Falling for Nail Art Challenge: First Frost

Hello polish lovers!

Sorry I didn't post yesterday as planned but we went to Toronto to pick up my brother so that he could come home for a shore visit.  I, because of this, have 2 posts today.

I will start with my Falling for Nail Art Challenge, First Frost.  I began with 1 coat of Seche's Hypnotic.  I love this polish, the blue is so intense and pigmented.  I really need to see how well Seche polishes stamp, since they are 1 coat-ers they should be really good.

For some reason this photo changed colour when I added it to the post, Hypnotic is much more a royal blue, it is not near this purple.  Once this had dried a added my stamping using Color Club Over the Moon, an awesome light blue holographic, and BMH02 and GA14 to create my frost patterns.

Sorry, when I try to change the size the photo goes really dark:(

This photo is much more colour accurate and you can really see how great Color Club Holos are for stamping.  I really loved this combination and I am sure I will use it again, numerous times, over the winter.

That is all for now, but I will post again soon tonight.

Until then, polish happy!

33DC Day 21: Europe

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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!

Falling for Nail Art Challenge: Spiced Up

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I am back with my Falling for Nail Art Challenge for today's theme of Spiced Up.  I got a little stymied on this mani so I decided to use spicy colours and try my second attempt at a tape mani.  This time I used Scotch tape instead of striping tape and didn't apply the tape until later in the day after wearing the base colour on its own.

My base for this mani is 2 coats of OPI's Bogota Blackberry, a gorgeous cranberry colour.  Once this was totally dry I cut pieces of Scotch tape in a variety of sizes for the parts I wanted to keep cranberry.

The yellow stripe I did first is Barielle Shades Lemondrops, the orange is Essie's Fear or Desire, and the red is China Glaze's Roguish Red.  This mani went way better than my first tape mani(that was a disaster).

I love how bright and spicy these colours are.  This photo is a little more colour accurate but my camera had problems trying to get the colours properly.

That's all for today, but I will be back on Friday(if not before).

Until then, polish happy!

33 DC Day 19: Pattern in My Wardrobe

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So today's challenge was to be inspired by a pattern in my wardrobe...I have very few patterns in my wardrobe so I decided to use my new infinity scarf.

I love the colour and pattern in this scarf.  Its black, burgundy, copper, grey and white in an painterly flower print.  I was really excited when I managed to find pretty similar colours in my polish stash.

I started with a base of 1 coat of OPI's Alpine Snow and then worked from lightest to darkest.  The grey is Butter London's Billy No Mates(I found it at Winners on clearance), copper is Essie's Penny Talks, burgundy is Seche's Bella(awesome 1 coat-er), and a black Nubar striper. I then coated with SV.

Of course I had to matte it for the finishing touch to make it seem closer to the scarf.

That is all for now but I will be back in a bit with my Falling for Nail Art mani.

Until then, polish happy!

33DC Day 19: Following Someone's Tutorial

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I finally gave in after a moderately bad break on my middle finger nail and cut all my nails down to about half of their original length:(  So there will only be a few more posts at my old length before the new shorter nails will make an appearance.

So for today's challenge I decided to follow The Nailasaurus's Nimbus Nails tutorial, found here.  For this mani I decided that rather than to use a white base, I would take the opportunity to use a new polish that I had not chance to try, OPI's Pink Friday.

Pink Friday is a light bubblegum pink with a slight blue undertone, which works better for me than more orange tone pinks which make my skin tone look sallow.

I followed The Nailasaurus's tutorial and began with my darkest colour, OPI's Vant to Bite My Neck?, a dark eggplant.  Then OPI's A Grape Fit!, a medium purple.  Followed by China Glaze's Purple Panic, Color Club's Warhol, and finished with China Glaze's Innocence.  I found that my nimbus spots were a little too intense so I put a coat of Innocence over the entire nail.  I think I need more practice but I like the idea of these nails.

I think I need to work on overlapping the halos more, I think next time I will use greens and blues.  That is all for today but I will be back on Wednesday for my double up day.

Until then, polish happy!

Falling for Nail Art: Harvest

Hello polish lovers!

Today I have my Harvest mani for the Falling for Nail Art Challenge.  I started with 2 coats of OPI's A Roll in the Hague.

 I really like this colour, it is a very intense orange creme from the Holland collection and it reminds me of orange tulips.  I used SV, as usual, to prepare for the stamping.

I used Essie's Good as Gold and the Bundle Monster's BMH12 for the basket weave pattern and then used Konad Black and BMH11 for the pumpkin, corn and wheat images.

That is all for today but I will be back tomorrow with the 33DC following someone's tutorial.

Until then, polish happy!

33DC Day 18: 2 Patterns

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Sorry this post is late, but I worked yesterday and then went to my sister's for dinner and then out to see Ender's Game(not as good as the book, but good).

Here is my 2 Patterns mani for the 33DC.

I started with a base of 2 coats of China Glaze Cast a Spell, a darkened green glitter in a blackened base.  I love this colour!  Especially with the gold.  The two patterns are from the same plate, Pueen25.  I love the graphic quality of the fishnet image and the flowers are a nice contrast to that.

Tomorrow I have the next theme in the Falling For Nail Art Challenge, which is Harvest.

Until then, polish happy!