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Tri-Polish Tuesday Challenge – August #4: Blue, Yellow, Red

26 Tuesday Aug 2014

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This month passed at a snail-pace. I’ve always had a problem with August but time really slowed down. I am thrilled there is only one week left.

Here is my manicure for this week’s TPC. I had to re-do all my nails except for the accent because they became cluttered. I started with a dotticure and added clouds. It was too much and looked horrendous. I could not even look at the pictures. I went back and just did clouds and it came out way better.

 

DSCF0614_fotorI used 2 coats of Color Club Almost Famous as my base.

I stamped with Milani Black Swift and MoYou London plate 06 (from the Mother Nature collection). On the stamper, I layered Wet n Wild I Red a Good Book, Anise Make Waves and a generous coat of Seche Vite to seal the design. After it dried, I applied it to the nail and added clouds with Julie G White Orchid.

I seal everything with Seche Vite.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Don’t forget to check out the other TPC manicures this week!

 

The Crumpet’s Tri-Polish Tuesday Challenge – August #1: Blue, Yellow, Red

05 Tuesday Aug 2014

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Let’s not even get into the quality of the photos today. I apologize, my camera does not seem to capture whites well! I couldn’t get the lighting right and I couldn’t fix it! I am also not feeling to great, I wrecked myself climbing yesterday and now am paying for it. Not to mention, my cuticles went from bad to worse and the skin is peeling off my hands. Actual peeling. My body feels dehydrated but I am drinking enough water, getting enough electrolytes. Oof, my body is one hot mess right now. Most of the skin off my lips has peeled off and now they’re bleeding. I just feel off.

Anyways, now that I have gone way past TMI lets get on to the nail art. Because I feel so wonky, I needed to do a design that was easy on the RA. What better way than splatter painting? I do not even touch the nail for that! Fun, easy, quick. And guess what? I actually photographed my left hand. This is unheard of as the last time I did was my very first nail art a year ago. I found waiting for the polish to thicken added to the splatter effect so my left hand came out way better than my right.

Please ignore my awful skin and pictures…but I hope you like the nail art! I am pretty pleased with how it came out.

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Polishes used: Milani Spotlight White, Color Club Almost Famous, Wet n Wild I Red a Good Book, and Anise Make Waves.

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

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Oh Mon Dieu 2 Challenge – Day 23: Negative Space

23 Wednesday Jul 2014

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I finally caught up! I was worried because I fell behind four (yes, four!) days. I had off from work today so I sat down and got cracking. Hopefully I stay on track!

As seen in most of my other OMD2 manicures this is my first attempt at negative space. I personally do not like this design, I just do not like the look. People do an awesome job with it but I just think it looks a little strange.

This manicure did not come out the way I wanted. I went for a suspended in air look but I do not think I used enough top coat to achieve that effect. This is also the first time I tried a paintbrush gradient.

I hope you like it. What do you think? Do the bubbles look like they are floating??

DSCF0351_fotorI dotted with Milani Power Periwinkle before applying a generous coat of Seche Vite. Unfortunately it was not a generous enough coat!

After those layers dried I used a flat ended brush to paint a gradient of Pop Beauty Pacific Hoot and Anise Make Waves.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.