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Dotticure Nail Art for NAIL – Easter

08 Wednesday Apr 2015

Posted by MonicawithRA in Community, Nail Art

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Color Club, Easter manicure, Milani, Nail Art, Nail Art Ideas Linkup, Sally Hansen, Zoya

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I tried a couple of different ideas for the NAIL Easter prompt but they didn’t turn out as well as I wanted. I really liked my recent dotticures as I finally figured out the best way to do them. Similar to the blobbicure I did not wait for the base polish to completely dry. As long as I did not use a lot of polish for the dots, they turned out completely circular! Yay!

 

I hope you like it!

Easter Dotticure Nail Art | The Rite of AgingI started with 2 coats of Zoya Pippa as my base.

I used a variety of dotting tools, Milani Power Periwinkle, Color Club Twiggie and Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Petal Pusher. I also used a Sally Hansen pink nail art pen for the smallest dots.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

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Sugarspun Nail Art for the A2Z Series: T is for Textured

28 Saturday Mar 2015

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A to Z series, Barry M, Color Club, Nail Art, Sally Hansen, sugar-spun, Zoya

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I’ve participated here and there in the A2Z challenge. When I do not get to the prompt on Thursday, I think ‘I will get to it by the weekend!’ then the weekend rolls away so does the rest of the week and we’re on to the next prompt!

 

Of course I had to do a sugar-spin nail art for the textured prompt. We all know my not so quiet disdain for textured polishes but I love me some sugar-spin! I was feeling a purple and teal combo and really love the final look!

I hope you do too!

 

Purple & Teal Sugar-Spun #nailart | The Rite of AgingI started with 2 coats of Color Club Mrs. Robinson and Barry M Plum as my bases.

I sugar-spun with Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Hunger Flames, Cancun and Zoya Haven. A lot of people wait for the nail polish to dry on the surface before they dip the toothpick in. I personally like to mix the polish and it dries to maintain the right consistency!

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Don’t forget to check out the other textured polishes below!

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St. Patrick’s Day Dotticure Nail Art

27 Friday Mar 2015

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Color Club, Cult Nails, dotticure, easy nail art, Nail Art, Pahlish, rafriendlynailart, Sephora by OPI, St. Patrick's Day manicure, Zoya

I did a dotticure for Valentine’s Day so I made one for St. Patrick’s Day. I am still on my green kick so I classified the nail arts under this holiday!

 

Anyways, due to stress and fatigue I am beyond tired. I considered not painting my nails but I needed a pick-me-up and nail art perks me up. However, I am sort of flared up so I fell back on RA-friendly non-uniform dots.

The picture is different as the usual lights are on the fritz. I pulled out my dusty light box and tried it out again. I now know how to set my camera more properly so I’m hoping I can get the hang of it. What do you think? Good picture or not? I have a lot of trouble focusing the details in the light box but I think that is due to insufficient lighting. However, my skin always looks so smooth! I guess there is a trade-off!

 

I hope you like today’s nail art!

St. Patrick's Day Dotticure #nailart | The RIte of AgingI started with 2 coats of Sephora by OPI It’s Totally Karma as my base.

I “nimbus-ed” with Zoya Giovanna and Pahlish Sunless Sea. I sealed the design with Seche Vite to create a semi-3D effect.

I dotted with Cult Nails Deal with It and Color Club Twiggie.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

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Sponging Nail Art for St. Patrick’s Day

20 Friday Mar 2015

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Nail Art, Pahlish, sponging, sponging nail art, St. Patrick's Day manicure, Zoya

With St. Patrick’s Day recently past I am still in a very green mood. Eh, let’s face it, I don’t need a holiday to justify green manicures, though!

I wanted to give the dotted sponge technique a go. After I saw Ali’s (over at Fixin’ to Faff) primary color sponging I fell in love (Take a look at her wonderful post here)! I just had to choose the opportune nail art window!

I love how this came out. I alternated between sponging one, two, or all three colors to achieve this look. I have to say, I dig this technique a whole lot better than the traditional sponge eyeshadow applicator one. It is definitely a lot more RA-friendly, that’s for sure!

I hope you like it!

 

St. Patrick's Day Sponging Nail Art | The Rite of AgingI started with a base of Pahlish Sunless Sea.

