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Essie, freehand, INM, Milani, MoYou London, Nail Art, nail challenges, pirates nail art, Sally Hansen, stamping, Zoya
Jessica over at Be Happy and Buy Polish hosts one of my favorite challenges. They are bite-size and last no longer than 4 days. She polls the Facebook group for the most popular prompts and compiles the top themes. Jessica hosts a different challenge every few weeks. I find these challenges more hardcore than daily monthly challenges because the themes are more unique and specific.
I cannot tell you for sure if I will complete each day (be prepared for a double 31DC2014 manicure tomorrow) but I will certainly try.
I hope you like my sea creatures manicure. I especially like the double stamping of bubbles. This look was loosely inspired by Pandora, the National Zoo’s late Giant Octopus, who passed away last February. Unfortunately since then, the Invertebrate House has lost even more funding and was shut down a month or two ago.
I made a gradient using a make-up sponge, Sally Hansen Blue My Mind (cuticles) and Zoya Dream (tips). I sealed the gradient with INM Northern Lights (Silver).
I double-stamped bubbles with Milani Power Periwinkle, Peacock and MoYou London plate 08 from the Sailor collection.
I used MoYou London plate 04 from the Princess collection and Essie No Place Like Chrome. I love stamping with this polish but it shows every little flaw!
Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.
Don’t forget to check out the other sea creatures below!
I adore this look so much, and I’m really saddened to hear about the invertebrate house. I’ve only been to the Natl Zoo once (we went to see Tai Shan the panda before he went to China), but I was impressed with the whole place, really.
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Thank you! Yeah, I was really unhappy about it because invertebrates make up a huge chunk of our natural world!…Though, I am not going to lie, I am not too unhappy about the free spiders right next to the exit…
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I love the double stamping of the bubbles, that looks very cool!
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Thank you! It’s actually kind of funny, I only wanted to do the purple but it didn’t show up!…So, double stamping it was 🙂
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I am getting that octopus plate! Love it so hard. Great job!
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Thank you! Seriously, if you are going to get any plate from MoYou London, these characters should be your first!
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