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OMD3 – Sugarspun Nail Art for #mynailsandmydrink

29 Wednesday Jul 2015

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blogging community, Girly Bits, Nail Art, OMD3NAILS, SpaRitual, Starbucks, sugar-spun, tumbler

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Instagram has created a TUMBLER MONSTER. After the duochrome tumbler went viral on social media I became curious of the others…and I bought the sunset gradient one. Now, every few weeks, I stalk the website for new additions to the cold and warm drinkware pages.

Alright, so maybe this isn’t new. When I started traveling after college I wanted to collect something to remember my trip. The question was what? Postcards and stamps are cute but ultimately useless. Who is going to want to use either for their proposed purposes since they mail right out of your possession, completely nullifying adding them to your collection in the first place!

When I was little I used to collect little jars of sand from the places my family visited…once again though, cool but impractical.

I dug a little deeper. What could I stockpile that I could use? What do I love more than anything in the world? Coffee. Then it hit me. I drink coffee, hot tea and cocoa almost every day and what do I drink them in?? COFFEE CUPS. Not only can I drink from mugs but I can use them as holders of well, stuff! Literally all my shelves have one or two mugs, some hold my keys, others markers, and some I use to collect pistachio shells (heh!)

Now, back to the point…one afternoon while scrolling through the Starbucks website when I saw the new dog doodle tumbler! No contest. No question. I needed it. I mean, I am pre-freaking-vet and I love dogs. No hesitation. No buyer’s remorse for breaking my no-buy.

When you know you have to have something. You just know. Am I right?

 

For today’s prompt, I hit a little block. I knew which #mydrink I would use…but I did not know what #mynails I would do. I usually fill my cold drink tumblers with iced tea or water and take them in the car so I considered an Arnold Palmer gradient. However, I was just about to hit the treadmill and didn’t want to sip on iced tea during my workout. Since water is clear it opened up almost every nail art and I decided to pull from the green tennis ball…Hope you like it!

 

#OMD3NAILS - Starbucks Tumbler Sugar-Spin Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: SpaRitual Running with Wolves

Sugar-Spin: Girly Bits Cosmetics Supersonic

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.


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OMD3 – Brushed Gradient and Glitter Nail Art

28 Tuesday Jul 2015

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acrylic paint, blogging community, glitter, gradient, Nail Art, OMD3NAILS, OPI, Sinful Colors

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When I think of princesses I think of pink and glitter and tiaras. However, as you know, I am not a huge pink or glitter or tiaras girl! So…what do I do for today’s prompt?

I settled on a pink, purple, peach brushed gradient with one of my favorite glitter toppers. It is a princess look with a little flare mixed in! Hope you like it!

 

#OMD3NAILS - Brushed Gradient and Glitter Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: Sinful Colors Snow Me White

Gradient: acrylic paints, flat top artist’s brush

Glitter: OPI Polka.Com, INM Northern Lights Silver

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.


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OMD3 – Neon Saranwrap Nail Art

26 Sunday Jul 2015

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blogging community, Bundle Monster, China Glaze, Color Club, Konad, Nail Art, OMD3, OMD3NAILS, Sinful Colors, stamping

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Ah, I finally shaped my index finger properly! I LOATHED putting up photos just because my index nail drove me insane. I am still working on the C-curve on the right corner but the nail definitely looks better than it did!

Apologies on my skin tone in the picture…I thought it was hard to photograph neons with a point and shoot camera, well it’s perfection next to a phone camera! However, the neons are completely color accurate!

Today’s OMD3 prompt is peace…can you find the hidden peace signs in my nail art? Heh, I wanted them to blend in and I have to say I love how this look turned out! I hope you do too!

 

#OMD3NAILS - Neon Peace Signs Saranwrap Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: Sinful Colors Snow Me White

Saranwrap: China Glaze Daisy Know My Name?, Sun Worshipper, Purple Panic, Color Club Wham Pow!, Pucci-licious

Stamping: Sinful Colors Snow Me White, Bundle Monster plate BM320

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.


