Flip/Flop February Day 12 - Drips / Matte

This is my day 12 post for Jilltastic Nail Design's Flip/Flop February 28 Day Challenge.

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February Nail Art Challenge Day 4

This is my day 4 Inspired By A Pattern Nails mani for Erica's Nails and More's February 9 Day Nail Art Challenge.

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Flip/Flop February Day 11 - Splatter / Cocktail Nails

This is my day 11 post for Jilltastic Nail Design's Flip/Flop February 28 Day Challenge.

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Flip/Flop February Day 10 - Fish Tail Braid / Half Moons

This is my day 10 post for Jilltastic Nail Design's Flip/Flop February 28 Day Challenge.

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Flip/Flop February Day 9 - Abstract / Plastic Wrap

This is my day 9 post for Jilltastic Nail Design's Flip/Flop February 28 Day Challenge.

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Flip/Flop February Day 8 - Color Blocking / Black & White

This is my day 8 post for Jilltastic Nail Design's Flip/Flop February 28 Day Challenge.

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February Nail Art Challenge Day 3

This is my day 3 Glitter Bomb Nails mani for Erica's Nails and More's February 9 Day Nail Art Challenge.

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Flip/Flop February Day 7 - Sugar Spun / Pattern

This is my day 7 post for Jilltastic Nail Design's Flip/Flop February 28 Day Challenge.

I chose Sugar Spun Nails for today's mani. I have tried a few times, but today's mani is the first time I have tried doing it in a gradient. 

I used two different pink polishes in this to keep up with my own challenge to myself to use pink in every mani in this challenge.

I decided to do each nail slightly different. On my ring finger I decided to do an accent nail with hearts made using a toothpick. These were fun I have practiced these a few times but is way different on my silicone mat  than on my nails. 

All in all I think they turned our pretty good.

First I did a base color of Cool Coture by Maybelline-Express Finish  Which is a medium grey creme with micro glitter in a blueish color. It was a little tricky to apply it took 3 coats to get a coverage that I was happy with. 

I have the same trouble with all my Maybelline-Express Finish polishes.

Then to start my sugar spun nails I first used I Red A Good Book from Wet n Wild-Megalast. I struggled with sugar spun nails the first couple of times I tried it. 

Every polish is different as too how big of strings it will create how long it will take to get to the right consistency. 

From there I used Candy-licious also by Wet n Wild-Megalast. Last I used  Blushing Rose by Color Club to complete my sugar spun gradient mani with accent nail.

I hope you enjoy this mani!

Polishes used:

Base color: Cool Coture by Maybelline-Express Finish

Additional colors: I Red A Good Book and Candy-licious by Wet n Wild-Megalast and Blushing Rose by Color Club

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Flip/Flop February Day 6 - Fan Brush / Glitter Bomb

This is my day 6 post for Jilltastic Nail Design's Flip/Flop February 28 Day Challenge.

I decided to do a fan brush/glitter bomb hybrid.

This was my first fan brush mani per say. I use a fan brush to do my gradients  and this kind of reminds me of sugar spun nails. And of course I have pink in this mani!

I used a base color of Candy-licious by Wet n Wild-Megalast, which is a really pretty medium creme polish. 

The first color I used with the fan brush is Morgan by Julep, which is a really pretty dark pearlized purple and with my glitter was more of an accent color. 

Next I used Blushing Rose by color Club. I love this super pale pink creme, It is one of the lightest true pinks that I have. Last with the fan brush I used Wing Fling. Wing Fling is a hot pink glitter which I love!

I decided to do an accent nail, not my normal accent nail mind you. I used Gift Of Sparkle by Color Club for my accent nail and I did a free hand tip on the rest of my nails as well. 

I hope you enjoy this mani.

Polish used:

Base color: Candy-licious by Wet n Wild-Megalast

Colors used with fan brush: Morgan by Julep, Blushing Rose and Wing Fling by Color Club (I need to fix the label) 

Glitter accent nail and tips: Gift Of Sparkle by Color Club

February Nail Art Challenge Day 2 - Half Moon Nails

This is my day 2 Half Moon Nails mani for Erica's Nails and More's February 9 Day Nail Art Challenge.

