31 Day Challenge, Day Seven: Black & White

So here you will see everything I used to make this look possible, I remember the days when all I used was one bottle of polish... Sigh Lol.

The colors I used are Essie- "Blanc", Essie- "Licorice", stamping polish Konad- "Black" and "White" with my lovely Bundle Monster Plates. Once I stamped my middle and ring fingers I felt everything was unfinished soooo I freehanded the half moons.

Happy polishing!

31 Day Challenge, Day Five: Blue

So I've been dying to do the nail outline (I have no clue what the official name is) for some time but i forgot until i was reminded recently ^_^. Here's my blue, I used Essie- "Mesmerize" and my Bundle Monster plate you'll see below. A relatively easy design, I first painted my nails the base color and then outlined them free hand.

I also tried a new cleanup technique where I used Aquafor (you can use any oil based product) to coat my cuticles before I started polishing to cut down on my clean up process. You are moisturizing your nails AND helping them look neater allll in one. Just try not to get the oil based product on your nails or you will have a hard time painting over it!

Happy painting!

The actual shine of nails

The actual shade of blue

31 Day Challenge, Day One: Red

So I have decided to finally take the leap and do my first 31-day challenge!

What I used: OPI- "Big Apple Red", OPI- "Be-Claus I Said So", and Konad- "Black" along with my Konad nail plate.

I love the look of glitter trapped under the fishnet nail plate, gives the design lots of depth.

One layer of "Big Apple Red" and two coats of "Be-Claus I Said So"

Tape Me Up

I decided to start if the new year with some tape manicures, LOVE tape manis! The first was actually inspired by my boyfriend, who although he makes fun of nail obsession he does ask me questions that force me to see my colors differently- sometimes less is more. My second look is inspired by packapunchpolish, I just LOVED this manicure the moment I saw it.

Look #1
What I used:

Essie- "Angora Cardi"
Nails Inc. - "Black Taxi"

Look #2

What I Used:

"High Hopes", "Grape Pop", "Four Leaf Clover", "Heli-Yum", & OPI- "Havana Dreams"
the Glitter used but not shown is OPI- "Spark-Tacular! Top Coat"

Using nail tape to create the boxes and then fill them in randomly did take time, but it was definitely worth it!

Sometimes things ARE Black or White... or both.

Happy Election Day!

I wish I could say I was inspired to do something a bit more patriotic but hopefully my happy flag makes up for my lack of red, white and blue.

What I used: Essie- "Marshmellow"; Konad- "Black"; and Nails Inc; "Electric Lane"; Seche Vite- Top Coat

Base coat

"Electric Lane" applied to half my nail as the base for my BM stamp

I was trying to capture the glitter under my nail stamp, it's better in person.

Top Coat and done!

 Thanks for reading!!