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OMD3 – Peach Glitter Gradient & Stamping Nail Art

02 Thursday Jul 2015

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For today’s peach prompt I pulled out my trusted Westside. This was the first Urban Outfitters polish I bought and it is almost completely gone. I bought a Rimmel dupe but the formula cannot even pretend to match up. Westside (and UO’s Blue Velvet) are my most used polishes of all time!

Urban Outfitters cream polishes are surprisingly awesome and for $4 a pop they are easy to stock up on. I haven’t been to the store in a while but I think I’ll stop by soon since I am about to completely run out of my favorite colors!

 

Peach polish is one of my favorites but I only really wear it during the spring and summer because look how tan my hand is! As much as I love this color, though, it is a bear to photograph. I managed a great picture of the glitter gradient but couldn’t focus properly on the stamping. Ah well, you win some, you lose some.

#OMD3NAILS: Peach Glitter Gradient & Stamping Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: Urban Outfitters Westside

Glitter: OPI Pros & Bronze

Stamping: Mundo de Uñas Light Grey, Bundle Monster plate BM-319

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 


Challenge Your Nail Art – 3D Candy

18 Thursday Jun 2015

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Why of course I had to do another sugar-spin for today’s prompt! I kind of stretched it to include sweets because I was at a loss for actual candy.

I created a funfetti cupcake base with chocolate frosting. I am not a huge cake or cupcake person but the above is the only type I will ever eat. It looks fun and the frosting is yummy!

 

Chocolate Frosting Sugar-Spun Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: Barry M Lychee

Funfetti Detailing: (pond manicure) Milani Gems layered with OPI So Many Clowns…So Little Time

Frosting: Milani Dark Coffee

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Don’t forget to check out the other 3D manicures below!

Ziploc Marble Nail Art for NAIL – Butterflies

24 Sunday May 2015

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Have you ever just looked at something and thought ‘this really annoys me’? I opened my blog this morning and I could not stand my layout. I decided to change themes. So far, I do like it. I especially like the background color; I think it is a lot easier on the eyes. What do you guys think?

 

I first attempted freehand wings. I created a Monarch butterfly-inspired marble base but the wings looked really wonky on my short nails. I remembered the Pueen Cosmetics decals but had spent so much time on this first try, I felt too discouraged to re-do it.  Now, a few days later, I repeated the ziploc marble method and applied the decals on top.

I hope you like it!

 

Butterflies on Marbled Base | The Rite of AgingI started with a base of Color Club Wham! Pow!

I added a few drops of OPI Red Lights Ahead…Where?, Serum No. 5 Fallen, and CoverGirl Cosmetics Glosstinis Inferno before I lightly placed a ziploc bag on top to blend them together.

The decals are from Pueen Cosmetics.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

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

Plastic Bag Marble Nail Art for NAIL and Red Coat Tuesdays

03 Tuesday Mar 2015

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It is funny how inspiration strikes. The last February NAIL prompt was for our least favorite polish. The newest Milani white (Spotlight White) and butter London nude (Tea with the Queen) both made the short list but I could not think of a good nail art with them!…and then it hit me…my Wet n Wild red. I’ve mentioned I don’t like this polish: formula, brush and all…but, for whatever reason, it did not make my original list.

So, why use it? There is a group of bloggers who take part in Red Coat Tuesdays in honor of Pretty Little Liars. I always wanted to take part but never actually created a manicure for the linkup. I am obsessed with this show but even though I love it I have serious issues concerning it. There is too much going on: too many characters, too many plot lines. I tune in every week but this season is seriously lacking. I lean towards colder side of lukewarm because each episode feels like a filler biding its time until the finale.

As excited I am the show was green-lighted for a seventh season (even before this past season aired) I honestly don’t know what else they can do. They are just dragging out everything and it’s getting boring. They just need to tell us who A is, who is torturing the girls, and WHY? I don’t think they ever told us.

Why did they randomly stop thinking Ezra was “A”? (I still think he is just because being A is a very expensive habit and he is the only one who has access to the funds).

 

Anyways, on to the nail art! I decided to do something simple, RA-friendly and abstract. This is my first attempt at plastic bag marbling. There are a couple of ways to do it, either apply the dots directly to the nail or marble on the bag and transfer the design.

I decided to try the latter. I continued to splotch and mash until I was happy with the final design. I hope you like it!

 

Dry Marble - Red Coat Tuesday | The Rite of Aging

Plastic Bag Marble Nail Art - Red Coat Tuesday | The Rite of AgingI started with 2 coats of Wet n Wild Red a Good Book as my base.

I marbled with Wet n Wild, OPI Red Lights Ahead…Where?, Essie No Place Like Chrome, Zoya Goldie, and Barry M Gelly Chili.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Moody Blues Watermarble Nail Art

16 Monday Feb 2015

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So, I was watching the Bachelor tonight…no judgement…and all of a sudden there was a breaking news marquee at the bottom of the screen. The President’s Day parade was cancelled due to the frigid temperatures and potential snowfall. The hour-long news segment following the glorious episode of the best reality TV show on air right now was dominated by the upcoming crazy snowstorm.

NO MORE.

I am already suffering due to my increased physical exercise taking care of Saachi which in turn is exacerbated by staying out in the cold with her. She is no longer on restricted activity but she is still healing and I do not want her running all over the yard.

The weather really affects my condition and it is morbidly cold outside. It hurts. So, in honor of the future snowstorm, I present my dark, blue, moody watermarble!

I hope you like it!

 

Moody Blues Watermarble | The Rite of AgingI used Milani Power Periwinkle as my base.

I marbled with Milani Power Periwinkle, Sally Hansen Blue My Mind and OPI Lincoln Park After Dark.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Sugarspun and Splatter Manicure for Challenge Your Nail Art

15 Sunday Feb 2015

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I wanted to do a green manicure given it are opposite red on the color wheel. Everyone did dark, vampy heartbreaks for the Anti-Valentine’s prompt and I wanted to explore the opposite direction. But, I didn’t want to sugarspin greens so I jumped on the bandwagon and stayed with the similar.

I wanted to stamp hearts on top of the blood splatter but I kind of really liked the splatter on it’s own! I hope you like it.

 

Sugarspun and Splatter Manicure | The Rite of AgingI started with 2 coats of Barry M Gelly Chai as my base.

I sugar spun with OPI Lincoln Park After Dark and Zoya Anais.

I splattered with Sephora by OPI Mr. Right Now.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

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NAIL (December 2014) – New Year’s Eve

30 Tuesday Dec 2014

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I have stayed away from glitter toppers because the last time I wore them I had a terrible time taking them off. I couldn’t! I scrubbed and scrubbed, my cuticles turned raw and even after all that there were still glitter pieces stuck to my nail. Yikes! It was an overall bad, haunting experience and I have not quite gotten over it yet.

However, New Year’s still screams glitter and bright colors so I cheated and used a fun gold flaky topper instead!

I hope you like it!

 

DSCF2257_fotor-001I used 3 coats of Sally Hansen Miracle Gel So Cir-cute as my base.

I stamped with Pueen plate and OPI Lincoln Park After Dark.

I marbled without the water-marble with Zoya Maria Luisa. I don’t think the concentration would have varied that much if I applied the topper straight from the bottle (especially over the yellow base) but the technique is just so satisfying!

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.