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Nail Art: Plaid

06 Wednesday Nov 2013

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I love plaid. It is my favorite. Anyone who knows me knows I wear  too much plaid.

I played around with the design before but could not get it right.

I really like how these came out: the color scheme, the lines, the shadows, everything! I think plaid especially works well for shorter nails!

 

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I used 2 coats Sephora by OPI “Ms. Can’t Be Wrong” as my base.

I alternated between Sephora by OPI “Go My Own Way”, Color Club “Poptastic”, and Essie “No Place Like Chrome for the plaid design.

I may try my hand at a tutorial for this…I really really really like how this came out, and it will help me remember how to do it! 😀

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Nail Art: Flight of Whimsy Challenge

05 Tuesday Nov 2013

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This was my submission for Eva‘s nail art challenge. I had so much fun with this!!

I did not have a clear cut vision for this manicure but I love how many colors there are!

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I know I watercolored the base with reds and pinks over butter London “Tea with the Queen”.

I used two coats Sephora by OPI Jewelry Top Coat “Be-Claus I Said So”.

I continued with a very dense coat of Milani “Gems”.

After that, I splattered with Sephora by OPI “Metro Chic” and Urban Outfitters “Westside”.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Nail Art: Diwali!

05 Tuesday Nov 2013

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Happy Diwali all! In India, Diwali is known as the Festival of Lights. It is a time spent with family, lighting fireworks, protecting against the evil spirits, and eating sweets! (Unfortunately, I seem to be the only Indian in the world who did not get the sweet tooth gene – I’d rather go for salt than sugar!)

 

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I used 2 coats of Chanel Le Vernis “Gondola” as my base.

I sponged Chanel Le Vernis “Peridot”, “Pearl Drop”, and Color Club “Poptastic” to mimic candles. 

I used a water decal from Born Pretty Store for my ring finger.

I used Orly Won’t Chip top coat to sporadically apply flitter flecks in Florentine Gold (gold), Fire Opal (orange), and Brownstone (copper) to mimic fireworks.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

NAIL Nov Theme One: Solar Eclipse

03 Sunday Nov 2013

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I used 2 coats of Sephora by OPI “Go My Own Way” for my base.

For the shadow I used Sephora by OPI “Cab Fare” and “Mr. Right Now”.

The moon is a mix of Urban Outfitters “Westside” and Sephora by OPI “Cab Fare”.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Neon Halloween | #nailart #halloween

31 Thursday Oct 2013

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My local climbing gym hosts a Halloween party every year. It’s like any other night except people dress up and climb in their costumes. It’s different and cute and not scary, at all. The lights are bright, there is loud music and NO scary outfits. I generally hate (edit: strongly dislike) Halloween because of its creepy, chilling nature. I do not do scary. Never have, never will.

So, this funky party at the gym is right up my alley.  I don’t mind this chocked up sugar “holiday” when there are no creepy clowns, murderous babies, or zombies devouring human flesh. I can get right behind it in bright colors and happy music.

This may be the Hispanic part of me (I am half-Peruvian) and observe Día de Los Muertos. It was initially a celebration and remembrance of those who have left us. There is none of the black and gray and scary nonsense. Colors! Celebration! Happy thoughts!

With my Rheumatoid Arthritis, heavy clothing was not an option so I opted for some neon sportswear (UnderArmour did a great neon legging in neon orange, red and green. I only bought the green and to this day regret not buying all the colors), a white tank top and some fun neon nails.

This nail art was not meant to stay on past the night so I did a quick, arthritis-friendly watercolor. I applied dots of polish then thinned them out with a paintbrush and acetone until I got the splotchy effect I wanted.

Neon Watercolor Halloween Nail Art | Monica with RA Easy, Fast, Arthritis- Pain- Friendly Nail Polish Technique with Seche Vite, Color Club, MilaniBase: Julie G White Orchid, Seche Vite Quick Dry Top Coat

Details: Color Club Almost Famous (yellow), Wham Pow! (orange), Warhol (pink), Sephora by OPI Cover Me in Petals (purple). Milani Peacock (blue) — all discontinued

Matte Top Coat: Cult Nails Wax That (brand no longer available)

 

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Nail Art: Bleeding Firefly – Halloween Part Two

30 Wednesday Oct 2013

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The wonderful Brijit went out of her way to make a tutorial for me for the Dragonfly Wings manicure that I absolutely loved.

Since I do not own acrylics I decided to try with plain polishes. I did not get the desired effect and I will definitely re-try with acrylics.

I am not all that pleased with the outcome (as wings) but it still looks interesting. It almost looks like my nails are bleeding? So I guess it works out for Halloween. HAH!

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For the index, middle, and pinky finger I used 2 coats of Sephora by OPI “Cover Me in Petals”. The dots, Essie “No Place Like Chrome” and Color Club “Almost Famous”, were done with a dotting tool.

I realized afterwards that fire-flies had the lights…not dragonflies….and I’m a Zoology major >__<

 

For the wings, I started with a base coat and a generous coat of the Sephora by OPI Jewelry Top Coat “Come to Pappa-razzi!”. I added a generous coat of Seche Vite to protect the bottom layers from the nail polish remover.

I tinted my nails with Zoya “Reece”. I think the next time I will not tint them as much. I could not tell with the lighting but I thought it was a lot more sheer.

I used Sephora by OPI “Mr. Right Now” for the veins. I added Reece between the veins.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Nail Art: Sort of Halloween?

29 Tuesday Oct 2013

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Still going with the color scheme I decided to try my hand at some full on sugar-spun.

 

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I used Wet n Wild “Black Creme” with one coat of Cover Girl Glosstinis “Flamed Out” as the base for my middle and pinky finger. 

I used Julie G “White Orchid” with one coat Cover Girl Glosstinis “Flamed Out” as the base for my index and ring finger.

I used Milani “Black Swift”, “Foxy Lady”, and Urban Outfitters “Banana Hammock” for the sugar-spinning. Initially, I had a pattern all set up but I ended up just going with the flow of what looked good.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.