Day 2 of the 31 Day Challenge - Orange Nails

For this challenge I went with a color block look using Sally Hansen Insta-Dri's in Heat Flash, Orange Impulse and Raspberry Race.  I first started with a gold base color, Essie's Good As Gold, and once that dried, I added striping tape for the lines and painted in the space and then slowly removed the tape.

Summer Challenge Day 40 - A Day at the Zoo

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I love going to the zoo, and so does my youngest son. We have a membership and are planning to go this week. Each time we go, the tiger exhibit is a must. It's my son's favorite zoo animal - probably because his favorite color is orange. Haha

So for my son, I wanted to tiger nails for the zoo challenge. The base color is China Glaze Riveting and then I sponged a white polish toward the tips, stamped on some tiger stripes and topped it with a matte coat. And although he loved them, it was a mess. the polish smudged during the stamping and the stamp was not large enough to cover my entire nail bed. Ugh. Maybe someday I'll probably give it another try with a striping brush instead of a stamp.

Summer Challenge Day 39 - Red, Orange and Yellow Mani

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Red, orange and yellow. This color combination reminds me of flames, wouldn't you agree? I knew I wanted to try water marbling again, but I thought maybe I could make the marbling look like flames. I kind of like how this turned out (even with a few bubbles here and there).

I used a toothpick to draw squiggly lines in the polish, cleaning the toothpick after each line. Then I would place the toothpick within those lines and branch them out to create the look of flames.

The polish I used for this design was Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Sun Kissed, and Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Rapid Red.

Summer Challenge Day 12 - HOT HOT HOT Combo

The first thing I thought of for the Hot, Hot, Hot Combo was hot neon colors, which also reminded me of the 80's. People wore a lot of geometric shapes, from prints on their clothes to spiked mohawks and triangular shaped sunglasses.

For this manicure I wanted some overlapping neon triangular shapes. I couldn't really get a good picture of the neon colors, but the base colors are Neon Melon and Summer Peach by Sinful Colors. I then painted a strip of tape with some other Sinful Colors and once it was dry, I cut them into triangles and layered them on my nails and sealed them with some Seche Vite topcoat.

Colors used:

Sinful Colors Neon Melon
Sinful Colors Summer Peach
Sinful Colors Pink
Sinful Colors Irish Green
Sinful Colors Why Not
Sinful Colors Dream On

Don't forget to check the other ladies participating in the Summer Challenge!

Debbie @ The Crumpet - http://thecrumpet.blogspot.co.uk/

Neivys - http://maquiclubgirl.blogspot.com/

Jo @ Northern Nails - http://therockchicksrambles.blogspot.co.uk/

arlene @ http://euzefelus27-nailart.blogspot.com/

Helena - http://nailwish.blogspot.com.es/

Cuti-CLUE-les - http://cuti-clue-les.blogspot.com/

Katee - www.agirlandherpolish.blogspot.com

Alyssa at Fancy Phalanges - http://fancyphalanges.blogspot.com/

Sarah - http://www.ynails.blogspot.co.uk/

bec - http://lacquerdreams.blogspot.com.au/

Misha - www.enigmatic-rambles.blogspot.com

Sharon - http://whatcolorismycoat.blogspot.com/

Melissa - http://www.misadventuresofawannabemartha.com/

Laurie http://dressedupdigits.blogspot.com/

Lucie @ Lucy's Stash www.lucysstash.com

Emma @ http://manicurity.blogspot.com/

Caitlin - www.caitlinscreativecorner.blogspot.com

Jane- http://absolutevarnish.blogspot.com/

Amber www.nevernakednails.blogspot.com

Vic @ Glowstars http://glowstars.net

Jackie- http://memasmanis-jackie.blogspot.com/

Rychelle @ Colorsplash Nails- http://colorsplashnails.blogspot.com/

Stella - http://mywetnails.blogspot.com

Missy @ http://missysmanis.blogspot.co.uk/

Kim @ http://apolishedaddiction.blogspot.com/

Christine @ http://lost-in-my-reverie.blogspot.com

Angie @ http://ourpaintedworld.wordpress.com

Bazzia @ http://polishmymind.blogspot.se/

Missy the Manicured Maniac @ http://melissahenderson95.blogspot.com/

Michelle @ http://lacquerorleaveher.blogspot.com/

Nikki @ http://www.lilgreenheart.blogspot.com/

Elizabeth @ http://nailpolishismycrack.blogspot.com/

Ana Cris @ http://www.estacerradaladrogueria.blogspot.com.es/

Summer Challenge - Days 4, 5 and 6

About a month ago, I joined a Facebook group called Purple Crumpet Fairy Challenge.  They are doing nail art challenges all summer long. And since I don't really have plans for a vacation this summer, I thought I'd play along. I missed the first three days of the challenge, which I might back track to later. But here are the most recent three that I did.

Day 4 - Orange Freestyle Day

This day was actually for my orange tattoo nails. You can find the original post here.

Day 5 - Your Favorite Summer Color

I recently bought Milani 3D Holographic Hi-Res polish and I absolutely LOVE the color. It reminded me of wild flowers and lilac bushes that grow in our area, so this color was chosen for Day 5. I did a gradient first and then lightly topped it with Hi-Res, but you can barely notice the gradient because of it. I still love how it turned out though.

Day 6 - Summer Sunrise

For this day I was inspired by how beautiful our sunrises in Texas can be with the bright oranges and pinks on the horizon. So my sun is in the center along with some morning birdies.

So this is just the beginning with lots more to come. Yay

Tattooed nails

I recently found out that I had 14 infected files on my computer. It has taken me all week to back up my pictures and videos before doing a full restore on my computer and then setting the computer back up. What a hassle!

Anyways, I've been wanting to try the tatoo nails that I've seen on cutepolish's channel on YouTube. You can see her video here:



I finally found a dollar store that carried temporary tattoos that were decorative and not too childish. I had a bit off trouble after soaking the backing of the tattoo. I'm not sure if it's because of the glitter that was imbedded in it or the tattoo itself. After I peeled the backing away, it left some paper behind which I just lightly scraped off, but in some areas it took the tattoo with it.

I'm still very excited about the end results. Next time I'd like to try a gradient underneath the tattoo.