30 Day Challenge, Day 19: Distressed Nails

Hi everyone! Today's 30 Day Challenge prompt was Distressed Nails. I created a distressed look following this tutorial from Chalkboard Nails. I used a white base and pastels to create a springy distressed mani. American Apparel Parakeet isn't really pastel when worn alone, but the distressed technique made it look more pastel for some reason (I guess because it uses such thin coats of the polish. )I've got a list of all of the polishes I used below.

 

L-R: OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, American Apparel Hassid, American Apparel French Lilac, American Apparel Parakeet, Wet n Wild Teal Slowly and See

 

Be sure to check out what the other ladies have in store for today! Thanks for looking everyone!

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30 Day Challenge, Day 16: Food

Hi everyone! Today's 30 Day Challenge prompt was Food. I decided to do a multicolored citrus mani. I used mostly polishes from OPI's Brazil Collection for my base colors (can you tell I'm obsessed with this collection?) and Wet n Wild Stand the Test of Lime for the lime green. Then I stamped over it with Konad White and Bundle Monster Plate BM308. This is probably more of a summer mani, but I don't care.

(L-R) OPI Where Did Suzi's Man-go?, Wet n Wild Stand the Test of Lime, OPI Kiss Me I'm Brazilian, OPI I Just Can't Cope-acabana, and OPI Toucan Do It If You Try (on thumb, not pictured)

My inspiration came from pictures like these that I've seen all over Pinterest of lemon slices photoshopped to appear all different colors. I've seen several versions of this picture, and I think they have a very Pop Art/Warhol vibe. 

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Be sure to check out what everyone else is doing today! And...if you haven't gotten it from all of my previous posts...GO BUY THE OPI BRAZIL COLLECTION! NOW! :)

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CrowsToes I Make the Path and Wet N Wild Listening to Blue Reed

Hi everyone! I don't know if any of you guys tuned in to the craziness on CrowsToes Facebook page yesterday afternoon, but creator Lauri announced a new collection and tortured us slowly for hours with pictures...one at a time. She is evil like that! But OMG...I'm so excited for these new releases! If you haven't seen them, be sure to check them out! The frenzy got me hankering for a good ole CrowsToes glitter bomb so I pulled out I Make the Path. I think it is one of my very few (there may be one more) untried CrowsToes polishes. I purchased this polish waaay back when CrowsToes just got started, and it is one of the really dense, thick glitter polishes that requires dabbing. This is 1 dabbed coat of I Make the Path over Wet N Wild Listening to Blue Reed. Also...I accidentally put some topcoat on that needed thinning and bubbles ensued. You can't always win...

Here is Wet N Wild Listening to Blue Reed on its own. This is another winner from the Pop Art collection. This is 2 easy coats. It is also a unique blue creme in my stash, surprisingly. I would say it is a smidge darker in real life. I found this at Walgreens recently in the summer 2013 Pop Art display. 

CrowsToes polishes are available from Llarowe, Overall Beauty, and Femme Fatale Cosmetics. Thanks for looking everyone! 

Lush Lacquer Glowsticks

Hi everyone! Today I have another polish from Lush Lacquer's neon line for you called Glowsticks. I remember when they first posted a bottle shot of this polish on Facebook, I knew I had to have it. It is so much fun! It is a mixture of yellow, pink, and blue neon translucent glitters with sparse blue bar glitters. Due to the translucent nature of the neon glitters, these polishes look best layered over a light base or else they don't pop. I layered 2 coats of Glowsticks over Wet N Wild Teal Slowly and See.

Here is a quick swatch of Wet N Wild Teal Slowly and See on its own (2 coats, no topcoat). The formula was very nice on this and the color is gorgeous. This is from the summer Pop Art collection from Wet N Wild that is all bright creme polishes. Special thanks to cactus2342 and willruetheday on MakeupAlley for explaining to me the meaning of this polish name because I was perplexed. It is a pun on the name of a Velvet Underground song Peel Slowly and See and Andy Warhol was their manager (I am no expert in art or music history, so I was glad someone could explain it to me!). I purchased this at Walgreens and there was a full display for the Pop Art Collection.  

Lush Lacquer is available from creators' Karin and Lexi's Etsy Store. Thanks for looking everyone