Shades of Pink Animal Print Hello Kitty Mani

Hello Lovelies, Gabbz here...

So I have for you today a very cute mani. I have so many manicures that I want to try and couldn't decide which one to do. I have this cute Hello Kitty plush my Mom got me as a "Just because gift" and I just love it. I thought since I have all the tools (image plates, stamper, scraper and of course polish) why not do an inspired nail look. I must say I LOVE IT!!! It incorporates my love for Hello Kitty, the color pink and animal print.

It was a really simple look to do and got many "Oooo's" and "Aaah's" and "How cute" from many people lol. I used Milani in Hot Pink for all nails but ring finger. Hot Pink to me is a light almost milky pink shade with pink metallic micro glitter. I also used Sally Hansen Xtreme wear in Twisted Pink. Twisted Pink is a medium shade pink with pink metallic micro glitter. Then I used a black polish to stamp, 2 different image plates and a yellow for accents on image.

So on to the pictures....

My inspiriation: Isn't she cute :)

This is my mani, pretty close

I used Seche Plus Fortified strengthener as a base and
also 2 coats of Hot Pink on all but ring finger

Then 2 coats of
Twisted Pink on Ring finger

Hot Pink and Twisted Pink w/1 coat of Seche Vite
Top Coat

I used Konad Image plate M57 and used C-1 in black to stamp the leopard spots
on all nails but the ring finger
(bought image plate at my local mall or you can buy them here or check if there's
a retail location near you here)

Also used C-1 in Black to stamp the
Hello Kitty image
(I bought this on ebay, which is no longer available,
but you can order a similar plate here
or you can purchase it w/as a stamp kit here)

After the images where stamped on each nail, I took a bobby pin
and dotted Twisted Pink in between each spot. I then cleaned bobby pin
and dotted SinfulColors in Melon Yellow for Hello Kitty's nose
and then cleaned bobby pin again and
dotted China Glaze Pink Voltage on the bow.

I really love this look. I've been wearing it for almost a week and I don't want to change it lol. I also must say that I really like this Konad image plate. I tend to used it A LOT and Im sure this won't be the last time you see me use it ;)


***I'm not affiliated with any of the websites mentioned above. Just thought I would share some places you might be able to get similar tools I used if you were interested in recreating this look. ***

Neon Rainbow Leopard Mani

Gabbz here,

For today's post I wanted to recreate a mani that I saw a long time ago on youtube. I really like watching videos on youtube from different people to get inspiration. It can be watching makeup videos and of course nail related videos lol.

The mani I will be recreating today is from a guru on youtube by the name sayanythingbrooke. I really like watching her videos. The tutorials she makes are pretty and easy to do. If you would like to see it done step by step you can click here to see her tutorial .

I didn't use the same colors Brooke used and you don't have to either. You can use the colors you love and can use as many colors you want too.


So lets get on to my version...

These are the polished I used to recreate the look

China Glaze Purple Panic and Pink Voltage,
Sinful Colors in Irish Green & Neon Melon,
China Glaze Base coat & Seche Vite Top Coat

To stamp the image I used this C-1 black polish
Konad Image Plate M57
and the Konad scraper and double ended stamper


Here's what it looked like before the image was stamped on

I used 2 coats of each color and I 1 coat of Seche Vite

And again, here is the finished look

Once the image was stamped I used 1 coat of Seche Vite
to seal the look

So there you have it. What do you think? What colors would you have used? Do you Konad, or maybe you use another brand of image plates? If so, what your favorite image plate? Leave your comments below :)

NOTW- Gold Fishnets

Hey It's Gabby,

I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do for NOTW(Nails Of The Week). Then I remembered I wanted to re-create a nail look Kourt did using the Sally Hansen Salon Effects Real Nail Polish Strips. The strips she used were called Misbehaved, a gold base with a black fishnet design. If you would like to read more on Kourt's take on the Polish strips click HERE and scroll down.

Now I've never tried the Sally Hansen Nail Polish strips but I know Kourt loves them. There are some really pretty and cool designs that I'm not even going to try to recreate. I just really liked how Misbehaved looked and I knew I could recreate it since I had the all materials for it.

Hope you enjoy....

Orly Luxe

2 coats Orly Luxe with 1 coat
Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

in sunlight

Here's Kourt's mani using Sally Hansen's Nail Polish Strips

And here is my version

I used a regular black polish to stamp and Konad Image plate #57

and 1 coat Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

What do you think? Pretty close right lol.