Summer Challenge Day 16 - Recreate Your Favorite Manicure!

Day 17 (July 31st) of the Summer Challenge is Recreate Your Favorite Manicure. For this one, I chose Chiro's mani from Day 8 - Beach. This manicure just jumped out at me, and since I have only done 1 water marble ever, and I have never tried anything like this, I just had to give it a go. I just got a new polish called China Glaze Ride The Waves with my last Copious credit, which just came in the mail yesterday (perfect timing!!), and also used Pure Ice Super Star!. For the base, I went with Wet n Wild Lost Love, which took 3 coats (it's very thin). Here it is.

I ending up doing this mani with tape in order to get clean wavy lines. I used a pair of craft scissors to cut the wave, and then added the white. After that dried, I used the same pieces of tape to mask off the area for my water marble. This is only the second time I have done a water marble, and it went pretty well, but it was difficult to clean up the water, so I had to worry about getting smudges. For the water marble, I used China Glaze Ride The Waves, Julep Jessica, and Pure Ice Superstar!. After I finished the water marble, I added the silver using NYC Tribeca Silver. I am pretty happy with how it turned out, except for my middle finger. Oh well, perfection is always hard to achieve. :)

Well, this is the end of the challenge, and I have to say, I am surprised I made it to the end without missing any! It was so awesome to be a part of this challenge with all of these fabulous people, so I want to thank Kaki and Theodora for making it possible for me. I had so much fun and really learned a lot. I'm taking a little break here, because I have a lot on my plate right now, but I will be back this weekend. :)

 

Thank you so much for looking! A full outline of the challenge can be found here. Please be sure to check out the other participants in this challenge, too!

1. Theodora from Red Hair and Black Nail Polish
2. Kaki from GlitterObsession
3. Cuti-CLUE-les
4. Whimsical Glam
5. Sue from Creative Nail Design by Sue
6. Sangy from Lipgloss Affairs
7. Taya from Taya
8. Kelly from Adventures in Nail Art
9. Diana from Nails by Diana
10. Alexis Leigh from -XOXO Alexis Leigh
11. Namira from Namira Rahman
12. Chiro from Nail of This Week
13. IsaBella at IsaBella's World
14. Beautilicious Blogger
15. Nikki from Little Green Heart
16. Peace Love and Polish

Summer Challenge Day 15 - Ocean/Sea

Day 15 (July 29th) of the Summer Challenge is Ocean/Sea. There is one thing I have been wanting to do throughout this challenge, and since this is my last chance, I'm going for it. When I think of the ocean, I always think of my favorite childhood...ok I still love it...movie. The Little Mermaid! So I thought, now would be my chance to do some mermaid nails! :) I've been dying to do some mermaid nails for EVER and just never did. So here they are!

So what do you think? I started out with a base of Nubar Reclaim - if you remember I won it in a giveaway, and oh my it's gorgeous!! After that, I did a little gradient using Wet n Wild Caribbean Frost, Nubar Reclaim, and another color I've been dying to try: Kleancolor Starry Meteor! Oh my goodness I just love it! So then, I stamped over it with an image from Mash-39 in Wet n Wild Caribbean Frost. Here are some pictures of the progress, including lovley Nubar Reclaim on its own.

Thank you so much for looking! A full outline of the challenge can be found here. Please be sure to check out the other participants in this challenge, too!

1. Theodora from Red Hair and Black Nail Polish
2. Kaki from GlitterObsession
3. Cuti-CLUE-les
4. Whimsical Glam
5. Sue from Creative Nail Design by Sue
6. Sangy from Lipgloss Affairs
7. Taya from Taya
8. Kelly from Adventures in Nail Art
9. Diana from Nails by Diana
10. Alexis Leigh from -XOXO Alexis Leigh
11. Namira from Namira Rahman
12. Chiro from Nail of This Week
13. IsaBella at IsaBella's World
14. Beautilicious Blogger
15. Nikki from Little Green Heart
16. Peace Love and Polish