Nails 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:

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

Especially when they come with unicorns!!

Here is what I used tonight:

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:

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.

Easy rainbow nails for tomorrow’s party!

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

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:

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:

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

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:

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!

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Today is my daughter’s first birthday!  I cannot believe how fast the time has gone.  When you are pregnant with your first, everyone has advice, that usually includes the age old “savor every moment, because it goes so fast.”  No one bothers to tell you that when you have a second, it goes exponentially faster.  I love my kiddos, and wish they would slow the heck down.

I have a vision for birthday nails for her, but don’t have time to make them happen.  Our new puppy is sick, so I have spent most of the day cuddling the little dude until his vet appointment.  So, the complex birthday nails I envisioned will have to wait until her birthday party this weekend!

Since I only had a little time today, here is what I came up with:

Super simple, but I’ve been itching to use this polish.  Why in the world did I wait so long?!?!  It is so gorgeous!  Here is what it looked like before I added the stamping:

It was hard to get a good picture that would show the gorgeous color shift.  But, you can see the difference if you look from the index to the pinky.

Here is everything I used today:

From left to right: piCture pOlish illusionist, China Glaze quick dry, hehe 017 plate, Konad black, HK Girl, and my new Essie protein base coat.

The more I think about it, these are good birthday nails for my little babe.  She is quite the illusionist and has many different shades to her.  No one will ever say she is lacking personality!

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Today’s #PYMNov2014 Challenge was flannel nails.  Here is what I came up with:

I kind of love them, and am going to be super sad to take them off to swatch tomorrow (assuming my new order arrives tomorrow).

Here is what I used:

From left to right: Essie Grow Stronger, Konad Black, Zoya Dove, Zoya London, OPI Monsooner or Later, Moyou London Pro XL 1, OPI Glitter Off, OPI Matte Top Coat, HK Girl, NYC In a New York Minute, Poshe Quick Dry.

I started off with Glitter Off on my ring finger and Grow Stronger on the rest, followed by one coat of Dove topped with Poshe:

You cann see that the Glitter Off on my ring finger hasn’t completely dried yet.  I am not a patient person, so I was doing other things while that dried, like my gradient!  I used a wet make-up sponge with Dove and Monsooner or Later dabbed, in two passes, so that it looked like this:

And, as you can see, my mucked up my glue base while I was doing my gradient.  And I totally didn’t fix it.  I was putting a pixie dust on top of it, so a slight muck wouldn’t really matter.

Once this was dry, I added the stamping and, on my ring finger, one coat of Grow Stronger and two coats of London:

These are topped with HK Girl.  But, I’ve seen so many beautiful matted flannel manis, I decided to matte mine as well:

I kind of figured I was going to matte, which is why I added London as an accent.  I need a touch of sparkle tonight!

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