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Monthly Archives: November 2014

Rainbows on Rainbows

Posted on November 12, 2014 by megatuce

So, it kind of looks like a unicorn threw up on my nails, but I love it:

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To create this, I sponged a rainbow on, then stamped a rainbow over that.  Here is what I used:

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From left to right: Lucky Lacquer’s Spring Charm, Dhalia, Teal We Meet Again, and Mint Daisy; OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls; Essie Protein Base; Pueen SE03B; HK Girl; Mundo de Unas Reddish, Purple, Geranium, and Turquoise.  Quite a few polishes in this one!!

I started, as usual, with a base of Essie, then added one coat of My Boyfriend Scales Walls:

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Kind of looks a mess, but that’s okay.  I am going to sponge right over it!

I used a wet make-up sponge to dab on the four Lucky Lacquer polishes.  This took two passes on each nail:

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Looks sort of like a watercolor to me.  It was even more subtle after the first pass.  I will definitely break these bad boys out for a delicate spring mani like this next year!

Once this was dry, I started in on the stamping.  I dabbed a tiny amount of the four MdU colors on the plate, then scraped.  I used my Messy Mansion marshmallow stamper and stamped each nail.

This is how it turned out:

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I don’t know why, but rainbows amuse me so much.  You just CANNOT be sad with a rainbow on your nails!

Thanks for stopping by!!

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ILNP Fall Semester

Posted on November 11, 2014 by megatuce

I also picked up ILNP’s Fall Semester during their most recent sale.  Today was a long day, so I decided to pull this beauty out for a quick mani.  Here is what I came up with:

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Simple, but not boring.

Here is what I used:

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From left to right: ILNP Fall Semester, Mundo de Unas Bronze, HK Girl, Moyou London Gothic 03, China Glaze quick dry, OPI Matte Top Coat, and Essie Protein Base.

I started with one coat of Essie followed by two coats of Fall Semester.

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Two easy coats.  The formula and brush were easy to work with and some slight mistakes on the cuticle cleaned up easily.

Once that was dry, I added some simple stamping with MdU Bronze:

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I liked how this looked, but really wanted to see how it would look matted, so I added my matte top coat.

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I don’t know which I like best, but either way, it fit the bill tonight!

Thanks for stopping by!

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MEGA Rainbow Nails!

Posted on November 9, 2014 by megatuce

I Love Nail Polish just had a wonderful sale that I couldn’t help but take advantage of.  One of the goodies I picked up was, of course, MEGA.  With a name like that, I had to get it, right??  I figured the awesome holo-ness of it would be perfect for some rainbow nails in anticipation of my kiddos’ 1st and 4th birthday party tomorrow!  Here is what I came up with:

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Rainbows ON rainbows!!  If I love anything, it is rainbows!

Especially when they come with unicorns!!

Here is what I used tonight:

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From left to right: Mundo de Unas Tulip, Reddish, Aqua, Green, Violet, Blue, qGirl 016, Essie Protien Base, HK Girl, ILNP MEGA.

I started with Protein Base and two coats of MEGA:

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So holo-y!  No top coat here.  Once it was dry, I used the MdU polishes to stamp the rainbow flower pattern.  To do that, I placed a very small dab of each color I wanted to use on the plate, then scraped.  With MdU, a little goes a long way.  After scraping, I used my Messy Mansion marshmallow stamper to pick up the image and place it on my nail.  Easy peasy!

I topped it all off with HK Girl.

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Easy rainbow nails for tomorrow’s party!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Flare For Fall Floral

Posted on November 7, 2014 by megatuce

I decided to pull out piCture pOlish’s Solar Flare for a little nail art, and here is what I ended up with today:

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I am really happy with how these turned out.  Although, to be honest, I had no idea where I was going when I started.  Here is what I ended up using:

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From left to right: piCture pOlish solar flare, Zoya Cynthia, Rica Whiteout, Moyou London Pro XL 10, Essie Protein Base Coat, China Glaze quick dry, and HK Girl.

After the Protein base, I put down one coat of Cynthia:

 

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Once that was dry, I added two coats of Solar Flare:

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I love everything about this.  It is so freaking pretty.  I wasn’t going to do any art on it because I loved it so much, but couldn’t help myself.  I stamped using Whiteout, but did not like how stark the contrast was.  I forgot to take a picture, but I was much happier once once I layered a thin coat of Solar Flare over the stamping:

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Truth?  I was only going to stamp one nail.  Buuuuttttt, I smudged two others a tiny bit, but it was too obvious to me, so I ended up stamping over them to hide the imperfection instead of repainting the nails.  That’s okay though, I still like how they turned out!

Thanks for stopping by!

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