The Nail Challenge Collaborative Presents - Geometric - Look 1

Well the ladies of the Nail Challenge Collaborative may not have been the biggest Tea Party fans because this month, we voted in something fairly opposite, Geometric Nails, as our theme! I am really looking forward to this theme because there are just so many different looks that can be created.

Polishes Used:
-Essie - Bobbing for Baubles
-Konad - White
-Cheeky Jumbo Plate 8 - Princess Charming

I wanted to do some contrasting colors for this look to make the geometric pattern pop but didn't want to use black so I went for the deep navy of Bobbing for Baubles. I really like how this look came out and it was nice to use a stamping image that I hadn't tried before.

Check out how the other ladies are adding some geometry to their nail looks below:

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Twinsie Tuesday: Classic

This week's Twinsie Tuesday theme is "Classic", I immediately thought of a classic plain red mani. I'm sure that some of the other girls thought of this too, so let's take a look at my mani first.

For this look, I simply used two coats of Essie Fishnet Stockings. The plain bold red of this along with my rounded nail shape feels very Classic to me. I think the best part of a Classic look is that it doesn't go out of style, and I know that plain red nails have been in style throughout the decades.

Let's see if any of the other ladies chose a Classic red mani for this week's theme.

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amber at Nails Like Lace
Anna at Going to the Showing
Bridget at A Painted Nail

Casey at CaseyLane Loves Polish

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Cordia at Seriously Swatched

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Erin at Paint Those Piggies

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

Kelly at Tuxarina

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Lisa at The Polish Playground

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Stephanie at A Little Polish

Tiffany at Polished To Precision​

Traci at DrinkCitra 

 

 

The Nail Challenge Collaborative Presents - Tea Party - Look 1

I know that I say it every month, but I cannot believe that it is already August! I haven't been feeling very motivated for posting lately which sort of stinks, I think work is getting to me, and enjoying time doing other activities while the weather is nice. However, I'm hoping that this month's NCC theme will get me back into the swing of things. The August theme is Tea Party! It's such a whimsical theme, tea cups, tea parties, lace, etc.

Polishes Used:
-Orly - White Tips
-Essie - Angora Cardi
-Essie - Plumberry
-Essie - Made to Honor
-Essence - Walk on the Wild Side
-Precision Lacquer - McDreamy
-Maybelline - Bold Gold

So for this look I wanted to re-create the look of a porcelain tea cup with red and pink roses and that signature gold trim. I think this look doesn't look to bad, and gives off a nice pretty appearance. If I didn't have an important meeting at work the next day, I would've worn these the next day too!

On a side note, new month, new logo! Thanks to Katee to updating our banner!

Make sure to see how the other ladies are enjoying their tea party looks:

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The Nail Challenge Collaborative Presents - Recreate Your First 4 Mani's - Look 3

TGIF!!! So glad that it's almost the weekend :) Also, I'm doing a good job and getting these NCC looks completed; so fun re-creating looks you liked and looks you didn't like so much. Today I'm re-creating my third look, one that I loved the first time and still think is a nice simple look now too.

Polishes Used:
-Essie - Absolutely Shore
-Rica - Whiteout
-Essie - Your Hut or Mine

For this look I did use a different base than what I did in the original. This one is a bit lighter which I was feeling since it's the summer time.

As I mentioned before I loved the look then and still think its super cute and very easy, anyone can create.

On a side note I am trying out a new round nail shape after Sarah from Chalkboard Nails told me to just go for it, they'll grow out after all. LOL. I really like them so I'm glad that I went for it.

Let's take a look at the ladies re-creations!

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The Nail Challenge Collaborative Presents - Recreate Your First 4 Mani's - Look 2

I know I just posted my first re-creation on Monday, but I'm back in action today with my second one. The second look that I posted on my blog was a half moon design, which you can see here.

In my original post, I mention that half moons are on trend. I think that they still are cute and trendy and love all the ways that people have been able to create different looks with them.

I used the same polishes in this look as I did in the original, OPI On Collins Ave, and Essie Plumberry. Both of these shades are colors that I would wear alone now, just like in my first post, I do feel that colors with more contrast would have really made the look pop.

