40 Great Nail Art Ideas: Orange, Purple, and Green (+ Splatter) and NCC Funky French

Today is was Friday and so it's another prompt for 40 Great Nail Art Ideas! Today I bring you Orange, Purple, and Green plus Splatter. Yep, it's a color and design prompt! Also, I've added in The Nail Challenge Collaborative prompt of Funky French! It's a two for one day!

So why is it that when you create a splatter mani it looks all fabulous and then you try to add just a teeny tiny bit more and BLAM! Massive gloop of polish! Does this happen to anyone else? Bah!

For the base I used: China Glaze Papaya Punch and China Glaze Def Defying, For the splatters I used Papaya Punch and Def Defying as well as:China Glaze Mummy May I and China Glaze It's Alive (two older China Glaze Halloween polishes, of course I had to use them!).

So after splattering I tried to figure out how to create a funky french, I used black acrylic paint to create a normal french tip that I added (a la Tim Burton). I didn't leave it alone there, of course not. I decided create witch stockings and shoes using the Def Defying and Papaya Punch. I added Essie Matte About You.

What do you think? I'm thinking I should have just left the funky french without the stripes. Also, should have not added that last little splatter. Meh, whatever! :)

Look how pretty my UberChic mat looked after my splattering! So pretty! :)

Here's the collage for last week's prompt of Geeks!

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Neon: A Noble Gas

Day 4 of Neon week in which I don't use any neon polishes....ever! :)

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Neon is considered a noble gas. That means that it is a stable gas on it's own, a stable single atom molecule at standard temperature and pressure. -source

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It is a monatomic gas, a single gas not bounded to another.

So with the previous two pictures I hope you can see where I got my inspiration. I used OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, Barry M Cardamom and Barry M Olive to create the atoms. I stamped using Barry M Foil Effects Gold and MoYou Tourist 01 to create the noble aspect. I used Essie Matte About You to finish it off.

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Neon: Neon(1+), carbonyl-

Day 3 of The Digit-al Dozen Does Neon week (and my personal neon week where I don't use a single neon polish). Today I give you: Neon(1+), carbonyl-

Huh!?

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So I bet my chemistry owlets out there know what this is. I actually searched and searched and only came up with Neon(1+), carbonyl- And I have no idea what it is, but thought it would make some cool nail art (all in the name of science nail art). Is is oxidized neon? But I don't think neon can be oxidized. I've only had a tiny bit of chemistry, so what do I know? Hahahahaha!

Nonetheless, I created it and was happy. :) Hopefully one of you can answer my question! I used OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls and acrylic paint. Also topped it off with Essie Matte About You.

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Fandom: Still Flyin'

Day 3 of The Digit-al Dozen Does Fandom Week and I give you one of the best fandoms ever! I am and forever will be a Browncoat! Still flyin'!

A Browncoat is a fan of the TV Show Firefly (created by Joss Whedon) and it's movie (brought about because of it's fandom) Serenity. This short-lived (at least on TV, thanks FOX) show is about some pretty amazing space cowboys.

I started off with OPI My Vampire is Buff on each of my nails (oh please of please someone see what I did there! Hahahaha!). I used Essie Matte about you as my topcoat. On my index I used MdU Light Gray to stamp some metal panels using Bundle Monster BM-609. The Serenity (the ship) is stamped in Konad Black using My Online Shop MJ Jr-31. This nail represents part of the first scene in the movie Serenity:

My middle finger is stamped with dinosaurs from Bundle Monster BM-611 using BarryM Vanilla and a leaf from Winstonia W113 and MdU Ochre. This nail represents our beloved pilot Wash. I will only show you one image, the dinosaur scene, because the leaf reference is too sad.

My ring finger represents River (also, she can kill you with her mind). I sponged BarryM Chai for the base and stamped using Konad Black and filled in the hands with BarryM Blueberry. "two by two, hands of Blue" is a phrase in the TV series that River quotes. It refers to men who are after River and her brother. These men have some really advance technology that can make you bleed from every orifice. *joy*

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And finally my pinkie can have two different meanings. I sponged a ton of different polishes (BarryM Chilli, Mango, Cocoa) and stamped using Konad Black and MdU Papyrus and MoYou London Suki 04 (the writing). I wanted to this to represent the colors of Serenity with the script on it as Mandarin is commonly used in the series. But the script doesn't show up that well and so can also be taken as Jayne's (because they are also his colors, especially wearing his hat) quote: "She is startin' to damage my calm". Because my sponging looks chaotic. 

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If you haven't seen this series or movie, please take the time to watch it, you won't be disappointed. You may have withdrawals (thanks FOX).

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Today was one of my favorite fandoms! Don't forget to check out the other ladies and what they chose!

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Patterns on Patterns: Valentine's Day

I'm in love! 

You know that special feeling you have when you plan out a mani in your head and it actually turns out the way you want!? Ah, true love has never known such happiness! C'est l'amour!

Final day of The Digit-al Dozen does pattern on pattern with today being tied for my favorite!

I started with BarryM Miami as my base and stamped using BarryM Pomegranate and BarryM Silver Foil. I used Bundle Monster BM-311 and BM-317. And to have the foil really pop I used Essie Matte About You top coat.

Any manis that you've had that special feeling for? :)

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Patterns on Patterns: Kissed Smooshed Camo

Eeeks! Surprise! Surprise! I have a right hand! Rarely does it ever get in the spotlight, good reason too: my left hand stinks at nail art and painting! But as I didn't want to take off my Flowers over Dots mani I created this one on my other hand.

