31 day challenge day#14 - stamping

Day 14 of the 31 day challenge: stamping

Yep, I KNOW, it is 2 days late but to be honest I am feeling a bit sad :( I love blogging and I love experimenting with nail-art but I feel like the 31 day challenge is beginning to make doing my nails a "chore" and making me love all of this a little less (just a little less). That and I have brought a lot of polishes but really that money should have been going towards the holiday I am hoping to go on at the end of the year to celebrate the end of my undergrad degree. Anyway, has anyone else felt like this? I am sure that once I calm myself down I will feel a lot better. I guess I just hate it when I feel a bit out of control.....LOL! I'm sure I will regain my complete passion once this challenge is over and I can do a manicure and wear it for a week (ok, realistically....a few days)

Sorry to whinge and thanks for listening to me! Lets move onto the polish.......
Today I have done some simple but elegant stamping and I love it! Last time I wore this polish it was winter. Today the sun was shining and I discovered that Revlon's 'Spanish Moss' has a beautiful shimmer in it!!! I am so head over heels in love with this polish. I will do a swatch for you one day soon. So stay tuned :)

I stamped using essence's 'A Piece of Forever', from their breaking dawn limited edition collection. It really is a great polish, it can easily be worn alone but as a stamping polish it is reliable and bold. I think it works better than the Konad gold polish.

So what do you think of this design? I really love it :)

Cheers and take care!

The NEW 31 day challenge - day#1

Hi guys, I hope you all have an amazing 2013!!!!
I've been struck down with a stomach bug so haven't been feeling too good but hopefully I can start posting again today and I will be diving into the NEW 31 day challenge!!!!

I am super excited about this new 31 day challenge although I really probably shouldn't be doing it right at this moment since I have an enormous amount of deadlines this coming fortnight and being sick and all everything is wayyyy behind schedule. I think this new version of the 31 day challenge is super fun and I can't wait to see what everybody comes up with. Day #1 is black & white so I decided to do some stamping. 

I used my favourite konad plate & konad white polish with ulta3's 'black satin' which is a wonderful one-coater that dries super quickly so was ideal for this manicure. 

Thanks for reading, have a lovely day :)

The Battle Nail Polish Challenge: Pink Vs. Purple Battle - manicure one

To get into spring I decided to do some stamping over Essie's 'Your Hut or Mine'. I used a Konad plate and a Express Salon plate to do these and white Konad polish. I just had to use my favourite Konad stamp (the thin border floral one) and then picked some floral stamps that were not from Konad. I'm quite pleased with the result however wish I hadn't done the border ones on such weird angles! Enjoy :)

Sorry I am so behind with this challenge, I was super excited for this challenge but then my nails ALL started  splitting, peeling and breaking so I cut them all sort. Just before I cut all my nails I did a few quick manicures, including this one! I have officially had no nail polish on my nails for over a week, so sad!!!!

Tomorrow I will post my purple manicure and then lets see which manicure wins the battle :)
Thanks for reading, have a great day!

Please check out the other bloggers participating in this challenge

Participants

Nail Polish Anon

http://nailpolishanon.blogspot.com.au/

Mateja Mateja

http://mateji.blogspot.com.au/

Simran Sekhon

http://lacqueredtips.blogspot.com

Love My Nails

http://anindiesgirlspassion.blogspot.com.au/

Zoe x

http://wondrous-marvellous-obsession.blogspot.co.uk/
Natalsie
http://cats-n-nails.blogspot.com.au/
Jibber Jabber
http://www.gypsysbugalug.com
Gosia
http://www.colorfulcrack.com/
Annie Suzie
http://pinterest.com/anniesuzie/the-battle-nail-polish-challenge/
Natalia
http://polished-polyglot.blogspot.ch/

The Battle Nail Challenge: Black Vs. White

The second battle for the battle nail challenge is black vs. white and I decided to combine the two and do some stamping. I had difficulty thinking of something that was black and white, and could be turned into a nail design easily. I also only have 1 good black polish and konad's white stamping polish.  I eventually decided to go with the black and white checkered flag they use before a car race begins.

The black polish  used was by Ulta3 and was named 'Black Satin'. It was my first time using this polish and I must say, I am impressed! It only required one coat, formula was fantastic to work with, brush was brilliant and it dried super quickly. This manicure only took a little over 10 minutes to do :)

I must apologise for the horrible photos!!!! As soon as I stepped outside to take photos it started bucketing with rain, so these were the only decent photos I managed to snap of the manicure. Typical weather!

