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Neon Halloween | #nailart #halloween

31 Thursday Oct 2013

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My local climbing gym hosts a Halloween party every year. It’s like any other night except people dress up and climb in their costumes. It’s different and cute and not scary, at all. The lights are bright, there is loud music and NO scary outfits. I generally hate (edit: strongly dislike) Halloween because of its creepy, chilling nature. I do not do scary. Never have, never will.

So, this funky party at the gym is right up my alley.  I don’t mind this chocked up sugar “holiday” when there are no creepy clowns, murderous babies, or zombies devouring human flesh. I can get right behind it in bright colors and happy music.

This may be the Hispanic part of me (I am half-Peruvian) and observe Día de Los Muertos. It was initially a celebration and remembrance of those who have left us. There is none of the black and gray and scary nonsense. Colors! Celebration! Happy thoughts!

With my Rheumatoid Arthritis, heavy clothing was not an option so I opted for some neon sportswear (UnderArmour did a great neon legging in neon orange, red and green. I only bought the green and to this day regret not buying all the colors), a white tank top and some fun neon nails.

This nail art was not meant to stay on past the night so I did a quick, arthritis-friendly watercolor. I applied dots of polish then thinned them out with a paintbrush and acetone until I got the splotchy effect I wanted.

Neon Watercolor Halloween Nail Art | Monica with RA Easy, Fast, Arthritis- Pain- Friendly Nail Polish Technique with Seche Vite, Color Club, MilaniBase: Julie G White Orchid, Seche Vite Quick Dry Top Coat

Details: Color Club Almost Famous (yellow), Wham Pow! (orange), Warhol (pink), Sephora by OPI Cover Me in Petals (purple). Milani Peacock (blue) — all discontinued

Matte Top Coat: Cult Nails Wax That (brand no longer available)

 

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Nail Art: Bleeding Firefly – Halloween Part Two

30 Wednesday Oct 2013

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The wonderful Brijit went out of her way to make a tutorial for me for the Dragonfly Wings manicure that I absolutely loved.

Since I do not own acrylics I decided to try with plain polishes. I did not get the desired effect and I will definitely re-try with acrylics.

I am not all that pleased with the outcome (as wings) but it still looks interesting. It almost looks like my nails are bleeding? So I guess it works out for Halloween. HAH!

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For the index, middle, and pinky finger I used 2 coats of Sephora by OPI “Cover Me in Petals”. The dots, Essie “No Place Like Chrome” and Color Club “Almost Famous”, were done with a dotting tool.

I realized afterwards that fire-flies had the lights…not dragonflies….and I’m a Zoology major >__<

 

For the wings, I started with a base coat and a generous coat of the Sephora by OPI Jewelry Top Coat “Come to Pappa-razzi!”. I added a generous coat of Seche Vite to protect the bottom layers from the nail polish remover.

I tinted my nails with Zoya “Reece”. I think the next time I will not tint them as much. I could not tell with the lighting but I thought it was a lot more sheer.

I used Sephora by OPI “Mr. Right Now” for the veins. I added Reece between the veins.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

NAIL Oct. Theme Four: Hallow’een

28 Monday Oct 2013

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I love bright orange and black together so I focused on that color scheme for this week’s NAIL theme.

 

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I love how fluorescent Color Club “Wham! Pow!” is. I used 2 coats as my base.

I generously applied Formula X for Sephora “Bombshell” Effects Top Coat to my index, middle, and pinky finger.

I applied a generous coat of Milani “Sprinkles” to my ring finger.

I sugar spun Zoya “Gwin” and Essie “No Place Like Chrome”. 

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

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 October Theme 2: Autumn Leaves

07 Monday Oct 2013

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Below is my submission for the second theme in the Nail Art Ideas Link-up hosted by Eeeek! Nail Polish! and CraftyNail!

 

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I used two coats of Urban Decay “Naked” as the base.

For the detailing I used Milani “Dark Coffee” and “Foxy Lady”; Zoya “Suvi”; Color Club “Wham! Pow!”; and Urban Outfitters “Westside”.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

31DC2013 Day 31: Inspired by Nails I Love (…or Eye Make-up)

30 Monday Sep 2013

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I could not decide which nail art to re-create so…

I decided to cheat a little and re-create something from “Hobbit Fan of the Week” (from the movie facebook page) Katie Alves who did this awesome Hobbit-inspired eye look. I know for sure I could never do this on my eyes but I wanted to give it a go on my nails.

http://katiealves.deviantart.com/art/The-Hobbit-Eyes-348188217

This manicure came out so much better than I anticipated. I am so glad this is the last prompt so I can keep it on for as long as possible!!

…And chances are I will be doing it again in December when the next movie comes out!

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Bases:

Thumb: Zoya “Goldie”

Index & Middle: Cult Nails “Feel me Up”

Ring & Pinky: Color Club “Wham! Pow!”

Detailing

Thumb: Milani “Black Swift”

Index & Middle:

    • Gradient: Color Club “Wham! Pow!”, “Poptastic”, Sephora by OPI “Caffeine Fix”
    • Detailing: Milani “Black Swift”, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear “White On”

Ring & Pinky:

    • Gradient: Cult Nails “Feel me Up”
    • Detailing: butter London “Knees Up”, Zoya “Goldie”, Milani “Black Swift”

After I took the pictures, I sealed the designs with Seche Vite. I was nervous that the artwork would smudge, though, Seche Vite is awesome at preserving detailing.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

31DC2013 Day 30: Inspired by a Tutorial

30 Monday Sep 2013

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I wanted to try this manicure for months but never got around to. Today’s prompt was the perfect time to do so!

http://www.refinery29.com/nail-art-s-new-wave-mod-world#slide-1

I love the colors and the crazy psychedelic feel of this manicure.

Unfortunately, the hand tremor monster reared its ugly head again…and things got a little messy. I still think it came out pretty well.

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The dots are a little different just because I ran out of room on my nails.

I used China Glaze “Caribbean Temptation” as my base.

Other Polishes Used:

  • Zoya “Goldie”, “Reece”, and “Gwin”
  • Wet n Wild “Blue Moon”
  • Cult Nails “Deal with It”

Other Tools:

  • bobby pins
  • toothpicks
  • small artist’s brush

I used the brush to apply the gold blobs and I applied top coat before I did the dots.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.