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NAIL May Theme Two: Clouds

16 Friday May 2014

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American Apparel, butter London, Color Club, freehand, Konad, MoYou London, Nail Art, Nail Art Ideas Linkup, Seche Vite, stamping, Urban Outfitters, Zoya

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).

 

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Nail Art: On a Molecular Level

11 Sunday May 2014

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American Apparel, Color Club, Essie, freehand, Konad, MoYou London, Nail Art, Seche Vite, stamping, Zoya

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).

 

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FingerFood’s Themed Weeks: Oriental

04 Sunday May 2014

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butter London, freehand, Konad, marbling, Milani, MoYou London, Nail Art, Sinful Colors, stamping

I hope you enjoy my manicure for this week’s prompt (FingerFood’s Theme Buffet linked here)!

I hope you enjoy! I apologize for the stamping on my pinky finger. I smudged the design when I ran the stamper over it. I tried to save it by adding more red marble.

 

ImageI used 2 coats of butter London Cotton Buds and 1 coat of Sinful Colors All About You as my base.

I stamped with Konad Special Polish in Black and MoYou London plate 09 (Princess Collection).

I marbled with Orly Bonder and Milani Foxy Lady.

 

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Nail Art: A Black Cat in the Fog

29 Saturday Mar 2014

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Essie, Konad, MoYou London, Nail Art, Nails Inc, stamping

I went with a simple glitter gradient and stamping look tonight since I will be working at the climbing gym all weekend and my nails will definitely chip! Glitter gradients are extremely arthritis-friendly looks because they don’t take a lot of precision or dexterity!

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Image Base: 2 coats – Nails Inc. Foubert’s Place

Stamping: MoYou London Princess collection plate – 04, Konad Special Polish Black

Glitter: Essie On a Silver Platter

 

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Get Lucky Nail Art Challenge: March 15 – Ireland Inspired

15 Saturday Mar 2014

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butter London, Color Club, Cult Nails, Konad, MoYou London, Nail Art, Sephora by OPI, stamping

Day 2 of the Get Lucky Nail Art Challenge. I was thrilled when I found a sheep stamp in collection. However, I still need to practice my stamping. My poor sheep is missing half his face! Unfortunately, this was the best I could do today…Apologies!

Enjoy!

 

ImagePolishes Used:

  • Konad Special Polish Black, Gold
  • Sephora by OPI I Come in Peas
  • butter London Cotton Buds
  • Color Club Wham! Pow!
  • Cult Nails Captivated
  • Seche Vite

I used Mo You London plates 04 and 06, respectively from the Princess Collection and Mother Nature Collection.

 

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go Day 22: Surrealism

22 Saturday Feb 2014

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American Apparel, butter London, freehand, Julie G, Konad, MoYou London, Nail Art, Nail Art A Go Go, Sephora by OPI, stamping, watercolor

When I think surrealism I think abstract…but there is going to be an abstract prompt.

I went with a cartoon time warp idea because I still get surreal “beyond reality” with some semblance of truth…if that made any sense! 😛

Enjoy!

 

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I used 2 coats of butter London Cotton Buds and 1 coat of Seche Vite as my base. 

I “water-colored” with Julie G White Orchid, Sephora by OPI Caffeine Fix, Mr. Right Now and American Apparel Neon Red. 

I matte the color with Essie No Place like Chrome. 

I stamped with MoYou London plate 04 from the Princess Collection and Konad Special Polish in Black.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

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Nail-Art-A-Go-Go Day 9: Inner Geek/Crumpet’s Tri-Polish Tuesday February #2: Brown, Pink and Gray

11 Tuesday Feb 2014

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Chanel, freehand, Milani, MoYou London, Nail Art A Go Go, Nails Inc, stamping

What makes us a geek? Is it the clothes we wear? The subjects we study? Nope, it is our own DNA, our own blood! We all geek out about one thing or another. Embrace it! I certainly do! 🙂

This manicure also serves for The Crumpet’s Tri-Polish Tuesday Challenge as well.

 

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I used 2 coats of Nails Inc. Foubert’s Place. This polish actually cracked on my third finger as it was drying. Has that happened to anyone else?

I stamped with Milani Dark Coffee and MoYou London plate 03 from the Scholars Collection.

I “blood-splattered” with Chanel Le Vernis Gondola.

 

I hope you enjoy!

 

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