As a I said before big part of her challenge is to support her current No Buy by using either untried polishes or ones that haven't been used in awhile. 

So in support of her the three polishes I used fell into one of those two categories.

As you can see I couldn't decide which I liked better. So... I thought I would post them both!!! I did a base color of All Mighty by Sinful Colors. I really like this pearlized blue, I have no idea why I haven't used it recently. 

After that was dry I placed reinforcement labels to make the half moons with a layer of See You Soon by Sinful Colors. It is a beautiful dark dark blue opaque shimmer. Then I took some pictures.

 After which I thought I wonder what Diamond Drops by Color Club would look like on this. So I stuck some more labels on to try it out. As it turns out I love it!

Polishes used:

Base color: All Mighty by Sinful colors (unused for a long time)

Additional layers: See You Soon by Sinful Colors (unused for a long time) and Diamond Drops by Color Club (untried)

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Flip/Flop February Day 5 - 3D / Decals

 This is my day 5 post for Jilltastic Nail Design's Flip/Flop February 28 Day Challenge.

I chose to do a 3D mani. I have never used Fimo sticks before and got some as a gift from Erica's Nails and More, so I thought this would be a great time to use them!!!

I used Fifty-Four by Orly which is a glimmery pale pink glitter as a base color on all but my accent nail on which I used Naked by China Glaze which is a beautiful pink shimmer. 

I tipped four of my nails with Naked by China Glaze first followed by Easy Going from Sinful Colors.

I then did an additional coat of Fifty-Four over all my nails for just a little more glimmer over all. I placed my super cute pink flowers and these really pretty green tear drop nail accents as leaves.

Polishes used:
Base color: Fifty-Four by Orly
Accent nail base color: Naked by China Glaze
Tipping colors: Naked by China Glaze and Easy Going by Sinful Colors

I hope you enjoyed my 3D french tip mani with accent nail.

Make sure you check out all the gorgeous nails of the other ladies in this challenge.

Flip/Flop February Day 4 - One Stroke / Ombre

This is my day 4 for Jilltastic Nail Design's Flip/Flop February 28 Day Challenge.

Today's choices are One Stroke or Ombre.

I chose to do a one stroke mani as I have never done one before.

I used Easygoing by China glaze as my base color. I love this pretty and sweet pale pastel pink color.

  I used Tiffany Imposter by Finger Paints which is a pastel teal color to do my first layer of strokes. 

Followed with Anne by Julep which a beautiful dark pastel purple. Renee also by Julep which is a delicate pastel purple.

Does anyone notice a theme here? Pastel One Stroke mani... With of course pink in keeping with my challenge for myself. 

My final color choice was Going Platinum by Wet n Wild Fergie. I thought this was a good "foil" for all the pastel.

I hope you enjoy my first attempt at a one stroke mani!!!

Polishes used:

Base color: Easygoing by Sinful Colors

One stroke colors: Tiffany Imposter by Finger Paints, Anne and Renee by Julep, and Platinum by Wet n Wild Fergie

Flip/Flop February Day 3 - Watermarble / Dry Marble

This is my day 3 post for Jilltastic Nail Design's Flip/Flop February 28 Day Challenge. 

Today's choices are Water Marble or Dry Marble. 

I chose to do a water marble because I struggle with them.

This is the glass that I use when I do a water marble. It is a small glass dessert dish I found at a second hand store. I used room temperature distilled water as we have well water with lots of calcium and rust in it.

I am happy to say that I consider this to be my first truly successful water marble! I love the way that this manicure turned out, I think one of my biggest problems before was not only getting the right kind of polish, but the right color combination.

I used White on White by China Glaze for my base color. I had to use three coats to get the get the consistency and coverage that I wanted.

I alternated drops in of Royal Velvet and Oh Cabana Boy by Orly and Rainbow and Reggae To Riches by China Glaze into the water. I used a toothpick to do the design. 

I completely forgot to either use chapstick, tape or vasaline to protect my fingers so cleanup was a real pain in the butt. All that aside I LOVE the way this mani turned out!!!

Polishes used:
Base Color: White On White by China Glaze
Water Marble colors: Royal Velvet and Oh Cabana Boy by Orly and Reggae To  Riches and Rainbow by China Glaze

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