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Bundle Monster Turns 5! Nail Art Challenge Day 22: Icing

22 Sunday Jun 2014

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Eh, I am not too thrilled about this manicure. When I saw the prompt I thought sugar-spin, but I could not find a stamp that really encompassed “icing”. And of course, I ended up covering most of the stamp!

For whatever reason, there has been a huge insurgence of this nasty blue frosting on cakes. I think kids like it because of the color. It is the nastiest tasting, most staining frosting I have ever seen. It is the greatest shade of blue though — something about a food that color screams “danger!” for the stomach! Hehehe…

 

ImageI used 2 coats of Milani Dark Coffee, Gems and 1 coat of butter London Hen Party as my base.

I stamped with Bundle Monster plates BM 308, 318 and Konad Special Polish White.

I sugar-spun with Color Club Almost Famous! and Pop Beauty Pacific Hoot (I kid you not, this is the exact color of that popular frosting!)

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Summer Time Nail Art Challenge: Gardens/Butterflies

21 Saturday Jun 2014

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I had ever intention of doing a flower manicure primarily on the white tips of the gradient but I had the stamping plate out from my Bundle Monster manicure and it had such cute butterflies I had to change the design!

I hope you like my gradient and butterflies. I am pretty pleased with how this came out!

 

ImageI used 2 coats of Julie G White Orchid as my base.

I used a makeup sponge (from cuticle to tip) China Glaze Caribbean Temptation, Zoya Reece, and Julie G White Orchid.

I stamped with Konad Special Polish (in some shimmery purple?) and Bundle Monster plate BM 307.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Don’t forget to check out the other Butterfly-Garden manicures!

Summer Time Nail Art Challenge: Sunsets

20 Friday Jun 2014

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Wow, I slept. All. Day. I barely managed the manicure for today with no hope of catching up on the GOT or Bundle Monster challenges! Yikes! Hopefully, if I can’t catch up I can pick up them up again.

Anyways, I couldn’t think of anything other than a sponge gradient which I saw many other people did so I decided to up the ante and do a double sunset gradient with the sponge AND sugar-spin technique! Hehehe..

I like the opposing and opposite color gradients and I hope you do too!

My camera went nutsy with this, too much neon! (Which, of course, is never a bad thing!)

 

ImageI used 1 coat of Julie G White Orchid as my base.

I used a makeup sponge with (from cuticle to tip) Color Club Almost Famous, Wham! Pow!, Warhol, and Mrs. Robinson.

When I was happy with the results I sugar spun with the same polishes (minus Mrs. Robinson) in the opposite direction.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Don’t forget to check out the other Sunset manis!

Summer Time Nail Art Challenge: Bright Colors

20 Friday Jun 2014

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I love taking part in the Challenge Your Nail Art series (hosted by the lovely Jessica). The prompts are fun and it’s like a rigorous little burst of back-to-back manicures.

Today’s prompt is right up my alley. COLORS! I hope you like my picasso swirl!

 

ImageI used 1 coat of Julie G White Orchid as my base.

I picasso-swirled with a toothpick with (from cuticle to tip) American Apparel Neon Yellow, Neon Red and Pop Beauty Pacific Hoot.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

 Don’t forget to check out the other manicures!

Bundle Monster Turns 5! Nail Art Challenge Day 17: Kisses

19 Thursday Jun 2014

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I am so behind on life right now. I am dealing with an annoying flare so everything works at 3x a slower speed!! Hopefully, I will catch up tomorrow, but we’ll see how I feel.

For the 17th, I decided to use the big kiss stamp. I really like this stamp and think the picture transfers very well. Just as I started with the pink sugar-spin I thought of doing brown as well for hershey kisses! Ah well, inspiration for next time!

I hope you like it!

 

ImageI used 2 coats of Julie G White Orchid and 1 coat of Orly Sec n Dry as my base.

I stamped with Konad Special Polish Red and Bundle Monster plate BM 303.

I sugar-spun with a mix of China Glaze Caribbean Temptation and Zoya Reece.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

FingerFood’s Themed Weeks: Cartoon Nails

16 Monday Jun 2014

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This manicure serves THREE purposes!! I am absolutely thrilled I managed this. I am submitting it under the weekly theme buffet but it also serves as the second SIMPLES saran wrap manicure.

These nails also serve as a tribute to Casey Kasem, who passed away yesterday at the age of 82. If you have followed my blog for a while you will know I am a huge Scooby Doo fan. It was and will always remain my favorite cartoon. I own the entire original series on DVD and LOVE it.

Casey Kasem voiced Shaggy for over two decades. Not only that, he was a humanitarian who supported many different charities. The world has lost a truly remarkable person.

 

During the Nail-Art-A-Go-Go challenge in February, hosted by Missy at Gnarly Gnails, one of the prompts was animation (my design linked here). It was my first attempt at the cartoon nails technique and it came out less than to be desired. I wanted to re-visit it for this week’s Theme Buffet. While my nails are just as short as the last time, I think the addition of detailing makes the look less “stumpy”. I still need to practice getting even cartoon lines but I did not want to mess too much with it to the point I would have to re-do the entire nail!

I hope you like it!

 

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For SIMPLES – Saran Wrap

 

 

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For Theme Buffet – Cartoon Nails

I used 2 coats of Color Club Twiggie as my base.

I saran-wrapped with Milani Power Periwinkle and Pop Beauty Pacific Hoot.

I stamped with Konad Special Polish Black and MoYou London plate 06 (from the Mother Nature collection).

I detailed with Wet n Wild Black Creme and Julie G White Orchid.

I used Essie Matte About You on top.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Don’t forget to check out the other cartoon designs this week!

Bundle Monster Turns 5! Nail Art Challenge Day 16: Ribbons

16 Monday Jun 2014

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My absolute favorite part of presents are the ribbons. Why? Because they double as cat toys. I have not bought a cat toy in years. Just kidding! This is why my cats love presents.

I love ribbons because they are so multi-purpose and so so so pretty!! There are so many. I can put them in art, pretty up almost anything, and they are functional!

I hope you like my ribbon art for today’s prompt!

 

ImagebuI used 2 coats of Color Club Almost Famous and 1 coat of Urban Outfitters Banana Hammock as my base.

I saran-wrapped with Rimmel London Reggae Splash (Kate Moss collection), Sephora by OPI Cover Me in Petals and Sinful Colors All About You.

I stamped with Konad Special Polish Red, Bundle Monster plate BM 321 and Konad Special Polish Black, Bundle Monster plate BM 316.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.