Hi Goddesses
Heather from Peace, Love and Polish is one of the loveliest members we've ever had in the Digit-al Dozen, and we wish her well after the recent birth of her 2nd son.
As well as having the best dog on the planet, Heather's talent was to be able to make everything look SIMPLE and doable, even if it wasn't. I'm not sure she was ever applauded as much as she deserved to be, and I wanted to honour her lovely nail art this week.
This mani came from Art Week way back in January 2013. When I first saw it I loved its simplicity and how colourful it was, and whilst it WAS simple to do, I wish I'd stuck more closely to Heather's original colours.
I also love that hers is a bit more splodgey and messy than mine - it's a beautiful design, and one that you might see cropping up again next month ;)
I used a load of polishes for this one as well as some yellow acrylic paint -
- OPI Hot & Spicy
- OPI Can't Find My Czechbook
- Jessica Wing-Woman
- Jessica Lime Cooler
- Jessica Ocean Bloom
Don't forget to check out everyone else's manis.
Hi Goddesses
You may squint at today's manicure and wonder if you've seen it before, and the answer is yes .... and no. I did 2 very similar manis for the 31DC in January, and this is a variation I did, taking it to the brightest extreme.
There's something about this pattern that just makes me smile. Not a little smile either, but a great big HAPPY smile. The pattern is super simple to do, and looks great in any colour mix.
The polishes are -
Barry M Coconut
OPI Fashion A Bow (red)
OPI Hot & Spicy (orange)
NOPI Pink. Seriously.
The only minor annoyage with this mani is the slight streaking. I don't usually get streaks from my top coat, but I am assuming it happened here because the dots used to create the flowers were quite thick and dense.
Happy Flower Day!
Hi Goddesses
I've got to say, I am REALLY in love with today's mani. It's so bright and cheerful.
The base is a dotticure. I've often stamped on a splodged base, but I have accidentally discovered that a dotted base provides far more colour intensity. The dotticure had some super bright colours -
OPI Hot & Spicy
OPI Fashion A Bow
OPI Can't Find My Czechbook
Barry M Mustard
Barry M Damson
Rimmel Jazz Funk
This reminds me of a child's party - a clutch of bright balloons or mad vinyl table cloths.
The stamping comes from MoYou Explorer 11 and is pretty much your archetypal tribal pattern.
I love how this pops more over the dotted base than it would have over a plain or splodged base, or even a gradient. I have a couple more variations of this coming up in the next few weeks.
Hi Goddesses
Ugh Monday and back at work BUT behold possibly the best nail art I have ever done!
This nail art makes me insanely happy. It's bold, it's bright, it's cheerful. It's easy to do, it's happy, and I've already done 3 variations lol.
Today's prompt is dotting tools, which I use a LOT. I didn't want to do ANOTHER dotticure, and as I looked through my Pinterest, I remembered how much I love the big flowers that Alice at One Nail To Rule Them All does - so some inspiration is definitely owed to THIS photo.
I just want to give a shout out here to my base colour - Barry M Gelly Coconut. It's become my staple for nail art bases. Is it as good as OPI My Vampire Is Buff? Well, it's AS good, but cheaper, so I am really chuffed us UK girls now have a great and affordable version!
To the colours -
- red - OPI Fashion A Bow
- pink - NOPI Pink. Seriously
- orange - OPI Hot & Spicy
- magenta - Pahlish Petropolis
- purple - Different Dimension Pulsar
- green - Sally Hansen Grass Slipper
After I'd done this mani (and cursed the minor streaking from the matte top coat), I decided I didn't really like the index and pinkie fingers, but with hindsight, I really do. I also find the purple a little toooo dark ... but you live and you learn!
I just adore this mani. It's not often I'll stand up and say I'm proud of what I've done, but today, I am suuuuuuuper happy and proud :)
