Showing posts with label Valentine's Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Valentine's Day. Show all posts
Monday, February 10, 2014

Stamping Image Plates for Valentine's Day

Hello!  This is mrsrexy from Canadian Nail Fanatic doing my first ever Easy-Nail Art post!

I'm going to show you a variety of stamping plate options suitable for Valentine's Day.  The fantastic thing about nail art stamping today is that there are wide variety of image plates available, so it doesn't matter what your style is....super cute, funky, traditional or not so traditional....there's an image plate for you!  I'm going to share a few mani's that I've done over the years using a variety of different images....there's obviously a few plates that I tend to reach for again and again as they show up a few times, but one things for sure, regardless of your style, there's a nail stamping plate that will suit your style for Valentine's Day!  

Here's several mani's that are more on the traditional side in imagery use and colour scheme.

Vivid Lacquer VL009 with accent of VL001

MM03 (Be Mine wording on thumb), SdP 60 (couple on ring), SdP 78 (balloons on thumb), SdP 85 (pinky) and Big SdP L (index and middle fingers)

MJII with accent of DRK-A.

Apipila 01

Lilic A02 (middle), CH29 (ring), QA18 (pinky and heart on ring), Big SdP I (index).

A24, HB03, fauxnad F and fauxnad m04.

If you want a Valentine's Day mani but looking for something less traditional, perhaps a little funky or edgy, this can be achieved by changing up the base colour  or using less traditional images or accents.

Messy Mansion MM03; small accent hearts are HD-A

Bundle Monster BM02 

BM-317 (index), DRK-A (thumb and middle), Chez Divers 001 (ring) MJ (no number; one of the original MJ plates; pinky)

MoYou Pro Collection-07 XL

Big SdP A

Dashia Big SdP K

Cheeky Jumbo 6, Happy Holidays


DRK A (pinky and index), MM03 (thumb), BM 311 (middle) and Apipilia P.04 (ring)

Bundle Monster BM 317

SdP A20 (thumb and pinky), Big SdP L (middle) and SdP C20 (ring and pinky).

 Fauxnad E06 for the lettering; CH29 for thumb

Bunny Nails HD-B

SdP 16 and SdP 56

For those who think Valentine's Day is just another day but still want red nails to be holiday appropriate, there's these looks.

Konad m73

A44

Finally, for those who are suffering some heart ache on Valentine's Day, there's stamping image plates for this too.

VL003 (cross out circle on index), HD-A (separated heart on index), T23 (heart on thumb) E01 (black roses on index), Mash-31 (pinky), SdP D07 (middle, SdP 85 (you and me on index) and HD-A (work on thumb and heart on ring)

Gone are the days that those who stamp their nails only had a few Konad images that were somewhat Valentine's related to try to turn them into something Valentine's Day appropriate. While I've shown quite a few different image plates here, there are oh, so many more available and these just touch the surface....there are lots of choices for doing Valentine's Day nails and regardless of your style, there's an image plate for you!  

Thanks for looking!




Sunday, February 9, 2014

Two Art Polishes for Valentine's Day!


Hi all! It's Kirsten, from Geeky Owl, and I have two Arts polishes for you for Valentine's Day; a Art pink and a Art red! These are all perfect for a traditional Valentine's Day mani. 

Lets take a look shall we? (I got to troll through everyone's sites! It was really fun!)

Let's start with our Art PINK polishes!

Adventures In Acetone: Nicole by OPI Carnival Cotton Candy from the new Carrie Underwood Collection. Such a bright girly pink!


Bee Polished: OPI Pussy Galore. Liquid Sands are so fun and this so pink is perfect!

Fierce Makeup and Nails: OPI Pink-ing of You is a bubble gum pink with a worthy cause!


Gnarly Gnails: OPI Hey Baby from the new Gwen Stefani Collection. A hot pink creme and an awesome song!


Manicurity: piCture pOlish Shocked is a gorgeous raspberry color with some holo!


Peace, Love and Polish: LCN Pink Pepper. Wow! What a pink and super shiny!


Sincerely Stephanie: étoile Pink Panache. Such a bright pink infused with diamond dust. Diamonds are a girl's best friend! 

 
 The Crumpet: Lilypad Lacquer Pink Flamingo. An in your face bright pink holo! Fabulous!

