#31DC2014 - Day 6: Violet Nails aka Cat-urday??

Hi lovelies! I don’t think I have ever posted on a Saturday! And what is this thing outside at freaking 9am on a Saturday morning?? The sun?? I always thought that also slept in on weekends...who knew! 

Day 6: Violet Nails

One of the many loves in my life, besides nail polish, is animation and cartoons. From full on Japanese anime to weird awesome shows like Adventure Time, I love it! Hence, I am crazy about Disney movies! Especially the Classic 2D Disney movies. Little Mermaid, Beauty and The Beast, The Rescuers! *sings* R-E-S-C-U-E, Rescue Aid Society! Hmmmm...happy chills! But I digress! One of my favourite Disney movies is Alice in Wonderland. There is a long and really unnecessary reason behind this that I’m not going to jabber on about right now but it was part of my inspiration for today’s mani. To be precise though, Cheshire Cat was my inspiration! Don’t you just love his menacing smile?

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I started with 2 coats of OPI Do You Lilac It? on all my nails except for my middle finger nail. When this was dry, I layed down some striping tape horizontally over all those nails and layed down a coat of Sinful Colors Amethyst , making sure I pull off the tape immediately after each fingers coat. With my middle finger I started with a base color of Tip Top Nail Chic Fairy Dust and made Cheshire Cat’s facial features using Tip Top Nail Chic Sun Kissed, Sinful Colors Snow Me White, OPI A Oui Bit Of Red and WOW Nail Polish #393.

Hey, it’s not perfect but it isn’t bad right? The stripes look fine to me but I wish I could’ve done a little better with Cheshire Cat’s face. He looks more like a pig than a cat to me but you got to remember, he has had some tough years behind him! Even Disney characters can age and I just captured it mkaay?? That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! 

Lots of mad love...

#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...