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    31 Day Challenge: Black and White

    7th September 2014
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    Black and White Gradient Nail Art // The Nailasaurus


    Kids, don’t rush your gradients! I sped through this one today and the result is a speckly mess. It actually looks pretty awesome from far away, but I’m not fooling anyone with these photos. Idea: solid. Execution: poor!
    Once you have the technique down, having the patience to wait between layers is the most challenging part of any gradient mani. Sometimes you’ll get away with it but most of the time it’ll end up taking a turn for the worse and looking something like this. The colours aren’t blended very well, there are sponge marks and the polish has even started coming off the tips from my overzealous dabbing! I really like the look of the grey to white gradient but next time I’ll make sure I use a thinner white polish and wait for each layer to dry thoroughly before moving on to the next.
    Instead of redoing the whole lot for today’s post, I thought it might be good to post it as I never really show you my nail art fails. There have been plenty of them, but I normally remove them before anyone sees and try to forget they ever happened!

    Items Used

    Barry M White
    Sally Hansen Dorian Grey
    Greyscale Gradient Nail Art // The Nailasaurus
    31 Day Challenge: Black and White // The Nailasaurus
    Grayscale Gradient Nail Art // The Nailasaurus
    31 Day Challenge: B+W // The Nailasaurus
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    31 Day Challenge, Nail Art, Stamping, Uncategorised

    31 Day Challenge: Violet

    6th September 2014
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    Essie Go Ginza Nail Art // The Nailasaurus


    For Day 6 of the challenge, we have to create Violet nails but I have always taken that to mean purple in general. Nevertheless, I’ve embraced it today and even used a polish with Violet in the name!
    To create this harlequin look, I created my own decal using a stamping plate and stamper. I picked up the diamond design from MoYou Hipster 08 with BK Matte White and left it on the stamper. Next, I used a nail art brush to fill in the diamonds using a few purple shades. After a few minutes, I coated it with a thin layer of clear nail polish and once that was dry, I peeled it all off the stamper in one piece and placed it on my nail. There’s a video tutorial here if you want to see the method in action. The other chevron design is stamped from the same plate with The Lacquer Lab Ultra Violet.

    Items Used

    Essie Go Ginza
    BK Matte White
    NYC Lavender Blossom
    Barry M Lavender Foil
    The Lacquer Lab Ultra Violet
    MoYou Hipster Plate 08
    31 Day Challenge Day 6: Violet Nails
    Essie Go Ginza with MoYou Stamping Nail Art // The Nailasaurus
    Essie Go Ginza Harlequin Nail Art // The Nailasaurus
    Essie Go Ginza Harlequin Nail Art // The Nailasaurus
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    31 Day Challenge: Blue

    5th September 2014
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    Turquoise Nail Art with piCture pOlish Fool's Gold

    I had a total fangirl freak out when Oh My Gosh, Polish! posted a beautiful turquoise mani with my piCture pOlish shade, Fool’s Gold, a few days ago. You can see that masterpiece right here. She mentioned that it was the perfect shade for a turquoise mani as there’s already gold in the polish, so you can skip a step when doing the nail art. 
    With today’s Blue prompt coming up, I thought I’d do my best to recreate the turquoise manicure. I have tried before and always failed miserably but this time went a little better. I had to do a bit of trial and error to find a nail polish and spray combination that worked but then I was away. It’s a little heavier on the black than I would have liked but I’ll keep trying with different combinations until I get it just right!
    You can watch Oh My Gosh, Polish!’s tutorial for this nail art on her YouTube channel. I just love the way ‘Nailasaurus’ sounds in the Australian accent. It’s quite a novelty to hear it spoken by anyone as whenever I talk about it with people IRL, they normally refer to it as ‘your blog’ and I always say ‘my blog’. I know it’s a bit of a mouthful so maybe people avoid saying it in front of me in case they mess it up. I pronounce it nail-uh-sore-us but there’s really no wrong way to say it!

