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Halloween Nail Art Challenge – Day 2: Pumpkin Faces

29 Wednesday Oct 2014

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I combined the NAIL prompt with the Halloween challenge today. When I googled pumpkin faces most of them were traditional orange background, line marks and funny or scary faces.

I love pumpkins but I always got bored of the bright oranges ones. They were so monotone! My favorite were the tiny abnormally colored ones. They were a lot more rare and just looked cooler!

 

white orange mini pumpkin

Distressed nails are very RA-friendly and work perfectly with these pumpkin’s look. I am very excited I can inject a little more “nail art” into today’s manicure to make up for yesterday!

Anyways, I hope you like my “jack-o-lantern” nails. These were really fun to do!

 

Halloween Nail Art - Pumpkin FacesI started with 1 coat of Milani Spotlight White as my base.

I “distressed” with Color Club Almost Famous, Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Short Cir-cute, and Sephora by OPI Metro Chic.

I detailed with Wet n Wild Black Creme and Sephora by OPI 212-Sephora for that candlelight flicker inside 🙂

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Check out the other pumpkin faces below!

NAIL (October 2014) – Favorite Indie

24 Friday Oct 2014

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I knew exactly which indie polish I wanted to use when I saw this week’s prompt. Serum No. 5’s Happy Special Day! is one of my favorite polishes! Sadly, I rarely use it just because I do not generally reach for glitter toppers.

I loved my sprinkled sugar-spun manicure from Bundle Monster’s birthday challenge, linked (here) and I wanted to re-create it. However, every time I sat down to make this manicure I started too late in the evening and could not finish! I finally finished it tonight, though, and was so excited to share it! I am really pleased I managed a good variety of the pieces found in this polish.

I hope you like it too!

NAIL (October) - Favorite Indie | The Rite of AgingI started with 3 coats of Color Club Wham! Pow! and Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Short Cir-cute as my bases.

I cling wrapped with Pahlish Le Bijou du Roi before sealing everything with Seche Vite.

I sugar-spun with Wet n Wild Black Creme. I love sugar-spinning with this polish. It dries so shiny!

I used a toothpick to add Serum No. 5 Happy Special Day!.

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

NAIL (October) – Week Two: Textured

12 Sunday Oct 2014

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I am not the biggest fan of textured polishes, I own a couple but I got them as gifts with purchase. I’ve used them a couple of times but was not feeling particularly creative…And then I realized, textured polish is not the only way I can achieve texture! Why not go with one of my favorite techniques??

Ever since I started blogging I wanted to do a bumblebee manicure. When I got my Bundle Monster plates it was the first stamp I tried! However, due to my inexperience I never managed to transfer the design correctly to the stamper so I gave up. What better time to re-try than a textured manicure prompt for the Link-up?

I hope you like it!

 

NAIL October - Textured | The Rite of Aging

I started with Color Club Almost Famous! as my base.

I detailed with Wet n Wild Black Creme and stamped with Konad Special Polish in Black with a Bundle Monster plate (sorry, I mixed up the plates and can’t find the one I used!).

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

NAIL (October 2014) – Week One: Splatter

03 Friday Oct 2014

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The first NAIL prompt for October is splatter-painting! Splatter is one of my favorite techniques. It is fun (who doesn’t like getting messy?), abstract, and RA-friendly!

In honor of October, I used Halloween colors. I really like the final effect but I do not like this orange. It is too yellow and dulls the white base underneath. It also stains the skin like mad. I should have used my trusty Wham! Pow! but I am running low so I used this Zoya polish instead. Oh well, I learned my lesson for next time.

I hope you like it!

 

NAIL October week one: splatterI started with 2 coats of the Julie G White Orchid and Serum No. 5 Happy Special Day as my base.

I splattered with Zoya Gwin and  Milani Black Swift.

I sealed the detailing with Seche Vite before adding a generous coat of INM Northern Lights. I noticed however long I wait the Milani polish always smears which is a bummer because I love this polish otherwise.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

NAIL (September 2014) – Week Two: Sapphire

27 Saturday Sep 2014

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I am running a little behind this month because of the 31DC but I love taking part in the Link-up so I am trying to fit these manicures in here and there.

Blue is my favorite color so I was thrilled by the second week’s prompt. Sapphire is a gorgeous stone. Even uncut, it has a very majestic glow.

 

I was on a water-marbling kick but since I was not feeling too well I only did an accent. The rest was my trusty RA-friendly saran-wrap!

I hope you like it!

 

I started with Zoya Dream as my base.

I detailed with Sally Hansen Blue My Mind and  Julie G White Orchid.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

NAIL (September 2014) – Week One: Apples

05 Friday Sep 2014

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The Nail Art Ideas Linkup was one of the first community challenges I took part in when I first started nail art blogging. I am thrilled Jemma, Jacqui and Brijit are hosting the weekly prompts again.

This is my first freehand apples. They are so much fun! I’ve always loved drawing apples since I do not have to be precise and I can always tell what they are. I’ve been really inspired lately to work on my freehand work.

I hope you like it!

 

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I started with 3 coats of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Petal Pusher as my base. I saran-wrapped with Sephora by OPI 212 – Sephora and OPI Pros & Bronze.

I detailed wit Color Club Twiggie, brown and red acrylic paint.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

NAIL June Theme Two: Pearl

24 Tuesday Jun 2014

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What better way to celebrate pearls than to use one of my favorite Chanel polishes? Coco Chanel popularized the pearl in fashion and since then has been held in high regard throughout the fashion world. One strand of pearls can elevate any look to chic (well, almost!)

I hope you like my submission for the second week of June’s NAIL. I could not get the stamp to transfer properly! I tried it a couple of times and I used my “pearl” drops to mask the poor stamping…hehehe.

Nail Art Ideas Linkup: June #2 - Pearl DropsI used 2 coats of Chanel Les Vernis Peridot as my base.

I stamped with Konad Special Polish Black and Bundle Monster plate BM 322.

I detailed with Revlon Parfumerie Fresh Linen.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.