26 Thursday Dec 2013
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Born Pretty Store, Color Club, freehand, Milani, Nail Art, OPI, water decals
I have so many Christmas water decals and I haven’t used any of them yet???
2 coats of butter London Tea with the Queen as my base.
For the “Nimbus” technique (in order):
Water decal from Born Pretty Store.
1 coat of Seche Vite to seal the design!
Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.
22 Sunday Dec 2013
Posted in Nail Art
I love love love how this came out! Clean up was a little messy so apologies on that…but the green polishes do not want to budge 😦
Even though I was going for a Christmas-y color palette, this kind of reminds me of galaxies!
I used two coats Julie G White Orchid as my base.
I “water-colored” on top with:
I then water-marbled with:
I finished with 1 coat Seche Vite and 1 coat INM Northern Lights.
Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.
11 Wednesday Dec 2013
Posted in Nail Art
I initially wanted to do this for the third theme of the Nail Polish Canada competition but I do not know if I really want to submit it.
It is exactly what I was going for, but something just does not look right.
I love peppermint bark. I love love love it, but I really only eat it during the holidays.
I used 2 coats Julie G White Orchid followed by 1 coat Revlon Parfumerie Fresh Linen.
I sponged with Milani Dark Coffee.
I finished with red and clear microbeads as the peppermint pieces.
Thoughts, please!!
Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.
08 Sunday Dec 2013
Posted in Nail Art
I got the idea from The Nailasaurus “nimbus” tutorial.
2 coats Julie G White Orchid as my base.
Other polishes:
Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.
29 Friday Nov 2013
I decided to enter the nail art contest hosted by Nail Polish Canada. I like having prompts to follow when doing nail art!
If you like my submission you can vote for it by clicking here. Just submit under “Other” and Theriteofagingearly. Thanks!
I used 2 coats of Milani Peacock as my base.
Detailing (dotting, sponging, artist brushes for background)
Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.
28 Thursday Nov 2013
Posted in Nail Art
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For the bases, I used 2 coats of butter London Tea with the Queen on my thumb, index and pinky fingers before marbling with Sephora by OPI Cab Fare. I used 2 coats of Urban Decay Naked Naked for the base of the marbling on my middle and ring fingers.
Polishes used for marbling:
Polishes used for dotting:
Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.
27 Wednesday Nov 2013
Posted in Nail Art
I played around with the waterfall technique and they looked like feathers so I decided to submit it for the Link-Up!
I especially like how the pinky came out!
I used 2 coats of butter London Tea with the Queen for the base.
Waterfall Colors
Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.
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