Thursday, November 8, 2018

Shifting Shades

 Magnetic polish is so fun, but so hard to capture on camera. These photos didn't catch the shifting cat's eye effect, but they at least got the color shift of the multichrome! I added multichrome flakies as well for some extra fun, and then a little bit of decoration using gel paint and some dipping powder.

Supplies Used:
China Glaze Liquid Leather
F.U.N. Lacquer Believe 
Magnet
ILNP Looking Glass
Wildflowers Pop-up Gel
Mia Secret Missing You (blue powder)
ASP Electric Purple (Purple powder)

Sunday, October 21, 2018

Cat and Rooster

 Prompt: Photo

Supplies:
Butter London Squatter
Sally Hansen Stocking Nude
Maybelline Classic Camel
Sally Hansen Cinnamon
ORLY Mirror Mirror
Differently Dimension Boo Felicia
OPI Matte Top Coat
Dixie Plates DP11: Striped Texture

TARDIS


Prompt: Fandom

I had the itch to do something with LED stickers once again! I somehow ruined two lights while trying to do this - the first I tried embedding in gel and it stopped working, so I thought maybe the heat of the gel interfered with it. The second I tried putting in acrylic, and I think I filed through the wire by accident. For the third I just used regular nail polish and Seche Vite, and it didn't stick out as much as I feared!
Supplies Used:
ILNP Cityscape
White Acrylic Paint
OPI Eurso Euro
Finger  Paints Blue Hue Bamboo
China Glaze Fairy Dust
LED Nail Sticker
GDCOCO Blue Carving Gel
White Glow Powder in Gel Topcoat

Monday, October 15, 2018

Halloween Holo Smoosh

 Prompt: Smoosh

My first attempt at a 'smoosh' technique, and for something so easy it's surprisingly fun!
I had to try some stamping over it - gotta use the halloweeny designs while I can!

Supplies:
OPI Alpine Snow
China Glaze Liquid Leather
ILNP Cityscape
ILNP Bermuda Breeze
ILNP Maiden Lane
BeautyBigBang XL-029: Cats and Ghosts
Whaline SPH-011: Cats, Bats, and Skulls

Sunday, October 14, 2018

Egyptian

Prompt: Egyptian

A quick and simple design, but it's kind of fun that way! Foil stamping on the middle nails means the gold is super mirror shiny.

Supplies: 
Essie Sunny Daze
Color Club New-tral
Zoya Caitlyn
Seche Astute
BMC Royal Blue
Moyra Foil Gel Polish Black
Gold foil
BM-S250
Chic Peek BM-XL476

Hot Air Balloon



Photo inspiration challenge!

I probably take these challenges too literally by replicating them, but I at least tried to make this one a little different. I just like painting landscapes too much. I'm also in love with Rogue Lacquer polish, so I had to add that for a bit of sparkle.

Supplies:
Sephora by OPI Who's Spinning Tonight?
Rogue Lacquer Mauvelous
Gradient: 
Essie Nama-stay the night
Zoya Yummy
ORLY White Tips
OPI No Faux Yellow
Icing Emerald City
Acrylic Paint

Funky French Spider


Prompt: Funky French

It's October, which means it's time for glow in the dark even when it's not necessary! Rather than using glow nail polish, I tried using glow in the dark powder. I have a white powder that glows blue, so I patted that onto wet regular white polish for the tips, and it worked well! I then used a green glow powder on a spiderweb made with spider gel. 

Supplies:
ORLY White Tips
ORLY Charged Up 
Morgan Taylor Go for the Glow
Wildflowers Spider Gel White
Wildflowers Pop Up Gel Black
Glow in the Dark powder Blue
Glow in the dark powder Green

Friday, October 12, 2018

Fall Trees

Prompt: Fall Trees

I wasn't sure if this would turn out well, but I think it works! I'm a bit sad that it was overcast and I didn't get to capture the subtle holo of the polish too.

Supplies:
Rogue Lacquer Petrified Forest
Born Pretty Galactic Center
Seche Astute
Twinkled T So Extra
BPL-026: Maple Leaf
Ejiubas + Sarah R2: Small Leaves (row 4, column 2 and 4)
Ejiubas + Sarah R2 reverse side: Small ovals (row 4, column 4)
Beauty Big Bang XL-022: Small Tree
Beauty Big Bang XL-011: Tree


Monday, October 8, 2018

Geological Wonder

 I am in love with these indie polishes from Rogue Lacquer. The holo, the multichrome flakies, the color... it's all love. This is Geological Wonder.
I just had to decorate with some simple stamping.