The Lacquerologist: Barielle London High Tea. Gorgeous shimmery pink!

Toxic Vanity: Catrice Miss Piggy Reloaded. Can't ever go wrong with a Catrice polish! Beautiful!

 Wondrously Polished: Renaissance Custom Lacquer L'Été (Summer). Hot pink and glitter! Yes please!

Now for our Art RED polishes! 

 
A Girl and Her Polish: Zoya Rekha.  A beautiful squishy red!

Adventures In Acetone: Nicole by OPI American As Apple Pie. A bright red that has a sutble shimmer is very classic!

BeautyGnome: Rescue Beauty Lounge Poppy. An elegant classy red!

Glowstars.net: OPI The Spy Who Loved Me is so sultry with glass flecks!

Gnarly Gnails: OPI Over and Over A-Gwen, a classic red.

Manicurity: piCture pOlish O'Hara is a gorgeous red jelly with holographic and pink shards in the mix. A perfect blend of both of our featured colors!

PishPosh and Polish: Layla Soft Touch 08 Fire it Up. I love the soft touch polishes! Such a lovely red matte polish!

Sassy Shelly: OPI Innie Minnie Mighty Bow. A gorgeous candy apple red with gold shimmer!

Smashley Sparkles: piCture pOlish Dorothy is a red jelly with silver glitter, perfect for the yellow brick road!

Sincerely Stephanie: Cult Nails Evil Queen is a fierce red!

The Lacquerologist: China Glaze Red-y & Willing. A berry shimmer that is perfect on the nail and great for stamping too!

Will Paint Nails for Food: Nicole by OPI Please Red-Cycle. A cherry red creme with a vintage vibe.

Hope you have enjoyed two Art polishes for Valentine's Day! What is your go to red or pink for Valentin's Day? Did your favorite red or pink make the list? 


Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Valentine Manicures to Inspire You!


Hey readers!

This is Missy of Gnarly Gnails, today I am bringing you a compilation of some of my favorite love and Valentine's Day inspired manicures from the ladies of the Easy-Nail Art, let's take a look!
Katee keeps it simple with a cute pink glitter gradient over a white base and some painted on hearts!

Jacki puts a fun and funky spin on Valentine hearts by combining a sugar spun technique with a crackle design heart in unconventional love shades:

Jessica makes some adorable little heart doodles on a pastel purple base!

Bee shows us an adorable "coloring book" style Valentines mani here:

Tammy does multiple stamping plates and bright glitter polishes to bring us a cute heart skittle mani!

Sue uses a sponged base to showcase her cute little patchwork heart manicure:

Laurie makes water marbling look like a walk in the park here by creating some gorgeous heart designs:

Nory makes some fun cartoon style hearts with eye-popping neons to turn holiday into hot and trendy!

Jolène turns her entire hand into a rose garden with this creative way to make flowers out of hearts!

Vic combines leopard print and hearts to show off this fun yet edgy heart manicure:

Kirsten keeps it cute and simple with a gorgeous pink base and some Valentines appropriate stamping:

Missy takes tape and glitter and brings us a funky heart design with some unconventional color choices:

Emma combined love AND heartbreak into one cool manicure:

Heather painted the cutest little love birds - what a fun idea!

Kerrie got creative with the combined use of crackle polish and heart glitters!

Shelly made some great heart cutouts go a long way here by layering different types of designs on top of each other:

Ashley took studs and turned them into a heart motif that is absolutely adorable:

Stephanie made a gorgeous skittle manicure by using a few tone on tone pinks and a gorgeous gold:

Debbie re-created the timeless conversational heart candy into nail art with this very cute stamped design on a multi-colored base:

Emily brought bling up to a whole other level by designing this mani made for the people not looking for just another cute heart design!

Nayade goes way outside the box here with some literal hearts on her nails!

Meghan combines mosaics, studs and freehand painting elements to create this stunner of a mani:

Bright pops of neon and pastel work perfectly in this heart mani by Lindsey!
Well there you have it - hopefully you see something here that makes you want to rush out and get those hearts on your fingers! Keep an eye on these ladies' blogs during Valentines Day and you will undoubtedly see even more great manicures and ideas for your own special day!