Doodles, Inspired by Rina!

I came across this lovely design by Rina on pinterest & just had to try it out.

I used Butter London Fishwife for my base & a white paint for the doodles.

Sunlight

Happy Birthday Hubby!

Happy Birthday to my Hubby, DJ! I love you, hope this year brings more fun, love & excitement!

Feb 2013

Today my nails are in honor of my hubby's birthday, I did some "skittle" nails with his initials on my ring finger, he liked them yay! 

The ups & downs of a Tape Mani

Today I did a "tape mani". You can see many variations of these all over the internet, it's considered one of the easier methods of nail art for those who may be artistically challenged. I actually find this extremely cumbersome & time consuming, not to mention you have to be quite artistic just to get the tape on straight. But I have seen some ladies who have mastered this technique & to them I tip my hat.

There are several steps to creating said mani & I find myself avoiding all the hassle & just sticking to what I know. However, I had a day old mani I wanted to spice up & a tape mani is a good way to do that since your base color is already completely dry, yay!

Here are the steps:

1. pick your base color & apply
2. allow to dry completely (I have done some that I've dried too short a time & it all comes off when you pull the tape, so it's good to do this manicure when you have plenty of time)
3. apply tape in desired design on all your fingers
4. apply top color choices (this part is a little tricky because you are painting with all these strips of tape stuck to your fingers, it's a little odd to maneuver, but just take your time & be patient)
5. remove tape (I haven't figured out if it's better to remove the tape when the polish is slightly wet or when it's dried a bit, so I don't know)
6. wait for this layer to dry before putting on a top coat or else you'll smudge all your hard work (done that!)

The upside is that the result is usually quite lovely, all the lines are perfect & everything looks so symmetrical, which is what every artist loves to see. I have lots of tape mani envy posted all over my pinterest board.

But anyhow here we go, it's very simple as far as tape mani's go, but I like it & I didn't feel like I was wrapped up in silly string, so to me it was a big success!

Where in the World Challenge: Romania

And last, but not least, drum-roll please.......#25 ROMANIA: Of course, being a SyFy geek & lover of all fantastical creatures & such, I immediately think of Transylvania & Dracula!

My favorite Dracula was played by Gerard Butler in "Dracula 2000", can you say YUM!?! I also have to mention Gary Oldman's take in Bram Stoker's "Dracula", otherwise I won't hear the end of it from my friend who swears he's the best, lets just call him 'vintage sexy'! So I've put pictures of both up for your viewing pleasure. (I do not own these pictures I found them in a Google search)

All this to say... "I did vampire nails" Whoohoo!

And this marks the end of our journey around the world. I hope you have enjoyed my portrayal of these 25 Countries, I sure had fun creating them. Bring on the next challenge!-Adieu 

Bald Eagle inspired 4th of July!

I really wanted to try doing something a little more challenging for this years Fourth of July. I had seen some other nail artists doing incredible manicures with the bald eagle here & here, so I thought this would definitely be out of my comfort zone & worth a try!

So I spoke to my inner "serious artist" & gave it my best shot. It didn't come out exactly like I had envisioned, but it still is pretty good for my first time realistic painting. 

Outside Sunlight

Vintage photoshop