Digit-al Dozen DOES Black and White Day 3 - Weird But I Like It!

Hi Goddesses

Today's pattern is one I wouldn't have thought of in a million years, but whilst browsing for inspiration, I came across this cushion.



I was immediately drawn to the delicate lines and the dots and the interconnectedness of the pattern, and so, here we are :)

The hardest part of this mani is that my Barry M Nail Pens did not appreciate being used over Poshe Top Coat.  They really were not having it.  I've got a good 2-3 coats of the pens here, and it's annoying, because I particularly like how fine the line is in the original pattern.

I used my w7 black and white again.  I didn't want to use the pens on top of the polish as they can sometimes cut a groove through your polish.  Maybe I'll have to experiment with matte coat next time, and see if that helps :)

Digit-al Dozen DOES Black and White Day 2 - Skittle

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The love of the last DD theme hasn't left me, and I am still hungry for excuses to knock out a skittles mani.

Today's mani again uses 2 "cheap" polishes by w7.  I think I wanted to prove that you don't have to spend a lot on your polishes to get them to do interesting things. 

The thumb features a "pond mani" which has suddenly become really popular.  My friend Jacki at Adventures in Acetone has done a few of them recently, and they have a gorgeous fragility that I really love.  Unfortunately they require a lot of patience, as you're painting your art between thin layers of a jelly polish.   This mani is for laydeez more patient than The Crumpet lol.

We then have a standard stripe pattern (mint humbugs?) and a dotty pattern, which I really like.  It used 3 sizes of dotting tool to fill the space really neatly.

The ring finger is a starburst.  I put a blob of white in the centre, and then used a thin art brush to whoosh it out to the sides of my nail.  I had to go round at least twice to thin it out to the shape I wanted.

And finally the little finger aka the finger of running out of ideas lol.  This is no more than a random doodle.


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Digit-al Dozen DOES Black and White - Michelle's Flowers

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It's Digit-al Dozen Week again!  Today we welcome the insanely talented Lindsey of Wondrously Polished and Meghan of Will Paint Nails For Food to the DD.  I'm especially excited as both were featured heavily in Blogger of the Month posts earlier this year.

This month's theme is Black and White and was chosen by Missy.   Gggggrrrr black and white.  Where's all the colour??  Initally I hated this theme, but actually, in the end, I like every mani I've done, partly because it's put the focus on the art and the pattern, and not the colours.

So today's post is inspired by the lovely Michelle at work.   It's a sad sign of how utterly one track my mind is that for the last few months, every time Michelle wears this top (almost always on a Monday), I've been thinking - that would make a cute mani.  And once black and white week was announced, it was a deal.

There is no science or great mystery to this post.  2 very cheap w7 polishes and 1 dotting tool - medium sized.

For all the nails, I did the ring of 5 dots first, and then placed the centre dot at the end.  Super simple.  And isn't it always the case that the simple ones look the best?  I'm seriously happy with this one, and Michelle and I looked great together all day :)

Neon Roses

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It feels like the end of summer today in the UK.  It's a bank holiday, and the kids go back to school next week.  And then it will be autumn.  And dark nights.  And Christmas lol.  So, what else to do today but go out with a bang?

I've got a few neon manis left, and I'm determined I'm going to keep doing them throughout the winter.  These have cheered me up so much, and they look so happy on the nail.

This mani features - 

w7 White

Color Club Daisy Does It

Pretty n Polished Crush

Sation Flirt

w7 Fuchsia

For each of the roses, the petals were done with acrylic paint, as I didn't want a neon-on-neon "my eyes!" experience lol.  The leaves were also done with acrylic.

I still can't get enough of roses.  So simple, yet so bloomin' lovely.

Enjoy, and have a great day :) xx

Tri Polish Challenge - Red Hot (Pink) Leopard

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I decided today that my 3 polishes would make a cracking leopard print mani, so here we are :)

Just a reminder, we have Barry M Gelly Blood Orange and Blackberry, and also Shocking Pink.  I used w7 White as my base.

I love the finished version, although it does have a few minor flaws.  One of the saddest things is that it was quite hard to tell that the spots are red AND pink – from a distance it all looks the same colour.

There is something about leopard print that is effortlessly cool as a mani.  It’s relatively easy to do, and the colour combinations are endless.  It’s one of those patterns I think that ALWAYS looks great, and there are many variations, from gradiated bases to mixed spots.

Don’t forget to check out what the other Crumpet’s Nail Tarts are up to!  Enjoy xx