Sparkly Fame and Fortune + Nail Max X-mas

Here's Color Club Fame and Fortune layered over two coats of a holo franken that I did ages ago.  The franken is sort of sheer so the Color Club really deepens the pink.  The large flecks of glitter plus the small holo glitter looks great in real life, but sort of dull in picture.  My camera can't capture sparkliness.  Had this on my nails for a few days.  When I first saw Fame and Fortune I thought I wouldn't get much use out of it, but I am loving this combo and will probably like it layered over other polishes too.

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Was browsing through the December issue of Nail Max and decided to try out a few of their Christmas designs.  I wasn't ready to take off glitter yet so I did them on nail wheel.

Here are a couple that I did.  Christmas-y, but not CHRISTMAS-Y.  And super easy.  Except for the words.  I think Konad has a nail stamp image for the words 'Merry Christmas', but I'm not sure which plate at the moment.  I don't have it so I can't use it.  I used a silver polish for the words, but I think I might need to pick up some metallic acrylic paint that I saw at the Dollarama.  It would be easier to use when writing out words.  I did a few more so I show them in another post.

Same Rub On Transfers

Used the same rub on transfer from the last set of nails I did, but this time I added some blotches of colours before putting on the transfer.

Base colour was three coats of NYX Girls Pistachio, the pink was a franken and the white was Kleancolor White.

I like this one quite a bit more than the previous one.  And yea, these transfers do seem like they could have been done freehand.

Glittery(?) Splatter

Splatter nails done using large stamping plate A that I purchased through eBay.  I had wanted the Konad plate that had the splatter design, but didn’t want the other images on the plate so getting the big plate was cool with me.  Getting tons more images for the price of about three/four Konad plates.  Though I think some of the images on the plate are a tad smaller than what’s on the actual Konad plates.  Most of my Konad plates are full nail designs, but I’ll try to see if there’s any that match up with my plates and do a comparison.

Base was an XO Hugs and Kisses sheer pink with Wet N Wild Fast Dry Party of Five Glitters added.  When I swatched the polish on a nail wheel more glitters showed up than what’s on my actual nail.  I tried to use the same colours that were found in the glitter for the splatter.  Konad special polishes in sky pearl, red, pink, violet pearl and green and KleanColor Barbie Pink were the stamped colours.

Also I didn’t notice that my pinky was dented/smudged until I saw the pictures.  D’oh.

Decal Update + Dented Plaid

Here's what the brown floral nail decal looks like after five days.  Still good with minimal tip wear.  But I couldn't wait to get it off my nails.  Just wasn't loving it.

Plaid nails done using Konad plate m60.  Colours were joe - Powder Blue as the base colour, stamped with Konad Special Polish white and a pink franken that I made for stamping purposes.  Not exactly sure how my pinky got dented, but it did, oh well.

The nail decals were okay, but I missed polishing and stamping and painting on designs on my nails.  I usually change my polish every couple of days so having something on for five days was a bit of a challenge for me.  I did do some nail wheels while I wasn't polishing my nails.  I'll post those up later.

Seeing Stars + Surprising Find

While waiting for the new BundleMonster plates to arrive I used a star pattern from one of the older plates BM21. Colour I used was a franken that I had made, a milky yellow glitter. Took about 3 or 4 coats to get to this opacity. Stamped on the star pattern using Konad light blue special polish. For some reason the pictures all turned out kinda dreamy looking.

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Surprising find = New Kids On The Block concert video found while spring cleaning.



Thought this was forever lost years ago. But my brother found it among a bunch of old stamp books. Video should still work, but I haven't watched it yet. We do still have a VCR, but I dunno if it's hooked up to a TV. Haven't used the VCR in years.

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While writing this the new BundleMonster plates arrived. Yay! Can't wait to use 'em.

Blossoms and Mini Haul

Something springy for a pretty crappy day today, but it was quite nice yesterday, though a bit chilly. Base colour is Color Club - Ready to Wear, and the branches were painted on with a no brand/name brown polish, Etude House - GR605 for the greenery and a pink franken for the blossoms.


Went to Zellers the other day and saw that they finally had the Wet n Wild Fast Dry polishes. I had already bought Party of Five Glitters and Gray's Anatomy in January from Walmart so I just picked up one - Hannah Pinktana. Also picked up the NYC IndividualEyes eyeshadow palette for brown eyes. Just something new and inexpensive to try out.

