Good morning!
I swear, sometimes there just isn't enough time in the day, or I just need more energy to accomplish the things I want to do XD This is great, big catching up post, so bear with me. Nearly all these manis are for one IG nail art challenge or another. Unfortunately, I didn't write down which was what, and I don't remember them all, but if you want to sneak a peek, check out my IG. I have all that info on each photo. Now, on the manis!
I do remember that yesterday's mani was for #clairestelle8feb challenge; the prompt was the decade I love. My favorite decade is the 80's. I spent all my childhood and preteen years in the 80's. I do wish I got to see them through older eyes; I feel like there's so much I missed lol.
The base for this mani is China Glaze UV Meant to Be. The stamping colors are neons blue, green, yellow, pink, and orange from MdU, and the images are from myonlineshop Jr. 20. Matted with Wet 'N Wild's matte topcoat.
Friday's mani is already posted, so on to Thursday's. It was a broken hearted theme for #nailartchallengefeb. I don't think I quite nailed, but I was kinda lacking inspiration for it. The base was DIFFERENT dimension Ships Ahoy!, which is a beautiful, sparkly blue holo. I wish I could have captured the holo-ness, but the weather has not been cooperative when I've worn holos. The stamped images are for Bundle Monster 411 and 421, and myonlineshop Jr. 20, stamped in MdU black.
#watermarblepracticewed's prompt, over a glitter base, was combined with another IG challenge, #glamnailschallengefeb, prompt, pink. For my glitter and pink base, I picked a Pixie Dust, Zoya Arabella. My water marble is a little hard to see, at least the grey is. That's Zoya Geneviev. The clear is OPI Nail Envy.
Tuesday was another prompt for #clairestelle8feb; it was book/movie you love. Well, I chose a book that's also a movie I love- Memoirs of a Geisha. Both are beautifully done, even though they are not quite the same. I enjoyed both of them equally. The base for this mani was OPI Pedal Faster Suzi!. The stamped images were from Sugar Bubbles 022, stamped in MdU black and brown.
PAA Mani Monday was combined with #nailartchallengefeb; the first being flowers, the other love letters. I did a Saran Wrap mani for my base, using OPI My Pal Joey and Rich Girls and Po-Boys. Yes, they are different enough that a blue lover like myself needs them lol. Stamped images are from UberChic 1-02, Chez Delaney Divers 001, and Messy Mansion 24, stamped in MdU white.
Last Sunday was the last prompt for January #clairestelle8jan. The prompt was daisies. My daisies were holo :P The base I used for this was DIFFERENT dimension Moonbeam, which is a jaw dropping rose gold. COLLECT ALL THE ROSE GOLDS!!! The daisies were from UberChic 1-02, stamped in MdU black. I know the off center, I did that intentionally :)
That Friday's mani was posted, so on to that Thursday's. It wasn't a challenge prompt day, so I keep it simple. It was a new to me brand, which I don't think this indie has been around very long, at least not making polishes anyways. I'm not sure, but I do know she makes some beautiful ones. I'm talking about My World Sparkles Lacquers. I picked up Black Opal. Black Opal is a black crelly filled with iridescent, different shaped glitters to give it a black opal look. I matted my mani with Wet 'n Wild's matte topcoat.
#watermarblepracticewed's prompt for that week was fishtail. I intentionally matched the colors of my shirt that day :P I used OPI Alpine Snow for the white base, and Mod About You, Suzi has a Swede Tooth, Angel With a Leadfoot, and You're Vain-illa for the marble.
And how I matched my shirt.
That Tuesday's mani was a prompt for #clairestelle8jan, stripes. The base was My Pal Joey, and the glitter on accents was Nails, Inc. Portobello Gardens. The wavy stripes were from UC 1-01, stamped in MdU pastel blue. Matteness thanks to Wet 'N Wild's matte topcoat.
PAA Mani Monday for January 25 was a non glitter topper, or something. I don't remember what, but I chose the non glitter topper. I kept it simple with Zoya Ireland and Gilty.
I went naked that entire week, so nothing to see unless you're into naked nubs :P On Thursday, the 21st. What I ended up with was not what I had planned. What I started out with was ruined, so I had to slap something on fast the next morning. No time for all the crap I normally do! Just a base coat and Zoya Phoebe, and done!
