Over the top Valentine's Day nails.

Hello all,
So glad I am able to say hi and have pictures to follow. IF you do follow my blog, and I hope you do, you will know that my camera is in the shop and I have been having guest bloggers help me out . The experience has been just great and it is still open to all. I have been quite impressed with all that they have offered. My camera broke and it is in being fixed. Since it is being fixed on the warranty (MUST add that I got it in 10 days before the warranty expired. Can you believe that?? Usually it is the other way around! But since it is on the warranty they gave me a time frame of 6-8 weeks so I am stuck not being able to take pictures. I could go back to the old way I took pictures. IF you look at my oldest posts, you will see what I mean. You will also agree that doing so is not a good idea. I can't believe they used to look like that....
BUT my very dear friend did lend me her camera for a couple of nights so I was able to take pic of my Valentine day mani and a couple more but that is about my Valentine's Day mani. So, I saw so many everywhere and they were all so pretty and inspirational and I must admit, I was overwhelmed. I did not know what to do. I knew I wanted to use red or pink and finally decided on pink. I am not a big pink fan. In my everyday life  it would be odd if you saw me wearing pink. Just not my thing. I do, of course, own a ton of pink polish...That does make sense, right?? HAHA! Anyhow, I have tons, many are untrieds, so it is what I went with. Next  was, WHAT THE "F" AM I GOING TO DO??? So, when you have a bunch of ideas in the old noggin, why not use them all? I did. So, you will see a water marble, a fan brush technique, (I been wanting to try forever, but was not sure if it was as easy as all the tutorials looked so 2 nails is easier to try out then all 10)  andgot some use out of my fimo slices and a hello kitty decoration. This mani is WAY over the top. Certainly not something I would wear everyday. Just not my style. But is was Valentine's day and I wanted to have some fun. I also did enter it into a competition over on the great Jen's facebook page, jen's nail files. Anyhow, onto the mani.

As I said, I used nothing but pink. I tried to do a sort of skittles type thing with pink. Starting with the darkest pink on my thumb and the lightest on my pinky. So, I will start with what I used on my thumb which was..

Thumb
OPI "Kiss me on my tulips": From OPI's Holland collection,  it is a hot pink, berry creme ,with a bit of a blue undertone. Since I knew I would be adding to my nails, I was not adding a top coat until I was done so I was a bit worried/annoyed that the drying time would take a while before I could get started. However, the drying time was great and it was opaque in two coats. One thick coat would most likely do the trick but I never just do one....

Index finger
Essie "Lights": From the Poppy-Razzy collection,  which was a neon set, is a bright, electric pink. If you look closely it does have a slight purple undertone. It is a gorgeous pop of neon pink and I was not going to use it at first seeing as only one neon would probably seem out of place. However, this polish is not as "neon" as the collection would lead you to believe. It was recommended to wear over a white and maybe it looks more neon that way but for this mani, it was a great pink and not too "neon"

Middle finger:
OPI  "If you moust  you moust": From the Minnie mouse collection, is a vibrant, blue based pink. But to girls saying " I want pink, no blue," it is something that is not really noticeable to the naked eye. To people examining it and trying to describe it, yeah. But, Now, as I said, I am not a pink person and this is the pink I would probably stay away from the most in clothes as it is a really bright and "barbie" pink. If you are thinking pink, this is most likely what you're thinking of. I have 2 coats on but was opaque with one.

OK so this is a terrible picture to show the pink since I did the brush technique BUT the pink you do see, is the one I am talking about.....

Pinky finger:
Essie:"Need a vacation": The lightest of all my pinks (unless I go into my really sheer polishes. Not counting the ones with VNL) I had never even heard of this one. If you take a look at my stash list, you will see how much I love Essie and how many I own. But seeing as my polish "obsession" is just over a year old (meaning, blogging, finding out there is a whole community...) I did not notice collections as much and never noticed this one. Perhaps because it is older but I did find it a tad hard to work with. It was runny and patchy. But after adding a coat, waiting a minute and repeating 3 times, it was fine and the color was a "bright bubble gum pink" .

Not sure why I don't have a better pic of this nail alone...it is blurry but.... Here it is

So, on to the pictures, which is the best part....

So, yeah, these are all the nails. On the thumb I added a Hello Kitty art decoration piece(not sure what else to call it) I got it off ebay. I have ten purple and 10 blue. Must say, they are a bit awkward to wear. However, not as much as the fimo slices. AS a girl with long hair, I am always putting it in a pony tail, taking it down, I am just , with such THICK hair,  always doing something with it and the fimo slices, even though I added it on top of a fresh coat of seche vite , with tweezers and once they were on I used the tweezers and pressed the fimo slices hard onto the nail, the edges did stick out, not a lot but just enough for your hair to get caught in them. That, I must admit, was ANNOYING! I was actually worried that the Hello Kitty would not stay on too long ( I used a gel glue that I got with a set of fake nails I got from the dollar store, believe it or not) but it stayed on without any issues until I took it off. It is the fimo slices that, on my index finger, fell off the next day. The pinky was fine but, for some reason, even with a lot of seche vite as a base and top, they fell off....

So, as I said, I did a few things. The index and pinky, I just added the fimo slices. As I said, I added a top coat over my polish, then quickly added the slices with a pair of tweezers. The middle finger, I did the "fan brush" mani. If you look up tutorials, they look so easy so I had my doubts but it actually is easy and I love the way it looks!!! My ring finger is water marble. This is actually my second try. I don't know what it is, but if you know the technique to water marble (if not, google it and a lot of tutorials will show up) you add each color into water, one at a time, and they will make rings. Well, mine don't make perfect rings. They just don't  They are small and....UGH! its not perfect, but I just keep adding drops into the tiny circles (they should be big) and the I take a toothpick and TRY to make a design.....

 These are my nails, outside. Yes, it is in the sun but, not a sunny day. It was a gloomy, grey day...

If you know me well, you know I LOVE Hello Kitty. As I mentioned I got these off of ebay and have yet to use them and this seemed like the perfect time. I was going to just add it with a top coat but I was told it needs glue to stick. So, as I said, I used some gel glue and it stuck. Only issue, as you can see on the top of it, is that, when you put it on and then move it, albeit slightly,  it moves the wet polish as well which is why you can see a bump right on top of it. That was the best I could make it look...

Pictures taken inside....

Well, there you go. Those are my Valentines day nails. As I said, these are way over the top for me. Would you guy sever wear nails like these?? What do you think of the Hello Kitty decoration?? Too much??? What do you think of my full mani?? Is it too busy?? Hard to concentrate on one thing?? Or does it look fun and perfect for a holiday mani??
Have you guys been enjoying my guest bloggers? I hope you take the time to go follow their blogs. They are all such wonderfully talented ladies who helped me out for nothing in return. I am ever grateful. And I am still needing more guests. I have a post about it so if you are interested, please don't be shy. Even if you don't have a blog, just get your feet wet. I am not fussy, do anything you want. If you are too shy to comment here email me then at krystalkesson@yahoo.ca

So, I have a couple more manis I did this weekend while I had the camera, but,it will still be a bit until I get it back. I am late but happy Valentines Day. My parents are divorced BUT, if they had stayed married, this year would have been their 37th year anniversary...
Love to hear from all of you and I don't get much comments. Guess not many people look at my blog...LOL.. Ah well, I have fun. But if you are here, let me know by telling me what you think of my mani. And be honest, I wont get insulted. I would hate it more if you lied.
Talk to you all soon!

And remember, stay drama free but never polish free!!!