Until this very moment, I hadn't realized that I followed what was the most crap-tacular work week with my "Taken for Granite" nails. Irony.
I used Wet n Wild French Creme as a base, dobbed on Essie Master Plan with blotted out saran wrap and then did an alcohol spray effect water marble of Revlon Top Speed Varnished.
This is one of several I posted about a month ago. I only have a couple left but wanted to play around so I came up with a few more manicures that will be coming up. They are:
My daughter wanted this one. We haven't done it yet.
WnW Black Creme base with gears and chains (not pictured) from plates BM03 and BM12 in Orly Luxe
I had wanted to use the peacock one for a while but didn't know how to approach it so I would be happy with it. I finally saw a tutorial that used washed out blue as a base and really liked it so here is my interpretation of that.
Brash Electric Sky Base. Orly Luxe stamp BM212. Dots in Orly Snowcone and Revlon Midnight Affair.
This is another plate I had been wanting to use. I knew that it would have to really appeal to me for me to be happy with it and I finally came up with this combination.
Base is Sally Hansen Xtreme in Golden-I. Stamp is BM215 in Revlon Colorstay Rainforest. I think I would do an accent nail using my Salon Effects stamp of a turtle.
And yet another plate that I had really been wanting to use. I used Sinful Colors Skylark as a base which is a lot more peachy than it shows here. I did the stamp (BM204) in a gradient effect with Revlon Sorbet and Orly Blue Collar. I added a mock french tip in a red but I think when I do this one I will use all three colors to stamp with instead.
This last one is an idea taken from some cloth that we have at work. I really like this dotty material and had been eyeing it as a possible Halloweeny manicure since I first saw it. I don't have the dot placement out very well but you get the idea....
I used Sally Hansen Sunkissed as the base. Dots are done in Wet n Wild Black Creme, Orly Dazzle and then topped with a single piece of purple glitter. I might do a four tier dot when I do it and give the glitter a white frame which will set it out more.
and to finish... here is a photo of a roadrunner in my yard. I don't think I posted this before but I found it when going through my SD card.