Also took the picture of the above items in a cruddy lightbox I made over the weekend. Got the Idea from here. I made a fairly small one, but I can take pictures of manicures in it, but I still prefer using natural light.

Glitter Franken

Here's a franken that I made sometime last week. I love this. It looks so pretty. I had an almost empty bottle of Nailene Total Care 5 in One so I decided to use it for a franken. I wanted to make something like Debra Lippman's Glitter in the Air, but in pink. Mixed in some Wet N Wild - Party of Five Glitters, Dabo - RD411, Cosline - 002 White and an unknown pink Color Club. I also added in some large hexagon glitters. This turned out to be somewhat sheer and needed three coats.

Nails from the Past Week

Lack of posting due to laziness in transferring photos to my computer. But here are some nails from the past week.


Leopard pattern nails with a heart thrown in. Got the idea from the newest Nail Up! magazine.
Colours used were all frankens.


First time doing swirly flowers. Turned out alright. Base colour is American Apparel - Office, flowers were frankens used in the leopard mani, the leaves were American Apparel - Malibu Green.


More swirly flowers with dots. Base colour = Cosline 304 - Skin Brown, flowers were also Cosline polishes, 403 - Light Red, 102 - Pair Pink and 002 - White. The green is also American Apparel - Malibu Green.

Quick Post - Ribbons

Dinner soon so just a quick post before eating. Pale minty green franken as base with a pinky coral as the ribbon with Sally Hansen Insta-Dri white as the outline for the ribbons.

Copied! + New Glitter Polishes

Copied this nail look from 달빛샤워의 Coffee Break that I saw on Tumblr via kireinails - rainbow sponge. I was bored of the goldfishes and decided to do this. Can't help changing my nails up every few days. The purple, blue and green pretty much dominate and the pink is completely missing, nails aren't long enough.

Colours used: Innisfree - NBL04, joe - Powder Blue, joe - Mint, Innisfree - NYE05, frankened coral, joe - Kiss and Wet N Wild - Hallucinate.

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Picked up some glitter polishes from a random dollar store that I'd never been to before. In the bottle they seem about the same. Differences - CR has more small glitters, thicker clear base and smells bad, SHE has hexagonal glitters and more of the red and blue glitters and doesn't really smell.

Fishy New Year

I think this is a new and improved version of my old fish mani. Goldfishes and lotuses for good luck in the new year. A little googling let me know that a child holding a goldfish and a lotus flower is a symbol of an "abundance of gold and harmony"(1). Technically not holding the fish or the flower and also I'm technically not a child, but I still get red packets and having the two on my nails seems just as good.

Sponged on Rimmel Lasting Finish Pro in Marine Blue, a minty franken and Sally Hansen Xtreme-wear White On. Stamped the lotus from Konad plate m66 with pastel pink special polish. Was thinking about colouring in the lotus flower, but decided I liked it better with just a hint of pink, but I could paint it in later on. Lily pads were from the same plate and used Konad Princess Polish in green. The goldfishes were done with a 3D acrylic mold. Super messy on my left hand, but neater on my right. Was a bit out of practice when doing my left hand and then got the hang of it again when doing my right. Love the black, orange/red and white fishes, but best fish is the one on my right thumb. Least favourite fish is the gold one. In the picture, it looks more golden, but in real life it's like a dull mustard colour. Might take it off and replace it with a different one.

That's it for now.

Nails from this past week.

Misplaced the usb cable for the camera so I couldn't upload any pictures, but it has been found now so here are nail pics from this past week.

Pink leopard to go with my pink leopard fleece blanket. Frankened pink as base and Konad pastel pink as stamping polish, Konad plate m57 used for the leopard print.


American Apparel - Palm Springs with Etude House LUCIDarling Gold polish on the ring finger. Not really loving Palm Springs. Looks more peachy on my nails than it does in the bottle. I don't think it goes go well with my skin tone.


Sally Hansen Xtreme-wear in Turquoise as the base colour, stamped over with Konad special polish in white. Plate used was Konad m79. I really like this. Have been sporting this for a few days.

Last of a Franken

Base colour is a from a franken I did a long time ago and used quite often. Just had enough for one last mani. It bubbled quite a bit. Tried to use a photo where you couldn't really see the bubbles. Don't really remember what I had used to make the franken, but it was one of my favourites. Used the glitter franken from my previous post to layer over top on my index finger. Super simple. This was my mani that I had for New Year's Eve.