Please come follow me with Bloglovin

Hello Ladies,

I just wanted to post a quick reminder about Bloglovin. I am very new to that site but I know that Google Reader will no longer be available so we all need to start using other sites. I am not familiar with other sites that do offer this type of service. I liked Bloglovin cuz it offers to import all of the blogs that I am currently following with Google Reader so I don't loose any of my favorite blogs. I have added another widget for you to click to add my blog to your Bloglovin list. I hope you will continue to drop in to see my nails. As always Please leave me your own blog information if it's related to Nails or Nail Art or Nail Polish. I LOVE IT ALL!!! 

I wish you all a wonderful weekend. I hope to see you again!!!

Thank you for dropping by.

Take Care of You!

Nicky

New Image Plate KOTD

Hello Ladies,

Hoping you are all doing great! I got a couple new image plates a while ago and I was excited to try it out. I know these are a little messy so please don't mind them. I took these with my Ipod. I am still paying on my new to me Canon EOS 30D camera so it will be about another two months before I can play with my new toy.. lol..I never thought I would be lucky enough to even own one and May first I found a used one with an extra lens, battery pack for sale and they have layaway. I was very excited I was actually doing a little dancing while he was entering my information in the computer.. My youngest son thought we had won something. lol

I was just playing around last night to try this new plate and liked how it turned out so I just wanted to share with you.

Below is my new beautiful camera. I have been drooling over the DSLR cameras that I keep seeing and hearing about and now I will finally have one for myself. I am also looking forward to be able to take some good pics of my family especially my boys. We don't take many pics of our boys but we should. 

GRADIENT NEON KOTD GALS IMAGE PLATES

Today wanted to share some Neon KOTD that I was playing around with. I am trying to use at least one image from all the Gals image plates. I filled down my nails to make it easier to use the images. I know my nails are still pretty long but for me they are shorter..lol

I hope you like them. I am doing them as French Tips to make them easier to stamp. I don't mind double stamping but some images don't double stamp well.

Thank you for dropping by.

Take Care of You!!

Nic

Easter KOTD

Hope you are all having a great weekend!

I got my nails filled today and shortened. I am enjoying shorter nails lately. They are easier to stamp. I don't mind double stamping but some images just don't look as nice double stamped.

I was playing with my shorter nails doing an Easter mani for fun. I only have couple of pics to share. I also realized too late that my designs are upside down so my pics aren't great. Next time I will pay better attention so picture taking will be easier.

Thanks for dropping by.
Have a Happy Easter!!

Nicky

Nail Mail Stamping Plates

Hello Ladies,
Hope you are all having a great week so far! I just wanted to share with you some Nail Mail from past few months. 
I found out about Betina plates from a blog I follow in France(I think) and I fell in love with some of them right away.
My first order with them I only picked two plates cuz the other plates I wanted we're sold out. I didn't realize the first time when I ordered that they also carried Apipila plates. I didn't explore the site better and while taking a quick glance only the XL plates at the very bottom had caught my eye. I didn't realize there was something in between the two types..lol
I was expecting a 2-3 week wait for these orders so when they came in the following week I knew that I had found a permanent favorite shopping site. Here is the link.

This was my first time ordering Sugar Bubbles plates. I had seen a few posts or KOTD using images from these plates. I found them for sale here so I decided to get them all. I was taken aback with the total amount for the order but the plates looked cute so I went ahead and paid. I was a little disappointed after opening them. The quality wasn't as expected and they were smaller in size than I had thought they would be. I tried a couple of images from most of the plates to see how well they did actually stamp. Again, I wasn't overly impressed with the stamped image. Most of the images I stamped worked but I don't think I will be purchasing again from this plate maker, unless they improve their plate quality and pricing. Lesson learned on my part "Only order 1 or 2 plates from new plate maker" lol

Bunny Nails also had some new image plates that I was really looking forward to purchasing. I wasn't able to get these in time for Valentines Day so I missed being able to use these for my Valentines Day Manis.. I will be doing some Easter Manis for sure.. 

Hope you enjoyed seeing these awesome plates. 
Thank you for dropping by.
Take Care of You!

