Great Nail Art Ideas - Nude + Colour

Good afternoon everyone. I hope you all are having a great weekend! I know I have been MIA for a while, and wanted to let you all know I'm here, but I just wanted a bit of a break from blogging. I have decided to take a step or two back and try to make blogging fun again for myself, because it started to feel an awful lot like work, and it made it very hard to be interested in it. So, my plan is to finish out this current challenge, and then I probably will not do them anymore because the obligation of it kind of sucked the fun out of it for me.

Today, I have some stamping decals that I made, placed over a nude base. The base is Julep Lizzy, which is a pretty good nude for me in the winter, but not so much in the summer. :) I made the decal using MoYou London Pro Collection plate XL-13 and Konad Special Black, then colored in the flowers using Sephora by OPI What a Broad, Barielle Joytini, and OPI Cajun Shrimp.

That's all I've got for you today. I have an insane backlog of manis, because I didn't stop painting my nails and photographing them during my blog break. When I feel like it, I'll share another. :P Also, make sure you check out what everyone else did for this week's prompt. I saw a lot of creativity with this prompt!

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40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Music

Good afternoon! I am a little behind with this post because I was struggling for inspiration. I ended up just going through my nail polish rack of untried colors, trying to find my inspiration there, when I came across this beauty and was immediately inspired.

This is Bear Pawlish Poor Unfortunate Souls. Now you all know I love The Little Mermaid. As soon as I picked up this bottle and saw the title, I started singing the song to myself and realized it was perfect. I decided to paint some poor unfortunate souls on my nails! I used only 4 additional colors for this: Pure Ice Black Rage and Superstar!, Zoya Wednesday, and Sephora by OPI Caught With My Khakis Down.

I'm going to let you in on a little secret that only my hubby and a few of my closest friends know: I have a Disney playlist on Spotify and I blast that thing while I'm sitting in my nail nook painting my nails and sing along loudly. I even listen to it (with headphones) while I am working. It always cheers me up. :P

So there you have it, my music inspired nails. Make sure you check out what everyone else did for this prompt!

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40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Geeks

Happy Friday! Today is the 3rd day of the 40 Great Nail Art Ideas Challenge. The theme is geeks, and I am so super thrilled with how my mani came out for this one. As most of you probably already know, I am a giant video game nerd. :D I decided to do a mani for a game that I spent the better part of the year playing in my free time - Dragon Age Inquisition. I decided to use the cover image for my inspiration.

For this mani, I used Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet for my base, then used the follow colors for all of the detail work:

• Sephora by OPI Caught With My Khakis Down
• Julep Francis, Roc Solid, and Shelly
•  Sally Hansen Mellow Yellow
• Pure Ice SuperStar!

I played through this game twice, once in normal mode, then again on hard. Then, my husband bought me the expansion, so I played even more! Haha. Currently, I am playing Elder Scrolls Online, so if any of my fellow nail nerds is also a video game geek who plays too, we should totally play together! ;)

Anyway, even if you don't give a hoot about video games, this is still a pretty sweet dragon, so I'm sure we can all appreciate that! I'm so excited to see what everyone else does for this challenge. Make sure you all check out what they do. There are bound to be a ton of really great manis out there!

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30 Day Flower Challenge Day 20: Pansies

For my panises, I decided to do a pattern with the flower across my nail on a nude background. I used a dotting tool and striper for this manicure - take a look!

I started off with Julep Clara, then used my dotting tools to add the leaves with Sephora by OPI What a Broad, and Pure Ice SuperStar! and Vintage Glam. I used a thin striper to add the detail to the center of the pansy with What a Broad.

Thanks for looking and make sure that you check out what the others did for this challenge!

Laid-Back NEW31DC Day 30 - Your Favorite Nail Art Technique

Um...I have to decide what my favorite nail art technique is? Well, I can't. So, you get a combination of two of my favorites. :) I really love a good gradient, so I definitely had to incorporate that, and I threw on some stamping too, because that is another favorite of mine.

I used one of my newer polishes, because I wanted to bring something pretty and new to the blog. I got this set of polishes from Sephora that are from the Disney Princess collection - these ones are inspired by Princess Jasmine. The color I used is called Your Wish Is My Command and it's a pretty, glass fleck, pale purple. I used Julep Mandy for the gradient (this one is a favorite of mine). I stamped over it using Konad Special White and Mash-42.

Here is Sephora by OPI Your Wish Is My Command all by itself.

Thanks for looking - only one day left of the challenge. Make sure you check on what the rest of the girls did for this challenge.

30 Day Flower Challenge Day 9: Curly Willow

Good evening! I have for you tonight, my mani for day 9 of the 30 Day Flower Challenge. This is my interpretation of the curly willow. I decided to go for a spa-like feel. I'll let you decide whether I hot that mark or not.

I started of with Sephora by OPI Caught With My Khakis Down, then I used China Glaze Call Of The Wild for the branches and L.A. Colors Art Deco Nail Art Lacquer in Bright Green.

Here is a picture of Caught With My Khakis Down all by itself. I got this for my birthday - yay!

Eh. This is not my most favorite manicure, but there will be a new one tomorrow, so oh well. Make sure you look at what the others have done for this challenge!

30 Day Flower Challenge Day 7: Cordyline

For this mani, I decided to use the foliage as my inspiration. I found a variety of the cordyline that is dark green with pink edges that I decided to mimic on my nails. Here is a photograph of the variety I used as my inspiration.

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I painted my stripes using China Glaze Purr-fect Plum, Sephora by OPI Berry Tale Romance, and L.A. Colors Art Deco Nail Art Lacquer in Intense Pink & Forest Green.

Make sure to check out what the others did for this challenge!

Laid-Back NEW31DC Day 3 - Gold

For this manicure, I basically pulled out every gold polish I own and did a mosaic style mani with them. It was fun to see how all the different golds look together, and I really like how this one turned out. It was one of those few times when my indecisiveness was a good thing. Take a look!

For this mani, I used Loreal Because You're Worth It, Avon Gleaming Gold, Julep Sienna & Vivien, Milani Gold Glitz, China Glaze I Herd That, Sephora by OPI Blasted Gold, L.A. Colors Art Deco Nail Art Lacquer in Gold Glitter, Essie As Gold As It Gets, OPI Goldeneye, and two of my Migi Nail Art Pens which don't have names.

Thanks for looking, and be sure to check out what everyone else did!