The Digit-al Dozen Does Skittles Week and 33DC Day 12: Pattern Around your Home

Final day for The Digit-al Dozen Does Skittles Week. Sad, but I got to pair it with 33DC prompt of a pattern around your home. Well, I went with patterns around my home! I love this look! So many patterns! :)

I used OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls as the base and stamped with Konad Black and HK Girl Top Coat. The plates I used were: Konad S6 for the stripes (or mummy wrapping whatever!), Konad M83 for the Damask (probably my most used Konad plate), Vivid Lacquer VL 015 for the Plaid (this is a really big image so I kind of put the image off-centered on my nail), and Konad m63 for the Houndstooth.

Phew I made it through Skittles Week! I really need to practice them more because I'm not sure how skittle-ly they actually were! :) But oh well! It's done! Yippee!! :)

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Skittles Week: Fall Feathers

For today's Digit-al Dozen Skittle I wanted to go with fall colors. And I absolutely love how this turned out! It's all cozy and warm! 

I used China Glaze Kalahari Kiss, China Glaze Budding Romance, China Glaze Red-y & Willing, and Nails Inc Hampstead Gardens. Perfect fall colors. I stamped using Konad Chocolate and Messy Mansions MM14. Such an amazing plate! Topped it off with a coat of HK Girl Top Coat (love this stuff for stamping!)

I'm a little bummed that the stamping doesn't show up as much on Red-y & Willing in the photo. But that's alright, it's still pretty!

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Skittles Week and 33DC Day 11: 3D

Continuing with The Digit-al Dozen's Skittle Week and adding the 33DC 3D prompt I did this. I honestly don't have that many 3D items to use in my nail art. Just rhinestones. And I don't use them that often because they never stay on very long for me! :) But they sure are pretty!

I used OPI Fly, Barry M Foil Effects, Finger Paints Flip Flop Fuchsia, and Nail Savvy Chrome (each two coats). I then added a coat of HK Girl Top Coat and added the stones to the still wet top coat. I then took a brush and painted lines using the same polishes.

Fun and simple, I thought! I hope you like it!

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Skittle Week: Skittles!

Look! I did a proper skittle this week! Get it? Skittles? Nudge nudge wink wink! Bahahahahaha! 

I used Sally Hansen Going Green, Sally Hansen Crushed, Sally Hansen Deep Purple, and Zoya Sooki (all two coats). I used Milani White on the Spot for my letters all topped with HK Girl Top Coat. 

What do you think? 

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Skittles Week and 33DC Day 10: Flowers!

Welcome to a another week of The Digit-al Dozen! We have a few new faces and a new blog: The Digit-al Dozen! (We've been busy!) But this week our theme is Skittle! And I really struggled this week! So I don't know if mine are actually skittles in the technical manner this week, but I made it and finished! So here we go!

It is also Day 10 of 33DC which is Flowers. So this is my Flower Skittle! Rosebuds (abstractly of course!) (or maybe uniform shirts? hahaha!) I used Essence Cafe Ole as a base (you can only see it at the cuticle). I then used OPI Pink Friday, China Glaze Lemon Fizz, Color Club Mamba, and OPI Funky Dunkey. I used Finger Paints Black Expressionism to line them.

It was really hard to come up with flower skittle, because I didn't want to do stamping the entire week, and I didn't want to dot flowers because I've done that. I wanted to try something new for me. What do you think? 

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33DC Day 9: Indian

Yes! Finally a win for the challenge for this week! I was inspired by the henna designs used in India. I just love the way this turned out! I really can't stop staring at it!

So there are a few photos, because 1. I really like it, and 2. wanted to make sure I captured it correctly! :) In this photo the lighting is a bit different but I love the detail it showed. I used two coats of Essence Cafe Ole.  I seriously love this nude polish! It's perfect! And there is a slight shimmer. I added one coat of HK Girl Top Coat.

I stamped using Konad Chocolate and MoYou Pro 04. These flowers totally reminded me of the intricate henna designs.

I then used a thin coat of HK Girl Top Coat to seal in the stamp followed by NYC Matte Me Crazy. I love this design matte! It's perfect!

Whoop! Weird angle, but I still love it. Is that enough gushing for you? You know, sometimes the polish and stamping forces combine and align just right, and that doesn't always happen for me. So I need to rejoice in it! :)

And I'm done! Have a wonderful weekend!

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33DC Day 8: Chevrons

Seriously, I give up. 

I redid this mani like 5 times, 5! And the index finger is still messed up. Oh and guess what? This is more herringbone then chevron. Well, shoot. Why didn't I pay attention to that sooner. 5 times and I didn't catch it?  Grrr!

Well heck, I put that much effort into it, you are still going to get it! :) I used OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls (two coats) for the base of three nails and China Glaze Awaken (two coats) for the accent nail. I stamped using China Glaze Awaken and Konad White using Cheeky CH8.