Coincidentally, I matched the pendant I wore that day :)
Last but not least, Wednesday the 20th's mani. Another simple one, Colors by Llarowe Winter's Day Night.
Whew! That's it!
Good afternoon!
I've been slacking on the posting, I admit it. Things have just been crazy, trying to find the time for more than just the 40 Great Nail Ideas posts. I've got a backlog of manis to show, so let's get to them!
Today's PAA Mani Monday prompt that I chose to do is plaid. The base is Zoya Alexa. Stamped over with Mundo de Unas sunflower and navy, and myonlineshop MJ XXIX. Zoya Matte topcoat to finish it.
There was finally a Stamping Sunday prompt that I wanted to! It was red and black. A perfect opportunity for me to try out my new red holo, Anonymous Lacquer Wrath. OMG, y'all, if you're looking for a true red holo, this is it!!! It does not lean pink, or is too greyed out. It's perfection! I stamped over it with Messy Mansion MM54 and MdU black.
Saturday was, of course, Halloween, so I couldn't go naked for it. I had ordered the Colors by Llarowe Halloween duo, so those were my base colors. The orange is All Jack'd Up, the purple Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun. The images were from Bundle Monster H07 and H08, and Nailways A-NW00016, stamped in MdU black and white.
It was also the last day for October's 30DoCC, so here are the Inlinkz for it-
Friday's mani was already posted, on to Thursday. That was the pink pastels prompt for the 30DoCC. I did a vertical gradient, using Zoya Kitridge, Eden, and Lara over Purity. Matte topcoat to finish it.
Pink pastels Inlinkz-
#watermarblepracticewed prompt was, of course, Halloween. I went for a candy corn look. OPI Alpine Snow, Primarily Yellow, and Chromatic Orange for the marble, and Color Club Beyond for the dots.
Tuesday was the acorn prompt for 30DoCC. This one prompt made me realize I don't have but 2, single, acorn images. Anywho, the base is ILNP Overnight Bag and Glory. I highly recommend getting these two, they are so beautiful together! The acorns are from Bundle Monster H12 and Messy Mansion MM3,s tamped in MdU pinon.
Acorn Inlinkz-
Last Monday's PAA Mani Monday mani was completely inspired by IGer @clairestelle8. The base was a radial gradient of China Glaze Bahamian Escape, I Sea the Point, and Violet Vibes over White on White. A layer of Fairy Dust, then stamped with images from Winstonia Haunted House and Nailway A-NW00016, in MdU black. Matte Magic to finish it.
Sunday's mani was a recreation as well, this time from IGer @tunaynamahal82. It started with a base of Zoya Genevieve, followed by ILNP Glory. Leaf image came from Winstonia 119, stamped in Maybelline Bold Gold. I believe I used Zoya Matte topcoat to finish it.
And, finally, that previous Thurday's 30DoCC prompt, pumpkins. This gave me the opportunity to try a new to me indie brand, Potion Polish. My first purchase was Pumpkin all the Things!, which is the color of pumpkins. I stamped over that with Winstonia Haunted House and MdU pale yellow.
Pumpkins Inlinz-
Good morning! Welcome to the weekend!
Do you have any big plans this weekend? :) I don't, and that's okay. I need to get caught up on some things, such as getting this post done lol. I've got several manis to show off, so let's get to it!
Summer hasn't given up the ghost here yet, so yesterday's summer color prompt for the 30DoCC was perfect. The base color was Color Club's Meet me at the Rink from the Poptastic Pastel Neons collection, with a coat of Salon Perfect's Kaboom layered over it.
Summer color Inlinkz:
Thursday called for a spring color, and nothing said spring to me more than Lilypad Lacquer Twinkling Tanzanite. This is such a pretty, softer linear holo. I certainly don't wear it enough.
Spring prompt Inlinkz:
The prompt for #watermarblepracticewed was first of fall; it was also the winter color prompt for 30DoCC. I chose colors from OPI fall/winter collections, and really like what I came up with. The colors I used are as follows:
Alpine Snow (base color)
I Cannoli Wear OPI
Anti Bleak
Keeping Suzi at Bay
French Quarter for Your Thoughts
I then matted it with OPI's matte topcoat.
