30 Day Flower Challenge Day 30: Inspired by Another Participant

Well, it appears Dahlia and I are alone in this challenge, but that is ok, because she did so many cute manis, I had a tough time picking. She was a lot more creative than I was with her representations of a lot of the flowers, too. I initially had it narrowed down to SIX of her manis from this challenge, and after much deliberation, I decided to recreate her carnation manicure. I love how creative this was and it looks so pretty in the photographs! Here is how mine turned out.

I started off with Avon Casablanca for the base, then added my 'petals' with Pure Ice SuperStar! using a fine nail art brush.

I used three thin coats here. I've had this polish for a long time, so I'm not sure if you can still buy it, but it's a really pretty, and has a great formula, even after all of these years.

Make sure you check out what everyone else did for this one. Although it is just the two of us now, we did decide to open this challenge up so that anyone who wants to do a laid-back version can do it, too! The inlinkz close on 12/31/13 at 11:55pm ET, so please feel free to start whenever you want! If you do, let us know because we would love to see what you come up with!

30 Day Flower Challenge Day 29: Cattail

Oh my! This is my second-to-last post for this challenge. Boy did time fly, and boy am I ready to go back to only posting once or twice a week. Phew! I'm exhausted and I've gotta get my study on. So, here is day 29. I decided to be simple with this one, partially because I am short on time, and partially because I am not so great at nail art with my left hand, but I couldn't bear to remove my cherry blossoms yet. :) Here they are!

I started off with my one an only Liquid Sand polish from OPI - Tiffany Case. My husband got this for me for my birthday, which reminds me: I haven't done my birthday haul post because I've been too busy with challenges! I promise you will see it eventually. Maybe in time for the two month mark. :) I did my cattails in China Glaze Call Of The Wild, and my leaves are Pure Ice Femme Fatale.

Here is Tiffany Case all by itself. I wasn't sure if I would like these textured polishes, but in this case, I definitely do! It's so glittery and the color is very pretty. Also, it went on easily, which kind of surprised me. I thought it would be hard to paint on smoothly because of the textured finish, but it was not.

That is all - I've gotta get back to working on my marketing paper. Wish me luck! Make sure you check out what the others have done for this challenge, too!