#31DC2015 Day 6 - Day 10 aka SO DAMN BEHIND!

What’s up beautiful people! So the #31DC2017…I am so far behind I make it look like it’s currently in fashion! Buuuut, between getting sick and being dataless, I think I can be excused! EXCUSE ME, DAMMIT! So now we play the catch up game, which means this post is going to be PIC HEAVY!

I will be posting 5 days posts today, the next 5 posts either tomorrow, Sunday or Monday and then we’ll see where it goes from there. I do want to try and be finished before month end though because I want to start posting weekly again without being tied to a prompt The descriptions in these collective posts will also be shortened so I’ll only be stating the techniques and the polishes/stamping plates used.

So in the words of Corinne from Threadbanger…

DAY 6: VIOLET

Techniques: Dry Marbled decals

Polishes Used: China Glaze Spontaneous, China Glaze Grape Pop, Nubar Pasadena Purple

DAY 7: BLACK & WHITE

Techniques: Gradient, Stamping

Polishes Used: Color Club French Tip, WOW Nail Polish #393

Stamping Plates Used: Moyou Gothic Collection 05

DAY 8: METALLIC

Techniques: Free hand, Dotting

Polished Used: Nubar Silver Mist, Tip Top Gold Digger, Essence “I LOVE TRENDS” Nude Sweet Nude

DAY 9: RAINBOW

Techniques: Watercolour

Polished Used: Color Club French Tip, Color Club Almost Famous, Sinful Colors Fly Away, Sinful Colors Pur Rouge, China Glaze Grape Pop, China Glaze Starboard, OPI In My Back Pocket

DAY 10: GRADIENT NAILS

Techniques: Gradient, Stamping

Polishes Used: Sinful Colors Endless Blue, Zoya Song, OPI In My Back Pocket, OPI On The Same Paige, Sinful Colors Snow Me White (Base underneath gradient)

Stamping Plates Used: Born Pretty Store BPL-027

So there you have all the prompts done till DAY 10. I hope I can be caught up by the end of next week because I am going on a short holiday with my family and then it’s back to “KNUCKLE DOWN, BUCKLE DOWN, DO IT, DO IT, DO IT!” (My husband reads my posts so he now has that song stuck in his head! You’re welcome, babe!)

Lots of mad love…

#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: 4. Green

Hey gorgeous beings! How was your manic Monday? Did you wish it was Sunday? That is definitely my fun day. Yup, my “I don't have to run” day...Also, I bet I can tell you what you're humming at the moment! *shimmy shimmy shimmy*

Before I perfect the art of talking utter nonsense, let's get to today's prompt, shall we? It is going to be a ROLLERCOASTER RIDE so hang on to your seats, boys and girls!

4. Green

I started by laying down 2 coats of China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint as my base. I then tore off pieces of a make up sponge and sponged a broad area in the middle of the nail with OPI Jade Is The New Black. In the centre of the area I sponged in a bit of Nubar Greener for some sparkle. Lastly, I just added some loose gold glitter and sealed it all in with a good thick topcoat (Seche Vite FTW!)

Okay, so this was hella easy but I swear I will start pushing myself a bit more. I have been feeling like I've been taking these prompts a bit too easy so I am going to try and bring in some more detail and harder techniques. Let me emphasize the TRY though, not promising anything!

Lots of mad love...

#31DC2017: 2 .Orange

So we got past day one, people! Heck, it's the most I've blogged in over a year so I am pretty stoked, knowhatimsaying? #31DC2017 make you blog real good, guuuurl!

I'm going to jump straight into today's prompt because it's Saturday and let's be honest, you have better places to be, you social butterflies you! *cries alone in a corner*

2. Orange:

For my base I started out with 2 coats of Morgan Taylor Funny Business and then a coat of China Glaze Pick Me Up Purple. I then made stamping decals with Mundo De Unas White, OPI In My Back Pocket & Born Pretty Store plate BP-73.

I kinda love how the purple base makes the orange pop! And let me tell you, if you want good purples, whatever spectrum it may be, Morgan Taylor is where it is at! Morgan Taylor Funny Business...I love you! *motorboats all my purple polishes*

#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...

Rasta Zigzags...I think??

