Leafy Ladybugs

Hello, Konaddicts!

What a busy summer I'm having!  I was expecting to have lots of time for sipping lemonade and polishing nails, but such has not been the case.  Well, I am happy to have a manicure to share with you today.  It's ladybugs!  This is one of my favorite stamping images.

I used the beautiful Sally Hansen Insta Dri in Chartreuse Chase as my starting color.  To make my leafy background, I used Mash 61 and MyOnline Shop Bright Green Stamping Polish.  

This was light enough stamp right over so I used GCOCL plate K05 and Milani Black Magic to stamp the ladybugs.  I filled them in using a small nail brush and Wet n Wild Red Red, Bundle Monster Art Polish 12, and SH Insta Dri Man-go Team.

I really loved how this turned out!  It was so much fun to play with the ladybug colors, and it added a lot of variety to the mani.

Thank you for stopping by!  I hope you're each having an awesome summer.  Also:  have you seen the new Sally Hansen Color Foil polishes?  There's a cool post about them on Adventures in Acetone.  The old SH chrome polishes stamped beautifully.  It looks like these might not work as well, but I'm still dying to pick up a few bottles!  Anyone else tried these?

More Ladybugs

Hi, everyone!  We have had some beautiful weather and along with the lovely weather, there are ladybugs about!  Those cute little critters inspired me to pull out my ladybug plate (a favorite) and see what I could come up with.

This time, I used Sally Hansen Jade Jump as a base.  I stamped the background using BM20 and Sally Hansen Sea Breeze.  I used Milani Black Magic and GCOCL plate K05 to stamp the ladybugs.  Instead of using my nail pens, I filled them in using a dotting tool and Pure Ice Siren (the red) and Heaven Waikiki Sunset (the burgundy glitter).

I love this plate!  Ladybugs are so much fun.  I also love, love, love the Heaven polish (picked up on sale at Albertson's!).  As soon as I can figure out a pretty way to wear it, I will definitely show you more of this lovely color.

Hope you're well, Konaddicts, and enjoying these longer days!

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PS:  I won something!  I won a bottle of that hard-to-find beauty, Whimsical, from Jamie at Fancy Schmancy Nails!

Thank you, Jamie!   It's so much fun to win something, especially when it comes in such pretty packaging! I can't wait to try this out!

Garden Variety Roses

I used two coats of Sally Hansen Extreme Wear Mint Sorbet as a base, Revlon Top Speed Emerald for the stems, and various pinks, purples, and white for the roses.  The plate is GCOCL K05 (there's a photo of this plate in my Lady Bug Nails post).

I hope your start to 2012 is a great one, Konaddicts!

Ladybug Nails

This is a summer manicure that I did earlier this year that I'm finally getting around to posting.  It's ladybugs!!  

For the background, I used Kleancolor Pastel Teal.  I stamped the little swirls with Sally Hansen Insta Dri Blue Bast using BM224.  I tried to stamp around the perimeters so my background didn't overlap with my ladybugs.  

I stamped the ladybugs using Konad Special Polish in black and GCOCL plate K05.  I filled the ladybugs in using a handy (and cheap on eBay!) Nailstar Two Way Nail Pen.

The result wasn't perfect, but it sure was fun to make and fun to wear!

Keep your head up, Konnadicts. Winter won't last forever!