The Nail Art Guild: February 28

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Today I did the prompt again for the bi-weekly Nail Art Guild challenge. This one was never technically posted, but it was posted months ago in their plan for the next year. I went ahead and did it, though, because I really wanted to try this design!

The prompt was seasons, so I made each nail represent a different season, with a different tree on each.

Spring:
Blue: Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Breezy Blue
Green: China Glaze Be More Pacific
Pink: China Glaze Feel the Breeze

Summer:
Blue: Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Blue Me Away!
Green: China Glaze Shore Enuff

Fall:
Orange: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Pumpkin Queen
Yellow: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Sizzlin' Saffron
Red: Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Pucker Up

Winter:
Blue: Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Pacific Blue
White: Nicole by OPI Yoga-Then-Yogurt

On all nails, I used Essie Partner in Crime for the brown of the tree trunk and branches. To add the leaves, snow and flowers to the trees, I used a medium sized dotting tool. Before I painted the brown on the nail, I used a white striping polish to paint the same outline, that way the brown showed up better and more true to color.

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The Nail Art Guild: January 31

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The prompt for the bi-weekly nail art guild for today was rainbow!

I actually did two designs for this, and I hated the first one. I did it last night, and when I woke up this morning, I took it off and went with this new design that I thought of while painting the others.

Being a rainbow, it clearly took a lot of polish. The colors are as follows:

Red: Nicole by OPI Please Red-Cycle
Orange: China Glaze Stoked to Be Soaked
Yellow: China Glaze Sun Upon My Skin
Green: Studio M Neon Greenlight
Blue: L'Oreal Fluo Azur
Purple: China Glaze X-ta-sea
White: Nicole by OPI Yoga Then Yogurt

For my index and ring finger, I painted red, yellow and blue on, each taking up about a third of my nail. Next, after applying top coat and letting it dry completely, I placed on some skinny chevron nail vinyls. They can be purchased here. I then went and painted orange, green and purple in the spaces between them.

On my thumb, I did an ombre using all of the colors, and then put dots on top with the white polish. My pinky was a white base and dots using all of the colors, and I kept one nail, my middle finger, simple with just a couple of coats of white.

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The Nail Art Guild: 7 Deadly Sins

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Saturday the 17th was another day for the The Nail Art Guild's bi-weekly prompts! The prompt this week was "7 Deadly Sins."

My design was a little out of the ordinary. When thinking about what I wanted to do, I remembered a line from one of my favorite TV shows, Gilmore Girls. Lane said in an episode that her mom taught her that the Cookie Monster was one of the seven deadly sins: gluttony. I was completely inspired by this, so I created Cookie Monster nails!

The blue for the Cookie Monster himself was Essie Strut Your Stuff. The cookies were done using OPI Ice-bergers & Fries for the base, and Essie Partner in Crime for the chocolate chips. The details in white and black were done using Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in OMGhost and Night Fright, and a Salon Perfect Striper in black.

I'm very happy with how these turned out!

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The Nail Art Guild: Retro

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I have decided to do as many of The Nail Art Guild bi-weekly prompts as possible in 2015. These are a great way to interact with people on Instagram, and have a sense of community. It's also fun to have a challenge, and try something different every couple of weeks.

The first prompt of 2015 was "Retro" and the date for it was January 3rd.

I was still on vacation at the time, so I had to use some nail art stickers for it. I used some by China Glaze for this look, and they fit perfectly with the theme.

I've only used nail stickers once, and they were pretty cool, but they were difficult to remove, which was the downside. I applied these on top of my press on nails, so I'm not sure how they remove, unfortunately. I liked the way they applied, but I hated the size options. There were not enough larger choices. I just felt like they were all very skinny, and not wide enough for me. It may have been different if I didn't have the press on nails on, but I still felt like it was a HUGE gap, meaning it probably would have still been a gap without the nails, just maybe not as big.

I did like the look of these, and if you are not one to paint your nails on your own, these are always a great option.

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