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A to Z Series: D is for Dark

21 Friday Nov 2014

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I had this AMAZING idea for this week’s AtoZ prompt until I realized my butter London The Black Knight nail polish was over a year old…If you are familiar with this polish you know it is the most incredible densely packed glitter bomb galaxy beauty EVER…now fast forward a year…see what I mean? It did not stop me from trying though…After I removed the biggest nail art fail ever I decided to take a step back and go for some classic white on black.

I would tell you what my first design was but I am re-purchasing the polish and re-trying the design at a later date.

 

I hope you like it! Sometimes you just cannot go wrong with class colors and shapes! Please do not mind the middle nail…I am not sure what happened there and did not even notice it until I uploaded the photo!

 

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I started with 2 coats of Wet n Wild Black Creme as my base.

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

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Don’t forget to check out the other dark manicures below!

Nail Art: Colder Days

18 Tuesday Nov 2014

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The temperature dropped 30 degrees within an hour this afternoon. Okay, maybe not 30 degrees but it certainly felt like it. By the time I returned home from work I moved like the tin man and needed oil for all my joints. I hope this is not an omen for winter months to come!

In honor of the frozen ground this morning I decided to pull out my trusted snowflake stamp! I love how this manicure came out…I love how the sparkle is mostly concentrated at the cuticle since the Zoya polish was spiked with holographic glitter!

I hope you like it!

 

colder daysI started with 2 coats of Milani Power Periwinkle as my base.

I used a makeup sponge, Milani Power Periwinkle, Sally Hansen Blue My Mind (okay, this is going to sound odd but to anyone who owns this polish…is it just me or does it smell like pot?!) and Zoya Dream for the gradient.

I stamped with Bundle Monster plate BM 319, Konad Special Polish White, and Essie No Place Like Chrome. I sealed the design with Seche Vite before applying a generous coat of INM Northern Lights in Silver.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Nail Art: Fall Sugar-Spun

17 Monday Nov 2014

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It just would not be a complete season without a sugar-spun manicure on this blog, right? Tonight I sat down to do a water marble but I could not get the polishes to spread in the water properly so I resorted to sugar-spinning. Okay, sugar-spinning is never a next resort on this blog but it was not initially what I wanted to do.

I hope you like it!

 

fall sugar spunI started with three coats of butter London Tea with the Queen as my base. I really should get rid of this polish. Even underneath the sugar spun I absolutely hate how looks. I really do not know why keep using it.

I sugar spun with Milani Dark Coffee, SpaRitual Running with Wolves and Zoya Goldie.

 

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!

Inspire Me Nails – Inspired by a Cause

12 Wednesday Nov 2014

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I have been part of this Facebook group for months but never participated. I wanted to but always felt like my ideas did not execute well as nail art. The current prompt is “Inspired by a Cause” and since November is Stomach Cancer Awareness Month, I finally decided to do some nail art!

 

I mentioned before my mother passed away over 12 years ago but I do not think I said how. She died of stomach cancer. She was diagnosed about two years before her death but went into remission after a little over a year. The cancer returned with a vengeance only after a few months and spread to almost every major organ.

Stomach cancer has one of the highest mortality rates of any cancer. This is in part to the lack of research behind it. Early symptoms are consistent with those of other gastrointestinal issues and the disease is difficult to detect in early on. And, as you know, once the cancer progresses to higher stages the survival rate decreases drastically.

 

Periwinkle symbolizes stomach cancer awareness so I opted for an all over purple color palette. I was in the mood for sugar spinning and stamping so I combined both. I hope you like it!

 

inspired by a causeI started with 3 coats of Pahlish Mind Like a Diamond as my base.

I used Sephora by OPI Metro Chic, Caffeine Fix and a mixture of Milani Power Periwinkle, Vivid Violet for the sugar-spin.

I stamped with Sephora by OPI Caffeine Fix and Pueen plates PUEEN37 & PUEEN43.

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Check out the other manicures at the Facebook page or the Inlinkz below!


Nail Art: Shimmer-y Saran Wrap

11 Tuesday Nov 2014

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For today’s nail art, I decided to go with a little shimmer cling wrap as I continue to ease my way into holiday manicures. I have so much fun with this technique. It is an easy way to get cute nail art without strain on my fingers or wrists and because it is abstract it does not have to look perfect which is some of its charm.

Of course, I could not leave well enough alone so I added some stamping. The stamping came out great but my trusty Seche Vite failed me! I thought I had waited long enough for the stamping to dry (about 15 minutes) but it still smeared the design! Oh well, it is pretty hard to tell in person.

I hope you like it!
shimmer clingwrapI started with two coats of Milani Spotlight White And one coat of Revlon Parfumerie Fresh Linen as my base.

I used bubble wrap, Essie No Place Like Chrome, and Julie G Peep Toe Pumps for the saran-wrap effect. I sealed everything with a coat of Seche Vite.

I stamped with Pueen plate PUEEN46 (from the Love Elements collection, linked [here]) and Konad Special Polish Black. I am seriously loving these Pueen plates. The images transfer well to the stamper and it always looks like my stamping is five times better than it actually is!

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Nail Art: Icy Weather

08 Saturday Nov 2014

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I spent the day very cold. It was chilly outside, the perfect fall weather but I was freezing. I just could not regulate my body temperature! The heat is on in the house yet here I am sitting with two sweatshirts, leg and feet warmers…

Ever since I started the Methotrexate injections I get random chills…even in the summer. I felt very ill today, unfortunately, but it inspired the start of my holiday manicures! Excuse the stamping, I am a little out of practice and a little shaky from a flare but I know I will be stamping a lot more often over the next couple of months.

 

I hope you like it! (Anyone with a WordPress blog…is it just me or have the default picture sizes gotten smaller?)

 

Icy-Blue Watercolor | The Rite of AgingI started with three coats of Zoya Dream as my base.

I watercolored with Zoya Crystal, Sally Hansen Blue My Mind and Essie No Place Like Chrome and glitter topper Sephora by OPI Lights, Glammar-a, Action!

I stamped with Konad Special Polish White and Pueen plate PUEEN28.