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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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