26 Great Nail Art Ideas - Pond Mani

This week's prompt was pond mani. I decided to go for something pretty and spring like so I chose Lina 4 Seasons - Spring 01.
I started with a dusky pink (slightly purple base) of Kiko 499
I used Avon Iceberg White for stamping and Kandy Colors Grape Much? for the purple jelly layers.
I am never sure if the final layer should be stamping or jelly but I did stamping, jelly, stamping, jelly, stamping and left the final stamp white. The colour difference between 1 and 2 layers of jelly wasn't huge so I thought I'd just end up with a purple mess if I added another jelly layer.
I took a chance on not top coating between stamping but was very careful applying the jelly layers so as not to smudge the stamping.
I didn't take step by step photos but I did take each nail to a different stage and then do a photo.
Finally, not part of the pond mani, I stamped a floral image from the same plate with A England Nocturne because it all seemed too bright and white. I chose a similar sized floral image and I think it worked well. I also added a matte top coat, just to see how it would look.

Lina 4 Seasons - Spring 01

Lina 4 Seasons - Spring 01 with additional stamping

Pond Mani - Lina 4 Seasons - Spring 01

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May Challenges - Negative Space and Halloween in May

I tried to do a negative space mani for a facebook group but it was a bit of a fail - even with 2 coats of tinted polish ( Leighton Denny Twilight) the staining showed through :( so in the end I added a coat Kandy Colors Grape Much? over DRK Magic Garden and A England Camelot.
I took a few photos and played around with filters but basically it was still a big no! matte or shiny - Nope!
Anyway, the Kandy Colours jelly did save it I think and it made a nice base for the next mani.
Halloween in May for #clairestelle8may - well certainly a better chance of getting a sunshine picture in May when you've used holo polish for your Halloweeny cobwebs! I used Nailways Darker Period - Halloween and SV by Sparkly Vernis Blurple Ice Cubes over the previous mani.

the negative space mani

Kandy Colors Grape Much? over DRK Magic Garden

Nailways Darker Period - Halloween and
SV by Sparkly Vernis Blurple Ice Cubes

 

September Challenges - Jelly, Nude and Matte

I have combined three #30daysofcolourchallenge prompts, Nude, Jelly and Matte.
For Nude I used Leighton Denny It's an Honour, from the September 2015 Harper's Bazaar magazine. It is a lovely colour, and I don't mind the shimmer too much!
For Jelly I used my Kandy Colors Neon Jellies - Retro, Grape Much? and Carnival. I stamped with UberChic UC1-02 over the jellies on the index and little finger and used the jellies to leadlight an image from Apipila Super Plate C stamped with Essence Stampy 002 on the other two.
For Matte, I added Barry M Cosmetics Matte Top Coat - I love the silky finish it gave to this mani.

Leighton Denny It's an Honour

Kandy Colors Jellies

Kandy Color Jellies - matte

An InLinkz Link-up

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An InLinkz Link-up

June Challenges - Squares

The challenge for #clairestelle8june for tomorrow was Squares. I had 2 other challenges for the same day so I decided to sneak this one in early.
It's one of those many part mani's - I like to take pictures along the way in case the next step is a disaster but then it seems a shame not to share them all!
I started with a base of Nails Inc Power Pink and then added a coat of Hare Polish Why So Igneous? the most gorgeous combination of green and purple square glitter, along with smaller green and purple glitters in a sheer purple base - square glitter!!! I love it so much!
I then stamped using the overlapping squares on Moyou London Artist 04 and Essence Stampy 001, not the neatest stamping ever but I am blaming Essence for running low again! - I need a bucket load of white stamping polish!!
Then I added a coat of Kandy Colors Grape Much? I love the way this softens the look and did I mention I am turning this into a pond mani :)
Then I stamped with Lealac LLC-A and Essence Stampy 001. I really love this Lealac plate with its huge images, I am amazed at how many times I have used it. The image I chose is actually diamonds but turned 45 degrees they are almost square!
And finally, another coat of Kandy Colors Grape Much?
I love the build up of colours here, and I can just see the odd glitter peeping through!

Lealac LLC-A and Essence Stampy 001
with Kandy.Colors Grape Much?

Hare Polish Why So Igneous?

Moyou London Artist 04 and Essence Stampy 001

Moyou London Artist 04 and Essence Stampy 001
 with Kandy.Colors Grape Much?

Lealac LLC-A and Essence Stampy 001

Lealac LLC-A and Essence Stampy 001
with Kandy.Colors Grape Much?