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31 Day Challenge: Flowers

15th September 2014

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Floral Water Decals Nail Art // The Nailasaurus

How many cheat days do you suppose we’re allowed on the 31 Day Challenge? Since I used water decals for this mani, I’ll count today as one of mine!

These are from She Sells Seashells and it’s the first time I’ve ever used all-over water decals so I didn’t really know what to expect. I was really impressed by how easy it was to trim them to the right size and then how smooth they applied. There are a few creases here and there, but nothing too noticeable, and that’s mostly my fault for rushing. What I liked about these was they disintegrated with acetone so it was very easy to clean up around the edges where I didn’t cut them to quite the right size.

For this nail art, I used Essie Go Ginza for my base colour. You definitely need a very light base with these decals.

The water decals are from She Sells Seashells and I topped it off with Glisten & Glow HK Girl.

31 Day Challenge Flowers // The Nailasaurus

She Sells Seashells Water Decals // The Nailasaurus

She Sells Seashells Floral Water Decals // The Nailasaurus

31 Day Challenge, Nail Art, Stamping, Uncategorised

31 Day Challenge: Animal Print

14th September 2014

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For my my animal print nails, I’ve gone pretty simple with a true classic leopard print stamp from Konad. This is the first stamping plate I ever owned so I have deep feels for the patterns that are on it!

This gold polish from NYC is really great for nail art as it’s good and opaque with a foil finish, rather than chrome, but it is a bit of a nightmare to clean up! I think it’s because it’s sort of like a lgitter in that there are trillions of tiny particles of colour in there which get away from you. I used my DIY Peel Off Base Coat around my nails before stamping in an effort to protect from the worst of it but you can still see little bits around my cuticles that I couldn’t get rid of. I could have scrubbed with a nail brush but I didn’t want to risk scraping off the stamping, since there’s no top coat over it.

I started with a base of Barry M Espresso.

I used a coat of Rimmel Matte Finish to even out the surface as I find the Barry M mattes can sometimes look a bit streaky.

Finally, I stamped the leopard design using NYC Full Metal Jacket with Konad Plate M57.

Matte and Glossy Stamping Nail Art // The Nailasaurus

31 Day Challenge, Nail Art, Uncategorised

31 Day Challenge: Stripes

13th September 2014

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I’m a day behind on the 31 Day Challenge but determined to catch up over the weekend! These are my stripe nails for Day 12 (yesterday) inspired by Globe & Nail. When I was scrolling through piCture pOlish’s Instagram profile at all the amazing manis created with Nail Vinyls, Emma’s just really stood out to me so I was chuffed when I realised I had everything I would need to recreate it.

Items used

Barry M White

Straight Decals from She Sells Seashells

piCture pOlish Bonkers

piCture pOlish Swagger

Sweet Color White Liner

and a Nail Art Brush

31 Day Challenge, Nail Art, Uncategorised

31 Day Challenge: Polka Dot Confetti

11th September 2014

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Polka Dot Confetti Nail Art // The Nailasaurus

Good old polka dots. They’re always so reliable and versatile. You know polka dots have got your back when that water marble isn’t going right or you just can’t get those glequins to stay put! I spent a long time picking out the colours for this final mani because there were a few combos that didn’t make it past the first coat.

I love that it looks like confetti – it just makes me happy. I think it would look even better with a few more bright colours thrown in there too.

For this nail art, I started with a base of Rimmel Lose Your Lingerie.

I added the dots using the smallest dotting tool in my set with Models Own Asscher Blue and Sally Hansen Coral Reef. I alternated between the colours to blend the dots together.

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

31 Day Challenge Polka Dots // The Nailasaurus

31 Day Challenge Polka Dot Nails // The Nailasaurus

31 Day Challenge, Glitter, Gradient, Nail Art, Uncategorised

31 Day Challenge: Gradient Nails

10th September 2014

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I think I managed to find a colour combination that I haven’t used yet for today’s gradient. I’ve been on a bit of a blue blue streak since the colour restrictions were lifted and I’m carrying on today. Third time’s lucky as they say!

For this gradient, I used 2true Shade 15 as my base colour, then created the gradient using Rimmel Keep Calm & Party. There’s a gradient tutorial here!

I topped it with a coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust and then finished off with Glisten & Glow HK Girl.

Glittery Gradient Nail Art // The Nailasaurus

Blue to Purple Gradient Nail Art // The Nailasaurus

31 Day Challenge Gradient Nail Art // The Nailasaurus

31 Day Challenge, Freehand, Nail Art, Stamping, Uncategorised

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

31 Day Challenge, Freehand, Nail Art, Uncategorised

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