The Nail Challenge Collaborative Presents - Inspired by Art - Week 2

Happy Saturday! It's a snowy Saturday in Pittsburgh and the US North East which unfortunately let me to cancel a trip to visit my friend Colleen and to see her new baby. :( Hopefully I will be able to make it out to see her within the next month.

For today's look I searched Pinterest for some artistic images (if you are having trouble finding inspiration, I highly recommend Pinterest; they have an entire Art category and I found a ton of ideas)

This is my art inspiration:



Source: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/10062799140915756/

And here is my nail art:

Polishes Used:
-OPI - My Boyfriend Scales Walls
-Acrylic Paints
-Hard Candy - Matte-ly In Love

This was the perfect inspiration as the watercolors in the original piece depict such a lovely winter scene. My first thought was to create this look overtop of a textured base, but that didn't work out so well, so then I decided that mattifying the look would work just as well to give a nice finish and I was really pleased with the outcome. As I mentioned before, my freehand skills are not that great but a simple look like this was perfect for me.

I love how my look represents the original artwork. I can't wait to see what the other ladies have in store!

Bloglovin'; I made the switch

So as I am sure you are all well aware, Google Reader will be going away on July 1st, 2013.  I am in no way an expert on everything that this means, but there have been some really good posts out there by my fellow bloggers explaining everything.

The short of it. You will still be able to follow my blog. 

I have added a Follow My Blog via Bloglovin' button on my right hand toolbar. And the bloglovin' site has a SUUUPER EASY (even I could do it) ONE CLICK to import all your Google Reader Blogs (click the picture below to be directed to the bloglovin' site)

www.bloglovin.com

You can also continue to follow via Google Friend Connect (this is similar but not the same thing as Google Reader).

Here are some other ways to continue to follow me as well!

-Facebook
-Twitter
-Pinterest


Hope this eases some of your fears and as we get closer to July 1st, I will remind you again loves!

Al the Owl

Today one of my girlfriends came over afterwork; my sister had given away some clothes over the weekend and I was letting her take a look through them before I dropped them off at Goodwill. We also went to the mall and of course, she wanted me to do her nails. Super Girly for aftwork on a Monday. She recently joined Pinterest and saw these nails. The owls are very cute but her nails were short and it was my first time trying this design so bear with me....

My owl looks nothing like the ones from Cristina at Let Them Have Polish but it's not horrible... I'm pretending it would have been better if her nails were longer, but my nails aren't too long so I'm not sure I can use that as an excuse. The main color I used was Essie's Bobbing for Baubles, also used Funky Fingers' Mad Hatter, OPI's On Collins Ave, and Kiss Nail Art White and Black. It was the first time she had ever used SV and was amazed how quickly it dries, but who wasn't amazed the first time they tried SV....

Busy Saturday

Today was one of the busier Saturday's that we have had in a while, which isn't saying much. Since I got so many new polishes for Christmas, and have plans later tonight to grab drinks for a friends birthday, I needed to do something simple and easy. So here it is, just some pretty, plain, polish.

It's sort of hard to tell, which is why I tried taking photos at different angles, but the color is purple with a really nice gold shine to it. (What looks like reflection is the first photo is actually just half reflection, half gold shimmer). This color was given to me by one of my girlfriends, and it's ORLY, OUI.

I really like this polish because I only needed to put two coats on but with the gold sheen/shine/shimmer it has it in, it comes out to something really fun! I actually threw this one up on Pinterest earlier and already got some re-pins (thanks ladies!!)



Welcome!

Welcome all!! This is my first post. I have been using Facebook to share some of my latest nail designs but wanted to be able to share my love of nail polish and nail art with everyone. A couple things about me. I am currently trying to grow my nails out longer but they are fairly brittle from having acrylics and they just don't seem to be getting any stronger but hopefully they will grow soon! (Much easier to do designs on longer nails!) I do my nails 2-3 times per week so hopefully I will be able to post that much too. Also, I have been using my iPhone to take my photos but have a nice camera so might try to switch to that as well. Most of the designs that I do are replications of other designs or styles that I find online or my favorite *Pinterest* so I can't take credit for everything.

For today's New Years Day nails I used OPI's Chicago Champagne Toast for my all over color. I used Konad Black Polish and stamp M24 for the leopard print, and got the rhinestones from Konad as well and OF COURSE, my most favorite top cover every, Seche Vite. Enjoy!