33 Day Challenge Day 5 - Mexican

Viva Mexico!!!!!

This one was a little bit tough to figure out for me. Some Mexican art can be considered tribal and I did not want to do another tribal.

Now the multi coloured poncho, thought a South American thing, screams Mexican. Think I've seen it in many movies, so I went with that.

Its not my best at all. Wish I had time to do it over. I only noticed that the lines weren't straight when I was done - no when I took out the photo. Oh well......

Probably should have used tape. Maybe next time.

33 Day Challenge Day 4 - Tribal

Hey Guys

Today we're going tribal.

I have never done tribal nails so this is really a challenge.

I did not know where to start with this one at all. My design was inspired by noting and no one. I googled tribal patterns to have an idea of what it should look like and then I just picked up a couple of polishes and brushes and said lets see what we come up with. I was planning the design while I was doing it. Had no pattern in mind.

All in all I think for my first time it's not to bad. At least it looks tribal.

My husband did not know what I was doing and he ask me if I'm doing tribal nails. I was like how did you know and so I figure I must be on the right track.

33 Day Challenge Day 3 - Tape Mani

Hi again

Its day three of the challenge.
The tape mani. hmmmmmmmmmmm

I tend to have a love hate relationship with the technique. I really like how its looks but doing it is such a task though. The trick is to remove the tape as soon as you apply the polish. If it stays for even a few seconds, you most likely will end up with a smudged design.

I was taking out the tape one at a time and fighting to get it off my other hand and in the mean time the polish was drying. So I took out all (not at the same time) and then worked on getting it off the other had and that made it less stressful. (Not sure if this is clear)

So for this mani I simply used my Kleancolor Cobalt. I've wanted to use this for so long and finally got the chance.

My mani was inspired by The Nailasaurus but it's not exactly the same.

All in all I think I'm somewhat satisfied.

Somewhat.

Thanks for checking me out.

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33 Day Challenge Day 1 - Dots

Hi Hi

Crumpet Nails Tarts (Facebook Group) has a new challenge called the 33 Day Challenge and although I'm late, I thought I'd join cuz I really love challenges. They keep me committed to this blog.

Day 1 - Dots. Probably the easiest thing to do in Nail art, with anything from a dotting tool, tooth pick, Pencil eraser, bottom of an eye pencil etc. However,  I'm stamping. I thought it was a good technique to start with though.

I found out about the challenge on Tuesday evening and did the mani but then my camera was not functioning and I had to use another on Wednesday so the mani is stale and the photo is poor :(.

I used my a stamping plate from Cheeky's summer 2012 collection #48. My base colour, Avon's Speed Dry+ Lime Splatter. I also filled in some of the dots with the lime splatter but I think it was better without the green dots but no time to do over.