Well, it's Sunday. You all know what that means! Sunday challenge over at
Adventures in Stamping. Today's challenge, is 'glizy glam'. I'll be honest...I SERIOUSLY debated participating in this week's challenge. I knew I was going to want to do something with sparkle. But, I have to have my nails nekkid by Wednesday for clinical...and I HATE removing glitter polish. It's such a pain. But...my desire to have sparkly nails won out! So here we are. :)
Ooooh I love this. It doesn't show up in the photos very well, but it's like looking at ruby slippers.
I stuck with all Kleancolor polishes for this mani. Why? Well...I have a lot of them, and they deserve to be used. Warning...they stink. Really smell bad. But they're super cheap, and they come in HUNDREDS of different colors/finishes. I started with a base of Red Alert(81).
Then, I added two coats of Chunky Holo Scarlet(231). It has the most wonderful shimmer. Hopefully there will be some sun before I have to take the polish off, and I can do an update so you all can see the sparkle!
I then stamped with a fauxnad plate. It's like a
Konad only....not. I used plate m69.
I stamped using Kleancolor Metallic Black(168). A lot of Kleancolors stamp really well, especially the metallics line.
Glizy glam, right? Well, of course I broke out the nail bling! I got a large set of these Cheeky nail gems on amazon for a steal. There are lots of really cheap ways to get fun nail art additions. Just leave me a comment if you're interested in finding some.
Ah...clean-up...that's better!
I added a little red gem to the center of each flower. Ah...it's so pretty! I added the little embellishment on each of my nails.
I just think this is too fun! Nail gems are actually pretty easy to apply. Little ones like these, I just stick on immediately after I apply my top coat. Some bigger ones (like bows), you can apply using glue. I think they really take your mani to another level.
Until next time,
Becks