#52weeknailchallenge: beach

I had some high hopes for this prompt... And then that didn't work... So here I am with something super easy, pretty and very much open to interpretation. Because no one got it. Let me show you what I did and judge for yourself.

I started with two coats of China Glaze beaches and toes on my thumb, index and middle finger. On my ring finger and pinky I have two coats of a Pahlish mystery polish.

I then stamped an image from Lina Summer 3 with Nicole Diary white on my ring finger and pinky. And there we have waves...

Easy and pretty, well I think so. What do you think? I really like beaches and toes. I wanted to add a stamped bikini to it... but it looked like a smiley face, so I decided against it and surprisingly I didn't have foot prints in stamp form... And since my original idea didn't work out, no way I was going to freehand that shit.

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Catch up on #52weeknailchallenge

I've been terrible with posting the challenge posts as the weeks just seem to get away from me, all the time. Since I'm late already with the new year's challenges, I decided to post the remaining ones from last year all together and hopefully this year will be better... But with planning the wedding I might not.

Let's start... First up: Mermaid

Polishes used:

Hean sugar 856 pink

Hean 401 

Hean 408

Sinful Colors green ocean 

The rest is decals.

Summer

Polishes used:

Pahlish Scamander

China Glaze let's chalk about it

The rest is decals.

Nude

Polishes used:

China Glaze beaches and toes

China Glaze meet me in the mirage

Stamping plates:

Lina feeling shapely 1

Lina feeling shapely 9

Lina @tanya_wish collab

Stamping polishes:

Nicole Diary white

Nicole Diary black 

Konad 17

Black and white

Polishes used:

China Glaze bump in the night

Hean black

Hean 401

The rest is decals.

Christmas

Polishes used:

Pahlish Godric

Pahlish Salazar

Hean 401

Stamping plate:

Lina can't wait for Xmas! 2

Stamping polishes:

Mundo de Unas caramel

Moyou fresh basil

New Year

Polishes used:

Tip Top sparkle queen

Hean sugar 852 gold

Vinyls: 

Numb3r5 from @becauseishop

And that's it. All the ones I missed from this year. They are all up on Instagram already. Now to get to work on this year's ones.

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Friday Triad: Inspired by @melcisme

It's that time of the month again, for our Friday Triad. And I have a not so funny story to tell as to why my post is about 2 hours late... I lost track of this month. Even with Xmas being two days ago, I thought I still had another week before this was due. Face Palm right?

This month it was Joyce's turn to choose and she chose this manicure by @melcisme. Let me show you what I did.

I started with two coats of Pahlish Gryffindor on my thumb, index and pinky. On my ring finger I have two coats of Pahlish Golden Snidget. On my middle finger I have two coats of Catrice good lack!

I then stamped the lines on middle finger from Lina Feeling shapely 1, with a gold born pretty polish. Adding a bow decal afterwards.

And that's that. Super quick and easy.

What do you think? I obviously haven't worn this long enough yet, but I'm starting to like it...

Don't forget to check out what Michelle and Joyce did. I can't even hazard a guess as to what they did as I haven't checked it out yet. Ladies, sorry for being late!!! At least it wasn't a midnight mani!

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Friday Triad: Inspired by @thenailartbabe

It's that time of the month again... Each month one of us chooses a mani as inspiration and we go to town with it. This month it was my turn to choose the inspo. So I chose this mani by @thenailartbabe, I originally had something else in mind, but it was similar to another design we did recently.

Let me show you what I did. I started with a coat of Hean City Fashion white, not bothering about opacity. I then did a gradient with China Glaze for Audrey at my cuticle, Hean I love Hean 401 and China Glaze emerald bae.

I then top coated as I was going to use vinyls.

I then placed the vinyls on my nails and painted a coat of Pahlish Salazar on my tips, removing the vinyls immediately. Sadly the store I got these vinyls from is no longer available. So I'm using them rather sparingly.

I am super happy with how this turned out. I got a butt load of compliments and that's always fun. What do you think? Don't forget to check out what Joyce and Michelle did... I'm suspecting someone used pink or purple.

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#52weeknailchallenge: Spring

I had a completely different idea in mind for this prompt, but then I couldn't find my inspiration!! I saw it ages ago and never saved it. So when I went looking for it, it was nowhere to be found. Teaches me for not saving it. Let me show you what I did though.

I started with two coats of Hean 903 on my thumb and index finger, on my middle two coats of Catrice good lack! On my ring finger is two coats of Pahlish golden Snidget and on my pinky is two coats of Essence you and me?

I then added a decal to my middle finger. Top coated and done.

I wasn't too sure on my colours, I thought they might be too dark for spring, but then there is flowers. And that's the whole idea.

What do you think? Spring enough?

