31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 27

Day Twenty-Seven: Inspired by Artwork

Wet 'n Wild Wild Shine in Blue Moon

Sinful Colors in Snow Me White

Sally Hansen Hard as Nails in Hard Hat

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Mellow Yellow

Kiss Nail Art in White

Kiss Nail Art in Black

Of course, this was the first thing I thought of when I thought of a piece of art work. But, it turned out to be fun, and maybe I'll redo it, but with more details!

I went in and made the background color is Blue Moon. To make the "castle" or whatever the shape is, I put down the white on one nail, and made it just slightly larger than what I wanted to castle shape size to be. I put the white down for two reasons. 1) So that the black was more vibrant, because the sky color was so dark, and 2) so there was an outline and the castle was easier to see.

To make the swirls, I used white on a paint brush, and did not put much on the brush, and used quick strokes. I did it over and over until it was thin and wispy looking. I did a similar thing for the ring around the moon with Hard Hat, and then used Mellow Yellow to make the actual moon shape.

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31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 26

Day Twenty-Six: Inspired by a Pattern

Wet 'n Wild Wild Shine in Sunny Side Up

Kiss Nail Art in White

Kiss Nail Art in Black

There are a lot of argyle tutorials out there on the internet. But I still decided to make my own!

I'm still working out getting good, quality pictures, and figuring out how I like them edited as well. So, please, bear with me!

1. Paint a base color of your choice. I used Sunny Side Up, a light orange color.
2. Paint large diamonds in a pattern, with a complementing color. For my diamonds, I used white.
3. Paint lines with a third color that create diamonds, offset from the others. Do not fill these in the way you did with the diamonds. For my lines, I used black.

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31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 25

Day Twenty-Five: Inspired by Fashion

Sinful Colors in Ruby Ruby

Sinful Colors in Snow Me White

Kiss Nail Art in Black

I was having a hard time trying to find a good "fashion statement" or something that was actually current. Then, I was flipping through my Glamour magazine, and found this picture on an ad for Banana Republic!

Creating it was really easy after that. The white nail with the black design is not the best, but it was hard to even see exactly what it was on the shirt underneath. But I thought it turned out okay! (Although the picture quality is not the best...)

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31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 24

Day Twenty-Four: Inspired by a Book

Covergirl Outlast in Black Diamond

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Gone Grey

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Golden-I

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Rapid Red

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Sun Kissed

Zoya in Darcy

I love The Hunger Games, so I decided this was the best idea for me!

*Once again, I did not intentionally take any ideas off of anyone's page, or from Pinterest. These were the things I thought of on my own, and what I could do myself.

For tools, I just used a couple small nail brushes, and a small dotting tool.

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31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 23

Day Twenty-Three: Inspired by a Movie

For the Sky: Essie in Mint Candy Apple

For the House: Essie in Little Brown Dress

          OPI in San Tan-tonio

For the Clouds: Sinful Colors in Snow Me White

For the Balloons: NYC in Big Apple Red

          Wet 'n Wild Wild Shine in Sunny Side Up

          Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Yellow Mellow

          Pure Ice in Free Spirit

          Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Blue It

          Salon Perfect in Electric Grape

          Sinful Colors in Cotton Candy

          Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Black Out

I was trying to decide on a movie, and figured this one was easy!

*I did not purposely copy anyone else. I thought of this on my own, but I may have unintentionally gotten an idea from something that I saw on Pinterest.

I have never done a nail art design that was a whole picture, spread out over several nails! I like the way that it turned out!

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31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 22

Day Twenty-Two: Inspired by a Song

OPI in San Tan-tonio

Essie in Little Brown Dress

E.l.f. in Nude

Sinful Colors in Snow Me White

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Black Out

Essie in Mint Candy Apple

Claire's in Marine Blue

I'm horrible. I am SO behind! But, I have had this done for a while, as well as a couple more days, I just never uploaded those. Not that that is much better...

Anywho, this song is Teardrops on my Guitar, by Taylor Swift. It's pretty obvious, I think.

The two base colors are Nude and Marine Blue.
For the guitar, I used San Tan-tonio, Little Brown Dress, Black Out, and Snow Me White.
The tears are Mint Candy Apple.
And the music notes are Black Out.


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31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 21

Day Twenty-One: Inspired by Color (Pink)

Base colors--

     Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Straw-Ready

     Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Petal Pusher

     Spoiled by Wet n Wild in Tip Your Waitress

     Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Gone Grey

     OPI in DS Radiance

Top colors--

     Ulta in Starry Night

     Kiss Nail Art in Beach Pink

     Kiss Nail Art in Silver Glitter

     Sally Hansen Crackle Overcoat in Coral Collide

     Sally Hansen Gem Crush in Razzle Dazzler

I did what I do when I am "inspired" by a color. I use that color as much as possible, with different designs, shades, and a couple neutral colors thrown in.

