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30 Day Nail Challenge Day 29: Inspired By The Supernatural

by Izzy • June 5, 2013 • 0 Comments

This is the second to last day of the 30 Day Nail Challenge! And it is a good one inspired by the supernatural. I had wanted to do a vampire mani but the look I started wasn’t coming together so I switched it up to unicorns!

I also tried out this water speckled technique I’ve been hearing about on the various blogs I follow. The technique is the same as with water marbling but you spritz the surface of the “bullseye” with an alcohol based hand sanitizer before dipping your nail into the water. It worked like a charm but I use a plastic shot glass to do my waters marbling and I had to change the water for every nail because the product prevents the polish from spreading out. I love how this manicure turned out! I keep looking at my nails! Have any of you tried this technique? Any tips?

For this look I used:
Seche Vite Base Coat
Revlon sunshine sparkle, Provence
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear mint sorbet, coral reef
Orly bubble bath
Essie no more film
Miracote top coat

Plates used for this look:
Mash 39
Pueen 04, 08, 18, 19, 20

Next up is a manicure inspired by a tutorial, stay tuned for the last manicure in this challenge.

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30 Day Nail Challenge Day 28: Inspired By A Flag

by Izzy • June 2, 2013 • 0 Comments

Only a few more days left to this challenge, day 28 is a manicure inspired by a flag. I love Egyptian art and it just so happens I had some Egyptian nail stamping plates that fit the bill.

I love the way these turned out. It also gave me a chance to use the liquid sand again. Unfortunately I was at my besty’s house and chopped off most of my thumbnail and now I’m stubby. Oh well, at least the food was delicious and it was totally worth sacrificing my finger nail.

For this look I used:
Seche Vite Base Coat
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear golden-I
Pure Ice can’t stop
Maybelline Color Show tenacious teal
Revlon foxy
O.P.I. What wizardry is this?
Miracote top coat

Nail plates used:
Mash 36, 41
Gals GA37
Shany SH206
Pueen 04

Next up in the challenge is a manicure inspired by the supernatural!

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30 Day Nail Challenge Day 27: Inspired By Art

by Izzy • May 30, 2013 • 0 Comments

Day 27!!!! This challenge is almost over, this manicure is inspired by art. There were a lot of exotic animal silhouettes in amongst my different nail stamping sets and I kept wanting to do a jungle inspired mani, this seemed like the perfect time.

I really like the way this turned out, those of you who are perceptive might notice that I used various reptile patterns as a base then I stamped on my various prey animals!

For this look I used:
Seche Vite Base Coat
L’Oréal safari chic
O.P.I. Tickle my France-y
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear black out, golden-I
Miracote top coat

Plates used:
Pueen 10, 14
Gals GA27, GA32, GA45, GA46

Next up in the challenge is a mani inspired by a flag.

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30 Day Nail Challenge Day 26: Inspired By A Pattern

by Izzy • May 30, 2013 • 0 Comments

Day 26 of the 30 Day Nail Challenge is a pattern inspired nail, I wanted to do a hippie pattern and chose to use a tie dye as my inspiration.

I like the way the tie dye turned out a lot, I’m finally starting to get a hang of it.

For this look I used:
Seche Vite Base Coat
Essie bikini so teeny
Hard Candy little hottie
Revlon gold coin, optimistic
O.P.I. Rapid dry top coat

Plate used:
Pueen 039

Next up in the challenge is a mani inspired by art.

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30 Day Nail Challenge Day 25: Inspired By Fashion

by Izzy • May 27, 2013 • 0 Comments

The 30 Day Nail Challenge is starting to wind down, today is the 25th day of the challenge! Wow! Today’s look is inspired by fashion and I love Dolce & Gabbana! I had a look at their web site and stumbled upon this:
Dolce & Gabbana Winter 2014
and this:
Dolce & Gabbana Winter 2014
I love ornate embroidery and the look of old paintings so these two dresses totally fit the bill. I decided to try using some of my craft water transfers on my nails to see if they would work like the Nailene nail tattoos I’ve used in the past. Well they didn’t, they were thicker and tore/cracked easily but once you put a top coat over the transfer it stuck to the nail with no problems. Air bubbles however became holes once the top coat dried.

I love the way this turned out and I definitely will be using the water transfers again. The water transfers I used for this manicure are by Lisa Pavelka, I purchased them at Micheal’s art stores in the polymer clay area or online.
Next up in the 30 Day Nail Challenge is inspired by a pattern, I just received three sets of nail plates I’m just itching to use!

For this look I used:
Seche Vite Base Coat
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear golden-I, black out, mint sorbet, celeb city
Maybelline Color Show boho gold, porcelain party, tenacious teal
Revlon foxy, vixen, fashionista, copper penny, gold coin
Rimmel black satin
Nicole by OPI disco doll
NYC matte me crazy top coat
Miracote top coat

Nail plates used for this look:
Gals GA23
Pueen 02, 04, 05
Bundle Monster BM08

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30 Day Nail Challenge Day 24: Inspired By A Book

by Izzy • May 21, 2013 • 0 Comments

The 30 Day Nail Challenge is in the home stretch! Day 24 is a manicure inspired by a book, since I am a huge fan of science fiction and my all time favourite book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams I had to choose it as my inspiration.

