31 Day Challenge: Day 19

25 08 2013

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.

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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.


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31 Day Challenge: Day 12

29 07 2013

Hi there! I missed yesterdays post, eek. I was busy doing some back to school shopping. I also wanted to get some preparations for my parents who generously are daycare for my son. Yesterday’s task was stripes, so I did a tape mani.

I started with two coats of OPI Fit For A Queensland. I taped off sections of my nails with varying widths of tape. Then, I painted OPI Tomorrow Never Dies. When I pulled off the tape some of FFAQ peeled off with it. To remedy this, I carefully repainted some of the FFAQ stripes.

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OPI Fit For A Queensland, OPI Tomorrow Never Dies

Tape manis seem so easy to do, but I have still not mastered the technique. I think I’m too impatient to let my base coat dry fully before applying the tape. I have tried both transparent gift wrap tape and blue painters tape. Both seem to pull up the polish underneath. I need to try drying drops or a quick dry top coat before laying the tape. I’ll let you know what works in a future post.


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