There were 4 polishes I had never used that I used on this one.

1. Ulta in Starry Night--This was the glitter that I used on my thumb. I really liked it, and it was not horrible price! Most chunky glitters that I find are $8 or $9. This was only $6, or free, since I bought it on buy two get one free...
2. Spoiled in Tip Your Waitress--This was a hot pink color, which I have not bought one of in a long time! It was really good, plus it was mostly matte. Which is different for a bright color.
3. Crackle in Coral Collide--I have used Crackle polishes by Sally Hansen before. But this one has a shimmery finish, which the others were just shiny or even matte. I liked the color, but because of the sheerness, it made it hard to apply thick enough in one stroke.
4. Gem Crush in Razzle Dazzler--I liked the Gem Crush! It was pretty much just like any other glitter polish that you can get, however.

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31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 20

Day Twenty: Water Marbled

Sinful Colors in Snow Me White

NYC in Big Apple Red

China Glaze in Papaya Punch

Zoya in Darcy

Essie in Little Brown Dress

I am so behind. And it frustrates me. But I WILL catch up. I am at least going to make sure that I do them all, even if they are on the wrong day.

So, this was harder than I thought, and took some practice. But, after a couple tries, it finally worked out! My ring finger looks the best, if you ask me.

I was going for a fall color scheme. It turned out okay, especially the ring finger :)

I plan to try this again, though, and try to get better designs, because that makes a HUGE difference.

Sorry it's so messy, and late...

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31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 19

Day Nineteen: Galaxy

China Glaze in Seniorita Bonita

China Glaze in Blue Iguana

Covergirl Outlast in Black Diamond

Kiss Nail Art in Silver Glitter

Yay for another tutorial!!! :) Boo for being late still... :(

I liked them, until I did the silver. Then they were just okay. Next time, I'm doing something different for the "star" part. Like a sequin.

1. Apply a solid, black nail polish. I used Covergirl Outlast's Black Diamond. Make sure there are no streaky spots.
2. Pick a blue, preferably a thinner, shimmery blue, and drop a couple drops on another surface. With the cut off corner of a makeup sponge, dip it in the blue, then dab on the nail in various places. I used China Glaze's Blue Iguana.
3. Repeat step 2 with a purple polish. I used China Glaze's Seniorita Bonita.
4. With a densely glittered polish, apply a coupe dots to the nail. With a paint brush, diffuse the dots out a little, and make them less dense.

And that's all!

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31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 18

Day Eighteen: Half Moon

NYC in Big Apple Red

Wet n Wild Megalast in Club Havana

I know...I'm behind again :(

Anyway, this was a super easy one to do, but I decided to do a tutorial on it, just because. There are a lot out there, but I wanted to make one of my own, especially showing off the colors that I picked.

I tried to go with a "fall" theme, hence the red and orange. Kind of like leaves. I have also never used either of these polishes until now. I really liked the red one, but the orange was just okay. It was kind of streaky, and you could see brushstrokes, especially toward the tips of the nails.

I'm also not as big of a fan of the colors on the nail as I was when I held the bottles right next to each other.

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31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 17

Day Seventeen: Glitter

Milani Jewel FX in Gold

I was so excited to try this nail polish. I bought it after seeing it on a couple Youtube channels. It looked like what I was looking for in a glitter polish. And it is! I love this polish. There are only large pieces of glitter, like sequins, not just the shimmer and thin kind. After dabbing on a couple layers, most of my nail was covered. I decided I wanted to use it solo, not as a top coat (mostly because I didn't know what color would look good with it.)

Overall, I love it, and recommend it HIGHLY.

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31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 16

Day Sixteen: Tribal Print

Wet n Wild Wild Shine in Sunny Side Up

Kiss Nail Art in Black

I only used two colors for my tribal print, while many people use multiple colors. I decided to keep it simple, because I have never attempted the tribal print nails before this.

Again, I was inspired by some that I saw on Pinterest (because tribal nails are impossible to avoid on there) but I was not trying to replicate any of them.

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31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 15

Day Fifteen: Delicate Print

Essence Color & Go in Off to Miami

Kiss Nail Art in White

Well, I was finally a day late. :(

I tried to make this one appear as if it were lace. I was inspired by a manicure I saw on Pinterest, but I was not trying to replicate it.

It did not turn out as good as I hoped, and this was the best nail of them all, unfortunately.

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31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 14

Day Fourteen: Flowers

Covergirl Outlast in Black Diamond

Sally Hansen in Mellow Yellow

Sinful Colors in Sweet Tooth

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Lively Lilac

Hello! Today is short and sweet. It was very easy to do, and I only used one polish that I had never used before.

