Day 31 – Recreate your Favorite Challenge

Day 31 – Recreate your Favorite Challenge

Hello! Today will be the day the challenge bids farewell to all of us. And for Day 31’s rules is to Recreate your Favorite Challenge.

But before I do that, I just want to share with you the gift I received from my sister last New Year.

This pack includes Sassy 2 way Nail Art Pen in Black, Bobbie Purple Passion and Chic Missy Daisy. I looove all of those and can’t wait to try all of them.

So going back to the challenge, I decided to recreate Day 17 which is glitters. This day isn’t my favorite. But I decided I’d do this for two reasons. One is because I wanted to make up for not posting a better glitter polish and two, so that I’ll have a reason to use my new polish.

I thought I’d use Bobbie Purple Passion. Purple Passion is a very pale purple polish with tons of micro holographic glitters. Here’s how they look like inside the bottle.

Aren’t they lovely? I fell in love the moment I saw it. I tried putting it as it is. But the polish is so sheer that even 3 coats can’t make it opaque. I decided to put a base color instead.

See what I mean? I used Essence Got a Secret as the base color. And even at this angle, you can see the shining shimmering splendid holo glitters. Got a Secret is a gray polish but it started looking like lavender after using Purple Passion. The formula is super okay and application is a breeze. I had 2 coats of Got a Secret and two coats of Purple Passion. One more good thing about this is that it dries quickly and not as thick. I remember my other Bobbie polish will feel thick on my nails.

Here’s a better look at the glitter goodness.

And a closer look.

I think this polish would work well if it will be used like a top coat. I will try to use this on top of different colors one of these days. The polish is so awesome that I cannot stop staring at my nails even the day after (I decided not to remove it yet). These photos do not even give justice on how splendid this polish is. And for just PHP35 (approximately US$0.81), this polish is totally worth it.

What do you guys think?

Day 30 – Inspired by a Tutorial

Hey lovelies. J We’re at the edge of finishing the challenge. I have for you today a mani that is Inspired by a tutorial.

Panlovespolish is the first nail blogger I ever followed. Even before I discovered that there are a lot of nail bloggers, even before I started doing my own nails and even before I made my own nail blog. Her swatches are awesome. And she does a lot of great nail art and a tutorial for them. I already did a couple of nail designs that are inspired by her. Too bad she is not that active anymore. L

So for this second to the last installment, I decided I’d do a nail tutorial from her that I haven’t tried yet, her “Fun” Dots.

I added some twist to her design.

  

Instead of just doing it diagonally, I decided to write “Year” and “2012”. I think it’s a cute thing since we are fond of wearing and using circle and dots during New Year ’s Eve. It’s also my way of saying hello to the New Year since I wore this design a day before the New Year’s Eve.

I also want to take picture of my hand side by side so that you can read it as a phrase. But my sister had hard time doing that. She kept on laughing at my fat fingers; she said it looks like crab. Hahaha! This is the most decent picture she took.

What do you guys think of  the design?

Colors Used:

Essence Do a Floating Pirouette

Essence Found my Love

Les Couleurs de Salome

SanSan Violet Glam

Day 29 – Inspired by Supernatural

Hi everyone! There are only three posts left until the end of this challenge. For this post is day 29 which is Inspired by Supernatural.

I’ve had a hard time trying to figure out what to do for this challenge. Mostly because all I ever think about is ghosts and most of the bloggers who did this challenge already had their nails painted with ghosts.

I thought of doing mummies or jack-o-lantern. But my sister said it’s not supernatural. She suggested I do elves.

I don’t know how elves look like, so I decided I’d do the most famous for the holidays, Santa’s Elves. I copied this design from Rina, who by the way has the best nail designs you can possibly see. If you haven’t checked her blog yet, you should. You’re missing half of your nail polish life. Anyway, mine look a lot stouter than hers and I decided to mix and match their hats and outfits, nonetheless, I just followed the instructions on her tutorial.

I used three coats Lycra Astor as base color and nail polish (which I will be listing at the end of this post) for the elves.

Here’s how it looks up close.

So does my elves look like elves? My sister says it looks more of a teddy bear. But, I like it. How about you?

Colors used:

Lycra Astor

Bobbie Touch of Tan

BNC 2 way nail art pen in Red

BNC 2 way nail art pen in Green

Sassy Nail Art Brush Black

Day 28 - Inspired by a Flag

Hi guys! I'm back with the 28^th day of the challenge. And for this post I have some nails Inspired by a Flag. I did think of doing a Philippine Flag for this since it’s my country. But I opted to choose another flag that does not represent a country or a state.

I decided to do something simple yet a little unique.

These nails are inspired by a Semaphore Flag.

