Challenge Day 15 - Delicate Print

I honestly for the life of me couldn't figure out what I wanted to do for the challenge day. So I tried out different combos and finally had my heart set on this color combo and pattern. I used 1 coat of Borghese Marino, then stamped over with China Glaze GR8 and Bundle Monster image plate BM-214.

And here is a swatch of the beautiful Borghese Marino:

Challenge Day 14 - Flowers

 My absolute favorite flower are Stargazer Lillies. In fact my birth month flower (May) are Lillies. I saw this tutorial from Chalkboard Nails and just knew I had to do it. The base is China Glaze White on White, the pink is sponged on Sinful Colors Boom Boom (don't you just love the name?), the dark pink dots are Petites Pink Crush using a dotting tool and the green is Sally Hansen Ivy League.

Challenge Day 13 - Animal Print

Since I have been neglecting my blog I figured I should have a second post for today. For todays challenge Animal Print I decided to go with a snake skin print. I love snakes and if it was up to me I would own one, but unfortunately I don't have the time and I don't think Allan would appreciate having a snake in the house with a 3 year old. Just a little side story, I used to have a childhood friend who lived right behind my parents house, our backyards were facing each other. She was the same age as me and we would always go outside and play. Well her and her mother rented that house and sometimes had roommates and one of her roommates was a guy who had a snake collection. We would be in the garage holding and petting the snakes it was really awsome to be able to handle snakes at such a young age I think I was like 8 years old. I'm happy I did otherwise I might have a phobia of snakes just like my mom, instead I have a huge phobia of spiders. Anyways back to the mani, for this I used 1 coat of Sinful Colors Black on Black for my base, I stamped using A-England Saint George and China Glaze GR8 with Bundle Monster image plate BM-215. I really enjoyed this challenge and absolutely adored how it came out and beware this post is picture heavy!

And here is a swatch of the beautiful A-England Saint George.

I hope this post will make up for my absence. Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Challenge Day 12 - Stripes

I must be delusional becuase I ended up using another pink again, wow 2 days in a row! This mani looked comletely different in my head but I think the outcome was so much better than what I had planned in my head. It's a very subtle stripe mani but it reminds me of very elegant wrapping paper. Here's a fun and quick fact. OPI Hawaiian Orchid was my very first OPI I ever bought and it was originally supposed to be used for my trip to Hawaii last year (2011), but I ended up being boring and just did a Frech Tip Mani. Anyways as you already know my base used was OPI Hawaiian Orchid. The stripes are Konad Special Nail Polish Gold and Cheeky plate CH11. The bow is Konad Special Nail Polish White and Cheeky plate CH8.

Here's a quick swatch of OPI Hawaiian Orchid:

Challenge Day 11 - Polka Dots

First of all I want to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my son Julius, I can't believe it has already been 3 years, where does time go? Ok time for the mani, I tend to stray away from any pink or red polishes because I just feel like they are just too much of girly colors for me, but this challenge day I was in a pink mood, very shocking! So I opened my Pink & Red drawer to my Helmer and I just could not choose which pinks or reds I should choose, for someone who hates dislikes pinks I have a lot of pinks to choose from. For my base I used China Glaze White on White. For the polka dots I used OPI Kiss Me On My Tulips, OPI Red Lights Ahead...Where?, and OPI Sparrow Me the Drama and used my handy dandy dotting tool. I just knew I wanted the polka dots to cover my whole nail so I chose to do diagnal lines with the polka dots and VOILA there you have it my Polka Dot Mani.

Here is a swatch of China Glaze White on White:

Challenge Day 10 - Gradient

Instead of doing just a normal gradient like I am supposed to, I decided since I had already done a gradient for Day 6 Violet, I would just show you a Ombre Mani instead. This was my first attempt at ever doing an Ombre mani and I really like the end results and the fact that it was super easy to do!

For this mani I used: Base Coat: Revlon Base Coat. Base Color: Sinful Colors Nirvana. As the base color got lighter I just added 1-2 drops of China Glaze White on White, and as the base color got darker I just added 1-2 drops of  Sinful Colors Blaack on Black. Top Coat: Seche Vite.

Here is a swatch of Sinful Colors Nirvana.

And here's a little extra an actual Gradient Mani:

For this mani I used Sally Hansen Lightening for the base color and for the sponging I used Sinful Colors Cloud 9 mixed with Warpaint Acid Orange and Sephora by OPI What Aura Gonna Wear? mixed with Icing Neon Pink. This is what I call my Sunset Mani...fitting right? I was going to add palm trees but I couldn't find my image plate with the palm tree and I tried to free hand but it just isn't my forte so I left it alone.

I'm super excited today because I officially go on my mini vacation starting tomorrow, so I just need to get through work today then I have a 4 day weekend to hang with the Birthday Boy. Ahhh still can't believe my baby is turning 3 years old not so much my baby anymore. 

Challenge Day 9 - Rainbow

Back to the 31 Day challenge. Day 9 is Rainbow, I was just going to reshow you my mani I did a couple months back which was Rainbow tips but that would be cheating so I decided to recreate a mani I saw from someone else but I honestly can't remember who I saw it from. For each nail I just painted a horizontal line of each color, no taping because I knew already I was going to paint over with black. I used Color Club Cadillac Red, Sinful Colors Cloud 9, Sinful Colors Pull Over, Bonita Green, and Sinful Colors Endless Blue. I then taped each nail differently using striping tape and painted over with my favorite black Sinful Colors Black on Black and voila my Rainbow Mani!

Have you ever tried a Rainbow mani? Thanks for stopping by!