31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 31 (Re-Create Your Favorite Challenge)

Hello lovlies! I have to admit, I'm a little disappointed that I used an extra day to complete this challenge, but I am also pretty proud of the fact that I completed the challenge at all!! It seemed like such a huge feat at the beginning, but I actually had a lot of fun :) And I really want to thank everyone who's been reading my post, or liking my Facebook page, you guys are so great, and some of you have left me some wonderful feedback which makes me want to keep creating new manicures for you guys to check out! Anyway, let's move on to this last day of the challenge.


I was really stumped with this one... "Re-Create Your Favorite Challenge" so I took that to mean "take one of the previous days of the challenge and do it again, except different" :P So I was going to attempt another water marbled manicure for you (because that's my favorite kind of manicure) but I just really didn't have the time.. So, instead I chose to re-create Day 5 (Blue Nails). Granted, that day was not really my favorite, but I needed something quick and simple, and I've really been wanting to try out the ombre manicure, so without further ado, here it is; Day 31!! enjoy :)


Oh! PS: I apologize for the grainy pictures, unfortunately I had to go back to using my old camera, but I am hoping to get a better one again in the very near future (like after I get my next paycheck lol) Okay.. NOW enjoy :)


Colors from left to right: NOX Talon, Essie Mesmerized, ULTA Blue Streak, Zoya Yummy, and Essie Sweet Talker.

31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 30 (Inspired by a Tutorial)

So today I was inspired by this iPod manicure tutorial: http://www.polyvore.com/ipod_nails_how_to/set?id=36723755

I used Sinful Colors Cloud 9 (orange iPod), Zoya Tallulah (blue iPod), Zoya Trixie (silver iPod), A-England Avalon (Purple iPod), Sally Hansen Ivy League (green iPod), and OPI Alpine Snow (click-wheels and screens). I did, however for get to add the black outline to the screens that are shown in the tutorial, and frankly, I think hers are much better than mine haha but I hope you enjoy them anyway :)

31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 29 (Inspired by the Supernatural)

Hey guys, so today was Inspired by the Supernatural, so I did a vampire inspired manicure! I used two of the polishes from the NOX Twilight collection :) Each bottle has the Cullen family crest on the front. The red is really thin and jelly-like, it was the perfect "blood" color (NOX Red Velvet). The silver is one of the most fascinating and eye-catching silver I have ever seen!! I used this polish to represent the whole sparkly sin in the sun thing. The rainbow micro glitter in it is absolutely breathtaking in the sun, and theses pictures do not do NOX Disco Darling any justice! 

31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 28 (Inspired by a Flag)

So today, my dad came up with the genius idea to use the Olympic Flag as inspiration for todays, manicure... so here it is!! enjoy :) I used OPI Apline Snow (as always :P), ULTA Blue Streak, ULTA Sun-Sational, Revlon Black Satin, Essie Going Incognito, and ULTA Red Carpet Red.

PS: It was really difficult to hold my fingers like this so that the circles would be similar to the way that they are on the flag in terms of placement :P

31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 27 (Inspired by Artwork)

Well readers, unfortunately as I was leaving my babysitting job, I tripped off of the front steps and rolled/sprained my ankle... the silver lining here is that I have done this several times before as grace is not a quality that runs in my family and therefore have plenty of crutches, ankle braces, and ice packs, along with pretty good knowledge of how to deal with this situation haha! I will still be working on Day 27's challenge, though I know that by the time you see pictures it will in fact be the 28th, but that's ok. The challenge must go on! Thanks for your patience and I hope you'll enjoy this manicure when you finally get to see it :)


Here is my inspiration: "Composition II" by Piet Mondrian.

Ok, the pictures are here!! :D I used OPI Alpine Snow for the base, then used ULTA Red Carpet Red, ULTA Blue Streak, and ULTA Sun-Sational for the color blocks and a black nail art pen for the lines. Hope you like them :) Sorry the first picture is a tad blurry :/

31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 26 (Inspired by a Pattern)

Ughhh!! This is one of those manicures that make you want to scream at your stamping discs, "Why are none of these patterns big enough to cover my fingers?!" Anyway... I saw this pattern in my collection and thought of china for some reason.. ya know, not the country but the dishes like the white with blue designs china. I used OPI Alpine Snow and stamped this pattern from BM20 with Essie Aruba Blue. enjoy :)

31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 25 (Inspired by Fashion)

Today's challenge was Inspired by Fashion, I decided to use this dress that Sandra Bullock wore to a red carpet event. Unfortunately I am not sure which event, nor do I know who designed this dress... but I absolutely LOVE Sandra Bullock! She is by far my all time favorite actress :)

For this manicure I started with my favorite black polish: Revlon Black Satin. Then I freehand painted the blue accents with OPI Swimsuit... Nailed It!. Here are the pictures!! enjoy :)

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31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 24 (Inspired by a Book)

Hello again :) today's challenge was inspired by a book, and I took one of my favorite books and was inspired by the cover artwork, so my manicure is based off of that. The book is "A Million Little Pieces by James Frey, and I will post the cover art below because I own a copy on my kindle, but the picture is in black and white so unfortunately I could not hold the book in my hand for pictures :/ oh well.. enjoy :)

For this manicure, I started with A-England Galahad because it is a beautiful creme teal that is very close to the color of the background on the book's cover. Then I added assorted colored dots on the tips of my nails to represent the many tiny colored sprinkles on the book's cover. Here is a list of the colors I used for the dots: OPI Alpine Snow, ULTA Red Carpet Red, Essie Braziliant, ULTA Sun-Sational, ULTA Limelight, and ULTA Blue Streak.

