February Nail Art Challenge- Pastel & Hearts

So I may have combined two days into one look. And completely skipped "XOXO". But I think it was worth it. It is the "I have a life challenge " right? (Though maybe it should be the "lol loopholes" challenge.) 

Pastel tie-dye ggradient background using Revlon Charmed (lavender), Minted (mint, obviously), NYC Skyline Blue, and Sinful Colors Unicorn (yellow), and Soul Mate (pink) mixed with white. The stamping plate was actually from the brand Fing'rs and can be found  

at Walmart for about $6-7. 10/10 would stamp again. 

And here we see some super dry grandma fingers. Oops. 

Duochrome Week: Day 4-China Glaze Awakening

This polish has popped up here before. Not too long ago, really. I used it in my Violet day for the 31 Day Challenge, and it took on a whole different look then than it does now. It's a versatile polish that I am happy to show today, this time over a gold base instead of black. Here is China Glaze's Awakening.

31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 31-Recreate Your Favorite Challenge

Sooo this is a day late. Heh, my bad. I was actually out though, not just procrastinating (for once). It's September, man, how did that happen?!? I was not ready for September. But back to the challenge. This day... was kind of a boring theme. I really wanted to use a few new polishes, and they happened to both be purples, so I made some purple skittles! (Obviously recreating the Violet day challenge.)

31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 29-Inspired by the Supernatural

Oh man. I can't even tell you how much I had to contemplate the design for today's challenge. I was at a complete loss, and I was about to give in and do some simple ghosts, or some skulls (though I wasn't sure if the technically counted as 'supernatural'?) when it came to me. Zombies! I'd done zombie look around last Halloween and absolutely loved it. I did basically the same thing, but with a different background.

31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 22-Inspired by a Song

Inspired by a song was a tiny bit easier than inspired by a color. I opened up my music library and for some reason the first thing to pop into mind was "Jar of Hearts" by Christina Perri. It started off well enough but ended a disaster, and I'll leave it at that. Then, for no real reason, "Blueberry Kisses" by Lady Gaga played in my head. And I thought "Hey, blueberry nail art would be awesome. Let's throw in some mouths too, even though I suck at them." And.. well, here it is.

31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 20-Water Marble

Ohhh water marbling. I was almost excited this morning to try it out. And then I got a bit of nail polish and water on my keyboard, and cleaning up my fingers alone was tragic (even with tape!). And also, I just... did not water marble well.

31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 18-Half Moons

Half moons! I was so glad for this day. I really dig half moons. Plus they're so simple. Fantastic. I didn't get very creative though. I had taken off the glitter nails right after I took the pictures because I didn't want to be scrubbing for ages the next day, so I tried out a color I'd been eyeing for a while. And loved it. A lot. Until I added the half moon part for the day's challenge. Then it was just 'eh.' But it was great the day it lasted. Anyways, half moons:

31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 14-Flowers

Flowers are always a nice design, especially when it comes to nail art. But floral prints can be so overdone, you know? For today I decided to do something simple, but effective. I'd had it in my mind a while now, and I'm fairly pleased with how it came out with.

I painted some tulips on my nails with a minty green background. The stems and grass look really really dark, unfortunately, but the green I was using wasn't as bright as I'd thought it would be. I'm glad with how bright the actual flower part is though. I think this would look nice with a white background and some yellow and pink tulips too. It'd be nice in spring instead of the usual floral prints.

These were freehanded with some acrylic paint. They're clearly not the most amazing tulips ever painted, but, hey, they're at least identifiable, right? I hope so. 

Colors Used:

Minted, Revlon

31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 10-Gradient

Gradients. Oh how I love gradients. I was super excited for this day because gradients are like the best things ever (okay not really, but they're nice and simple and so easy to do but still look so nice especially with the right colors).

Legend of Korra Season Finale Nails!

So you may or may not know that the season finale of the show Legend of Korra is tomorrow. If not, well, there you go! I happen to be a big fan and so the idea struck me as I was thinking of what to do with my nails. On the left hand I have the Equalists (the "bad guys," for those who don't watch the show) and on the right hand is Team Avatar/The Krew (the "good guys"). The pictures are terrible. I couldn't get a cooperative picture and the lighting was horrible, so bear with me. They look a lot better in person, but, obviously, I can't put my real nails on here. I don't even know how that would begin to work.

Equalist Hand