Birthday Collab for jessj958

Hey there!

A fairly well-known Instagrammer (I think I just made that up, you like it? lol) recently celebrated a birthday, yay! She's actually a part of the Mommy's Mani Monday group as well, so I've had the pleasure of working with her regularly. She's pretty amazing, so be sure to go check her out! (Info below)

Anyways, I was asked if I wanted to participate in a birthday collaboration for her. The only requirement was that each of us recreate a mani of hers. Of course I said yes so below, you will see the collage, the original mani that I recreated, then my version of it. Enjoy!

Happy Birthday jessj958!

The mani I chose to recreate.

You can find jessj958 on Instagram! Check her out!

Here is my recreation! For this mani, I used:
Sinful Colors Tempest and I Miss You
M Polish Dancing in the Streets
Twinkled T Chevron Nail Vinyls
Cici & Sisi Plate 09

My recreation

The products the I used for this mani can be found:
Sinful Colors: Can be found in many retail stores like Walgreen's, Rite Aid and Walmart.
M Polish: Website; Instagram; Facebook
Twinkled T: Website; Instagram; Facebook
Cici & Sisi: I usually buy these on Amazon. Just search the beauty section for Cici & Sisi!

Stamped Weekend Mani

Hi again! Last weekend, the hubby and I took the whole fam up to my mom and step-dad's cabin. We had lots of fun, and of course I had to paint my nails with a 'wow factor' that had a bit of staying power (read: glitter!). So, I opted for some glitter, and a bit of subtle stamping!

Here we have Funky Fingers Bling Dipper (photochrome!) stamped with Gesso using my brand spanking new CiCi&SiSi 30 plate!

Funky Fingers Bling Dipper stamped with Gesso - Outside

This mani shows my new watermark, too! Yay!

Funky Fingers Bling Dipper stamped with Gesso - Inside

Are you a stamper? What are your go-to products?

Polish on, lovelies!
~Stacy

March Mani Swap

Oooooh, I love mani swaps! I love looking through someone else's art and choosing something that I love so I can recreate it. And seeing what others choose of mine? Psh, LOVE! Yeah, I'm a mushy, squishy, unicorns and rainbows kind of person. Most of the time. Ha!

Anyways. Back to nails. I've done a handful of these mani swaps in the past, and I'm hoping I'll get around to posting them on my "past mani's" page. Maybe I'll just make one big love fest post and have them all in one place, who knows! The March swap is the focus of this post, so I need to stop with the tangents.

I was paired with @baboo_does_nails this time, and MAN did I love looking through everything she has on IG. I think I picked out about 10 manis that I want to recreate, but I opted for this one because it just screams summer, and I can't wait until warmer open-all-the-doors-and-windows weather!

For this mani, I used L.A. Colors Flicker and Absolute. It's stamped with Sally Hansen White On using my Cici&Sisi plate 05. I love it!

And here is the collage with both of our recreations. She chose my quilted mani, and totally rocked it! Go check her out!

Do you enjoy mani swaps? What's your favorite design to recreate?

See ya next time!

~Stacy

Push Your Mani - March 2, 2015

Howdy! If you like challenging yourself with your nail art, you're probably aware of a few monthly challenges on Instagram already. Well, this one comes to you from @Push Your Mani! This particular challenge holds a special place in my heart because I've been chatting with the person in charge of it for quite some time now ;-) I love these challenges because they really make me try things that maybe I haven't tried, or just haven't thought to try. I do enjoy them but alas. I am a slacker, and I don't do them enough!

I've done stamping in the past, but just plain old stamping. I've not been brave enough to try advanced stamping until now. I used Sinful Colors Hazard and Solar Flux for my base colors, and stamped with Sinful Colors Nirvana using my Cici&Sisi plate 5. I filled the stamp in with Revlon Hypnotize, Sinful Colors Hazard and Mint Apple. I actually love how this turned out, even though it wasn't my original plan.

Check it out! What do you think?

See you next time!

~Stacy