I recently wrote a guest post over at Kayla Shevonne! Have you seen it? Check it out to see which polishes I used. They're all listed on her site along with a tutorial.
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Picnic Nails
Ever since I got the M.A.S.H. image plates in, I knew what I had to do with this one! My friend Sara came over and asked me to do her nails, so she was my guinea pig.
I painted 2 coats of Sally Hansen CSM Lavender Cloud and applied Seche Vite.
Waited about 10 minutes and stamped the Mash50 image using Nail Art Diva red stamping polish.
Then I used my dotting tool and a black striping polish to make the little ants.
She really loved them and I think they are adorable. :)
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31 Day Challenge - Day 26 - Pattern
This one is a bit of stretch.... But I knew at some point I would HAVE to do CatDog. So my coorelation is that there is pattern to the entire cartoon. Everything is half and half, like their house is half fish and half bone, the wallpaper will be part cat and part dog themed. And basically all of the plots revolve around the same pattern. Dog is silly and dumb, while cat is the mastermind. So just go with me here....
My cousin was in town visiting and she's been my gracious hand model for previous cartoon manicures. She volunteered again. Am I just delusional? Or do our hands/nails look similar? Even our nail beds are the same shape. I guess it just proves that we are in fact related!
Here I did the sign that is behind them in the intro shots. All done with acrylic paints.
The base polish is Essie Navigate Her.
Then on the other hand I painted their body stretching across her nails. It made for a really cool french tip on the middle nail. :)
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Prom Nails
I recently helped a friend of mine out by doing the nails of 3 lovely ladies that were going to prom. She hosted a "getting ready" party at her house for them with lots of delicious finger foods and pampering. They each did each others hair and makeup while I came up with designs for the nails! I tried to bring out the detail from their beautiful dresses.
Left to Right:
Lacey, Autumn, & Mackenzie
Lacey has some of the most gorgeous natural nails I've seen in a while! She takes great care of them and grows them long and strong. She already had them filed to this elegant oval shape, so I did a gradient of several gold glitters to the tip. Then I added Milani Jewel FX Gold on top.
Autumn wanted something baby pink to pop against her pewter colored gown. We used Sinful Colors Flutter and China Glaze Snow Globe because she wanted some extra glitter!
Mackenzie is a nail biter, so her mom took her to the salon beforehand for acrylics. Salons around here use a really thick application of acrylic, that's just what they do. :( That's why these nails look a little bulky. We used Essence Dress To Party because it was the EXACT shade of her dress. Then a little Milani Jewel FX Fuchsia on the tips. 3 clear rhinestones on the accent nail. I used these 2 colors together before, and these older pics came out more color accurate.
All of the girls loved their nails and had a great time at the pre-prom party! I hope they had just as much fun once they got there!
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Peculiar Polish Series - Maleficent
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It's another Thursday and time for more Peculiar Polish! Nev from Nevorpurify's Nail Art is helping me out by designing looks that are more obscure cartoon characters. If you have a suggestion for her, just fill out the embedded form at the bottom of the page!
Here's Nev->
Here's Nev->
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| Maleficent is the villainess in Disney's adaptation of Sleeping Beauty. She sometimes takes the form of a dragon - one of the coolest dragon designs in animation! I'm happy that Eva suggested this tutorial, because two of my favorite nail artists have previously done Maleficent nail designs, so I feel honored to offer my take on the character (check out Robin Moses's here and Sonoma Nail Art's here). |
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| Sorry about the orientation, I tried to no avail to fix it without success. Start out with grey nails. |
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| Add on darker grey blobs. To preserve the shape of Maleficent's face begin by only outlining her face. Outline the dragon in black as well. |
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| For the non-accent fingers add in stripes of different shades of grey and purple. For Maleficent's face use a very light grey. After you fill in her face, add in here horns and neck line. Use yellow to fill in the dragon's mouth and put black teeth on top of it. The dragon's belly is purple. |
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| Detail Maleficent's face by adding eyebrows and a nose. Just below her eyebrows add in light purple eyeshadow. |
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| Give the dragon a nose, eyes, and stripes on her belly. Conclude with Maleficent's eyes, lips, and use light grey to stripe her horns. |
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Peculiar Polish Series - Moomin
It's another Thursday and time for more Peculiar Polish! Nev from Nevorpurify's Nail Art is helping me out by designing looks that are from different cartoons that may be a bit less well known. If you have a suggestion for her, just fill out the embedded form at the bottom of the page!
