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)

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

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

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 21: Scaled Gradient

 I've seen multi-gradients like this around the web and always loved the effect, so I had to try it for myself. It's so fun, and definitely eye-catching!

 I began on a white base of China Glaze White on White. On three nails I decided on a green China Glaze Four Leaf Clover and yellow OPI I just Can't Cope-acabana combination. The other two were done in purple China Glaze Plur-ple and neon pink China Glaze Pool Party.

 I used a sponge to apply the first gradient to the base of each nail. Once that was completely dry, I used a chevron nail guide sticker to block off the edge. I haven't got my hands on nail vinyls yet, but I hope to get some soon! In the meanwhile, nail guide stickers seem to do the trick. I repeated twice to space the design across the nail.  Next time I'll have to do alternating colors for something different, but I do love the effect of repeating the same colors!

Colors Used:

China Glaze White on White

China Glaze Four Leaf Clover

OPI I just Can't Cope-acabana

China Glaze Plur-ple 

China Glaze Pool Party

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 9: Sketchy Floral Scrubs

 I love doing my nails to perfectly mimic my scrubs for work. It might be silly, but I don't care! This time, I chose a bright white-purple-pink top with a nifty sketchy flower and leaf design

 This began with two coats of China Glaze White on White. I then added loose shapes in purple Wet n Wild On A Trip and pink Spoiled Fuzzy Dice. I so rarely use pink!

 Once that was completely dry, I used a tiny 0.2mm black Micron pen to sketch in the flower shapes. The shapes were filled in with white acrylic paint where they overlapped the colored zones. I used a brush and a small amount of Fuzzy Dice pink to add spots of shading to the flowers where it looked approriate. Lastly, I drew in the details on the sketched elements. I was so happy when the lines didn't drag or distort when I added topcoat!

 Colors Used:

China Glaze White on White

 Wet n Wild On A Trip

 Spoiled Fuzzy Dice

Day 7: Cavalli Dress

 For 'Fashion' theme day, I browsed the internet and found a dress I liked. Mostly, I wanted an excuse to do gradients again! It didn't turn out as well as I hoped, but oh well.

 I put a coat of China Glaze White on White down first, then sponged on a gradient of Tea Beauty Mint Leaf (light blue), Sally Hansen Lacey Lilac (Light Purple), and Sinful Colors Mesmerize (dark purple). For my middle and ring fingers, I cut out diamond shapes in scotch tape and placed them on my nails. When I pulled them up, the edges weren't the neatest due to the time it took to go from white coat to multiple layers of gradient, but it at least turned out decently!

 I added a touch of teal L'Oreal Not a Cloud in Sight to the dark purple tips. I then tried to mimic the belt using a bit of black striping tape and some small white nail gems. It isn't my favorite nail design ever, but it was fun.

Colors Used:

China Glaze White on White

Tea Beauty Mint Leaf

Sally Hansen Lacey Lilac

Sinful Colors Mesmerize

L'Oreal Not a Cloud in Sight

Day 5: Traditional Easter Eggs

 I love the design of traditional easter eggs or 'pyansky'. I've always wanted to actually learn how to do the wax and dye designs. I figure painting nails inspired by them is the next best thing!

 I know I didn't pick the most traditional designs, but I wanted bright colors for Easter. No stamping here, these were entirely hand painted! Scroll down to see the actual eggs I based these on. Because of the detail scale quite a bit of this was done in acrylic paint.. However, I still used nail polish for the base and some details.

 For the polish colors, I used Sally Hansen New Wave Blue (thumb),  China Glaze Gaga for Green with some OPI Don't Talk Bach To Me (Index), Morgan Taylor Doo Wop (Middle), Sinful Colors Black on Black (Ring), and Sally Hansen Pacific Blue sponged with Essie Where's my Chauffer (Pinkie).

The rest of the patterns were painted with various acrylic paints. It was just too small to work with thicker polish!

Colors Used:

Sally Hansen New Wave Blue

 China Glaze Gaga for Green

 OPI Don't Talk Bach To Me

 Morgan Taylor Doo Wop

 Sinful Colors Black on Black

 Sally Hansen Pacific Blue

 Essie Where's my Chauffer

Day 1: Pastel

 Starting another 30 Day Challenge, because I'm crazy like that! The first theme of the month is Pastel, which is fun because I don't normally find myself grabbing pastels. For this design I did a skittle-ruffian with what ended up looking like a pastel galaxy effect.

 I began by laying down the plain pastel cremes. Starting at my thumb, the colors are as follows: China Glaze Lotus Begin, Butter London Jasper, Finger Paints Dream I Can Fly, Icing Watermelon, and China Glaze Grass is Lime Greener. Once that was dry, I blocked off the ruffian and painted the remainder of the nail in OPI Alpine Snow. I then used a sponge to blot on more color and tried to make it look like water color.

 I then decorated the border with a thin line of white and small flowers in white as well. At the center of each flower I added a little nail art gem in a color that corresponded to the preceding nail. Mix n' match all around! Because that clearly was not enough, I added matte white glitter from Sally Hansen Eyelet, followed by scattered holographic glitter from ORLY Shine On Crazy Diamond.

 For my dominant hand, I just had fun with the handful of pastels and glitter toppers. Yay! Semi-unrelatedly, I really can't figure out why the orangey color was named 'Watermelon.' Seems an odd choice!

 Colors Used:

China Glaze Lotus Begin

Butter London Jasper

Finger Paints Dream I Can Fly

Icing Watermelon

China Glaze Grass is Lime Greener

OPI Alpine Snow

Sally Hansen Eyelet

ORLY Shine On Crazy Diamond

Morning Iris Thermal

 I love thermal polish! I decided to try some stamping over an amazing thermal, Morning Iris by Promise Polish. The color shift on this was amazing! It goes from a silvery lilac to cornflower blue to deep purple, and shifts super well! I wish the formula was better - had lots of troubles with how thick and pasty it was.

This is two coats of Morning Iris, followed by stamping a floral design from Pueen plate SE02A using B.M.C Angelic White. This was also my first experiment with a stamping polish, and it is awesome! Previous 'regular' white polish always seemed hit-or-miss as to whether or not they would look washed out, so I decided to grab Bundle Monster's stamping polish.

 Colors Used:

Promise Polish Morning Iris

B.M.C. Angelic White

Pueen SE02A