I think you can see the color contrast better in the original photo lighting lol. (I also only used one coat of plumberry this time around where-as I used two the first time) Anyway, I went with something even simpler on my re-creation by skipping the accent nail and making my half moons "shallower". This was a super simple look to create then as it was this time around as well.

Can't wait to see the ladies' second re-creations!

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The Nail Challenge Collaborative Presents - Skittles - Week 4

I'm getting this final look just in the nick of time with 1 day to spare in May. I had been wanting to do this mani since Skittles was announced as the theme for the month.



Source: http://929thebull.com/skittles-trades-green-apple-flavor-for-lime-and-totally-screws-up-the-original-rainbow/


(P.S. I like the article that the image is from - not that I liked Lime but why'd they go changing it to green apple on us)

Literal Skittle Nails! Skittles are one of my favorite candies and I love all flavors of them, my all time most favorite are the tropical skittles that come in the sky blue bag. They don't sell them at all stores, so when I see them I always grab a pack for myself :-P

Polishes Used:
-Orly - White Tips
-Essie - Fishnet Stockings
-Zoya - Pippa
-Zoya - Josie
-Sinful Colors - Hazard
-Wet 'n Wild - Disturbia
-Konad - White
-Hard Candy - Matte-ly In Love

I thought that these nails came out fun and doubled checked with my husband before posting them to see if they were recognizable or not, he said they were so I thought that was good. I don't LOVE the "S"'s that I did, I am never good with curved lines / letting with my current nail art brush, but I think the idea is conveyed.

What do you think about this mani? What about the candy?

Check out what the other ladies did for their fourth and final Skittle Manis!

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Layered Stripes - Inspired by MrCandiiPants

Happy Friday!!! I have really been looking forward to the weekends lately! Today I am sharing a look that I created, inspired by the Layered Stripes tutorial from MrCandiiPants. If you haven't seen any of Candice's tutorials you should go check her out, I have tried a couple and she makes her nail art easy to re-create with the tutorials.

So of course I didn't take note of what polishes I used, if you really want to know, just let me and I will go take a look. (sorry!) Of course when I was doing this look I used a really cruddy nail art brush, it seemed to have plastic bristles so this sort of turned into a mashup of her Layered Stripes look and her Abstract Brushstroke look. LOL.

I liked this look, but I really wish the stripes would have been a little more opaque (I don't know if that's even the right word) so you will probably see another version of this look coming up later.

Have you tried any of MrCandiiPants tutorials? Which ones?

Spring/Summer Pink Gradient

TGIF! This week wasn't too bad though because it was a short work week, that's always fun! We had today off so you can't been that.

I haven't really done much nail art that wasn't related to a challenge or theme so I felt like doing something simple but bright and fun for Spring/Summer.

Polishes Used:
-China Glaze - Neon & On & On
-OPI - A Definite Moust-Have
-Essie - Plumberry

Of course, this look was might brighter in person than it showed up on the camera. This isn't my best gradient ever, lol, but it's not that bad and from far away it looked great:-P

I really started like gradients in the last couple of years, but they aren't anything new; what's your favorite "new" nail trend?

Twinsie Tuesday: Grunge Nails

Today's theme in Twinsie Tuesday is Grunge Nails. I had previously done some grunge nails HERE, and for this look, I tried to do something different. I looked up "grunge" on Google and found a lot of plaid looks so that's what I started with.

To give it more of a "grungy" feel, I added some navy blue on top using the dry brush technique.

Polishes Used:
-Spoiled - Steel The Show
-Zoya - Pepper
-Zoya - Sailor
-Zoya - Hunter
-Zoya - Louise
-Essie - Bobbing for Baubles

And this is the final look! I definitely prefer the plaid look alone, but hey, I was just trying something different, probably won't be using this technique too often in the future.

Do either of these looks remind you of grunge? Let's see what the other ladies created for their grunge nails!

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Anna at Going to the Showing

Anne at Grape Fizz Nails

Casey at CaseyLane Loves Polish

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Erin at Paint Those Piggies

Heather at Peace, Love, & Polish

Kelly at Tuxarina

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Rachel at Top Coat It

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Stephanie at A Little Polish

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Traci at DrinkCitra