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)

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

Fireflies

 I never get tired of watching a field full of fireflies. I remember chasing fireflies growing up, and I still get lost in the magic of watching a dark night full of dancing lights. So of course I had to try to capture that in nail form! For bonus points, these nails are animated!

I started by putting down a base of Sally Hansen Nightwatch, then sponged on a band of lighter color in the middle using Sinful Colors Jolt. Trees were added with some China Glaze Liquid Leather. In the foreground I spotted on some Revlon First Class for a bit of texture.

For the fireflies, I used a small dotting tool and Serum No 5 Pure Glow Getter. I wanted to tone down the white, so I lightly dotted some sheer OPI I'm So Amberrassed to give them a more yellow effect.

And because it's fun, I hid NFC lights from Bundle Monster under all the polish! I love the effect!

Colors Used:

Sally Hansen Nightwatch

Sinful Colors Jolt

 China Glaze Liquid Leather

  Revlon First Class

Serum No 5 Pure Glow Getter

Day 27: Holographic Heaven

 I'm definitely going to have to take some photos of sparkly holo goodness in the sunlight tomorrow! I love linear holos so much. They're like magic!

 I began with a coat of KBShimmer Myth You Lots over Wet n Wild Black Creme. Myth You Lots is one of my favorite polishes, bar none. It's so shifty and holo-tastic! It's always so hard to do anything to cover up that loveliness, so I decided to go minimal.

 I decided to test out the stamping decal technique using a design from Pueen plate 32. I removed a bit from the bottom of the design to give more space for the silver to shine. The black stamping was done in B.M.C. Noir Black. I filled in the spaces with blue holo Color Club Over the Moon and silver holo Color Club Harp on It. I like how the colors compliment the shifty multichrome rather well, even when it shifts to warmer hues.

 Sunbeam photos!

Colors Used:

KBShimmer Myth You Lots

Wet n Wild Black Creme

B.M.C. Noir Black

Color Club Over the Moon

Color Club Harp on It

Day 26: Fly Me to the Moon

 Whew, after a busy week I desperately needed a break. I did do nails for both the 24th and 25th (Nightmare and Dream themes, respectively) but they really didn't turn out the way I wanted. So I decided to just take a bit of a much-needed rest instead of redoing them, though I may put something together after the challenge is over.

 Anywho! Today's theme was 'Inspired by a Song', and I happened to have Sinatra playing so I figured any excuse for space-themed nails was a good one. I started with Zoya Payton, since I haven't tried starting galaxy nails with purple before. I then sponged on some Sephora by OPI White Hot, and then sponged Zoya Dream in sections overlapping the white and purple both. I wanted a bit more bright blue, so I added a bit of Fing'rs The Boys In Blue.

 I then used more White Hot to add the moon and the rocket with exhaust trail. Using a bit of acetone and Zoya Loredana I added shading to the moon. I think it didn't turn out half bad!

Colors Used:

Zoya Payton

 Sephora by OPI White Hot

 Zoya Dream

 Fing'rs The Boys In Blue

 Zoya Loredana

Day 22: Colorful Fishies

 Today's theme was 'ocean', so I decided to do a colorful coral reef scene. Woo!

 I used Finger Paints Inkblot Blue for a base. It's such a vibrant and intense blue jelly! I was sad that I had to work late and wasn't able to get a photo in the sun, because this blue is INTENSE on a sunny day.

 The fish and details were painted in acrylic paint since I was short on time. It's still fun, gotta love fishies!

Colors Used:

Finger Paints Inkblot Blue

Day 18: Dotticure

 Dots everywhere! This was so much fun to make, and I love the effect! It's been a bit since I've played with dotting tools, and I really should use them more often in simple designs like this.

 I began with China Glaze White on White and let that dry completely. I used a bit of striping tape to block off a diagonal section of the base of each nail. I filled in each with a different color. Starting from my thumb, I used purple Wet n Wild On A Trip, orange OPI Call Me Gwen-ever, blue Poparazzi I Want To Be Royale, green Sinful Colors Mint Tropics, and red Julep Drew.

 Next, I dotted a line of large dots in white along the colored edge, then followed with additional rows of increasingly smaller dots. The same was done with matching colors on the white side. I think it turned out fun and interesting!

Colors Used:

China Glaze White on White

Wet n Wild On A Trip

OPI Call Me Gwen-ever

Poparazzi I Want To Be Royale

Sinful Colors Mint Tropics

Julep Drew

Day 17: Glitter

 Glitter out the wazoo! I decided to go with stamping over full coverage glitter, and it was so sparkly I had the hardest time trying to photograph it!

 I started with a silver multisize glitter polish, Sephora by OPI Are you Glistinin'? I then decided to add a blue hue with a tinting polish, Sally Hansen Ice Tint.

On top of that, I stamped a design from Pueen plate 49 using B.M.C. Royal Blue. On the vertices I placed multicolored hex glitter for extra bling effect. So much glitter!

Colors Used:

Sephora by OPI Are you Glistinin'?

Sally Hansen Ice Tint

B.M.C. Royal Blue

Pueen 49

Day 16: Blue Jay Feathers

 The prompt of the day was 'feathers' and I debated between drawing full feathers or painting feather patterns, and patterns won out in the end. I love blue jay feathers, so that of course was an easy choice!

 Of course, I realized after decided on this course of action that blue jay feathers are a really complex shade of blue. For this, I started with a dark gray backdrop of China Glaze Immortal. Over that I sponged a gradient from gray Immortal to mid-blue OPI Keeping Suzi at Bay to navy Sally Hansen Nightwatch. I then built up the shimmery feather texture using the intensely sparkly Finger Paints Surf's Up, shimmery Sally Hansen Blu, and a touch of teal Sally Hansen Pixel Pretty.

 I added the shaft and striping with Wet n Wild Black Creme, The white tips were done in China Glaze White on White. I also added a bit of texture to the grey base of each feather using light gray Ciaté Cream Soda.

Colors Used:

China Glaze Immortal

OPI Keeping Suzi at Bay

Sally Hansen Nightwatch

Finger Paints Surf's Up

Sally Hansen Blu

Sally Hansen Pixel Pretty

Wet n Wild Black Creme

China Glaze White on White

Ciaté Cream Soda