Nail Art A-Go-Go, Day 2: Jewel Tones

Hello polish lovers!

I am back with another challenge mani, this one for Jewel Tones.  I have done jewel tone mani's before so I wanted to make sure I used different colours from last time.  This time I used green, red and blue.  I started with a base of 3 coats of Revlon's Chroma Chameleon in Topaz(forgive me as I somehow managed to completely not take any photos before moving to my second step).  I was really disappointed with how sheer this polish was, it also showed every brushstroke and did not self level.  I am glad I picked this up on clearance and did not pay the full price for it.  I used the colour specifically because it reminded my of peridot, a light-lime green semi-precious gemstone, the colour is not topaz at all.

Once the 3 coats were dry I added ruby red and sapphire blue lines down my nails.

I used 2 Nubar stripers for this, Dark Red Frost and Royal Blue.

This is one of the more simple mani's I have done but I like that simplicity, and the way the stripes make my fingernails look longer.

Anyway, that's all for today, I will be back tomorrow for the next prompt of Warm vs. Cool.

Until then, polish happy!

33DC Day 21: Europe

Hello polish lovers!

For my Europe mani I was thinking about doing something with England(since I lived there for 2 years)  but even when I was there it didn't feel like Europe and I think that England feels kind of separate from the rest of Europe since it is an island and not on the continent.

So instead I went with a country that I wish I had gotten too but never seemed to find the time, France.  I specifically chose Paris, not just because of the Bundle Monster plate of the Eiffel Tower(although it didn't hurt).  I ended up loving this mani and I will definitely have to recreate it at another time.

It's the new length, I am still missing the old nails but I know they will come back.  I started this mani with 2 coats of Color Club's Evolution, which I think is a perfect blue for a French mani.  This was top coated with SV and let dry until it was ready for stamping.

I used Konad black stamping polish for the Eiffel Tower image from Bundle Monster BM419 plate(I left out the Paris lettering so that the tower stood alone.  All the other stamping is Konad white and the fleur de lis image is from GA29 and the stripes are from GA21.

Love, love, love this mani!  So clean and crisp.  It turned out way better than I was expecting and may be one of my favourites of the entire challenge so far.

Anyway that is all for today but I will be back on Sunday(if not before) with my next Falling for Nail Art Challenge of First Frost.

Until then, polish happy!