The Digit-al Dozen Does: Neons - Look 5

Whoohoo! Finishing this week strong and on-time. I love having daily posts but just haven't really been up to it lately, so the DD really pushes me to get my butt in gear.

Polish Used:
-KB Shimmer - White Out
-China Glaze - Can I Get An Untz Untz
-China Glaze - Point Me To The Party
-China Glaze - Let The Beat Drop

I love how this glitter gradient turned out - so bright and fun! (Although it was a bitch to remove lol). The three glitters from that collection actually worked perfectly for a gradient.

Let's check out how the ladies are rocking their final Neon looks for the week!

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-Stephanie

The Digit-al Dozen Does: Neons - Look 4

Today I have busted out some older colors for my Thursday look; check it out!

Polish Used:
-Salon Perfect - Yowsa Yellow
-Salon Perfect - Haute Pink

These colors were pretty hard to capture (story of my life); but trust me, this look was BRIGHT in person. It was pretty interesting that when I tried the blobbicure technique with these neons, it didn't really work out as it had with other blobbicures from the past. It must have had something to do with the formulas of the neons. Of course, check out my Instagram for some more pictures of this look.

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-Stephanie

The Digit-al Dozen Does: Neons - Look 3

For my third look I decided to create a simple saran wrap manicure; but alas, the colors did not want to corporate.

Polish Used:
-KB Shimmer - Lei It Again
-China Glaze - That's Shore Bright

Booo - this mani was really fun in person but the camera ate up the purple :-/ Don't worry, I snapped some cell phone pictures that you can check out on Instagram later today which do a better job at capturing both colors.

Check out the other girls Neon looks below:

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-Stephanie 

The Digit-al Dozen Does: Neon - Look 2

Neons feel so perfect for summer, so let's jump right into my second look!

Polish Used:
-DearRus Noblesse - Venor 05
-DearRus Noblesse - Venor 17
-DearRus Noblesse - Venor 16

I felt like this look gradient (while it popped) needed a little something extra, so I added some fun stamping.

Polish Used:
-Konad - White

I used Bundle Monster plate BM-308 for this citrus image and it think that it really pulled this look together.

Take a look at how the other girls are rocking their second Neon looks below!

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-Stephanie

The Digit-al Dozen Does: Neon - Look 1

Happy Monday! I was unable to take part in the Digit-al Dozen last month, but this month I am back at it; with Neons!

Polish Used:
-OPI - My Boyfriend Scales Walls
-MiniLuxe - Lolita
-MiniLuxe - Hingham
-China Glaze - Home Sweet House Music

For my first look I went with a grungy dry brush neon gradient. I love how bright the colors of this look are; they really pop against the gray background and the matte effect seems to work perfectly with this look.

Let's see how the other ladies of the Digit-al Dozen are kicking off Neon week!

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-Stephanie

The Digit-al Dozen Does: Geometric - Look 5

Happy Saturday! Today I am back with my final Digit-al Dozen Geometric look; unfortunately a day late. Whomp Whomp.

Anyway, I am finishing up with a stamped textured design.

Polishes Used:
-NOPI - On What Grounds
-Konad Blue Stamping Polish
-Konad Green Stamping Polish

I used both the blue and green stamping polish here to get a ton on ton look for the teal base. I love how stamping over a textured base gives things a whole different look.

I really liked Geometric Week and seeing what all the ladies came up with; be sure to check out their final looks below.

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-Stephanie

The Digit-al Dozen Does: Geometric - Look 4

For my fourth look this month I decided to go back to stamping! Stamping is always my go-to for fun nail art and there are so many great geometric stamps out there, how could I not?

Polishes Used:
-Rica - Whiteout
-Sharpies!
-Konad - Black

For the base of this look I tried the sharpie / alcohol method but I think I used colors that were WAY too light and the stamping sort of covered it up! I think I'll try this technique again with other colors. I really like this stamp too, lines and triangles, very geometric ;-)

Check out the other ladies looks below:

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-Stephanie

The Digit-al Dozen Does: Geometric - Look 3

Happy Wednesday! I am really liking the look that I created for today! I decided to do some color blocking for this one; let's see!

