31 Day Challenge, Day Eighteen: Half-moons

I want to start off by saying I love half-moon designs. I also want to point out that I love this combo, it just shouts: "WELCOME TO SUMMER!" ^_^

The colors I used are China Glaze: "Lemon Fizz" and "Peachy Keen".

I simply adore everything about China Glaze polishes, they are long lasting and super easy with applying. 

I tried out a new top coat, :( R.I.P. Seche Vite, Julep Freedom Polymer Top Coat. It's super shiny, fast drying and I'm going on day three with no chips! 

31 Day Challenge, Day Seventeen: Glitter

I have a firm belief that glitter polish looks better in the bottle than it does on my hands. I'm not sure if its the curve of my nails or the colors I choose, but I never really quite feel the BLING factor.

Below I used: 

Revlon: Silver Dollar

Essie: Lapis of Luxury

Essie: Set in Stones

Two coats of "Lapis of Luxury"

Using nail tape I set the limits for the reverse chevron

Add a coat of "Set in Stones" and voila!

                                           

Overall I'm satisfied with this design, but I think I'll try it with a darker base coat next time.. hm.

31 Day Challenge, Day Sixteen: Tribal

I'm gonna start off by saying that tribal designs scare me. The idea of having to do such small sometimes intricate designs LEFT-HANDED (since I'm right-handed)!!! Just blows my mind. Anywhoo, here's my attempt at it.

I started out with two coats of my base coat
Then I drew in lines where I wanted to highlight my designs.

And then freestyle it!

31 Day Challenge, Days Fourteen and Fifteen: Delicately Printed Flowers

So when i began my nails for this design i realized that this was not only a lovely flower design but also very delicate looking. I used Julep's Oxygen Treatment as the base, it's the perfect jelly pink. Also helps to prevent pesky yellowing that comes with excessive polishing.

31 Day Challenge, Day Thirteen: Animal Print

My first time free-hand butterflies, a step-by-step guide....

1) One coat of this fabulous orange
2) Saran Wrap
3) Using the saran wrap technique I put on one coat of a lovely pink shade
4) Ta-Da!

First time trying but I like the effect

31 Day Challenge, Day Twelve: Stripes

My stripes! I'd used simple nail tape for this design after two solid coats of Essie's-"Blanc".

31 Day Challenge, Day Eleven: Polka Dots

My Polka! For this challenge I used my fancy-schmancy dotting tools. I used two coats of the lighter shade of blue and then I free handed the dots. The dotting tool is really cool and easy to use.

Point to remember: the more polish on dotting tool, the bigger the dot!