Twinsie Tuesday: Reader Requested Mani

Back to work after a long weekend, womp womp. LOL. So today's Twinsie Tuesday theme is Reader Requested Mani. I just happened to be at a baby shower a few weeks ago with a friend who follows my blog, and when the soon to be mama opened up a lovely watercolored dress for the baby, my friend immediately turned to me and said, you have to turn this into a mani.

So I ended up doing two different manicures, the first which I didn't like  and then this one, which I did.

Polishes Used:
-Orly - White Tips
-Zoya - Tilda
-Zoya - Ling
-Zoya - Rooney
-Zoya - Wendy

This look doesn't match the dress exactly, but it definitely was inspired by the watercolored pinks, greens and blues of the dress.

So that was the look that I liked, and here is the look that I didn't like.

I used the same polishes for this look, with the addition of Zoya Kitridge. This look was OK but just wasn't what I was going for.

I'm excited to see what types of manicures the other ladies' readers requested! Check them out below:

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

Kelly at Tuxarina

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

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 - 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!

Today I Am Guest Posting :)

Hello Lovelies!

Today I am the one guest posting, over at Lisa's Nail Obsession.

Here is a tiny sneak peek, but you need to go check out the full pictures and blogpost.