Polishes Used:

-China Glaze -Wait 'n Sea

-KBShimmer - How You Dune?

-KBShimmer - Low and Be Bold

I am loving the look! I specifically choose a blue that was somewhat jelly so that I could layer over the gray and create a "fourth" color. I love color blocking and simple tape manicures so this one was right up my ally and the blues really pop! 

Let's see what the other ladies are doing for their 3rd geometric nail looks:

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-Stephanie

The Digit-al Dozen Does: Geometric - Look 2

For my second geometric look I decided to go with something more abstract / angular using nail vinyls. Check it out:

Polishes Used:
-KBShimmer - Radient Orchid
-Pahlish - Typewriter Keys
-LA Colors - Gold Glitter

To be honest the colors in this look were/are super random to me and nothing that I would ever put together, but I was really just sort of trying something different and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised that they sort of worked nicely together; an unexpected combination so to say.

Be sure to check out the other ladies geometric nails below:

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-Stephanie 

The Digit-al Dozen Does: Geometric - Look 1

This week we are back with another Digit-al Dozen theme, Geometric nails! I like this one because geometric can be so broad; I really think of it as any lines, angles, shapes, etc.

For my first look I went with some simple black and white stamping!

Polishes Used:
-KBShimmer - Eclipse
-Konad - White

This was a really simple look but has a sort of retro feel to me, 60's wallpaper maybe?

Let's see what the other ladies have come up with for their first geometric nail look.

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-Stephanie

The Digit-al Dozen Does: Childhood - Look 5

Sorry I am a day late with Look #5! I have been in and out of commission this week with a stomach bug and ear infection, but it looks like I am on the mend.

When I was growing up one of my favorite characters was Raggedy Ann. I had Raggedy Ann dolls, sleeping bags, and even dressed up as Raggedy Ann one Halloween. This week's look is inspired by that!

Polishes Used:
-KBShimmer - Eyes White Open
-KBShimmer - Eclipse
-Barille - Tres Chic
-Zoya - Livingston
-Zoya - Chantal
-Morgan Taylor - Lip Service

You know that freehand isn't exactly my forte, so in this case for the face I followed a super easy tutorial from Jacki over at Adventures in Acetone from when she created Raggedy Ann nails last year for another DD theme!

I thought that this look came out really cute and I actually like the floral pattern a lot and will probably do another mani with that in other color combos all on it's own.

Just for fun here are two Raggedy Ann themed pictures from my Childhood :)

Let's see how the other ladies finished up the week!

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-Stephanie 

The Digit-al Dozen Does: Childhood - Look 4

My forth Digit-al Dozen Childhood look is based on one of my favorite memories from growing up; polishing my nails with my mom. I remember us sitting at our kitchen table and her painting my nails with some old Avon polishes. My mom's mom was an Avon Lady and we always had those polishes around our house. These were the old ones, from like the 80s, they had a very distinctive smell that older polishes had. (do you know what I mean?) Every time that I smell polishes like that now, I still think of those times that I had with my mom growing up.

Even now when I go to visit my parents, sometimes my mom asks me to paint her nails or toes :)

Polishes Used:
-OPI - I Knead Sourdough
-OPI - Casino Royale

For the base of this look I used a couple colors that reminded me of the older Avon shades that we had growing up and bended them with a saran wrap technique. Next, I stamped with my Bundle Monster plate nail polish bottles and "Keep Calm and Polish On"; although you can see how awesome (or not) my lining up of stamping images is with that accent nail... we will just call that one artistic :-P

Was painting your nails as a child of one your childhood memories, or did you guys get into nails later on in life?

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-Stephanie 

The Digit-al Dozen Does: Childhood - Look 3

One activity that I did from the time that I was little through middle school was dance, specifically ballet. Today's look is inspired by Ballet Slippers!

Polishes Used:
-Morgan Taylor - One and Only
-Morgan Taylor - Lip Service

This look was super easy and simple to create and the colors are almost monochromatic so it gives it a subtle feel too! All I did to create this was freehand the pink ballet slippers onto the nails, and voila!

I bet some of the other ladies did dance when they were growing up, what about you?

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-Stephanie