Saturday, September 28, 2013

A Teddy Bear Killer on the Loose!!!

Hello Nail Surfers

Welcome to My Beach

I have lots to share with you. A new plate set has just been released.
I am finished swatching "all" of the plates I just need to take pics.
And of course I zoom in .

So with this Mani I wasnted something really different. Something unique.
I have never seen a Mani yet like this one.
It's different yes, but I like different.
Helps add some extra spice in the nail world.

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 I used QA40 and RA118
I used saran wrap to add the blood and stuffing. 
Then I made 2 stamping decals. Top and bottom part of bear.
For the knife I used a single grass blade from RA118 and drew my own handle on.
The only knife image I had was Konad13 and it was to small.
I finished to Mani off with Mash Nails Matte Top Coat.
Did you know that with Mash's Matte polish is does "not" smear the stamped images.
I put this right over my nail. And when I Matte a Mani it stay chipped free alot longer.
You can always Matte it then Glossy coat over it again just for the extra 
chipping resistance.


Pretty different huh?

Have you done a crazy Mani?

Next post is all about BM Newest Plate Collection.
I'll have zoomed plate pictures along with zoomed swatches of all the images.
til then.. Hang 10

Thank you for surfing my wave.
I hope you enjoyed your visit at My Beach


Monday, September 23, 2013

Today's Number of the Day is 4 and 22.

Hello Nail Surfers

Welcome to My Beach

Today the Shorties have return.
This project has been a load of fun.
My nails are growing out more now and the different sizes are
driving me nuts.. I may just file these suckers just to tame them a tad and get them back into
shape.

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Sesame Street The Count.
I used MyOnline Shop's MJ 22 plate
along with her Special Stamping Polish  "Purple"
I also used Cheeky Jumbo 4
and added Fresh Paints Matte Finish.

MyOnline Shop's MJXXII (MJ22)

Cheeky Jumbo 4-Top of the Class

Do you mix and match different plate brands to create a Mani?

Thank You for surfing my wave.
I hope you enjoyed your visit at My Beach.


Friday, September 20, 2013

Blood Sucking Mani!

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Welcome to My Beach

Today I have the Long Ladies to share with you.
I have been wanting to make this Mani for some time and finally did it.

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I used Bunny Nails HD01 Plate.
and made stamping decals.

I really wasn't feeling the blood drip.. To me there was just to much
of a white canvas still left. And the Mani was screaming for more.

I like this one the best. 
I use Acrylic Paints in Red,White and Black.
And Saran Wrap.
I finished it off with a Matte Finish.

Which Mani do you like best?

Thank you for surfing my wave.
I hope you enjoyed your visit at My Beach.


Thursday, September 19, 2013

Opened Mind Mani

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Welcome to My Beach

The shorties have returned yet again for some more action.
Now I am going to warn you ahead of time.
I used a naughty image.
I don't want to offend anyone here, so if this isn't
you cup tea than you may want to skip this post..

Do you remember my post about Mundo de Unas plates and Stamping Polishes?
She really has unique images here and her Stamping Polish is Amazing.
I am tough on products, and I like to push the limits with these products.
 Well I used the sex plate yet again.


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I started with a Black base.

I used 5 different Mundo de Unas  plates.
H18-H32-H36-H39-H48
I also used Mundo de Unas Stamping Polishes.
Look how bold these colors are over a Black base.
I finished this Mani off with a Matte Finish.
I only have a few colors right now but my goal is to have them all.

Have you tried these plates before?
What do you think about the stamping polish?

Thank You for surfing my wave.
I hope you enjoyed your visit at My Beach.


Tuesday, September 17, 2013

I Taught I Taw a Putty Cat.

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Welcome to My Beach

The Shorties have returned again for some more action.
Doing my Right hand has been both fun and challenging at times.
The worst part is maintaining those darn cuticles to be picture perfect.
I have also been taking advantage  of having short nails around the house 
and in the yard.. Yes I said yard.. I do yard work all the time. 
I do wear gloves,but that doesn't give me 100% protection from the dirt.
So I have to use a nail brush and give them a good scrubbing.
I also like to exfoliate my hands. I use salt or sugar for a quick scrub.
It make my hands extra soft and smooth..
Okay back to these Shorties.

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I used Funk Fingers Starling and Fresh paints Coconut as bases.
Fun1 and MJ SE along with Cheeky Jumbo7 and Cheeky's Mega Plate
The Yellow was stamped using MyOnline Shop's Yellow stamping polish.



MyOnline Shop's Special Edition Plate

Cheeky Jumbo 7 

Do you mix and match all your plates together?

Thank you for surfing my wave.
I hope you enjoyed your visit here at My Beach.