I sponged with a makeup sponge, Pahlish Sunless Sea, La Royale and Zoya Goldie. Apart from the fantastic colors and formulas, Pahlish polishes are extremely easy to clean up off the skin!

 

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Dotticure Nail Art

10 Tuesday Mar 2015

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American Apparel, dotticure, dotticure nail art, KBShimmer, Nail Art, Zoya

Quick post today because I am all sorts of exhausted.

 

Neon Dotticure | The Rite of AgingI used KBShimmer Mixed Peelings as my base.

I dotted with Zoya Pippa and American Apparel Parakeet. I used the latter for the accent nail as well.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

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Stamping and Glitter Nail Art for A2Z Series: Q is for Quirky

08 Sunday Mar 2015

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A to Z series, American Apparel, Milani, Nail Art, PixieDust, Pueen, Serum No 5, stamping nail art, Zoya

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I am on a glitter kick. When I decided to re-visit my glitters I loved them all (I guess there was a reason I bought them to begin with! – There was speculation I only purchased them because how they looked in the bottle!)

For the quirky prompt I decided to mix a textured polish with bright glitter, neon polish and stamping. Why not go whole hog? This would be the perfect time to do so!

During the “buy 3, recieve 3 mystery polishes” Zoya promotion I bought my first PixieDust! I’m not the biggest fan of these type of textured polishes but this one was so intriguing I had to have it! I heard a rumor that Zoya was discontinuing the PixieDust collection so I wanted to get hold of it before it was gone for good. I mean, to be a good nail art blogger, I had to, right? Hehehe!

I hope you like it!

 

Stamping and Glitter Nail Art | The Rite of AgingI started with American Apparel Neon Green as my base.

I applied a generous coat of Serum No. 5 Happy Special Day! One of my favorite polishes of all time, I am really sad I haven’t used it in so long!

I stamped with a Pueen Cosmetics plate from the Love Elements collection and Milani Black Swift.

I used Zoya PixieDust Imogen for the accent.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Don’t forget to check out the other quirky manicures below!

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Plastic Bag Marble Nail Art for NAIL and Red Coat Tuesdays

03 Tuesday Mar 2015

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Barry M, blogging community, Essie, marble nail art, marbling, Nail Art, Nail Art Ideas Linkup, OPI, Pretty Little Liars, Red Coat Tuesday, Wet n Wild, Zoya

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It is funny how inspiration strikes. The last February NAIL prompt was for our least favorite polish. The newest Milani white (Spotlight White) and butter London nude (Tea with the Queen) both made the short list but I could not think of a good nail art with them!…and then it hit me…my Wet n Wild red. I’ve mentioned I don’t like this polish: formula, brush and all…but, for whatever reason, it did not make my original list.

So, why use it? There is a group of bloggers who take part in Red Coat Tuesdays in honor of Pretty Little Liars. I always wanted to take part but never actually created a manicure for the linkup. I am obsessed with this show but even though I love it I have serious issues concerning it. There is too much going on: too many characters, too many plot lines. I tune in every week but this season is seriously lacking. I lean towards colder side of lukewarm because each episode feels like a filler biding its time until the finale.

As excited I am the show was green-lighted for a seventh season (even before this past season aired) I honestly don’t know what else they can do. They are just dragging out everything and it’s getting boring. They just need to tell us who A is, who is torturing the girls, and WHY? I don’t think they ever told us.

Why did they randomly stop thinking Ezra was “A”? (I still think he is just because being A is a very expensive habit and he is the only one who has access to the funds).

 

Anyways, on to the nail art! I decided to do something simple, RA-friendly and abstract. This is my first attempt at plastic bag marbling. There are a couple of ways to do it, either apply the dots directly to the nail or marble on the bag and transfer the design.

I decided to try the latter. I continued to splotch and mash until I was happy with the final design. I hope you like it!

 

Dry Marble - Red Coat Tuesday | The Rite of Aging

Plastic Bag Marble Nail Art - Red Coat Tuesday | The Rite of AgingI started with 2 coats of Wet n Wild Red a Good Book as my base.

I marbled with Wet n Wild, OPI Red Lights Ahead…Where?, Essie No Place Like Chrome, Zoya Goldie, and Barry M Gelly Chili.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

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