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Day 25: Inspired by Fashion

3rd November 2011

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I’ll be honest here – I’m not a very fashion conscious person. I’m not trying to sound conceited but I may come across like that anyway, but I believe personal style > fashion. So the first thing I did for researching today’s nails was to Google ‘Fashion’!
After a bit of searching, I stumbled upon Michael Kors’ website and fell in love with the simplicity and elegance of his dress designs. I quickly chose this dress as my inspiration.

Thankfully, Rie and Cris know a bit more than me about fashion. Head over to see their couture creations today.

I used W7 Black as a base colour then slicked on GOSH top coat and placed
on the bullion before it dried.
I used a top coat of NYC to seal it all in.

This dress is so classic yet the studs give it that rock-chick rebel vibe. I love it! I feel like such a bad-ass wearing studded nails! I’ll be wearing my biker boots and leather jacket today.

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Day 24: Inspired by a Book

2nd November 2011

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Can you believe there are only seven days left of this challenge?! I really can’t!
So, for nails inspired by a book I decided to go for a children’s book – The Rainbow Fish. I did consider a few adult books that I’ve read recently but this seemed way more fun!

I can’t wait to see Rie and Cris‘s book inspired nails today!

Stamping Plate: BM209
Base Colour: A-England – Tristam
Stamp Colour: GOSH – Holographic
To colour in the scales, I used: Nails Inc – Shoreditch, Kriston – 52, Rimmel – Blue My Mind and Models Own Juicy Jules
Top Coat of NYC

In the style of Rie, I decided to include a close up shot today. Check out those ‘scales’!

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Day 23: Inspired by a Movie (V For Vendetta Nail Art)

1st November 2011

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Some of you may remember back to September when I did ‘Just Like The Movies‘ week? Well, I pretty much used up every idea I’ve ever had for movie manicures! A friend suggested I use a ‘V For Vendetta’ theme and I immediately jumped on that concept.

In case anyone hasn’t seen the movie, I won’t give away too many details but it’s loosely based on the events leading up to what is now known as Guy Fawkes Night (November 5th 1605 wiki). I don’t know how well the story is known in the U.S. but it’s a part of British history that every kid is taught about in school. Everyone I know that’s seen the movie really likes it, so if you haven’t seen it yet – you should!

Don’t forget to check out Cristina and Rie‘s Movie Manicures too!

Thumb to Pinky: ‘V’, Rose, Fireworks, V himself, Government insignia

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Day 22: Inspired by a Song

31st October 2011

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I kind of cheated a little today, my mani is inspired by a few songs. Well, actually, an album! A few weeks ago, I went to see a guy called Charlie Simpson in concert and of course I had to decorate my nails for the occasion. I’ve been saving them to post today.

Charlie Simpson is such a great musician. He’s been in a few bands in his time; playing pop rock, post-hardcore and now acoustic folk. I used his song, ‘Parachutes’ in my video tutorial for the Ocean Waves nail art so some of you may recognise it…

Charlie Simpson – Parachutes

My thumbnail is the album cover and each of my other nails is inspired by one of the songs on the album.

Don’t forget to visit Cristina and Rie‘s blogs today to see their song inspired nails!

Thumb to pinky: Album cover, Sundown, Parachutes, Thorns, Cemetary

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Day 21: Inspired by a Colour

30th October 2011

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Today’s criteria is a bit of an odd one. I couldn’t decide if it meant inspired by an actual colour or inspired by a shade name or even something else completely that I didn’t pick up on! In the end I decided to rummage through my stash to see if any of the colour names inspired me and this Rimmel polish, Purple Reign, gave me an idea straight away.

I decided to make a mani from the name and stamp crowns on my nails. Get it? Purple REIGN 😉

Head over to see whar Cristina and Rie came up with today.

Plate: Bundle Monster BM08
Base Colour: Rimmel – Purple Reign
Stamp Colour: GOSH Metallic Purple
Top Coat of NYC

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31 Day Challenge: Days 1-20

29th October 2011

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So here we are at Day 20 of the challenge and I just want to say how proud I am of Rie, Cris and myself for making it this far! The end is in sight and it really looks like we’re going to make it.

Thank you so much to all you amazing people that stop by to check out our challenges every day! Here’s a quick recap of Days 1-20 in case you missed any…

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Day 20: Water Marbled

29th October 2011

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If I could take one sick day from the 31 Day Challenge, it would be today! The mani you see here is my third attempt at a decent water marble. By the time I finished I was suffocating under the sheer amount of marbling fail. Never again, guys, never again!

In hindsight, my experience with water marbling was not that bad, but at the time all I wanted to do was scrub this off my nails as soon as the pictures were taken. It looks kind of nice, but for the hours, sweat and tears it stole from me I probably won’t be doing it again any time soon!

Head over to Rie and Cristina‘s blogs to see if they had better luck than me with their water marbling!

Base colour: BYS Lilac Bliss

Marble colours: La Femme Grey Cream, Nails Inc Victoria, George Scarlet Kiss

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