It's Not Easy Being Green

Day 55

Today's nails kind of remind me wrapping paper, and I absolutely love Nubar Reclaim (it was suggested by a reader, and I'm so glad she did- it's amazinnnnng!) When I was looking through my polishes for inspiration for today's look, I grabbed Reclaim, and then noticed that Nubar Forest is totally in the same hue, just no holo! :) Naturally, this made me want to do a look with them. So, with no further ado...



I used Nubar Reclaim as a base, with Nubar Forest applied with Konad Plate m64 for the design! Topped off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

They Melt in Your Mouth, Not ON Your Hand!

Day 54

Today's nail are dedicated to tiny bite-sized morsels of candy-coated milk chocolate that we all know and love... m&m's!!



I used China Glaze Salsa for the thumb, Zoya Pippa for the index, Nubar Milk Chocolate Creme for the middle, Ultra Pro in Blue Blaze for the ring finger, Nubar Forest for the pinky, and Migi Nail Art Pens for the m's.

MmmmMmmm! The Peanut Butter ones are my fav, what are yours?

Holla!-graphic

Day 53

So, I got China Glaze L8R G8R in the mail finally, so I decided I HAD to use it, I'm totally in love with Holographic polishes.. they're so preeeeetty! :-P I'm sad though, I broke my thumbnail while steering trying to avoid the idiots driving through the Venetian parking ramp... and it was all for naught. I was there to go to the Venetian Sephora to check out Illamasqua's foundation in shade 105, the tester looks promising, but alas, they were out. *sigh* I still picked up Illamasqua Rampage Illamasqua Rampage, a gorgeous dark green jelly nail polish. It's lovely. :) So anyway, since I broke my thumbnail, had to chop the rest to match :( short nails feel weird. Since marbling is technically different on both hands, I am posting each one. (Usually I only post the left hand, because the right hand is identical)


Left hand:


Right hand:


I used China Glaze OMG as a base, and used a water marbling technique with two other China Glaze holographic polishes, China Glaze DV8 and China Glaze L8R G8R, a teal and green, respectively. Topped it off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Holla! :-P I'm such a dork.

Skull-duggery

Day 52

Today's nails were inspired by a shirt on the Threadless.com website called Bone Idol but Stuart Colebrook. I love this shirt's use of white space. :) Unfortunately Matte Magic topcoat led me to believe that my nails were done even though they weren't, hence the ginormous smudge on my index finger, which I didn't have time to fix. :(



I used China Glaze White on White as a base, with China Glaze Liquid Leather for the black, and topped it all off with 2 coats of China Glaze Matte Magic, which I got at Sally Beauty Supply for $5.99. (Can't find a link to anything but eBay for this)

'In' Blossom

Day 51

Hi all! Today's nails are painted with the subject of thousands of tattoos, pieces of art, and have even been recreated using hundreds of thousands of pieces of hand-painted popcorn in the recent movie Coraline....Cherry Blossoms! Reader Nicole sent in some awesome ideas, and along with it, some fun pictures of stuff she'd done, one of which was cherry blossoms, which totally inspired me to do these!! Thanks Nicole!



I used OPI La-Pazitively Hot matte as a base, with a thin layer of Zoya Stephanieover top to tone down the hot pink. For the branches, I used Zoya Angelina, and for the blossoms I used China Glaze White on White and dry brushed a little of the OPI La-Pazitively Hot matte in the centers. Topped off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Thanks again Nicole! :)

Tweet Tweet!

Day 50

Today's nails are dedicated to Twitter. Yes, that's right, Twitter. The time-killing, 140 characters of joy that are a true best friend of the procrastinator. (Like myself) I am horribly addicted to the site, and find myself checking it far more often than I probably should. I love the site, because it gives celebs a chance to connect with fans, friends a chance to keep up with friends, companies a chance to interact with their customers and fanbase, and stalkers a chance to keep up with their prey... Kidding on that last one. ;) So here's to Twitter, I salute you. And as that salute, I give you... the fail whale bird nails. :-P (and twitter logo)



I used China Glaze For Audrey as a base, with China Glaze White on White for the white, and as a base for the birds, and OPI Pumped Up Pumpkin from the ULTA Glow Get a Treat Halloween Mini set used for the birds. :)

I was so excited with how they turned out, I love the colors.

So do you Twitter? What do you tweet? If you'd like, tweet me @dailynail!! :)

'Gildy' Pleasures

Day 49

Today's nails are kind of different than what I usually do, they are embellished by gilding them rather than painting designs. I used gold leaf for the effect, I crumpled up little pieces and gently placed on wet polish, and then let dry, and used my finger to brush of the excess that was sticking up.



I used Nubar Peacock Feathers as a base, which is one of the most gorgeous colors- the picture doesn't capture all the colors that it flashes, teals, greens, blues, purples! It's truly beautiful. I used gold leaf for the gold, which you can find at any craft store. Topped it off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat as usual. :)

What are some of your 'gildy' pleasures?