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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.

Water-Marble and Sugar-Spun Manicure for A2Z Series: M is for Multi-Color

06 Friday Feb 2015

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For this week’s prompt, I had these images of rainbow neons floating through my head but realized the keyword was “multi-color” not “rainbow”. I felt like doing a predominantly pink manicure and a sugar-spin…and this is what I came up with. As I used neon pinks for the sugar-spin this look also works for this week’s NAIL prompt!

I hope you like it!

 

A2Z Series: M is for Multi-color | The Rite of Aging

I started with 1 coat of Zoya Charlotte as my base.

I water-marbled with Zoya Charlotte, Barry M Gellys Chili, Chai and American Apparel Neon Violet.

I sugar-spun with Color Club Warhol and Pucci-licious.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Don’t forget to check out the other cool multi-color manicures below!

Sugar-Spun and Stamping Nail Art for NAIL (January 2015) – Marsala

20 Tuesday Jan 2015

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When the magazines announced the 2015 Pantone Color of the Year I was a little bummed. I am more than a little certain I’ve seen this color before. It looked like “wine red” except a little more orange, which then became “burnt orange”, right? I don’t know. I am not feeling the hue of this “marsala”; it’s not a particularly attractive shade to me.

However, the main polish I used for this prompt is quite pretty and I wear it all the time! (Okay, dilemma: has anyone experienced an amazing amount of anxiety about running low on their old Milani polishes? I’m torn between using them and saving them for the end of the world).

Anyways….I hope you like my nail art!

 

Marsala-Inspired Sugar-Spun Manicure | The Rite of AgingI started with either Wet n Wild Black Creme or Milani Mauve Medley as my base.

I sugar-spun with Milani Mauve Medley and Foxy Lady.

I stamped with Black Creme and Bundle Monster plate BM 311.

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

NAIL (December 2014) – New Year’s Eve

30 Tuesday Dec 2014

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I have stayed away from glitter toppers because the last time I wore them I had a terrible time taking them off. I couldn’t! I scrubbed and scrubbed, my cuticles turned raw and even after all that there were still glitter pieces stuck to my nail. Yikes! It was an overall bad, haunting experience and I have not quite gotten over it yet.

However, New Year’s still screams glitter and bright colors so I cheated and used a fun gold flaky topper instead!

I hope you like it!

 

DSCF2257_fotor-001I used 3 coats of Sally Hansen Miracle Gel So Cir-cute as my base.

I stamped with Pueen plate and OPI Lincoln Park After Dark.

I marbled without the water-marble with Zoya Maria Luisa. I don’t think the concentration would have varied that much if I applied the topper straight from the bottle (especially over the yellow base) but the technique is just so satisfying!

 

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.

NAIL (November 2014): Dreamcatchers

25 Tuesday Nov 2014

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In elementary school we made dreamcatchers during art class. I was so proud of my creation I brought it home to my parents. They hung it in their bedroom and it stayed there until we moved house. I was convinced the dreamcatcher worked because whenever I slept in my parent’s room I never had bad dreams. I had recurring nightmares as a kid so I frequently slept in their bedroom.

Now, I have the occasional nightmare but I regularly dream. And are they VIVID! Honestly, I sometimes have difficulty separating reality from fiction. My dreams make a whole lot of sense during my REM cycle but when I wake up I realize they do not occur in a sensible order. The dream starts one way, switches scenes, plays out, then returns to the original thought. I think it is really funny I clearly remember the details, though. I am pretty sure I dream in HD.

For this prompt I would have loved to paint dreamcatchers but I my skills are not quite there so I decided to stay with my trusty abstract ideas. However, because of this, it took me a while to think of a suitable design. I am glad I stamped. I probably would not have the patience to freehand this look.

 

I purchased the new Pueen Cosmetics (Leisure Collection) stamping collection. I could not help myself. I love the brand’s designs and the plates are high quality. I have had no trouble scraping, transferring or stamping and I like that they are not separate images but full plate designs. I am highly anticipating the release of the Festival collection in December!

 

I hope you like it!

 

dreamcatchersI started with 2 coats of Milani Peacock as my base.

I sponged with a foam eyeshadow applicator Milani Peacock, Vivid Violet, Power Periwinkle and Color Club Pucci-licious.

I stamped with Konad Special Polish Black, White and PUEEN Cosmetics plate PUEEN 77.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

A to Z Series: C is for Copycat/NAIL: Geometrics

16 Sunday Nov 2014

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I recently joined another nail art community on Facebook and love the idea. It is called the A to Z weekly blog. Every week, Charlie from Pocket Money Polishes provides a prompt corresponding with a letter. The interpretation is very open so I can take it any direction I want.

However, since I am still figuring out my blogging schedule I decided to combine challenges. This nail art also serves for this week’s NAIL prompt. Symmetry is a huge part of geometry! I am not much into shapes so I am glad I could stretch the prompt without using them!

I hope you like it!

c is for copycatI started with 3 coats of Pahlish as my base.

I stamped the paw print with Konad Special Polish Black and Mundo de Unas plate LO06.

I used an assortment of decals from the Pueen water decals collection WD2 I bought from Amazon.com.

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Check out the other copycat nails below!