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Under the Sea Blue Gradient Nail Art

17 Monday Aug 2015

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Well hello there lovely people!

Today I have a fun blue gradient with the brightest blue cremes in my collection! Just looking at them puts me in a good mood. And, as per usual, I did not leave well enough alone and added some sea creatures to my waves. Thankfully, they came out well and added nicely to the look!

Unfortunately, I completely forgot Why Not stains worse than any other polish in my collection. I used Crystalline Nail Veil but there was still skin that couldn’t avoid the inevitable. I am not really looking forward to taking this look off which is just as well because I love it so much!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

 

 

Under the Sea Blue Gradient Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: SinfulColors Whiteboard

Gradient (from cuticles to tip): Glitter Gal Bluemerang, China Glaze UV Meant to Be, SinfulColors Why Not

Stamping: Creative Shop stamper, MoYou London Sailor 08, Wet n Wild Black Creme

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Wiki It Challenge – Blood Drips Nail Art

23 Thursday Jul 2015

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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

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

OMD3 – Lipstick Stamping Nail Art

19 Sunday Jul 2015

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Oh. Mon. Dieu. I am finally caught up! I knocked out THREE prompts! Unfortunately, today, my phone camera decided to bring on it’s attitude full on and my photos are less than ideal…

I am not the biggest lipstick fan. I have well over 20 lip balms, sticks, tinted balms, glosses, and hybrids in nudes and light pinks and rarely wear them! There are three, however, I wear more than the others and those are the YSL glossy lip tints and Chanel Coco Rouge Shines. I would always rather spend money on something I wear more often than something that gets shoved into the back of the cupboard!

I was so excited for this manicure…it came out the way I wanted!…Except..it looks more like blood than melted lipstick…whoops…Does that ever happen to you? Everything turns out EXACTLY the way you imagined it but doesn’t look the way you thought it would?

 

#OMD3NAILS - Stamped Liquid Lipstick Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: Formula X for Sephora Platinum Prime, Boundless Berry (from the Infinite Ombre kit! — I won one of the giveaways sponsored by Preen.Me ** I never win Instagram giveaways!!!)

Stamping: Bundle Monster 303

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.


OMD3 – Stamping and Water Decal Nail Art

18 Saturday Jul 2015

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Playing catch up with some of the prompts today! Thankfully, I already had an idea of what I wanted to do but was just too fatigued to execute them! Here is my very RA-friendly kitty nail art!

Disclaimer: There will not be a whole lot of writing in the next few posts. I am trying to catch up and my fingers are still super swollen!

 

#OMD3NAILS - Cat Decal Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: Color Club Twiggie

Stamping: Pueen Cosmetics plate 48 + Creative Shop stamper + Barry M Matte Rhossili

Decals: Pueen Cosmetics

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

OMD3 – Stamped Book Nail Art

13 Monday Jul 2015

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I am making it right under the wire today! I am teaching two half-day summer camps this week so in an attempt to make myself feel less tired today, I did all my chores yesterday but that just made me too tired yesterday to paint my nails! Ah, irony.

Just as well, though, because today’s prompt was a no-brainer. I only have one “handwriting” stamp and I wanted to create an old parchment watercolor base.

I am really digging this new watercolor technique. I use torn up pieces of latex-free makeup sponge completely saturated in acetone. I dilute the polishes completely and dab them on the nail to build up opacity until I am happy!

Hope you like it!

 

#OMD3NAILS Stamped Handwriting Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: Barry M Chai

Watercolors: Barry M Chai, Zoya Severine, SpaRitual Bismuth, Milani Dark Coffee

Stamping: Creative Shop stamper, Bundle Monster plate BM311, Zoya Louise

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

OMD3 – Stamped Leaves Manicure

11 Saturday Jul 2015

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I promised I tried. I really tried not to use the Born Pretty Store plate. I have so many vines or foliage stamps; gorgeous, pretty stamps on my Pueen plates but I cannot help but use this BPS one. It has the perfect leaves for the look and feel I want.

I’ve seen this look so many times. It is especially popular on tourists shirts. Well, why not? Nothing quite says warm vacation more than summery neon plant fronds!

I dreamt about this look and knew exactly what I was going to do for today’s prompt. It came out exactly the way I wanted and I was so excited I posted them on Instagram early.

I hope you like this as much as I do!

 

#OMD3NAILS - Stamped Neon Leaves Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: American Apparel Neon Green

Stamping: Born Pretty Store plate BP-19, The Creative Stamper, Sephora by OPI I Come in Peas, Barry M Matte Cancun

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.


OMD3 – Stamped Floral Nail Art

10 Friday Jul 2015

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I knew from the get-go I was going to stamp today. I own so many stamping plates with flowers on them but I rarely use them! It’s the weirdest thing. I love the look of floral but not actually don’t. Weird, huh, it doesn’t even make sense! I would rather have anything else on my nails or clothes! I figure everyone has those things they just like looking at but never use…Speaking of which…

I have used every single one of my Bundle Monster plates at least once since I bought them two years ago; all, except two: the french tip ones. I am not a French tip mani type of girl; never was and never will be but a challenge is the best time to branch out a little, right?

I went with something simple today. I hit a serious stamping wall. I know there are so options: lead-lighting, reverse stamping, decals, the list goes on. But, I am not feeling any of them. There is nothing wrong with good old-fashioned stamping, though! And, honestly, I can’t imagine anything else would look half as good against this busy base

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Floral Stamping Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: Zoya Dream

Stamping: Bundle Monster plate BM 324, Color Club On the Rocks, The Creative Shop stamper

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.