A to Z Series: C is for Copycat/NAIL: Geometrics

16 Sunday Nov 2014

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A to Z series, Konad, Mundo de Unas, Nail Art, Nail Art Ideas Linkup, Pahlish, Pueen, stamping, water decals

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I recently joined another nail art community on Facebook and love the idea. It is called the A to Z weekly blog. Every week, Charlie from Pocket Money Polishes provides a prompt corresponding with a letter. The interpretation is very open so I can take it any direction I want.

However, since I am still figuring out my blogging schedule I decided to combine challenges. This nail art also serves for this week’s NAIL prompt. Symmetry is a huge part of geometry! I am not much into shapes so I am glad I could stretch the prompt without using them!

I hope you like it!

I started with 3 coats of Pahlish as my base.

I stamped the paw print with Konad Special Polish Black and Mundo de Unas plate LO06.

I used an assortment of decals from the Pueen water decals collection WD2 I bought from Amazon.com.

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Check out the other copycat nails below!

Bundle Monsters 30 Days of Screams – Day 12: Black Cats

12 Sunday Oct 2014

Posted by MonicawithRA in Just for Fun

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Bundle Monster, Bundle Monster Halloween challenge, Nail Art, Pahlish, Pueen, Sephora by OPI, stamping, water decals

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I do not own any of the Bundle Monster cat stamping designs so I was thrilled to use my new Pueen water decals! The black cats may or may not have drawn me to this specific set. Heh…But, since this is a Bundle Monster contest I stamped a base for the little kitties.

I fell in love with my first Pahlish lacquer a few weeks ago so when I re-purchased my coveted Color Club Wham! Pow! I couldn’t help but buy a few more nail polishes from Pahlish. I was excited to use this grey base because I knew exactly what other colors I was going to use! Don’t you love it when you don’t have to pour over colors for hours and hours to decide which to use??

I had trouble with the water decals, they applied well but my hands were shaky so I couldn’t position them properly. These specific designs have very thin necks (literally!) and I, unfortunately, wasted a few because they folded over. That was definitely a bummer. I did not have trouble with air bubbles with these and they smoothed out nicely in the end. Better yet, they didn’t smear with top coat application!

I hope you like today’s manicure! The bottom is a closer look at this awesome Pahlish base!

I started with 3 coats, for good measure, of Pahlish Mind Like a Diamond. It is an awesome light lilac-grey with black, potentially dark purple (sorry, I’ve got terrible eyesight apparently) and a light purple shimmer throughout.

I stamped with Sephora by OPI Domestic Goddess and Bundle Monster plate BM-315.

I finished with Pueen water decals and Seche Vite.

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Nail Polish Canada’s 2014 Halloween Contest!

11 Saturday Oct 2014

Posted by MonicawithRA in Nail Art

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Born Pretty Store, Color Club, freehand, Girly Bits, Milani, Nail Art, Nail Polish Canada challenge, splatter, sugar-spun, water decals

I decided to participate in the NPC Halloween contest. Instead of trying to freehand some scary, detailed cool designs I focused on the techniques I am good at: splatter and sugar-spun! The color scheme says Halloween without the scary! I added some BPS spider web decals though because I was not feeling up to drawing them. I like how they peak out from the splatter. They’re kind of spooky, right?

Even though I waited 30 minutes to add top coat, the decals still dissolved. Very unfortunate.

Click (here) to vote for your favorite submission! I hope you like mine!

I started with 2 coats of Color Club Wham! Pow! and Girly Bits Supersonic as my base.

I detailed with Milani Swift Black. The decals are from a Halloween collection from the Born Pretty Store.

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Nail Art: Wavy, Swirly

05 Sunday Oct 2014

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Barry M, freehand, marbling, Milani, Pueen, Seche Vite, water decals

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I did not have any true vision for today’s nail art. I wanted to water-marble so I picked up my pink Barry Ms and went from there. My hands were so shaky today! It was hard to get a clean line but I took deep breaths, didn’t worry about the end result and found it was really relaxing and a lot of fun. I am no longer working on weekends and I feel ready to tackle the week with really pretty nails!

I opted for a couple of accent nails but felt the other nails were too bare. I wanted to stamp but the marbling was so labor-intensive I decided on decals. I wanted to use my long neglected Born Pretty Halloween decals but the color combination didn’t match so I reached for my new Pueen water decals (click here
to see the full set). Initially, I was drawn to the specific set because of the cats. ….Yeah…However, I love all the designs (even the florals!).

The quality of the stickers is really good and they are easy to use. Stick them in water for a few seconds and slide them into place. I prefer to use my fingers over tweezers since I tend to hack through the delicate plastic. Unfortunately, I had trouble lying the stickers flat on my nail. I am not sure if this was because of my shaky hands, though. The edges stuck up in a couple of places because of this but top coat evened them out without bubbles!

The decal on my right smeared and faded with top coat but it was my error. I am pressing too hard when I apply top coat. I was a little more careful with my left hand so you are going to see a rare picture of it!

Now that I have rambled on and on…

I hope you like today’s manicure as much as I do!

I used Milani Power Periwinkle and Barry M Grapefruit as base colors.

I marbled with the same polishes and Barry M Rhossili.

I used decals from the Pueen D124 sheet.

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Nail Art: Winter Blues

09 Thursday Jan 2014

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Born Pretty Store, Essie, Nail Art, Sephora by OPI, Serum No 5, Sinful Colors, water decals

It’s still freezing!

2 coats Sephora by OPI Go My Own Way as my base.

1 coat Essie On a Silver Platter on my ring finger.

1 coat Sinful Colors Nail Junkie over all nails. It is an extremely sheer jelly and sort of turned the Sephora polish a little more turquoise. I love how it looks on the ring finger.

1 coat Serum No 5 Happy Special Day!

Decal from Born Pretty Store. I was a little nervous about how it would look because the colors did not match but it came out really cute!

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.