#31DC2014 - Day 5: Blue Nails aka It's Friday! Friday!

Hey lovelies! Are you guys super excited BECAUSE IT’S ALMOST WEEKEND?? Yeaaaaaaaaaaas! Well Friday or no Friday, today is Day 5 of the #31DC2014 which means blue. So let’s get right into it, shall we?

Day 5: Blue Nails 

If I say I wasn’t totally excited about Day 5’s prompt, I would be lying! Not only is it my absolute favourite shade of nail polish but I had a sick idea in mind...well, pretty sick if you’re an Adventure Time fan...and then some unforseen circumstances and absolute exhaustion from a pretty damn rough week at work happened so I prompted for a tape mani instead. Still a WIN though ‘cause BLUE!

I started by laying down a base of Sally Hansen Pacific Blue on my index finger, China Glaze Secret Peri-Wink-Le on my middle finger, China Glaze Sky High-Top on my ring finger and OPI Swimsuit...Nailed It! on my pinky. When this was dry, I taped off individual sections of my nails and filled them in with the various blues named above, overlapping them slightly over each other each time.

As simple as this mani is, I’m going to sound HELLA vain and say I love how it came out! And man guys, if you don’t have OPI Swimsuit...Nailed It!, GO GET IT! I don’t care if you Ebay stalk, beg or whatever. She is so worth it! Dammit, I should’ve bought a double....

Lots of mad love... 

#31DC2014 - Day 4: Green Nails aka Fails can be wins also, can't they?

Hi lovelies! This week is going by way to slowly for my liking but only 1 more day then it’s Friday and that usually passes in a flash so SUPER WIN! But for now, let’s just enjoy Day 4 of the #31DC2014 with some green nails.

Day 4: Green Nails

With this prompt I went in with really no idea what I wanted to do and that actually made me sad! I adore green nail polish so I thought inspiration would come easily...but it didn’t. Then it hit me that I’ve wanted to try these nimbus nails by The Nailasaurus for a very long time so why not now? Please note: EPIC FAIL! But I’m posting it none the less!

I started out by laying down 2 coats of Sinful Colors Snow Me White on all my nails. When this was dry, I added thinned out random overlapping dots of China Glaze I’m With The Lifegaurd, China Glaze Starboard, Sinful Colors Pistache and Catrice Hugo Moss as shown in this Nailasaurus TUTORIAL.

Like I said, EPIC FAIL! The dots weren’t thinned out nearly enough and this was my second attempt! The overall mani though? I actually kind of like it! Much like yesterday, China Glaze I’m With The Lifegaurd’s awesome neon epicness made my camera have a total hernia but in the end, I got a few nice pictures and I’m really happy with this mani! That’s all that matters right?

Lots of mad love...

 

#31DC2014 - Day 3: Yellow Nails aka SUCH NEON! MUCH AMAZE!

Hiiiiiiiiii guyyyyyyys! Day 3...honestly, I can’t remember when last I posted this much in one week but I am not stopping now! Let’s get on to some crazy yellow goodness.

Day 3: Yellow Nails

Yellow isn’t really a color that is high up in my favourites list. In my whole collection of polishes I think I currently have 3 yellows but when I saw this prompt, I knew immediately which one I wanted to use. Not only was it one of my many untrieds, but it’s a neon! A sweltering face melting NEON! Yes please!

I started out by laying down 3 coats of Tip Top Nail Chic Walking On Sunshine on my pinky and index finger, and 2 coats of WOW Nail Polish #393 on my middle and ring finger. I then made a stamping decal with Bundle Monster plate BM-305, WOW Nail Polish #393, Tip Top Nail Chic Walking On Sunshine and Tip Top Nail Chic Grape Dance [TUTORIAL forstamping decals HERE] and layed them down over my ring and middle finger. To finish off the look, I made some of my gold studs black with WOW Nail Polish #393 and placed them on my pinky and index finger.

Of course my camera hates neons and completely spazzed out when I tried to photograph this mani, but you guys get the idea. The little lightning bolt patterns of BM-305 keeps making me want to yell out “Shazaaaaam!” and even though Captain Marvel (aka Shazam) possibly is my least favourite DC characters, that leaves me with happy fuzzy feels so I am going to take that as a WIN!

Lots of mad love...

 

#31DC2014 - Day 2: Orange Nails aka You don't want to walk on this sunshine!

Hi lovelies! Are you guys ready for some orangey goodness because that is what is on the list for Day 2 of the 31 Day Challenge! LET’S DOOOOOOOO THIS!

Day 2: Orange Nails 

I was a little lost with this prompt but 1 thing I knew for sure was that I definitely wanted to use Tip Top Nail Chic Solar Flare. It is so vibrant and beautiful and I always feel happy when I use it...and then the name hit me. Solar flare...the sun...awesome orange inspiration! And so, this mani was born.

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I started out by laying down 2 coats of Tip Top Nail Chic Sun Kissed on all my nails for a base color. When this was dry I layed down a coat of Tip Top Nail Chic Solar Flare on the nails and using a crumpled up piece of saran wrap, I blotched all over each nail individually to create the suns surface. To finish it off, I made flame patterns using WOW Nail Polish #393 and a thin nail art brush on all the nails and just filled them in. 

I might be really loving this mani! Did my sun come out looking like hot rod flames? Pshh, yeah! Am I even mad? Nope, not at all! I did though realize my idea wasn’t so unique as I found this post by Varnished Valkyrie and because I do follow them (no, the plural isn’t a typo) I’m sure that I have seen this before but might’ve forgotten about it so I feel they deserve full props and credit!

Lots of mad love...

 

#31DC2014: Red Nails aka Harley Quinn Nails

Good morning lovely loves! It’s the 1st of September today and here in sunny South Africa that means Spring Day! Sure, the weather might not be depicting that exactly at the moment because we are having a cold front but that should be over by Wednesday...the leaves are greener though and I smell jasmine when I step outside in the mornings so yes! SPRING HAS SPRUNG! So get out your Allergex and antihistamines people! The season of new life and snotty noses is here! Happy Spring Day! 

As some of you might know, this time of the year a bunch of gals in the nail art community takes part in the 31 Day Challenge. For the past 2 years I have watched these ladies in awe and admiration as it can be really well, challenging, but they always nail it! So this year, with some encouragement from Ordinary Misfit, my dumb masochistic butt decided to also take part! So for the next 31 days I will be trying to do a post every day *horror scream* so please wish me luck! For more info and an awesome Q&A, simply pop in at Chalkboard Nails. Also, to see all the different mani's that are posted during this challenge, just use #31DC2014 on all social media platforms. Now, let’s get to it, shall we?

Day 1: Red Nails
For the first prompt of the challenge I decided to do nails that I’ve wanted to do for quite some time now. As most of you will know, I am a little bit of a geek and one of my many geeky loves is anything DC or Marvel related. So when I can get an opportunity to do Harley Quinn from Batman nails, I’m going to jump at it!

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I started out by laying down 2 coats of Nubar Competition Red on each nail. When this was completely dry, I sectioned off areas on each nail with sellotape or sticky tape, and filled in the open spaces with WOW Nail Polish #393. To finish it off I made small diamond shapes on my pinky and index finger nails using my thin nail art brush and Nubar Competition Red or WOW Nail Polish #393 (depending on the color underneath).

 

I’ll be honest, at first I wasn’t 100% happy with how this came out but now I like it more and more! I would’ve liked to put a little face, or something more detailed on my accent finger but this came out quite nicely! And man, Nubar Competition Red is just...seeeeexy! Need a double of her in my life!

Lots of mad love...