OMD 31 Day Challenge - Day 10 - Metallic

Hello! Happy Wednesday!

Today is Metallic day of the OMD 31 Day Challenge! And today I have my very first ruffian manicure! The two colors I used were sitting beside each other just begging to be used and I think they compliment each other very well. They sort of remind me of denim and the rivets on jeans.

For all fingers but my ring finger I started with 2 coats of Rimmel London Hard Metal. I love this blue, and I love Rimmel London polishes. I have two and they're both great, next time they go on sale I'll have to pick up more. I love the brush and the formulas, they're hidden gems! On my ring finger I started with two coats of Pure Ice Magic. It was opaque after one coat but I wanted to smooth out the brush marks and then I got bubbles with the second coat, I should have stopped at one coat :( It should work great for stamping though given how opaque it was! I then freehanded the ruffian with a small brush and the alternate colors on each finger.

Thanks for reading!

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OMD 31 Day Challenge - Day 7 - Holo

Hey everyone!! I'm cutting it pretty close again...I should have a bit more free time next week so hopefully I'll have more time for nails and not be posting challenge manis all last minute.

Today is holo day in the 31 Day Challenge. I have a stamping manicure for you, I've read numerous times how well the Color Club Halo Hues work for stamping, and they didn't disappoint! I started with two coats of Pure Ice Bikini. Bikini is fast becoming my favorite light blue, I've already used it twice this week! That's like some sort of record or something, lol. Once that was dry I used Color Club Over the Moon and stamped with plate 214 from Bundle Monster. My ring finger is two coats of Over the Moon on its own.

And since I've been running so late I ran out of sunlight before I was done this mani tonight. So the next two pictures are under my daylight lamp to show the holo goodness of Over the Moon.

Yummy! Holo goodness! Thanks for reading :)

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OMD 31 Day Challenge - Day 5 - Skittles

Happy Friday everyone! I hope your Friday was great and you're looking forward to your weekend!! I'm going to be doing my best to keep up with the challenge so fingers crossed that there will be two manis from me this weekend.

Today is Skittles day in the 31 Day Challenge. I have a pastel polka dot skittle mani for you! Here's what I used:

• Thumb: two coats of China Glaze Something Sweet
• Pointer: two coats of Julep Renee
• Middle: two coats of Julep Shenae, it has a slight shimmer
• Ring: two coats of Pure Ice Bikini. I LOVE this blue, it was so smooth and the perfect dusty pastel blue.
• Pinky: three coats of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls

My thumb, pointer, middle and ring finger are all dotted using OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls. The dots on my pinky are done using the base colors on the other finger.

I really liked this mani, it was delicate and fun at the same time. Not really season appropriate, it was more springy, but that's ok I still loved it!

Thanks for reading!!

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OMD 31 Day Challenge - Day 3 - Purple

Oh my! I'm super late today, barely squeaking the challenge in!! Today is day three of the challenge and the prompt says today is purple!

I have a geometric skittle manicure in purple for today. It's a lot of information so I'm going to break it down finger by finger:

• Pointer: two coats of Pure Ice New Lilac, stamped with Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Co-Bolt Blue and  a Fauxnad plate of m65
• Middle: two coats of Pure Ice New Lilac, stamped with Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Co-Bolt Blue and Gals Plate 35
• Ring: two coats of Pure Ice New Lilac, three royal blue square rhinestones
• Pinky: one coat of Pure Ice New Lilac as undies, then four thick coats of Pure Ice Cheatin

Wow, that was a lot of writing about what's going on in this mani! I bought Pure Ice New Lilac as a potential stamping polish, I'm not sure how well it's going to work. I'll have to give it a try in the nearish future!

Thanks for reading!

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First Saran Wrap Manicure

Good morning!!

I must admit I've always admired saran wrap manicures that I've seen around the blogosphere. I finally decided to give it a try myself, and I love it! It's such an easy way to make an interesting manicure and you don't have to worry about things not lining up perfectly or stamping perfectly or being anything perfectly and it's supposed to look that way!

I decided to go with two sort of similar colors so that if I didn't like it the mani wouldn't be too garish to wear for the rest of the day. As a base I used 2 coats of China Glaze Sea Spray. Once that was dry I painted on a thick coat of Pure Ice Risk Taker and then daubed the saran wrap on the top to pick up a bit of the top color and reveal Sea Spray underneath. These nails remind me of marble, I should do a white and Risk Taker saran wrap manicure, that would definitely look like I had tiny slabs of marble on my fingers!

Thanks for reading!!