Valentine's Day Manicure

Valentines Day Manicure Nails I Love You Be Mine Nail Stamp Sweet Hearts

I’m so happy this Valentine’s Day manicure turned out exactly as I had hoped. Hopefully it’s obvious that I was going for the look of the infamous conversation hearts candy with my Valentine’s nails.

I used nail polish colors I had on hand, all cremes that matched the Sweethearts, including Julep Blake (yellow), Julep Carrie (pink), Essie To Buy Or Not To Buy (purple, spring 2012), Essie Navigate Her (green, spring 2012), China Glaze in Peachy Keen (orange peach), and Sephora by OPI Nail in Havana Dreams (light blue).

I really wanted this manicure to look soft, so I went with short rounded nails and piled on a few thick layers of each color. I topped each layer off with Essie Matte About You matte top coat, to give my nails that chalky finish like the Sweethearts, and then stamped each nail using Nail Art Diva’s From the Heart 1 image plate and China Glaze in Make An Entrance along with my Konad stamper and scraper set. For a how-to tutorial on stamping, check out the video that I did over at TheLooksForLess.com.

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Valentines Day Manicure I Love You Be Mine Nail Stamp Sweet Hearts

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http://Lavenderandlace02.blogspot.com Cynthia

These are SO cute!!!! Love! I was wondering if you could do some kind of a post about your nails, and your nail care routine, shape, upkeep…products. All of that? They are so lovely in all of your posts!
- jennifer
  
  thank you so much! yes, i hope to do a post and/or video on manicure mondays “revealed” ;) someday soon. thanks so much for the request :)
http://kimskienails.blogspot.com KimsKie’s Nails

Ahwwww sooo cute!! ♥
- jennifer
  
  thank you :)
lisa brown

WOW. Your nails look so cute. I love it!
- jennifer
  
  thank you so much! :)
Cecil

Love it!!! Super cute. I agree with the post above. How do you keep up with your nails, they are so nice.
- jennifer
  
  thank you so much. i hope to do a post soon on how i do my nails. thanks for the request and i hope you’ll check back for it!
http://munchtalk.blogspot.com/ Jasanna

These are ridiculously cute! I have these pastel type of colors as well, but I’ve never seen that stamped nail art idea…how cool!

http://munchtalk.blogspot.com/
- jennifer
  
  im so happy you like it! thank you. im about to update the post with info on the stamp and scraper i used, since i forgot lol. hope you’ll check back :)
Debbi

Very cute! I think Sarah would love it. I’ll have to send you a pic of Whitney’s Super Bowl mani next weekend (hopefully the Patriots logo!).
- jennifer
  
  i think sarah would love it too :) can’t wait to see whitney’s patriots logo ;)
http://www.averagegirlsguide.com alyson

this is SO fun! happy early valentine’s. :)
- jennifer
  
  happy early valentine’s day to you too. its funny how early i do these to give other people ideas, then have to do them again when the holiday rolls around lol.
http://www.thestylishhousewife.com jenn~the stylish housewife

ok…i NEED this plate. SO cute! you always have the best mani’s! =)

xoxo, jenn
the stylish housewife
- jennifer
  
  thank you so much jenn! im excited about the way it turned out. so happy you like it! thanks!
http://xoxotrina.com Trina

Oh Jenn, I love this! Fantastic job! I was trying to figure out what color you stamped with…I didn’t see you mention that and it looks like an orange-y red? Did I miss it somewhere?
- jennifer
  
  oh dangit. thanks for catching that. i used China Glaze in Make an Entrance and just updated the post with the info. it is a dark creme pink. i was surprised to find out that all of the sweethearts, no matter what color they were, all use pink writing. fun fact :)
http://thefrugalistadiaries.blogspot.com Megan, The Frugalista Diaries

i love this, so flipping cute, doing!
- jennifer
  
  oh, i hope you’ll try it!!! if you do, please share a pic :)
http://fashionista-next-door.com Eboni

Wow. This is sooooo adorable. I love it! I am amazed at how PERFECT the colors are.

