Cute Orange Nails!

I noticed I used a lot of orange polish this summer. It seems I collected quite a few?!

This one is from Essie spring 2016 collection. Sunshine State of Mind!

For this look, I first painted my nails with Essie Sunshine State of Mind (orange). I used cute flowers and hearts designs from MoYou London Princess Collection 08 and Nails Inc. Chelsea Bridge Rd (gold) for stamping. 

I think I used these two designs a few times before. I think these are so cute...

What is your favorite orange polish?

Love,

Little Dot

Blue Pattern!

I missed my weekly blog post last week! Life has been hectic here. I hope I wouldn't miss much in the future though...

I had this design on my nails last week. I was aiming for gradient stamping but it looks more like two-toned rather than gradual fading of the color on most of my nails... I'm ok with that though...

For this look, I first painted my nails with Essie Mint Candy Apple (baby blue). I used a design from Bundle Monster plate BM-417 for stamping. The stamping polish I used for gradient (two-toned) look were China Glaze History of the World (dark navy) and Konad white stamping polish. 

Simple but I liked it quite a bit. 

Hoping everyone is enjoying the last bit of summer!

Love,

Little Dot

Tropical Rainforest aka Glow in the Dark Mini Putt Nails!

I went with the Rainforest look this week, which my beloved daughter calls "glow in the dark mini putt" nails... Yes, we used to go to a local indoor mini putt place where the walls were painted in rainforest theme!

I started out going with black and white but thought it might be fun to gradually adding colors from one nail to the other. 

For this look, I first painted my nails with Essie Stylenomics (almost black dark green). I stamped a plant design from Bundle Monster plate BM-617 with Konad white stamping polish. I added colors using OPI color paints, Primarily Yellow and Turquoise Aesthetic. For my thumb nails, I used direct decal method to also add more colors with OPI I'm Sooo Swamped! (green) and OPI It's a Piazza Cake (orange) for full color look. 

I love the look very much!

Do you like the fun nails like this?

Love,

Little Dot

Ocean Nails!

Already August?! I must do at least one ocean theme look, right?

I am still experimenting with the double stampted look. So I stamped the first images with silver and accented with black. 

For this look, I first painted my nails with Essie Where's My Chauffeur (Turquoise). I used various designs from MoYou London Sailor Collection plate 04 to stamp the first layer of stamps, using Sally Hansen Silver Sweep (silver). For accent nails, I used the octopus design from Bundle Monster plate BM-401 and Konad Black Pearl stamping polish. 

It is a fun look with Mr. Octopus!

To tell you the truth, I have not been anywhere near the ocean this summer!! 

Do you like orcean look? 

Love,

Lite Dot

Layered Look Again!

Last week I enjoyed double stamped look soooo much that I had to repeat it this week! I think I'm addicted!!

You can check out what I did last week here. This time I changed up the color to warmer tone. Still the same idea. First stamp all nails with patterns and stamp on accent nails with contrasting colors. 

For this look, I first painted my nails with Essie Sunday Funday (reddish orange). I used various patterns from Bundle Monster plate BM-S103 to stamp the first layer of designs, using Essie Partner In Crime (brown) as stamping polish. For accent nails, I used MoYou London Explorer collection 03 and Konad white stamping polish. 

I used the same MoYou London plate this week again because it is a perfect plate to stamp partial design instead of full nail design. For the layered look, you want enough empty space to show what is underneath. I think I have to look though my plates to see what other designs might work for partial stamping just to vary the look for the next time. 

Do you have any recommendation for plates to use for layered look? 

Love,

Little Dot

Double Stamping Patterns!

To tell you the truth, I struggled with the inspiration for today's mani for a while. I started to look through the stamping plates last night but not quite inspired with any of them... And I looked through my polish pile, looking for some sparks of inspiration but no avail...

This morning I just decided to pick a color and just go with whatever comes up in my head. My pick was Essie Petal Pushers. 

Well, in the end, I'm actually loving this design! 

For this look, I first painted my nails with Essie Petal Pushers (medium grey). I used Bundle Monster plate BM-S110 and stampted all of my nails, using China Glaze History of the World (smoky navy) as stamping polish. For accent nails, I stamped a few henna designs from MoYou London Explorer plate 03, using Konad White stamping polish. 

The double stamping really makes the designs stand out. I intentionally picked the first stamping color similar to back ground color to create the subtle layer of stamped surface. And I decided to add high contrast color, white, to accent a few nails. I am quite satisfied with the result!

I haven't done double stamping for a while but now I like the look so much, I should be using this method often!

Do you like the layered look of this design?

Love,

Little Dot

Trip Around The World - Africa

As I mentioned while back, my beloved daughter is spending her summer in Africa! She sends me some pictures time to time like this one!

So, I decided to do African themed nails this week!

It is probably difficult to see in the pictures but I have a girrafe stamp on my left thumb! And the gold stamp on my ring finger is the continent of Africa! 

For this look, I first painted my nails with Essie Urban Jungle (beige white) and Essie Partner In Crime (dark brown). I used various African themed designs from MoYou London plate Explorer Collection 23. I used Nails Inc. Chelsea Bridge Road (gold foil) and Konad white as stamping polish. 

Slightly different design on my right hand!

More girrafes!

And elephants!

What do you think of African designs?

Love,

Little Dot