Day 28: Inspired By A Flag

 We are getting down to the last few days. I'm so surprised that I stayed in this challenge so long.

 Yah Me!!

 

Ok well today is "Inspired By A Flag" I'm mostly German so this was a no-brainer for me :)

These are the polishes I used: OPI "Coney Island Cotton Candy", China Glaze "Liquid Leather", Pixi "Fresh Red", and KleanColor "Metallic Yellow"

 

 

I really love how this turned out. I tried something I've been wanting to try for awhile...

 I was only going to do the fishtail on my ring finger, but decided to do it on my thumb too :)

It took me a couple rows to catch on to the pattern.

 

 I wanted to re-create my dots manicure from earlier in this challenge, so I thought this would be a good chance for it. I was going to do a gold base, but I thought it would look better to do dots in all 3 colors and a kinda naked nail.

 

 I really love how these 2 techniques look together. I think they compliment each other.

 

So what do you think? Do you like it as much as I do?

 

Thanks so much for reading and check back tomorrow for my "Supernatural" mani... again no clue what I'm going to do, but I'll figure it out when I sit down to do my nails lol :)

 

Don't forget to check out the other ladies below:

 

Day 27: Inspired By Artwork

 "Inspired By Artwork"... I like art but I'm not really into art. I don't know who artists are unless they are super famous.. Like Di Vinci or Van Gogh... I love the art museum, I like the colors and I envy the artists. I'm not very artistic and I can hardly draw a stick person to came my life. Anyways, this was another challenge that I had no clue what I was going to do until I sat down. So I have cookies for whoever can figure out what this mani was inspired by :)

 

 A lot of colors went into this mani, I think this is the most polishes I've used in one mani ever lol.

 

 L'Oreal "Notting Hill Blues", Essence"Date With The Night", "Black is Black", "Can't Cheat On Me"

 

 Sinful Colors "Cinderella", "Aquamarine", "Lavender", "Let's Meet", and "Unicorn"

 

 I used 2 coats of L'Oreal "Notting Hill Blues" on all nails. I think it is a lovely dusty blue, and it applied beautifully. (Left Hand)

 

I used a couple different sized dotting tools and a small nail art brush to apply everything. I'm still learning how to use the nail art brushes to create the look I want. (Right Hand)

 

Thumb on my right hand

 

  Right Hand

 

 Left Hand

 

 

 

 I topped everything off with a coat of Northern Lights to add some sparkle.

 

So... Did you figure out what inspired my nails??? It's ok if you didn't I'm not a great artist... but if you didn't know here it is :)...

 

Yep "Starry Night" is what inspired my nails :)

All of the polishes except the Essence and "Cinderella"
 

Well that's it for today. Thanks for reading and check back tomorrow for my flag nails. Don't forget to check out the ladies other arty nails below.

Day 26: Inspired By A Pattern

 This was one I had planned for awhile. I've been wanting to try out the this snakeskin technique since I saw it months ago. It didn't turn out the way I hoped but I still like it. I think there is a a need for practice doing this and I plan to do so. My "Inspiration" was my snake Lily:

This picture is over a year old and she is about twice the size. I would have taken a picture with my nails holding her... but she needs to be fed and I don't feel like getting bitten tonight lol.

 I started out with 2 coats of Revlon "Bare Bones" I really like this color and I find myself reaching for it often.

 

 On my ring and pointer finger I painted 2 coats of Essie "Mamba" and I also used it for the scales over "Bare Bones"

 For the 3 middle nails I used Essie "Mink Muffs" for the scales.

 To make the scales I used tulle wrapped around my nails. You can find a few tutorials on youtube on how to do this.

 I think next time I am going to try sponging on the polish instead of painting it on.

 I really like how this turned out and I think it does look very snake like :)

I totally think of my Lily when I look at my nails and I hope to be able to perfect this technique in the future.

Thank you for reading and I hope you check back tomorrow to see my nails inspired by artwork... not sure what to do lol.