Nicky

Guest Post by Kerrie Wine Johnson

Hello Ladies, 

I am so excited today to bring you my first guest post from a very talented nail artist that I met on Facebook. Kerrie always has the most amazing nail art to share with us. She has also recently started to do some video tutorials on Youtube. I am hoping that Kerrie will be doing a few guest posts for me in the future. I hope you enjoy it! Welcome Kerrie!!

Hello
My name is Kerrie Johnson and I am happy to be a guest on Nicky's Nails 'N Stuff blog today.
I have been doing nail stamping for three years and will be starting my training to be a nail tech in the next several weeks.
I love what I do and am very excited about the future in nail art. I like many others take part in online Facebook group nail art challenges. I enjoy painting my nails and posting them for others to see.
I have recently been asked to create tutorials for some of my manicures. I have done three so far,  one of them being named Mossy Oak Inspired Nail Stamping Tutorial.
Here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjpK8VrGABc
  
In this youtube video I take you thru each step to making your own masterpiece camo.

I hope Nicky's Nails 'N Stuff viewers will take the time to see them as well and leave a comment, rate, and subscribe.
I love meeting new people and I am very honored to be a guest here today.
You can find me:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/simplyneatdesigns
Pinterest:
http://pinterest.com/idolwoman/
You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/idolwoman

Thank you so much Kerrie for taking the time to share with us your amazing nail art and I hope to see more nail art from you really soon! 

Thank you for dropping by.
Take Care of You!

Nicky

Recent Stamping Nail Art

Hello Ladies,

The week is almost done, I hope you are all getting by nicely!

I have been doing my nails a lot more lately, I am trying to keep busy and this is the only activity that I can accomplish lately. 

I only took a couple of pics with my Iphone so they aren't the best quality but I wanted to share with you anyways. 

I really loved the stripe mani best. The butterfly manis are always beautiful but I have a hard time with placing the white dots..

I also wanted to send out an invitation to everyone who is reading this to leave your blog address or links or Facebook pages of your own Nails. I love finding new blogs.

Thank you for dropping by. 
Take Care of You!

Nicky

********Bloglovin***********

Hello Ladies,

I hope you are all having a wonderful week so far. We are almost done!!
I just wanted to let you all know that I have added a Bloglovin link if you are interested in adding me to your Bloglovin account. 
I have been a very very aggressive follower of Google Reader so I am very sad that it will not be here for much longer. I check for new posts about 20 times a day. I have so many blogs that I follow I ended up missing so many awesome manis due to forgetting or loosing blog addresses. When I started using Reader I fell in LOVE instantly. It keeps everything all together and it's so neat and tidy.
I had never tried Bloglovin so I was very anxious about needing to use it if I wanted to continue to have all my blogs in one area to read easily. I had a hard time adding my Reader account or list to Bloglovin. I followed the instructions but it would not work for me. I was already not happy. I tried it again a few more times and finally turned it off or switch my iphone off. 
When I logged in again to try and transfer my Reader list everything was there. I did transfer it, I don't know which time actually worked but all my blogs have now been transferred over. Yey!!!
I even just now mins ago learned how to add or follow new blogs(I wasn't able to figure out how to add new blogs) lol. I am a little slow.. ha ha ha
I think this will be a loving relationship, I hope. 

I also wanted to share my new Facebook page dedicated to Nail Art or Stamping basically 
https://www.facebook.com/pages/NailsN-Stuff/100948063429048

 If you would like to drop in and like my page that would be great. I am also always willing to drop by and check out your Facebook pages or your own blogs. If you want to leave your blog link in the comments section I would love to see your Nails!!

Please let me know if it's not working.

Thank you for dropping by.
Take Care of You!

Nicky

KOTD

Just a quick post for today.

Thanks for dropping by!
Take Care

Nicky

Animal KOTD

Today's KOTD is an animal mani. I used white base and sponged different colors for the tips. I used Konad for leopard design and new plate by Betina for my tiger stripes.

I really loved how this mani turned out. I always love animal prints for manis.

Thanks for stopping by.

Take Care of You!!

Nicky

Bright Sunny Neon KOTD

Today's KOTD is a bright one to help remind me of summer time. I don't like summer due to the heat but I love summer time manis.. lol
I used different plates so if you are interested in any of the numbers please let me know.

Hoping you enjoyed the bright neon KOTD.

Thanks for stopping by.

Take Care of You!!

Nicky