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Superheroes Challenge: Disney Villain… Off With Their Heads

26th June 2012

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Give me comic books over Disney any day! I’ve been really stuck for ideas this week but I think I’ve managed to come up with something decent. I really wanted to do Cruella De Vil because 100 Dalmatians is really the only Disney movie I remember watching as a kid – the 1996 live action version I mean! I just wasn’t much of a Disney child.

Well I ultimately decided on the Queen of Hearts because I’ve had a long day and I wanted something simple and easy. What a cop out, right! I loved Helena Bonham Carter’s portrayal of her in Tim Burton’s version but I’m not sure I’ve ever seen the Disney animated original. I’m just full of disappointments today aren’t I?!

I used L’Oreal Resist and Shine Red, W7 Black, Barry M White, Barry M Gold Foil and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Sun Kissed. As always, the details were applied with a nail art brush.

Previously: Disney Princesses

As always, the other ladies taking part will have some awesome designs today too!

Jo at Northern Nails

Charlotte at Charlotte’s Nails

Debbie at The Crumpet

Kerrie at PishPosh and Polish

Sarah at Spellbinding Nails

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Superheroes Challenge: DC Hero… Superman

21st June 2012

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I know Superman is kind of an obvious choice but sometimes that’s the best way to go! He gets a bad rap these days for being kind of irrelevant and you have to admit his powers are kind of lame compared to the superheroes we know today. But you’ve gotta give the guy some credit, he’s kind of ‘the original’ superhero and he can’t really keep up with his modern contemporaries who have all those cool technologies and weapons to make them awesome.
(Superman Wiki)

I had a hectic day but I had a swatch post ready to go until I realised a few hours ago that it was a challenge day and I didn’t even have any nail art prepared. Whoops! I knew who my hero was but I hadn’t even thought about the nail art so I kept it simple. The ‘Super S’ is so iconic that I don’t think it needs much else to get the point across!

I used NYC Lexington Yellow, No7 Poolside Blue and that unnamed L’Oreal Resist and Shine red I seem to be using every day this week!

I freehanded the details with a small nail art brush and outlined in black acrylic paint. The glitter, or ‘glequins’, came in 12 colour pack from Born Pretty Store.

As always, go check out what the other ladies came up with today!

Jo from Northern Nails

Charlotte from Charlotte’s Nails

Debbie from The Crumpet

Kerrie from PishPosh and Polish

Sarah from Spellbinding Nails

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Guitar Hero Nail Art 2.0

20th June 2012

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Back in January, I got my Guitar Hero set with one game – Warriors of Rock. 6 months later, I’m still playing it and I have 4 of the games! I really thought it would just be a bit of fun and a passing fad but I’m still completely addicted! I’m more of a drumming girl but guitar is fun too!

I did do some GH nail art back then but I wanted to update it a bit since I’m now an ‘Expert’ which means I get to use the dreaded orange button! I thought I would take advantage of my square shaped nails and just frame them because they’re pretty much exactly the same shape as the buttons on the guitar.

I used W7 Black for my base colour. Next I took Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Whirlwind White to draw on the frames before adding the colours to make sure they’d be as bright as possible.

The colours are an unnamed red from L’Oreal Resist and Shine, NYC Lexington Yellow, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Pacific Blue and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Sun Kissed.

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Superheroes Challenge: DC Villain…Harley Quinn

19th June 2012

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Harley Quinn is completely ‘bat’ crazy but you have to admire her in some ways! She’s very loyal (some might say a sycophant) and incredibly resourceful. Her first appearance was in a Batman cartoon back in the 90’s and the character was only created to serve as The Joker’s sidekick in one episode. In 2009, Harley made it on to IGN’s Top 100 Comic Book Villains at #45. Not bad for a psycho psychiatrist from Brooklyn!

