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Watermarble and Sugar-Spun Nail Art for Challenge Your Nail Art

13 Friday Feb 2015

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These challenges just creep right on up and if I miss one prompt I cannot catch up! Since I missed the first couple of days, I decided to lump them together: my favorite technique plus my current favorite technique in my favorite colors. How many times can I use “favorite” in one sentence??

I hope you like it!!

 

Favorite Techniques Watermarble and Sugar-Spun | The Rite of AgingSince there is a lot of polish on these nails I am just going to list them:

 

Barry Ms Mustard, Rhossili

Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Short Cir-cute

Sephora by OPI Come to Pappa-razzi!

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Don’t forget to check out the other manicures below!

Day One: Favorite Technique

Day Two: I Love the Color

Icy Blue Watermarble Nail Art

10 Tuesday Feb 2015

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I have been so lucky the last couple of weeks. It has not rained except at night and while some evenings were frigidly cold, Saachi moved quickly in the elimination department so it didn’t really affect me. Yesterday night it iced and everything froze overnight…but no snow…I like snow…

 

After yesterday’s watermarble success I sustained my marble high and decided to try the technique again! It came out differently but I am pleased with it. The polishes spread really sheer and looked similar in the water. I honestly just threw caution to the wind when making my designs, heh!

I hope you like it!

 

Icy Blue Watermarble | The Rite of AgingI started with a messy, sheer coat of Milani Power Periwinkle.

I marbled with Milani Power Periwinkle, Barry M Gelly Chai, and Emily de Molly Candy Coated. These all spread really well together!!

I stamped with butter London Cotton Buds and MoYou London plate 02 from the Festive Collection.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Green Water-Marble Nail Art

09 Monday Feb 2015

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After seeing Colette from My Simple Little Pleasure’s latest watermarble YT video (channel linked here) I was inspired to marble myself! And I am so happy I did!

Everything went right with this manicure even the picture!…I wanted to add something extra but was terrified I was going to just butcher it…and then even the dots looked exactly as I pictured them! I kind of wish I had placed the dots on the next curve down, on my index finger, but that is just me getting nit-picky…heh!

 

I hope you like it!

Green Watermarble | The Rite of Aging

I started with 1 coat of Sephora by OPI It’s Totally Karma. Funnily enough, I did not use this polish in the marble.

I marbled with Revlon Colorstay Gel Envy High Stakes, American Apparel Neon Green and Barry M Gelly Key Lime.

I used a small dotting tool and Nfu Oh Nfu 51.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Born Pretty Store: Large Stamping Plate Review

07 Saturday Feb 2015

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I have another stamping plate review for you! This time it is BP-L004 from the Born Pretty Store.

 

BPS plates 35, L-5, L-4 - Version 3-001Image links directly to product details.

 

As you can see there are some great images on here! Very abstract and right down my stamping alley! The large rectangular plates comes with 21 images which are not particularly related to one another. I don’t have any problem with this as it gives me more variety per plate and numerous stamping possibilities! If you don’t like this particular plate, definitely check out the other plates here.

 

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Thoughts:

I had a lot more luck with the plate than the previous I reviewed here. Most of the images transferred well to the stamper and then to the nail. However, I did have a lot of trouble scraping the polish. I don’t know if it was me or the plate but my scraper kept getting caught on the designs. Also, it didn’t scrape all the polish properly so I ended up with smeared pictures on my stamper. Now, on other plates…if I don’t necessarily scrape all the polish I can still end up with a crisp image. Unfortunately with this BPS plate, I ended up with a lot of pooling.

 

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Below I outlined the images I had the most trouble with (by trouble, I mean the difficulty with scraping).

I personally love stamping, and now that I have practiced more and honed my technique I enjoy it a lot more! But, I know stamping is not everyone’s cup of tea so definitely check out BPS’ other nail art supplies here.

