Loving Snoopy

In honor of my first Art Contest, I decided to get started on my whole list of Valentine manicures.

I've had this snoopy one on my mind for a while and thought this would be perfect to kick the contest off.

I'm not artist by any means but Snoopy turned out pretty cute I must say.

Although, on my left hand (using my dominant right to so the art - duh), Snoopy kind of looks like he has down syndrome or something. Or maybe baby Snoopy? Either way, totally cute for me lacking major skills!

I've also realized that my nails really do have a deep C curve to them because  I had to take two pictures of two angles just so you could actually see both sides of snoopy's face :-s

I started off with SH Whirlwind White, then sponged on Avon Spendid Blue (super gorgeous!)

Then all acrylics after that, which you can see my strokes.

And yes, I did a different pose on my right hand.

Thats right! I managed to get a picture of my right hand (after about 15 snaps!)

Girly Bones

Yet another inspired manicure.

I almost passed on doing my nails last night as I was emotionally wore out from dealing with our neighbor getting into a quad accident. He is fight for his life right now and he's only 28 years old. Prayers for this young guy please everyone!

So I ended up with this manicure, nothing to do with the accident, just a mani I saw Professional IDQ's Bad Ass Funky Skulls. It was so cute! Im actually totally loving her channel!

 I added red rhinestones to the bog skull bones. This red is acrylic paint and it took like 4 coats to get it this red! I think my red has issues because it just doesnt have coverage like I expect acrylic paint to have. The white did just fine though. Go figure :-) I used Color Club Revvvoloution for the background swirls.

And the base color before the art. Super pretty! (although it would kick ass with a top coat)

Black base with micro red glitter, 3 coats for total even coverage.

Color Club Red Velvet

Flamed Monarch

Inspired by Tartofraises Flame Rose (looks more like a Monarch wing to me).

Just amazingly gorgeous. Mine didn't turn out too bad either. I'm kind of impressed and can't seem to stop looking at my nails :-)

Henguins! Henguins!

Yes, henguins is actually penguins in my 3-year olds vocabulary.

As is choc me...chocolate milk.

Opi Donalds....yep, McDonalds (which started as Old McDonalds)

3 leeler...3 wheeler

My inspiration came from here. Hers is amazingly cuter though.

Ok now that I'm done giggling over his word twisting, onto the Henguin nails :-)

Man, first off, I must say how much I am dreading removing this manicure. This is 3 layers of glitter!

*whimpers*

The awesomeness used to create this cute lil guy...

*2 coats China Glaze Gussied Up Green

*1 layer OPI Fresh Frog of Bel Air

*1 layer China Glaze Love Marilyn 

*A second layer of OPI Fresh Frog

*Acrylic paints in white, black, orange and red

Before the glitter

With Fresh Frog

Dang, I almost should have stopped the manicure right here. Is this HOT or what!^^

Then Marilyn

Second layer of Fresh Frog over Marilyn

And more awesomeness

Seriously, how cute is this lil guy!

Let It Snow!

Yay for fresh manicures! I've been craving white tips so this manicure fits perfect for the season and mood :-)

Snowy hills, Christmas tree and falling flakes.
My inspiration video can be found here.

The final Result:

The products I used:

*2 coats Wet N' Wild white for tips

*Orly Twilight for background

*Sinful Colors Pearl Harbor for snow sparkle

*China Glaze Millennium for snow drifts

*Acrylic paint in green for trees

*Random stars and beads purchased from ebay

Just tips:

(please ignore the stained nails and cuticles, I didn't clean them up yet :-p)

More pictures:

Day 31 - Recreated Your Favorite Challenge

Aww I'm actually kind of sad to see this challenge end :-(

Even though I can totally do it again or start a new one and not like I won't be doing my nails darn near every day anyway but I actually stuck to this for 31 days! I'm kinda proud of myself!

So, I really loved my Floral manicure. I decided to recreate floral. Here you go and thank you so much everyone for following.  I have a whole HUGE list of nail art ideas to come, so stay tuned!

Day 31 - Recreate Your Favorite Challenge (He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not)

The final result:

The products I used:

*2 coats China Glaze Bahamian Escape

*2 coats Sinful Colors Pearl Harbor

*Acrylic Paints in green, yellow and white

*Bundle Monster Rhinestones and fimos

 

Before the art:

With glitter coat:

With artwork, rhinestones and fimos!

Day 30 - Inspired By A Tutorial

Out of all the tutorials I've seen, I'd say Robin Moses stands out most. I've wanted to do corset nails for a while and just loved her tutorial. And I always tend to poke fun at really super long nails, calling them "hooker" nails (sorry if I offend anyone!). So this could be my hooker nails :-)

So here is my design inspired by her tutorial.

The final product:

The products I used:

*1 coats Petites Island Smoothie

*Bundle Monster plate BM 209

*Wet N Wild Black Cream

*Accent nail is also W&W Black Cream with Kleancolors Chunky Holo Purple and Sally Hansen DS Diamonds and a Playboy Bunny fimo from Bundle Monster

*Corset grommets are Avon Gunmetal

*Corset strings and fluff are acrylic paint in Portrait Pink

More pictures:

My Inspiration:

 Find the tutorial by Robin Moses here

Day 27 - Inspired By Artwork

This turned out to be way harder than I thought. I also had issues on my right hand, using my left, so I changed that art a bit as you'll see. Used some of my favorite color combinations, I really like how it turned out!

The final result:

My art inspiration:

The products I used:

*2 coats Color Club Worth the Risque

*1 coat Wet N' Wild Black Cream

*Avon Ruby Slipper

*Acrylic paint in Crimson and White

*Kiss nail art paint in Black

More pictures: