Hi there! While I love fashion, I’m rarely inspired to do any sort of nail art. I recently became enamored with Prabal Gurung because of his collaboration with Target. I didn’t need any real artistic ability to accomplish this fashion mani.
NYC Black Lace, OPI Matte Top Coat
Hey there! This was a fun task for me. Currently the books being pulled off my book shelf are all Dr. Seuss, so I wanted to use one for this mani.
OPI In My Back Pocket, NYC French Tip White, OPI Green-wich Village
Hey there, more inspiration! My movie inspiration for this mani was Couples Retreat, a hilarious romantic comedy.
fanpop.comI used a mani tutorial by Chalkboard Nails. I love how it turned out even though I had to use six different polishes.
OPI Don’t Pretzel My Buttons, OPI Berlin There Done That, OPI Girls Just Want To Play, OPI In My Back Pocket, OPI Taylor Blue, NYC French Tip White
Hi there! This day’s task was to create a mani inspired by a song. I used Lady Gaga’s Pokerface as my inspiration. I took a some what literal interpretation and painted the four suits.
OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, OPI Little Red Wagon, NYC Black Lace
Hi there! I knew exactly which color I wanted to replicate for this challenge. Since Tiffany’s has trademarked the color it is really hard to find a polish that is the exact Tiffany Blue. When you actually compare a Tiffany bag, box, and jewelry bag all three are slightly different shades of Tiffany Blue. China Glaze For Audrey is supposed to be one of the most comparable, but since my goal is to use only OPI colors during the 31 day challenge, I had to figure out how to recreate this color.
Hi there! Water marbling for day 20. A year ago I saw my friend’s attempt at water marbling. She tried twice, with her second try turning out much better than her first. At the time I had no interest in using this technique. Once I saw that it was part of the challenge I figured I should research how to best achieve a water marble mani.
OPI provides a tutorial on their facebook, but I felt that there had to be a better one that would give me more tips on how to be successful. Simple Little Pleasures has wonderful tutorials and also gives you which polishes work well in water marbling.
OPI Do You Lilac It?, OPI Can’t Find My Czechbook
Hey there! I used a great tutorial by Chalkboard Nails in order to create my galaxy mani. I used her advise and started with a black based and then sponged on the different colors.
I started with two coats of NYC Black Lace. I then sponged OPI Can’t Find My Czechbook, OPI Do You Lilac It?, OPI Tomorrow Never Dies, and OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls pretty much in that order on each nail. I sponged a little more My Boyfriend Scales Walls than I wanted on my index finger so I went back over with Can’t Find My Czechbook and Do You Lilac It? I finished with OPI I Juggle…Men so that it sparkled.
OPI Can’t Find My Czechbook, OPI Do You Lilac It?, OPI Tomorrow Never Dies, OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, OPI I Juggle…Men
This was a fun mani to do because it didn’t take much skill. I was able to complete this mani on both my left and right hands easily. I want to create another galaxy mani that is more red, that will be my next challenge.
Hey there! I’m trying to catch up on my challenge posts so I will be attempting to post twice a day.
I had no idea how I should paint half moons on my nails so I did a bit of Googling. I found that most half moon manicures were representations of the lunula. I started with two coats of OPI Number One Nemesis. I then used a nail art brush to paint OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls at the base of my nails.
OPI Number One Nemesis, OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls
This was an easy manicure to complete, but I was not necessarily happy with the uniformity of my half circles. I would have redone my index finger to make the half moon more narrow and round, but I didn’t have time.
Hey there! I didn’t need to be very creative with this task. I love glitter polishes even though they can be a pain to remove.
I started with two coats of OPI Siberian Nights. I layered two coats of OPI Which Is Witch? over my base color. This combination reminded me of a night sky.
OPI Siberian Nights, OPI Which is Witch?
I love this glitter polish because of the small bar glitter. I’m a sucker for cool glitter shapes.
Hey there! I thought this task was an interesting one to include in the challenge. Tribal prints are very big in Hawaii, more so as tattoos. I used my husband’s tribal tattoo as my inspiration for this nail art. I painted designs from the lower half of my husband’s tattoo.
I started with two coats of OPI A-Taupe The Space Needle. I then used Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen Black to draw on the different tribal designs. I finished with OPI Matte Top Coat so that my mani was more like an actual tattoo.
OPI A-Taupe The Space Needle, Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen Black
This is my second attempt at using the Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen. I feel like I had a lot of control using the pen, but I would have liked to have been able to draw finer lines. Maybe with more practice I will be able to, but it seems as if not enough polish/ink is put down with a thinner line.
Pretty Little Lacquer 