Here's Nev->
Here's Nev->
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| Thumb: Moomins logo Index: Little My Middle: Moomin Ring: Sniff Pinky: Snork-Maiden |
When an anonymous person requested these Moomins nails, I have to admit I wasn't very excited. I hadn't heard of the Moomins and, although they seemed cute, I didn't really get it. Well, since then the Moomins have invaded my life! Let me first tell you about the Moomins: they started out as a Swedish book and comic strip that centered around the Moomins (who are a family of trolls). Eventually the empire expanded and since their creation there have been movies, television shows, and even a theme park (!) devoted to the Moomins. Now I'll explain why the Moomins have become so exciting to me: Ron (my fiancee) doesn't usually get so excited about my nail art. Usually (unless I'm doing something Star Wars or Hellboy related) he could probably care less. But when I started researching the Moomins to figure out how I would do my nails, Ron suddenly became obsessed. I was watching a clip of the Moomins on YouTube which had the Moomins theme song. Well, ever since then Ron has been walking around singing a modified version of the theme song. Since he doesn't actually know the lyrics he just goes, "Moomins, Moomins, Moo Moo Moo, Moomins." (If you want to hear him sing it, check out the audio clip at the end of the post). It has been about two weeks and he hasn't stopped. It's endearing and annoying at the same time. Anyways, now that Ron is thoroughly obsessed he brought me home a Moomins related present -- Moomins biscuits! I haven't eaten them yet but they sure look delicious! Here is the requested tutorial:
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| Start with a sky blue (I used a light blue Color Club) on your fingers and white (I used Wet n' Wild's white) on your thumb. |
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| Use black acrylic paint to silhouette the characters. On the thumb make a half circle for the sun and use small strokes to create black sun beams. |
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| Make each character the correct color while leaving a small black outline. Now is also a good time to add their necks (I don't do it earlier so that I make sure my outlines stay crisp). Also add in the black on Sniff's ears and touch up Snork-Maiden's hair. |
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| Begin filling in the details. Little My gets orange hair and a lot of facial details while the others mostly just get eyes and eyebrows. |
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| Dot in the characters eyes and finish the thumb by adding the Moomins logo at the bottom. After you finish your nails with some top coat, you're done! |
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| Mmm... Moomins biscuits! |
...and here is a clip of Ron singing his version of the Moomins Theme:
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Peculiar Polish Series - Totoro
It's another Thursday and time for more Peculiar Polish! Nev from Nevorpurify's Nail Art is helping me out by designing looks that are from different cartoons that may be a bit less traditional. If you have a suggestion for her, just fill out the embedded form at the bottom of the page!
Here's Nev->
Here's Nev->
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| "I don't know much about Totoro, but Ron (my fiance) tells me that Totoro is a movie by Hayo Miyazaki where the titular character is a forest spirit who befriends two young girls. Miyazaki is the well respected founded of Studio Ghibli, which is considered to be the best animation studio in Japan and possibly the world. Totoro became the emblem of their company because of its success. Totoro is to Studio Ghibli as Mickey Mouse is to Disney. It was an honor to paint such an icon on my nails, and I'm thankful and anonymous subscriber suggested these!" |
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Peculiar Polish Series - Adventure Time
It's another Thursday and time for more Peculiar Polish! Nev from Nevorpurify's Nail Art is helping me out by designing looks that are from different cartoons that may be a bit less traditional. If you have a suggestion for her, just fill out the embedded form at the bottom of the page!
Here's Nev-
Here's Nev-
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| These Adventure Time nails were suggested by Paige at Potentially Flawless. Adventure Time is a Cartoon Network show that centers around Finn (ring finger) and his magical dog Jake (middle finger). The super smart Princess Bubblegum (index finger) rides around on Lady Rainicorn (thumb). And in the alternate dimension Lumpy Space Princess (pinky) can convert people into beings like her by biting them. My favorite episode is "From Bad to Worse" which I watched with my friends son. He laughed uproariously as candy zombies started taking over. And in the end, Science saved the day! |
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Peculiar Polish Series - Family Guy
It's another Thursday and time for more Peculiar Polish! Nev from Nevorpurify's Nail Art is helping me out by designing looks that are from different cartoons that may be a bit less traditional. If you have a suggestion for her, just fill out the embedded form at the bottom of the page!
