31 Day Nail Art Challenge: Day 18 - Half Moons

I love this so much it gets three pictures.  Seriously, I keep looking at my nails every five minutes and every time I do I think "Yup, still awesome."  

Also, this is another good use for too-small "full nail" stamps.

I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White Out and Black Out and Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Brisk Blue.

31 Day Nail Art Challenge: Day 17 - GLITTAH!

GLITTAH! 

Really, do I need to say more than that? 

Ulta Material Girl, Wet n Wild Sparkled, Sally Hansen Gem Crush Big Money, and e.l.f. Golden Goddess

And Tanya, this one's for you:

31 Day Nail Art Challenge: Day 16 - Tribal Print

Watch out, my geek is showing:  this is inspired by the Trolls of World of Warcraft.   Shut up, it's totally a tribal print.  To be honest, I kind of hate most tribal prints, so when my husband suggested this I had to do it.

This is my first time doing this much freehand nail art and it was exhausting.  Nothing turned out how I wanted it to and I redid everything several times before getting sick of all of it.  It took days to finish, working while my son napped or after he was in bed. I finally settled on this and I don't think it really screams "Troll", but I am so done with it.

Colors used:
Thumb: OPI A-Taupe the Space Needle, Cosmetic Arts taupe, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Lightening
Index: OPI A-Taupe the Space Needle, Wet n Wild Sunny Side Up, Cosmetic Arts blue, Sally Hansen Xtreme White Out, OPI Got the Blues for Red, Sally Hansen Xtreme Black Out
Middle: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Mint Sprint, Color Club Rebel Spirit, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Lightening, China Glaze Brownstone
Ring: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Vigorous Violet, Lightening, and Brisk Blue, Nabi Baby Blue
Pinkie: OPI A-Taupe the Space Needle, China Glaze Brownstone, Sally Hansen Xtreme White Out and Black Out

31 Day Nail Art Challenge: Day 15 - Delicate Print

I tried very hard to stay away from the expected lace, floral, and pastels for this day.  Also, my "full nail" stamps are just wide enough for my nails and my stamping skills aren't quite up to lining them up exactly, so I had to get creative. I do love how this looks, but I'd like to try it again some day with brighter colors.  I love the contrast of a delicate print done in a non-delicate or unexpected color.

This is Revlon Colorstay Bare Bones, Sally Hansen Xtreme White On, and Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Mint Sprint.

31 Day Nail Art Challenge: Day 14 - Floral

This is Borghese Palermo Plum, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White Out, Zoya Dree, and Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Lightening.

Palermo Plum is still one of my favorite polishes.  The application isn't great - it's a little thin and runny, so flooding is an issue - but the color is just so rich and beautiful.  There's a bit more blue to it than what shows in these photos.

As far as design, this didn't turn out quite like I had hoped, but it's still pretty cute.

31 Day Nail Art Challenge: Day 13 - Animal Print

So this might not immediately come across as an animal print to most people.  There is a bit of a back story to this one. 

Before this challenge, we had two cats, Fuzz and Bobo.  I wanted to do something a little different from the usual leopard or zebra for day 13, so I had planned on this mani being all Bobo-print (grey with subtle tiger stripes) with a Fuzz accent nail. Unfortunately, shortly after starting this challenge, we had to put Bobo down.  So instead of an all-Bobo mani, I did an homage to all the cats I or my family members have owned.  Ok, almost all of them.  Rowdy and Percy didn't make the cut, but we didn't have either of them for very long.  I realize this makes me sound like a crazy cat lady, but I think I'm okay with that ;)

Here are a few pictures for reference:

Left to right: Junior, Rowdy, and Littlebit

Fuzz

Bobo

Thumper

For Junior (thumb) I used OPI A-Taupe the Space Needle, Wet n Wild Sunny Side Up, Color Club Rebel Spirit and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Black Out.

For Thumper (index) I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White Out and Black Out.

For Bobo (middle) I used my unnamed Cosmetic Arts taupe, OPI A-Taupe The Space Needle, and Essie Power Clutch.

For Fuzz (ring) I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White Out, OPI A-Taupe the Space Needle, and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Black Out.

For Littlebit (pinkie) I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White Out, OPI Swedish Nude, Wet n Wild Sunny Side Up, and OPI A-Taupe the Space Needle.

And because my husband is not a fan of matte, I included a picture with a glossy top coat below.  

31 Day Nail Art Challenge: Day 12 - Stripes

This is Revlon Colorstay Bare Bones, OPI A-Taupe the Space Needle, China Glaze Passion, and Pure Ice Scandal.

I had an awesome Bert and Ernie mani planned out for this one, but I just wasn't feeling it last night.  So I did this instead.  Ta-da.