#33DC Day 1 - Dots

Hi Goddesses

And welcome to a super exciting day!  Today is the launch of the all-new #33DC which is being run through Crumpet's Nail Tarts.  We will be posting on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for the next 11 weeks.  Details of the challenge and how to join (cos it's still not too late!) will be at the end of the post :)

Today is also a famous post for a different reason.  This is the mani I was wearing when NubbinGate struck!  Yup, the last photos of my sweet ring finger before it got stumpy!

This mani features 2 of the OPI San Francisco polishes, which were new when I did this mani 6 weeks ago lol but which now seem old hat haha.  The blue is Keeping Suzi At Bay which is the middle blue of the 3.  It's nice, and has the great OPI formula, but there are a ton of similar polishes out there.  The silver, which I have a LOT of plans for, is Haven't The Foggiest and it looks amazing.

You'll notice that today's nail art "evolved".  I was just in a playful mood that night.   I've said this so many times before, but I still believe that this is the best way to experiment.  Crucially, I also took photos at every step so that if it went WAY wrong, I could pretend I had stopped just before it did lol.

The first dotted look was super simple, but made me think of dice lol.   I like the 2nd look (and use it a lot) - the dot within a dot.  It's so simple to do but always looks magical.

The final version was my favourite though - some smaller silver dots to fill in the blank space.   

Here are all the challenge details - remember, it's Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.  If you want to come and join us, just click HERE.   Enjoy xx

The Digit-al Dozen Does It All Again - Blue

Hi Goddesses

And welcome to 2 sensational weeks of nail art!  This month, to coincide with our amazing GIVEAWAY, the Digit-al Dozen are recreating the 12 themes we have done in the last year.

Sometimes that's good news, and at other times - geeks, books, "festiveness" (in September, seriously?) - not so much fun lol.  But hey, that's why it's a challenge :)

Our first theme, last September was blue.  A nice, gentle, easy theme.  And today I have not one blue, but 3, all from the new OPI San Francisco Collection - Dining All Frisco, (the pale one), Incognito in Sausalito, (the very dark one) and Keeping Suzi At Bay (the middle one).

On base we have Dining Al Frisco, which is my least favourite of the 3 - I just found it rather meh.   I then freehanded triangles in the 2 darker colours for some geometric style nail art.

You'll probably notice a difference in some of the photos.  The originals were super glossy, to the point where it was really hard to discern the pattern, so I added a coat of Pretty & Polished Wax On Top Coat to dull it down a little, but not too much.

Wax top coats have suddenly appeared, and I am quite liking my experiments with them.  As you see here, they don't totally flatten the colour like a matte top coat does, and I like that in the waxed photos, the colours still have some life.

Don't forget to check out the Giveaway and the other ladies of awesome, and I'll be back tomorrow with Hallowe'en.  I kid you not.

Enjoy xx :)