Semaphore Flags are used to communicate between ships and the port. I am not exactly sure how this works, but I thought the design is pretty simple.

I used Caronia Sweet Surprise as the base color and then “swiped” on the red using Sally Hansen Cardinal.

I loved how simple this has become. I know you won’t easily recognize this at first glance, but it’s worth the try.

Tell me what you think. ;)

Day 27 – Inspired by an Artwork

Hey guys! Today is one of the days I am very excited about. This post will show you Day 27 of the challenge which is Inspired by an Artwork.

I celebrated my last birthday at Madame Tussauds in Amsterdam. I saw a lot of wax statues and famous things in the museum. One of them is what inspired me for this design. I’ve been wanting to try this on my nails but didn’t get the time to do it.

Piet Mondrian is famous for his geometric paintings. Here is a sample of his work.

The design looks simple although would take a lot of time to do especially for a person like me that have a shaky hand. But the results are totally worth it.

I decided to “divide” parts of the artwork on each of my nails since I don’t think it would fit on just one nail. It also gives a fun look since no nail is identical.

I started painting all of my nails white as base color before drawing the other shapes. With the help of a nail art pen and a nail art brush, I was able to draw lines on and parallelograms on my nails. As you might have notices, those lines are not as crisp and straight, as I’ve mentioned, I really have a shaky hand.

I love the overall look of this design. It’s very simple but still catchy.

Tell me what you think.

Colors used

Essence Perfectly True

Elianto Novy

Sassy Nail Art Brush Black

Sassy Nail Art Brush Yellow

BNC 2way Nail Art Pen Red

Day 26 – Inspired by a Pattern

Hey there! Today’s post is a continuation of the 31 day challenge. And today is the 26^th installment of it which is Inspired by a Pattern.

There are days in my nail painting life that I ran out of ideas and suck in doing the design. This is one of them. The patterns I saw from other nail bloggers who did this challenge makes me feel worse about what I did.

 I literally ran out of idea on what to do on my nails. I wanted something more elegant. But my mind just went blank. I decided to do something very simple – a checkered design. Since it’s still holidays when I did my nails, I opted to go for the holiday colors, green, red and gold. Well, I cheated, that’s not really gold. I used Art Club Bronze for the base color. Then added on some red and green checkered using BNC 2 way nail art pen. I need a lot of practice with this one.

I’m not exactly sure that checkered are patterns. But I want to claim that it is.

What do you guys think of the design?

Colors used:

Art Club Bronze

BNC 2 way nail art pen Red

BNC 2 way nail art pen Green

Day 25 – Inspired by Fashion

Hi there! I made a mistake in doing the challenge during the holiday season. As I’ve mentioned, I had a vacation and was not able to get in front of a computer. That’s why even though I was able to finish the challenge on time, it was only now that I am showing you guys everything. I will have everything scheduled for you so as not to flood you with the post. One post a day. :)

Moving on, this post will show you day 25 of the challenge, which is Inspired by Fashion. From the start of this challenge, I have been thinking what to do for this day. You see, I am not a fashionable girl. Dressing up is the least of my concern when going out. I wouldn’t be surprised if I will be caught by a fashion police one day. So this is a hard one for me. After a lot of thinking, I remembered a simple blouse my sister owns.

I thought that this would be easy for me to do since it has very simple design. Here’s how it turned out.

I started off with a base color from Elianto which is Novy. Too bad Elianto stopped selling polishes here, and I was only able to grab three colors from them. It was a bit late when I found out that they had a wide range of different colors. Moving on, I used the same technique on this design from my dots within dots, which is by the way inspired by Emerald Sparkled.

I used Elianto Yellow and Caronia Silver Platinum for the dots. This technique is easy since all you need are polish and a dotting tool.

I am satisfied with how this design went, although I was not able to clean up very small dirt on my skin. Sorry for that, I only get to see it now.

Here’s a closer look on the nails and the blouse.

                                                                                                                              

How do you guys like it?

Colors used

Elianto Novy

Elianto Yellow

Caronia Silver Platinum

Day 24 – Inspired by a Book

Hey there! We’re still working on this challenge as the holidays is approaching. And for today, what I have on my nails are something inspired by a book.

I was browsing thru the internet for some best selling books that are easy to do. Then I saw Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland. I haven’t read the novel itself. But I remember reading it in a book when I was younger.

Let’s take a closer look.

This is the Cheshire cat’s grin. It was said to be left in the air even after he left. Alice even remarked that she has often seen a cat without a grin but never a grin without a cat.

I used Neon Purple as base color. Then I used a nail art brush to do the grin.

On my ring finger is the Queen of hearts who Alice met in the Wonderland. I used Essence Perfectly True as base color and used BNC two way nail art pen to draw the hearts and letter Q.

