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Celebrate the Occasion Nail Art Challenge Day 3: Graduation

20 Tuesday May 2014

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The best part of graduation? The parties that come afterwards!

Unfortunately, my hand tremor came back so precise detail work went right out the window. I saw quite a few variations on the “waterfall” manicure and I wanted to give it a try. So, instead of the waterfall I went with a streamer-fall?

Hope you enjoy!

 

ImageI used 1 coat of Color Club Wham! Pow! and 3 coats of Sinful Colors All About You as my base.

The polishes I detailed with:

  • Color Club  Almost Famous, Mrs. Robinson
  • Essie No Place Like Chrome
  • Milani Peacock

Tools I used:

  • Two dotting tools
  • Small detailing brush

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

 Don’t forget to check out the other manicures!

FingerFood’s Themed Weeks: Galaxies

18 Sunday May 2014

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Galaxies are one of my favorite nail arts! They are abstract and I get to mess around with sponging, dotting and colors until I am happy! You can imagine my excitement over this week’s Theme Buffet prompt! (Facebook group linked here.)

I hope you enjoy my blue-ish, purple-y, shimmer galaxy!

 

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I used 2 coats of Milani Black Swift, 1 coat of butter London The Black Knight, and 2 generous coats of Milani Sprinkles as my base.

Polishes used for detailing:

  • Julie G White Orchid
  • Urban Outfitters Blue Velvet
  • Color Club Pucci-licious
  • Zoya Crystal
  • Pretty Jelly Dream Cloud
  • Sally Hansen Slick Black

Tools used:

  • Dotting tools (two sizes)
  • Sponge-tip applicators
  • Small artist brush

I topped off with Seche Vite to protect the detailing before finishing with a generous coat of INM Northern Lights.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Don’t forget to check out the other manicures!

NAIL May Theme Two: Clouds

16 Friday May 2014

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Nail Art Ideas Linkup second May theme is clouds! A theme I am very familiar with this week! We were hit with a week-long thunderstorm with a very arbitrary rain schedule and nasty humidity. But, funnily enough, just as I came up with a manicure idea the clouds parted and the sun shone through. I decided to inject a little color into a previously “stormy” manicure.

I incorporated the Nimbus technique, freehand and stamping.

Initially, I wanted large clouds but the only stamps I had were for thin, long ones. I worked quickly to smear them with Seche Vite top coat. It worked! I kept the shape of the clouds but smeared/extended the bottoms. I especially like how the ring finger came out!

 

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

I used the Nimbus technique with Zoya Reece, American Apparel Parakeet, Color Club Pucci-licious, and Urban Outfitters Blue Velvet.

I freehanded with Essie No Place Like Chrome.

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

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Nail Art: On a Molecular Level

11 Sunday May 2014

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Quick Note: I will be posting a pretty requested blog entry on my experiences with insurance companies and speciality pharmacies later this week. Many people have been asking me for months and I’m sorry it’s taken so long for me to get to it but I have been having a lot of issues with the pharmacies and frustrations ran high!

On to the nail art!

 

I decided to do some science-inspired nails because I am teaching one of my science classes tomorrow.

I am kind of loving how this came out. I am slowly but surely getting the hand of stamping! Hopefully with a little more practice I can go pro! 😉

 

ImageI used 3 coats of American Apparel Parakeet as my base.

I detailed the stripes and dots with Zoya Yara, Color Club Mrs. Robinson, and Essie Naughty Nautical.

I sealed it with Seche Vite before stamping with Konad Special Polish in Black and MoYou London plate 03 (Scholar collection).

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

GOT Polish Challenge: Neon

08 Thursday May 2014

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This week’s Golden Oldies prompt is Neon (Facebook group linked here). As we all know, I L-O-V-E love my neons! So, naturally, I was all over this week’s manicure.

I love how the neons in my collection marble but I was not feeling a full nail effect so I taped off the sides. I especially like how my index finger came out!

 

ImageI used 2 coats of Urban Outfitters Westside as my base.

I marbled with OPI Red Lights Ahead…Where? and Color Club Mrs. Robinson.

Gnarly Gnails’ Neverending Pile Challenge – Vampy

07 Wednesday May 2014

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Am I the only one who thinks “vampire” when I hear the word vampy? Is that the idea behind the word?

Anyways, I saved this polish for the Neverending Pile prompt because it would go with a nice dark red. I especially like how the red looks bloody (Vampire-esque, right??)

Of course, I had to take it one step farther and really stretch the rules by adding other polishes I have worn and loved before.

I hope you enjoy!

 

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I used 2 coats of Zoya Yara as my base.

I sponged with Zoya Cheryl in the middle and my untried Sinful Colors Secret Admirer.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Crumpet’s Nail Tarts May TPC #1: Purple, Red, Green

06 Tuesday May 2014

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Today marks a new month in the Tri-Polish Challenge (Facebook group linked here)!

I am not going to lie. I was a little nervous about this color combination. I have never worn these colors together so in my head they did not mix….but, as I hunted through my stash, I found a set of colors that ended up working very well together!

I hope you like it!

 

ImageI used 2 coats of Zoya Yara as my base.

I sponged Zoya Payton on the tips.

I dotted with American Apparel Neon Red.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.