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31DC2014 – September 13: Animal Print

26 Friday Sep 2014

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I updated the 31-Day Challenge tab on my blog and realized I never posted this year’s animal print manicure! How did I completely miss this when I posted it to my other social media? …Well, I am posting it now!

I hope you like it!

 

31DC2014 - Animal Print | The Rite of AgingI used 1 coat of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Petal Pusher and 1 coat of butter London Knackered as my base.

I detailed with dotting tools, artist’s brushes, Milani Peacock and Nfu-Oh Nfu 51.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Check out the other animal print manicures below!

#31DC2014 – September 7: Black & White

07 Sunday Sep 2014

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Traditional black and white screams geometry to me so I went with simple stamping today. Have you ever felt like one day your nail art techniques just click and everything goes exactly as planned? The last few days have been just that and I have been really happy with my designs.

I was having really good luck with Out the Door topcoat so I used it over my stamping. Unfortunately, it smeared the design on my index finger! At least the rest turned out well. I matte the finished result because, well, why not?

I hope you like today’s manicure!

 

DSCF0807_fotor-001I started with butter London Cotton Buds and 1 coat of INM Northern Lights as my base.

I stamped with Konad Special Polish Black and a Bundle Monster plate, (which I don’t remember because I do not have it in front of me!).

I finished with a coat of Essie Matt-e About You.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

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#31DC2014 – Day 5: Blue Nails

04 Thursday Sep 2014

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I can’t wait until tomorrow to post this! I was on a roll today and knocked out two manicures…Have you ever done a manicure and it came out EXACTLY the way you hoped? This manicure was exactly that.

I saw it, I did it, I loved it!

I cannot stop looking at my nails.

This is my second attempt at gradient stamping and I am so thrilled with how they mix in the middle. The blue and white look so cool together! Eep! I’m really digging today’s design! I was inspired by one of my first nail arts (Smile Like You Mean It, linked here) but if I do say so myself, I have gotten better at cleanup and sponge gradients!

 

I hope you like it as much as I do!

#31DC2014 September 5: Blue Nails | The Rite of Aging...EarlyI used 3 coats of Milani Power Periwinkle as my base. I do not know why but it did not reach full opacity until the third coat, even with thicker application.

For the gradient, I used a makeup sponge, (from cuticle to tip) Milani Power Periwinkle, Pop Beauty Pacific Hoot, and Urban Outfitters Blue Velvet.

I sealed the gradient with INM Out the Door top coat. I don’t particularly like this top coat because it smears my nail art but it is perfect for blurring gradients.

I stamped with Milani Peacock (I am running out and can’t find it anywhere…this is one of my favorite blues!!), butter London Cotton Buds and Bundle Monster plate BM-304.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Check out the other blue manicures below!

GOT Challenge: White Base

14 Thursday Aug 2014

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I am not going to lie…I love how this came out. It is super cute and fun. I cannot stop looking at my hands! The stamping could be better but this afternoon I could not even fill out a simple UPS DHL slip without my fingers getting stuck and painful. My hands went past shaky right to pulsating so I expected the worst when I lift the stamper. It smeared the base but I was totally okay with that today! (The top coat masked the flaw! Yay!)

I hope you like my GOT manicure this week. Since my Nails Inc. glitter has blue and pink glitter I went with a gender symbol design. When I flipped through my stamping plates I knew it was perfect with the other colors!

 

DSCF0539_fotorI used 3 coats of Nails Inc. Sprinkles Sweets Way (thumb, index, pinky) and 2 coats of Milani Peacock (ring) and Zoya Reece (middle) as my bases. To bring the blue creme and pink shimmer together I added a generous coat of Sally Hansen Color Frenzy Candy Drops and 1 coat of INM Holographic Top Coat – Silver.

I stamped with butter London Cotton Buds and Bundle Monster plate BM 310. The butter London polish became so thick after a few uses I could no longer stand it as a base. I reserved the remainder for stamping and it worked really well!

I sealed everything with 2 coats of Seche Vite because the glitter ate the first coat!

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

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GOT Challenge: Yellow (Roses)

21 Monday Jul 2014

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It has been a while since I last took part in the Golden Oldies challenge but when I saw this past Thursday’s prompt, I had the perfect polish in mind!

Since I used a year old polish I decided to try a new technique: stamping decals. I am pretty happy with how this came out. I stamped the yellow roses and painted black and white right onto the stamper.

I hope you like it!

 

DSCF0321_fotorI used 2 coats of Color Club Almost Famous as my base.

I stamped the roses with MoYou London plate 09 (Pro Collection). I painted Wet n Wild Black Creme and butter London Cotton Buds straight onto the stamper and sealed it with Seche Vite.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

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Oh Mon Dieu 2 Challenge – Day 11: Rainbow

11 Friday Jul 2014

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For whatever reason, I never feel true rainbows, as in: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, purple – together. I am not sure why.  I just do not like how the colors look together. I would rather do a gradient/ombre of colors. (You can see my other rainbow-inspired manicure for last September’s 31-day challenge here).

I used neons because they are just “splatterable”. It is also a technique I rarely attempt. Strange, right? It seems like something I would do more often.

Splatter-painting is hard! I did not get a true splatter unless I doused the toothbrush in acetone, but the color became more transparent because of it.

 

Do you have any tips for me?

I added a couple of pictures, in different lighting, because I L-O-V-E how this came out! Of course, you can never go wrong with neons, right?

 

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DSCF0232_fotorI used 2 coats of  butter London Cotton Buds as my base.

I splattered with pure acetone, a toothbrush, and Color Club Almost Famous, Wham! Pow!, Warhol, and Mrs. Robinson. 

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

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Oh Mon Dieu 2 Challenge – Day 8: Shimmer

08 Tuesday Jul 2014

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Right after I go on and on about rainbow shimmer in holographic polishes, I realize the prompt for today’s manicure IS shimmer!  “Knackered” is a favorite in my collection but I do not use it nearly enough. It always looks gorgeous over dark nail polish!

I hope you like this manicure. I tried a freehand design and my hand shook like mad. I hope this gets better with practice!

DSCF0155_fotorI used 2 coats of Zoya Suvi and 1 coat of butter London Knackered as my base.

I detailed with butter London Cotton Buds and China Glaze In the Limelight. I placed silver rhinestones in the middle of each star.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.