I also need to try that matte top coat. I love matte nails!
- jennifer
  
  yes, you have to try that matte top coat! i love it! it totally transforms shimmers. it’s so fun! im so happy you like the mani. thanks for the comment and i hope you’re having a great weekend!
http://www.smartnsnazzy.com Lia – Smart n Snazzy

Jen this is so fabulous! The colors are so spot on, and the matte finish makes it perfect! And the stamp is so rad, I can’t believe they make one for this! Killer job, darlin!
xoxo
Lia
- jennifer
  
  thank you so much lia! yes,i had a vision and searched hi-and-low for that stamp. wasn’t sure what i was going to do without it lol. im so happy you like the way it turned out. thanks!
http://www.perfectlyimperfectjenn.com Jenn

Love this!!
Thank you so much for the inspiration!
- jennifer
  
  you’re so welcome. i hope you’ll try it out, and if you do, please share a pic :)
http://blogbarbaridades.com Gabi Barbará

SO CUTE!!

xoxo from Brazil,
Gabi Barbará
http://blogbarbaridades.com
- jennifer
  
  thank you so much! im so happy you like it :)
Sarah

how did you do the words on the nails? thay are super cute:)
- jennifer
  
  hey sarah, im so happy you like the mani. i used a stamping image plate from nail art diva :)
Natalie

Sweet! (literally!) It’s so clever! How do the stamp things work? Do you paint over the words like stencils?
- jennifer
  
  hey natalie, i meant to add that info to the post (about the stamper and scraper i used), but i totally forgot. i’ll go ahead and update the post with the other tools i used now, so i hope you’ll check it out again in a few :)
http://experimentinpoverty.blogspot.com Jasmine

I LOVE this so much!!! What a great idea, and you matched the sweetheart colors perfectly! I have kind of a silly question about the stamp template… do you have to use it with something else? I looked at the plate on Amazon and noticed that they recommended something called the “DivaBasics Smart Start Kit” to go with the image plate. Is that something you have to have to use the plate? Thank you so much!
- jennifer
  
  yes, i used my konad stamper and scraper. you can get both for about $6 total on Amazon. i meant to add that info to the post, ill go ahead and do that now :) i wouldnt bother with the Nail Art Diva tool, all it does is scrape for you, when you could do it yourself with an inexpensive scraper :)
  - http://experimentinpoverty.blogspot.com Jasmine
    
    That one is soooo much more affordable! Thank you so much!!
http://www.afdjewelry.com Heather G.

This is the cutest manicure I’ve ever seen!! Great job!
- jennifer
  
  thank you so much :)
sara

Wow! I love it so much! :)
- jennifer
  
  thank you so much! im so happy you like it! thanks for the comment :)
http://www.mydressyways.com My Dressy Ways

Jennifer, you ALWAYS have the best holiday manis. Hands down. Harhar.

I love this!
- jennifer
  
  thank you so much for “pointing” out that i have the best manis “hands down”. sometimes these manicures can be a “handful”, so i really appreciate the “thumbs up” ;)
  - http://www.mydressyways.com My Dressy Ways
    
    oh my, DYING laughing. BEST comment EVER. Can I pin that somewhere? Hahahahaha I need to remember this.
http://www.afdjewelry.com Heather G.

Psst – I’m featuring your manicure on my Saturday link up (Hello, I Love You) This week’s theme is “candy” Hope that’s ok!
- jennifer
  
  yes, of course that’s ok. i just checked out the post and LOVE it. definitely amazeballs ;)
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http://www.ihaveadegreeinthis.com Kimberlee

Omg so beautiful!!
- jennifer
  
  thank you so much!
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http://beautyandababy.blogspot.com/ Allycia

This is the cutest mani ever!! I literally saved the photo on my computer! Gorgeous!!

xx
http://beautyandababy.blogspot.com/
- jennifer
  
  thank you so much! i hope you’ll try it out! it’s so fun and the conversation hearts stir up quite a bit of conversation ;)
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http://www.realgirlglam.com Amber ~ Real Girl Glam

Love Love Love Love Love! This looks so good! Definitely will have to try this next year.
Jen

The nail plate seems to be sold out on Amazon =`[ I wonder where else we would be able to find it.
isabella

hey AWSOME joob!! i was just wondering how did you get the letters SOOOO perfect?!!
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