Day 16 - Tribal Nails!

Wow, Day 16 already. My 31 Day Nail Challenge, journey has passed the half way mark. I was actually nervous about tribal, but once I had a plan and started it, it was smooth sailing all the way. I am incredibly happy with these nails, and can not wait to try out different patterns and colors in the future.

I used 6 colors all together. One color for each finger nail (as a base coat) and black polish to draw on the patterns.

To make it easier, for all of us, I'll list what I used finger by finger.

Thumb: I used  Pure Ice Wild Thing as the base coat, Pure Ice Splash as the stripe down the middle and  Kiss Nail Art Paint in Black for the details.

Pointer finger: I used Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear, Mellow Yellow as the base coat,  Sally Hansen's  Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear, Sun Kissed is painted on half the nail, and Kiss Nail Art Paint in Black for the details.

Middle finger:  Milani Neon Dude Blue as the base coat, and  Pure Ice Splash as the stripe down the middle. Kiss Nail Art Paint in Black for the details.

Ring finger:  Pure Ice Splash as the base coat and Kiss Nail Art Paint in Black as the details.

Pinky finger:  Sally Hansen's  Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear, Sun Kissed as the base coat and Kiss Nail Art Paint in Black for details.

Hope you all like them as much as I do. Trust me they look so much harder than they actually are. Try it out, it may just be your new favorite design!

Update.. on ME.

I realize it's been a few too many days since I have posted anything. It's definitely been a whirlwind these past few days. My husband rescued an 8 week old puppy, after seeing him thrown out of a car window (while the car was in motion). This poor thing was covered in ticks, stuck everywhere (and I mean everywhere) with fox tails, swollen eyes, and completely malnourished. We are die hard animal lovers, like my biggest dream in life is to have a large property with all sorts for animals. So we took the puppy to the vet, got him treated, medicated and free of stickers and ticks. He has an eye infection in both eyes, which we hope will heal in the next week or so. Anyway, meet the newest member to our little family, Iggy.

Anyway, besides the chaos of taking care of a sick puppy, and preparing our house for him. I also had a job interview yesterday for a part time job that's perfect for me (fingers crossed I get it!), and my Great Uncle came into town. He's my Grandma's only sibling, she's 89 and he's 91, so it was really important to me to visit with them. My Grandma and I have always been extremely close, she lived next door to me from birth to when I moved out on my own at 18. She has had a tremendous impact on who I am today. 

I will be doing my nails tonight (unless my husband rescues another animal, haha!) and hopefully posting it tomorrow. I promise I'll be back to my same old routine soon.

Day 14 - Flowers!

As I have gotten further along in this 31 Day Nail Challenge, the more intricate the challenges get. Because of this I have decided to do my nails every other day, or every few days. Just so I can enjoy my hard works a few days before removing and starting the next challenge.

At this point in the challenge it's safe to say that each challenge from here on out will be a new experience for me. Well besides water marbling, but that was such a fail that I still can't say I have much experience in that one either. Haha. So I took to the web, to research flowers, and how to tutorials. It was NailNerd.com : How to Paint Rose on Your Nails that caught my eye and gave me the know how to do what I had imagined on my nails.

I used Wet n Wild Megalast I need a Re-Fresh Mint as the base coat. Took about 3 coats. I dabbed the flowers on my nails with Pure Ice Gossip! and drew in the details with Sally Hansen, Hard as Nails, Hard-core Party. For the leafs I used Pure Ice Wild Thing, and a un-marked bottle in a grass green color. 

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Refresh-Mint

As I'm starting to rebuild my nail polish collection, I have been choosing to purchase the more affordable brands, in order to buy more of them. Once I accrue enough polish, I will start buying the pricey better quality polishes. As I mentioned in my first post, I ordered the Konad stamping polish, to better my stamping ability. Until then I wanted to add some sort of stamp to my nails.

 I chose to use the SE22 plate, on my accent fingers with Jordana NP-139 White Pearl polish. Given the fact that it dries incredibly quickly, I think it turned out pretty well. For the base color I used Wet n Wild Megablast, I Need A Refresh-Mint. It comes with a "Mani-Curve Pro Brush" instead of the normal sized brushes nail polish come with. At first I was a little thrown off by the wide, different brush it actually worked out well. For the top coat I used, Sally Hansen's Diamond Strength No Chip Nail Color, in Diamond (Clear). I actually do not care for this polish, it doesn't leave the shine I would like it to, but this time it worked out.


I really do recommend the Wet n Wild Megablast, it's well worth it, and they have a lot of great colors!

Introduction.

Let me start out by introducing myself. My name is Jamie, born, raised and still reside in Northern California. I'm 29 years old, a wife and one of the many, many people whom lost employment due to this recession. I absolutely love photography, everything about it is extremely exciting to me. I also enjoy painting, crafting, and cooking. Pinterest is a dream come true for a gal like me! It has actually opened my eyes to all the possibilities my nails have! I had no idea how available products are to purchase to create beautiful nails at home, instead of spending 100's of dollars a month. I saw the Salon Express at Walmart a few weeks back, for $9.95, and figured it can't hurt to get it a shot. Well, I've been mildly successful a few times with it, but it advertises that it works with ANY nail polish. While that may be true if you lay down the polish, scrape the excess polish, stamp it onto the stamper and finally stamp it on your nail within, lets say, 10 seconds. Because if it's not rushed it dries and the effort is for nothing. So I went to the reviews, read what polishes work and am now anxiously awaiting the Konad stamping polishes I ordered from Amazon. I'm really excited to try nail stamping with the better stamping polish, especially since I also ordered the Shany 2012 nail art polish stamping too, so now I have so many options! I am a complete beginner to this, so follow me as I learn and discover new techniques and share my findings with you. Also follow me on Pinterest for my latest posts, and nail inspiration. Mind you, I just started the blog and the pinterest account, so please be patient. :)