So I started out with two coats of BarryM Waikiki. I then did the Smoosh Attack that I learned from Roberta's (Bob Plats with Polish) IG photo here. (Found out that Elle aka @with21 on IG invented the Smoosh Attack) Funny thing is that Amanda from Lady Maid Nails also did a version of this technique yesterday! I wish I would have thought to do lighter colors like Amanda did. There's always another day! :)

I smooshed together BarryM Chai, BarryM Mustard, and BarryM Watermelon. I then stamped using China Glaze Infra Red and MoYou Hipster 08 topped with HK Girl Top Coat.

Of course I had to matte it using Essie Matte About You. So this isn't the greatest, not what I had planned but I think lefty did an alright job and was able to let righty shine....err...matte? :) Can I just say, it is really awkward trying to take a photo of your dom hand! I had no idea how to hole the polish bottle! So many awkward photos I had to sort through, so so many. Hahahahahaha!

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Patterns on Patterns: Flowers over Dots

Welcome to another month and another week of The Digit-al Dozen!  This month's theme is Patterns on Patterns. There has been a lot of mumbling about what to create. You'd think it would be easy, but it was a bit interesting coming up with ideas. Can't wait to see what everyone does!

I thought I would show you how I created this mani. I use hair glue that I got from Sally's and put it around my nails. This stuff is amazing! It kind of stinks but it dries fairly quickly and comes off super easy! I used OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls as my base. I stamped using BarryM Waikiki, BarryM Chai, and BarryM Cancun to stamp with using Vivid Lacquer VL020.

I then stamped using BarryM Watermelon and MoYou Suki 01. I topped it off with HK Girl Top Coat. I love the way this turned out! Probably one of my favorites! I didn't want to take it off!

I decided to add Essie Matte About You and loved it even more! I think this is one of my most successful double stamping ever! Woot! Truth be told I did look over Katee's blog, A Girl and Her Polish, to know what colors I should stamp first, which would show up best over each other.

Look! Out image for this week is flower over dots too! :)

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The Nail Challenge Collaborative Presents: Wallpaper - A Story Part 4

Phew! They finished! In four days the couple managed to redo their walls from turtle shell wallpaper to this trendy crisp metallic damask. They loved it and they couldn't wait to redo more walls in their dream house!

I used BarryM Chai (two coats), stamped using BarryM Foil Effects Silver and MoYou Fashionista 08. Topped it off with HK Girl Topcoat in this photo and Essie Matte About You in the first photo.

I truly love this mani. I wish it was as long lasting as wallpaper! I don't know which version I like better, the glossy or the matte.

I hope you enjoyed this weeks take on the theme of wallpaper. Next month is a new challenge so I need to get my thinking cap on! :) And I'll have time (so I say, we shall see if I actually prepare further in advance!) since it's not the last day of the month that I finished this theme!

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The Nail Challenge Collaborative Presents: Wallpaper - A Story Part 3

Today our couple has almost gotten all the wallpaper completely off. Thankfully the wall behind it wasn't that badly damaged. A few spots that were a little bare but nothing a little paint couldn't fix up! They were so excited, another day and their finished look would be complete!

I used acetone to remove the polish completely off two of my nails as well as half of a third one. I used BarryM Coconut, only one coat to give it a more incomplete look. I used Konad White and Emily de Molly EDM03. I used BarryM Cardamon (two coats) as my base. I stamped using BarryM Cocoa and Cheeky CH33. I applied HK Girl Top Coat and then Essie Matte About You to give it a wallpaper feel.

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The Nail Challenge Collaborative Presents: Wallpaper - A Story Part 2

Yesterday we saw what the wallpaper looked like, turtle shells, and today after much searching online our couple has decided to change the wallpaper themselves. The first step in they needed to do was to score the wallpaper so that it lightly tears the paper for easier removal. Stay tuned for tomorrow and see how they have progressed!

I used Konad White and Emily de Molly EDM03. I used BarryM Cardamon (two coats) as my base. I stamped using BarryM Cocoa and Cheeky CH33. I applied HK Girl Top Coat and then Essie Matte About You to give it a wallpaper feel.

 

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The Nail Challange Collaborative Presents: Wallpaper - A Story

There once was a couple who bought a house, the house of their dreams. But the walls of their study looked like turtle shells! Oh how much they hated that wallpaper, who on earth would ever do something like that? In some places it was shrinking from the edges and some of the pattern had worn off.

But they vowed to redo the wallpaper and update it to something more modern, more trendy. Please follow them over the next three days as you see them strip down the old paper and put up the new!

I used BarryM Cardamon (two coats) as my base. I stamped using BarryM Cocoa and Cheeky CH33. I applied HK Girl Top Coat and then Essie Matte About You to give it a wallpaper feel.

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Fairytales: Who Are You?

Today we take a trip to visit the caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland.

And then there's that time he gets mad and asks her "who are you" in the smoke rings.

I used BarryM Sugar Apple as my base (two coats). I thinned out some acrylic paint and made the smoke rings, then stamped using BarryM Pink Punch (AEIOU) and BarryM Blood Orange (?RU) and Nail Ways back to Basics -123ABC plate. I then used Essie Matte About You to give it a more smokier effect. 

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Fairy Tales: Into the Woods

It's time for another week of The Digit-al Dozen! This week is Fairy Tales, which has stumped a lot of members.

Today my nails are not based on one single fairy tale, but rather any fairy tale that involves the woods. I've created  a foggy forest in which many characters reside in fairy tale land. And also welcome to nub-ville, the winter has been hard on my nails!

I used China Glaze Five Rules (two coats) as my base. I used Konad Black and Bundle Monster BM-407 followed with BarryM Chai as the pathway and OPI My Pointe Exactly to help with the foggy-ness. I used Essence We will Rock You as the foggy bottom and finished it all up with Essie Matte About You.

I was trying to create a creepy forest, kind of like the one you see in the opening credits of Once Upon a Time. And a pathway that would certainly lead you to some nefarious creature.

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