The Fancy Side

Oh my gosh ya'll, I made it to Day 5. I obviously deserve all the praise. *eye roll*

Anyways, for today's look, I started with a base of Tonic Caliente (which I stupidly forgot was magnetic) and then I stamped on some greenery with Painted Polish Stamped in Honeydew from MoYouLondon Tropical Collection 10.  I followed that up with some reverse stamped toucans from MoYouLondon Tropical Collection 05 and 06. They were made with Painted Polish Midnight Mischief, Cirque Colors Carpe Diem, and a sample color orange from Cirque Colors. 




These are super fun and I'm pretty relieved to have the entire week is finished.

Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

Day 4, can you believe it? Somehow I'm going to have to scare up a day 5, but it looks like I might make it.

I got a package in the mail and had to use the polish ASAP, because of course that's what I do. So while I didn't intend to do two full Painted Polish mani's in a row....here we are. But look how pretty this polish is...




It's Painted Polish Here's to 5 Years. I just love that pale citrine green, and it's holo so added bonus! I then went in with Painted Polish Midnight Mischief (my go to black stamping polish) and MoYou London Tropical Collection 05 to create all the lovely bird silhouettes. This look is so simple but striking. I just adore it.

Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

Day 3 and the hot-streak continues! WHO AM I? I'm going to make this post short and sweet because I'm writing it during a baby nap and it's game on if she wakes up. So basically, I love sunsets over the beach and here's that on my nails. Whoo!





This look came together with all the Painted Polish I own. Not really (I own way more than these)....but they are my go-to stamping polish so I default to them alot. I used the Lina Make Your Mark 03 plate to make my gradient with Painted Polish Autumn Twilight 2.0, Stamped in Taro, Stamped in Salmon, and Stamped in Starfruit.  That gradient stamp is GENUIS and so easy to use. I also used Uber Chic 2-03 and Painted Polish Midnight Mischief for the palm trees.

Baby is waking up....gotta run!!!

Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

Hey y'all. Long time no blog. I feel like I say that every time. Mommy life is hard and I don't have quite the free time or energy that I used to have, so posts are few and far between. However, I wanted to pop in and participate in the Digital Dozen's June Birthday celebration. It was a little selfish of me, cause it's my birthday and I picked the design.

The original design can be seen below, but first I'll show off my nails.




For this design I started with a base of Cirque Colors Carpe Diem, then using a ton of the Vice Collection (Hedonist/yellow, Lean/purple, Wanderlust/blue, Taboo/violet) as well as Fire Island/orangey-red. I stamped over that using a design from UberChic 1-03 with Painted Polish Midnight Mischief. I tried to stay as true to the design as possible, but it got a little wonky towards the edges.  Here is the original design for reference:

Hey ya'll! Day 5 (woo-hoo I made it, despite a small child who makes things hard) of Digit-al Dozen Story Genres brings us to science fiction.  Jurassic Parks is one of those movies that I always stop and watch, no matter where it is and what I was looking for. I just love it. I love the book even more, so it seemed natural to pick this as one of my inspirations. So hold onto your butts, cause this look has lots of polishes in it!

I started with a base of Painted Polish Kissin' Kelp a deep teal scattered holo, with glints of gold. I thought it'd be the perfect base for what I had in mind.




I then went in with a ton of Painted Polish stamping polishes and MoYou London Tropical Collection 11 plate. I blopped on dots of polish from Tide Pool Teal, Stamped in Starfruit, Stamped in Greenery 2.0, and Stamped in Seafoam scrapped them all together for a fun mix and put lush leaves on four of my 5 fingers. On the ring finger I tried (real hard I promise) to freehand a t-rex. He's a little derpy and not at all intimidating, but he's sparkly so there is that. He's made with Painted Polish Stamped in Greenery, Midnight Mischief, Gaga for Greenery and MoYou London White Knight.




There you have it! 5 days, 5 story genres, 5 fun looks!

Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

Hey ya'll! Day 4 of Digit-al Dozen Story Genres brings us to picture books. Seeing as I have a tiny kiddo now, there is no shortage of picture books in my house. She's a little too young to appreciate them at the moment, so I tend to just read aloud to her from whatever I'm currently reading. I picked through her books though and pulled a favorite Little Golden Book from my childhood, The Poky Little Puppy.

For this look, I used a ton of polishes, I'll list them below. I used a combination of freehand painting and stamping to recreate one of the illustrations in the book. Hopefully you can tell it's the Poky Little Puppie's bum as he digs under a fence with a sign that clearly states "Don't Dig Holes". If you can't tell...just lie and tell me it's pretty. I'm out of practice.





On my thumb and pointer, I tried to recreate the Little Golden Books classic spine. The base is Cirque Colors 24K Affair and the details are freehanded with Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.  For the rest of my nails the base is OPI Be There in a Prosecco. I then used Painted Polish Stamped in Brick and Stamped in Sweet Potato to create the fences, partially with a design from MoYou London Pro Collection XL 01 plate. The puppies body is mostly MoYou London White Knight and detailing done with other polishes. Whew..that's alot. Anywho, hope you love it.

Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

The Digit-al Dozen is doing Story Genres this month. For my third look I decided to tackle mystery, specifically Sherlock Holmes.

I started off with a base of NCLA Saltwater Baths, a medium blue holo. This was two easy coats.




I then went in with a wavy design from Uber Chic UC 4-03 and double layered in colors with MoYou London White Knight and Painted Polish Stamped in Mint. I then sponged on a few dabs of Polish M Baby It's Cold Outside to "weather" the stamping. Finally I stamped on some mystery and Sherlock inspired designs from My Online Shop JR-31 in Painted Polish Midnight Mischief. 




Be sure to check out all the other designs that are below. There are some really amazing ones!

Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

Below is a swatch of Joyous. This is a silver holographic base filled with rainbow flakes. It was opaque in two coats and super easy to apply.

Day 3 of The Digital Dozen Black, brings a fun pattern as accent nails. I found this pattern on Pinterest (my favorite place to inspiration) and I tried my best to translate it onto my nails.

I started off with Painted Polish Midnight Mischief on most nails and then Madam Glam Cashmere on the other two. Cashmere is the softest grey possible, it's so subtle, but such a pretty color. I then dotted on dots and added stripes in black. Once those were dry, I used more cashmere to stipple on some distressing to mimic the pattern.




I really love the way this look came together. It was an added bonus that it was so easy to do. Be sure to check out all the other ladies black looks below.

Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

Hey All! Long time no talk. I'm sorry for disappearing forever, but some things happened and it was necessary. I'm finally getting back into the swing of things again and starting this month off with The Digital Dozen. The prompt this month is Black, which is very anti-Valentines of us. It has made for a challenge coming up with everything but it's been fun.

So forgive my pictures, because I'm a bit out of practice. I'm sorry in advance. I had fun playing with thermals in the first mani. This is Bow Polish Thermal Top Coat in it's cold state. It's a deep black with a scattered holographic finish.




However, in its warm state you get a surprise. Underneath, I've stamped on a fun pattern from Uber Chic UC 4-03  in Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.  It makes for a fun little surprise that no one expects.




Check out all the other talented ladies in the link up below. We'll be back with more black mani's tomorrow.

Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee

I'm in love with my Day 4 look for Digit-al Dozen: Vampy. I'm also doubling up on prompts, this one is doing double duty for #TheLacquerRing: Plum prompt.  It's the perfect color with the perfect accent. My base is OPI Casino Royale a deep plum color. It's absolutely stunning.




I then went in with Painted Polish Midnight Mischief and the Pueen 73 stamping plate to add on some roses. I love the way this came together.




See you tomorrow for the last day of Digit-al Dozen.