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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.

Bundle Monster 30 Days of Screams – Day 20: Black & Orange

20 Monday Oct 2014

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What goes better with a two color palette than sugar-spun? Hehehe. I also had a neon orange Mundo de Unas stamping polish that was supposed to work well over black! I am a little bummed the two oranges did not match up. I was also surprised how sheer the stamping polish came out. It worked well over other colors, I guess I should give it a break since it is difficult to show up over black.

I hope you like my manicure!

Bundle Monster 30 Days of Screams - Black & Orange | The Rite of Aging

I used 2 coats of Wet n Wild Black Creme as my base. I really love this black. The consistency is awesome, the polish itself is cheap. I am thrilled I found it in the back of my stash!

I sugar-spun with my trusty Color Club Wham! Pow! and I stamped with Mundo de Unas Neon Orange (28).

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Bundle Monster 30 Days of Screams – Day 19: Vampires

19 Sunday Oct 2014

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…or vampire bats!

I hope you like my manicure today!

 

Bundle Monster 30 Days of Screams - Vampire | The Rite of AgingI used 1 coat of Essie No Place Like Chrome as my base.

I saran-wrapped with Nails Inc. Foubert’s Place. (I almost did it the other way around and caught myself! If you own the Essie polish you know how annoying clean-up is!)

I stamped with Bundle Monster plate BM 301 and Konad Special Polish Black.

I detailed with Milani Black Swift.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Bundle Monsters 30 Days of Screams – Day 12: Black Cats

12 Sunday Oct 2014

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I do not own any of the Bundle Monster cat stamping designs so I was thrilled to use my new Pueen water decals! The black cats may or may not have drawn me to this specific set. Heh…But, since this is a Bundle Monster contest I stamped a base for the little kitties.

I fell in love with my first Pahlish lacquer a few weeks ago so when I re-purchased my coveted Color Club Wham! Pow! I couldn’t help but buy a few more nail polishes from Pahlish. I was excited to use this grey base because I knew exactly what other colors I was going to use! Don’t you love it when you don’t have to pour over colors for hours and hours to decide which to use??

I had trouble with the water decals, they applied well but my hands were shaky so I couldn’t position them properly. These specific designs have very thin necks (literally!) and I, unfortunately, wasted a few because they folded over. That was definitely a bummer. I did not have trouble with air bubbles with these and they smoothed out nicely in the end. Better yet, they didn’t smear with top coat application!

I hope you like today’s manicure! The bottom is a closer look at this awesome Pahlish base!

 

Bundle Monster Halloween Challenge - Black Cats | The Rite of Aging

Bundle Monster Halloween Challenge - Black Cats | The Rite of Aging

I started with 3 coats, for good measure, of Pahlish Mind Like a Diamond. It is an awesome light lilac-grey with black, potentially dark purple (sorry, I’ve got terrible eyesight apparently) and a light purple shimmer throughout.

I stamped with Sephora by OPI Domestic Goddess and Bundle Monster plate BM-315.

I finished with Pueen water decals and Seche Vite.

 

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.

SIMPLES – Week 12: “Splodged” Base under Dots

11 Saturday Oct 2014

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I always fall behind during this challenge but I wanted to catch up because I had the perfect inspiration! A friend of mine made this awesome background for one of her art pieces. It is everything I love: color, neon, “splodging”, irregular dots…this piece is just cool! You should check out Bridgette’s Instagram, she is extraordinarily talented. I am and always have been in awe (and slightly jealous, hah!) of her artistic ability. The picture below links to her Instagram!

 

bridgette - inspiration

Her Instagram handle is thechairmanzou.

Take a look at her artwork, it is beyond amazing!

I definitely did not do this piece justice, but I had so much fun doing it. I am not sure I would call it RA-friendly because working with the eyeshadow applicator is a bit tedious but the abstract result doesn’t need to pristine. You decide!

I hope you like it! (I especially like how the pinky and ring finger turned out)

SIMPLES Challenge - Splodging Under Dots | The Rite of Aging

I started with 1 coat of Milani Spotlight White as my base.

I detailed with a dotting tool, a sponge-tip eyeshadow applicator and the following polishes:

  • Color Club Pucci-licious, Wham! Pow!, Almost Famous
  • Urban Outfitters Blue Velvet
  • Milani Black Swift
  • Girly Bits Supersonic

I wanted a matte effect but not completely so I used Cult Nails Wax That! It gives a matte, wax finish that kind of glistens but is not shiny or flat.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Nail Polish Canada’s 2014 Halloween Contest!

11 Saturday Oct 2014

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I decided to participate in the NPC Halloween contest. Instead of trying to freehand some scary, detailed cool designs I focused on the techniques I am good at: splatter and sugar-spun! The color scheme says Halloween without the scary! I added some BPS spider web decals though because I was not feeling up to drawing them. I like how they peak out from the splatter. They’re kind of spooky, right?

 

Even though I waited 30 minutes to add top coat, the decals still dissolved. Very unfortunate.

Click (here) to vote for your favorite submission! I hope you like mine!

 

Nail Polish Canada Halloween Contest | The Rite of Aging

 

I started with 2 coats of Color Club Wham! Pow! and Girly Bits Supersonic as my base.

I detailed with Milani Swift Black. The decals are from a Halloween collection from the Born Pretty Store.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.