Here's Nev-
Here's Nev-
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| This request from Brenda has been the nails that I've been most excited about and most anxious about. I love Family Guy, a lot. I've always been a huge Matt Groening fan (The Simpsons), so I remember when Family Guy was coming out how exciting it was to have a new series, from a new creator that seemed to have some of Groening's flair. I wasn't disappointed and I've been a Family Guy fan ever since! I was anxious about doing this nails because I always thought that the characters from family guy are a little more complex than in most cartoons. They don't require tons of shading, but they do have tons of weird details. For example, all characters have eyelids, which I really struggle with apparently. For my nails I did Peter, Brian, Lois, Stewie and Chris. I tried to make my nails ring true of the series, so like characters on the show often do, I left out Meg. I surrounded Lois with Stewie and Brian because they are often vying for her attention. On my right hand I did the Family Guy logo. Hope you enjoy these, I know I enjoyed painting them! |
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Peculiar Polish Series - Teen Titans
It's another Thursday and time for more Peculiar Polish! Nev from Nevorpurify's Nail Art is helping me out by designing looks that are from different cartoons that may be a bit less traditional/popular. If you have a suggestion for her, just fill out the embedded form at the bottom of the page!
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A big thank you to both Brenda and another anonymous reader for suggesting these Teen Titan nails!Teen Titans is a Cartoon Network television show that was based on a comic which centered around teenaged superheros from the DC universe. It is my understanding that it is not only action based, but also pretty character-driven at times. The main protagonist is Robin (of Batman and Robin) and his team consists of Cyborg, (who has a cannon built into his arm), Starfire (who absorbs UV rays to help give her energy in battles), Beast Boy (the trickster of the group), and Raven (who uses meditation and thought to help her combat enemies).
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A big thank you to both Brenda and another anonymous reader for suggesting these Teen Titan nails!Teen Titans is a Cartoon Network television show that was based on a comic which centered around teenaged superheros from the DC universe. It is my understanding that it is not only action based, but also pretty character-driven at times. The main protagonist is Robin (of Batman and Robin) and his team consists of Cyborg, (who has a cannon built into his arm), Starfire (who absorbs UV rays to help give her energy in battles), Beast Boy (the trickster of the group), and Raven (who uses meditation and thought to help her combat enemies).
For my nails, I did the main team of the television show on my left hand. But for my right hand I just did the logo. This is a little trick that I use sometimes when I do a lot of detail work and don't feel like using my non-dominant hand to do intricate stuff. It's a great idea for anyone who is shakier with one of their hands.
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| Thumb to pinky: Cyborg, Beast Boy, Robin, Starfire, Raven |
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Peculiar Polish Series - Invader Zim
It's another Thursday and time for more Peculiar Polish! Nev from Nevorpurify's Nail Art is helping me out by designing looks that are from different cartoons that may be a bit less traditional/popular. If you have a suggestion for her, just fill out the embedded form at the bottom of the page!
Invader Zim is one of those Nickelodeon shows that has almost developed a cult following so I'm so happy that Brenda (look, Brenda: I did two nails with Gir just for you!!!) and Cula Parker requested it! For those of you who haven't seen it, it is about Zim, and alien who is attempting to destroy the earth. His sidekick, Gir (who often disguises himself as a dog... Though a green zip up costume probably wouldn't fool many people, it always does on the show!) is a perpetually disobedient robot. And Zim's nemesis Dib (and Dib's cynical sister Gaz) is constantly trying to stop Zim's plans. With such an amazing show, and characters with such depth these were really fun nails to do!
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| Thumb: Invader Zim Index: Gaz Middle: Gir Ring: Gir in his dog costume Pinky: Dib |
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Peculiar Polish Series - The Last Unicorn
It's another Thursday and time for more Peculiar Polish! Nev from Nevorpurify's Nail Art is helping me out by designing looks that are from different cartoons that may be a bit less traditional/popular. If you have a suggestion for her, just fill out the embedded form at the bottom of the page!
