GOT Polish and The Lazy Blogger's 31 DC: Dots and Fashion

Too many challenges! So yet again I combined them together. Dots are in fashion a lot. I had this idea in my head to do something a bit different. Well, it didn't quite work out as planned but it still follows all the rules of the two challenges!

These are my polka dot tights! Not, not legos, I promise! I used two coats of OPI My Pointe Exactly and two coats of Essence We Will Rock You. I then fished out the large round glitters from Lacquistry's Witches Warts. Topped off with HK Girl Top Coat and you have tights!

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Meh, I tried! :) Hahaha!

Don't forget to check out Emma's awesome nails over at Manicurity!

If you would like to join GOT Polish click the photo above! And don't forget to check out the other ladies and their oldies!

The Lazy Blogger's 31 DC: Recreate Something

Today's prompt was to recreate a mani. I chose to attempt Emma's Teeny Tiny Flowery Half-Moon Nails.

And I do mean attempt. Emma, from Manicurity has such gorgeous shaped nails that are long and graceful and work for a half-moon design. Mine, in their nub condition, not so much.

I used Ciate Chinchilla as my base, two coats. Never used this brand before and the formula is wonderful! I used OPI Wooden Shoe Like to Know as the branch. The flowers are made up of China Glaze Make Some Noise, China Glaze Trendsetter, Leighton Denny, and some China Glaze Kalahari Kiss. I used Milani White on the Spot and Zoya Bevin to make little poofs of flowers. I used HK Top Coat to finish is off.

So they are not as great as Emma's but they are still pretty cute and I am still loving the idea. Maybe when the nubs grow out a bit? :)

Don't forget to check out Emma's awesome nails over at Manicurity! Because I know she something totally awesome! She always does! :)

The Lazy Blogger's 31 DC: Black and White

Black and white. Honestly with the week I've been having I had no inspiration for this one. So I pulled out one of my lovely (got 6) MoYou plates that I won from The Crumpet's Giveaway a while back.

I chose the Sailor Collection, Plate 4. On three of my nails I painted OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls and on my accent nail I painted Finger Paints Black Expressionism. I then stamped using Konad Black on the three nails and Konad White on the other. I then fished out black and white glitters from All That Glitters: Spotty Dottie Light and Spotty Dottie Dark (two fabulous indie glitters) and put them onto the scales. I don't know. And then I used my top coat too soon (NYC in a New York Minute) and it smeared the stamping, even with a gloop and not brush touching nail.

Just showing you the image that I stamped.

So, not thrilled but oh well, life goes on! C'est la vie!

Don't forget to check out Emma's awesome nails over at Manicurity! Because I know she something totally awesome! She always does! :)

GOT Polish & The Lazy Blogger's 31 DC: Blue Book?

Two different challenges today. GOT Polish where we only use our golden oldie polishes that are a year old and the prompt is Blue. The Lazy Blogger's 31 DC prompt is Book. Ugh. 

So someone made a comment (you know who you are! wink wink) that combining these to challenges doesn't really make me a lazy blogger. But I say it does! Kill a two birds with one stone! Boom! But it can be tricky trying to find inspiration with those two prompts.

Blue Book....seriously, I almost looked up what a Kelly's Blue Book looks like (it a guide for pricing used cars). But I thought I couldn't do that! Think think think. Nothing came to mind until I look up and saw a journal sitting there. And not just any journal......

How about River Song's journal! Yep, it is a blue book!

I mixed together Sally Hansen Blue Me Away with some China Glaze First Mate to create the base color. Then I used mixed them together again but used more First Mate and drew the squares. I used a bit of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls to add the distressed look. And topped it with Orly Matte Top.

So what do you think? Blue Book! :)

This is River Song's Journal but I can't show you what's inside because.....

 

Don't forget to check out Emma's awesome nails over at Manicurity!

If you would like to join GOT Polish click the photo above! And don't forget to check out the other ladies and their oldies!

The Lazy Blogger's 31 DC: Floral

Floral huh, they are a lot of different floral tutorials that I have been wanting to do. So the tutorial that I chose to do today I have been putting it off forever. It always looked so hard because the end results were always so beautiful. But, it is Technique Tuesday and a floral prompt, I had to give it a shot.

So I finally opened my folder with all my "to try" manis in it and search for the one by The Crumpet. I chose to use her tutorial on How To...Freehand Roses. Her roses are always just so gorgeous I was scared to try it!

Let me first tell you, Debbie, from The Crumpet, makes awesome tutorials, easy to follow. Because if I can do it, anyone can! So let's see the photo!

Look at that! Can you believe it! I couldn't! Even when I was creating them I thought they weren't turning out right. but once you add that top coat. Presto! Roses! And I love them!

I also realized that these colors of roses reminded me of my mother. She would tell me that the year that I was born everything was in the rosebud pattern. And so I had a rosebud diaper bag, changing pad, dresses, hats, blanket, you name it.

