Saturday, June 30, 2012

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 30: Inspired by a Tutorial

Happy Saturday loves. I'm almost at the end of the challenge, one more day! I have no idea what I'm going to do tomorrow for the challenge, but I want to finish off strong. I really enjoyed today's theme. It's inspired by a tutorial. This kind of gave me the opportunity to try something I've pinned or always wanted to do, but never got around to it. The one I did today is from a tutorial by Sarah at Chalkboard Nails and you can watch her video tutorial here. It was pretty easy, mine do not look perfect like hers, but I'm still super happy with how they turned out. I used China Glaze Electric Pineapple, China Glaze Papaya Punch, and Zoya Reagan. I really want to try this one out again!



Friday, June 29, 2012

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 29: Inspired by the Supernatural

Good morning pretties! Today's theme is inspired by the supernatural. This challenge is one of my least favorites, both with the theme and how my mani turned out. Maybe I'm just being critical of myself, but it's my first time wearing gray polish ever and I'm not sure how I like it on me. I have stamps with haunted houses and stuff, but I didn't want it to turn into a Halloween mani so I didn't use much for this mani. I decided to stamp on top of a water marble so it wouldn't look plain either. I used a base of China Glaze Recycle and did a quick water marble using China Glaze Recycle and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Black Out. I stamped using BM 223 in Konad White. 



Thursday, June 28, 2012

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 28: Inspired by a Flag

Happy Thursday! Today's theme is inspired by a flag. I was going to do an American flag one, but with 4th of  July coming up, I thought I'd hold off on that and do something else. I chose to do the black and white checkered flag of NASCAR. I used Zoya Purity and stamped using MASH 38 in Konad Black. I didn't stamp all the way up with the stamp because honestly, I was not looking forward to cleaning up black Konad polish off of my cuticles.Topcoating this was scary, but luckily I got no smearing.






Wednesday, June 27, 2012

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 27: Inspired by Artwork

Good afternoon loves! Today's theme is inspired by artwork. I think this may have been the hardest challenge for me. I don't know much about art and had no inspiration whatsoever. I basically Googled as much art stuff I could until I found something I wanted to do. For this mani I used a base of OPI Ogre the Top Blue and then did a gradient using OPI Jade is the New Black. I added very small brushstrokes of Color Club Chelsea Girl and China Glaze Holly Day, but I don't even think they're visible. I stamped using Konad M70 in Konad Red, MASH Black, and Konad White. I used the red and black very sparingly on the image and only painted parts of it because I wanted the white to be more prominent. The image of the artwork I was inspired by can be found here.