.  I had bought this dress from Forever 21 and, though white and thought to be taboo (the bride didn't care, I checked), decided to wear it for the wedding.. and sported this mani to be all matchy matchy with it. 

I started out with a base of China Glaze Electric Beat which matched the starfish on the dress PERFECTLY, and used Orly Luxe for the gold accent finger (to match the gold studs on the dress).  I topped that off with OPI When Monkey's Fly (which no longer has curling glitter...).

For the gradient I used OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls and a triangle makeup brush until the desired gradient effect was achieved.  Super easy but I got a bunch of compliments on this mani (and the dress, too!).

And oldie but a goodie.. If only I could get my nails back to this length again!

Thanks for having a read :)

Gold & Mint mixed mani

Hi all!

Earlier in September I had the pleasure of meeting up with a few nail gals in Halifax.. a few weeks before I had to move away, unfortunately :P  If you'd like to read about it, Kelsie wrote a post over on her (fabulous) blog!

This is the mani I sported for our gathering.  I chose a mint and gold combo, going with ever beautiful Essie Mint Candy Apple as my base for all but my pinkie, and Orly Luxe on my pinky and for all of the gold accents. 

I used small round studs (from Born Pretty Store, found here) on my middle finger and free handed some leopard print.  On my pinky I added a coat of Color Club Gingerbread glitter to add a little extra sparkle.

Thanks for reading, hope you're all having a good start to your week :)

Fall inspired Skittlette

Hi loves

Another quickie today :)

I put this mani together after a few cold and rainy Halifax days, which put me in the mood for a Fall inspired look.

I started with OPI Honey Ryder on my pinkie, and OPI Chatters me Up on my ring and middle finger.  This was an exclusive polish to the salon Chatters in Canada.. it's such a beautifully sparkly polish!  Then using a Pueen stamp and Essie Good as Gold I added the image on both fingers.

On my pointer finger I added two coats of Essie Don't Sweater It.  Once dried I placed striping tape and one coat of Essie Recessionista. 

This was a fun look - I'm so happy to be able to sport darker shades on my tips again :)

Red Leopard

Hi Loves,

I've now moved provinces, am settled into our new house and finally have internet!  I'm going to try my hardest to post on a regular schedule again :)

Here's something from the vault:

Essie She's Pampered on my pointer and middle finger, and Essie Where's my Chauffeur on my ring and pinky.  Then I stamped the leopard print with what I think is a bundle monster plate (I can't remember :/) and filled in some spots with She's Pampered :)

Happy Thursday everyone :)

KKCenterHk stamping plate review

Hi all!

I am alive and well .. posts will continue to be scarce around here for the next little while.  My guy and I are packing up and moving half way across the country next week.  I'm hoping to have a few posts scheduled so that it's not complete radio silence on here but it all depends on just how busy things get.

Moving on - I had the opportunity to try out a stamping plate from KKCenterHK not too long ago.  I chose this one, because I love all things nautical :)

I started with a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls on my middle and ring finger.  Once that was dry I added striping tape and covered the nail with China Glaze Hey Sailor!  Pointer and pinky finger have Sinful Color Cold Leather from the new Leather collection (which is amazing!). 

Then using Konad Special Polishes in White and Black I stamped 4 different images from the plate.  I got a little too impatient though and ended up smearing my two skulls, boo.  The images though were nice and crisp - my white polish was a bit separated and that's the reason for the missing spots in the skulls and crossbones.  And the blob of black in the middle of the Ship's Wheel is simply due to the smaller & harder stamp that I used, and not due to the plate at all.

Overall this was a great plate to stamp from and a good addition to my plate collection.  The only issue I have with the plate is there's no backing, making the edges super sharp!

You can get yours for $5.05USD by clicking here, with an added 10% off by using code OFKNITANDNAILS at check out.

Stamping plate was a PR sample sent to me for review. All opinions are my own!