Evidently, this is Alice’s dress. I used SanSan Warm Blue and Essence Perfectly True for this one.

The White Rabbit that Alice followed has a pocket watch. So I decided to use it here. That’s Perfectly True on base again and Art Club Bronze for the watch’s outline.

And last but not the least is the bottle’s label that Alice drank that made her shrink. I used Essence Found my Love for the base color and LA Art Deco Violet.

So what do you guys think about my Alice in Wonderland’s nail?

Colors used:

Neon Purple

SanSan Warm Blue

Essence Perfectly True

Essence Found my Love

LA Art Deco Violet

Day 23 – Inspired by a Movie

Hello guys! It’s almost Christmas, and here I am almost done with the challenge. Today is Day 23 and I will be sharing an Inspired by a movie nail designs.

One of my weakness is horror / suspense thriller movies, especially the ones made by fellow Asian. Okay, so for today’s challenge, I kinda cheated a bit. It’s actually inspired by movies. What I have for you are Asian horror movies that I liked, well, most of them.

I liked how this turned out to be sort of a black and white design, except for the red eye.

Let’s go on into details.

On my pinky is my favorite Asian horror film, Shutter. Shutter Thai film. This a story of a photographer who is haunted by his past by the use of picture. He tried to solve the mystery, only to find out that his ex-girlfriend committed suicide after his friends raped her and he didn’t do anything about it. Okay, I don’t want to tell you the whole story.

It’s kinda funny how this is my favorite film yet, I hated it on my nails. I was trying to do a camera shutter design. But I failed on it one too many times. I decided I’d do a Polaroid picture instead. Yes, that’s a Polaroid, the back of the Polaroid picture actually. I find this hilarious since it looks like just a black square.

The reason why I said most of the designs are movies that I liked is because this next design is something that I haven’t watched yet. Yes, even though all of my classmates from way back High School watched this, I didn’t. I don’t know why. Anyway, on my ring finger is The Ring. The Ring is a Japanese movie that revolves around a cursed video. Wherein when the videotape is watch, the person will die in a week’s time. i don’t know much about this aside from what I have read. Maybe someday, when I get the chance to grab a copy of this movie I’ll be able to watch this.

On my middle finger is The Eye. This one is a film from Hong Kong and Singapore. This is a story of a girl who had an eye transplant and got more than what she expected. Aside from seeing what a normal eye can see, she can also see ghosts and spirits. She then struggles to find her donor and resolve the mystery.

On the index is also one of the movies that I liked. This is Alone. Alone is also a Thai film about a conjoined twins. The one of them is very sweet and protective. While the other one is sickly and jealous. The sickly one died after they were separated. Only to find out years later that it was really the sweet one who died. But the other one took over her identity so as to get the affection of her beloved. The sickly one wears a glass that she always keep so as her boyfriend does not find it. I find those eyeglasses relevant to the story since it was the indicator that the one alive is the jealous one. So I drew in The glasses.

This last movie is not my favorite, but among the five nail designs that I drew, this one is the one that stood up for me. This design is based on the movie The Grudge’s movie poster. The grudge is also a movie of curse. This time, the curse is in the house and anyone who enters it are being killed. The house is said to be haunted since the last family who lived there were brutally killed by the husband. Then he, himself committed suicide after.

In general, I like how this mani turned out. Sorry if this post turned out to be a movie summary. But I thought it’s the best way to describe the design.

Day 22 – Inspired by a Song

Hi guys! This is supposed to be up yesterday. But i had issues with the internet connection.

Anyway, We’re moving very fast on the challenge, seems like it was just yesterday.  We’re already on Day 22. And what I have for you are nails that are Inspired by a Song.

While most of the other “challengers” opted for pop music, I decided to do some classic.

Let me share a trivia and a random fact about me before I show you today’s mani. I’m the kind of person who tends to listen to the same kind of music/song for a long period of time. While most people my age are more likely to be inclined with pop music or anything that is recent, I prefer to listen to songs from years ago. Hence, the oldies song mani.

It was actually my eldest sister who suggested the song and I thought it was a good idea.

The song of Bryan Hyland, Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, inspires this design.

Let’s have a close up on each nails.

It was an itsy, bitsy, teeny weeny, yellow polka dot bikini,
that she wore for the first time today.

I want to start off with my ring finger which showcases the title of the song. I used Essence Perfectly True as base color. I outlined the shape of a two piece bikini using Sassy Nail Art Brush Black then filled it up with Elianto Yellow. And with the help of a dotting tool, I used Caronia Black Velvet to create the polka dots.

She was afraid to come out of the locker, she was as nervous as she could be.

