31DC2013: Day 11 - Polka Dot Nails

Hello there guys!! We're onto polka dots today, I wanted to do some 3D polka dots which I saw at Chelsea Queen's instagram. I thought it looked awesome but lacking that bit of substance I like, I had a mildly crazy idea and I decided to roll with it.

I call them pop art polka dots, I adore the pop art style SO MUCH and I'm slightly sad that it's been not used to full potential here. That changed today. I simply painted some explosions then did the polka dots over them. I didn't purposely do the pop art theme, but I'm happy it turned out that way. 3D polka dots look so cool and they are so easy to do!
So yes I am very much enjoying this manicure, I didn't think I could come up with something substantial for polka dots but one constant with polka dots is that they are cute. I am onboard with that and if they look this cool, I now have more respect for polka dots.

The neon is still happening at PlumeriaPainted (who cares about being season appropriate, obviously not me), I had to try Beach Party by itself and I just love it. I love all the neons and clearly I need all the neons. I'll be writing a full post on Beach Party soon, expect glowing things about it.
I toothpicked the explosions and used bobby pins for the dots. I'm also glad I managed to space the dots out right, I have made the dots not spaced out right before many a time.

Orange: Models Own - Beach Party
White: Barry M - Matt White
Black: Rimmel - Black Pearl
Red: Essie - E-Nuff Is E-Nuff
Green: Max Factor - Cool Jade
Purple: Illamasqua - Jo'Mina

Thank you very much for reading and I hope you have a great day!! :)

Pop Out Nails

Hi there everyone!! I hope you are enjoying this lovely Sunday. I miss painting and blogging more frequently, but hopefully I will be getting back on the bandwagon very soon (very soon being tomorrow!!! Once again hopefully). I have been seeing these nails EVERYWHERE, and I wasn't sure if I liked it at first but once I saw it more I warmed to it. Unfortunately my attempt wasn't so great, I might try it again one of these days.

I think it's quite a me design, but the execution wasn't so great. I don't know what it was, maybe the border was too thick or the shine wasn't painted right, but the great thing is it looks WAY better in pictures and I'll take it :P
Another thing I don't like, borders. I think I need to give them a bit more time.  To add a bit of interest to the design I added I Lily Love You, it looks awesome matte, I should've put on another coat of it.
Personally I think the shine looks like exclamation marks, I don't think it's just me (unless it is :'().
The base of this I did a post in the earlier days of my blog, check it out if you please, I think my photography is better now but that's debatable ;)
Pink: The Face Shop - PK105 and OPI - I Lily Love You
Black: Lovely Me:Ex - Black
White: Lovely Me:Ex - White
I used 3 coats of PK105 to remove visible nail line and 2 coat of I Lily Love You which I should've used more of. I freehanded the border with a pen which is why it's not very even.

Thank you very reading and have a wonderful day!! :)

31 Day Challenge - Day 27 - Inspired by artwork

Also inspired by my need to use OPI Charged Up Cherry, it's pretty new and it's so pretty I had to try it. I love hot pink. Charged Up Cherry keeps making me think of "Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster the People. "All the other kids with their um charged up cherries, you better berry, better berry, outrun my cherry" :L These things come to my head. I thought about using standard comic book colours like red, yellow and blue but I thought pink would look just as cute :)

This is inspired by pop art, specifically pop art in comic books. I love how it's so cool and cute. It's just SO funky. Also I love Charged Up Cherry, I put it on and automatically it became one of my favourites. It's bright and pretty. I'm proud of how neatly I wrote the words with my left hand (I'm right handed). It did take utmost care and precision though. 

(The pink didn't really show up true to colour, I tried all different kinds of lighting but it always looked too orange, so I left it)

This is my left hand, I preferred it on my right hand as the dots just looked better, my white nail polishes were really "stringy". If you know what I mean. When the little strings of nail polish drag everywhere. But that doesn't mean I don't like it on my left hand. I do :)

Colours used:

Hot Pink: OPI - Charged Up Cherry
White: Natural Collection - White (no name), Sally Hansen - French White Tip and No7 - Snowflake
Black: Lovely Me:Ex - Black (no name)

Equipment used:
Bobby pins
Toothpicks