Hey sex-ba-boms! (20 points to you if you get that reference!) Do I seem a little bit more chirpy than last week?? Oh it is because I absolutely am! Between you and me, shark week came a knocking last week...yeah, so during that time life can seem to suck in general and I feel super emo! I even kinda had a small cry because I was a day or 2 late and my stomach was feeling uncomfortable. So I had this full on fight with myself that I don’t want to be pregnant but if I am I promise I won’t resent the baby and I’ll bring it up being awesome and geeky and and and...Needless to say, I wasn’t pregnant! Don’t get me wrong, I do want kids one day but I’m also smart enough to know me and my husband can’t afford it right now. Like not at all! So for now WHOOOO! I just wish my uterus would rather just send me a notification like “Hey! You’re not preggies! Look at you taking you birth control like a responsible little adult! Kudos dude! Totes laters till next month...hopefully! *high five*” 

So enough about that bit of TMI for today, let’s get to nails! I’ll be honest, there was absolutely no inspiration behind these nails and I just felt like using some brain searing neons and black. SO I DID EXACTLY THAT! #WINNING

I started out with a coat of Sinful Colors Snow Me White as my base color. When this was dry I added a coat of Nubar Palau Coral over one half of my index & pinky and China Glaze I’m With The Lifeguard over the other half. I then took a small piece that I tore off a makeup sponge and dapped WOW Nail Polish #393 down the middle. For my ring and middle finger I made a stamping decal using the above mentioned colors and Bundle Monster Stamping Plate BM-423.

Am I the only one feeling kind of a rasta vibe with this mani?? It is totally unintentional but hey, I’m not complaining! Also, my camera hates neons! Such a pity because this mani SCREAMED in real life AND I LOVED IT!

Lots of mad love...

 

Lazy Flowers FTW!

Hi there lovelies & globs! Have you ever had one of those days where you have all the meh’s in the world on your shoulder? I’m having one of those days. I just want to go find a corner and cry for no reason... And then look for actual reasons and cry some more! COS I’M THAT HARDCORE! Man, my teenage emo kid would’ve been proud. But alas, I’m an adult and I know there are people out there with actual reasons to cry and they just keep motoring on! I salute you, legit martyrs!

So I was dying to post today and really want to start posting more because I actually love blogging and I do have material lined up. I’m just, plainly said, LAZY! Lazy lazy lazy! But in an attempt to get me out of this funk I decided to post. So I give you this SUPER EASY random flower mani. Random and easy but made with love!

I started out by laying down 2 coats of China Glaze Some Like It Haute. For the flowers I simply dipped a dotting tool into a bit of China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy, OPI If You Moust You Moust and Essence Blue Bubble Di Blue and placed flower patterned dots over the base. For the little dots inside the flowers I used WOW Nail Polish #393.

Straight forward and to the point! Don’t you wish life was like that?? Easy peasy as dipping dotting tools in pretty polish...just make sure your life’s base is a bad ass glitter bomb!

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...

#31DC2015: Rainbow Nails aka Where the hell is my pot of gold??

Hi lovelies! Aaaah, how I want to be witty and funny tonight but alas, I am exhausted! So how about I do this post, go shower and then snuggle into my viking man's back? I like this idea!

#31DC2015: Rainbow Nails


This prompt slayed me! SLAYED! I really thought it was going to be easy but I swear every single idea I had just turned out disastrous! 3 manis later and on the brink of quitting, I settled for this.

I started with a base of Sinful Colors Snow Me White. When this was dry, I went in with my fan brush and the following polishes to create my "rainbow": China Glaze Spontaneous, China Glaze Starboard, Nubar Competition Red, Tip Top Nail Chic Banana Split and Sinful Colors Endless Blue.

I'm actually kinda sad that I struggled so much with this prompt because I was really looking forward to it and I pondered over it for so long. But I also think that was my problem. I overthought it. But so we learn and grow!

Lots of mad love...

 

#31DC2015: Green aka Feeling All Leafy!

I need to stop with these titles...honestly! What the hell is "feeling leafy"?? Do I feel kinda swept away?? All fragile and green?? Like I can be plucked off at any second?? ...maybe! Wow, I think I just discovered my inner emo child. Better stock up on black eyeliner and bad internet quotes! And much like my post title, this rant was utterly pointless and went absolutely NOWHERE! So let's rather get on with the #31DC2015.

#31DC2015: Green


So, I've had a certain Wistonia plate that has been kind of bugging me for a while now because I've really been wanting to use it but the time just didn't feel right. So along came the #31DC2015 and when I saw the green prompt I knew I have finally found the right time!

I started out by laying down 2 coats of China Glaze Starboard for my base color. Next I used Wistonia plate W202 and stamped on the leaf images with Mundo De Unas Lime. For the lady bugs I used Hean City Fashion #156, WOW Nail Polish #393 and Sinful Colors Snow Me White.

Haaaa, I don't often say this but I think these look cute! Kinda springy and happy. And who doesn't love ladybugs. Just because they kind of give me a rash when they walk on me doesn't mean I don't like them. They aight by me!

Lots of mad love...