31DC2013 Day 26: Inspired by a Pattern

Hey again everyone!

For day 26, I made a pattern using crosses. I told you it was a recurring theme. These nails were actually my first idea for the fashion prompt, but I decided that it suited the pattern prompt a little better. These were very simple to do; you can do these with basically any colors.

Colors Used
Wet n Wild's French White Creme
Sinful Colors Black on Black

For these nails, I painted two coats of Wet n Wild's French White Creme onto my nails. With a detail brush, I made small crosses randomly on the nails using Sinful Colors Black on Black.

I wish I had made the crosses a little bit smaller, but I'm pleased with them. I'm definitely going to try these again though.

What do you think of this design? Tomorrow I'll be doing inspired by artwork!

Until next time!

31DC2013 Day 25: Inspired by Fashion

Hello everyone, I'm back!

Sorry I was away for so long. Life kind of caught up to me, plus I was worrying about the blog way too much. I was stressing and worrying way too much about small things. I think I just needed a break from it is all. I'm back and ready to finish this challenge!

For inspired by fashion, I was inspired by cross t-shirts. I actually really like the trend and need to get myself some more of them. I'm actually wearing one of them right now!

Colors Used: 
Sinful Colors Candy Coated
Sinful Colors Black on Black
China Glaze's Fairy Dust

I was mainly inspired by the pastel goth cross shirts. I think they're really cute;I'd like one of those as well. For this design, I painted two coats of Sinful Colors Candy Coated. With a detail brush, I created a big cross on the nail using Sinful Colors Black on Black. Finally, I finished it off with China Glaze's Fairy Dust.

I think these are really cute and very simple to do. I hope there's a shirt out there that looks like this in real life. I want to buy it!

What do you think of this design? Do you like the cross shirt trend?

Coming up is inspired by a pattern! Hint: it's a recurring theme!

31DC2013 Day 24: Inspired by a Book

Hello everyone! Today's post is going to be kind of short because my tendinitis is acting up real bad.

Instead of an "actual" book, I was inspired by a manga!

For those who don't know what a manga is, a manga is a Japanese comic book. I love reading them. The artwork and storylines always draw me in. I haven't read any mangas recently though, I should probably get on that! Anyone else read manga?

I was inspired by Ouran High School Host Club, which is one of my favorite mangas! I also based them on my favorite character, Honey!

Colors Used:
Sinful Colors Starfish
Sinful Colors Candy Coated
Sinful Colors Lavender
Sinful Colors Black on Black
Sinful Colors Nude
Wet n Wild's French White Creme
Sinful Colors Pink Forever
Sinful Colors Energetic Red
Wet n Wild's Tickled Pink

For these nails, I used my detail brush and dotting tools for the designs. For the pointer, I did a cake because of Honey's obsession with cake and sweets. The middle finger I drew Usa-chan, Honey's rabbit plushie. The ring finger is the Ouran High School school uniform. The pinky represents the rose petals that magically appear whenever Honey and the rest of the club enter a room. I think these nails are so cute, just like Honey! The cake is my favorite because I'm obsessed with sweets as well.

What do you think of this design? Do you have a favorite manga? Tomorrow is inspired by fashion!

Until next time!

31DC2013 Day 23: Inspired by a Movie

Hey everyone!

I'm really excited for these nails because it's inspired by one of my favorite movies: Kill Bill. I think I've seen the movie like 100 times already. In my sophomore year of college, I even did a monologue of Elle Driver's speech when she was killing Bud in the second movie. Needless to say, this is one of my favorite movies of all time. I based my nails on one of the movie posters for the first movie. I've actually never seen this one before, but this is an official movie poster for the film. It's pretty cool and basically sums up the movie, so I thought it would be perfect to do a design around it. Now onto the design!


Colors Used:

Sally Hansen's Mellow Yellow

O.P.I's A-Piers to be Tan

Sinful Colors Energetic Red

Sinful Colors Black on Black

Sinful Colors Slate

Wet n Wild's French White Creme

China Glaze Fairy Dust

For the pinky, I based it on The Bride's signature yellow tracksuit. I used one coat of Sally Hansen's Mellow Yellow as the base color. With a detail brush, I used Sinful Colors Black on Black to make a thick black line near the end of the nail.

The ring finger is based on the background of the poster. I used one coat of Sally Hansen's Mellow Yellow and then with a piece of a makeup sponge, I sponged on Sinful Colors Energetic Red on half of the nail. With my detail brush, I wrote "Kill Bill" on the nail.