    Polishes Used

    piCture pOlish Fool’s Gold
    Cirque Memento Mori
    Glisten & Glow HK Girl Top Coat

    Turquoise Nail Art // The Nailasaurus
    piCture pOlish Fool's Gold Nail Art // The Nailasaurus
    31 Day Challenge Day 5: Blue
    Turquoise Nail Art inspired by @ohmygoshpolish // The Nailasaurus
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    31 Day Challenge, Nail Art, Uncategorised

    31 Day Challenge: Green

    4th September 2014
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    Sally Hansen Green Tea Nail Art // The Nailasaurus


    Does anyone remember my last post that fetured this amazing mint green from Sally Hansen? In ‘The Trouble With Bargains‘ I got all emosh because the bottle was running low and I couldn’t find a new one anywhere. You guys came to the rescue and found it listed on eBay and I snapped it up right away! A big, huge thank you to everyone that took time out of their day to find my beloved Green Tea!
    I’m changing course today without a single sighting of glitter or matte. There’s even a little bit of nail art in here! Admittedly, I was going to go with a green jelly sandwich but then I remembered how amazing pastel purple goes with mint green and came up with this simple solution to wear the two together.

    Items Used

    Essie Go Ginza
    Sally Hansen Green Tea
    She Sells Seashells Straight Stencils
    Barry M Greenberry
    Glisten & Glow HK Girl Top Coat
    Sally Hansen Green Tea // The Nailasaurus
    Pastel Geometric Nail Art // The Nailasaurus
    Sally Hansen Green Tea // The Nailasaurus
    Sally Hansen Green Tea // The Nailasaurus
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    31 Day Challenge, Glitter, Nail Art, Uncategorised

    31 Day Challenge: Yellow

    3rd September 2014
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    Lynnderella Golden Rules over NYC Lexington Yellow // The Nailasaurus

    Well so far, so good with the challenge! I did have to to make it brief yesterday and I won’t keep you too long today either. I think this is the only yellow in my collection that I’m actually happy to wear on its own and one of the few yellows I’ve ever used that will even stand on its own without a white base.
    It looks really bright in the pictures but it’s not quite so radioactive in real life. I topped it with a very special Lynnderella glitter which I inherited from a polish loving acquaintance recently (more to come on that soon) and a matte top coat = cool level through the roof. Rarely does a glitter ever look bad with a matte finish!

    Polishes Used

    NYC Lexington Yellow
    Lynnderella Golden Rules
    Glisten & Glow HK Girl
    NYC Matte Me Crazy
    NYC Lexington Yellow Mattified // The Nailasaurus
    31 Day Challenge / Day 3 / Yellow
    NYC Lexington Yellow with Lynnderella Golden Rules // The Nailasaurus
    Yellow Nail Polish with Gold Glitter // The Nailasaurus
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    31 Day Challenge: Red

    1st September 2014
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    Pahlish // Thunderous Sparks

    Today is the start of the #31DC2014 and until just a few hours ago, I was planning to sit this one out as I’ve just started a new job and and struggling to fit in time for blogging every 3 days, let alone every single day! In the early hours of this morning, I started contemplating it and I knew I’d be missing out if I didn’t even try to complete it again this year. In the end I decided to just dive in and take each day as it comes! If you want, you can catch up with my efforts from the challenge in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
    This year, I’m not going to commit myself to completing every single day but I’m going to try my damnedest to finish them all anyway! If I do have to sit out a day here or there, it’ll be very hard not to feel guilty about it!
    Big thanks to Chalkboard Nails for basically organising the annual gathering of 31 Day Challengers single-handedly. If you want to find out more about the challenge or even take part yourself, she wrote a great FAQ on her blog.
    We’re kicking off today with red. I’m going to be taking full advantage of the first 6 days where no nail art is required to ease myself in. It’ll also give me chance to use plenty of my glitter polishes that don’t get enough love. Today I’ve gone with a glittery jelly/topper from Pahlish over a few coats of my boldest red polish.

    Polishes Used

    Rimmel Raw as Night
    Pahlish Thunderous Sparks
    Pahlish // Thunderous Sparks
    The Nailasaurus #31DC2014
    The Nailasaurus #31DC2014 // Red Nails
    31 Day Challenge // The Nailasaurus
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