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31 Day Challenge: Inspired by a Movie

23rd September 2014

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I was grocery shopping on the weekend when I saw a real-life Herbie in the car park. I knew then and there that I would have to do some nail art dedicated to the famous Bug and luckily for me, it fits in perfectly with today’s prompt – Inspired by a Movie. There’s quite a selection of Herbie movies to choose from and it’s been a very long time since I saw one. I mostly remember watching the TV series in the middle of the day on the weekends as a kid and wanting a Beetle so badly!

For the nail art, I used a base of Sally Hansen Ion then a quick coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl to make it dry swiftly.

Next, I did the racing stripes using striping tape for the red and blue, then filling in the middle with a white striper polish. The red polish is NYC Rooftop Party Berry and the blue is NYC Hudson Breeze.

For the ’53’, I painted on the white circle using the polish from my white striper and added the black details with a black liner.

It’s all finished with another coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl.

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31 Day Challenge: Inspired by a Song

22nd September 2014

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Send you my love on a wire…

There’s a song that features in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World by fictional band, The Clash at Demonhead (aka TCAT), called ‘Black Sheep’. There’s a line in there that goes ‘Send you my love on a wire…’ which served as inspiration for today’s nail art. Plus a literal Black Sheep, obvz!

Both the movie and the song are some of my all time favourites. Black Sheep is one of those songs that never fails to lift my mood. I can’t help but sing and dance when I hear it and I could honestly listen to it on repeat all day (yeah, so what if I actually have done that!). It’s written by Metric who originally recorded it, but I prefer the movie version which is sung by Brie Larson in the aforementioned band, The Clash at Demonhead!

1. For the nail art, my base colour is Nicole by OPI The Coral of the Story.
2. I freehanded on the ‘love’ wire with A-England Excalibur Renaissance and a nail art brush.
3. To paint on the black sheep, I used Pure Color Black Liner with Rimmel Grey Matter and the same nail art brush.
4. It’s topped with one coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl, then one of NYC Matte Me Crazy.

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31 Day Challenge: Inspired by a Color

21st September 2014

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Abstract Flames Nail Art // The Nailasaurus

There are a million ways you could interpret the ‘Inspired by a Color’ prompt. I normally try to take my inspiration from the name of a nail polish colour. Today I chose one of the new piCture Polish shades, Sizzle!

For me, the word sizzle immediately brings to mind licking flames so that’s what inspired today’s nail art – with a pink twist of course!

I set out to create some realistic flames on my nails but then decided it would be cool to try an abstract take. I created this look the same way I would do a waterfall, but instead of straight lines, these cross and curve to look like dancing flames.

Items Used

Barry M Rose Hip

Nail Art Brush

piCture pOlish Sizzle

Rimmel Cute as a Kitten Heel

Rimmel Keep Calm & Shop

Glisten & Glow HK Girl Top Coat

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31 Day Challenge: Rainbow Nails

9th September 2014

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Rainbow Half Moon Nail Art // The Nailasaurus

In the words of Chris Traeger, these are LITERALLY.. the best rainbow nails I’ve ever painted! This was the only nail art I had in my head when I took up the challenge and it turned out exactly how I pictured. I was doubtful about the freehanded rainbows but once I got past a few wobbles, it was easy enough and everything balanced out nicely in the end.

I started with a Base of Barry M Blueberry.

I stamped on the clouds using a Konad knockoff plate from Born Pretty Store (M79) and BK Matte White.

For the rainbows, I used a nail art brush with 6 different shades:

Purple: Rimmel Keep Calm & Party

Blue: Models Own Asscher Blue

Green: Rimmel Keep Calm & Play

Yellow: Rimmel Cute as a Kitten Heel

Orange: China Glaze Mimosas Before Manis

Red: Rimmel Mars

It’s all topped off with two coats of Glisten & Glow HK Girl.

Rainbow Half Moon Nail Art by The Nailasaurus

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31 Day Challenge: Metallic

8th September 2014

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31 Day Challenge Metallic Nails // The Nailasaurus

I’m really pleased with the way my metallic nails turned out today. I wasn’t sure if the silver and blue would contrast enough to even show up but the addition of gold just pulls everything together and the outlines are the perfect accent.

1. For this nail art, I used a base of Illamasqua Caress.
2. I painted on a silver strip on each nail using A-England Excalibur Renaissance with the brush straight from the bottle.

3. Once that was dry, did the same with Barry M Gold Foil.

4. When everything was dry, I used Sweet Color White Liner to outline the details.

5. It’s all topped off with a coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl.

Illamasqua Caress with Metallic Nail Art // The Nailasaurus

#31DC2014 Metallic Nails // The Nailasaurus

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The Lacquer Legion Fandom: Avengers Nail Art

28th July 2014

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#LLFandom // The Nailasaurus

For this month’s Lacquer Legion theme – Fandom – I was completely spoilt for choice when it came to my inspiration. My mind has been going in circles since the theme was announced but in the end I settled on some Avengers nail art. I’m a big fan of the Marvel Universe and with all the buzz around Age of Ultron at Comic-Con over the weekend, I just couldn’t help myself! If you want to browse my past Marvel manicures, there’s a whole category dedicated to them here.

If you’re taking part in today’s Lacquer Legion challenge, don’t forget to use #LLFandom when you post your mani and share it on the Facebook page. If you’re just spectating this time around, it’s easy to follow along on Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook using the hashtag.

For this nail art, I used a lot of nail polish. Too much to name it all here but my base colours are No7 Just Black, Cult Nails Time Traveler (Whovian bonus, woo!) and Revlon Bordeaux. I freehanded all of the detail using a nail art brush.
Polishes worth noting are A-England Excalibur Renaissance, a super opaque silver and the Sweet Color Liner Polish, the perfect white for freehanding although I used a nail art brush, not the liner that’s included.