40 Great Nail Art Ideas - 3 Shades of Green and stripes - and a St Patrick's Day Mani

Well I love green and I love stripes so I was really happy with this prompt for 40 Great Nail Art Ideas and obviously it lends itself well to a St Patrick's Day mani too.
I started with a gradient of 2 of my favourite OPIs - Thanks a Windmillion and Here Today...Aragon Tomorrow.
Then I added stripes using Lealac LLC-A (my favourite stripe image!) and Esmaltes da Kelly Bruce.
I am so pleased with them!!!!

Then, with a couple of St Patrick's Day prompts, I went on a bit of a stamping spree -
Avon Metallic Effects Gold Leaf and DRK A
2 True Pro Metallica Aglaia and Messy Mansion Symetrika 03
A England Saint George and Vivid Lacquer VL036

OPI Thanks a Windmillion

OPI Thanks a Windmillion and
OPI Here Today...Aragon Tomorrow

Esmaltes da Kelly Bruce and Lealac LLC-A

St Patrick's Day stamping

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March Challenges - Inspired by @glitterglossfun

Inspired by @glitterglossfun for #ggfnachallenge -
As soon as I saw this mani on Serena's IG I knew which one I would do, a mani which she did last week inpired by @yagala.
I have used HJ Manicure Pink Bikini, Lavender and  Turquoise Sea, topped with Ciate Confetti and then stamped with Vivid Lacquer VL036 and Colour Alike A Kind of Black.

Vivid Lacquer VL036 and Colour Alike A Kind of Black

April Challenges - Yellow and Black & White

Today I am have done the #30daysofcolourchallnge which was yellow, and Claire's April challenge which was Black & White.
For yellow, I did not have a lot to chose from and only one untried, SV by Sparkly Vernis Gilded Lemon Drops. It is not completely untried as I stamped with it when I did my Solar Eclipse nails and it stamped really nicely.
Unsurprisingly, since I knew it stamped, this gave really good coverage and I almost stopped at one coat, but I went for two just be sure. This is a very pretty colour, very holo and not very yellow! I am not 100% sure about it against my skin tone, but I think it will combine nicely with other polishes.
Although I've swatched this as yellow, and it has Lemon in its name, I think I'll record this as neutral (especially as I don't like yellow and I do like this!)
The #clairestelle8april challenge was black and white but I decided to use the Gilded Lemon Drops as the base for this.
I used Essence Stampy 001 and Vivid Lacquer VL 036 for the first layer of stamping and then Essence Stampy 002 and the same plate for the 2nd layer. The images are the same but one is the reverse of the other and a different scale.
I am really pleased with the final mani - maybe it needed a little bit more black and white and it's a lot paler than I would normally wear but it's pretty.

SV by Sparkly Vernis Gilded Lemon Drops
#30daysofcolourchallenge

 

Black and White #clairestelle8april
Essence 001 & 002 and Vivid Lacquer VL 036

 

 

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