31DC2013 Day 12: Stripes

Post two of six for catch up day!

Day 12 was stripes.Out of the designs that I did today, this one is my absolute favorite and it is so stunning! I'm definitely using this design again. I almost didn't want to take it off my nails!

Colors Used:
Color Club's Over the Moon
Wet n Wild's French White Creme

Without flash

For this design, I painted one coat of Color Club's Over the Moon. With a detail brush, I made thin lines on the nail using Wet n Wild's French White Creme. Finally, I finished the design off with a top coat. 

I love Color Club's holographic polishes. This is one of the polishes that I bought myself for my birthday. I should have bought the rest that I needed!

With flash

With flash

What do you think of this design? Animal print is up next!

31DC2013 Day 11: Polka Dots

Hey everyone!

Today is going to be post heavy because I'm in the process of catching up to where I need to be in the challenge. I'm posting the six prompts that I missed during the time that I was gone. 

The 11th was actually my birthday and I did have a nail design for that day, but when I was over at my girlfriend's place, there was no internet. Plus, by the time I came back home, they were chipping pretty bad.

I did another polka dot design which was very simple to do for today. I went for a mint chocolate chip theme with the colors, even though I really don't like the ice cream lol.

Colors Used:
Wet n Wild's I Need a Refresh-mint
Zoya's Angelina

For this design, I first painted two coats of Wet n Wild's I Need a Refresh-mint. With a dotting tool, I made dots on the nails. They don't have to be perfect. That's the thing that I love about polka dots is that you can mess up, but it still will look good.

I'm so glad to be back and blogging! Even though it was four days, I missed it a lot. I don't even mind that I have to do all these designs and play catch up right now.

What do you think of this design? Next one coming up is stripes! 

I'm back!

Hey everyone!

I'm back from my birthday festivities! I actually didn't have internet access the whole time so I couldn't post my nails then. I will be catching up for the days that I missed tonight and tomorrow and posting those. I also got some new polishes as a birthday gift to myself that I'll be posting soon.

Thanks for waiting for me and I will hopefully have a new post up tonight or tomorrow!

Until next time!

Announcement Time!

Speaking of my birthday in the last post, I will be with my girlfriend for the next couple of days. Since I can't do my nails on my birthday (not by my choice!), I will try to post before I go over to her place for polka dots. If not, it will definitely post the next day. I'll be bringing some polish with me, so that I can at least do them and continue the challenge.

That's all!

Thanks everyone!

31DC2013 Day 10: Gradient Nails

Hey everyone!

Today is going to be a short post. I'm not really feeling my nails at the moment and out of all the photos that I took I only got one good one since it started to get dark out. I think I might take these off right after I post the photo to Instagram and Tumblr.

Plus, tomorrow is my birthday and I really don't want to keep these for my birthday nails. I'd rather have polka dots, which is tomorrow's prompt lol.

Colors Used:
Wet n Wild's French White Creme
Wet n Wild's Tickled Pink
Sinful Colors Pink Forever
Sinful Colors Cream Pink

I did a simple gradient using different pink polishes. I first painted one coat of Wet n Wild's French White Creme. Then, with a makeup sponge, I put the colors onto the sponge and dabbed and rolled the polish onto my nails. Next, repeat until the colors become opaque. Finally, finish off with a top coat to blend the colors together. You can also put on a glitter top coat as well for some extra sparkle.

In the photo, they look alright. I look at them in front of me and I don't really like them. Maybe it's because they're pink. I'm not really a pink person, so maybe that's turning me off from them. Oh well then.

What do you think of this design? Tomorrow is polka dots (my favorite design!) and my birthday!

Until next time!

31DC2013 Day 9: Rainbow Nails

Hi everyone!

Today is rainbow nails! Each day is getting harder and harder as it goes by. I tried out so many rainbow designs and none of them really came out good except for this one.

Originally when I was practicing on my nail wheel, I used the darker rainbow colors. It looked good, but I wanted to do something a little different. I changed the colors to be a pastel rainbow instead of a regular rainbow. They look really cool. These took forever (and just for one hand!), but I think they came out great! Most of my designs are freehand, and I love that I can see the improvement from before when I tried these designs!

For today's design, I did freehand chevrons with pastel rainbow colors.

Colors Used:
Wet n Wild's French White Creme (base color)
Wet n Wild's Tickled Pink (rainbow)
Sinful Colors Orange Cream (rainbow)
Sally Hansen's Mellow Yellow (rainbow)
Sinful Colors Pistache (rainbow)
Color Club's Take Me to Your Chateau (rainbow)
Sinful Colors Candy Coated (rainbow)

For this design, I first painted my nails with Wet n Wild's French White Creme. This will bring the colors out more, especially if it's a polish that isn't that opaque. 

Once the white polish is dry, using a detail brush, I made a thin triangle shape for the chevrons. Then, I filled in the space with the polish. If you need to, you can go over with the polish to even out your chevron shape. Next, I repeated with all the other colors. Finally, I finished off with a top coat. If you want some extra sparkle, you can use a glitter top coat.

I love this design! It reminds me of Carebears for some reason. You can also try this design with different colors as well.

What do you think of this design? Tomorrow is gradient nails!

Until next time!

31DC2013 Day 8: Metallic Nails

Hello everyone!

I'm so tired today! After this post, I'm going to eat dinner and pass out! I had to babysit my brother while my mom went to church and I did a pictorial on Instagram for the chevron nails that I did yesterday. It may not seem like a lot, but it is for me haha.

Today was probably the hardest prompt for me so far. I barely have any metallic polishes. I really don't like metallic colors all that much on my nails. I don't know why, but I've never liked them. It took me forever to pick a design for today. I scraped at least five designs.

My metallic nails are pretty simple. I was going to add more to it, but decided against it. I also used an untried in my collection that I actually quite like. I was kind of surprised.

Colors Used:
Orly's Rose Radiance
Sinful Colors Black on Black

For this design, I did one coat of Orly's Rose Radiance. Next, I used the bottle brush from Sinful Colors Black on Black and make a line diagonal on the nail and filled it in. Finally, I topped it off with a top coat!

It's a very simple design and it's growing on me as well. I think this design looks pretty good with a metallic polish.

What do you think of this design? Tomorrow is rainbow nails!

Until next time!