Nail Challenge Collaboration PASTELS

Hello,
First and for most HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY NAIL CHALLENGE COLLABORATION! I wasn't in the group since the beginning but I am grateful to be a part of it now.  This months theme changed from what is use to be. Before themes where set up for seasons of the year, but in a very democratic manner we all decided to change it up a little bit. Every month a new theme and posts will still be done once a week. This months theme is pastels, so get ready for a lot soft manis.

I decided on purple hues for this.

Essie Play Date as a base.

Using a striper I made lines with Essie Bond with whomever and dots are Essie Go Ginza. Both colors are part of Essie's Spring Collection.

My thumb was simple and nice.

As always please check the other ladies. Thanks for reading.

10 Days of Valetine Day 9 Red strawberry tutorial

Hi
This is a very quick mani.It works for those of you who don't to even spend 20 minutes on a mani. It has very simple nail art, nothing to challenging.

Time : 15 minutes

Polishes used:
Red: Essie Russian roulette
Brown" Suze love cowboys
White: Sally Hansen White on

ON THE 9TH DAY OF VALENTINES DAY MY TRUE LOVE SENT TO ME ....CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES!

This  is a super simple mani and the red is great.

Enjoy

10 Days of Valentine Day 6 Candy Box Tutorial

Hi all
This mani was easy and fun to do. I added sparkle glitter and I know it seems intimidating but it really was quite simple since you don't use to much glitter.

Time for simple mani: 20 minutes.
Complex ( glitter nails) :30 plus of minus

Polishes used
 Red-Essie russian roulette
Pink- Essie fun in the gondola
Glitter Sally Hansen: Razzle Dazzle
White-Sally Hansen: White on


ON THE SIXTH DAY OF VALENTINES DAY MY TRUE LOVE SENT TO ME .... A BOX OF 
CHOCOLATES! YUM!

This is a close up of the hearts

I added a glitter nail .

Using Born Pretty store glitter. I made a heart with the glitter on my pinky and added a line on my thumb. 

Valentines Day is so fun when you paint your nails.

Enjoy!

10 Days of Valentine Day 5

Hi All.
Todays mani is just screams Valentines Day and is intended for those of us whose room is covered in pink :)

Entire mani: 25 minutes
Polished used : pink- Essie mod square
White- Sally Hansen White on
Red-zoya rehka

ON THE 5TH DAY OF VALENTINES DAY MY TRUE LOVE SENT TO ME..... PINK LOLLIPOPS...YUM!

Here is a link for at home dotting tools just click here

This mani is super cute and the pink and white don't over power each other at all.

Enjoy!

10 Days of Valentine Day 3 leopard and tutorial

Hi all
Day three of Valentines mani is here. This is a super easy mani for those of us who don't like reds and pinks and stick to more natural colors. This mani is simple yet has small details that stand out with the right light.

Time (20 minute)
There is no complex mani for this I thought it was great as is.

ON THE THIRD DAY OF VALENTINES DAY MY TRUE LOVE SENT TO ME...FUR!...OOOOH

For this I used Essie Very Structured, but remember any brown can be used. Please don't use a really dark brown or else you wont see the red lines of the leopard print very well.

Don't let leopard print scare you it's really quite simple.

For the rest of the nails I used a striping tool ( or clean eyeliner brush) to paint a line through the brown.  

Finish with a topcoat and your done.

When I first tried leopard print I did the long lines first and then adding the dot inside. It didn't come out very nice, but with small practice it can turn into something as easy as tying your shoes.
If you do attempt with whatever colors don't hesitate to share!
Enjoy!

Crumpet 31 Day Challenge Day 31 Recreate someone else's mani

Hi
Today is the last day of the challenge, all I can say is phew! This was my first big challenge and it was really hard to make one mani a day and, ow no, take it off the next day. Not all my manis where excellent but there sure where some that I wanted to keep for a day or two. The last challenge is recreate someone else's from the challenge and I of course, to no surprise, am recreating Alexis from Glitter tips Day 8 duochrome. You can find the original post here.

I dont have any duochrome so I decided to just do chrome. This is what I used

For index and pinky: base Sally Hansen Co-bolt Blue followed with a gradient of Wet n wild Buffy the Violet slayer, and the tips are Essie good as gold.

For the rest: OPI My boyfriend scales walls. I made the tips using the colors I used on my chrome fingers. The black used is Wet n wild Ebony hates Chris, which is not very good for dotting, I waited ten minutes before adding my top coat and it still smeared :/

Well guys what do you think did I nail it or what! 

The great thing about this is 

I GET TO WEAR IT FOR MORE THEN 24 HOURS YEAY!

Enjoy!

Thank you Debbie Crumpet for setting this up!

Let it Snow Challenge Snow Men

Hi all,
This weeks inspiration for the Challenge is Snowmen. I live in California where there is no snow, and if I want snow I have to drive four hours to lake Tahoe on a good year and find some snow. I have tried to make an snowman many times and I am proud to say that every try was a FAIL!. I wish my real snowmen came out like the ones on my nails.

