AN Monday - Hearts!

Hi all!

This week's AN Monday theme is "Hearts"

I have been wearing just plain black nail polish since Friday night as i had planned on doing some other nail art during the weekend, but hadn't gotten around to it. So i decided to just do my Hearts mani last night straight over the top.

On my thumb and ring finger, i stamped the hearts design from plate BM-317 (series 3 of the Bundle Monster set) with Color Club Miss Bliss. I then used striping tape and taped off the three other fingers in various ways, and used Miss Bliss again. It was mainly to cover the tip wear i had lol. I am not a fan of my index and middle finger. The pinky is passable but i had way too much polish on the brush. I think it could have come out better. I topped it all off with Konad special top coat, which i absolutely adore and have rekindled my love for! It's super fast drying and doesn't smudge.


There was no sun out this morning when i was taking photos so i resorted to taking a few in the bathroom under the fluro haha. Its about as good as i was going to get to see some holo today =(

Then when i left for work... the sun came out!! Doh!! lol



What do you think?

Have a great week!


Kel xx

AN Monday - Cartoon! Spongebob nails

Hi everyone!

This weeks theme for AN Monday is Cartoons. I've always wanted to spongebob nails but never gotten around to it. I suck majorly at freehand but found an awesome spongebob stamping plate over at Born Pretty Store for about $3 (enter my coupon code MLL91 at checkout to get an extra 10% off)

I used Zoya Pippa as my base colour, which is a yellow cream. It's a bit darker in real life than my pics suggest and not so bright. This was three coats. It was also one of the easiest yellows i have worked with. 

I then grabbed my BPS Spongebob stamping plate (QA2) and my Ulta3 Black Satin polish and stamped some random SB faces on my nails. I don't quite get what the ring finger one is supposed to turn out like. haha

I purposely didn't clean up his eyelashes on my pinky finger =)

What do you think?

Have a great night! 

Kel xx

Aussie Nails Monday! - Lace

Hi all!
I haven't done an Aussie Nails Monday for a couple of weeks, but i am back this week with a "lace" design.
When i think of lace, i think of delicate light pastel mani. Well i did the opposite lol.

I used Ulta3 Cherrylicious as my base colour, which is an awesome blood red. It's darker than shown in these photos.  I just couldn't get it to photo right.

I am not much of a red wearer if you've ever noticed from my blog posts, but i absolutely love this kind of red and it will be staying in my stash. It's weird because red goes so well with my skin tone.


I then grabbed out my stamping stuff and tried to find a lace design on any of the almost 100 plates i have haha. This one stood out the most. This is Bundlemonster plate BM-316 from their latest series, stamped with Konad special White polish. I didn't want to overpower it and do all nails, so i just did the accents on both hands. =)

What do you think??

Kel xx

ANM + AA - Color Club Over the Moon + Stamping!

Hi all!
It's that time of the week again!!

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This weeks theme for Aussie nails Monday is "Candy" or lollies if your Australian :P
Because it is still Autism Awareness month i wanted to keep in with the blue nails, so i have paired my blue nails in with my Candy mani.

First of all, excuse my nubs!! I broke three nails the other day and had to file them all back. They look horrible at the moment. I just got my Duri Rejuvacote though so i am looking forward to having awesome nails!

My base colour today was Color Club Over the Moon, which is classified as a pale blue but i didn't think it was. It's a darker blue than that but not quite a medium kind of blue, definitely darker than their 2012 Halo Hue polish "Blue Heaven" This is just about a one coater but i used two coats, just because i think that is what a blogger should do. Above photos taken in artificial light.

Then you go outside... and BAM!!!
Hoollo!

Be still my heart!! How i love holo's!! <3

For the addition of making it fit in with the theme of ANM this week, which as you know is "candy", i cracked open my stamping folder and gear which i haven't used it ages!!! 

Follow my Instagram!! 

I used my Konad special white polish for all stamping. 

Plates i used were:

Konad M14

BM 02

BM-306

BM-322

Let me know what you think!

Also, i have an instagram (@kellyskolors) if your interested in following me! I have a few more bits n pieces on there too, including my awesome Helmers which i have just finished painting! I will have a post on that coming up soon too! 

Kel xx

Aussie Nails Monday - Delicate

Hi all!
Back for another round of Aussie nails Monday!! This weeks challenge was Delicate.
When i saw that it was delicate, i racked my brain trying to think of something to come up with. I always think of lace-y type doily things lol. I did a quick google search and it wasn't as bad as i had thought.

This is what i eventually came up with.

I used two coats of Ulta3's Pale Dahlia as a base colour.  I then used my Konad white polish and Bundlemonster stamping plate BM-310 for the design. It wasn't 100% perfect but i'm really happy with how this came out =) I haven't stamped for a while so it was nice to get my stamping stuff out again. I really need to do more stamping. 

