10 Day/Week...OK MONTH! Challenge - Favorite Color Combination

So, I don't know if I could ever pick a favorite color combination, but I took a look at some things I had pinned on Pinterest for inspiration, and found this little gem I had nearly forgotten about. It is from Raggio di Luna Nails, and I really loved it when I first pinned it, and I still do. I decided to recreate it in some of my favorite colors, so...here it is!

I used Julep Nina as my base, then added Zoya Pippa, Essie Meet Me At Sunset and Julep Mandy for the accents. I added my stripes and dots using my favorite black striper from Orly called Jet Black. Quick little aside about this Orly striper - they add some oily substance to it that makes it AMAZING for nail art. If you don't have any Orly stripers, get one. You will see what I mean. It's awesome.

Here's a pic before I added the dots. Just like the original artist, I couldn't decide what I like better...but I'm leaning toward the version with the dots. :)

Thanks for looking...maybe I'll finish this challenge before ten months, huh? We'll see.

Laid-Back NEW31DC Day 1 - Black & White

For my first day of the Laid-Back 31 Day Challenge, I got inspiration from a co-worker. I just couldn't get any good ideas, but he came up with optical illusions, which is an awesome idea, so I executed it as well as I could.

The base for this is Pure Ice Black Rage. This is the best, most opaque black I have found. I used mostly stamps for this, and did one nail freehand. On my index finger, I used BM-19 with Pure Ice Superstar!, on my middle finger, I used Mash-45, on my ring finger, I used one of the Cheeky large plates (D), and on my pinky, I used Konad plate m-63, and for my thumb, I drew in the classic face or candlestick illusion. Thanks, Josh for helping me out on this one!

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