On my thumb is a literal interpretation of a locker (the one you put your things in for safekeeping). Although I know that the song pertains to a locker where you change clothes and stuff, I find it hard to draw that in my nails. So I decided to do some representation.

I used Essence Got a Secret as base color and Sassy Nail Art Brush Black to outline the borders and the locker’s handle.

She was afraid to come out in the open,
so a blanket around her she wore.

On my index is a plaid blanket, it’s actually a common print for blanket here in our country. But I’m not sure if the same goes for different countries.

I used Caronia First Crush as base color and LA Art Deco in Yellow and Violet for the plaid. You might’ve seen this design before.

So she sat bundled up on the shore …
now she’s afraid to come out of the water.

On the middle finger is the view of the beach. I’m not sure if it does look like a beach to you, but it does for me.

I used SanSan Warm Blue  as base color. I then sponged in the sand and water using Bobbie Touch of Tan and Neon Blue, respectively. I drew in the clouds with Essence Perfectly True using a dotting tool.

So, that’s it for today. Thank you for dropping by. As always, feel free to leave a comment.

Colors used:

Essence Got a Secret

Sassy Nail Art Brush Black

Caronia First Crush

LA Art Deco Yellow

LA Art Deco Violet

SanSan Warm Blue

Bobbie Touch of Tan

Neon Blue

Essence Perfectly True

Elianto Yellow

Caronia Black Velvet

Day 21 – Inspired by a Color

Hey there! We’re now starting the third and last part of the challenge: Inspirations. And for Day 21 we have Inspired by a color.

Most of the nail enthusiasts who did this challenge chose to recreate a color based on the name (most of them inspired by a nail polish color). I chose to do it differently.

I found tinkgurlnails’ crayola design very inspiring and appealing. So I decided to “copy” her design.

Since we’re dealing with colors, I think I still followed the theme. I gathered a couple of commonly used Crayola and painted on my four nails. Then I used a darker shade of the same colors to use as tips. I used a nail art brush to do that. Then with the help of my nail art polish, I striped in a thick black line and added the curves using the same color as the “crayon’s wrapper”

On my thumb I drew in green lines and the brand Crayola as what children would’ve seen in their boxes.

I’m impressed on how I was able to do this on my nails. It’s kinda cute and child friendly. Too bad I don’t know a lot of kids to show this off.

How do you guys liked it?

Colors used:

Essence Found My Love

Allue Pumpin’ Purple

Orly Blue Collar

SanSan Warm Blue

BNC Green Nail Art Brush

Bobbie Lush

Bobbie Vamp

Caronia Sweet Surprise

Day 20 – Water Marble

Hi guys! We’re already done with the second leg of this polish challenge which is the patterns. Today is also the day I dreaded the most. This is the day I need to do Water Marble nails.

Okay, this isn’t the first time I’ve ever tried this. As a matter of fact, after several attempts on this one, I only had onesemi-successful water marble.  No matter how easy it may seem on video tutorial, such as the one by Simple Little Pleasures or how beautiful it may seem on gorjessnails or victoriac7, I cannot seem to do that on my nails. After a couple of drops and some dragging onto the water, the polish looks awesome. But for some insane reasons, it does not look like that when I dip my nails in, it doesn’t look like that – not even close.

This is my nth attempt to water marbling.

I would have to thank my 8 year old nephew (yes, the one who chose my nail polish). If it hadn’t been because of him, I might have given up doing this. He’s so amazed on how the polish spread onto the water that he kept on cheering me to do it all over again.

I chose a couple of color combinations to work with. I thought of doing some rainbow colors. I tried on my unbranded neon polishes. It didn’t work out good enough. I wanted to give up. So I scratched the idea off and just went over my stash again. I didn’t think of any design anymore. I just want to get it over with. I picked on some colors and started dropping polishes again. Some of it went straight to the bottom. I wanted to scream.

I started to use Orly Blue Collar and SanSam Violet Glam. It did pretty well at first. But I’m still not satisfied with how it looked. I tried SanSam Violet Glam and Rimmel Chocolate Factory. It did looked better.

Even though I said it looked better, I’m not entirely happy. But I just want to get it over with. I did not use the tape method before doing the marble, so as expected, the clean in is another story. Yes, if I would highly suggest that if you wanted to try this technique, put tape around your nails. Believe me, it would lessen your headache.

I’m not sure if you would notice, but the finished product had small bubbles and is nowhere near perfect. But please bear with me. This is the most decent design I can come up with. And please excuse the dirty fingers, as I’ve said, I’ve been a very stubborn to not use the tape.

No, I don’t think I’ll do this again in the near future.

Colors used:

Rimmel Chocolate Factory

SanSan Violet Glam

Essence Found my Love (Base Color)