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| Leslie's co-worker Nicole suggested these nails based on "The Last Unicorn" an animated fantasy film from 1982. (Adrienne also suggested them via the embedded form a the bottom of the page.) The movie follows the titular unicorn trying to discover what happened to the rest of her species. It's cast included many well known actors including Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, and Angela Landsbury. It has gone on to achieve a cult following, (which includes my soon-to-be sisters-in-law). For these nails I took elements from the box cover below. |
Once again, a great job by Nev! Can't wait to see what you do for next week's Peculiar Polish!
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Peculiar Polish Series - Pettersson & Findus
It's another Thursday and time for more Peculiar Polish! (Nev was busy last week and time got ahead of us) Nev from Nevorpurify's Nail Art is helping me out by designing looks that are from different cartoons that may be a bit less traditional/popular. If you have a suggestion for her, just fill out the embedded form at the bottom of the page!
"Laureen suggested the German cartoon Pettersson and Findus for some nail art. I think this was a totally awesome suggestion because these characters look great on nails! Pettersson, the man, is on my middle finger and the stripes of his shirt are on my pinky. Findus, the adorable cat, is on my ring finger. On my index finger I painted Findus' overalls and tail. I think they look adorable! However, I don't know much about Pettersson and Findus because every single article I can find about them is in German and my Google translator isn't doing its job. So maybe some of you can fill me in on what these two are really about!"
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Peculiar Polish Series - Fafi Girls
It's another Thursday and time for more Peculiar Polish! Nev from Nevorpurify's Nail Art is helping me out by designing looks that are from different cartoons that may be a bit less traditional/popular. If you have a suggestion for her, just fill out the embedded form at the bottom of the page!
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| This one took me a while to figure out, but I sure am glad I did! An anonymous person suggested the "Fafi Girls," since I wasn't sure who or what they were, I did some research (have I mentioned how awesome the internet is?!). It turns out the Fafi Girls, or Fafinettes are the creation of the artist FAFI, who began as a street artist and now has collaborations with companies like M.A.C, Adidas, Chanel and more. She is infamous for creating Fafinettes who represent strong, powerful, sexy women. I was surprised at how sexy some of these ladies got and I think there has been some controversy about FAFI's representation of the powerful woman using her sex appeal to get ahead. I decided to keep it PG (really, G) and only paint the faces of the lovely Fafinettes. One distinct feature these ladies have the heart shaped blush on their cheeks. Do you have any opinions about the connection between sex appeal and power? These are great Nev! My personal favorite is the one with green hair. So cute! I don't know how I feel about using sex appeal to get ahead... I think I'm against it just because of how clueless men can be that fall for it each and every day. Lol. |
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Peculiar Polish Series - Death Note
It's another Thursday and time for more Peculiar Polish! Nev from Nevorpurify's Nail Art is helping me out by designing looks that are from different cartoons that may be a bit less traditional/popular. If you have a suggestion for her, just fill out the embedded form at the bottom of the page!
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| Death Note nails have got to be the most requested "peculiar" nails that Leslie has ever gotten! The original request came from Sam, who I need to apologize and make a promise to. Sam asked for a Death Note mani that featured L, Misa, and Ryuk and she asked for a tutorial to go along with it. Well silly me I forgot to read the entire request, so I painted these nails before realizing she wanted a tutorial. I feel awful so, Sam, I promise you that within the next week I will be posting a tutorial for L, Misa, Ryuk and many some other special stuff over at my blog. Others who requested these nails included MISSXMASGIRL who requested them in one of Leslie's comments. Most recently Jeshi asked for Death Note nails and explained that it was a love of her and her friends. I hope you all enjoy these nails! They really helped me hone my shading skills. |
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| Left to right: L, Light Yagami, Ryuk, logo |
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Peculiar Polish Series- Candy Candy
It's another Thursday and time for more Peculiar Polish! Nev from Nevorpurify's Nail Art is helping me out by designing looks that are from different cartoons that may be a bit less traditional. If you have a suggestion for her, just fill out the embedded form at the bottom of the page!
Ängeles Díaz sent Leslie a really nice note about the cartoon Candy Candy, which she loved while she was growing up. She is from Spain and said that Candy Candy was very popular there. I, not being from Spain, hadn't ever heard of Candy Candy before so I did a little bit of research. I found out that Candy Candy is a Japanese cartoon that features an American girl who was orphaned. The story follows her trials and tribulations and seems surprisingly optimistic. Candy Candy has been a novel, an anime series, and manga over the years, which is relatively typical for Japanese cartoon, what surprised me though was that her first appearance was in 1975! That means Candy Candy has been around for almost 40 years! I think that's awesome! For my nails I did Candy Candy on my index finger, the distinctive bows that she always wears in her hair, and her pet raccoon Klint. Have you seen Candy Candy before? I watched the opening sequence and it looks like it was a great show!
