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FingerFood’s Themed Weeks: Galaxies

18 Sunday May 2014

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Galaxies are one of my favorite nail arts! They are abstract and I get to mess around with sponging, dotting and colors until I am happy! You can imagine my excitement over this week’s Theme Buffet prompt! (Facebook group linked here.)

I hope you enjoy my blue-ish, purple-y, shimmer galaxy!

 

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I used 2 coats of Milani Black Swift, 1 coat of butter London The Black Knight, and 2 generous coats of Milani Sprinkles as my base.

Polishes used for detailing:

  • Julie G White Orchid
  • Urban Outfitters Blue Velvet
  • Color Club Pucci-licious
  • Zoya Crystal
  • Pretty Jelly Dream Cloud
  • Sally Hansen Slick Black

Tools used:

  • Dotting tools (two sizes)
  • Sponge-tip applicators
  • Small artist brush

I topped off with Seche Vite to protect the detailing before finishing with a generous coat of INM Northern Lights.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Don’t forget to check out the other manicures!

Nail-Art-A-Go-Go Day 18: Sci-Fi!

19 Wednesday Feb 2014

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The first thing that came to mind was Star Trek! I decided to go with a simple freehand design and pull out one of my favorite polishes from the cobwebs!

 

ImageI used 1 coat of Milani Black Swift as my base before adding a generous coat of butter London The Black Knight. I adore this polish. It is a galaxy in a bottle! I haven’t worn this nail color in months and I don’t know why! I thinned the formula with Zoya Renew. It is still thick but it self-levels with one coat. LOVE.

I used Sally Hansen Triple Shine Slick Black on my ring finger before free-handing the Star Trek logo with Essie No Place Like Chrome.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Nail Art: Silent Night

14 Saturday Dec 2013

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I decided to go with some stars! Even though there was nothing silent about the freezing rain/hail we got today! 🙂

I especially love how the gradient looks on my middle finger!

 

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I used 2 coats Zoya Dream as my base.

I sponged Sally Hansen Triple Shine Slick Black on the tips.

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

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Nail Art: Snowstorm

22 Friday Nov 2013

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And for your reading pleasure…Dumb Sh*t Monica Thinks: I walked into Trader Joe’s to buy dog food late last week and wondered why there were so many turkeys for sale….In my haste to get to the winter holidays I totally forgot about the fall ones!

 

Everyone in DC drives like they are bracing a snowstorm…even when there are barely any flakes.

By the way, it has not snowed yet but everyone thought it would!

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I like the blurrier pictures because they lend more to the effect of snow flurries!

 

I used 2 coats of Sally Hansen Triple Shine “Slick Black”. I am not a huge fan of Sally Hansen polishes but the color on this was too amazing to pass up. I needed two thick coats to reach full opacity. The polish is a lot more sheer than it appears in the bottle.

I stamped with Essie “No Place Like Chrome” and Bundle Monster plate “BM 323”.

I love marbling each color separately. Marbles are messy so they should look messy! Well, not all the time, but I like the look of a “messy marble”.

I marbled with Orly “Bonder” and Sephora by OPI “Go My Own Way”.

I then marbled with Orly and Slick Black. I love how it cancelled out the colors underneath. 

I stamped snowflakes with Julie G “White Orchid” and Bundle Monster plate “BM 319”.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Nail Art: When in Doubt, Add Glitter

26 Saturday Oct 2013

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I decided to paint my nails at 10pm last night??

I could not bring myself to do anything too labor intensive and on top of everything else, I managed to knick the polish on three nails!

I salvaged the manicure with glitter!

 

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I never thought blues looked good on me but I love Sephora by OPI “Go My Own Way”. It is the perfect navy blue!I used three thin coats.

For the marble, I used 2 coats Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear “White On” for the base. I interchanged Sephora by OPI “Ms. Can’t Be Wrong”, “Mr. Right Now”, Urban Outfitters “Blue Velvet” and Milani “Peacock” before dunking my ring finger haphazardly into the water. Minus the colors, I am getting an Union Jack vibe?

I am very very picky about my glitter top coats. It’s right there in the name! Top coat! I should not need another one on top of it! Sephora by OPI jewelry top coats are totally amazing. They do not dry totally smooth but the glitters are dense and dry flat! I do not experience a lot of chipping. The glitters are high-shine, even if the base is not. I prefer this since the focus is the glitter!

I used Sephora by OPI “Lights, Glammer-a, Action!” over the blues and “Come to Pappa-razzi!” on the accents.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

NAIL Oct. Theme 4: Treats and Sweets

24 Thursday Oct 2013

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I really wanted to practice my stamping. When I first started doing it I was just awful at it so I put it to the side for a while. I think stamping is so versatile and I know I need to get better at it.

I think the “Picasso Swirl” technique is just so fun. I tried two different looks in this manicure. The first I just swirled each color separately and the second I mixed the colors a little more.

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I didn’t notice the line on my index nail until the polishes had dried. I thought there was a scratch on the plate…Nope, it was a little piece of cat hair!

I used 2 coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear “White On” as my base. Any suggestions on a better good white?

For the stamping, I used Bundle Monster plate “BM 306” and Wet n Wild “Black Creme”.

For the swirl, I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear “White On”, and Color Club “Almost Famous”, “Wham! Pow!”.

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Help!: In Search Of….

22 Tuesday Oct 2013

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I am in search for a good creme white and yellow.

 

The whites I tried (China Glaze “White On White”, Sally Hansen “White On”, Essie “Blanc”) got very gloopy and thick within two uses.

The China Glaze polish was unusable. The bottle was totally full but I never managed to get any polish on the brush.

Essie was just awful from the get-go and I had to toss the polish. It was too thick and the dry time was very slow, even with thin and streaky strokes.

I liked Sally Hansen, I got full coverage with one coat but the consistency changed as well.

 

The yellows I tried (Cult Nails “Deal with It”, Color Club “Almost Famous”, the Milani Fast Dry yellow) also changed consistency very quickly.

I never liked Cult Nails because it was very tacky and no matter what I tried to do I could not get even layers. The dry time was extremely long.

In general, I am not a fan of the Cult Nails polishes.

I purchased Sephora by OPI “Cab Fare”. I liked the polish but it was too sheer on it’s own. Even after four coats I could still see my nail bed. Also, it has shimmer and I really wanted a bright creme.

 

Help!

I just realized I am totally bashing these polishes. My opinion is my own and I did not have a good experience with them. Other people might have had better luck with these polishes and brands. There are some great polishes from these brands that I really like, however, these polishes just did not work for me.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.