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OMD3 – Gradient and Weather Stamping Nail Art

25 Saturday Jul 2015

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Anise, blogging community, Bundle Monster, Color Club, gradient, Nail Art, OMD3, OMD3NAILS, Sephora by OPI, stamping

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Short introduction today because I feel awful and painful.

I had quite a few ideas floating around in my head for today’s prompt. I considered Q-tip cotton, painting cute clouds or just a color-coordinated gradient. In the end, I decided on my tried and true Bundle Monster stamp.

 

#OMD3NAILS - Gradient and Weather Stamping Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: Sephora by OPI Metro Chic

Gradient: w/ Anise Make Waves

Stamping: Bundle Monster plate BM312, Color Club On the Rocks

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.


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OMD3 – Freehand Fire Nail Art

24 Friday Jul 2015

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acrylic paint, blogging community, Born Pretty Store, INM, Nail Art, Nails Inc, OMD3, OMD3NAILS

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I love doing freehand fire nails. There is something really fun about them and because of this reason alone I decided to paint today’s flames!

I would definitely consider these RA-friendly. Even though I had to wield an artist’s brush I did not have to be too precise with the detail work! A win for RA-ridden hands!

 

#OMD3NAILS - Freehand Flames Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: Nails Inc. Foubert’s Place

Details: acrylic paints, INM Northern Lights Silver (for the sparks!)

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.


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OMD3 – Ocean Watercolor and Stamping Nail Art

23 Thursday Jul 2015

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blogging community, Color Club, Deborah Lippmann, Essie, Milani, MoYou London, Nail Art, OMD3, OMD3NAILS, Sally Hansen, Sephora by OPI, stamping, watercolor, Zoya

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Many moons ago I did a Galapagos-inspired look for the FIFA World Cup challenge (linked here)! I was trying out my new light box and the photos were horrendous! I was completely bummed as the actual nail art came out really nicely! I always wanted to re-try it for better pictures…except, I didn’t realize how DIFFICULT this look was to photograph! I think there was just too much going on with all the different colors and stamping, etc. I tried my best and still  have to say I love what I came up with.

I hope you do too!

 

#OMD3NAILS - Ocean Watercolor and Stamping Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: Milani Color Statement Blue Print (I have to say I am not particularly pleased with the brand’s new polishes especially when compared to the old ones…)

Watercolor: Sephora by OPI Go My Own Way, Sally Hansen Slick Black, Blue My Mind, Zoya Crystal, Yara, Opal, Deborah Lippmann Mermaid’s Dream, Essie No Place Like Chrome, Milani Power Periwinkle

Stamping: Color Club On the Rocks, MoYou London plate SAILOR 08

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.


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Wiki It Challenge – Blood Drips Nail Art

23 Thursday Jul 2015

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acrylic paint, Barry M, blogging community, Bundle Monster, Creative Stamper, Milani, Nail Art, stamping, Wiki'd It

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I took part in the first prompt so it is fitting I took part in the last! I kept up with everyone’s looks but did not participate myself. This challenge was exceptionally hard and every week I told myself I would attempt it. Before I knew it we were at the following week, fast forward to the end of the challenge and here we are!

This week’s Wikipedia article is “horror icon” (linked here). There are so many horror icons to choose from but in  the end I decided on Dracula. In high school, I wrote a whole term paper on the book and thought it was the most fascinating story I had ever read. It also doesn’t hurt that I wanted to try the drip art technique!

…I kind  of wish I hadn’t top coated the paint, it looked so much more like blood before! Ah well, I still like it :)…hope you do too!

 

#WIKINAILS - Blood Drip Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: Barry M Gelly Chai

Blood Drip: acrylic paints

Stamping: Milani Dark Coffee, Bundle Monster plate BM-314

 

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