Sunday Stamping - Inspired by the Night Sky

Hey there!  This week's Sunday Stamping theme was Inspired by the Night Sky.  I truly believe that no polish or nail art could ever compete with the beauty of the night sky (is there anything better than a good sky??) BUT it gave me the perfect excuse to try out my new KBShimmer, Carpe Denim, as a base color that I hadn't gotten to wear yet.

My Vacation Nails with pipe dream polish SCC and UberChic Beauty

Hey there!  I've mentioned a few times that I was on vacation to New Orleans a couple weeks ago so I thought it was about time that I finally showed what I wore on my nails for my trip..at least the first part of it.  I figured, since I knew I'd be wearing it for days, that it would be worth the effort of doing a water marble.  And since I also knew I'd be meeting Brittany of UberChic Beauty, of course I had to stamp with an UberChic image!

Lilypad Lacquer Color4Nails Exclusives

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Hey there!  I'm back again today with swatches of a collection of three polishes from Lilypad Lacquer created exclusively for Color4Nails.  All three have a multichrome base color and color-shifting flakies but they all manage to have a unique finish.  All three are also unlike anything else I have in my collection.  This is my first time reviewing a Lilypad Lacquer polish and I have to say that I was really impressed with their application.  Keep reading to see more swatches and some nail art I did with them.

 

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Food

Hey there!  This week's 40 Great Nail Art Ideas is all about food...yummy, yummy food.  My post is dedicated to my lovely little sis who doesn't really cook but who can rock a box of Kraft Dinner better than anyone.  In preparing to write this post I learned a couple of things: 1. In Canada, Kraft Dinner has officially changed its name to "KD" (which is what we call it anyway) and 2. In the U.S., it's called "Kraft Macaroni & Cheese", not Kraft Dinner.  Who knew?!  When I did these, we just had to have a box of it for dinner so I could take a pic...and it was delicious!

Clear Jelly Stamper Crystal Clear Stamper and CJS Stamping Plate Review

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Hey there!  As I'm sure all of you are aware of, clear stampers are here and they have revolutionized the stamping game.  I believe the Canadian company, Clear Jelly Stamper, was the first to bring these stampers to market and thank goodness she did.  I purchased her original stamper and loved how easy it made stamp placement.  However the original stamper was quite firm so she now has a new softer Crystal Clear stamper available and it is AWESOME!  A few weeks ago I couldn't resist raving about it in a Sunday stamping challenge post so now I'm finally giving it a more thorough review along with four of the CJS stamping plates.  These plates are mostly made for the layered type of stamping (stamping one image on top of another to create a decal-style image without the fuss) or centered stamping that are now possible thanks to actually being able to see how to place images.  

Creative Shop Space Collection Stamper Review

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Hey there!  Today I have a review of the prettiest nail art tool I've seen, the new Creative Shop Space Collection stampers.  I was contacted by Oksana to see if I wanted to try her new stamper and, having already seen photos of them, I jumped on the chance to try them.  I've tried to do a very thorough review here with all sorts of photos and comparison and tests and two full manis.  After reading this, I hope you'll think I succeeded.  I was sent the blue space collection stampers.  It came with one handle, two stamper heads (the light side and the dark side) and a scraper.  You can see why this is called the space collection of stampers - the dark one especially looks like a gorgeous night sky.  Unfortunately my first photo here really doesn't do their appearance justice so be sure to follow the jump to see some better photos.

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Pastel

Hey there!  I'm back!  I was on vacation to New Orleans last week and into this week and clearly didn't schedule enough posts.  I had thought I'd find time to write some while I was there but stupidly didn't realize that having fun with my London friend (who I never get to see, seeing as I live in Canada) was going to take precedent...silly me.  So it's a week later but I'm returning with a new 40 Great Nail Art Ideas post.  This week we're all doing pastel manis and I had the personal prompt of "pattern on pattern" (always a tough one for me).  I ended up doing some spring flower stamping over a striped mani, both gradiented with pastel colors.  It is like a pastel rainbow!