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| Klint, bows, and Candy Candy |
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| Close up of Candy Candy Great job Nev! These are so sweet and girly! You keep proving to be the perfect choice for helping me out with this series. :) -Leslie |
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Drippy Cupcake Nail Art
So I did the nails of my coworker the other day. She's the one I helped design the cupcake nursery for. I told her she had to have pretty nail art for her baby shower, so she came over a few days ahead. Here's what we came up with.
I don't remember what exact polishes I used. But you can learn how to make the cupcake accent nail by following my tutorial HERE.
She ended up loving them and they lasted for something like 4 days before chipping. I'm hesitant to do nail art on my acquaintances because I'm afraid they'll by unhappy if it chips soon! So I was pleased that it lasted that long. :)
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Peculiar Polish Series - She-Ra
It's another Thursday and time for more Peculiar Polish! Nev from Nevorpurify's Nail Art is helping me out by designing looks that are from different cartoons that I've not been able to get to. If you have a suggestion for her, just fill out the embedded form at the bottom of the page!
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| Jo from the UK (and Sara) requested these She-Ra nails and I was so excited to do them! I painted these nails about two weeks ago because I couldn't wait to get to them! To my surprise, when I was perusing other nail blogs I happened to notice that Michelle from Sonoma Nail Art posted some She-Ra nails this week! What a crazy coincidence! Hers are amazing and you can see them here. While Michelle went with a pretty straight forward (and beautiful) approach to She-Ra nails, I decided to go a little more complicated. I can't think of She-Ra without thinking of He-Man so I decided to make this mani a bit of She-Ra and a bit of He-Man. I did portraits of their faces on my index and ring fingers. For my middle and pinky finger I did the print on He-Man's tiger Cringer. On my thumb I decided to do She-Ra's Sword of Protection which gives her the ability to change from Princess Adora into She-Ra. I finished off the manicure with a matte top coat because whenever I think of cartoons, I think of a more matte appearance. Hope you enjoy and see you next Thursday! |
Great job once again Nev! Thanks so much!
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Peculiar Polish Series - Zoombinis
It's another Dark Thursday and time for an episode of Peculiar Polish! Nev from Nevorpurify's Nail Art is helping me out by designing looks that might be on the darker side of the cartoon/comic spectrum. If you have a dark suggestion for her, just fill out the embedded form at the bottom of the page!
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An anonymous subscriber requested these Zoombinis nails and I had no idea what that the Zoombinis were! But I'm so happy that I got to do this request because it turns out that The Logical Journey of the Zoombinis is a computer game that teaches kids math! Math nerds pay attention, everyone else zone out: Not only does this game teach kids math, but more specifically it teaches them basic set theory and logic! Set theory is like my favorite part of math ever.
Anyways, the Zoombinis are these cute little blue guys who get enslaved by the evil Bloats (who promise the Zoombinis a better life, but instead take advantage of them). I am totally ordering a copy of this game and then after I play it, I'm definitely going to force my future children to play!
For my nails, I painted the Zoombinis' adorable faces on my left hand and on my right hand I painted different feet. As you can see, when I put my nails together you get the entire picture!
Such a cute idea, and Nev did a great job once again! Thanks!
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Nail Party @ My Place
I recently had a group of friends over to play in my nail polish. A friend of mine has 4 daughters ranging from 13 years old to 8 years old. Needless to say, they had a blast. I also included a couple others to round it out. We had fun. Everyone picked out colors and konad/bundle monster images to stamp. Then I did the manicures to show them how stamping works.
They all have pretty good taste. Several reached for my HTFs! I'm not stingy, I let them use them.
Deb picked China Glaze TTYL to stamp with GOSH Holographic. She wanted something "not too flashy..." Which fit well for that combination when in normal indoor lighting. Then I took her to the balcony and told her it would come alive! They were all amazed, and I was so proud. :)
Do you share your stash with others and have nail parties?
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