Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Hope you had a great day!   Today's FB Adventures in Stamping challenge was St. Patrick's Day...here's the mani I came up with! 

Started with a base of two coats of China Glaze Running in Circles and Jessica Lime Cooler on the accent; topped with SV.  I have to be honest...I had initially passed on Running in Circles when the Cirque Du Soleil collex came out...but when I seen it listed soooo many times on bloggers top 20 polishes ...well, I thought if so many gals had it on their top 20, it must be pretty special so I picked up a bottle myself...and now I know why!

Stamped with white Konad special polish using Lilic's A02 on all fingers but the accent.

Made a stamper decal using an image from MM04; the filled in green was China Glaze Running in Circles; the gold was CND Gold Chrome.

Added the stamped decal to the accent finger.

Topped it with SV to secure.

Added a few random dots using white Konad special polish, CND Gold Chrome and Jessica Lime Cooler.

I only made one stamper decal so did my other hand a little different; thought I'd show a rare pix of my right hand here...the fingers are the same except accent finger was stamped using Sally Hansen Jumpin' Jade.

Did you celebrate St. Patrick's Day?  While I decorate the house and made some St. Patrick's Day fare for dinner including the first time making corned beef brisket, that was the extent of our celebrations...no green beer here!

Thanks for looking!

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Squiggly Lines

This mani is a little different than what I usually do but did this as part of my ongoing quest to experiment more with layering and stamping.....anyway; here's what I came up with.

Started with two coats of Magnetic Largo Lilac; this is with no topcoat.  Application was good and it covered nicely in two coats which really surprised me as it is such a pale colour.

Magnetic Largo Lilac is one of three polishes in a boxed set called Florida Moods.  They are a trio of pretty, delicate colours.  However, as I'm experimenting more and more with layering for different looks and how they stamp, I decided to layer some glitter on top; after checking out my stash, decided on Icing Glitteratti.

Loved how this layering turned out...makes me wonder why I had never reached for Icing Glitteratti in the past!  Holo!...Glitter!...what's not to love? These two colours seem made for one another! 

Even though I loved how the layering turned out, rarely does a mani go by that I don't end up putting on some type of stamping...and again, am experimenting more with layering of polishes and stamping, so when I was searching for images, I seen the squiggly lines on MJ II and thought it would be a good image to still see the base and glitter beneath. The only problem was trying to figure out what stamping polish to use.  I decided upon Konad Red Wine, which is a little odd choice, but it didn't turn out too bad.

I did want to point out that IRL, this polish stamped a deep purple and complimented the base and glitter well....as least I thought so!  However, under the glare of the lights for the photo, it does have a reddish tinge...it is called wine after all! lol!  But I don't think it was this bright IRL.  None the less, I didn't mind it and as I say so often, thank goodness its just polish and can easily be removed anyway!  In hindsight, there are dark purple cremes that may have stamped well that I could have used....maybe next time!

Thank you to Nadia at Magnetic Canada** for sending this polish along with my order of Magnetic Freakin' Violet.  One of these days, I'll get around to showing Magnetic Freakin' Violet...it is freakin' amazing! 

Hope you're having a fantastic day...thanks for looking!

**This polish was sent to me for review.  Please see my disclosure policy for further information.

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