 

Born Pretty Store ships free internationally and their prices are super low. The above plate only costs $5.99! If you are interested in placing an order with them don’t forget to apply my 10% off coupon code below!
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Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Water-Marble and Sugar-Spun Manicure for A2Z Series: M is for Multi-Color

06 Friday Feb 2015

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For this week’s prompt, I had these images of rainbow neons floating through my head but realized the keyword was “multi-color” not “rainbow”. I felt like doing a predominantly pink manicure and a sugar-spin…and this is what I came up with. As I used neon pinks for the sugar-spin this look also works for this week’s NAIL prompt!

I hope you like it!

 

A2Z Series: M is for Multi-color | The Rite of Aging

I started with 1 coat of Zoya Charlotte as my base.

I water-marbled with Zoya Charlotte, Barry M Gellys Chili, Chai and American Apparel Neon Violet.

I sugar-spun with Color Club Warhol and Pucci-licious.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Don’t forget to check out the other cool multi-color manicures below!

Dotticure and Stamping Nail Art: Puppy Pink

05 Thursday Feb 2015

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I had no clear vision for this nail art. All I knew was I wanted to do a dotticure stamping combination. Almost a year ago I attempted a neon combination and I was crazy about it (linked here). Since then, this double combo has become a favorite technique of mine.

Previous trends prevail and Saachi still serves as my inspiration for my manicures. I am pleased because the last time I tried this stamp I had a lot of trouble transferring the image to the stamper. This time it worked with my favorite stamping polish!

I hope you like it!
Puppy Pink Dotticure and Stamping | The Rite of Aging

I started with 2 coats of Dance Legend 373 as my base. I loved how this color looked on me! I can’t wait to wear it again!

I dotted with Milani Mauve Medley, Sephora by OPI Mr. Right Now, and Color Club Warhol.

I stamped with Essie No Place Like Chrome and a Pueen Cosmetics plate from the Love Elements collection.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

January Showcase

02 Monday Feb 2015

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This year I will try to comment on more blogs. I read the posts and continually fall behind on Bloglovin’ but I am always too chicken to comment; especially when there are 40+ already there! I am also trying to pin more. I am already addicted to Pinterest and don’t nearly pin enough…yep, I said it!

Anyways, below are 5 favorites from last month!

 

PiggieLuv - Jan15favesCan we just talk about how Narmai used real chalk for this look? She said she did not have great control while “writing on the chalkboard” but I couldn’t tell the difference. The writing is so small and perfect. It shoots me straight back to high school! Narmai really uses her nails as a canvas!

 

Lady Maid Nails - Jan15favesI became familiar with Mandy’s blog during Debbie’s (The Crumpet) 31-Day Challenge this month. I absolutely love Mandy’s freehand! I especially love her take on the reversed polarities prompt. It is a total throwback to when my mom took me to the science discovery store and I played with the electric ball. Whenever I touched it the current turned pink as I moved my hand around.

 

fixintofaff - jan15favesHow cool is this sponging?? Ali only used the three primary colors to achieve this look. The Barry Ms she used were on the darker side so the final result came out cool and vampy…click the above link to see the finished look. How cool is this “during” picture?

hourglass ambient powderI love highlighters. Especially those I can sweep on even when I am not wearing foundation. Regardless of how well I take care of my skin, it sometimes looks sallow and medicine-ridden. I wear every single one of the above shades and I always look glow-y! The colors are soft and diffuse easily. Initially, I considered only buying the more golden tone “Radiant Light” but highlighters in the palette are quite smaller than the singles and about half the price but honestly, I cannot imagine going through any of them in my lifetime. Anyways, having three shades is a lot more versatile! I did not anticipate purchasing this palette but the checkout line waits right next to the Hourglass display…

 

69a7d4a246e9db5ba47533d5a17ae5b9.jpgAnd finally…Bao Bao plays in the first real DC snowfall. Enough said.

 

Definitely check out my Pinterest pages (nails – here) and (other things – here). There are a host of AMAZING nails especially from the Fairy Tales Digital Dozen week and some seriously cool random stuff including the map of Middle Earth drawn on a coffee cup.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.