Supplies:
Rogue Lacquer Geological Wonder
Twinkled T So Extra 
Ejiubas Plate EJB-02 Reverse Side, swirls on lower left

Zodiac: Cancer

 Tried to do a constellation in the stars effect for this. Made a 'custom' white by mixing acrylic paint and glow in the dark powder first, then made it more intense by mixing gel topcoat with the glow powder and adding a second layer. It certainly glowed!
Supplies:
ILNP Summer Stargazing
ILNP Interstellar (one coat on top for the scattered holo)
White Acrylic paint
Blue glow in the dark powder
Wildflowers Gel Topcoat

Friday, October 5, 2018

Pond


Pond Manis seem to be the new jelly sandwich from back in the day! This was a bit rushed, but the idea is still there. I had to make a custom jelly - OPI I Can Teal You Like Me from the Sheer Tints line was too light, and OPI Turquoise Aesthetic was too dark. But mixed together, they're perfect!

Supplies:
Zoya Ness (base)
Sephora by OPI Dark Room (stamp)
Dixie Plates DP 10: Lilies 
OPI I Can Teal You Like Me
OPI Turquoise Aesthetic
Acrylic Paint
GDCOCO 3D Carving Gel White

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Moroccan Inspired

Prompt: Moroccan Inspired Stamping

I found a stamp on plate BPL-028 that I thought looked looked like Moroccan mosaic tile. I reverse stamped this pattern and then colored in tiny sections. Because the white was so prevalent, it ended up being less colorful than I had originally wanted but still turned out okay!

Supplies:
OPI Alpine Snow
Twinkled T Stamping White
Zoya Carmen
China Glaze Werk It Honey
Zoya Mallory
OPI Was It All Just a Dream?
China Glaze Liquid Leather
OPI In My Back Pocket
Zoya Yummy

Melody of the Night




 Painting in acrylics on nails is one of my favorite things. I recreated the painting by Leonid Afremov as best I could - I love the vibrant colors! In order to do photos without glare I used a matte top coat, which did dull it ever so slightly.

Supplies: 
OPI Alpine Snow
Acrylic Paint
GEL LEN matte topcoat

Thermal with Stamping

 I love this thermal gel polish. I thought I'd try gel polish to see if it keeps its thermal-reactivity longer and so far so good! These photos don't show the stamping the greatest. I used foil stamping gel and gold foil, and it's so mirror-finish that it shows up with darker spots due to my camera!


Supplies:
Fairy Glo Gel Polish 5023
Moyra Foil Gel Polish Black
Gold Foil

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Birdies

 Prompt: Birds/Feathers

Layered quite a few stamps to make these nails! I also had the slightly tricky task of reversing the bird image by stamping to a second stamper - took a few times to get it to transfer properly.



Supplies:
Sinful Colors Navy I Do
Born Pretty Galactic Center
Moyra Stamping Foil Gel Black
Gold Foil
Twinkled T Stamping Polish White
EJB-X01: Birds
Ejiubas + Sarah R2: Leaves
 

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Bright Sunset

 Prompt: Hand Painted Sunset

I do love painting sunsets so much! I decided to go for super saturated colors this time, to make it even more dramatic. I really like how this turned out!

 

Supplies:
Zoya Dory
Sinful Colors Skylark
Sally Hansen Atomic Tangerine
Sephora by OPI Who's Spinning Tonight
Black Acrylic Paint
OPI Alpine Snow
Zoya Maura

Monday, September 24, 2018

Double Processed Chevrons


Prompt: Double Processed Stamping

I really want to give this technique another go, now that I understand how it works. 

Supplies:
ORLY Gumdrop
Twinkled T Stamping Polish White
Twinkled T Stamping Polish Black
Stamping Plate BP-L 006: Zebra Stripes and Chevrons

Sunday, September 23, 2018

Fluid Nails


I'm in love with fluid nail art! I managed to get my hands on Dance Legend Spot It polishes, and this was my first experiment with them.

Supplies:
Dance Legend Spot It Blue
Dance Legend Spot It Black
Zoya Dory
OPI My Signature is DC
OPI Alpine Snow

Scribble Hearts

Stamping Prompt: Hearts

Tried out some double stamping/shadow stamping as well as a little pigment stamping.

Supplies:
 ORLY Mirror Mirror
China Glaze White on White
Twinkled T Stamping Polish Black
Twinkled T Stamping Polish Pink
Ejiubas + Don Deeva Plate: Hearts
Bundle Monster Shape Nouveau: Hearts, Hashing

Leopard Spots


Handpainted leopard spots and a leopard face. I rather love how this turned out!

Supplies:
OPI Alpine Snow
China Glaze Gold Fusion
Black Acrylic Paint
Black striping tape
Foil gel and gold foil
Gold studs

3D Leaves



 I'm back and posting images again! I'm not going to write as much, but I miss having a chronological record of nail art somewhere besides my phone gallery. So here we go, short and sweet.


Base Color: OPI Pepe's Purple Passion
3D Leaves: Custom mixed color from GDCOCO sculpting gel  
Gold Detailing: Elite99 gold gel
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