Day 25: Inspired By Fashion

"Inspired By Fashion".... I don't do fashion. I know nothing about fashion. My idea of a cute outfit is a t-shirt with some silly picture and a nice fitting pair of jeans. I'll never understand why anyone would spend a crazy amount of money for a pair of jeans, let alone a Coach purse, or any of those other brands that coats more then my car payment. Anyways, the point I'm making is... I know nothing about fashion. I don't really care either to be honest. So this one was really hard for me. I browsed google looking at fashion week photos and I found a few I liked. Here is my inspiration:

 I've always thought Indian clothes were so beautiful. I love the patterns and the colors. I thought this would be easy for me to do and fun..... And then it snuck up on me.... "Shitty Nail Night" It was one of those night that no matter what I did something went wrong. The polish smudged, accidentally dinged your freshly painted nail, your stamping won't transfer... pretty much all the worst crap happens on that night and there is nothing you can do about. That was totally my night. It was horrible, and ended with a big nail fail and I almost didn't want to post, but I missed a day yeh and I want to make it the full 30 days. So here it is.

These are the polishes I used : Sally Hansen "Ivory Skull", Spoiled "Checkin' Into Rehab", OPI "Suzi & The 7 Dusseldorfs" and KleanColor "Metallic Yellow" I forgot to take a picture on the unnamed gold striper.

I started out with 2 coats of Sally Hansen "Ivory Skull"I really don't care for the formula. It's of but I wouldn't call it my go to white polish. I'm still searching for a decent one.

 I then painted one half of each nail with Spoiled "Checkin' Into Rehab" The other half of my nails and my entire ring fingers were painted with OPI "Suzi & The 7 Dusseldorfs"

The gold stripes are from an unnamed nail art striper, and the failed attempt at stamping was done with KleanColor "Metallic Yellow"

 Nothing wanted to work, and I ended up just giving up. I almost didn't even finish the mani, but I figured I'd rather have a finished Hot Mess of a Mani, then a half-assed, half-finished pile o' poop. So aren't you the lucky ones that get to step up and see the Finished Hot Mess lol

I could have done better, but I just didn't have the time for a re-do. So there you have it. Hot Mess Fail and all.

Thank you for reading and please check back tomorrow. I'm planning on trying something new that I've never done, but have been wanting to. Also check out the ladies below :)

Day 24: Inspired By A Book

 This was another tough one for me. I couldn't decide on a book. Some of my favorites I just couldn't figure out how to make them translate to the nail. I ended up choosing this book mainly because the cover and theme gave me something that I could work with :)

So with that said, the book I took my inspiration from is:"The Eye Of Horus" by Carol Thurston

Anyone that knows me, knows I look all things Ancient Egyptian.  I even have a few Egyptian based tattoos. but anyways on to the nails :)

 I wasn't totally sure what I was going to do from the beginning. I kinda just grabbed a bunch of colors that I thought would work well with what I had in my head. Pretty much I was just winging it lol I started with my glue base and after that dried I applied 3 coats of Pure Ice "Bite Me!" I love the name of the polish and the actually polish is pretty good too

 Since I had no sense of where I was going I decided to let the polishes led me on my way to a finished product.

( As I write omrhing it soing ok, e caff) <---- I was falling asleep when I started this post lol. No clue what that is suppose to mean. Anyways, I added a coat of Sally Hansen "Gilded Lily' which is pretty much just a gold glitter. But it's not an over powering glitter.

So here is a picture of all the polishes I used.

Pure Ice "Bite Me", Essence "Date With The Night", Sally Hansen "Gilded Lily", Milani "3D", OPI  "Alpine Snow" - Which was used for the stamping, and the white nail art pen I used for my hieroglyphs.

So after I used 3 coats of "Bite Me!" and 1 coat of "Gilded Lily" I used "Date With The Night" and used the saran wrap technique. I wanted to make a kinda old gold ancient look. After the saran wrap I felt it was a bit too dark so I added another coat of "Gilded Lily" and saran wrapped on some "3D" for a little depth. I was finally happy with what I had so Then I added some freehand hieroglyphs, and a couple stamped images.

Left Hand

Right Hand

I've been wanted to use the ankh image for a while so I knew it would be perfect for this mani and I needed the eye of Horus :) Using the nail are pen, I took some of the hieroglyphs from the cover of the book and tried to recreate them on my nails. Some were easier than others.

All in all I am happy with how this turned out. Cleanup could have been better but I was getting tired and I need to get the pictures up. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. The book is great by the way, and I think I'm going to start re-reading it :) Day 25 is "Inspired By Fashion" and I don't really follow fashion so this is going to be another pain in the butt I think, but we will see. Thanks for reading and make sure to check out the other ladies below :)