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OMD3 – Stamping and Water Decal Nail Art

18 Saturday Jul 2015

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Playing catch up with some of the prompts today! Thankfully, I already had an idea of what I wanted to do but was just too fatigued to execute them! Here is my very RA-friendly kitty nail art!

Disclaimer: There will not be a whole lot of writing in the next few posts. I am trying to catch up and my fingers are still super swollen!

 

#OMD3NAILS - Cat Decal Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: Color Club Twiggie

Stamping: Pueen Cosmetics plate 48 + Creative Shop stamper + Barry M Matte Rhossili

Decals: Pueen Cosmetics

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

OMD3 – Sugar-Spun Fast Food Nail Art

17 Friday Jul 2015

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Not a lot to say because I am so freaking tired from this week except I am now two days behind. ICK. Hopefully, I can catch up this weekend!

I’ve become a sugar-spun snob!! I am so bummed with how this came out but I never re-do my sugar-spins because it takes so long to begin with! I’ve come to the realization that fast-dry polishes do not spin well. Even with constant “stirring” the polish thickens clumpy and just doesn’t move well. Ah well…I can always fix it, right? Nope, while I usually don’t have trouble with white polishes, the white I mixed to get this pink became ashy and kind of dulled the base. Best thing to do is just make sure I don’t have to fix anything and use polishes that are better for this technique!

It’s not my best sugar-spin but I still hope you like my pink frosted doughnut nails!!

 

#OMD3NAILS - Pink Frosted Doughnut Sugar-Spin | The Rite of AgingBase: Milani Dark Coffee

Sugar-spin: Milani Quick Dry + Sinful Colors Snow Me White + Sally Hansen Insta-Dry Petal Pusher

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

OMD3 – Stamped Book Nail Art

13 Monday Jul 2015

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I am making it right under the wire today! I am teaching two half-day summer camps this week so in an attempt to make myself feel less tired today, I did all my chores yesterday but that just made me too tired yesterday to paint my nails! Ah, irony.

Just as well, though, because today’s prompt was a no-brainer. I only have one “handwriting” stamp and I wanted to create an old parchment watercolor base.

I am really digging this new watercolor technique. I use torn up pieces of latex-free makeup sponge completely saturated in acetone. I dilute the polishes completely and dab them on the nail to build up opacity until I am happy!

Hope you like it!

 

#OMD3NAILS Stamped Handwriting Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: Barry M Chai

Watercolors: Barry M Chai, Zoya Severine, SpaRitual Bismuth, Milani Dark Coffee

Stamping: Creative Shop stamper, Bundle Monster plate BM311, Zoya Louise

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

OMD3 – Watermelon Gradient Nails

12 Sunday Jul 2015

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Well hello everyone!! I was really scared about today’s prompt! I have never attempted watermelon nails so the first idea that came to mind was to freehand them. Nothing new here but I chickened out!

I was so unsure about today’s nails I took to Instagram and searched hashtag “watermelon nails”. I ran across a matte gradient by IG@b_jessica_3 and knew immediately I had to re-create that look. I decided not to matte the final result or add seeds. I wanted to, but in the end decided to leave well enough alone. It might have looked alright but I think given how soft, blurred and pastel the colors are stark harsh dark seeds would look really odd!

 

In real life the pink is a lot more prominent but unfortunately, we know my track record with photographing whites. I tweaked my hand position a little to capture the pink a little more but it still came out a bit wonky…

Hope you like it!

 

#OMD3NAILS Watermelon Gradient Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: Sinful Colors Snow Me White

Gradient: damp makeup sponge, acrylic paints

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

OMD3 – Stamped Leaves Manicure

11 Saturday Jul 2015

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I promised I tried. I really tried not to use the Born Pretty Store plate. I have so many vines or foliage stamps; gorgeous, pretty stamps on my Pueen plates but I cannot help but use this BPS one. It has the perfect leaves for the look and feel I want.

I’ve seen this look so many times. It is especially popular on tourists shirts. Well, why not? Nothing quite says warm vacation more than summery neon plant fronds!

I dreamt about this look and knew exactly what I was going to do for today’s prompt. It came out exactly the way I wanted and I was so excited I posted them on Instagram early.

I hope you like this as much as I do!

 

#OMD3NAILS - Stamped Neon Leaves Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: American Apparel Neon Green

Stamping: Born Pretty Store plate BP-19, The Creative Stamper, Sephora by OPI I Come in Peas, Barry M Matte Cancun

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.


OMD3 – Stamped Floral Nail Art

10 Friday Jul 2015

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I knew from the get-go I was going to stamp today. I own so many stamping plates with flowers on them but I rarely use them! It’s the weirdest thing. I love the look of floral but not actually don’t. Weird, huh, it doesn’t even make sense! I would rather have anything else on my nails or clothes! I figure everyone has those things they just like looking at but never use…Speaking of which…

I have used every single one of my Bundle Monster plates at least once since I bought them two years ago; all, except two: the french tip ones. I am not a French tip mani type of girl; never was and never will be but a challenge is the best time to branch out a little, right?

I went with something simple today. I hit a serious stamping wall. I know there are so options: lead-lighting, reverse stamping, decals, the list goes on. But, I am not feeling any of them. There is nothing wrong with good old-fashioned stamping, though! And, honestly, I can’t imagine anything else would look half as good against this busy base

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Floral Stamping Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: Zoya Dream

Stamping: Bundle Monster plate BM 324, Color Club On the Rocks, The Creative Shop stamper

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

OMD3 – Pattern

09 Thursday Jul 2015

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Patterns…What are patterns? They are recurrent shapes or lines of any colors. That means I can do absolutely anything with this prompt. Initially, I wanted to stamp but I stared at every single “pattern” and had no idea what to do with it!

So, I back peddled a little and went with quick and easy dots. I don’t know if it technically counts as a pattern as it doesn’t repeat on each nail…but it is the same across the hand…so, it’s a pattern, right??

 

#OMD3NAILS - Dotty Pattern Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: Sephora by OPI Metro Chic

Dots: acrylic paints

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.