Lame herringbone. Pfft! The challenge this week so far has gotten the better of me. But oh just wait until Friday! I finally have a win! :)

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33DC Day 7: Art featuring Oldest Untried

Well shoot. I read this prompt a bit wrong! I thought it was oldest untried, not art with oldest untried. Well, an indie glitter is art right? I think so! :) The gorgeous Wet n Wild polish is called Rustic and it's from their Craze line. It is just lovely! I've had it for almost 5 years now, bought it for a Halloween costume and never used it. This is two coats.

Macro shot! Just check out this amazing glitter from Glimmer by Erica. It's called Season's Change. It is from last fall, and I love it! This is two coats. Her formulas are always spot on!

Just because I had to show the glitter again! :) 

One last full image. I love this combo, very fall, which I am so excited for! I also used HK Girl Top Coat.

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The Digit-al Dozen World Domination Has Begun! (errr, not really, but we are having fun!)

So I am a bit late to post this on my site but, The Digit-al Dozen has gone global! Yep, we have ripped back the curtain and have let you see us! (Not that we were ever really hidden). But we now have a blog and many ways to follow and interact with us!

The blog will have extra content than our weekly challenges won't cover! Tips, tutorials, and nails galore! A bunch of exciting stuff! Don't miss it!

Don't be shy, stop on by!

So come on over to the The Digit-al Dozen Blog and take a peek around and sign up with a few social media! 

33DC Day 6: Texture

Today we have a Texture Prompt and I knew exactly what I wanted to do! I recently got Zoya Tomoko from Ulta because of all the gorgeous pictures I saw! And after three coats Tomoko shimmered a beautiful champagne color! I love it! The formula is fabulous! 

Since Tomoko is such a classy/vintage-y color I wanted to stamp something vintage: a cameo! This is from MoYou Pro Plate 04, stamped with Konad Black.

I had a little issue picking up the image for this hand, of course my right hand is stamped perfectly (wearing this mani to my friend's wedding!). And of course, didn't take a picture. I'm not in the habit of photographer my right hand, it's weird! :)

I wanted to seal the stamped image on so I used HK Girl Top Coat. And Zoya Tomoko shimmers even more now! I love it!

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My Favorite Things: September

What the what? It's October already!? Wowza! Where did the time go? Aww, but it's fall! That means no more 100 degree weather for me......hopefully! It means I don't melt in the car and outside! And it means pumpkin flavored things! Bring on the pumpkin! :)

Favorite New (Tried) Polish: Orly High on Hope

I just love the shimmer in this polish! 

Favorite New (Untried) Polish:  Zoya Tomoko (but I actually use it tomorrow! Shhhh!)

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Favorite New (Tried) Indie Polish: Dragon Lacquer Geeky Owl

My dream of an all grey glitter was finally realized with the help of Dragon Lacquer!

Favorite Manicure of the Month: I have a few!

I love this one from The Digit-al Dozen Does It Again: Animal. I actually got all the stamping the way I wanted it!

33DC Day 1: Dots. I finally love a dotticure that I created! :)

Favorite New Technique or Tip: When created a nail decal on a page protector, it helps to use the same clear coat on your nail as the one on the decal.

Favorite TV Show: Ah, fall when you send me all these amazing new shows! I am really loving Sleepy Hallow. On Netflix I came across the series Call the Midwife, and I found it very interesting and good!

Currently Reading: This saddens me. Because I am currently reading City of Bones by Cassandra Clare. This is the second time reading it, but I just can't get through it. And it's not because of the book. I love the book. I'm just not able to do much reading right now. My anxiety doesn't allow me to concentrate like that. Sad face :(

What's new with my blog this month? How about my layout? And my watermark? I'm so in love with it all! And I thank Missy over at Gnarly Gnails again!

What about you? What have been your favorite things this month?

33DC Day 5: Mexican

Day 5 of the 33DC and today's prompt is Mexican. I wanted to do some Sugar Skulls that I see everyone else doing but I know that I would mess up. But thankfully I had these decals and polishes from OPI Halloween 2012 So So Skullicious Mini Set! How perfect!

The colors are: Hi Pumpkin!, A-Rose from the Dead, Mourning Glory, and Candlelight. Each of these are two coats and Candlelight was still a bit sheer. Mourning Glory would have been fine with just one coat! I topped them off using NYC In a New York Minute Top Coat. I wanted to try something different, and this wasn't bad! I think I'll try it on a few other manis.

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ABC: I and Born Pretty Nail Art Stamp Review

Welcome back to the ABC challenge! Today is the letter I. I chose to use Max Factor Intense Plum and Orly It's Not Rocket Science. I wanted to add a little more pizazz to it so I added a stamp!

This is Nail Art Stamp Template Beautiful Star Flower Round Pattern M85 from Born Pretty Store. I was asked to review this plate and I love it! The design I used was what drew me to this plate. I love the circles.

Look how well it stamps! I used BarryM Foil Effects. And the lines are crisp and clean! A great plate for nail art!

Know what I love? Look how the stamp from Born Pretty, mimics the O in Orly! Bah! I love it!

I want to thank the Born Pretty Store for allowing me to review this stamping plate! I can't wait to use the other images!

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