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31DC2013 Day 3: Yellow Nails

3rd September 2013

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Today’s post is quite a bit later than normal because I got cold feet about the first yellow look I came up with. It involved pastel yellow with gold glitter and although I was happy with it at first, the more I looked at it, the more repulsive it became to me! So at 8 this evening, I decided to scrap it and start over. I’m very glad I did because I LOVE these nails. I remembered very last minute that I had a neon yellow and I always forget how good neon shades look when you mix them with something subdued.

The neon is only visible under certain lighting so I think you could totally get away with these at work or anywhere else you have to wear sensible nails. It would be like your dirty little secret that you actually had the craziest nails in the room!

I used Barry M Lychee as my base colour and stamped on the fishnet design from Konad Plate M57 using Models Own Luis Lemon. It’s all topped with one coat of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly.

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31DC2013 Day 2: Orange Nails

2nd September 2013

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This challenge is bringing a few issues to my attention. Today it was the fact that although I have quite a few bottles of orange polish, they’re all pretty much the same shade! I seem to have a real penchant for bright, tangerine orange. I eventually found something a bit different – Barry M Papaya which is a creamy, coral orange and decided to mix the two up in a gradient for Day 2 of the challenge.

I started with a base colour of Barry M Papaya and created a gradient with Essie Fear & Desire. Click here for a gradient tutorial. It’s all topped off with two coats of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly.

Find out what’s coming up next in the challenge here!

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31DC2013 Day 1: Red

1st September 2013

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My red nails for Day 1 of the challenge aren’t too adventurous as I wanted to keep it classic to go with the red polish. I went through a phase when I was crazy about this polish, Rimmel Heart on Fire, but it’s been sat in its drawer unloved for a few months. I was very glad to dust it off and give it a whirl today.

1. I started with a base coat of OPI Nail Envy and waited for that to dry before applying hole reinforcers to mark off the half moons near my cuticle.

2. I then painted the rest of the nail with Rimmel Heart On Fire and removed the sticker straight away. Fragrance Direct currently has loads of Rimmel Lycra Pro polishes for 99p including Heart on Fire!

3. When it was all dry, I added on the accent lines in Barry M Gold Foil with a nail art brush.

4. Finally I topped it all off with two coats of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly.

I did a pictorial for half moons over at Divine Caroline if you’d like to see the process in a bit more detail.

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Call Me Crazy…

31st August 2013

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…but this is happening again! This will be the third year running that I’m embarking on the 31 Day Challenge and I’m incredibly nervous but excited at the same time! The challenge always pushes me to come up with original nail art ideas and I definitely feel like I need a boost as I’ve been lacking in inspiration lately. Although it can be tough at times when you’re struggling to find inspiration or enough hours in the day. But hey, they don’t call it a challenge for nothin’!

If you want to see past years’ challenge manicures, you can click through the 2012 challenge here and the 2011 challenge is here.

This year, I’m jumping on board with Sarah from Chalkboard Nails who called the nail art community to action this week! Sarah wrote a post with plenty of information and a few other images for you guys to grab on her blog here.

I will be starting with Day 1 tomorrow, September 1st and posting every day until the challenge is over. At least if everything goes to plan! Who else is going to be taking the challenge?

Thanks to Chalkboard Nails for the lovely new graphics

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