(Harley Quinn Wiki)

Aside from Comics, her biggest role in mainstream media was in Batman: Arkham Asylum but I would really love to see her brought to life in a movie. Damn you, Christopher Nolan! I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed for another Batman reboot in the future. Preferably with Zach Snyder directing but he’s on that whole Man of Steel thing (hint hint) so that doesn’t seem very likely. Can you imagine his slow-mo scenes in a Batman movie… heaven! Hey, a fangirl can dream!

Superheroes Nail Art Challenge: DC Villain

I used an unnamed L’Oreal Resist and Shine polish for the red base and W7 Black for the harlequin patterns using a nail art brush.

I painted Harley herself on a base of Barry M White using Black Acrylic Paint for the outlines and details plus the aforementioned L’Oreal red. I used Rimmel Grey Matter to fill in the background and for the shading. Her eyes are Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Brisk Blue.

I added two top coats of Cult Nails Wicked Fast to finish it off.

Previously: Batman and Foes Nail Art

I’m excited to see what the other girls come up with today! I’m hoping to see a Joker for my Harley somewhere!

Jo from Northern Nails

Charlotte from Charlotte’s Nails

Debbie from The Crumpet

Kerrie from PishPosh and Polish

Sarah from Spellbinding Nails

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Put The Pieces Back Together

17th June 2012

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This idea has been sitting on a post-it note for a while now. I actually have a wall covered in post-its with nail art ideas on, I just need to find the time to get through them! Blue is my favourite colour to wear on my nails and it’s been way too long since it graced my nails. Since I couldn’t decide exactly which shade I wanted to wear, this design was ideal.

I used Barry M Blueberry Ice Cream for my base colour. Next, I freehanded on 2/4 of the puzzle shapes on each nail with No7 Poolside Blue, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Brisk Blue, and a nail art brush.

I outlined the shapes using the same small nail art brush with white acrylic paint.

Finally, I topped it with two coats of Cult Nails Wicked Fast.

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Sandy Skittle

15th June 2012

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It seems I’ve dug myself in to a comfy little nail art nook this past week. There have been two manis that I fell head over heels for and have been longing to wear again – the purple skittle mani and the sandy glitter sandwich.

But I don’t want to bore you all, so I imagined what their lovechild would look like and painted that on my nails instead! The result is a Sandy Skittle! I don’t know where I keep plucking these absurd names from but they do seem to roll off the tongue and I think they are perfectly descriptive.

I had so many pictures to choose from today, I had to put some after the jump. You’ll also find all the info about polishes there too.

The base colour is Cult Nails Cruisin Nude.

For the tribal patterns I used Black Acrylic Paint and Barry M Gold Foil.

The glitter on my ring finger is BYS Gold Finger and I topped that with two coats of Samoan Sand to make a glitter sandwich.

To create the leopard print on my first finger, I used Red Angel Plate RA-107 with W7 Black and topped it with Barry M Gold Foil.

The brush I used for all the freehanded details was a small striper brush from a nail art brush set.

Finally I finished it all off with two coats of Cult Nails Wicked Fast Top Coat.

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Superheroes Challenge: Marvel Hero… Wasp!

14th June 2012

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So we’ve seen the Villain and today, Marvel’s hero is riding, or should I say flying, in to save the day! I know that Venom is Spider-Man’s arch enemy but I’ve done Spider-Man nail art in the past so I thought I’d try something new today. I’ve actually done most of the popular Marvel heroes before (Marvel even has it’s own tag!) so I had to reach a bit further than the Hollywood blockbusters for today’s nail art.

I chose to do Wasp, aka Janet Van Dyne. Some of you might recognise her from one of the Avengers cartoon series. I know that’s where I first saw her and when I was coming up with ideas for today’s nail art, I had an idea for her immediately! The wings came out better than I expected since I had the idea to make them pearly right at the last second and it definitely makes them more convincing as wasp wings!

I used NYC Lexington Yellow and Cult Nails Cruisin Nude as my base colours. All the black detail is done with a small nail art brush and black acrylic paint. Finally, I used Rimmel Daisy Chain to go over the wings and give them that delicate, pearly effect.

I finished it all of with two coats of Cult Nails Wicked Fast.