Summer fun!

Good afternoon! Whew, it's a sweltering day here x.x One of those afternoons that you wish you could sit in a cool pool with a cool drink. Summer is definitely here!

Summer also hit my nails pretty well this last week. Several brightly colored manis with summery themes. I'm quite proud with how most of them turned out. Shall we take a look?

I think today's is my absolute best Saran Wrap mani to date. I love how easy they are, and they're not real messy. This mani was one of the prompts for the 52 Week Pick N Mix Challenge; I'll be doing the other later in the week. I started with a base of China Glaze White on White (all colors are China Glaze, actually). The first color on was UV Meant to Be, second was (what I believe is a mislabeled as Are You Jelly?) Beach Cruise-r, third and final color was Liquid Leather. SV to seal it.

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Yesterday's mani I feel like was a fail. It was my first time doing a waterfall mani. I've seen so many pretty ones, and I wanted to try it as my submission for the 30 Days of Colour Challenges prompts (monochromatic and/or matte). I don't think it's horrible, I just didn't care for it much. The colors and matte topcoat I used are all from Zoya. Layla was the base, pretty color by the way. Binx, Eden, Nana, and Margo were used to create the waterfall look.

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Okay, I am ridiculously happy with Monday's mani. It was the prompts for PAA Mani Monday, white and silver only and/or roses. My base was Zoya Genesis. Now, I got that collection last month; in fact, it showed up the day I had say goodbye to my Merlyn. I was gonna try to go to work the next day, so I did up my nails with Genesis. I determined then that it needed thinner the next time. The formula reminded me very much of China Glaze Dandy Lyin' Around. It was thick, but patchy even after three coats.

Thinner went into it before applying it, and that seemed to help. I still needed three coats, though. Genesis is a gorgeous color, so I'll put up with it. Last week, I got my new UberChic plates, and I knew what image I wanted to use in this mani. I'm astonished at how well the rose stamped. It's from UC 1-02, stamped in MdU silver.

Stamping Sunday's challenge was summer nails. Nothing says summer to me more than bright colors, sunglasses, tropical flowers, and fruity drinks. I created a water marble using Zoya Shelby, Ling, Arizona, and Wednesday for my base. The stamped images were from the Bundle Monster Sunkissed collection, 507 and 508. The stamping polishes were MdU tutti, navy, and lime.

Friday was another mani for the 30DoCC. The prompts for were purple and/or Sharpie marbling. I think mine turned out pretty cool. Color Club's Diggin' the Dancing Queen served as the base, with the color Valley Girl in a Sharpie marbled over it. This was another mani I used an UberChic plate for, this time UC 1-01. Also used MdU tutti for it.

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Thursday was a rather tame day. It was just Zoya Apple on my nails. I was surprised to see that it wasn't too yellow for me. This was 3 coats.

And lastly, last Wednesday was another offering for the 52WPNMC. The prompts were pink and lilac and/or roses. My pink and lilac watercolor was a fail, to me. They were OPI's Sparrow me the Drama and Planks a Lot. The roses were FUN 14 in MdU violet.

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Getting there!

Good afternoon! Did y'all have a good weekend? Mine wasn't bad, busy with cleaning and stuff, nothing special.

At the time of this post, I have just a small basket left of untrieds to get through. As in, less than 20! Yay! Of course, that can change any time, but not until next month with Zoya's much anticipated Earth day promo. I think nearly every mani I have for today's post are untrieds, so enjoy!

Let's start with last Tuesday's mani, which I know for sure were untrieds. It was just 3 coats each of Zoya Leah and Ana. I know many people have complained about the formula of the Satins, but I find that they aren't much different from the Matte Velvets.

Wednesday featured not only a new color, but a new plate too. I'm a little disappointed with how this mani turned out, but it was mostly error on my part. I should have used undies with ILNP Atlantis, but I wanted to see what it looked like on its own. Because of that, it appears that I have chipping/tip wear when I actually did not. Also, my stamping didn't show up because the color I used to stamp with wasn't bright enough. The plate I used, Bundle Monster BM-718, stamped beautifully, though.

I also had a hard time capturing the beauty of Atlantis, but these are the pics I have.

Thursday wasn't new colors so much as a new technique that's been taking the nail art community by storm. I first read about it last month, but only just got to try Sharpie marbling. I don't know why I waited so long, it's incredibly easy to do and fun. You literally can not screw it up, unless you completely take off your work lol.

Most people start with a white, or light, base, which I did. My base was 2 coats of Zoya Purity, then topped with Seche. I let that dry, and then scribbled on that with one of my chosen Sharpie colors. I dabbed it with a brush moistened with 91% rubbing alcohol until I got the effect I wanted. My first color was lighter than I wanted, so I added another, and was happy with it.

I then stamped over it with images from BP-34 from bornprettystore. I had to have this plate when I saw it. My camera freaked out a little over the stamping color, which was MdU neon orange. Over that went a coat of Seche.

For Textured Friday, I used the very last "new" Pixie Dust I had waiting, Zoya Destiny. It still makes me very sad that Zoya has discontinued the Pixie Dust line; I own all of them, and love each of them.

This was 2 coats of Destiny.

Wow, didn't realize that my pics make it look like I'm wearing two different colors O.o Truly, it's Destiny in both, must have been the angle or something, because all I did was try to sharpen the first one.

Stamping Sunday's theme this week was, of course, St. Patrick's day nails. I did up another Sharpie marble, this time over Morgan Taylor's All White Now. The stamped images were from Messy Mansion MM03 and light gold from MdU.

I was aiming for a St. Patrick's themed water marble for today, but it fell a little short. The gold, unsurprisingly, didn't come through, but I still like it. The base is Zoya Purity, the marbling colors are Zoya Tilda and Brooklyn, Seche, then Zoya's matte coat.