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31DC2012: Day 12 Stripes

30th October 2012

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It’s the day before Halloween and I’m only just posting my slightly Halloweeny themed manicure. Much like last year, this one was also very last minute. I needed some stripes for Day 12 of the 31 Day Challenge and I needed some colours so I went with Orange and Black, the most Halloweeny colours I could think of.

Hopefully, I’ll have a proper Halloween manicure up tomorrow but we’ll have to see how things go!

As always, Rie at Nails and Noms and Cris at Let Them Have Polish will have some killer manis for you today too!

I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Sun Kissed as my base colour and freehanded on the stripes with a Nail Art Brush. I topped it with two coats of Seche Vite.

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31DC2012: Day 11 Polka Dots

28th October 2012

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Today’s gonna be a quick one, I’ll just run through the polishes I used and let you get on with your day!

For most of my nails, I used NYC Water Street Blue and used a dotting tool to create the polka dots with Barry M Blueberry. My accent nail uses Blueberry as a base colour and glequins from Born Pretty Store. I used two top coats of Seche Vite to finish up.

Want to see more doticures? Go see what Cris and Rie came up with today!

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31DC2012: Day 10 Gradient Nails

27th October 2012

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So I don’t know if you heard, but gradients are kind of a big deal around here! Since I popped my gradient cherry, I just can’t get enough of the things. I think this might be my favourite colour combination yet. These were just the two polishes within reaching distance at the time but they work together perfectly together and this is one of my favourite combos to date.

Don’t forget to pop over to Cris and Rie‘s blogs to see their gradients today!

I used Sally Hansen Ion as my base colour. Before I started on the gradient I applied Liquid Pallisade* around my nails to prevent too much mess. I created the gradient using NYC Water Street Blue, following this tutorial. I finished it off with two coats of Seche Vite to smooth it over.

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31DC2012: Day 9 Rainbow Nails

25th October 2012

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When you think rainbow, you think bright, happy, colorful right? WRONG! Today’s ‘rainbow’ mani is kind of dreary but I think that’s just the way I was feeling when it came to painting this mani. Also, my rainbow is upside down… not the sign of quality craftsmanship and attention to detail but hey ho, here we are anyway!

Don’t forget to see what rainbow manicures Rie and Cris created today!

I used Sally Hansen Ion* as my base colour, which is my new very favourite greige, and attached the glequins while the second coat was still wet on the middle finger.

I finished it all off with two coats of Seche Vite.

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31DC2012: Day 8 Metallic Nails

23rd October 2012

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Day 8 of the 31 Day Challenge calls for Metallic Nails and what’s more metallic than actual metal?! The gold stuff you see on my nails is this very interesting Nail Art Foil* from Born Pretty Store. It comes in sheets scrunched up in to little pots and it’s so light and thin that it’s barely even there. I just used a pair of tweezers to tear the foil up in to little pieces and place it on to my nails and I love the outcome. Since I don’t think I’ll be shedding out up to £30 for The Man With The Golden Gun any time soon, this is a great $6 alternative!

I used Cult Nails Vicious as my base colour. I painted one coat and then, one nail at a time, added a second coat and attached the foil while it was still tacky. I finished up with one coat of Seche Vite but it could have used two just to even out any bumps.

As always, hop on over to Let Them Have Polish and Nails and Noms to see what Cris and Rie have come up with today!

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31DC2012: Day 7 Black and White Nails

21st October 2012

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I LOVE these nails! They remind me of Mint Humbugs. I didn’t really think I would create anything I liked with today’s challenge, Black and White, but as always, sticking to something simple has worked out for me. I think adding the glitter was a good choice, and not going too overboard with it was an even better one!

Don’t forget to visit Cris and Rie to see their black and white manis today!

I used two coats of Barry M White as my base colour and then used a striping brush to paint on striped of W7 Black. The glitter accents were created using W7 Cosmic Black, a fine silver glitter in black jelly which sets this mani off perfectly. I finished up with two top coats of Seche Vite.

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31DC2012: Violet Nails

20th October 2012

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If you couldn’t tell I’m totally obsessed with skittle manis at the moment. We’re on the last day of ‘plain colour’ challenges today so the frequency of skittles will probably decrease severely over the next couple of challenge days as it’s just a nice way to spice up a plain colour.

For today’s nails I used two coats of Models Own Purple Grey as a base. This is where it gets complicated! On my forefinger, I added two coats of Sinful Colors Daddy’s Girl. On my ring finger I stamped the fishnet design from Bundle Monster Plate BM209 with Barry M Lilac Foil and on every other finger, I used two coats of JENsations Fantasy. Phew!

I’m very excited to see Cris and Rie’s manicures today. I do love me some purple nails!

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