The one that I had never used was the black Covergirl polish. I used this for the base, and it was nice! I really liked how I did not need as many coats as it takes with my black Sally Hansen polish. It also was a good choice, because it provided a nice background for the purple flowers. After that, I simply used a dotter for the center of the flowers, and the petals.

Also, I apologize for the poor quality, I'm having camera problems again :/

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31 Day Challenge: Day 13 (Tutorial!)

Day Thirteen: Animal Print

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Mellow Yellow

Essie in Little Brown Dress

China Glaze Matte Magic

I decided to do giraffe print for today because 1) it's easy, and 2) I never seen many giraffe nails, or tutorials, if any! So I decided to make a tutorial of my own!

1. Start with clean, unpolished nail. Add a base coat.
2. Paint nail with yellow nail polish. I used Mellow Yellow by Sally Hansen. Add several coats until it is a solid yellow. It does not need to be absolutely perfect, because a lot of it will be covered up.
3. With a large dotting tool, create splotches with a brown nail polish. I used Little Brown Dress by Essie. I just tried to make the spots look as close to giraffe spots as possible, but I did not want every nail to look the same.
4. Once it is dry, put a matte top coat on top, to make it look more like an animal. I used Matte Magic by China Glaze.

And that's it! It was really easy, and other than waiting for the colors to dry to ensure there was no smearing, it did not take very long at all to do!

Thanks for reading <3

31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 12

Day Twelve: Stripes

Wet n Wild Wild Shine in Blazed

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Petal Pusher

Kiss Nail Art in White

Kiss Nail Art in Black

Kiss Nail Art in Soft Purple

Kiss Nail Art in Pearl Blue

I was originally going to do more creative ideas for stripes, including more colors, and different designs. But...that clearly didn't work. I really liked the way these turned out, however! My favorite ones are the coral base with white and navy stripes.

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31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 11

Day Eleven: Polka Dots

Sinful Colors in Cotton Candy

Sinful Colors in Unicorn

Sinful Colors in Sweet Nothing

Sinful Colors in Sweet Tooth

Today was simply polka dots! I got most of my ideas off of Pinterest, or were thought of on my own, and more than likely I was remembering one that I saw somewhere.

I'm also upset because they apparently weren't dry, and the colors ran together on a couple of the nails, which sucks :(

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31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 10

Day Ten: Gradient

Sinful Colors in Snow Me White

Sinful Colors in Cotton Candy

Sinful Colors in Ruby Ruby

I did these pretty much the same way that everyone else does theirs...

1. Paint the nail white.
2. Paint the colors desired on a cosmetic makeup sponge.
3. Dab the makeup sponge on the nail several times until desired effect is reached.

For some of the nails, I went back with just the color that was not appearing as much, and dabbed some more of it on. They are also messy because I was late getting home due to a class I had. So, I'm sorry they look horrible :(

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31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 9

Day Nine: Rainbow

Nail Art Polishes--Salon Perfect in Laser Beam
          Salon Perfect in Orange Flame
          Salon Perfect in Ray of Light
          Kiss in Beach Green
          Kiss in Pearl Blue
          Kiss in Soft Purple
          Kiss in Beach Pink
Polishes--Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Rapid Red
          Sally Hansen Xtreme Nail Wear in Sun Kissed
          Sally Hansen Xtreme Nail Wear in Mellow Yellow
          Pure Ice in Free Spirit
          Revlon in Urban
          Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Lively Lilac
          Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Straw-ready
          Sinful Colors in Snow Me White
          Sally Hansen Xtreme Nail Wear in Black Out
          OPI in DS Radiance
          Revlon in Girly
          Wet n Wild Fast Dry in Party of Five Glitters

This was crazy to do, but so much fun!

Thumb: Revlon's Girly
Index: Black, with the Party of Five Glitters
Middle: White, with dots in varying colors, using two sizes of dotting tools
Ring: Every color of the nail art brushes
Pinky: Silver OPI

It took a while, and I kept changing my mind on what I wanted to do.

Also, I'm thinking about doing a tutorial coming up soon. :)

Thanks for reading <3

31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 8

Day Eight: Metallic

Essie's Nail Polish in Penny Talk

Today was back to just a plain color! I used this polish which I have been holding out on for a while now. And I absolutely loved it. I want to buy all of the colors in this collection (which I believe is the Chrome collection, or something like that.)

I only really needed one coat for several of my nails, but I did use two coats, just to be sure I had no missed spots. It also dries so super quick, I was able to  go about like normal almost immediately. It also is so shiny, it was hard to not get a glare when using a flash to take a picture! And it really does look like the color of a shiny, new penny!

If you are looking for a bronze nail polish, I would highly recommend this polish to anyone.

Thanks for reading <3