Geek Challenge Day 4: Ultimate Geek

I thought about all the different things I do that people might call geeky. I thought about my love for sci fi movies/tv/books, all things with knights/princesses/castles, mythical creatures like elves, fairies, orcs, dragons, and more, and video games. I didn't really know where to start. In the end, I decided to go with a video game theme. Specifically, my beloved Xbox. I'm telling you, if I didn't have this thing, I don't know what I would do. It is my sole form of entertainment. If something happens to it, I will cry...and then I will go out and get another one. :) So here is my Xbox themed manicure.

I decided to use the controller as my inspiration. My index finger is the X button. My middle finger is the Y button. My ring finger is the B button. My pinky is the A button, and my thumb is the Xbox button. I love my Xbox. :)

For the blue X, I used China Glaze Ride The Waves and a mixture of Revlon First Class, Pure Ice Black Rage and Pure Ice Super Star!. For the yellow Y, I used a mix of Zoya Arizona and Pippa, and Pure Ice Super Star!. For the red B, I used Lancome Rouge Saint Honore, which is an absolutely gorgeous red, and a mixture of NYC Big Apple Red Creme, Pure Ice Super Star! and Pure Ice Black Rage. For the green A, I used NYC High Line Green, Pure Ice Super Star! and Pure Ice Black Rage. For my Xbox button thumb, I used NYC Tribecca Silver and Spoiled Permission To Proceed.

Here is a bit of a swatch I did with my base colors, so you can see these colors on their own.

Thank you so much for looking, and be sure to check out what the other bloggers did!

Geek Nail Challenge Day 3 - Games & Gaming

This one was easy. I have been playing a great game on Xbox called Elder Scrolls VI: Skyrim. It is awesome. I love it so much, I have been playing since the day it came out. Of course I don't get to play every day, but I have put in more time than I care to admit. If you are a gamer, I highly recommend it. :) Take a look at what I came up with!

Heh heh. So now you will find out just how lame I really am. And by lame I mean awesome. :) On my thumb, we have a dragon flying across the sky. If you have not played Skyrim, you need to see it, just purely for the enjoyment of looking at your surroundings in the game. At night sometimes there is this awesome Aurora Borealis looking thing going on and it is just beautiful. That is what I was trying to represent. I painted the nail first with essie go overboard, then added my lights in the sky using Pixi Opal Sheen, Sally Hansen Hi-Def, Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet and Pure Ice Frosted Ice Iris. Then I painted the moon on using Pure Ice Super Star! and Kiss Me Here. After that, I just painted in the dragon silhouette using YSL Shiny Black.

On my index finger, I am representing the skill constellation for lockpicking. This is the one that I leveled up to 100 first. I LOVE opening treasure chests. :) I used Sinful Colors Last Chance for the base, then sponged on OPI Just Spotted The Lizard and Sally Hansen Hi-Def. Then I just added the detail using Pure Ice Super Star!, Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet, Zoya Arizona and Zoya Pippa.

On my middle finger, I did the Skyrim symbol from the packaging of the game. This is YSL Shiny Black with Julep Harley, which by the way, is one of their good polishes.

On my ring finger, I did one of my favorite parts of the game. I remembered this from playing through Oblivion and was super excited when the courier gave it to me. It is called the black hand...and says "we know" underneath. You get this if/when you choose to murder someone in the game. It is basically your clue that you are going to be invited to the Dark Brotherhood - which basically is just a group of assassins. I did this by painting my nail first with Sinful Colors Nirvana and then sponging over it with Zoya Pippa, then I added my details with YSL Shiny Black.

Last, we have my pinky. On this finger, I am representing the first part of the shout that I find I use the most in the game. It's called Ice Form and freezes your enemy. It's very handy when I am getting my butt kicked by some crazy dragon or something. I did this by starting with a coat of Julep Harley, then I sponged on Pure Ice Kiss Me Here and YSL Shiny Black. After that, I added my detail in Pure Ice Super Star!.

I am actually super happy with how this mani turned out. I worked really hard on this one and a game this awesome, seriously deserves a great tribute. This is the best thing I could come up with. :) Here is a bit of a swatch I did, so you can see the base colors I used by themselves.

Thank you so much for looking, and be sure to check out what the other bloggers did!

Geek Nail Challenge Day 2 - Television & Movies

I decided to do a mani based on a suggestion from a good friend of mine - this one's for you, Benny!  One of our favorite pasttimes is to sit around watching episode after episode of Mr. Bean, along with my husband. That guys just cracks the three of us up. So, I decided to try to translate this onto my nails. At first, I really didn't even know where to start, but this is what I came up with.

The Reliant Robin that Bean can't stand

My attempt at drawing Mr. Bean peaking around a wall :/

One of my favorite episodes: Mr. Bean's new chair! :)

Bean's teddy.

Another shody attempt at drawing his crazy face. Meh.

In my head, these nails were spectacular. It is so hard to get as detaiuled as you need to get when trying to recreate something from a movie or television. Unless it is a cartoon, it's impossible to recreate the stuff we see on TV. These nails do still make me giggle when I look at them though, so I guess that is good.

I am just going to list out all of the colors I used for this:

• essie meet me at sunset
• Finger Paints Sketchy Character
• Julep Jessica
• Julep Harley
• Misa What A Wonderful Day
• Orly Instant Artist in Jet Black
• Pure Ice Super Star!
• Pure Ice Kiss Me Here
• Sinful Colors Nirvana
• Zoya Pippa
• Zoya Lo
• Zoya Wednesday

Thank you so much for looking!

Geek Nail Challenge Day 1 - Comics & Animation

Today is the first day of the Geek Nail Challenge. I should be able to handle this one way better than the last one since it is only once a week! For today's many, I went with comics, and decided to go more toward the Sunday Funnies than superhero-type nails. For my comic, I have chosen Dilbert. I work in an office, so this comic really speaks to me. :) Here they are!

I used a lot of colors on these, so I will just list them out:

• Milani Angel Pink
• Pure Ice Super Star!
• Julep Mandy
• Orly Instant Artist in Jet Black
• Sinful Colors Unicorn
• Revlon First Class
• Julep Jessica
• Sinful Colors Nirvana
• Sally Hansen Lacey Lilac
• Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet

This mani was so much fun to do! It took me a while to come up with what comic/animation I wanted to do, but I am really happy with this one.

Thanks for looking!

Geek Nail Challenge!

I have decided to take on another challenge - I couldn't help myself. This ones sounds fun, its short, and spaced out well, so I should be able to manage it. I'm excited because I already have ideas about what I want to do. I can't wait to do some of this nail art!!



Awesome, right?! Well get ready to see some weird things haha. I made a promise to a friend about what I would do for the Television & Movies theme, and have no idea how I'm going to pull it off. We will see, I guess. If you want to participate, just contact Sophia at http://girlonashoestring.blogspot.com. Whoop whoop! So excited!!