31 Day Nail Art Challenge 2014 Day 5: Blue

Barry M - Green Berry // OPI - Get Your Number // Color Club - Beyond

Gradiated Freedom

Freedom, friends!

She is a sweet gift.
I’ve made it through my last term as an undergrad!
So what do I do to celebrate? Well after 2 exams at 8:30 in the morning on two consecutive days (why??!!) I came home, ate some biscuits, drank my second cup of coffee, and painted my nails while watching hockey (By the way – I thank the hockey gods for letting me actually watch the afternoon game. I suppose there are benefits to having an exam early in the morning…hmm..).

I reached out to the Facebook world for some help with this one.
My brain was numb so I was hoping someone would trigger an idea.
Thankfully I got a little push to go in a “textured” direction & then I just rolled with it.

For this mani I used Zoya – Godiva (the colour that’s peaking through) as my base.
Then I slapped on some stripping tape, grabbed OPI – Get Your Number  

& Can’t Let Go (both liquid sands) and did a gradient.

I love how both of the liquid sands I used still seem like part
of the same collection yet they both have a little something special.
Can't let Go (the purple) has some really great large glitter pieces
that you don't have to fish for in the bottle,
& Get Your Number (the aqua) has great holographic glitter.

I had one strange issue with Godiva – it seemed to suck up some of the colour from the stripping tape (which in this case is purple). It’s likely I just didn’t wait long enough for it to dry before I got impatient but it’s still something to consider when using it.

I think it would work better if it was over the tape not under it.
I took a picture with harsh flash (below) so you could see.

Now, I also sort of broke a little rule I was sticking to:

I was refusing to top coat my Pixie Dusts & Liquid Sands because I really like

the textured polishes and I figured a top coat just defeated the purpose.
But…once I pulled off the stripping tape I hated how muddled the lines looked

& that my beautiful Godiva wasn’t popping even a little bit!

So I caved and used my Seche Vite.
& you know what? I’m glad I did. It’s much crisper and I still get all the sparkle I wanted.

Maybe next time I won’t be so harsh on my top coat.

Have a fabulous weekend everyone!
D

OPI - Get Your Number

Hey everyone!
Hope you're enjoying your weekend.
I started my weekend with a flashy blue mani.

For this mani I used OPI - Get Your Number
from the Mariah Carey liquid sand collection,
& then I used Zoya - Natty on my ring finger and thumb.
(Love the tiny little bottles that came in my 4 pack of the liquid sands)

The stars are actually nail tattoos from Big Ruby Tattoos.
I was interested to see how they would apply and it was really simple,
just like when I was little and used Spice Girl's tattoos.

right hand..

Get Your Number is totally beautiful. 

It reminds me of shattered glass and sparkly fresh snow. 

The holographic glitter is spot on. 

I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked this.

 I thought it would be the dud out of the 4.

left hand

I really like how this one turned out. 

It goes a bit nautical for me, with the 

stars reminding me of a compass you'd find on an old ship.

& Natty! I've been lusting over this colour for a 

while and then I accidentally found it when I was out shopping.

It really is the most gorgeous deep navy. 

Coverage was amazing - only needed one coat to be opaque!

That's all for now.
Let me know what you think below!

D

Sultry Valentine

Hello!

So here we go, part one of my triple shot of love challenge.
For this look I wanted to use darker colours because
that's what I picture when I think "sultry".

 But I kept it PG, I swear.

First, I was thinking about having a different song go along with
each theme so here is Darlin' Darlin' by Pillowfight to set the mood.

Now on to the nails!!

I figured it was the perfect opportunity to use   
OPI - Stay The Night from the Mariah Carey collection.
Special shout out to InJeebWeTrust for lending me this polish, I was dying to try it.
I also used L'Oreal Paris - After Hours on each of my ring fingers.

I love them. The texture of the liquid sand is awesome. 

& that sparkle!! I die.

Let me know what you think!

xo, D