And when I look at these I am reminded of my mom, who passed away 8 years in February. So I am really glad I did these roses because I got to relieve some wonderful memories that I hadn't thought about in years.

For the polishes I used: OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls (base), OPI Sparrow Me the Drama (big part of flower), OPI Steady as She Rose (petals), and OPI Mermaid's Tears (leaves). Yep, a Pirates of the Caribbean rose mani! :)

Don't forget to check out Emma's awesome nails over at Manicurity!

The Lazy Blogger's 31DC: Inspired by a Movie

Inspired by a movie.........I really struggled with this one. Hopefully Emma had better luck! :) My creativity all used up until I remembered these stamping plates. 

Any guesses on the movie? Anyone?

Ah yes, A Knight's Tale. Such a good movie! I love Heath Ledger! 

I chose Color Club Mamba as my base because the movie poster had a lot of red in it. I stamped the jousting knights in Konad Black from Vivid Lacquer VL020. And the the stars are from Winstonia W107. 

I did a gradient of silver and gold BarryM Foil Effects to show that you can change your stars! :)

Don't forget to check out Emma's awesome nails over at Manicurity!

The Lazy Blogger's 31DC: Inspired by Artwork

Inspired by Artwork sometimes is really hard for me. But today's was easy. I have this card framed and hanging on my wall. It's been there going on 7 years. It is a sympathy card from my mother's funereal. And I think it is a gorgeous card.

Sorry this is just a quick iPhone photo of the card, I realized I didn't take a photo of it to show it to you! :)

I used OPI Mermaid's Tears and OPI Stranger Tides for the top and bottom (the card is actually really these colors, just doesn't show it that well in the photo). I used OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls as the tree limbs and Mermaid's Tears' leaves. I then used microbeads like on the card. I used HK Girl Top Coat to seal it up! :)

I love this mani. It really means a lot to me. It is very tranquil like the card.

Don't forget to check out Emma's awesome nails over at Manicurity!

GOT Polish Challenge: Pink & The Lazy Blogger's 31DC: Delicate

So today is a two challenge day! We have GOT Polish Challenge (Golden Oldie Thursday, where you have to use a polish older than a year!) and The Lazy Blogger's 31DC. So the two prompts are: Pink and delicate.

Well, the polish for my base is OPI Pink-A-Doodle. The stamping polish is Sally Hansen Presto Pink and the stamping plate is Nailz Craze NC01. All three are older than a year! And the dandelion is delicate! 

Boo-yah! Win! :)

I really love the shimmer in the OPI polish! So feminine! I used HK Girl Top Coat to make it all extra shiny!

Don't forget to check out Emma's awesome nails over at Manicurity!

If you would like to join GOT Polish click the photo above! And don't forget to check out the other ladies and their oldies!

The Lazy Blogger's 31DC: Tutorial - Tape Mani Cross.

Today's Lazy Blogger 31 Day Challenge prompt is a tutorial. I have a whole bunch to choose from but I chose to do a cross mani, it's the closest I've come to a tape mani argyle. But I love how this turned out and the fact that is a tape mani that worked!

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I've had this pinned for like ever and I'm so happy that I finally did it! It was easy and I can't wait to do it again! The tutorial is from Pshiiit.com

For my colors I used China Glaze Kalahari Kiss as my base with China Glaze Ingrid and China Glaze Budding Romance. I just love these colors together!

What do you think?

Don't forget to check out Emma's awesome nails over at Manicurity!

The Lazy Blogger's 31DC: Polka Dots

Today's Lazy 31DC prompt is Polka Dots! Well I went the sparse route! I've had a mani pinned on pinterest forever and I finally wanted to recreate it. The original is by Deez Nailz (actually hers is a copy of another's).

I just love how these turned out, even on the nubs! Nub Nail Art for the win! :)

I used OPI I Have a Herring Problem (two coats). Then used Finger Paints Black Expressionism for the stripes. I dotted using OPI Don't Talk Bach to Me. Topped it off with NYC In a New York Minute Top Coat and added the rhinestones.

What do you think? Kind of matches my blog huh! :)

Don't forget to check out Emma's awesome nails over at Manicurity!

The Lazy Blogger's 31DC: Inspired by a Pattern

"Say hello, to my little friends!" Bah super nubbin time! Horrible winter has wreck my nails. Well, let's look at it this way: new year = new nails! Starting over! :)

Today also starts The Lazy Blogger's 31 Day Challenge. Emma from Manicurity and I have done the 31 Day challenge twice before together! Last time we cut it down some. And now we really chopped it up! Hahahaha!

Today is Inspired by a Pattern:

I was inspired by this pattern from MoYou plate 4 from the Sailor Collection. I used OPI Dutch 'Ya Just Love OPI as my base and stamped using KleanColor Metallic Purple.

I am loving how subtle the stamping is! And look! Nail art on nubbins! Whoo-hooo! :)