Happy Valentines Day!

Hi everyone, Happy Valentines Day! I hope you're all having a good day whether you're celebrating it or not. I'm having a cosy day in with my little one. I don't normally do much nail art for Valentines, but I seemed to have drawn a lot of inspiration from it this year and ended up with quite a few designs. Read on for a closer look at each one and for more info!

Valentines Manis 2021 @acertainbeccaa

First up is a skittle mani using a cute image from UberChic Beauty plate 6-01. I painted each nail a different pastel colour, then reverse stamped the image, colouring the hearts a darker shade of the same colour. I used all China Glaze polishes. These turned out exactly how I had imagined in my head so I was super pleased with them!

Valentines Hearts Skittle @acertainbeccaa

Valentines Hearts Skittle @acertainbeccaa

Next is a Pooh Bear themed mani. I dry brushed China Glaze 'Kill 'em with Kindness' over 'Beak on Fleek!' before stamping the wording from UberChic Beauty plate 6-03, and the rest from the Mundo de Unas Winnie the Pooh 2 plate.

Love You Beary Much @acertainbeccaa

Love You Beary Much @acertainbeccaa

Next is some super quick gradient stamping. I feel like I don't ever think to gradient stamp, but I always really like it when I do! The base is Love, Angeline 'Pass Me The Sweethearts'. I then stamped using Creative Shop plate 19, and Painted Polish 'Stamped in Rose' and 'Stamped in Crimson'.

Gradient Hearts @acertainbeccaa

Gradient Hearts @acertainbeccaa

Next is possibly one of my favourites. I double stamped a textured image from Lina Nail Art Supplies Make Your Mark 02 over China Glaze 'Violet Vibes' using Painted Polish 'Stamped in Saltwater' and 'Stamped in Living Coral'. I then stamped the XOXO image from Lina Nail Art Supplies Make Your Mark 04 over the top.

XOXO @acertainbeccaa

XOXO @acertainbeccaa

Next is a mani inspired by red and yellow ombre roses. I created a smooshed base over China Glaze 'Good as Marigold' using OPI 'Race Red' and 'My Twin Mimmy'. I then stamped the rose pattern from MoYou London plate Princess 12 in black.

Red/Yellow Roses @acertainbeccaa

Red/Yellow Roses @acertainbeccaa

Next is a some layered stamping. Similar to gradient stamping, I really don't do this enough! I stamped over a base of China Glaze 'Senora Flora' using the heart image from Lina Nail Art Supplies Make Your Mark 04, followed with the script image from MoYou London Princess 11.

Hearts & Script @acertainbeccaa

Hearts & Script @acertainbeccaa

Finally, I recreated a pond mani from back in 2016 (you can see the original version here). I've wanted to recreate this for a while as I loved it and wanted to do an updated version. I used the same polishes as before, OPI 'Kiss Me I'm Brazilian' as my base and OPI Sheer Tint 'Be Magentale With Me' over each layer of stamping. The heart image is from the Mundo de Unas Garfield plate.

Hearts Pond Mani @acertainbeccaa

Hearts Pond Mani @acertainbeccaa

What do you think? Are you a fan of Valentines themed nail art? As mentioned, I normally do one mani for the occasion and leave it at that, but this year I had a few different ideas so created a few!

Hope to see you in the next post!
Becca x