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Sugar, Spice and Sweets || Nail Art

03 Wednesday May 2017

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I’ve had these water decals in my stash for ages but every time I sat down for a Instagram community challenge I just couldn’t find use for them. Lately, I’ve taken a step back from challenges and just paint my nails as an idea hits me!

I hope you enjoy this extremely simple, arthritis-friendly look. Water decals are seriously a pain sufferer’s best friend. All you do is dip them in water, position them on the nail, top coat it and done. And now that water decals are all the rage in the nail art world you can get them in almost any design or character. Not exaggerating. They are the perfect nail art hack.

 

sweets3.jpgHow neon are those pink dots? This Color Club polish does not look particularly neon in the bottle but it pops in the sun! (Well, it was part of the Pop-tastic collection so I can’t be surprised!)

 

sweets2I get so hungry just looking at these nails!

 

sweets1Base: Zoya Charlotte (discontinued), SpaRitual Bismuth (discontinued)

Decals: Born Pretty Store Cake Pattern Water Decals – 011

Details: Color Club Poptastic (discontinued)

 

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31DC2016 – Coloring Flowers | Nails

25 Sunday Sep 2016

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A little while ago, I tried my hand at coloring water decals (check it out here). It was so much fun I tried it again for the 31-Day Challenge flower prompt. I blended and mixed acrylic paints and love the final result.

I hope you do too!

 

flowers2flowersBase: Color Club On the Rocks

Water Decals: Born Pretty Store

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

31DC2016 – Day Three: Yellow

03 Saturday Sep 2016

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Items provided for honest review.

I decided on something simple for today’s yellow prompt. I worked in the morning and was completely spent by the time I go to home. I can tell you specifically which dog nearly dislocated my shoulder and from there I lost most of the strength in both arms.

Regardless, I looked forward to doing my nails so I stuck with easy, tried and true water decals! I received these specific ones from Nicole Nail Diary and thought they were perfect for today’s look. Funnily enough I do not use emojis in texts or online but I thought these were too cute to pass up. The decals detached from the backing nicely after 20 seconds in the water and they did not disintegrate with top coat application!

Unfortunately, neither my phone or my camera picked up on the neon yellow/orange base but I did my best..I hope you like it!

 

yellowBases: SinfulColors Chick Chick, China Glaze Sun Worshipper

Decals: Nicole Nail Diary ($0.99/sheet here)

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Check out the other blogs for more yellow nails!

New Years Sparkles and Water Decals | Nail Art

29 Tuesday Dec 2015

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Long time no see, everyone!

After my cracked rib I lost my nail art mojo and then we had guests from out of town for the Christmas holidays. They loved painting their nails and I hung out with them while they did but I realized doing my own nails was a very solitary exercise. Not sure why, but that’s how I felt!

Of course, I felt the pang of not posting and as we quickly came up to New Year’s I felt a little sparkle was in order.

I hope you like my simple nail art today!

 

Easy New Year's Sparkles Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: OPI Ce-less-tial is More

Water Decals: Pueen Cosmetics, Born Pretty Store (purchased by me)

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

CYNA – 12 Days of Christmas: Christmas Trees

07 Monday Dec 2015

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Decals purchased by me.

Here are my Christmas tree nails for the Challenge Your Nail Art 12 Days of Christmas Challenge! I hope you like them!

 

CYNA - 12 Days of Christmas: Xmas Trees | The Rite of AgingBases: Zoya Severine (white gold), Suvi (dark green)

Details: Formula X Nails White Out, Sally Hansen Scale Up

Decals: Born Pretty Store ($2.00/sheet here)

 

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Pink Snow Globe | Nail Art

22 Sunday Nov 2015

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Water decals purchased by me.

The Born Pretty Store Christmas decals are my absolute favorite and I purchase them every October. This year was no exception and I paid special attention to the snowmen  and reindeer who are absolutely adorable.

Today’s nail art is fashioned after a snow globe nail art I did two years ago (linked here) except this time I managed the look a little better.

I am on the fence with this one because I like last year’s better.

Maybe I shouldn’t have chosen pink and used a clear top coat for the layers? I do like it but something about this one isn’t quite right. I actually considered not even posting it but it took me so long I just had to! And, I mean, look at those smiling faces!

I hope you like it!

 

Pink Snow Globe Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: Essie Mademoiselle

Details: Deborah Lippmann Popular, Sally Hansen Petal Pushers

Stamping: Konad Special Polish White, Bundle Monster plate BM319

Water Decals: Born Pretty Store Smiling Snowmen Water Decals (scroll down to see the different sheets…and they even featured my review nail art!! How cool is that?!)

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

#31DC2015 – Honor Nails You Love: Watermarble Decals

01 Thursday Oct 2015

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This month went by surprisingly fast. I never felt rushed or uninspired like in previous years. I focused on fast, easy RA-friendly techniques. Watermarble decals fall into this category! I’ve been meaning to try these ever since I saw Sveta Sanders’ gorgeous accent nails.

She created a bullseye in the water, let the polish dry and applied it to the nail like regular decals.

 

I am really happy with how these came out. I unfortunately nicked my ring finger while applying the decal to the middle finger but other than that little snag (heh) these were simple to make and apply!

 

#31DC2015 - Watermarble Decals Nail Art | The Rite of AgingBase: OPI Lincoln Park after Dark

Marble: Sephora by OPI Cover Me in Petals, OPI Lincoln Park after Dark

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

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