Click here to discover the best sci-fi writer ever!
For those of you who have not read the book or seen the movie you should check it out and also have a look at books 2-5 in the trilogy!
I was perusing my favourite blogs when I stumbled upon a gorgeous pastel coloured galaxy nail on Hey, Nice Nails!. I was enchanted and tried to recreate the look on my own nails.

I really
Like how these turned out!
For this look I used:
Seche Vite Base Coat
Maybelline Color Show porcelain party
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear bubblegum pink, golden-I, strobe light
Revlon Provence
Pure Ice home run
Nail plates used:
Gals
Winstonia

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30 Day Nail Challenge Day 23: Inspired By A Movie

by Izzy • May 21, 2013 • 0 Comments

Day 23 of the 30 Day Nail Challenge is inspired by a movie. I love Art Deco and vintage advertising so when I first heard about a remake of The Great Gatsby I was thrilled! I mean who doesn’t like flapper girls, pearls and, champagne?!? So here you have them my Great Gatsby nails:

I think they turned out really well, I love the black and gold!
For this look I used:
Seche Vite Base Coat
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear golden-I
Rimmel black satin
Pure Ice heart breaker

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30 Day Nail Challenge Day 22: Inspired by a Song

by Izzy • May 17, 2013 • 0 Comments

Today the 30 Day Nail Challenge is inspired by a song. I really struggled with this one because I have had Rihanna’s Diamonds stuck in my head for a week now and could not think of another song to do. I finally settled on… Empire State of Mind by Jay Z as my inspiring song, and as a bonus it gave me a chance to use nail tattoos again.

I really like this look, I probably should have stamped on top of the Statue of Liberty’s fireworks after adding glitter but it was time to stop and go to bed.

For this look I used:
Nailene nail tattoos
Seche Vite Base Coat
Revlon grey suede, enchanting, provoke
L’Oréal safari chic
Maybelline Color Show twilight rays
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear golden-I, in the spotlight, black out
Nicole by OPI kourt is red-y for a pedi
NYC Lincoln square lavender
Seche Vite Top Coat
Nail plates used:
Winstonia W109, W114, W118

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30 Day Nail Challenge Day 21: Inspired by a Colour

by Izzy • May 15, 2013 • 0 Comments

Today is the 21st day of the 30 Day Nail Challenge and the theme is inspired by a colour. I decided to do a marine or ocean blue nail and since I’m getting so good at this water marbling thing, I decided to give it another go. I started with a white base, stamped on some marine life and, did a water marble on top. Some of the stamping was obscured by the water marbling but it still turned out well and they received some compliments when I wore them.

I might try this look again but I will use an all over stamp as my base and the individual stamps on top of the water marble.

For this look I used:
Seche Vite Base Coat
Pure Ice twisted
Revlon eclectic
Maybelline Color Show blue blowout
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear breezy blue
Seche Vite Top Coat

Nail Plates:
Bundle Monster BM08, BM12, BM04
Gals Princess Set GA6, GA14, GA17
Gals Fairy Set GA42
Winstonia W106, W108

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30 Day Nail Challenge Day 20: Water Marble

by Izzy • May 13, 2013 • 0 Comments

I hope everyone had a good Mother’s Day this weekend. My mom was really happy with the flowers I sent her and she really enjoyed the lobster my dad bought for her.
Day 20 of the 30 Day Nail Challenge is water marble nails, if you follow me on Instagram you will know that this is not my favourite type of manicure. I find it messy and uncontrollable. I have found that by applying some type of greasy lotion on the cuticle and fingertip of the soon to be marbled digit you can cut down on the messiness. I have also found that certain polishes work better than others for this process (Revlon polishes tend to spread more, Pure Ice and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear polish do not spread out in the water unless they are used first). I have also practiced on some false nails to try and get the hang of this technique. So here you are, my water marble manicure in shades of purple.

For this look I used:
Seche Vite Base Coat
Revlon eclectic, fashionista, optimistic
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear breezy blue
Seche Vite Top Coat
I like the way these turned out and have started warming up to the water marble process. I warmed up so much to the water marbling that I decided to give it a go with some other polishes on my Cinderella hand. I also received some mini Essie polishes from the summer collection as a gift from my Bestie and I was itching to try them.

My Cinderella hand was done using Essie: off the shoulder, mojito madness, bikini so teeny, fear or desire.
These colours worked really well for water marbling, thanks Bestie!

Do you have any tricks or tips to share? I could really use them to help me perfect the technique.

Next up in the 30 Day Nail Challenge is a manicure inspired by a colour.

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