The middle finger is the Hanzo sword (or my attempt at the Hanzo sword haha). I used one coat of Mellow Yellow. With my detail brush, I made the sword's base using Sinful Colors Black on Black. The golden part of the sword I made a small square using O.P.I's A-Piers to be Tan. Finally, I made the sword blade with Sinful Colors Slate and made a thin white line as a highlight with Wet n Wild's French White Creme.

The pointer represents blood splatter. I used a coat of Sally Hansen's Mellow Yellow. For the splatter, I used a cut up straw. I dipped one of the ends with Sinful Colors Energetic Red. Next, I blew into the straw to create the blood splatter.

The thumb represents The Bride's sleeve from her dress. With a very thin striper brush, I made a criss-cross pattern to resemble lace. Finally, I topped it off with China Glaze's Fairy Dust. 

I'm really proud of these nails and love how they came out! I'm still getting used to doing letters with my brush, but I think I'm getting better at it.

What do you think of this design? What's your favorite movie? Tomorrow is inspired by a book!

Until next time!

I have Facebook now!

Hey everyone!

I now have a Facebook page for the blog! I'm still working on it because I'm having some problems with it, but I'll be starting from the 31 Day Challenge and working my way up from there.

If you want to follow the page here's the link: Facebook.

If anyone else has a Facebook page for their blog, let me know in the comments and I'll follow you as well!

Thanks everyone!

31DC2013 Day 22: Inspired by a Song

Hey everyone!

Today's prompt is inspired by a song! I love K-pop, so I decided to do a K-pop song. It was really hard to choose one for today.

I was inspired by Akdong Musician's MV for their song "I Love You". It's a really cute song and I actually already planned to do this design a few months back, so today was perfect to try it out.

Colors Used:
Wet n Wild's French White Creme
Sinful Colors Rainstorm
Sally Hansen's Mellow Yellow
Sinful Colors Lavender
Wet n Wild's I Need a Refresh-mint
Sinful Colors Pink Forever
Sinful Colors Starfish
NYC's Big Apple Red Creme
Sinful Colors Nude

Each nail represents something in the MV.

The pinky represents the hearts floating in the air. I did a freehand heart with Sinful Colors Starfish. Then, I made smaller hearts with a dotting tool with Sinful Colors Lavender, Starfish, and Wet n Wild's I Need a Refresh-mint.

The ring finger represents the red dress that Soo-hyun wears. I painted two coats of NYC's Big Apple Red Creme. With my detail brush, I painted the word "I Love You". 

The middle finger represents Chan-hyuk's bowtie. I painted one coat of Sinful Colors Rainstorm. With a dotting tool, I made polka dots on the nail with Sally Hansen's Mellow Yellow. With my detail brush, I made the petals to the flowers with Wet n Wild's French White Creme.

The pointer represents Soo-hyun's collar on her shirt. I painted two coats of Mellow Yellow on my nail. With a dotting tool, I created dots with Sinful Colors Lavender. 

The thumb represents one of the cookies that they eat. I painted one thick coat of French White Creme onto my nail. Then, I free-handed a heart with Sinful Colors Nude. With a dotting tool, I made smaller hearts as the sprinkles of the cookies with Sinful Colors Pink Forever and Big Apple Red Creme.

Closeup of the thumb

I really like how these came out. I need to work on my freehand hearts though haha. A link to the video will be on the bottom if anyone wants to hear the song!

What do you think of this design?  Tomorrow is inspired by a movie!

Until next time!

31DC2013 Day 21: Inspired by a Color

Hey everyone!

Sorry for the late post, but my girlfriend came over today and we hung out for the day at my place. I showed her all the nail tricks haha. She was so amazed when I was showing her things, it was cute.

For today's prompt, it kind of confused me for a little bit. How can you be inspired by a color? I had a hard time with it to say the least.

I wanted to use one of my newer polishes that I bought for my birthday. I've been wanting to do a autumn manicure for a few days, and today was the opportunity to do it.

Colors Used:
O.P.I's Schnapps Out of It
Sinful Colors All About You
Sinful Colors Black on Black

For this design, I painted my nails one coat of O.P.I's Schnapps Out of It. Next, I made thin lines with Sinful Colors Black on Black with my detail/striper brush. Finally, I topped the design off with Sinful Colors All About You for a nice golden sparkle to give it that autumn feel to it.

We're almost to the home stretch with the 31 Day Challenge! I hope I can finish out strong because I'm sort of running out of ideas haha.

How's everyone doing with the challenge? Tomorrow is inspired by a song!

Until next time!