ABC's Week 2 - 'B'

First of all I know this was supposed to be done on Wednesday, but I was unexpectedly held out of town all week, and was unable to post this. So I would like to apologize for the lateness of this post, but I was supposed to be home on Tuesday and I didn't get home till the end of the week.

So this is one of those challenges that I feel like I cheated a little. For my B mani I chose to do a BROKEN mani. The reason that I say I cheated, is that I used a crackle glaze to achieve this look. Since I had been out of town, and not able to do my mani, I figured this would be quick and easy. I do love this mani, and have actually done it before just to ware (I don't think I have posted it on here before).

So I hope you forgive me for being SOOOO late on this post, and I also hope that you like it!

Colors used:

Base Color: "Mod Squad" by Essie

Top Color: "Haute Metal" by China Glaze (crackle glaze)

Day 31 - Inspired By A Challenge

We made it!!!

For this final challenge, a number of us in the group who were doing the 31 day challenge, decided that instead of redoing one of our own past challenges, we would pick one from someone else in the group and redo that mani.

For my redo of a fellow challenger, I chose the Delicate Print challenge, done by Cristina from The Clockwise Nail Polish. You can view her original mani HERE.

I liked this mani, because it was very delicate, and pretty. I hate to admit it, but I have kind of been waiting for the challenge to end so that I could finally have a mani for more than a day. Also since I have a party to go to tonight (well its really more of a group of us who get together once a month for food, drinks, and games), I figured this would be a nice mani to have.

So without further ado, here is my final mani of this challenge. I will worn that there are like 6 pictures because luckily they all came out non fuzzy, and I really like how this came out, so you get to see both hands, enjoy!

Colors used:

Background: "Rose Petals" by OPI

Pink Sparkle Color: "Princesses Rule" by OPI

Stamp Color: "French White Creme" by Wet n Wild (wild shine)

Image Plate: "BM 11" by Bundle Monster

Hex Glitter Taken From A Purple "Bon Bons" These Don't Seem To Have Names

Day 21 - Inspired By A Color

Today's challenge was a little vague. So figure it is just one that you can do what ever you want.

So if you can't tell from my blog, I LOVE PURPLE!!! (but it has to be the deep royal purple) Anyways if we have the option of doing any nail art, you can bet I will use my favorite color and do purple nails.

Now the biggest problem was trying to decide what to do, unfortunately once again I didn't have tons of time, and a little one wouldn't stay out of my lap, so I decided to do a purple french, with a purple glitter being the french tip.

I don't know what it is about my camera, but every time I do purple, they always come out as more of a blue then the true color, unless I do the picture inside under a crappy lamp. So the first picture is outside in the natural light (which is what I usually choose) and the second is showing the true color, but I look orange! Hope you like it!

Colors used:

Base: "Lets Talk" by Sinful Colors

Tips: "not sure of the number (812011?)" by Sally Girl

Day 17 - Giltter

What girl doesn't love glitter???

It may be messy but can make anything pretty. Today we have the challenge of using this messy, pretty in a bottle to make some pretty nails.

So I have seen a number of manis out there that use glitter as a gradient. I loved this idea, and decided from the start that's what I wanted to do. So I started out with this purple base, and purply glitter, but it was such a pain in the ars, that I just decided to scrap it.

I still wanted to do the gradient, but I wanted a glitter with a clear base, the only one I have is white, so I decided it would look nice with a white gradient under it (was going for more of a french tip gradient, but it didn't turn out right, but pretty none the less). So I have this gradient stamp (because if you saw my gradient post, I had no luck with it) so I decided to give it a try.

Hope you like what I came up with (sorry it is kind of hard to really get the full effect, but it is pretty in person, I think my next mission is to make a light box).

Colors used:

Base: "Mademoiselle" by Essie

Stamp Color: "French White Creme" by Wet n Wild (wild shine)

Glitter: "Hallucinate" by Wet n Wild (wild shine)

Image Plate: "BM-301" by Bundle Monster

Day 2 - Orange

Today we have ORANGE!

I have to admit I have kind of always liked the color orange. To me it has always been bold, unique, and different, which always seemed to fit my personality.

I think I may have stated this already (but can't quite remember) that my biggest concern for this 31day challenge is going to be coming up with new and creative designs. Sometimes I really like the simple designs, which is what I have chosen to do today. Yesterday I did stamping, and sure you can come up with awsome designs (and don't get me wrong, I love stamping and will do it more even in this challenge) but for me trying to come up with designs without stamps is going to be challenging.

So here is today's picture... If you ask me (and I am trying not to be bias) I think this one turned out really nice, it is simple, and I tried to bring out the color orange as that is today's challenge. For the single color challenges, I want to highlight the color as best as I can.

Had to add this one (as I wasn't thinking about the color of the day when I got my youngest dressed). My son was wearing an orange shirt that happened to be the same color as my nails...

One bummer with photos is that you don 't get the sparkle factor... oh well...

Colors used:

Bacground: "Orange" by Wet n Wild (Fantasy makers)

Silver Tip and Dot: "Silver Glitter Striper" by So Easy