My cute little snowmen with different colored hats, I think the one on my pointer finger looks like and alien.

This is what I used 

As my base : Three coats of OPI Dating Royal 

Snowmen: Maybelline Porcelan party, I used a sponge and sponged them on.

Hats: Zoya Quinn, Zoya Robyn, Wet and wild Ebony Hates Chris, Zoya Pinta, Essie Turquoise and caicos.

Crumpet 31 Day Challenge Day 25 Inspired by childhood.

Hi Guys!
When I think of my childhood I think of two things, candy and halloween. Ow I remember the days when I could eat sweets and not have to worry about anything except making sure I had some for the next day. Nowadays eating candy is not the smartest thing to do. My mani is inspired by my beautiful youth.

 For this look I used my brand new Tough as Nails Lacquer 43 Quintillion over Essie , orange is obvious. I used this because these days the only place I wear orange is to a Giants game, or baseball season. When I was a kid I would wear orange and yellow and brown, ALL TOGETHER ( back in the day!)

43 Quintillion is loaded with small gold, red, green, and blue hexagons and tiny micro white glitter. Only one application was needed and a little came a long way. The formula was perfect for easy application, no clumps just easy smooth application.

As you can see I painted lots of candy with acrylic paint. YUM YUM!

43 Quintillion is 3 Free

I loved this polish and this pretty mani, very outgoing design for my taste!

You can get Tough as nails Lacquer at their Etsy Shop

Enjoy!

Crumptet 31 Day Challenge Day 19 Texture

Hi All,
So today is Day 19 of the challenge and it's time for texture. I don't really have a lot of textured things to apply to my nails, but recently I purchased little round balls from Sally Beauty supply for my nails. I was a little hesitant to do this today because I went  on a 6 hour hike the day before. I love hiking and I was excited to wear such a nice mani for a big long hike but I did. Every thing went well, no chips or breakage. The only problem was that bit by bit, the balls slowly fell off till there where none. Its okay though the beautiful scenery made up for it.

 For this look I used Essie snakeskin snake it up. I don't know why but I cant seem to get this polish to work for me. I tried 3 times to make the effect and this is the best I could get (tear!) I purchased Ssssexy and I have the same issue. I am magnetic polish impaired. To my middle finger I applied a thick coat of Seche Vite topcoat. Next time I will try glue. The polish is so beautiful and the blue is so deep. I think Im going to do what I do with my other magnetics, I grab a regular magnet and then do the same effect but instead of making a pattern, all the metal goes to one side and the regular polish is dominant.

The dots are great and are small enough for me to forget they are there. I tend to be very aware of what is on my body ( perhaps thats why I can't wear contacts )

A pic of my great adventure ! 

Enjoy
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Crumpet 31 Day Challenge Day18 Old Untried

Hi All,
Day 18 is Old Untried. I took this as, go into your stash and find something you've had forever and never put on your nails. Turns out I have a bunch of those (yikes!) so here they are, used and loved.

For this I used Sally Hensen Co-Bolt Blue as the base, and added Essie Blue Rhapsody and a gradient. I don't know why I had not used these before they are absolutely gorgeous. The dark chrome of Co-Bolt Blue contrasts so well to the light of Blue Rhapsody. Definitely eye popping.

This is a great mani, Im definitely wearing this on a night out with the girls.
Enjoy
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Pokemon Nail Challenge Pokeballs

Hi All
I have joined the Pokemon Nail Challenge with some bloggers from another group Im in. I never really watched Pokemon, but I did watch my brother watch Pokemon, AND HE IS OLDER THEN ME HAHAHA!! Anyway, although I am not a big fan, I can do that those pokemon are about the most cutest little things I have ever seen and I wouldn't mind having one around my house. So to present this new challenge we are all doing pokeballs.

For the base coat I used Essie Sssssexxy. This is a magnetic Nail polish and after 3 attempts to make it "snakeskin" I gave up. I most be doing something wrong. This is a great color. I used Black and White "finger paints" to draw the edges and release buttons. No topcoat was added so the "button could pop out. 

This was super fun to make and I hope you will continue looking at out wonderful creations. 
Here is what you can expect for the upcoming weeks.

Enjoy 

Also for those new people out there don't forget to check out my giveaway. Some good stuff to give. Click here

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Crumpet 31 day challenge Day 14 Stamping

Hi All, Today challenge was super fun for me because I really enjoy stamping. It's a great way to make designs I never could by hand, and on top of that it's super easy (once you have enough practice. Please don't forget to check out the New Year Giveaway , Zoya Gilty up for grabs.

For this look I used OPI Designer.. De better as my base coat. I didn't paint my nail entirely, instead I used "steps" going from the base of my nail to the tips. I then did this again with China Glaze Liquid Leather . For the stamping I used Essie nothing else metals.

I loved this look it came out perfect and is really feminine.  

Enjoy.

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