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#31DC2014 – September 12: Stripes

12 Friday Sep 2014

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Sorry about the not so great lighting, I’m trying to find better over the weekend!

I’ve fallen a bit behind because on day 10 I experienced a hit of exhaustion. I wanted to incorporate day 10 and 11 but everything I tried was a real nail fail and I lost steam quickly. I have an idea of what I want to do and hopefully it turns out how I want!

Anyways, here are my stripes for today…I am really stretching the prompt but as I see it, the design is made of up stripes, right?

I hope you like it. I am a little annoyed though, I sponged the base but it just came out like I smeared the stamp 😦

 

DSCF0861_fotorI used 3 coats of Zoya Goldie as my base. This time I actually remembered to use the shimmer-y polish as my base so clean up was so much easier!

I sponged with Sinful Colors Chick Chick and Julie G White Orchid. 

I stamped with MoYou London Back to the 80s plate 02 from the Time Travelers collection.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Check out the other stripe manicures below, there are some real stunners in the collection today!

Tri-Polish Tuesday Challenge – August #4: Blue, Yellow, Red

26 Tuesday Aug 2014

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This month passed at a snail-pace. I’ve always had a problem with August but time really slowed down. I am thrilled there is only one week left.

Here is my manicure for this week’s TPC. I had to re-do all my nails except for the accent because they became cluttered. I started with a dotticure and added clouds. It was too much and looked horrendous. I could not even look at the pictures. I went back and just did clouds and it came out way better.

 

DSCF0614_fotorI used 2 coats of Color Club Almost Famous as my base.

I stamped with Milani Black Swift and MoYou London plate 06 (from the Mother Nature collection). On the stamper, I layered Wet n Wild I Red a Good Book, Anise Make Waves and a generous coat of Seche Vite to seal the design. After it dried, I applied it to the nail and added clouds with Julie G White Orchid.

I seal everything with Seche Vite.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Don’t forget to check out the other TPC manicures this week!

 

Nail Polish Canada’s Summer 2014 Nail Art Challenge

06 Wednesday Aug 2014

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What better way to celebrate the end of summer or summer in general than with neons! I am going through a splatter phase so I decided on a fun, bright one for Nail Polish Canada’s summer challenge. It does not look like anyone else has done a splatter yet so hopefully mine stands out with the white background!

I thought about adding some stamping or something a little extra but I decided to leave well enough alone and stick with the simple nail art.

If you like my submission, please vote for me here: http://www.nailpolishcanada.com/summer-2014-nail-art-challenge/

 

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

I splattered with separate straws and China Glaze Sun Worshipper, In the Lime Light and Color Club Mrs. Robinson.

I finished with a generous coat of INM Northern Lights – Gold before I realized my camera could not capture details under the sparkle! Yikes! Thankfully, you can still see the definition between the colors.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Oh Mon Dieu 2 Challenge – Day 30: Fashion Inspired

31 Thursday Jul 2014

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I am in the middle of a horrendous flare. I could barely breathe and my hands were shaking like mad. Originally, I wanted to do something based off Chanel’s Spring/Summer 2014 collection but I was just not focused enough. I decided on my favorite scarf. I am pretty pleased with how this nail art turned out but, I think I should have softened the lines between the colors a little more.

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DSCF0424_fotorI used 2 coats of Julie G White Orchid as my base.

I water-colored with China Glaze Fuchsia, Pop Beauty Pacific Hoot, and Color Club Mrs. Robinson.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

FingerFood Themes Buffet: Rainbow

31 Thursday Jul 2014

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I really tried to use the whole rainbow for this week’s FingerFood’s Theme Buffet but then I couldn’t fit it on my nails…Okay, I did not really try that hard. As you know, I am not the biggest fan of the traditional rainbow spectrum.

I hope you like how I incorporated the dots within dots theme for SIMPLES as well.

DSCF0394_fotorI used 2 coats of Julie G White Orchid as my base.

I dotted with Wet n Wild I Red a Good Book, Color Club Wham! Pow!, Urban Outfitters Westside, and Color Club Almost Famous.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Check out the other rainbow-rrific manicures below!

Oh Mon Dieu 2 Challenge – Day 29: National Pride

29 Tuesday Jul 2014

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I forgot to take camera shots of my bridal nails for a blog post but you can check out pictures on my Instagram at the top of the page!

I could not decide where I wanted to go with today’s prompt. I am from DC so National Pride is, well, DC! I considered doing a Christmas tree so I could use my water decals. You can feel the city light up during the Christmas holidays. You can feel the community.  But, I still want to work on my freehand work so I decided to go with fireworks. I did not do a Fourth of July manicure this year so this will be my be-lated one.

 

As always, my pinky crowded a little but I hope you like it anyways!

DSCF0408_fotorI used 2 coats of Wet n Wild Black Creme as my base.

I detailed with a small artist’s brush and Julie G White Orchid, Color Club Almost Famous, Milani Quick Teal, and Pop Beauty Pacific Hoot.

I finished with Seche Vite to seal the design before I added a generous coat of INM Northern Lights – Silver.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Oh Mon Dieu 2 Challenge – Day 26: Outdoors

26 Saturday Jul 2014

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I was so thrilled with this manicure until the top coat smeared the design on my pinky. Bummer. If the base had not taken so long to dry I would have re-done it!

I hope you like the other fingers!

 

DSCF0373_fotorI used 2 coats of Julie G White Orchid and 1 coat of Revlon Parfumerie Fresh Linen as my base.

I saran-wrapped with Zoya Reece and Julie G White Orchid.

I stamped with Konad Special Polish Black and MoYou London 09 (Pro collection).

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.