Innocence - Smokey Mountain Lacquers Meets American Horror Story

Hi Goddesses

Today I have the 2nd piece of nail art for you that is inspired by Smokey Mountain Lacquer's Halloween homage to American Horror Story.

Innocence is inspired by the character of Pepper, who appears in both Seasons 2 and 4.  

I'm not gonna lie, she's not a memorable character for me, other than the amazing transformation undertaken by the actress who plays her.

For my art, I chose to create Pepper's standard outfit - loose shift with huuuuuuge collar and white trim, layered with a thick, functional cardigan.  It's not quite as grungey as I would have liked, though!

The American Horror Story Collection will be launching on Friday.

Digit-al Dozen DOES Nature - Birds of a Feather

Hi Goddesses

Happy Hump Day and welcome to a mani which ALMOST became part of last month's Pattern on Pattern DD Challenge.

The base for this mani is this gorgeous feathered stamping I did as part of the January 31DC using the EPIC Messy Mansion MM14 plate.

Said plate also features a stamp of birds on a wire, and it was too irresistible to not overlap them.

I'm not overly successful when it comes to double stamping (there are some crazy good ladies out there), but I really feel I nailed it with this one.

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31DC2015 Day 20 - Rainbow

Hi Goddesses

I had a mixture of ideas for this one, and wasn't sure which way to go, and then I remembered THIS amazing mani from my DD alum, Hannah, from Dalai Llama Nails.

I loved the simplicity and the originality of this mani, plus the messy ikat design.

I chose my rainbow of colours - 

Powder Perfect Lorelei
Barry M Blueberry
Barry M Spring Green
Barry M Yellow
Essie Orange It's Obvious
Barry M Blood Orange

This is such a simple but gorgeous mani.  Super easy to do - shaggy brush strokes is all that's required.

I loved Hannah's matte version, but I think I might prefer the glossy version even more.  This just screams happiness to me.

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Back In Time - Andy Warhol Lips (+ OPI Matte Top Coat)

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It’s the middle of the month, which means it’s time for the 2nd Back In Time post, and this time, Missy and I get to recreate each other’s manis.   Missy obviously got up earlier than I did, and has already posted her version of my Wonder Woman mani – you can check her out here.

When it came time to choose what to do, it wasn’t as easy as I expected.  Missy and I like different colours, so anything she did with green or teal or yellow immediately went on the NOOOOOOO pile.  Eventually, I narrowed it down to 2, and finally plumped for this pastel version of Andy Warhol’s famous lips paintings.

For my bases I used all Barry M Gellys

- Thumb – Lychee

- Index – Blueberry

- Middle – Prickly Pear

- Ring – Greenberry

- Pinkie – Dragon Fruit

I stamped using the same polishes and the lips on BM02.   When it was done, I quite liked it, but not as much as Missy’s.  I think the stamps are a little hard to see, and it just doesn’t pop as much as hers (probably cos I couldn’t bear to use yellow lol).

I then thought I should try my new OPI Matte Top Coat before taking the mani off and …… oh yeh, pure heaven!   LOVE this matte top coat.  Not only did it matte it pretty much instantly, it made my nails look like love heart sweets!  All sugary and sherberty lol.

Really impressed with the OPI – effortless application, no streaking, and a lovely powdery soft, almost vinyl finish.  Needless to say, it MADE the mani, proving that sometimes, even though it’s about the polish, it shouldn’t be TOO polished.

Enjoy xx