31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 23 (Inspired by a Movie)

Hello lovely readers! Today's challenge was "Inspired by a Movie" and with the help of my little sister, I decided to use "Easy A" as my inspiration :) More specifically I based my design off of the black and pink corset Emma Stone's character, Olive Penderghast, wears in the movie. If you haven't seen this movie, I highly recommend it!! enjoy :)

Today I started with Revlon Black Satin, then layered on Essie A Cut Above to represent the pink accents on the corset. Then I freehand painted "A"s on all of my nails with white acrylic paint and then with ULTA Red Carpet Red. I also added little pink bows on my ring finger and thumb to represent the bows on the corset, and to make them look a little more girly and a little less like they were inspired by a horror movie :P. Here are the pictures :)

 And this is my sweet little kitten Sammy holding ULTA Red Carpet Red: <3 

I don't know why this picture didn't stay in the center when I posted it, but he's still cute ;)

31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 22 (Inspired by a Song)

Hello again! I spent a lot of time going through all of my music trying to find a song that could inspire a manicure. I decided to take the suggestion of one of my cousins and attack "Yellow Submarine" by The Beatles. I was nervous at first because I am not the best at freehand artwork, but I think this came out pretty cute. Let me know what you think! enjoy :)

Maybe you could listen to the song while you check out the pictures eh? ;)

Here are the colors I used. From left to right: ULTA Blue Streak, ULTA Limelight, ULTA Sun-Sational, China Glaze Urban-Night, Konad light blue stamping polish, China Glaze Turned UP Turquoise (Neon), Essie Brazilliant, Essie Mesmerized, Essie Watermelon and black and white acrylic paints.

I started Essie Mesmerized and freehand painted some ULTA Blue Streak squiggly lines to look like water. Then I painted the silhouettes of all of the fish, the jellyfish and the submarine with white acrylic paint so that the lighter and brighter colors would show (the details would not be as clear if I painted them directly on top of the blue). I used the Konad polish to make bubbles, and the rest of the colors to add some life to my white silhouettes :) Thanks to my cousin Melissa for the great idea!

31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 21 (Inspired by a Color)

So for today's challenge, I decided to follow some of the other nail bloggers' idea, and take "Inspired by a Color" to mean inspired by the name of the color. So today's manicure is inspired by Essie Watermelon! enjoy :)

I started with my inspiration color (Essie Watermelon) on three of my fingers, and Essie Going Incognito on my accent nails. Then I used Essie Going Incognito and OPI Mermaid's Tears to create the watermelon rinds, and black acrylic paint for the seeds. I also used OPI Mermaid's Tears for the squiggly lines on the accent nails to make the outside of the watermelon.

31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 20 (Water Marbled Nails)

Yayy!! :D Water Marbling is one of my favorite manicures to do!! I can't believe I am already 2/3 of the way through this challenge!! Thanks so much for those of you that have been checking out all of my posts, love you! I hope you guys love this manicure as much as I do! enjoy :)


I started with OPI Alpine Snow, then used OPI Alpine Snow, Essie Watermelon and China Glaze Urban-Night. I topped it off with one coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust and one coat of Seche Vite.

31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 19 (Galaxy Nails)

Ok readers, I spent over three hours on this manicure and used 13 different colors, so this post is going to be kind of long and picture heavy in comparison to some of my latest posts. It took a lot of practice and a lot of messing around with the different colors in order to get nails that looked something like a real galaxy. And if you were wondering, yes; it is as difficult as it sounds. I started with a black base, then sponged on the other colors that you are about to see in different combinations until it looked the way I wanted it to, then I added extra "close-up stars" with dotting tools. This particular day of the challenge had me stressed out from the very beginning, so I am happy that it is done, and I'm actually pretty proud of the results! Let's take a look shall we? enjoy :)


PS: I couldn't label all of the colors I used in this post because I can only use 20 labels per post, so the brands of the polishes are labeled instead. sorry :/


First of all, I'm going to give you a break-down of all the colors I used.

From left to right: Revlon Black Satin, Essie French Affair, ULTA Coral Chic, China Glaze Purple Panic (Neon), OPI Alpine Snow, Zoya Julieanne, Sinful Colors Frenzy

China Glaze Fairy Dust, Zoya Charla, Essie Turquoise & Caicos, Ozotic 528, ULTA Limelight, and A-England Holy Grail. whew! 

And now for the pictures you've been waiting for..... :)

Thanks for stopping by!! :D


If you're interested in trying this manicure out for yourself, I HIGHLY recommend watching this tutorial video from Emerald Sparkled!!


Here's the link: http://vimeo.com/32473430

31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 18 (Half Moons)

Hello, I am extremely exhausted again tonight so this one will also be a short post. :P
I am not a huge fan of the Half Moon style of manicure, but I think that the one I've created is a little fun and classy without looking tacky. I hope you think so too, enjoy :)


This is sort of like a tape manicure, except I used binder hole reenforcement stickers instead of tape to get the rounded line. I started with Glitter Gal Dark Purple Sparkle, and painted Revlon Black Satin over the purple.

31 Day Nail Challenge: Day 17 (Glitter)

Hello again, before I get started with today's Glitter Nails post, I just wanted to quickly thank all of the people that have been stopping by to check out my work. I really do appreciate it :) With that said, tonight's post will be a short one because I have had a very long day and need to get some sleep for my Geology Lab Class very early tomorrow morning...ugh :/ Anyway, today I used an unnamed hot pink/magenta sparkle polish from Destined, and topped off with Essie luxeffects Set in Stones. enjoy :)