New 31DC Day 31: Recreate someone else's mani

Finally, the last day of the challenge is here. I missed a couple days, but I made it to the end! I'm a little sad to not have a specific look to do each week, but I'm also relieved that I can go back to doing whatever I want. Challenges are a lot of pressure!

Anyway, for this day, I decided to recreate this look from Lisa at Polished Elegance. She did it for her favorite color day, along with a very helpful picture tutorial. I absolutely love argyle, and knew that I had to do it as soon as I saw hers.

I did 2 coats of SquareHue- Happy creme on all but my ring finger, where I did 2 coats of Sinful Colors- Snow Me White. Then I taped off the squares and painted Happy creme on the ring finger. Then I took a striping brush and Orly- Dazzle to do my lines. Topped it all with one coat of HK Girl.

I really love this look and want to do it again sometime, my right hand didn't look nearly as good as my left, I'm not too good with the striper yet. I hope I did this justice!

New 31 DC Day 12: Tape Mani

Today's theme is tape mani. I have lots of craft scissors, and had all kinds of ideas for this one...but then I put off doing it until about 11:30 last night. So let's be honest, I kinda half-assed it. But, it was my first time using striping tape! So that was fun. I have lots of other things I want to try with the striping tape, I've just been nervous to try it. I think it turned out pretty good for my first time! I didn't stick it down quite good enough on my pinky, oh well.

I started with 2 coats of Orly-Dazzle. I really like this silver, it doesn't stamp well though. Still searching for a good silver stamper. I taped off my lines and added one kind of thickish coat of Salon Perfect- Pure Azure. Topped with one coat of Out the Door.

I'm going to try something hopefully more exciting with the striping tape in the near future.

Pink&Matte

Maybe one day I'll come up with some fun, creative titles...but that's not today. 

I started with one coat of LA Colors- Energy Source as underwear. Then added 2 coats of NYC- Pink Polyester Creme, and one coat of NYC. I used BM-301 and Konad Special White to do the stamp. I topped it with one coat of NYC and then one coat of NYC- Matte me Crazy Mattifying top coat. I LOVE how it turned out!

I was taking pictures of my nails and my 3-year-old insisted that I take a picture of her naked nails. So here are hers... :)

The best part, besides it turning out like I'd hoped, was how long it lasted! I did this on a Thursday night, and by Sunday, it was still perfect. I couldn't believe it! It wasn't until I deep cleaned 2 bathrooms, did the dishes, and swept and mopped the kitchen that I ended up with 2 chips. It was pretty amazing.

Black Rays

This one turned out a lot different than I had planned. I started with a dark gray base which I really loved. Then I did one coat of Orly-Winter Wonderland, that made it look silver. I wish I would have stuck with the gray. Then I stamped the design with Konad Special Black. My cuticles are a bit messy, but it turned out alright. Right after I finished, I dinged my thumb, so I'm ready to change my nails already.

This was my favorite nail. I think the stamping turned out great on it.

Day 12: Stripes

I got this idea from Pinterest. Although mine didn't turn out nearly as cute. She used a lighter blue and her lines were much neater. I used a dotting tool to make my lines, which is why they're such a mess. I really need to get a striping brush!

Day 8: Metallic nails

For this I used a pink chrome and a silver chrome. The pink doesn't look very metallic in the pictures though. I stamped the lines with my Bundle Monster plates.