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    31DC2013 Day 24: Inspired by a Book

    24th September 2013
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    At the risk of sounded terribly uncultured I’m just gonna come straight out and admit that I’ve only read one book this year. Shameful I know. I used to read every single night before bed but in recent years, nail art and blogging has taken over any spare time I have, so I guess some good has come of it!
    As I’ve probably mentioned before, I spend a lot of time watching TV and Movies (in the background while I’m doing nail art mostly) so for today’s literary inspiration I decided on Darkly Dreaming Dexter – a book that spawned an amazing TV series by the name of Dexter. Dexter is a ‘forensic blood spatter pattern analyst’ so I created some blood splatter nails. Analyze that, Dexter!

    I used Barry M White as my base colour and created the splatter using a straw. I blobbed out some Barry M Blood Orange on to a sheet of plastic, dipped in the straw, pointed it towards my nail and blew through it sharply. Jen at The Polishaholic has a more in depth tutorial on her blog.
    I topped it all off with two coats of No7 Stay Perfect Top Coat.

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    See what’s coming next in the 31 Day Challenge 2013!

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    31DC2012: Day 31 Recreate Your Favourite Challenge (Part 2)

    21st December 2012
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    Here it is. The very last. The final day of my 31 Day Challenge 2012! It’s been a long and bumpy ride, we even lost a woman 5 weeks in but just like last year, I’m so glad we did it! I don’t really have much else to say on the subject so I’ll just leave you with my recreation of Rie’s Day 8 Metallic Nails.
    I’ve never ever done a splatter mani before and I probably won’t be doing one again any time soon. The clean up on this took just as long, if not longer, than the mani itself! I think part of the problem was the metallic polishes. Whenever I touched acetone to the mess, it would send a million bits of shimmer swimming in to my cuticles and I just couldn’t get it all off! Saying that, I did grow to love the result and maybe a bit of practice will do me good.

    I used A-England Lancelot as my base colour, then used Essie Penny Talk, Barry M Gold Foil and Barry M Silver Foil for the splatters. I topped it with one coat of Seche Vite to make it dry quickly and then one coat of Rimmel Mattifying Top Coat.

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