  

Saturday, September 14, 2013

How I do my Marble Nails

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Welcome to My Beach

As promised here is my video.
I hope you enjoy!

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and as Always...
Thank You for surfing my wave.
I hope you enjoyed your visit at My Beach

Friday, September 13, 2013

Trick or Treat

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Welcome to My Beach

Tonight the shorties have return.
I have been playing around with acrylic paints more lately.
I came across a very cool affect I can achieve just by using saran wrap
with these paints. I don't have a Tutorial yet.. But I will soon.

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I used Bundle Monster  Holiday Collection Plate
BM-H07
I used Orange,Red and Black Acrylic Paints over a Light orange base.
Here's a closer look.
I finished the Mani off with a Matte Finish.

I cut my cuticle up and now it must heal.
Lots and lots of cuticle oil and creams to the rescue.

My exciting News to share is that Bundle Monster has asked
me to Review their new Fan Created Nail Stamping Collection 2013.
Of course I am all game for this honor.
I will put these plates through the same tests as I do any other set.
And yes. I will swatch the entire collection. And I will have those zoomed
in pictures of the images and also pictures of the plates in real life.
I am really excited to see this complete set.
I'm even more excited to start making new creations with these plates.

Did you submit any drawing for this collection?
Has your image or images been chosen for the collection?
I did not submit anything,but I am excited to see the final results..

Thank you for surfing my wave.
I hope you enjoyed your visit at My Beach.







Thursday, September 12, 2013

Beetle Juice..Beetle Juice....Bettle Juice! Mani

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Welcome to My Beach

The Shorties have made another come back today.
With my nails now being much shorter than what I am use to,
I want to push the limits with these too..


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So first we have base coats..
I used acrylic paint and saran wrap to create this effect.
And I also made a stamping decal as well.



I used Mundo de Unas Plate Handy H2

So far having short nails on my dominate hand is a blessing.
I can do so much here at home without them getting in the way.
But I don't think I'll be chopping my other hand down any time soon.
It's much harder to photograph this hand for me.
I must have atleast 50 pics of this Mani above..
I think these fingers have a mind of their own and move every time I snap a picture.

Have you ever tried to post your dominate hand?
Try it.
I see your really enjoying the posts here.
I'll try  posting everyday to every other day.

Thank You for surfing my wave.
I hope you enjoyed your visit at My Beach.







Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Circle and Swirls for Shorties

Hello Nail Surfers

Welcome to My Beach

Today I am going to be sharing with you a very simple
way to achieve a hollow circle.
I stumbled upon with this a few years back.

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This is my Final results. I used Fun5 
which can be found at Llarowe's Store
I first started off with adding large dots using paints.
Once it's almost dry you go and lightly rinse it off with water.
Don't rub tho or you will wipe your dots clear off.
Just lightly let the water hit them and the water will hollow them out.
3 Mani's in 1
 I really, really liked the big chunky dots, but I wanted to do more.
Here's a better picture to show you the different lengths I have going on now.

See short nails can still play with the Big Boys..

Which Mani way do you like best?

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Monday, September 9, 2013

Short Diva's can still Rock

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Welcome to My Beach

Today I am back with my "shorties".
I have so much fun painting and arting this little guys.
After my long nails getting a test run on this saran wrap technique
I wanted to see how well it would work for shorter nails as well..


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This look is so fun and easy to do.
Plus by using acrylic's it dries so much faster too.

I used MyOnline Shop MJ16
and stamped in my trusty black from Mash Nails.
The chunky Gem is also from Mash Nails.


So what do you think of these shorties?
Are you getting bored with them yet?

Me personally, I'm loving these little guys.
I'm sure going to miss them when they all grow out.

Thank You for surfing my wave.
I hope you enjoyed your visit at My Beach


Sunday, September 8, 2013

It's almost Hunting Season

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Welcome to My Beach

I've been so focused on my shorties that my left hand has been naked 
and waiting patiently for it's turn in some action.
So today I dedicated my time for my left hand.

I really wanted to try something different. 
Something fun and originally.
I wanted to see if I could make my own camouflage design.
But with out stamping it and without drawing it on.
I wasn't sure how well this was going to turn out so I did not take
pictures during this application. 


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I was really pleased in the end on how these actually turned out.
I was very hesitant on arting over this base.
I did add Mash Nails  Matte Polish over this.
I used 1 coat of Fresh Paint "Coconut" Polish
These are the Acrylic Paints that I used.
I did a Saran Wrap Technique.


 So I bit the bullet and stamped it..
I used Fab Ur Nails Fun3 for the forest/woods
and Bundle Monster  BM214

Night Vision.

Have you tried different techniques lately?
I like trying to push the limits with nail polishes and paints.

Thank You for surfing my wave.
I hope you enjoyed your visit at My Beach. 









