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Freehand and Watermarble Nail Art: Classic Colors

18 Wednesday Feb 2015

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I was in a freehand mood this evening and thought I’d give it a try. I know, weird, right?? I cut down one of my brushes and think the thinner point works a whole lot better!

 

I wanted to try a black and white watermarble after I saw Peachy Polish’s valentine nail art and decided to doodle some flowers for contrast. I thought I would try something relatively familiar, I always doodle these on paper!

 

Freehand and Watermarble Nail Art | The Rite of Aging

peachy polish valentine 2015I know my marble does not even rival Valesha’s but I am pretty happy with my overall look. At first, I tried for two marble nails but I could not get the second to look right so I just left it alone. The polishes swam together and I did not get as crisp a line as I wanted.

For the watermarble I used Sinful Colors Snow Me White and Wet n Wild Black Creme.

I used Zoya Anais as the base on the other nails and white acrylic paint for the flowers.

 

I hope you like it…As you know, I don’t usually go for freehand but I just felt like giving it a go!

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Gradient and Stamping Nail Art: Pink Lemonade

17 Tuesday Feb 2015

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I woke up this morning and knowing the nail art I would do tonight. I had this vision swimming around in my head of a glitter-y beautifully blended pink lemonade-esque gradient.

I don’t know what I dreamt about last night but I am glad it ended in a nail art idea!

I hope you like it!

 

DSCF3708_fotorI started with 2 coats of Zoya Pippa as my base.

I created the gradient with a makeup sponge, Pippa and Barry M Gelly Grapefruit.

I stamped with Born Pretty Store plate BP – L004 and Milani Black Swift.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

Sugarspun and Splatter Manicure for Challenge Your Nail Art

15 Sunday Feb 2015

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I wanted to do a green manicure given it are opposite red on the color wheel. Everyone did dark, vampy heartbreaks for the Anti-Valentine’s prompt and I wanted to explore the opposite direction. But, I didn’t want to sugarspin greens so I jumped on the bandwagon and stayed with the similar.

I wanted to stamp hearts on top of the blood splatter but I kind of really liked the splatter on it’s own! I hope you like it.

 

Sugarspun and Splatter Manicure | The Rite of AgingI started with 2 coats of Barry M Gelly Chai as my base.

I sugar spun with OPI Lincoln Park After Dark and Zoya Anais.

I splattered with Sephora by OPI Mr. Right Now.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Don’t forget to check out the other Anti-Valentine’s manicures below!

Water-Marble and Sugar-Spun Manicure for A2Z Series: M is for Multi-Color

06 Friday Feb 2015

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For this week’s prompt, I had these images of rainbow neons floating through my head but realized the keyword was “multi-color” not “rainbow”. I felt like doing a predominantly pink manicure and a sugar-spin…and this is what I came up with. As I used neon pinks for the sugar-spin this look also works for this week’s NAIL prompt!

I hope you like it!

 

A2Z Series: M is for Multi-color | The Rite of Aging

I started with 1 coat of Zoya Charlotte as my base.

I water-marbled with Zoya Charlotte, Barry M Gellys Chili, Chai and American Apparel Neon Violet.

I sugar-spun with Color Club Warhol and Pucci-licious.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Don’t forget to check out the other cool multi-color manicures below!

Water-Spotting Nail Art: Sky Blue Royal Purple

01 Sunday Feb 2015

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I have not painted my nails in almost a week! What is this? I just have not been in the mood really. What with Saachi’s recovery, my own flare and not being in the right mindset. I considered muddling through and forcing myself to paint my nails but I didn’t want my hobby to become a chore! What nail artist wants that??

Today I have an easy-going water-spotted nail art! It only took 30 minutes to complete it! On top of that, I was constantly amazed how quickly and easily this Emily de Molly polish cleaned up with acetone (even with the glitter pieces)!

I hope you like it!

 

Blue and Purple Splatter Nail ArtI started with 3 coats of Emily de Molly Candy Coated. I managed to get my hands on this polish during a Llarowe sale! I am not going to even lie: I always scroll through the sales page. I managed to get a Picture Polish lacquer once!!…Which is neither here nor there in this post but I thought I’d share anyways! 🙂

I “water-spotted” with hairspray, Revlon Parfumerie Fresh Linen and Zoya Haven. I had this image in my mind of the final result. I should have used an opaque white instead of Fresh Linen because the sheerness makes the base look thin in some spots. I promise that is not Candy Coated but Fresh Linen.

I protected the design with Seche Vite before applying a nice coat of INM Northern Lights Silver. Speaking of which, are they no longer selling the Gold counterpart? I use it for certain color combinations and recently ran out but can’t find it anywhere!

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

A2Z Series: J is for Jewel

16 Friday Jan 2015

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I was so thrilled with this week’s prompt! I received a new nail mail package from Llarowe with some fun Pahlish colors which so happened to all be in jewel tones and given my current flare I decided to go with my splatter #rafriendlynailart! I wanted to add a little ruby into the mix but thankfully realized the look would become too cluttered.

I hope you like it!

 

J is for Jewel | The Rite of AgingI started with 2 coats of Zoya Goldie as my base.

I splattered directly from the bottle with a straw, Pahlish Le Bijou de Roi and La Royale.

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

Don’t forget to check out the other jewel-toned manicures below!

31DC2015 – Day 3: Water Spotting

03 Saturday Jan 2015

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While I love to water-marble, I have not attempted water-spotting too often. This is mostly due to not having the right materials. I used an old (probably like 3 years old) hairspray which, not surprisingly, did not work, I tried old perfume samples and got a massive headache, I even tried acetone which was way to strong. I heard rubbing alcohol works as well but had yet to try it.

I finally went and purchased another cheap generic hairspray from the drugstore and attempted the water-spot technique. Instead of breaking apart the polish the hairspray shrunk it into the center! Not exactly what I was going for, right? Time to clean up. I blew on the surface so the polish dried faster and instead the extra air pushed it apart! Too cool! I guess the hairspray had to be forced down to the surface of the water to work properly.

I hope you like it! I am kind of digging it myself!

 

Waterspotting | The Rite of AgingI started with 2 coats of Zoya Dream as my base.

I water-spotted with hairspray, Anise Make Waves and Emily de Molly Candy Coated.

 

Hi, my name is Monica and I have RA.

 

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