Cute-Teddy Nail Art

Quick post today. The internet at my place has conked off and dont ask where I am posting this from.

(ahem ahem off..ahem ..ice). I did this cutesy mani on my hubby's bday. ^_^

I am not sure how much he appreciated this but all the neighbours's kids and gal pals certainly did!!

Base is Lotus Herbals: Plum Mist.

Nice creme finish in plummy pinkish tones. Dries in 5 mins. Opaque in 2 coats.

3 free.

Stamped with Cheeky Image plates: Ch 11 (thumb), Ch15 (pointer), Ch8 (middle) ,Ch29 (ring), Ch 15 (pinkie). All stamped with Konad Pastel Pink.

I added some detailing with a couple of other polishes.

Cute..aint it?

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Valentine's Mani using China Glaze Prismatics

Happy Valentine's Day!


(sorry for crappy pix of my vinyl tablecloth!)

I'm was still in the swing of doing Valentine's Day manis when I picked up the China Glaze Prismatics last Friday and couldn't resist using them! The challenge was turning them into a V-Day mani!



Nothing terribly exciting here stamping wise...really just wanted a minimal amount of stamping so that could still see the base of these polishes. Here's some bottle views:







And swatching.


Some pictures...these are all one generous coat over black.




Starting at thumb, polishes used were Ray-Diant, Prism, Polarized, Optical Illusion and Liquid Crystal.

Stamped using fauxnad E06 for the lettering and CH29 for thumb using Konad black special polish.



Another pix the next morning indoors with natural light.



One last pix the next morning in sunlight.



I love these glitters! I'm just sorry that my pix don't do these polishes justice.

Valentine's Day is almost over by the time I got around to getting this posted-hope you had a great one and thx for looking!

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Another Valentine's Mani

Are you sick of them yet? lol!



Started with a base of Duri Taming of the Shrew. Seems to be my go-to red base of late.



Added a coat of Essie Ruby Slippers for accent nail.



Stamped! Used white Konad special polish using SdP D04 on thumb, Big SdP I on index, Lilic A02 on middle, CH29 on ring finger and QA18 on pinky. Also added a couple isolated hearts from the QA18 plate over top of the cute couple.



I received these Lilic A01 and A02 plates earlier in the week...aren't they cute?





Finished the mani by topping with SV.



Thanks to SarahLouise over at Spellbinding Nails for the heads up about these plates. I purchased these plates here. **

Hope you're having a great weekend...thanks for looking!

**Please note that I paid the invoiced amount in full for my plates. I do not endorse nor promote this website/etailer other than I am passing on the info of where I got them to those who may wish to know. I have no affiliation with any company and received no compensation for promotion of these products, nor am I promoting them...just letting fellow bloggers where they may be obtained should they be interested!

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V-Day Mani Using Cheeky Plates

Just a quick mani I came up with so I could try out a couple of the polishes from the OPI Holland Collex as well as the Cheeky plates.



Not your typical Valentine's Day mani! lol! Certainly not a typical mani that I would do either! Base polishes used starting at thumb were Maybelline Zip Fly, Essence Vampire Love Into the Dark, OPI I Have A Herring Problem, OPI I Don't Give a Rotterdam!, and Orly Pixie Dust; all two coats.



Where's all the pretty silver sparkle in Zip Fly? Don't hardly see any on my nails! I think it all stuck to the side of the bottle!



Plates used were CH15 (thumb), CH15 (ring finger), CH29 (adorable couple on index), CH27 (kiss word on index), CH3 (heart on middle), CH16 (heart on index beside kiss) and then Big SdP B on pinky, stamped using Konad white special polish.


A couple pix of the Cheeky plates:




For comparison sake, Cheeky (bottom left) against BM (bottom right) against SdP image (upper design; grapes and leaves); while I haven't measured them, I eyeballed the images and I'd say the full size image is pretty close width wise to the second series of the BundleMonster plates, but not quite the same height, and not even close when compared to SdP, H, A or T series which are larger.



Not the smallest size of images I've seen, but I do wish they were larger like the A, T, H or SdP series. The plates have a paper backing...and are fairly thin and flexible...more than any other plates that I can recall. I'm only guessing this would be a problem if you didn't store them flat. Blue plastic protective covering comes off easily too! Always a plate plus!

I checked on Amazon and these plates are still sold out; if I do hear that they are available again, I'll post the link. Cheeky only ship within USA, which may pose a problem for international gals unless you're like me and willing to drive a distance to pick them up...or have a kind USA gal ship them to you!

Thanks for looking!

Edit: FYI, I've emailed Cheeky to see if/when they will be reselling these plates as I know there is some interest. I've also asked them to consider international shipping for all those stampers outside of USA...or those Canucks who can't drive to US (still can't believe I did that!!)! I'll update once I've heard back!

Edit: Cheeky did reply to my email. They indicated that they should be back in stock in approximatley one month. They will be available through Amazon US, UK, and DE; but unfortunately not Canada.

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