Does it have to resemble a Kiwi?

See this title above? That's all I had in mind while wearing this manicure. It's also why I've added the studs, to try and convert it up a bit.

I love the fact that this stamping design is user freindly. I mean, I had few mistakes, but they aren't that visible! I even re-stamped on my thumb since the design was too thin to my wide thumb, and it worked quite well!

My base color is Ga-de Emerald glamour, and I stamp using Wow 393 and Bundle Monster BM-021.

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Cool toned skittlette

So, I've decide to practice my mix and match skills, so prepare yourself for many skittlettes in the near future. It also makes a great opportunity for me to practice my stamping skills without getting frustrated from a full stamping manicure. I still haven't tried the Skittlette goddess's formula, but this one is quite close.

So- two stamped nails, two plains and one texture later, this mani was done! Ok, you may notice that the stamping is less then imperfect, but I honestly believe that with this specific print, the missing parts aren't as visible, so I kinda douched the bullet with this one.

Both the bright blue (Wibo 482)  and the light green (Life 279) were too sheer, with the blue actually being a jelly, so I painted them over a white base (Wow 350). I stamped with Bundle Monster BM-206, and Wow 393. The texture polish is Chic 05.

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Recycling manicure

As shocked as I was about the bright pink polish fitting me, I really liked its bold look. And while the accent nails with the decal softened up the over look, I wanted to try and go BOLD. So I used the skittlette to my advantage and changed up only two nails.

So the stamping might have turned up awful, but I'm liking my bold move. I normally wouldn't have gone for such a bold manicure, but for those who does- such a bright look is perfect for the summer that gets closer and closer by the minute.

The pink polish is Life 276, and the stud on top of it is similar to the one here (You may use my coupon code YLX31 to get 10% off your order). My gold polish is Life 345, and I stamped over it using Wow 393 and Bundle Monster BM-410. Again, the added stud is from Forever 21, but you can get something similar by a quick search online.

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Bloody round ruffian

I think I'm getting way too creative with naming my manicure lately... But what can I say? An artist's mind is an artist's mind.
Anyhoo, I had this vision in mind of a red ruffian over my dark silver base. Then I kept thinking it will be too dull, so I thought about adding stamping in an accent nail. But then, I remembered my self-promise to do more full manicures. So I did just that.

And I gotta say- my stamping skills are really improving! This time, my one and only problem was placing, with the print being a bit to small for most of my nails, and WAY to small for my wide thumb. I actually used the ruffian in my favor, and kept the spaces next to my cuticle, so the ruffian will cover it up.

My base color is Ga-de Vintage silver, and both the stamping and the ruffian were done using Ga-de Hypnotic red. The stamping plate I used is Bundle Monster BM-206.

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Robot necklace manicure

A while back, I couldn't hold the urge, and bought a very cute robot necklace from Forever 21. While wearing it one day, I took it off and played with it out of boredom. The chain kept twisting around my nails, and that I decided that I HAVE to do a manicure inspired by this necklace!

Since that fateful day, the idea was sketched in my little ideas notebook, and I finally got around to do it! I drew the robot by hand, and added the very fitting stamp to the rest of my nails to finish of this design.

My black base is Ga-de Black swan. I used Ga-de Vintage silver and Bundle Monster BM-012 for the stamping, and Chic Diamonds for the robot.

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Purple hexagons meet nubs

I don't know why, but this title sounds like some sort of a summary to a  Sci-Fi-Romance movie. Imagine it- a purple hexagons, with his very own pare of legs, walks into a bar and seeing miss nub sitting at the corner. Her well moisturized cuticles and smooth surface catch his look, and---
Ok, I'll stop right there, and we'll move on to the manicure before someone decides to hospitalize me somewhere.

I tried stamping again, because you know what they say- practice makes perfect! Well, the thumb on my left hand was the best of my many tries. For some reason, the stamping on my ring finger insisted on smudging every single time I tried to repeat on it, so I ended up just letting it be.

Also, this time I actually made the same nail art on both hands! If you knew me IRL, you'd know how rare that phenomenon is. Many times I even go with my right hand polish-naked. Yes. I am THAT lazy. Kinda justifies the blog's name, doesn't it?
So in order to celebrate that, I've decided to include some very rare (and you better appreciate it!), right hand photos.

The base color of all my nails is Chic I lilac you. I stamped using Bundle Monster BM-422 and Life 337, which is a nice shimmery purple. The glitter topper is Wow 368. I added a stud from Forever 21. I actually quite liked the fact that the black stud breaks the overall purple look a bit, but doesn't disturb it.

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Blue skittlette tribal

My first stamping post! While having many mistakes, I take pride of this manicure. I even tried to fill up the empty spots, but the shade I used ended up much lighter with the stamping, and the lines I made were far from being straight, so there's that.
After making this manicure I realized that it fits another monthly challenge I decided to join- Nailvengers Assemble. January theme turned up to be "New year, New technique", which fits right in with my first (and sad) attempt at stamping. So while I'm a bit late to the party, I promise you that I made this manicure on January 31st!

I still need alot of practice. Maybe I should go for the small prints first, instead of full nail ones, but oh well. You can be sure that you'll see much more stamping posts now that I finally got my Bundle Monster order, and own 42 stamping plates!

My base color on all nails but my pinky is Essence That's what I mint!. The pinky and the stamping were done using Laline Kahal galena. I used Bundle Monster BM-402 for the stamping. The studs are from Forever 21.

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