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#31DC2014 – September 4 (Day 4): Green Nails

04 Thursday Sep 2014

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I decided to go simple for today’s prompt. Initially, I wanted to stamp silver flowers and freehand green leaves. Before I knew it I stamped silver branches and birds! I have not taken enough advantage of the full design plates, from MoYou London, so I am really trying to practice achieving a “panoramic” nail art.

I realized I have been using my MoYou London plates pretty regularly and my Bundle Monster ones have been totally neglected. Poor little stamping plates, they were the ones that got me into stamping to begin with! I am very excited, though, I recently bought some Mundo de Unas plates and I’m debating between Pueen or Wistonia plates. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

Last week, I barely blogged because I was not feeling well. This week I cannot seem to shut up! I know I am rambling so thank you so much for bearing with me! I guess that is what blogs are for 🙂

 

I hope you like my green nails for today!

#31DC2014 September 4: Green Nails | The Rite of Aging…EarlyI used 2 coats of Revlon Gel Envy High Stakes as my base.

I stamped with MoYou London’s Mother Nature plate 02 and Essie No Place Like Chrome. I love stamping with this polish but it dries way to quickly for me to properly clean the details on the stamper! I’m getting better but it is definitely a race against the clock!

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

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

#31DC2014 – September 3: Yellow Nails

03 Wednesday Sep 2014

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I was itching to use my MoYou London Scholar stamping plate but never felt inspired to do so. Many of the designs on this plate scream yellow so I knew I had to use it!

I hope you like today’s manicure, I am very pleased with my stamping, I did not smudge which is a first! Now, I have to work on making each nail look the same…eh, that is overrated, right?

 

DSCF0749_fotor-001I used 2 coats of China Glaze Sun Worshipper and 1 coat of Urban Outfitters Banana Hammock as my base.

I stamped with MoYou London Scholar collection plate 03 and Konad Special Polish in Black.

I dotted with Color Club Almost Famous and sealed everything with Seche Vite.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Don’t forget to check out everyone’s extremely lovely nail art below!

#31DC2014 – September 2 (Day 2): Orange Nails

02 Tuesday Sep 2014

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Today’s manicure is nearly identical to last year’s! I used the same base and a similar glitter topper. How funny! I guess I my nail art has not changed that much.

I tried one-stroke flowers but my nails were too short and the petals looked like blobs. I reached for my striping brush and the rest is history. The finished design was not what I planned for but I love the outcome! It kind of reminds me of tiger stripes. I hope you like it!

 

I thought the matte acrylic paint looked really cool against the shiny base so I matte the entire manicure. It did not look very good so I am glad I took pictures beforehand! I kind of wish I had taken pictures before topcoat as well!

 

DSCF0728_fotor-001I used 2 coats of Color Club Wham! Pow! and a generous coat of Formula X for Sephora Bombshell as my base. I bought this in celebration of Halloween last year and turned out it was limited edition. It is no longer available as part of the Explosives line. Great formula and I did not need to fish for the pieces. It dried a little gritty but only needed one coat of Seche Vite to even it out.

I used orange, white and black acrylic paint to detail.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Check out the other orange manicures below!

Depression Awareness – #fightforlightandlive

20 Wednesday Aug 2014

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My submission for the hashtag #fightforlightandlive. The idea behind my manicure – fly free: free from depression, free from the weight it brings, free to be who you are without fear.

Here is my question for the world: Depression sometimes goes hand in hand with autoimmunes. Is it because it is hard to cope with a life-altering diagnosis? Is it because autoimmunes are inflammatory diseases, affecting all organs including the brain? 

I suffered from depression, on and off, long before I ever felt my first arthritic pains, but I wonder now if it has gotten worse because I still cannot wrap my head around my new disability or because inflammation runs rampant in my body.

 

Five minutes after I applied top coat I had to wrestle the Saachi for something and everything smudged. My left hand came out with the least damage so I photographed that hand.

 

DSCF0563_fotor-001I used 2 coats of Zoya Giovanna as my base. I used 1 coat of Deborah Lippman One Short Day (from the Wicked collection) on my thumb and ring finger. I used 1 coat of Serum No. 5 Forest Lights and 1 coat of Zoya Opal on my index, middle and pinky finger.

I stamped with American Apparel Parakeet and MoYou London plate 02 (from the Mother Nature collection).

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Don’t forget to check out everyone who went green for Depression Awareness. Use #fightforlightandlive across all social media!

Tri-Polish Tuesday Challenge – August #3: Blue, Yellow, Red

20 Wednesday Aug 2014

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I used 2 coats of Sinful Colors Chick, Chick and 1 coat of Seche Vite as my base.

I sugar-spun with Zoya Cheryl and Payton.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

GOT Challenge: White Base

14 Thursday Aug 2014

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Check out the sidebar for the link to the Facebook group.

I am not going to lie…I love how this came out. It is super cute and fun. I cannot stop looking at my hands! The stamping could be better but this afternoon I could not even fill out a simple UPS DHL slip without my fingers getting stuck and painful. My hands went past shaky right to pulsating so I expected the worst when I lift the stamper. It smeared the base but I was totally okay with that today! (The top coat masked the flaw! Yay!)

I hope you like my GOT manicure this week. Since my Nails Inc. glitter has blue and pink glitter I went with a gender symbol design. When I flipped through my stamping plates I knew it was perfect with the other colors!

 

DSCF0539_fotorI used 3 coats of Nails Inc. Sprinkles Sweets Way (thumb, index, pinky) and 2 coats of Milani Peacock (ring) and Zoya Reece (middle) as my bases. To bring the blue creme and pink shimmer together I added a generous coat of Sally Hansen Color Frenzy Candy Drops and 1 coat of INM Holographic Top Coat – Silver.

I stamped with butter London Cotton Buds and Bundle Monster plate BM 310. The butter London polish became so thick after a few uses I could no longer stand it as a base. I reserved the remainder for stamping and it worked really well!

I sealed everything with 2 coats of Seche Vite because the glitter ate the first coat!

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Check out the other white base manicures below!