HPB Presents Spring Cleaning With Dusty Colors

Greetings and Nailutations,

This month the Hobby Polish Bloggers (HPB) decided to create manis with dusty or muted colors.  This is such a change up from the bright spring colors and start of neons for the summer it was a breath of fresh air.  I decided to do a floral muted mani.

Now let's get to the mani!

HPB Presents Gradient of Snowflakes

Greetings and Nailutations,

It is time for another link up with my Hobby Polish Blogger family!  Our theme this month is "Gradient."  A gradient is a transition of color across your nails (vertical, circular, horizontal, diagonal).  My thoughts were with the folks on the East Coast experiencing a blizzard (since I am sitting in 70+ degree weather in Arizona), so I made a gradient with snowflakes stamped over it.

Now let's get to the mani!

HPB Presents Winter Sparkle Nails

Greetings and Nailutations,

The Hobby Polish Bloggers have another link up and this month's theme is Winter or Holiday.  I decided to run with the winter part of the theme because I rarely experience true winter, being in Arizona.  Snowflakes or snow isn't something I see much, if only from a distance.

I decided to create colorful glistening snowflakes.

I used ZR's Polish LE Diamonds, a silver holographic glitter polish as my base.  To add color, I did a gradient of Esmaltes de Kelly's Red, Orange and Yellow Soap Bubbles (tints).  I stamped with Drip Drop Nail Paint's Yoga Pants and CJS-03 Plate and a What's Up Nails Creative Shop Stamper.  To protect my skin and cuticle I used Dream Polish Gem Block Liquid Latex and topped the mani with Gem Glam Top Coat.

I love how they turned out!  Snowflake manis in the winter are my favorites and I love that every single one is different - just like real snowflakes!

Thanks for visiting!  Be sure to check out the other manis seen below from fellow Hobby Polish Bloggers!

Happy Polishing,
Kristi aka @BeginNails

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HPB Presents: Autumn Shimmer Leaves

Greetings and Nailutations!

Today is something different!  I decided to link up with some other bloggers and we all did out take on Fall/Autumn themed mani!  What I love about this post is that I can really spot light some nail art.

What does Fall/Autumn mean to me?  The first thing that comes to my mind is the leaves changing colors.  It is my favorite thing about Autumn and the one thing I miss, living in the desert.  I wanted to showcase leaves of Autumn.

I started with a base of 2 coats of MTL Creations' Tree Hugger, a milk chocolate brown and I topped it off with Gem Glam Top Coat from Dream Polish and allowed it to dry.

First I painted my skin around my nails with Nail Jewelry Bling Liquid Nail Tape, to make clean up easier.  Then I used some leaf stencils from Nails Redesigned to create the pattern of leaves.  The polishes used were Candy, Lemon Drop and Whisper all from ZR's Polish, which I painted onto a make up sponge.  I then took the sponge and dabbed it over the stencil to create a gradient effect.  Lastly, I added a final top coat of Gem Glam Top Coat from Dream Polish.

I love how the leaves ended up looking.

What is your favorite part of Autumn?

Happy Polishing,
Kristi aka @BeginNails

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