Winter prompt Inlinkz:
Tuesday was a combo for the 52WPNMC and 30DoCC. The first called for dark and grungy/zigzags, the other a fall color. My base color was OPI's Every Month is Oktoberfest. The zigzags are from Vivid Lacquer VL010, stamped in MdU copper.
Dark and grungy/zigzag Inlinkz:
Fall prompt Inlinkz:
Monday was a matte prompt. Instead of matte, though, I did satin. The base color was Zoya Constance, from their NYFW2015 trio. The stamping is MJ XXIX and MdU velvet, which I honestly thought was grey, not purple lol. I used the Zoya Satin Seal topcoat right over the stamping, and it didn't smear!
Matte Inlinkz:
Sunday's prompt was nudes, so I chose to rosy neutrals in a gradient. The colors I used were Zoya Rue, Brigitte, and Madeline.
Nude Inlinkz:
Friday was another 2 challenges in one mani. This was the violet prompt for 52WPNMC and the shimmer prompt for 30DoCC. Colors used were Zoya Giada and Lidia.
Violet Inlinkz:
Shimmer Inlinkz:
Hello and happy Wednesday! How does this day find everyone? It's a pisser of a day here, typical for summer. I'm so over, like, four months ago :P
I have some fun, summery manis to show off, starting with today's cool blue water marble. Today was supposed be the prompt for #watermarblepractisewed on IG, which was neon matte. I nailed the matte, the neon not so much. All the neons I tried last night just didn't want to work, I think my water was too warm. Instead of fighting with them, I chose a few blues and went for it.
The colors I used are all China Glaze:
White on White for the base
Secret Peri-Wink-Le
Bahamian Escape
Electric Beat
Topped with Seche, then matted with Matte Magic.
Yellow was one of the prompts for yesterday's 30DoCC. I recently picked up China Glaze Daisy Know my Name? on clearance at Sally's. Let me tell you, this color is a bitch to get even. Out of all the Electric Nights colors I have, which is almost all now minus Red-y to Rave, this one is the worst application wise. It took me four coats, and I should have capped each layer >.< I sponged on Candy Lacquer Pixel Party, then topped with Seche. Daisy was more stubborn to remove the glitter, even.
Inlinkz to other participants:
Monday was a combined mani for PAA Mani Monday and the 52WPNMC. I pretty much just took one prompt from each and created :) Purple was for PAAMM, swirls for 52WPNMC. The base is Zoya Isa, which is just gorgeous. The swirls were stamped in Mundo turquoise from Jr. 20.
Inlinkz:
Stamping Sunday's mani was a little more subtle than I intended. The prompt was over a pink glitter base. My base was Zoya Eden and Harper. Stamped over that were images from Marianne Nails 58 in Mundo copper.
Last Friday's mani was just last Thursday's Skittle mani with holo stamping over it. The Skittles was created with China Glaze colors:
Lemon Fizz
Gaga for Green
Sweet Hook
Dance Baby
Electric Beat
The holo stamping was done with Color Club Beyond. The kitties and butterflies were from DRK A3, which is just recently released.
This mani also fit the holo prompt for Saturday's 30DoCC.
That Inlinkz:
Good afternoon! Is it Friday yet? XD
It's been a long, stressful week, and it's because of the wonderful electronics that are supposed to make our lives easier. Yeah, right lol. I'm about ready to chuck the lot of them out into traffic, it's been that kind of week.
I do have pretty manis to show, though, so let's get to them! Today's mani was for the 52 WPNMC challenge. I actually to redo this one because I hated how it looked when I got up this morning. The prompts were stripes and/or pastels. The pastels part I liked, it was the stripes that I hated. I ended up with just a pastel Skittles mani that might get stamped with something for tomorrow lol.
All the color I used were from China Glaze, and all but one were the Electro Pop collection. They were-
Dance Baby
Sweet Hook
Electric Beat
Gaga for Green
Lemon Fizz
Crappy indoor because crappy weather outside :P
And the Inlinkz to the other bloggers:
Wednesday was two challenges combined in one mani. One for the #watermarblepractisewed on Instagram, and one for the 30 Days of Colour Challenge. The water marble prompt called for negative space, the 30DoCC prompt I picked was neutral.
