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Gradient and Stamping Nail Art for NAIL (Feb 2015): Hearts

16 Monday Feb 2015

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During the Valentine’s Day mania I saw stamped hearts over red and pink, I saw watermarble heart decals in red and pink and white and finally I saw free-drawn hearts in red and pink and…yup, you guessed it, white!

I have a ton of heart stamps especially from the Pueen Cosmetics Love Elements collection but I hit a major creative block with this prompt. I felt nothing towards the traditional color schemes but didn’t know how to proceed otherwise. Finally, I decided on a darker, fiery gradient with some well, okay, white stamping on top.

Speaking of stamping and Valentine’s Day, I am seriously falling out of love with Seche Vite top coat. It smears ALL my nail art and it’s getting really irritating. Seriously, what’s going on? I wait a generous amount of time for the polish to dry. I don’t press down to hard on the brush when applying it. Some of these techniques, like gradients, take so long to begin with I am never in the mood to re-do one or two or more nails!

Anywho! I hope you like my heart nails!

 

Please excuse my nail shape, my fingers and just overall photo. I don’t know what’s up but my fingers look insanely thin with gargantuan nails attached to the tips. I shaped my nails yesterday and they looked great. My flare is almost gone and maybe I filed my nails to fit that swelling? I tried to position my hand to make everything look better but something still looks off 😦 And, on top of everything else, because of the flare my hands were so shaky I literally only got 2 non-blurry shots! Yikes!

 

DSCF3685_fotorI started with 1 coat of Barry M Gelly Mustard as my base.

I used a makeup sponge Milani Mauve Medley, American Apparel Neon Red and Barry M Gelly Mustard for the gradient.

I stamped with Pueen Cosmetics plate PUEEN41 and Konad Special Polish White.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

31DC2015 – Day 9 & 10: Red Glitter Base

11 Sunday Jan 2015

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Since I fell behind with the challenge a little over the last couple of days I combined two prompts. You have no idea how excited I was when I remembered I had an awesome red glitter topper!

I hope you like it!

 

Red Glitter Base stamping | The Rite of AgingI started with 2 coats of Wet n Wild Black Creme and a generous coat of Sephora by OPI Be-Claus I Said So as my base.

I stamped with Konad Special Polish White and Pueen Cosmetics plate PUEEN44.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Don’t forget to check out the red base manicures and glitter base manicures below!


Nail Art: Snowflakes Stick Better to Grass

25 Thursday Dec 2014

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I was feeling greens, gradients and snowflakes! I love the greens together but they were so bright they almost broke my camera! Haha, kidding! But just like any good green they stained like mad!

 

I hope you like today’s manicure! Sorry about my middle nail. Right after I top-coated I stood up and nicked my nail on the table!!

 

DSCF2277_fotorI started with 3 coats of China Glaze In the Limelight as my base. I am actually pretty impressed with the formula. It streaks but self-levels and becomes opaque in 3 coats.

I used a makeup sponge and Barry M Matte Cancun at the cuticles.

I stamped with Konad Special Polish White and plate 02 from the MoYou London Festive collection.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Challenge Your Nail Art/NAIL – Freestyle Snowflakes

23 Tuesday Dec 2014

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Snowflake manicures are by far my favorite designs yet they went neglected this winter! I think my lack of commitment is due in part to the lack of snow so far. It only snowed once and it barely stuck! What a bummer! However, I heard the following months are supposed to be very, very snowy; even worse than last year! I have not decided whether this is a good thing yet. I love snow but I hate what it does for my condition. I guess I have to decide any given day…

 

I combined two prompts because I was not feeling very well but I do like the final look. Why not make snowflakes pink?

I hope you like it!

Pink Snowflakes | The Rite of AgingI used 2 coats of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Petal Pusher as my base. While I am not the biggest fan of Sally Hansen products I really love this pink. The formula is good, the color compliments my skin and it dries quickly! I find myself reaching for the polish quite often!

I stamped with MoYou London’s Festive Collection plate 02, Konad Special Polish Red, OPI Red Lights Ahead…Where? (this is an awesome deep coral but photographed more much lighter) and Milani Black Swift.

I “water-marbled” without the marble with Zoya Maria Luisa.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

NAIL (December 2014) – Rudolph & Friends

21 Sunday Dec 2014

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For this prompt, I considered this freehand reindeer design I saw on the Nailsasaurus (linked here) but I cut my nails reallllly short today and there was no way I could fit the image on my nails! Anyways, what better time to try out my new MoYou London Festive collection stamping plates!

 

I used a striping tape and Sephora by OPI Go My Own Way for subtle color change but the stamping covers it up (you can kind of see it on the pinky and ring fingers)…oh well…I hope you like it!

 

Reindeer Stamping | The Rite of AgingI used 2 coats of Zoya Dream as my base.

I stamped with MoYou London plate 01 from the Festive collection and Konad Special Polish White.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Challenge Your Nail Art: Icy Blue Colors

12 Friday Dec 2014

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This post is super late. I had done one on time with this awesome water marble, but the sugar spun ended up looking muddy and the colors just looked disgusting. So, I re-did it a couple of days later without the sugar-spin but I couldn’t take pictures until this morning. There is a little tip wear so apologies in advance! Also, sorry for the pretty poor photo quality…I cannot photograph whites to save my life….I still need to play with the settings on my camera 😦

 

I hope you like it!

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Mergh…I’m sorry I don’t quite remember all the polishes I used…If you want to know please comment and I’ll find out. Ergh, I am sorry…the cold weather is finally getting to me…I am so out of it right now.

Oh, and I stamped with Konad and some new plates from the MoYou London Festive collection.

 

Check out the other icy blue manicures below!

Challenge Your Nail Art: Snowflakes

01 Monday Dec 2014

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Quick post tonight because I am running a little behind and I am a little tired.

Today starts the 12-Days of Christmas challenge within the Challenge Your Nail Art group. We have had the prompts for a while but it completely took me by surprise today. I knew the first day was the 1st of December but for whatever reason I thought it was in a month! December really crept up on me.

Needless to say, I was always excited about the snowflakes prompt because I got to use my favorite Bundle Monster stamping plate image! I used this stamp on multiple occasions and you will probably start seeing it more regularly!

I liked the idea of water-marbling and stamping so I set out to do that. I cannot decide whether I like the final result or not. I like how the marble works with the snowflakes but I do not like the colors on their own…What do you think?

 

CYNA: snowflakesI started with 2 coats of Milani Power Periwinkle as my base.

I marbled with Sephora by OPI Metro Chic and Pahlish Mind Like a Diamond.

I stamped with Bundle Monster plate BM319, Konad Special Polish White and Essie No Place Like Chrome.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Check out the other snowflake manicures below!