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#52weeknailchallenge: holographic

I find holographic to be a tough prompt. Mostly because I can't seem to photograph it properly and it's more a polish than nail art... I guess the trick is to do something with the polish. Anyway let me show you what I did.

I started with two coats of Pahlish Expelliarmus! on my thumb, index and pinky. On my middle and ring finger I have two coats of Catrice good lack!

I then stamped a geometric image from Moyou flower power 22 with Born Pretty navy on my middle finger. On my ring finger I have a similar image but with a flower coloured in with Expelliarmus! from the same plate.

I kinda like how this turned out. I wanted to try something different and this is definitely not my style. It's very different to what I normally do.

I of course had to add a flash shot to show off how pretty Expelliarmus! is. I wore it by itself prior to doing this mani and I couldn't stop looking at my nails and playing with light shifts.

What do you think? Any suggestions on how to photograph holo's properly?

Thanks for reading!!

#52weeknailchallenge: flowers

I have a very busy design for flowers... I had polishes and stamping plates and decals and I just moered (thrown with no care) everything together and this was the end result...

I started with two coats of Pahlish occamy on all my nails. She is a stunner!!

I don't think occamy liked my base coat all that much since it looked like she was bubbling, but I have to show another shot.

I then stamped a rose looking image from Creative shop 17 with Essence prom-berry.

Add to that some decals and we're in business.

I did not know that after this is a blue and purple prompt, nor did I know of the silver and purple one. I could have used this for purple and silver and done another flower one, but I did not think of it at the time. You know hind sight and all.

What do you think? Occamy is so pretty and then I just went and messed it up!

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#52weeknailchallenge: vinyls

I'm kinda happy this prompt is here. It gives great opportunity to use all my untouched vinyls, but!! the problem is choosing one to use! I knew I wanted to attempt a gradient, but I was scared of bleeding polish and all over failure, so I decided to use my miracle mat and the honeycomb vinyls from becauseishop.

I started with two coats of Pahlish Rowena on my thumb and index. On my middle and ring finger I have two coats of Catrice good lack! and lastly on my pinky I have two coats of I love Hean 854 indygo (weird spelling, I know). This is a "sugar" polish, but I also know not all the sugars were textured.. Anyway..

I started on my vinyls, by placing them on my miracle mat. I then painted them in, gradient style with, light to dark, I love Hean 879, Sorbet vanilla ice, Essie lapiz of luxury and Sorbet cool calm. Once it was somewhat dry I added a coat of Essence clear polish.

When everything was dry I lifted the decals from my mat and used a stamper to place them on my nail. I tried to get all of the colours on to nail, but the lightest colour is barely visible.

What do you think? Rowena is stunning, super sparkly and shows off even in normal light.

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Friday Triad: Inspired by Joyce

Its that time of the month again for our Triad. This month it was my turn to choose and I chose this by Joyce herself. She's been having such a tough time with her renovations and what not I was hoping this would improve her mood slightly. And not to mention that the inspo is gorgeous.

Let me show you what I did. This gave me an excuse to use Cirque pebble again! Not that we need an excuse. I have two coats on my thumb, index and middle finger. On my ring finger I have two coats of Pahlish golden snidget. On my pinky two coats of China Glaze central parka.

I then used some sharpies vinyls from becauseishop on my miracle mat to make the chevrons for my middle finger. I used Ulta3 black satin for my black. I wanted to stamp these... But I wasn't sure how it would turn out. So my lines are a little thick but oh well.

On my ring finger I stamped an image from Lina let's doodle! 3 with Nicole Diary black.

I love how this turned out. I decided to go with the recreate option this time, especially since I love the original so much.

What do you think? Do head on over to see Joyce's original and give Michelle some love! Thanks for reading!

#52weeknailchallenge: negative space

I always wonder about negative space prompts... Are we using a stamping plate like Lina totally negative or are we leaving bare nail for everyone to see? I mean if you a true polish lover, you will have stained nails and generally steer clear of showing naked nails. Anyway, let me show you what I did.

I started with two coats of Pahlish dark mark on my thumb, index and pinky.

On my middle and ring finger I have a coat of OPI int'l crime caper. This is a super sheer polish with a great shimmer.

I then added some decals and that's done.

What do you think? I kinda like how this turned out.

I was wearing a patch on my index nail as it had a tear and when I removed the polish, dark mark actually stained the patch. So I had my very own dark mark!

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#52weeknailchallenge: unused plate

This prompt gave me a chance to use an unused polish too. One that's been begging me to use it.

I started with two coats of Pahlish cozy blankets.

This is a stunner! I fell in love with it when I saw it for PPU one month and I didn't get it. And then it came back and I had to get it!

This polish made me think of marble, so I had to add some marble looking images. I double stamped an image from Lina Make Your Mark 8.

I used a gold stampy polish from BPS and Nicole Diary black for the stamping.

I loved loved this! I wanted to wear it forever!!

What do you think?