Saturday, September 7, 2013

The Shorties Return for Some More Action.

Hello Nail Surfers

Welcome To My Beach

I have to admit that I am having loads of fun with these shorties.
I am going to go through all of my collections of plates and 
make atleast one  Mani with collection.
So far I have done Bundle Monster.
This time I tackled Cheeky XL.


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 I am kinda wishing more and more that I kept these all one length.
But I do want to show you that any size is a good size for art.
I used one coat of Orly Sweet Peacock.
Top Left: Random light sponging with light Teal Acrylic Paint.
Top Right: I added Silver and White Acrylic Paints Randomly.
Bottom Left: Top Coated.
Bottom Right: Stamped with Cheeky XLD
 This Mani does not look very appealing until you stamp it.
I am always amazed with Final Results.
I choose to Matte these so you can see all the different colors under the stamp better.

Having shorties has been a blast so far. 
Taking photo's has become a greater challenge right now.
I have long fingers and some of those fingers are double jointed and 
no matter what I do they never want to stay lined up for me.

Are you enjoying the Shorties as much as I am?

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I hope you enjoyed your visit at My Beach.



Friday, September 6, 2013

Art for Short Nails

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Welcome to My Beach

Today I have my very first many with my new Shorties..
This project is going to be fun and also a challenge.
I am right handed and these shorties are also on my right.
So all of my duties in my Mani's will be a challenge in itself.
Cuticle care is much more time consuming. I have to go slow.
Painting them is fun. I have had to make some adjustments on how
much paint to leave on the brush. I don't really have polish clean-up to do.
Art is different now. I must make sure that the images will cover my width.
Just because they are shorter doesn't mean all full nail images will work.
And I also need to make sure that whatever image or images I choose they will
fit nicely on my nail.. You know some images are just to opened and airy for
short nails. And single images will defiantly  fill up your nail quickly..

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I used BMH16 & BMH17 
along with Cheeky's Studs.

One of my plans for this project is to use all different types of painting techniques
as well as all different brands of plates.
I can't wait to start my next Mani on this hand.

What are your thoughts on this Mani?
Is this something you would wear?

 Thank You for surfing my wave.
I hope you enjoyed your visit at My Beach.


Thursday, September 5, 2013

Project Grow-Back

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Welcome to My Beach

It's been awhile since my last post.
And I apologize for my absence.
But I do have a good post for you today..

I have some extra time lately to clear my mind and in that mind cleaning
I came up with a New Project for me.
It's called "Project Grow-Back"

I wanted to be able to show that you don't always have to have long nails
to have nice Mani's. 



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Now some of you may be like OMG! Beaching why?
And others will understand the reasoning.
These 4 nails are all different lengths.
The thumb is like #2.
This gives some of you a chance to compare nail sizes.
By me chopping them down it will give me a great feel on how those
who have short nails deal with art and polish too.
This is only my right hand. My left is still long. 
I do have a Pink base on them already and to be honest I already have a favorite
finger.My left hand better watch out.

I will post art on both hands.
The Shorties and the Langy ladies..

What's your thoughts on this project?

I can already tell you that it's much easier to paint
# 2-4
#1 you have to go a little slower for minimum clean-up
And I had to adjust to the amount of polish on the brush before I paint.
You do use alot more polish on longer nails.

Thank You for surfing my wave today.
I hope you enjoyed your visit at My Beach.



Sunday, August 25, 2013

MoYou Lodon Collection Preview

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Welcome to My Beach

As promised I have all of the latest photo's of  MoYou London's 
Stamping Plates. She has many Collections so beware below!
There's going to be Alot of pics.
If your like me than you may need to grab a few things before you start to scroll down.
1.Tissue for drool
2.Pen & paper to write down your lists
3. A paper bag in case you start to hyperventilate.
*I will add all the links at the bottom of the page along with any further information.*


****WARNING****
****HIGH TIDE****

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WOW!!
Now That's Alot of New Plates. And more are still to come.

**A few Reminders**
**You must create an account in order to use coupon codes.
**Coupon Code is LISA&MEL30
*all caps and no spaces*
*You save 30%
*This coupon expires 8-26-2013
But... It has been said that if sales go well than more coupon codes will come.

**Some of the plates have larger full nail images than others.
Each design on XL plate is  1.5cm on 2cm
The actual plate size is 6.5cm on 12.5cm and they hold 12 XL designs 

**They do Ship Word Wide

Listed below are all the links to each set.

Here are all the XL Images
and so you don't have to scroll all the way to the top again.
Here's MoYou's Main page..

I hope I covered everything.


So after seeing all of these new plates what do you think of them?
 I think they are really Amazing. There is something for everybody here.

Thank You for surfing my wave.
I hope you enjoyed your visit at My Beach.