Day 16: Tribal Print

Tribal print....one of the two manis of this challenge that I've been dreading since Day 1. And let me tell you.... I was completely right to dread this one!!

That's not to say that it didn't come out well.... it did, especially for my very first tribal mani... it was just the execution that sucked. This took FOR-EV-ER to do and I only did 4 nails! (Is that cheating??) Also, I didn't really have any sort of idea how to even begin. I found several tribal print manis and merged aspects of them into one that was a little more within the realms of my skill level.

The base color is Zoya Jancyn (Zoya, is that even a real name or are you just makin s#!* up now?), though you can't really tell because there's only a teeny weeny bit of it that ended up showing! The rest of the details were done with acrylic paint, a tiny paintbrush, and a LOT of patience.

Maybe I didn't like doing this one because I don't really dig tribal nails to begin with? I can appreciate the hard work that went into them but...eh, just not really my kind of style. But I can check tribal nails off of my nail to-do list, right? :)

Thanks for reading! Have a lovely Wednesday :)

Day 15: Delicate Print

Hello ladies! Today's theme is delicate print. I feel like the term "delicate" is very up to interpretation, so I did another flower mani for today.

I started with two coats of OPI Play The Peonies then stamped over with this Konad flower image!

I think it definitely represents "delicate," how about you? I originally thought of doing snowflakes for today's theme, but.... I am very anti-snow and I don't want it to think it's welcome yet. Because it's not. I know, I know... I live in central Indiana. I should be used to snow by now. I am....but that doesn't mean I like it or want it anytime soon! :P

See you tomorrow for Tribal Print!

Day 14: Flowers

Flowers! Yay I love doing flower manis. There are just so many options!

For today, I decided to do an abstract flower design. I started with a base of OPI DS Coronation. The colors I used for the flowers are Zoya Codie, Sinful White on White and OPI Sparrow Me The Drama.

Funky!

Day 13: Animal Print

Hello ladies!

I struggled with what to do for animal print for a long time. I didn't really want to do one of your traditional animal prints (zebra, leopard, giraffe etc) but I couldn't find any inspiration for anything else. So today's post won't be as exciting as some ;)

I started with a base of Sinful Mint Apple which is a beautiful ... mint color. You guys should know by now that I suck at describing colors. Just trust me. ANYWAY, color is beautiful, but if you guys have seen my first post about it (I won't link it because it was one of my very first posts and it's horrible), my bottle of this has a HORRIBLY wonky brush on it. I took out the brush of a Sinful top coat I have and used that instead, but it made the consistency kind of weird on the first couple coats of color. Oh well, I got it evened out eventually :) My rant on this color chipping on me after 12 hours is a whole 'nother post.

Then I sponged on Essie French Affair lightly to give it some KAPOW! Stamped with Sinful White on White and plate m78. Then.....yes, I added some China Glaze Fairy Dust. (Hi, my name is Amanda and I'm addicted to Fairy Dust.)

Ta-da!

Day 12: Stripes (Fruit Stripe Gum!)

Where are my 90's kids any kid that remembers this? This one's for you!

Fruit Stripe Gum! Do you guys remember it? The flavor in it lasted all of about three minutes, but it was still so exciting. What can beat fruit colored gum that comes with TATTOOS?! I think nothing. I loved this stuff as a kid and thought it would be fun to do my stripe mani to look like the sticks of gum.

The base colors I used are (from L to R): China Glaze Entourage, China Glaze Lemon Fizz, China Glaze Solar Power, and Revlon Sheer Rose. I used acrylic paint for the stripes (polish was too hard to use).

It's funny -- the stripes didn't turn out very neat but I almost think that makes it look more realistic! They just look so yummy :)

Ahh...the good old days. I still listen to my 90's music and I'm not ashamed :)