#31DC2017: 5. Blue

So I’ve been sitting here for quite a while now, thinking on how to start this post because let’s be honest, my life isn’t always that exciting! Do I talk about the weather? Do I ask you how your day went? Do I think of some funny story about fandoms I love? Out of all the endless options, I was pretty stumped. But then it hit me!…Just write am intro about how you have nothing to write an intro about! BOOM! I am a genius! I just stole 30 seconds of your life and I don’t even feel guilty! THE POWER OF THE INTERNET! MHUUUHAHAHAHAHAHA

So anyway…on to today’s prompt of the #31DC2017 we go!

5. Blue

Today’s mani was supposed to be inspired by something, but man, it just did not work like I wanted it too! So I am not going to say what it was inspired by because I am going to try and use it later on in the challenge again! AHA! 2 flies, one smack and whatnot…

I started by laying down 2 coats of Sally Hansen Pacific Blue (the OG one) as my base. I then blended a bit of Sally Hansen Pacific Blue & China Glaze Man Hunt with a fan brush and then after taking off the excess, just lightly brushed it over the base. Next, I added a tiny bit of acetone to a blob of China Glaze First Mate and just made some light strokes randomly over everything. Lastly using a super small headed dotting tool & Sinful Colors Snow Me White, I added some specks.

Like I said, there was actual inspiration behind this mani but it didn’t do the inspiration justice and the effect is really important to me! I’m HOPEFULLY going to try it again later on in this challenge, so keep an eye out for that.

Lots of mad love…

#31DC2017: Red....Yes, this is an actual post!

The door creaks open as she slowly enters the room. Dust dances in the sunbeams that break through the dirt stained windows, illuminating her hulking silhouette dragging itself across the floor. Like an injured animal she groans as she picks up the axe, trembling legs barely being able to stand but she uses determination as her drive. Suddenly, a glint of light catches the blade of the axe as she slams it into the door. “HERE’S THEA!”

Wow, so much drama! Can we all just calm the hell down? So I didn’t blog for a while? So I got distracted? So I…Oh my gosh, I missed you guys and my little space so much! Can we all group hug please? Besides, what better way of getting back into blogging by attempting the 31 Day challenge…again! Yeah, apparently I’m a masochist!

So it begins...again...

I really didn’t have much inspiration for today’s mani except that I knew I wanted to use teal with red. I am a sucker for this colour combo so this is what I came up with. I started out by laying down a coat of Color Club French Tip as my base. Using a nail art brush I placed random small blobs of OPI A Oui Bit Of Red, China Glaze Ruby Pumps and OPI Fly on my nails and then just filled in the pattern toward the outside of the nail, interchanging these colours.

I really actually like how this came out. This was honestly just a moment of having fun with the various colors. Time consuming, but fun!

Lots of mad love...

Spazzy Stripes!

Hi there you sexy beasts! Raaaaawr! Why the rawr? Because it’s Friday! Do a sexy rawr to the person sitting next to you!!!...What’s that? The person next to you is a creep? Ok fine! Do a sexy agonising painful scream in their direction. Did they run away in terror?? YOU’RE WELCOOOOME! Also, can we take a minute and stare at my sexy new blog banner?? My Viking man has mad skills right?! I’ll do a sexy rawr to him any day. PS...If anyone is interested in using his mad design talents, give me a shout. He does this type of thing to make a bit of pocket money so the more design work, the more Burger King and polish he can buy me! #WINNING

So since it’s Friday and we’re all in a lazy easy mood, I decided to keep today’s nail art easy. No big explanations, no big hoorah of what inspired me and no diddly nonsense because let’s be honest, you’ve heard enough of that from me today.

I started by laying down 2 thick coats of China Glaze I’m With The Lifeguard as my base colour. When this was dry, I double stamped over the green using Bundle Monster plate BM-316, Sinful Colors Snow Me White and WOW Nail Polish #393. 

See? So easy it almost feels like cheating. Buuut besides my camera hating neons and making my skin tone look different in every picture, I liked how this came out. Simple but kinda funky!

Lots of crazy MAD love...

FB Page Profile Picture: Take 1 - Abstract Flowers

Hi there lovelies! How is everyone? I'm not too bad, just developing flu. Nothing unique, I know! It happens to almost everybody every winter. It's just that I have been bragging all season long that I didn't get sick this winter! Frakking A! And I was almost there! Winter is almost finished and it would've been a WIN for me! ...But no. No tiger blood Charlie Sheen winning for me. Murphy is a cruel mistress, I'm getting the flu and David Tennant is still gorgeous. Balance has been restored, I guess?!

Anyhoo...

As most of you have probably seen, there is a really bland profile picture on my Facebook page. I absolutely dig my banner! It's very cute, even if I have to say so myself! The profile picture? Nah, it's just boring! I honestly had no idea what to put there! So I just took a picture of glitter polishes at an artsy angle. It's mediocre, I know. I'm sorry!...But then a friend gave me an idea a few weeks ago. Why don't I just take the color scheme of my banner and do nail art with it? Dark red's, plums, purple and black over a white base! And nail art I can do! *high five*

Nail Polishes used:

• Sinful Colors Snow Me White
• WOW Nail Polish #393
• Tip Top Nail Chic Crushed Grapes
• OPI A Oui Bit of Red

Tools Used:

• Small thin nail art brush
• Dotting tool

I started out by laying down two coats of Sinful Colors Snow Me White. When this was dry I made random cross patterns on my nails with OPI A Oui Bit of Red, using the polish bottle's own brush. I then went in and added little random swipes of Tip Top Nail Chic Crushed Grapes between the gaps of the crosses with my thin nail art brush. To finish the flowers off, I took a dotting tool and added a few dots to the centre of my little flowery creations. It didn't look flowery enough for me though so I took some Sinful Colors Snow Me White and on the “petals” of the flowers I made a few swipes with my nail art brush.

I also added a little star flower on each nail by making crosses with OPI A Oui Bit of Red and Tip Top Nail Chic Crushed Grapes and the nail art brush. I then just finished them off by adding a dot in the middle with my dotting tool.

This mani isn't perfect but I really liked how it came out. Almost like abstract flowers! When I added my topcoat, it caused a bit of dragging on some of the nails but I actually didn't mind! It added a bit to the whole “abstract” look. Also, I realised I NEED to do a swatch post on OPI A Oui Bit of Red. It is such a sexy color! SEXY! Rarw!

So this is my first take on a profile picture for my Facebook page. I think I'm going to do a few of these over the next few months because I need to keep my page looking “fresh”! ...And I really like the combination of the colors! Two birds, one stone right! *Disclaimer: No birds were harmed in the making of this post. No birds will be harmed in future posts. Vote Madness Nails for president!*

If you would like me to swatch any of the colours you saw in today’s post, please let me know via email or drop me a comment below. More than willing to oblige!

Lots of mad love