Other blogs/instagram members participating in Aussie Nails Monday....
Elissa - Lissa's Polish Addiction
Bec - Nail Gun XS
Marie - Marie's Manicure Madhouse
Courtney - Tales from the Makeup Bag
Sarah - Shatter me Claire
Chantelle - A Polished Prance
Teneil - Tee Bee's Nails
Nicole - the epitome of superficiality
Bec - Lacquer Dreams
Naomi - NananaisNails
Eboni - Enamoured With Enamel
Katie - Pretty Polish Please
Adelle - adelle1985
Kristy - Thepolishhaven

Rosemarie - Every Little Polish
Rebecca - Polished Peripherals
Debbie - All Things Charmed
Melissa - Mel my issta
Natalie - Walk In My Eye Shadow
Jennifer - JennLojko
Em - Nails in the Desert
Erin - Erinzi
Brie - Strawbrie
Astrid - lovessweetas
Jasmyn - Jas' Blingtastic Nail Blog

Kel xx

The Great Aussie Polish Challenge Day 6: Australis Flip Flops

Hi everyone.
Back for the second last Great Aussie Polish Challenge post. I have done well so far i think lol. I don't normally last a full challenge, maybe because it is just one week, not sure.
Anyway, onto today's post.

This is Australis Flip Flops.

Flip Flops is blue with light blue/turquoise micro glitter scattered through it. Awesome summer polish (even though it's winter here lol). Application was good and this was two coats, no topcoat.

Not sure why Australis decided to call this Flip Flops. Here in Australia we call Flip Flops, Thongs. Thongs would sound weird as a name for a polish but Flip Flops are so un-Australian! Derp! 

I then decided to use my new Bundle Monster stamping plates and knew i had seen a thong design in there somewhere. This was Bundle Monster plate BM-309 and i used my go to one coater white Aussie brand polish, Ulta3 Lily White.
I did in the end top it all off with one coat of Seche Vite QD.

Please check out the other girls participating in The Great Aussie Polish Challenge

Epitome of Superficiality

The Polish Haven

Shatter Me Claire

Lab Muffin

Pretty Purple Polish

Osiris and Loki Paint their Nails

Lacquer Dreams

Jas's Blingtastic Nails

All Things Charmed

Polished Peripherals

See you tomorrow for the last day!

Kel xo

Essence Colour & Go - 77 In Style

Hi all! Just a quick one tonight, i'm about to sit down and change my nails while watching the F1 Monaco Grand Prix!
These are the nails i wore this weekend - Essence In Style from the colour and go range.

In Style is a deep dark teal. This was two coats. One the first coat you could see it had a dark purple black base but was lost in the second coat. I want to say it is a little bit duo chrome-y. If i look at it real hard in some lights, i can see a little bit of purple trying to poke through. Some light it looked teal and some it looked like a dark turquoise and then sometimes it would have both. This is such an awesome colour, i LOVE Teals if you haven't already guessed by now! =) I don't know why i didn't try this colour sooner! As usual this was followed by one coat of Seche Vite quick dry. Sorry about the sheet marks. It didn't happen on my right hand lol

I then decided to further my mani with some stamping. I'm really enjoying getting back into doing more stamping. The first thing i thought of doing over this colour was some sort of fish design but i didn't have any plates with fish on it, so i found a "net" design (bundle monster plate BM-209) and went with that. Mind the index finger stamping, not sure why that happened. I stamped perfectly on every other nail, the image was perfectly clear on the stamp but oh well, the rest are awesome. You get the idea haha.

Hope you all enjoyed your weekend! Bring on Mondayitis! =(

Bye for now! Kel xo

25 Days of Christmas. Day 15. Sponge/Gradient nails.

Quick one tonight. Again... on a Thursday. I don't get home til late on Thursdays! Boo! I should really do a post before i leave or at least schedule one so i am not sitting here tired trying to make up stuff to write! haha. Onto the nails..

Not sure if i like this. It doesn't seem very Christmas-y. As a normal mani it might be ok but i'm trying to do christmas here! so i added this...

It came out ok. I like what i came up with. Hope you guys do too!
Colours i used:
Thumb + Ring: Color Club Hot Like Lava, 2 coats. Sponged with Ulta3 Lily White. 1 coat of BYS starlette. Stamped "Merry Christmas" in Konad Black polish with plate M12 (i think from memory)
Index + Pinky: Color Club Cold Metal, 2 coats. Sponged Ulta3 Lily White. 1 coat of BYS starlette. Holly, China Glaze Ruby Pumps and Emerald Sparkle.
Middle: Color Club Perfect Mol-ten, 2 coats. Sponged with Ulta3 Lily White. 1 coat of BYS starlette. Holly, China Glaze Ruby Pumps and Emerald Sparkle.
All topped off with Seche vite.

