ABC's Week 4 - 'D'

Ok, so let me start of by saying Grrr... I had this post set up Tuesday morning, ready to be posted on Wednesday, and then I get a really nasty 24 hour stomach bug... I could barley do anything but lay down, and... never mind you don't need to know the rest. Anyways I tried really hard to have this out on the due date, but oh well...

For this week, we have the letter D. I knew last week what I wanted to do. I was looking through my image plates, and saw this one image, that just clicked on a light in my head... and I though...

DANDELION!!!`

So now that you know what I choose to do, I don't know what else to say, so here are the pictures. Hope you like them as much as I do. (I really liked how this one came out as well... I guess I am getting a little better then I used to be since I seem to be liking more of my manis...) Also sorry for the funky light, it is heavily raining here, and I used the light from my turtle tank, hoping it would be the closest to the sun light, and not give that orange tinge.

Any way enough of my rambling. Pictures!!!

Colors used:

Base Color: "Cinderella" by Sinful Colors

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

Image Plate: "Mash-30" by Mash Nails

ABC's Week 3 - 'C'

So once again I need to apologize for not getting this out on the correct day. I had to work yesterday (which I don't normally have to) and didn't get home till 6. After feeding the wee ones, and getting them to bed, I had to crash myself.

Today is going to be the letter C, I decided to try something that I had seen before (also tried to use the color that I already had on my nails). I also wanted to utilize my new dotting tools (you would have known about them, but I never got my nail mail post done... would it be to late to post it?).

So I decided to do CIRCLES for my C mani. Unfortunately it didn't come out as good as I wanted because the lighter color was the one that was already on my nails, when it should have been the darker color (I will re-try it at some point, the correct way)... so you could decide for my C mani to be CIRCLE, CIRCLE, DOT, DOT... as it looks more like polka dots...

Anyways with out further ado, here is my C mani!

Colors used:

Base & Light Dot Color: "Dulce De Leche" by OPI

Dark Dot Color: "Nirvana" by Sinful Colors

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)

ABC's Week 1 - 'A'

Before this challenge started, the creator of the challenge was fabulous and put out a list of what letter was on which day, and also had some ideas listed for each letter. For me this is super helpful as sometimes (and I blame this on lack of IQ from kids) I just can not think of creative things without help.

Often what I do is think of an idea, and then do a search on the Internet for examples. Sometimes I feel like this is cheating, but I don't copy what I see, it just helps me come up with what I will do. And that is just what I did this time. I started out by seeing the idea of Abstract on the master list, and did a search of that.

So for my first mani of this challenge, I decided to do an ABSTRACT design using a polish that also started with A: ATHENS.  Well this is what I came up with, hope you like it, I sure do. I think this one came out Great! Simple but nice.

Colors used:

Base Color: "Mademoiselle" by Essie

Tip Color: "Athens" by Sinful Colors

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

Image Plate: "RA-116" by Red Angel

The ABC's of Nail Polish

As I mentioned in my last post, I would soon be starting two new nail art challenges. The first of which starts today and is called (if you can't tell by the title) The ABC's of Nail Polish, this challenge is being hosted by Llama Nails.

This challenge will be posted every Wednesday, each week will be a different letter as we make our way through the alphabet, and will run for 26 weeks, as there are only 26 letters in the alphabet (makes sense right?).

This is going to be a fun challenge as the only rule and guide is that the mani you do some how needs to deal with the letter of the week. For example the technique, the name of the nail polish, the design, or picture, need to start with that letter. I know this probably seems confusing, but hopefully, as the challenge goes on you will understand.

I am super excited about this challenge, since it really brings out every one's creativity, and their own interpretations. You could end up with anything for each day, so looking forward to seeing everyone elses mani's


Anyways, my next post will be the first of many to come for this challenge. See you soon!