Please check out the other great bloggers participating in this challenge:

Nail Polish Anon

http://nailpolishanon.blogspot.com.au/

Mateja Mateja

http://mateji.blogspot.com.au/

Simran Sekhon

http://lacqueredtips.blogspot.com

Love My Nails

http://anindiesgirlspassion.blogspot.com.au/

Zoe x

http://wondrous-marvellous-obsession.blogspot.co.uk/
Natalsie
http://cats-n-nails.blogspot.com.au/
Jibber Jabber
http://www.gypsysbugalug.com
Gosia
http://www.colorfulcrack.com/
Annie Suzie
http://pinterest.com/anniesuzie/the-battle-nail-polish-challenge/
Natalia
http://polished-polyglot.blogspot.ch/

The BATTLE Nail Polish - Battle One: Manicure two (stamping)

The first battle of the 'battle nail polish challenge' is blue vs. green. If you are interested in joining it isn't too late, you can take the challenge at whatever pace you like. For more details: http://theblogforbeautifulliving.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/the-battle-nail-polish-challenge.html

The first battle is Blue Vs. Green and I have decided for this battle to complete two manicures. You have already seen my first manicure/opponent, essence's blue addicted and this is the second manicure/opponent.

Recently I have really been into blue and green polishes....and teal polish which I guess is in-between blue and green.

Anyway, for this manicure I turned to my reliable and loved Revlon 'Emerald' Polish. Consistently easy to apply, quick to apply and only requires one coat!!!! I then decided to do some stamping using my blue Konad polish and favourite Konad plate.

Sadly, the stamping isn't very easy to see in real-life unless you are super close. But at least in photographs it looks awesome. Well at least I think so anyway! 

So now for me the first battle is complete: my 'blue addicted' manicure vs. this stamping manicure. Which one has won the 'battle'? Feel free to comment below and let me know...

Thanks for reading :)

Please check out the other bloggers participating in this challenge:

Participants

Nail Polish Anon

http://nailpolishanon.blogspot.com.au/

Mateja Mateja

http://mateji.blogspot.com.au/

Simran Sekhon

http://lacqueredtips.blogspot.com

Love My Nails

http://anindiesgirlspassion.blogspot.com.au/

Zoe x

http://wondrous-marvellous-obsession.blogspot.co.uk/
Natalsie
http://cats-n-nails.blogspot.com.au/
Jibber Jabber
http://www.gypsybugalug.com
Gosia
http://www.colorfulcrack.com/
Annie Suzie
http://pinterest.com/anniesuzie/the-battle-nail-polish-challenge/
Natalia
http://polished-polyglot.blogspot.ch/

Golden Royal Nails

Another stamping post for you today, I wore this earlier this week and wasn't thrilled with the result. It was the first time I had stamped using my gold konad polish and while the gold wasn't as opaque as I hoped it would be, I think the purple and gold together looked really awesome and in my mind 'royal'.

The base coat was two coats of Revlon's Bold Sangria. A lovely polish that dries quickly and applies with no fuss.

I don't have much to say to be honest and just want to get to the pictures :)

Cheers, 

Fishnet tights manicure

I have nicknamed this manicure the 'fishnet tights' manicure. It is the first time ever I have done a stamping manicure using my Konad polish and plates that I got in a set from the carnival. I had my fingers crossed that the Konad polishes would actually make a difference because my previous stamping attempts haven't been too successful. I was pleasantly surprised, the polishes so far seem to work well with stamping and I love the designs on the stamping plates. Stay tuned, I have lots of ideas floating around my mind. 

I used my Butter London pillar box red polish as the base-coat and then using the black konad polish I stamped the lattice pattern onto my nails. I was pretty impressed with how it looked but then decided to add black tips. Probably shouldn't have done this, I always seem to go too far with my ideas and they end up looking like a dogs breakfast! All photos have a top-coat.

This manicure is a bit gothic and vampy and was pretty easy to create :) I have already received compliments. Even from my skeptical mum who thinks my obsession with polish and doing my nails is crazy! Well, she is probably right!!!!

Would you wear this manicure? With or without the black tips?