February Nail Art Challenge Day 1 - Galaxy Nails

This is my day 1 Galaxy Nails mani for Erica's Nails and More's February 9 Day Nail Art Challenge.

A 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 that all the polishes I used fell into one of those two categories.

I wanted to do something different with this galaxy mani than I have done on my previous ones. Instead of using a dark blue or black base color I used I Love You by Sinful Colors. Which is a beautiful dark purple glitter. This is an untried for me, I have had it for ages and never used it on myself.

I then used a makeup sponge piece to apply Endless Blue to start creating my nebulae. This is another untried color which I love. However you can't really see it in the final results of the mani.

I followed this up with Unicorn by Sinful Colors another I believe untried, if not it hasn't been used in forever. I then did a few spots on the nebulae with Tantalize by Sinful Colors, a recent gift that had yet to be tried.

I then used a nail art brush to dot and draw a few bigger stars on with Tantalize. My last step was to do a very thin coat of Glitter TopCoat by Claire's. This was a Christmas present, (which had not been used yet) from a friend I have had my whole life, how well she knows me!!!

She is very big into science and I wanted to make sure I was using the correct term for what I was attempting to create on my nails. I have provided a link attached to the word nebulae in case you would like to know more about what it means.

I hope you enjoyed this slightly different looking take on galaxy nails!!!

Please take the time to check out the awesome creations from the other lovely ladies participating in this months challenge.

Polishes used:

Base color: I Love You by Sinful Colors

Nebulae: Endless Blue, Unicorn and Tantalize by Sinful Colors

Painted/Dotted stars: Tantalize by Sinful Colors

Glitter stars: Glitter TopCoat by Claire's

Flip/Flop February Day 2 - Stained Glass / Accent Nail

This is my day 2 mani for Jilltastic Nail Design's Flip/Flop February 28 Day Challenge. The choices for today are Stained Glass or Accent Nail. 

I chose to do Stained Glass with a slight accent on my ring finger. As I, up to today have never done a stained glass mani before.

Pardon me for my messy cleanup job on this mani. For some reason the polish got into my skin and no matter what I did I couldn't get it cleaned up.

I used three different Sinful Colors for my "glass" pieces. Again using a pink to keep up with my challenge to myself. To make sure all my manis for this challenge have pink in them.

After placing the dots of color all over my nails I used Black from Nail Art to represent the "lead" lines between the glass. I created a black accent piece of glass at this point. I had a lot of fun with this as I have actually made quite a few stained glass pieces. 

My favorite had to be piece of stained glass art I ever worked on had to be finishing a piece that my sister started. It was for her fiance Josh. She died before she was able to complete it, so about six months after she died I finished it for her. He was so surprised when he got it,  he was not even aware she was making it for him. It is based off the Harley Davidson eagle piece that is displayed at Kutter Harley Davison in Janesville, WI. I wish I could find a picture of it, but sadly I can not.

Polishes used:

Glass pieces:  Oasis, Fig and Let' Talk by Sinful Colors

Lead lines: Black from Nail Art

Make sure  you check out the other awesome manis for today done by these other lovely ladies. Links below.

80's inspired mani

80's parachute pants inspired mani.

My brother had a friend who in High School had a pair of grey stone washed blue jean looking parachute pants that had paint splattered all over them. That was the inspiration for this mani. What is your 80's mani inspiration?

I used the sugar spun technique for this. Which I have to say I am not very good at, but this is only my second attempt at doing sugar spun nails.






You can see that I traveled from my pinky towards my thumb. I started to get it to work around my middle finger.

Polishes Used: 

Base Color: 

China Glaze: Immortal

Accent colors:

Maybelline New York- Express Finish: Orange Blazes

Sally Hansen - Insta-Dry: Grape Going

Sally Hansen - Insta-Dry: Lightening

Crimson Burst mani

Crimson Burst mani

I love the way the crimson color of the red of the Velvet Lounge bursts through the copperish purple of the Ferguson Crest Syrah.

I used Velvet Lounge on four of my fingers as a base coat, and Ferguson Crest Syrah on my accent ring finger. I then used striping tape to make the burst and topped it with Ferguson Crest Syrah. Once that was most of the way I removed the striping tape. I used Velvet Lounge to tip my ring finger.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Polish Used:

Wet n Wild:  Velvet Lounge and Ferguson Crest Syrah

Renee by Julep

Renee by Julep another TIOT!!!

Julep describes this as a spring lilac creme, and I have to say I agree with this. The color coverage is awesome. Almost full coverage in one coat, with only minor touch ups needed. This makes a wonderful alternative to white as a base color if you are using any kind of purple or pastels. I do wish the color came out better, in the pictures it looks more pink. :(

Pure Ice - No Means No

No Means No by Pure Ice

I love this dark pearlized purple. 

It is wonderful on it's own, but goes great as a base color for 

nail art and a beautiful accent color as well. 

It covers in one coat, but the color is more rich with two.

Purple Gradient With Glitter Tips

Purple Gradient With Glitter Tips

This my first mani since I have decided to try square tips...

Still not sure how I feel about them, they feel very strange to me.

I am hopeless at doing a sponge gradient, so I choose 

to use the fan brush method.

Here is is the result of using three very 

beautiful purples got me.

I hope you enjoy, please feel free to comment as to if you think my squoval tips or square tips work better.

Polishes used:
Base Color - Pure Ice: No Means No
Middle Color - China Glaze: Bizarre Blurple
Glitter Color - Nina: Purple Xing