Polish Days April: 7 Deadly Sins

This month's Polish Days takes a look into the 'dark side' of the human condition, requesting for us to create a design that showcases the 7 deadly sins; Wrath, Sloth, Greed, Gluttony, Lust, Envy & Vanity. Even though we strive to live a good life, lets face it, we've all been guilty of each one to varying degrees so there's no need fooling ourselves. I used the color scheme portrayed in this picture, depicting the 7 Deadly Sins, that I found in a Google search.

Picture will take you to the source of where I found the artwork. I have just been informed that  this person was the artist.

I used black polish as my base, with acrylic paints & my fan brush, I then swiped various combinations of the different colors for each sin as portrayed above.

Index=sloth & gluttony, Middle=greed, Ring=lust & wrath, Pinky=envy

Thumb=vanity

Valentine's hearts

I will be out of town on a Cruise for Valentine's this year, WOOHOO!!!! So I will not have the usual time to post any romantic nail art on V-day, so I figured I'll post a couple of designs here to get us all in the mood for "L'Amore"!

First, we have some little hearts on top of Butter London Two Fingered Salute:

Secondly, I alternated painting black & white polish, then used pink & black acrylic paint to make this cute design I had found on Pinterest:

Liquid Sand

Yay, I got my Mariah Carey liquid sand "Stay the Night", it's very unique & I found it quite gorgeous! There have been a few posts about her liquid sand collection & the general consensus is that this color is hands down the favorite of the bunch. I have to agree, it's just so unique, drying to a matte finish with a kinda bumpy feel while still having so much sparkle to it, is just wonderfully intriguing to look at. I heard one girl describe is as looking like hot lava. I had it on my nails for about 5 days & there was no chipping at all, I could tell it would've probably lasted quite a bit longer, the only reason I took it off was because I snagged my pinky really low & had to cut all my fingernails to match (yes, i'm one of "those" girls). So after I cut them, they just didn't look quite right & so now I'm wearing something neutral until they grow just a little bit. But I was terribly upset I had to take it off & can't wait to wear it again. All pictures are 3 layers, but they looked the same with 2, next time I will just put on 2 layers.

Geek Nail Challenge #4: Ultimate Geek

For the last & final day of the Geek Nail Challenge created by girlonashoestring, the question is presented "what makes you a Geek?" There are many facets of a person that will put the "Geek" label on someone, for me there are quite a few things that all add up to me being a total Geek & I own it, I am a complete Geek & quite proud of it:-)

To name a few, here are some things that I love that make me a Geek:

-Syfy
-Comics/Graphic Novels
-Fantasy
-Faeries
-Supernatural
-Steampunk
-Futuristic

Take all those things & put them in movies & my "geek" flag with fly in full color, lol. I will take the day off, stand in line for hours, sometimes dress up & almost always be one of the first in the theater.

So my idea for today's challenge comes from movies, red carpets, VIP rope, paparazzi & Feature presentation lighting. I used a basic black for my base, some Sally Hansen Red Carpet on the tips for my (what else?) red carpet. I then used some acrylic paint for my VIP ropes, paparazzi flashes, stage lights & Feature Presentation stage. Please bear with the fuzzy pictures, I didn't have my glasses on & thought they were just fine, lol, so I had to do a lot of editing to try to clarify the image.

It's supposed to say "Feature" but its too light & you can't really see it.

VIP red carpet

Geek Nail Challenge #3: Games/Gaming

Play play play, games & gaming day of the Geek Nail Challenge created by Girlonashoestring. I have to be honest, I am not a huge gamer. My parents really couldn't afford video game apparatuses for my sisters & I growing up as a missionary kid in Brasil, so I really didn't form any sort of addiction or skills growing up. I have since done much better, now in my 30's, but I'm still terribly slow & uncoordinated. I love watching my hubby play, he's really good & it feels just like watching a really action packed movie when he gets on a roll. I do like quite a few games & one that I actually enjoy playing is Stargate: the Old Republic. My Hubby & I actually got to test it @ Comic Con 2011 before it even came out & I loved it especially cause it's on a PC because I suck at xBox controllers. Our friend got it for him for Christmas 2011 & I've gotten to play it a little & it's been fun!


I got my inspiration from the logo's for the Empire & Republic:

Geek Nail Challenge #2: Movies & TV

The second challenge in the fabulous Geek Nail Challenge created by  girlonashoestring, we are drawing our inspiration from Movies &/or TV.

Like the the 1st challenge, comics & animation, there are just too many fantastic choices & one does not have enough time to do every single art design she would like. But, I knew what I wanted to do from the start, it actually covers both Television & Movies & the winner is...drum roll ... Firefly (the series) & Serenity (the movie). I love everything about this show/movie, the setting, the plot, the characters. I'll watch this about twice a year & enjoy it just like the first time. I've added some pictures of the characters along with some favorite quotes for all to enjoy:

"Take me sir, take me hard"

"I can also kill you with my brain"

SHINY!!!

"I am a leaf in the wind, watch me soar"

You don't play a player

Don't damage his calm, lol!

"The Bible is somewhat fuzzy on the subject of kneecaps"

I would just die to be part of this crew

Here's some of where I got my inspiration, partly from the settings of the film with Serenity flying around the verse, partly from the song & then I copied the Serenity logo on my thumb:

Serenity

THEME SONG:

Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me

Take me out to the black
Tell 'em I ain't comin' back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me

There's no place I can be
Since I found serenity
But you can't take the sky from me 


Here is my design using EYEKO Cosmic Polish for my base, than various acrylic paints for the galaxy design which I dabbed on with a makeup sponge, I did a glittery top coat on the galaxy nails for sparkle using Sally Hansen Disco Ball. I also used acrylic paint for the Serenity Logo:

I added a brown film to make it look more like the tone of the show.

"No power in the Verse can stop us!" Have a SHINY kind of day!