31 Day Challenge - Day 6 - Violet

Today we have Ursula from The Little Mermaid! Such a wicked villain, but a gorgeous purple. ;)

I've done The Little Mermaid before on false nails, and then I've also done an Ariel inspired french tip design. So be sure to check those out.

I started with 2 coats of China Glaze Spontaneous

I did all the details of Ursula's face with acrylic paints.

Then I started adding the tentacles to the other nails. This is Zoya Kieko.

Then Deborah Lippmann Between the Sheets

More black acrylic paint.

Dots of Zoya Areej for the suction cups.

 

Then small center dots of Zoya Mira. A final thick coat of Seche Vite.

I think these turned out wickedly good!

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Deborah Lippmann - Girls Just Want To Have Fun

Another Lippmann for you this morning! The website describes this as a carefree coral creme. I'm a big fan of coral and this didn't disappoint. In some lights it tends to take on more of an orange color, but these pics are pretty color accurate.

 2 coats on a swatch stick

I also bought Lippmann - Lara's Theme, which is a bright orange. Lara's Theme is on the right compared next to Girls Just Want To Have Fun on the left.

3 coats because of my impatient application, not a formula issue at all.

Another hit! I'm happy with it. What do you think of these bright coral colors?

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Princess Toes

It's been a while since I posted any pedicure pics, so here you go. I've not been keeping them as pretty as my fingernails, so they haven't been photo-worthy. Here is Deborah Lippmann Between The Sheets with 2 coats of Nail-Venturous A Dash of Princess on top. I'm in love with these big white hex glitters. :)

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31 Day Challenge - Day 5 - Blue

For the challenge of a blue cartoon character, I went with Genie from Aladdin. I have painted him before on a false nail seen here, but he ended up looking a little crazy (in an evil way). So I'm more pleased this time around. :)

I started with a base of China Glaze Bahamian Escape. 2 coats.

Acrylic paint for Genie's face.

I added China Glaze 2030 as french tips to my other nails. I thought it worked well to represent his wrist cuff/bracelets.

A close-up of his portrait. Hope you liked these!

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Deborah Lippmann - I Know What Boys Like

I'm now the proud owner of Deborah Lippmann polishes! I recently bought 6, so I will progressively work my way through them and show them off. First up and ready is I Know What Boys Like. It's described as a "playful periwinkle" on the Lippmann website. I find it is just a smidge lighter/dustier than a royal blue.

I LOVE these square bottles. (They stay so straight and organized looking!) It makes me want to go out and buy the new NYX polishes that are in this same bottle.

2 coats on a swatch stick

To compare with what I have in my stash already that it's closest to.

Left = OPI Dating A Royal

Right = Lippman I Know What Boys Like

2 easy, perfect coats result in even coverage.

In some lights it does appear a bit darker like this picture.

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Milani Jewel FX - Fuchsia

Milani recently released some new glitters in the Jewel FX line. Check your store's regular display. That's where I found these. They didn't set them out on a special display. So far I've worn this one. It was a pretty awesome glitter bomb.

This is 2 coats over Essence Dress To Party.

This is 2 coats on a swatch stick so you can see how opaque it is. Not quite on it's own unless you're willing to apply 4-5 thick glitter coats. The good news is that it spreads very easily and evenly. And Dress To Party was an almost perfect match to the color of the glitter. That perfection that falls between pink and purple. :)

 It was very blingy and eye catching!



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Shimmery Bows

I was wearing a blue shirt that has girly ruffles going down the front. So I wanted my nails to reflect the same girly-ness without being too matchy matchy. So this is what I ended up with.

I started with Essie Coat Azure - 2 coats. This is one of my top favorite blues ever. :)

Then I stamped the bow images from Konad m59 and m56 on my accent nails.

I used Konad Special White polish.

I decided that they weren't quite shimmery enough, so I added one coat of Essie Luxeffects Pure Pearlfection. Lastly I topcoated with Seche Vite.

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Sinful Colors - Cinderella

You might have heard of this polish as it has quickly become a hot commodity. It is a very beautiful light blue polish with pink glass flecks. I found this bottle all by itself at my Walgreens. There is a slot for Cinderella in their regular display, but it was empty with this tucked in the wrong spot.

This swatch is 3 thin coats.

 It was difficult to capture the pink flecks with my camera, but don't worry! They are very visible in real life. No hidden shimmer here!

If you time it right, you could even snag this during a Sinful Colors 99 cent sale! Check your local ads.

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31 Day Challenge - Day 4 - Green

I loved the Rugrats when I was growing up and I've already done a nail art tutorial of them HERE. But I decided to feature Reptar for my green challenge. Reptar was a godzilla creature featured a lot through the Rugrats series as a popular movie character/toy. Despite his fierce look, he was often depicted as a hero. :)

I started with SPAritual - Eye of the Beholder and OPI Alpine Snow

Then acrylic paints for all of Reptar's face.

 Here I taped off the tips and used more OPI Alpine Snow for skinny french tips.

Then I stamped BM 224 using China Glaze For Audrey (it didn't stamp very opaque, so I had to go over it with a small brush & more polish)

Add a layer of top coat. I use Seche Vite.

Up close of Reptar, he is kinda cute after all!

Are you enjoying the challenge so far? 

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