31DC2013 Day 30 - Inspired by a Tutorial: Waterfall

Well, you all know the waterfall manicure that was first introduces to us by The Nailasaurus.
And since the tutorial, I wanted to try this manicure. I chose Turquoise, cos I love this color and I have lots of it!

The base is - Essence 146 - That's what I mint! I applied 2 coats of this one :) Then, used the following colors: Wet n' Wild - Miami Spirit, Sinful Colors - Savage, China Glaze - Deviantly Darling & China Glaze - Too Yacht to Handle. 

Thanks for visiting! :)

31DC2013 Day 29 - Inspired by the Supernatural

Inspired by the Supernatural: 

Base - Essence 133 - Oh my Glitter! 

Stamping polish - Barry M - Silver Foil

Stamping plate - NailzCraze NC02

Glitter on pinky - OPI - Pirouette my whistle 

31DC2013 Day 28 - Inspired by a Flag

Well.... I couldn't chose a flag that I was really inspired by, I thought about maybe doing something related to pirate flags, but I don't know, I decided at the end to do something else! 

I saw the flags on NailzCraze stamping plate NC05, and I immediately felt the festiveness and wanted to do something with that. 

The polishes I used for stamping are KIKO 619, KIKO 623 & KIKO 628. 

Hope you like it this! :) 

31DC2013 Day 27 - Inspired by Art

I'm in love with this painting that I came across on pinterest. I must leave a link to the artist etsy page, she's really talented! 

It took a lot less time then I thought. I started with a gradient as a base, then drew the tree, then added the dots with different colors. 

 I'm not going to elaborate on all the polishes that I used because there were a lot! You can see all the mess on the last picture.

31DC2013 Day 26 - Inspired by a Pattern

Ahh I'm way back at posting the challenge designs! So today I'm catching up and posting 3 posts! Sorry for that :) 

Anyways, I actually did the designs and time (just didn't post) and really enjoyed it. 

I must admit that for the pattern design I had no Idea what I was going to do, but after a litter browsing I found this lovely pattern that reminded me of a design in one of the Cheeky plates. I really like the result and definately going to re-create it soon! :) 

The colors that I used (from left to right; base, then stamping polish): 

Essence 138 - L.O.L, Orly - Wandering Vine, Barry M - Blueberry, Gade 378 - Midnight, MUA - Frozen Yogurt, Orly - Wild Wisteria, KIKO 236 & Barry M - Raspberry. 

The design is from Cheeky plate CH10. 

31DC2013 Day 25 - Inspired by Fashion

 I always enjoy inspired by fashion designs, and this opportunity reminded me that I should really do it more often! I like the browsing for an inspiration and trying to figure out a way to transfer it into a design.
After browsing a bit I found this lovely dress on Asos, and immediately knew that's what I'm going to do in my design.

At first I though that maybe I would cut stars shapes off dried nail polish on a plastic bag, but after few failed attempts, decided to stamp the stars.
The blue polish is Zoya - Natty, And the colors that I used for stamping are: Konad white stamping polish, Moyou black stamping polish, KIKO 619 & KIKO 628. The start are from Cheeky CH5 plate. 
I topped everything with Essie - Good to go rapid dry top coat.

 Thanks for visiting as always!

31DC2013 Day 24 - Inspired by a Book

The book that inspired me for this manicure is The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. This is a classic book and I imagine most people are familiar with it. I must give credit to the talented Tal Peleg, that did an inspired make-up by this book, which gave me the idea for this nail art. If you're not allready following her - do so!. I'm not as talented as her, and I'm not good at all the drawing nail arts, but I did my best trying to involve important elements from the story. The skyline with the start and planets, and the snake who swallowed an elephant\hat. 

For the base of this manicure I used Sinful Colors - Unicorn, I applies 2 coats for full coverage. 

The more brightened yellow within the star & planet is Essence 118 - Little miss sunrise. 

The light purple is KIKO 337, and grey polishes used in the thumb are Nyx - Dark Grey & KIKO 328. 

I used thin nail art pens that I got from ebay for the drawings. 

Hope you like this one! :) Thanks for visiting as always! 

31DC2013 Day 23 - Inspired by a Movie

I think it's pretty obvious what movie I chose! :) 

For my X-men Manicure, I used Wow Cosmetics black nail polish. On my middle finger I drew with Sally Hansen Silver nail art pen, on my thumb I used BeautyCare polish num' 15. 

And on mu ring finger, I used Barry M - Silver Foil with striping tape to create wolverine's claws. I topped everything with Essie Matte about you top coat, for a leather look.  

31DC2013 Day 22 - Inspired by a Song: Hotel California

After a lot of debating with myself and my boyfriend, I decided to go for Eagles - Hotel California.

I added some elements from the lyrics. 

The base of the nail art is a desert sky\scenery. I used the following polishes for the gradient: China Glaze - Kalahari Kiss, Essence 118 - Little Miss Sunrise & Zoya - Arizona. 

So the palm trees are for the general California desert feeling, from plates BM-315 & W106.

Cocktails are from W106 plate as well, and the birds & hotel I drew :D. 

Hope you like it! 

31DC2013 Day 21 - Inspired by a Color: Green!

Short post today, I chose the color green :) 

The base is the lovely Catrice - Green Days (applied 2 coats), and I stamped with Orly - Wandering Vine a design from Winstonia plate W119. 

31DC2013 Day 20 - Water Marble

I have a confession to make - I hate water marbling. I'm not good at it, and I can't make it work. Even for this poorly performance took me at least 5 tries. The part that I find difficult is finding polishes that expand properly in the water, I tried so many polishes. Also what I really don't like that it wastes so much formula. So, yeah, I admit the result is beautiful, and that I am talking from frustration here haha, but this is definitely one of my least favorites manicure. 

The polishes that I found to work together, are Sinful Colors - Unicorn & Barry M - Papaya. 

Thanks for for visiting as always, and would love to hear any tips you have for water marbling. 

31DC2013 Day 19 - Galaxies

And again, first time doing this manicure!! I followed this tutorial.
On a base of black nail polish I sponged the following polishes:
Orly - After Party
Sinful Colors - Why Not
KIKO 337
Essence - Grey't to be here
And on top, I drew the little stars & applied GK 734 Holographic glitter. 

Thanks for visiting as allways!

                               

31DC2013 Day 18 - Half Moons

Just lately I discovered how much I love this design, and I was glad for the opportunity to try it again :)
I was actually inspired by Rihanna. I was looking pictures of her nail designs for nail designs forum.
I saw this design and it got me inspired and I wanted to try something similar since.
I love a great this looks, it's so classic and sophisticated and simple which is the best part.

The base color is Inglot 331, which I must say, after trying it more than once - I'm not a fan of it's formulla at all! But it is a perfect shade of pink so I got to love it.

31DC2013 Day 17 - Glitter

When I think about glitter, I think glitter gradient. It's one of my favorite manicures and I just can't get sick of it! :) I wish my nails were a bit longer, and it would look even better! ^_^

Today's details are simple, on top of 2 coats of the lovely KIKO 338, which is the perfect shade - purple\blue cream, I applied a light layer of Catrice 40 - I'm Dynamite. I absolutely adore this glitter, It's shade is just perfect, and I love the two different sizes of the glitters. 

And again I will recommend my favorite glitter gradient tutorial by Lucy's stash, for me it works best. 

Thanks for visiting as always :)