As much as I love the negative space look, I don't like it on me, so I cheated and did a "naked" base of Zoya Taylor, which also fulfilled the neutral prompt. I water marble over Taylor with Darcy, Thandie, and OPI Nail Envy.
I really like how this looked, I just love neutrals and brights paired together.
Inlinkz:
I'm ridiculously proud of what I came up with for the ANS challenge this week, denim nails. They're very 80's, but that's what I was going for. The base is Maybelline Styled Out, which is from their denim inspired line. The neon studs are from Born Pretty. The stamping was VL-3 from aliexpress in MdU Barbie.
Monday's mani looks a little fallish, but I just love the two colors I used together. Base colors are Zoya Oceane and Autumn, with MdU copper and MJ XXIX stamped over Oceane.
You know I love a when I use it two days in a rows, because Oceane was a base in my Stamping Sunday mani, along with Trixie. The prompt was circles. Pet'la Geomatrix and MdU silver for the stamping. I matted the stamping with Zoya's matte topcoat for the matte for the 30DoCC.
Inlinkz:
No mani for Saturday, but an obnoxiously bright, textured one for last Friday. I used China Glaze for this, Toe-Tally Textured, Home Sweet House Music, and Point me to the Party. I really thought that HSHM would toned down TTT, but it didn't.
Last Thursday was a prompt for the 30DoCC. I kept it simple and just did the flakie one. Colors used were Zoya Kimber and KBShimmer Rainbow Shield.
Last Wednesday's water marble prompt was holo. I couldn't bring myself to marble with any of my precious holos, so I marbled over. The holo I used was ILNP Black Orchid, with China Glaze Dance and OPI Nail Envy for the marble.
Good afternoon!
In order to stimulate my creativeness with nail art, I decided it was high time to take part in some challenges in a few FB groups I'm in. One of them is the 52 week pick n mix challenge, the other a 30 challenge. Hopefully, this will pull me out the rut I've been feeling, and get me to use the stamping plates or try new techniques.
Today's mani is part of the 52 week. The challenge was taupe and/or paisley. I opted for both :) My base color is Zoya Rowan, and it is stamped over with Mundo sunflower and aliexpress VL-2.
And, for your viewing pleasure, the inlinkz to the other blogs doing this challenge:
Yesterday was PAA Mani Monday. I don't what both choices were, but I picked geometric. The base color is China Glaze Highlight of my Summer. Stamping color was Mundo nabu, which is like a coral/orange color, and the image is from myonlineshop XXIX.
Stamping Sunday's theme this week called colors crash: neons and pastels. Perfect! Because that's pretty much what I've been wearing lately :P I went for a more tone on tone look, using pinks. Pastel base is Zoya Dot. Neon stamping polish is Mundo neon pink and the image is from myonlineshop Jr. 8.
Saturday was my niece's first birthday party, so of course, I had to do up my nails for it! I started with an absolute base of China Glaze White on White. On accents, I added 2 coats of Jindie Nails Betty's Fetti Milkshake. On the other nails, I water marbled with other China Glaze colors:
Treble Maker
Glow With the Flow
That's Shore Bright
UV Meant to Be
I also stamped on the accents with images from Bundle Monster H19 and 20, in Mundo sky blue and tutti.
Textured Friday was a Zoya Cosmo kind of day :)
For Thursday, I wanted to take part in the 30 Day Colour Challege.... Too bad I got my days jacked up. What I ended up doing was the themes for Sunday, not Thursday XD I would also like to add that my mani was totally inspired by two I had seen in AiS, and totally made me purchase the plate used lol.
The themes I did were white/leadlighting. White base is Zoya Purity, pink is Zoya Wendy, and orange is OPI Flit a Bit. White base was stamped with Lesly LS-120 in Mundo black. Colors used for leadlighting were Zoya Belle, Kate, Coraline, and Frida.
And the inlinkz for this challenge:
And, least but not least, is my retro inspired mani for last Wednesday. I absolutely adore seafoam green and pink together, it's just so feminine and pretty. Base color is China Glaze Too Yacht Too Handle, stripes are from Pet'la Geomatrix plate, and stamped in Mundo Barbie.
