May Challenges - Pastels and Butterflies and some blue

This is one of those many stage manis but I'll try and keep it brief.
The current #whencolourscollide challenge was tone on tone - blue so I initially chose 2 blue polishes which I felt were of a similar tone.
I started with Colors By Llarowe Be Bold in Blue - Limited Edition for Multiple Sclerosis Trust - this is a truly gorgeous blue which was being sold by Rainbow Connection with the proceeds going to the MS Trust. This is a holo polish but the sun was not shining and my flash photo was pretty rubbish so I am just posting the "daylight" photo which shows this to be a stunning shade of blue even without any holo!!
Then I used DRK Magic Garden with Colour Alike Blue Ocean - I was planning on keeping this mani simple but I didn't feel it had enough going on so I went for a second layer.
I used DRK Magic Garden with Colour Alike Blue Sky (similar  tone to Blue Ocean but paler) and the Jumbo Clear Stamper with the intention of aligning the scales of the image between the first layer, I think I succeeded mostly but not fully!
Then Pastels for #clairestelle8may - I decided as I had added a pastel layer to the blue mani I could keep going and add some pretty flowers with DRK Magic Garden with Colour Alike Sweetheart and Mint.
And finally, Butterflies for #firedazedchallenge - Pastel flowers seemed like a good backdrop for butterflies so why not! I used DRK XL Designer 1 and Colour Alike Kind of White.
This mani evolved over a couple of days and I enjoyed each layer - it was nice finally to have some time to play with all the lovely colours!

Colors By Llarowe Be Bold in Blue

DRK Magic Garden with Colour Alike Blue Ocean

DRK Magic Garden with Colour Alike Blue Sky

DRK Magic Garden with
Colour Alike Sweetheart and Mint

DRK XL Designer 1 and Colour Alike Kind of White

July Challenges - Turquoise / Jelly Sandwich

I had to be a bit creative with this challenge for #30daysofcolorchallenge as I don't have any turquoise jellies. I did however order the new holo jellies from Danglefoot Nail Polish last week, and included in that set are yellow and blue - I figured if yellow and blue make green, yellow and 2 layers of blue or one thicker layer of blue might just make turquoise... we'll see...
I started with a coat of the yellow, Does My Bum look Big in This - the coverage was pretty good after one coat and since I was stamping and glittering too I decided one would be enough. Then I added my sandwich filling. Firstly I added a coat of Dollish Polish Don't Wake Me Up which is much prettier on the nail than I was expecting looking at the bottle, I could see bright blue, white and green hexes but what I hadn't noticed was the iridescent glitters, the little dark blue squares, and tiny square micro glitters (you know I love square glitters!!)
Then I added some petals or leaves, from DRK XL Designer 1 with Hit The Bottle Snowed Under.
Despite not really liking yellow I liked the mani so far, the petals against the yellow background reminded me of daisies. Then I added a bit more glitter :) loving it even more!!
Finally I added the blue Danglefoot holo jelly, I Have Nothing to Wear. As the blue was on top I think one layer was sufficient, perhaps not the purest turquoise, but they look OK from a distance. It is a shame the sun didn't shine to catch the holo. 

Danglefoot Polish Does My Bum Look Big in This,
Dollish Polish Don't Wake me Up, DRK XL Designer 1
and Hit the Bottle Snowed Under

Dollish Polish Don't Wake Me Up, DRK XL Designer 1
and Hit the Bottle Snowed Under between
yellow and blue jelly holos from Danglefoot Polish

 

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June Challenges - Flamingo

Today's challenge was Flamingos for #clairestelle8june. Despite having lots of plates, I could only find one tiny flamingo on DRK XL Designer 1 so that's what I used. Having decided to stamp with Virtuous Polish Miriam I also realised there would be no careful cleaning away of the surrounding images or masking them off so I would only pick up the flamingo. The Virtuous Polishes dry so quickly so the image stamped is pretty much straight from the plate - it probably looks better that way anyway, one lone flamingo would have looked a bit lost on each nail.
I am actually quite happy with these, I like the neon polish against the darker pink background.

DRK XL Designer 1 and Virtuous Polish Miriam