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Bundle Monster Turns 5! Nail Art Challenge Day 17: Kisses

19 Thursday Jun 2014

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Bundle Monster, Bundle Monster Turns 5 challenge, freehand, Julie G, Konad, Nail Art, stamping, sugar-spun, Zoya

I am so behind on life right now. I am dealing with an annoying flare so everything works at 3x a slower speed!! Hopefully, I will catch up tomorrow, but we’ll see how I feel.

For the 17th, I decided to use the big kiss stamp. I really like this stamp and think the picture transfers very well. Just as I started with the pink sugar-spin I thought of doing brown as well for hershey kisses! Ah well, inspiration for next time!

I hope you like it!

 

ImageI used 2 coats of Julie G White Orchid and 1 coat of Orly Sec n Dry as my base.

I stamped with Konad Special Polish Red and Bundle Monster plate BM 303.

I sugar-spun with a mix of China Glaze Caribbean Temptation and Zoya Reece.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

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Crumpet’s Nail Tarts June TPC #3: Turquoise, Coral, Nude

17 Tuesday Jun 2014

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butter London, China Glaze, marbling, Nail Art, Pop Beauty, Tri Polish Challenge

I need to stop using this base color! It really does not do anything for my skin tone but I reach for it every time! I am finally getting the hang of this water marble thing and my designs actually look like true water-marbles! Now, if I could only re-create the same look for each nail…

 

ImageI used 2 coats of butter London Tea with the Queen as my base.

I marbled with Orly Bonder, China Glaze Fuchsia, and Pop Beauty Pacific Hoot.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

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FingerFood’s Themed Weeks: Cartoon Nails

16 Monday Jun 2014

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Color Club, Essie, freehand, Konad, Milani, MoYou London, Nail Art, Pop Beauty, saran wrap, SIMPLES, stamping, Wet n Wild

This manicure serves THREE purposes!! I am absolutely thrilled I managed this. I am submitting it under the weekly theme buffet but it also serves as the second SIMPLES saran wrap manicure.

These nails also serve as a tribute to Casey Kasem, who passed away yesterday at the age of 82. If you have followed my blog for a while you will know I am a huge Scooby Doo fan. It was and will always remain my favorite cartoon. I own the entire original series on DVD and LOVE it.

Casey Kasem voiced Shaggy for over two decades. Not only that, he was a humanitarian who supported many different charities. The world has lost a truly remarkable person.

 

During the Nail-Art-A-Go-Go challenge in February, hosted by Missy at Gnarly Gnails, one of the prompts was animation (my design linked here). It was my first attempt at the cartoon nails technique and it came out less than to be desired. I wanted to re-visit it for this week’s Theme Buffet. While my nails are just as short as the last time, I think the addition of detailing makes the look less “stumpy”. I still need to practice getting even cartoon lines but I did not want to mess too much with it to the point I would have to re-do the entire nail!

I hope you like it!

 

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For SIMPLES – Saran Wrap

 

 

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For Theme Buffet – Cartoon Nails

I used 2 coats of Color Club Twiggie as my base.

I saran-wrapped with Milani Power Periwinkle and Pop Beauty Pacific Hoot.

I stamped with Konad Special Polish Black and MoYou London plate 06 (from the Mother Nature collection).

I detailed with Wet n Wild Black Creme and Julie G White Orchid.

I used Essie Matte About You on top.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Don’t forget to check out the other cartoon designs this week!

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Bundle Monster Turns 5! Nail Art Challenge Day 16: Ribbons

16 Monday Jun 2014

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My absolute favorite part of presents are the ribbons. Why? Because they double as cat toys. I have not bought a cat toy in years. Just kidding! This is why my cats love presents.

I love ribbons because they are so multi-purpose and so so so pretty!! There are so many. I can put them in art, pretty up almost anything, and they are functional!

I hope you like my ribbon art for today’s prompt!

 

ImagebuI used 2 coats of Color Club Almost Famous and 1 coat of Urban Outfitters Banana Hammock as my base.

I saran-wrapped with Rimmel London Reggae Splash (Kate Moss collection), Sephora by OPI Cover Me in Petals and Sinful Colors All About You.

I stamped with Konad Special Polish Red, Bundle Monster plate BM 321 and Konad Special Polish Black, Bundle Monster plate BM 316.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

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Bundle Monster Turns 5! Nail Art Challenge Day 13: Flowers

14 Saturday Jun 2014

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The first thing that came to mind was a groovy flower theme. However, I’ve done this a couple of times before (nail art here and here) so I wanted to go with something different. I remember a really cool galaxy/gemstone-esque nail art I did back in December (linked here) that I always wanted to revisit.

I decided to try something similar with different colors and a flower stamp! I hope you like it! It definitely does not have the same effect as the original but I think it came out looking pretty good anyways!

I hope you like it too!

 

ImageI used 1 coat of butter London Cotton Buds as my base.

I water-colored with:

  • Zoya Suvi, Giovanna
  • Sephora by OPI Cab Fare
  • Sinful Colors All About You

I water-marbled with:

  • Milani Quick Teal
  • Sephora by OPI Caffeine Fix

I stamped with Bundle Monster plate BM 311 and Essie No Place Like Chrome.

 

What do you think? Is the teal a little too much? I considered using Zoya Yara instead but did not think it would show up. I wanted to use a creme color because the base was sparkly. Did this look work?? Should I have added INM Northern Lights on top to make everything sparkly?

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

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Bundle Monster Turns 5! Nail Art Challenge Day 12: Cake

13 Friday Jun 2014

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I had so much fun making this manicure!!

I rarely eat cake but I love the idea of them. The checkered layer cakes are beyond cool and all the frostings possibilities are just fun. I can never bring myself to eat such brightly colored sugar cream but it does not mean I can’t enjoy the look of them!

For this manicure I included a checkered sponge cake and some frosting droplets. This took me a couple of hours. I did not realize it would but waiting for the polishes to dry took time.

I want to take another stab at this because I like the idea behind it. Next time, I want to make the droplets more uniform, or at least attempt to make them more uniform. It is a particularly messy endeavor and clean up is a pain, but I like how it came out.

I hope you do too!!

 

ImageI used 2 coats of Julie G White Orchid as my base.

I sponged Urban Outfitters Westside, Sinful Colors Chick Chick, and Julie G White Orchid to create the color for sponge cake.

I used Bundle Monster plate BM 319 and Konad Special Polish in Black.

I used Pop Beauty Pacific Hoot, OPI Red Lights Ahead…Where?, and Color Club Almost Famous! for my frosting droplets.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

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GOT Polish Challenge: Red

12 Thursday Jun 2014

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freehand, Golden Oldie Thursdays, Nail Art, Sephora by OPI, sugar-spun, Zoya

Weee!! Red! I love red but not all reds look good on me. My favorite and an oldie is Mr. Right Now!! Love this polish!! I may or may not have stock-piled it when there was a Sephora by OPI sale on HauteLook!

I apologize for the picture quality. I am still trying to get the hang of my new light settings.

I hope you like my manicure! I am a little bummed with how the accent nail came out. I guess there was not enough contrast and looked messy. On the bright side, it does remind me of chocolate covered strawberries!!

 

ImageI used 3 coats of Sephora by OPI Mr. Right Now and 1 generous coat of Sephora by OPI Be-Claus I Said So as my base.

I sugar-spun with Zoya Cheryl and add some glitter pieces from Be-Claus I Said So.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Check out the other red GOT manicures!

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