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Nail Art: Inspired by the Pets

22 Tuesday Oct 2013

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I managed to take a rather awful picture of Affie this morning but it captured a very silly expression. I am usually very good at reading animal’s expressions but  I have NO idea what she was trying to tell me.

 

While I was painting my nails this evening I realized they reminded me of my loveable goofy Affable. Sponging, and water decals are very arthritis friendly but I decided to push my restraints a little bit and did water marble accents! I hope you like it!

 

ImageBases: (2 coats): Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White On (ring+thumb), Zoya Cheryl

Marble: Orly “Bonder”, Sephora by OPI “Mr. Right Now”, “Mrs. Can’t Be Wrong”, “Cover Me in Petals”, and “Cab Fare”

Sponging: Zoya “Cheryl”, Essie “No Place Like Chrome”, China Glaze “Fuchsia”, Color Club “Mrs. Robinson”, Urban Decay “Smog”, and Sephora by OPI “Cab Fare”

Middle Finger: I used two separate water decals from the Born Pretty Store. They were two different designs from the Christmas collection. I finally figured out how to use these properly! After I soak the entire paper in water I need to remove the decal from the backing. Hah…well, practice makes perfect! I had no problems with keeping the decals flat on my nail.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

NAIL Oct. Theme 3: Things that Go Bump in the Night

20 Sunday Oct 2013

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My pets make the most noise during the night. For nocturnal beings, they have the worst eye-sight and tend to bump into everything! They are such weirdos. They drown out all other noises!

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I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear “White On”, Sephora by OPI “Go My Own Way” and “Cab Fare“ as my bases for this manicure.

I really like how Essie “No Place Like Chrome” stamps. It’s really opaque. I have to let it dry a little on the stamping plate though because it is awfully slippery. I also used Milani “Dark Coffee” for stamping. I used Bundle Monsters plate “BM 316” and “BM 323”.

For the marble I used Sephora by OPI “Go My Own Way”, Urban Outfitters “Blue Velvet”, and Essie “No Place Like Chrome”.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Halloween Nail Art Contest

07 Monday Oct 2013

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Short and Sweet in Texas is holding a Halloween Nail Art contest and I decided to submit a picture!

I am so excited about this because I incorporated the marbling and sugar-spun techniques. Spiders terrify me so after I finished taking pictures I just ignored my thumb.

 

I hope you enjoy it and please vote for my submission. I believe it is the 3rd picture in the album.

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Bases:

Ring: Color Club “Wham! Pow!”

All others: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear “White On” covered by butter London “Knackered”

Detailing:

Water-Marble: Orly “Bonder”; Wet n Wild “Black Creme”

Sugar-Spin: Essie “No Place Like Chrome”; SpaRitual “Bismuth”

Free-hand Spider and Web: Milani “Black Swift”, Essie “No Place Like Chrome”, SpaRitual “Bismuth”

The bat was a water decal purchased from the Born Pretty Store. I am not sure if I applied it correctly because the sticker came off white.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

31DC2013 Day 29: Inspired by the Supernatural

29 Sunday Sep 2013

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I racked by brains trying to think of ideas when it came to me: my favorite cartoon, ever…SCOOBY-DOO!

Supernatural without the scary!

 

31DC2013 Inspired by the Supernatural

31DC2013 Inspired by the Supernatural

Polishes Used:

  • Color Club “Twiggie”, “Wham! Pow!” and “Almost Famous!”.
  • Cult Nails “Deal with It”
  • Zoya “Gwin”
  • Milani “Quick Teal“, “Key West” and “Peacock”
  • Urban Outfitters “Westside” and “Blue Velvet”
  • Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear “White On”
  • Seche Vite top coat
  • INM Northern Lights top coat

Detailing

  • Bundle Monster plate “BM 311”
  • small artist’s brush

Groovy!

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

31DC2013 Day 24: Inspired by…a Book

24 Tuesday Sep 2013

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Since I am such a Middle Earth nerd I decided to continue with the concept and go with the Hobbit.

The Smaug sketch at the beginning of the book is my favorite drawing from the entire series. I redrew it on my binders, notebooks, everything!

Inspired by…a Book

I am seriously digging the red glint in Smaug’s eyes as he watches over his hoard.

For this manicure I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear “White On”. I only needed one coat!

For the detailing I used Wet n Wild “Black Creme”, butter London “Knees Up”, and Zoya “Goldie”.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

31DC2013 Day 21: Inspired by a Color (…Coordinate?)

21 Saturday Sep 2013

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I wanted to continue with my water-marbling and I saw that I had a ton of great polishes in the pink-red category for an awesome gradient.

Apologies, I just noticed that there is a little more swelling in my fingers than usual. I had to do two manicures today because I will be out all day on Sept. 21st, giving me no time to work on the day’s prompt.

Inspired by a Color: Pinks/Reds

For this marble, I marbled each color separately and layered them. I really love how it came out!

Base:  Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear “White On”

All marbles were done with Orly “Bonder”.

Index: Zoya “Reece”, Color Club “Poptastic”

Middle: Zoya “Reece”, China Glaze “Caribbean Temptation”, Urban Outfitters “Banana Hammock” (I added the yellow because this nail looked a little bald).

Ring: China Glaze “Caribbean Temptation”, Sephora by OPI “Mr. Right Now”

Pinky: Sephora by OPI “Mr. Right Now”, “Caffeine Fix”

I think it is great how each marble goes in different directions and how each color pops!

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

31DC2013 Day 19: Galaxies

19 Thursday Sep 2013

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Galaxies is the prompt I am most excited for! I love working on galaxy nails. They are time-consuming but so much fun!

No matter what I do, it will still look like a galaxy. It is my nail-art dream!

Galaxies

Polishes Used

  • Zoya “Goldie”
  • Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear “White On”
  • Milani High Speed Fast Dry “Black Swift”
  • Urban Decay Naked “Hustle”
  • Urban Outfitters “Mystic”
  • Cult Nails “Feel Me Up”
  • Color Club “Wham! Pow!” (orange), “Poptastic” (pink), “Pucci-licious” (light purple)
  • Nfu Oh “Opal Nfu 51”
  • butter London “Knackered”
  • INM “Northern Lights Hologram Top Coat – Gold”
  • Seche Vite “Dry Fast Top Coat”

Techniques Used

  • Small sponge pieces held with tweezers
  • Regular sponging (wedge foundation sponges)
  • Multiple artists brushes

Notes

I started with one coat of Milani “Black Swift”. I love this black creme. It applies wonderfully in one coat. It does not dry as quickly as some of the other high speed Milani polishes so it has time to set evenly.

On my pinky, ring, and middle finger I added one coat of Urban Outfitters “Mystic”.

On my index and thumb I applied one coat of Nfu Oh “Opal Nfu 51”.

I alternated colors and top coat (Seche Vite) to give the manicure a 3D effect.

I applied Seche Vite before the polishes dried completely so that they blended together.

I used Bundle Monster plate “BM-311” to stamp some stars in Zoya “Goldie” to add dimension. 

I sponged Nfu Oh on every nail to bring out the base color.

Finally, I applied two generous coats of INM top coat.

This is the first time I used colors in my galaxy. Most of my galaxy nails are a variation of this.

 

I am really proud of this manicure because I can see specific components, but it is also hazy like the night sky!

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.