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Watermarble Nail Art for NAIL – St. Patrick’s Day

20 Friday Mar 2015

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Due to some personal stuff going on I didn’t have the time nor was I in the mood to paint my nails. But, I knew no matter how long I went without painting my nails I had to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Green is my favorite nail polish color after all!!

It has been a while since I participated in the NAIL linkup. I wanted to but wasn’t feeling particularly inspired (I think mostly due to stress) so I am glad I was able to sneak one in before the month’s end!

But, as you guys remember neons spook my camera. I am completely thrilled that I was able to capture it even if my skin tone took a beating in the photo. I hope you forgive me!

 

St. Patrick's Neon Watermarble | The Rite of Aging

I started with a thin coat of American Apparel Neon Green as my base.

I marbled with Barry M Matte Cancun and American Apparel Neon Green.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Dotticure Nail Art

10 Tuesday Mar 2015

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Quick post today because I am all sorts of exhausted.

 

Neon Dotticure | The Rite of AgingI used KBShimmer Mixed Peelings as my base.

I dotted with Zoya Pippa and American Apparel Parakeet. I used the latter for the accent nail as well.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Stamping and Glitter Nail Art for A2Z Series: Q is for Quirky

08 Sunday Mar 2015

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I am on a glitter kick. When I decided to re-visit my glitters I loved them all (I guess there was a reason I bought them to begin with! – There was speculation I only purchased them because how they looked in the bottle!)

For the quirky prompt I decided to mix a textured polish with bright glitter, neon polish and stamping. Why not go whole hog? This would be the perfect time to do so!

During the “buy 3, recieve 3 mystery polishes” Zoya promotion I bought my first PixieDust! I’m not the biggest fan of these type of textured polishes but this one was so intriguing I had to have it! I heard a rumor that Zoya was discontinuing the PixieDust collection so I wanted to get hold of it before it was gone for good. I mean, to be a good nail art blogger, I had to, right? Hehehe!

I hope you like it!

 

Stamping and Glitter Nail Art | The Rite of AgingI started with American Apparel Neon Green as my base.

I applied a generous coat of Serum No. 5 Happy Special Day! One of my favorite polishes of all time, I am really sad I haven’t used it in so long!

I stamped with a Pueen Cosmetics plate from the Love Elements collection and Milani Black Swift.

I used Zoya PixieDust Imogen for the accent.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

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

Gradient and Stamping Nail Art for NAIL (Feb 2015): Hearts

16 Monday Feb 2015

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During the Valentine’s Day mania I saw stamped hearts over red and pink, I saw watermarble heart decals in red and pink and white and finally I saw free-drawn hearts in red and pink and…yup, you guessed it, white!

I have a ton of heart stamps especially from the Pueen Cosmetics Love Elements collection but I hit a major creative block with this prompt. I felt nothing towards the traditional color schemes but didn’t know how to proceed otherwise. Finally, I decided on a darker, fiery gradient with some well, okay, white stamping on top.

Speaking of stamping and Valentine’s Day, I am seriously falling out of love with Seche Vite top coat. It smears ALL my nail art and it’s getting really irritating. Seriously, what’s going on? I wait a generous amount of time for the polish to dry. I don’t press down to hard on the brush when applying it. Some of these techniques, like gradients, take so long to begin with I am never in the mood to re-do one or two or more nails!

Anywho! I hope you like my heart nails!

 

Please excuse my nail shape, my fingers and just overall photo. I don’t know what’s up but my fingers look insanely thin with gargantuan nails attached to the tips. I shaped my nails yesterday and they looked great. My flare is almost gone and maybe I filed my nails to fit that swelling? I tried to position my hand to make everything look better but something still looks off 😦 And, on top of everything else, because of the flare my hands were so shaky I literally only got 2 non-blurry shots! Yikes!

 

DSCF3685_fotorI started with 1 coat of Barry M Gelly Mustard as my base.

I used a makeup sponge Milani Mauve Medley, American Apparel Neon Red and Barry M Gelly Mustard for the gradient.

I stamped with Pueen Cosmetics plate PUEEN41 and Konad Special Polish White.

 

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.

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!

Nimbus Nail Art: Ticking Time Bomb

25 Sunday Jan 2015

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I am in a green mood. Okay, I am always in a green mood. Interestingly, it is not my favorite color but it is a chosen for nail art..is that odd? Maybe it is just one of my many quirks!

I am still not feeling one hundred percent yet. I am actually feeling worse so nimbus is a great nail art technique. What else is RA-friendly? Water decals! …and my Pueen Cosmetics ones have been long neglected..

I hope you like it!

 

Ticking Time Bomb | The Rite of AgingI started with 2 coats of Barry M Gelly Chai and 1 generous coat of Seche Vite as my base.

I nimbus-ed with acetone, Q-tips, China Glaze In the Limelight, American Apparel Neon Green, Revlon Colorstay Gel Envy High Stakes, and Pahlish La Royale.

I used clock decals from Pueen Cosmetics.

 

EDIT: I did not initially make this nail art for any challenge but realized it fits one of the prompts for the #31DC2015! Check out the other 3 shades of green or yellow manicures below!

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.