31 Day Challenge - Day 12: Tape Mani

       For the third and final post of today, I bring you the correct post for today!  In case you're wondering what the hell I'm talking about, I posted two other posts today to help me get caught up on posts for the 31 day challenge.  I wish there was more that I could have done with this mani, but I simply was short on time.  All though I wish there was more I could do, I am very pleased with how this turned out.  I love I'm Not Lion.  It is the only polish in the Safari collection that I purchased.

     I'm sorry about the cut on my middle finger.  I was chopping an onion yesterday and cut my finger and fingernail.  I wanted to quit the challenge, but I really want to do it.  Hopefully it doesn't bug you guys!

Base coat: Pro FX Fiberized Ridge Filler

Base color: I'm Not Lion from China Glaze

Black: Black Creme from Wet N' Wild

Top coat: Seche Vite

31 Day Challenge - Day 11: Splatter

       I have another blast from the past mani for you.  I did this mani for the Halloween challenge originally, but I ended up not using it.  I'm glad I saved this pictures because it totally saved my butt.  In all fairness, I did do a real splatter the other day, but the colors were too similar in the indoor pictures.  By the time I could take pictures in the sunlight, I had sliced my finger and my fingernail open.  Yup, you read that right.  Finger and fingernail.  Thank God it was a clean cut and my fingernail was in the way because it was fast, and had my nail not have been there, I probably woulda taken a good chunk of finger off.  The only "bright side" to slicing my actual fingernail is that I was able to try the tea bag patch.  I must say, I am quite impressed with this!  I am not looking forward to applying patches over the next three months, but at least my nail can stay attached!

     I am pretty sure the reason I decided not to use this mani in the Halloween challenge, was because the gradient is so shy and secretive!  I need to be a little bolder in my color selection, and not so scared of contrasting colors.

Base coat: Not sure!

Base color: Clementine from Sinful Colors

Dark gradients at tips: Citrine from Sinful Colors

Stamping plate: Un-numbered Essence plate

Stamping color: Stamp Me! Black from Essence

Top coat: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Anti-Chip Top Coat

Have you guys every cut your actual fingernail?  What did you do to remedy the cut?

31 Day Challenge - Day 10: Geometric

       Yup, I'm a few days behind!  I had the work done, I just haven't had time to post them to the blog!  I never realized how time-consuming a blog could be.  I wouldn't trade it for anything, but it just makes me wish there was more time in a day.  It also makes me wish for consistent sunshine!  Any other nail bloggers out there feel me there?  O.K.  On to the geometric mani.  

     I did this one prior to the challenge.  It was actually the first mani I did when I got my striping tape in the mail.  I saw this tutorial on Pack A Punch's YouTube channel and knew that I needed to do this as soon as my striping tape got to me.  It took me so long to do every single nail this way.  The next time I will probably do this design as an accent nail.

Base coat: Pro FX Fiberized Ridge Filler

Base color: Studio Mama from NOPI

Boxes - from lightest to darkest:

     Skull and Glossbones from OPI

     Athens from Sinful Colors

     Evvie from Zoya

     Ibiza from Zoya

Top coat: Seche Vite

I hope you guys like this!  

31 Day Challenge - Day 9: Saran Wrap

       What I am about to show you is not at all what I had planned for today. My original idea was to use some purples, blues, or pinks for this, but since I can't read I ended up with this.  In order to stay organized throughout this challenge I have a list of all of the manicures next to my computer. Once I have completed the manicure, I will put a little check mark next to that day, and once I have posted to my blog I cross it off my list.  Back on day six, after I finished my mani for the next day, I forgot to put a little check mark next to day seven, (ombre or skittle).  Along comes day seven, I post to my blog, and I forget to cross off for that day.  So, once I started on my mani for day eight, all I saw was skittle and went on my way.  After I painted on my white base coat for a neon skittle, I realized that I didn't actually have to do a skittle mani!  I looked down the list and figured I could make this the base for my saran wrap mani.

     I had originally planned to do something with pinks, purples, or blues for today's challenge, but since I already had on the white I decided to go in a dirrection less followed, by me at least.  Even though this is not what I intended it to be, I still really like it, and I am glad I went outside my box on this one.

Base coat: Pro FX Fiberized Ridge Filler

Base color: White on the Spot from Milani - 2 coats

Green: Olympia from Sinful colors

Orange: Sunny Side Up from Wet N' Wild - Wild Shine

Top coat: Seche Vite

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention one tiny important thing.  Unless you are going to apply your base coat and wait until the next day to do the saran wrap technique, I recommend that you use a top coat over your base color.  I did not because I thought waiting two hours would be long enough.  YOu can't really tell on this hand, but on my other I had a bunch of naked nail shining through because the plastic went through both layers of my base color.  :-(

How about you guys.  Have you ever done something completely different from what you wanted to, but been happily surprised when you were finished? 

31 Day Challenge - Day 8: Duochrome. Flakie, or Holo

       Hey everyone.  I had such a crazy day.  Eleven hour work day anyone?!  Oh well, I am just glad to be off my feet because they are sooooorrrrrreeeee!  Today is day 8 in the 31 day challenge and our topic is to do a mani featuring a duochrome, flakie, or holo polish.  I decided to go with a flakie polish.  I went crazy for this polish when I first saw it in the blogging world last year.  I couldn't find it anywhere and a fellow blogger told me they would send me one.  I was so excited.  I was walking around Fred Meyer one afternoon and and out of the corner of my eye I saw what appeared to be a bottle of Green Ocean, (the one I looked for all over town) but knew it was impossible because they didn't carry Sinful Colors there anymore.  But it was it!  The only Sinful Colors polish they had and it was a htf (hard to find) polish for me!  Well, that's my little story so I will let you see it now.  :-)

Base coat: PVA base coat

Base color: Black Creme from Wet N' Wild - 1 coat

Flakie polish: Green Ocean from Sinful Colors - 1 coat

no top coat

What is your favorite flakie polish?  Mine has to be Twisted from Finger Paints.  I didn't make this post about it because I have already shown it over black on the blog.