Enjoy! xo

25 days of Christmas. Day 14. Stamped Gingy's!

I'm still having trouble with my Bundle Monster plates. This was so frustrating to do! I finally got something on my nails but it took a LOT of effort to do this. I am talking with Bundle Monster at the moment trying to work out if my plates are a dud or what. Everyone else's mani's seem to be fine.

I did have another pic of this but i accidentally deleted one off my camera =( Not happy! So sorry this is the only photo i have and i've taken this off already. Gingerbread man detailing is not good. This is the best i got with the plates. I couldn't even get any of the outer detail off the image either. So bummed! 

Colours:

Base Colour: China Glaze Unplugged

Stamped Gingys: Color Club Antiquated with plate BM 222

See you tomorrow! xo

25 Days of Christmas! Day 12. Festive fingers!

Hi all.
Tonight i have probably one of my favourite christmas mani's ever. I actually came up with this last year (possibly even the year before) but i never had my blog back then and i wanted to show you all some more stamping. What you see now is today's photo, not last years photo.

I used:

Thumb: China Glaze Ruby Pumps tips. Stamped Candy Cane from Konad plate M12. Snowflake stamped from Konad plate M59. Both stamped in Konad special White polish.

Index: Ulta3 Precious tips. Bells stamped from Konad plate M12 in special Red polish.

Middle: China Glaze Emerald Sparkle tips. Candy Cane from Konad plate M12 in Konad special White polish.

Ring: Ulta3 Lily White with 2 coats of Orly Winter Wonderland on tips. "Merry Christmas" stamped with Konad plate M12 and Red special polish.

Pinky: China Glaze Ruby Pumps tips. Candy Cane from Konad plate M12 with Konad special White polish.

All topped with Seche Vite Quick Dry.

I actually liked my right hand better than my left which is weird. I just think it looks nicer, neater and placement of the stamping is better. I think i always rush with my left hand and take more time with my right hand, so that's why this time it looks better.... I don't know haha. 

Tell me what you think??

Hope you enjoy these as much as i do!

Bye for now! xo

China Glaze Ruby Pumps!

I have a classic to show you today! Ruby Pumps! I know you've seen it all before but you will see it again... here... Today!

Ruby Pumps is from way back in 2001 when it came out in the original Wizard of oz collection and then China Glaze decided to re-release it again in 2009 to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the movie. This was 3 Coats of beautiful red sparkliness! Went on like a dream! I'm not a big red fan and you probably won't see me wear red much at all but has got to be one of the best colours i think China Glaze has done.

I then did some stamping with the full image design of the shoes from the bundle monster plate BM-213. I never actually thought i would use the shoe design! I am not a "shoe person" but i thought it was fitting to use it here! sorry about some of the stamping fail on the index and middle fingers. Worked as i planned it to on my pinky finger though! I also used the big bow from Konad plate M59 for the ring finger. All was done in Konad black special polish.

Enjoy the rest of your day and stayed tuned tomorrow for my 25 days of Xmas! 

Color Club Foiled Collection. *pic heavy*

I thought i would do some swatches of the Color Club Foiled collection. Not sure if i can get in on the whole just doing swatches, but we will see. Also, just for clarification, i purchased these with my own money.

 Antiquated.

Silver based Champagne gold (foil, obviously) 2 Coats.

 Cold Metal.

Deep Sapphire Blue foil. Only 1 coat needed.

 Foil me once. 

Silver based light pink foil. 2 Coats.

 Hot Like Lava.

Magenta red/pink foil. 2 Coats.

 Lumin-icecent.

 Silver based Icy Blue foil. 2 Coats.

 Perfect Mol-ten.

 Light Green foil. 2 Coats.

Overall, i was really surprised by this collection. I'm not a big fan of foils and apart from these i don't even think i have many others in my collection. I really liked all the colours in this collection. My favourites would probably be Antiquated, Cold Metal and Perfect Mol-ten. I umm'd and arhh'd over getting this collection but i'm glad i did. I don't know if i would wear them much on their own but they double as stamping polishes. Below, i have stamped each colour on a piece of paper. Just over the whiteness of the paper and then i used a straight up normal black and actually painted that on the paper. It worked out well i thought. haha. 

So there you have it. My first lot of group swatches from one collection. Please tell me what you all think? I'd love some feedback on how i went! =)

*****Oh, and if there's anyone out there that can get their hands on the Color Club Scent-suous collection and can or is able to  help a few Aussie fellow nail geeks out. I know myself and a few others here in Aussieland would love to get our hands on some! Thanks. *****
Have a nice afternoon!