31dc2013 Day Eleven

31dc2013 Day eleven: Polka dots

    Hello again! Today's challenge is polka dots. There is something so simple and smart about polka dots. It's such a happy print in my opinion. I've already done a polka dot manicure using black and white for day 7 of the challenge, so I wanted to do something a little different. I've seen this gradient style polka dot manicure floating around the web for a while so I figured I would give it a shot.

    I started this look off with a coat of sinful colors "last chance" which is a dark green jelly polish. Then I did a diagonal sweep across the top of the nails in julep "Melisa" which is a opalescent topper.

     I then did a line of polka dots in Melissa along the line then continued on to the green. Then I used the green over Melissa. over all a very easy look to accomplish.

    I really like the way Melissa looked in different lighting. It had this very pretty shimmer to it.
Well that's all folks!

   Steady hand to all!

31dc2013 Day Four

31dc2013 Day four: Green Nails

For this manicure I had the opposite problem from the orange and yellow nails. I have WAY too many greens to choose from. From my nail polish collection it's pretty easy to see what my favorite color is! I wanted to do something a little different from what I'm used to nail art wise. I know crackle polish is pretty old hat at this point, but I came across this Pure Ice "Vinyl Remix" duo and since I love and collect vinyl records I had to pick them up.

This polish duo is pretty interesting. It comes with a "magic base coat" which is a highly pigmented white polish that applies pretty easy for a white. Could be a one coater if you do a thicker coat. This dries pretty quickly too which makes it perfect for nail art!

I then did a stripe of the art in motion "dj spinner" which applies black and quickly crackles to reveal green inside the cracks.

Whats interesting about this polish that you can't see in this particular design, is that the crackle will bend, wiggle and swirl with the brush stokes you make using the top crackle polish.

After the middle stripe I used some striping polishes to do a variant of green lines. I then topped it all off with a glossy top coat to get rid of the crackle texture. Even though this is a design i've never done before and probably would not have if not for the 31 day challenge, I'm pretty happy with the overall outcome and plan on doing more stripey looks!

Steady hands to all!