Day 24 - Inspired by a Book

Ok, so this is known as a song but here is my proof that it's a book too! 

When I taught (that sounds really weird) which wasn't long ago, I would read/sing this with my class. It brings me a lot of wonderful memories of teaching 1st and 2nd grade. The holidays are so much more enjoyable when there are children around for me. 

I saw this tutorial and wanted to try it which is why I made this stretch with the book/song! 

http://www.youtube.com/user/cutepolish#p/u/0/UcrLbYZhAf0

I like to do my nail art upside down so that I can see them. They don't seem upside down to me but I always see them the other way online. =)

Supplies:

OPI Envy - base coat

Zoya Snow White

NOPI - Razzle Dazzle (black)

OPI - In my Back Pocket (orange)

Seche Vite - top coat

Dotting tool and small paint brush for the nose

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Day 23 - Inspired by a Movie

One of my favorite Christmas movies to watch when I was a little girl was White Christmas. I still love it and need to watch it once a Christmas season. For this challenge I wanted to simply capture the look of snow on my nails accented with snowflakes. I had a clear vision of what I wanted in my head but I just couldn't get it to come out right. It was fun to try but I'm putting this in the Nail Fail category. I have something fun planned for the next challenge (inspired by a book) and hope that it comes out the way I see it in my head. =)

Supplies:

OPI Envy (base coat)

Zoya Snow White
China Glaze Fairy Dust

Zoya Trixie (silver snowflakes)

China Glaze For Audrey (blue snowflakes)

Bundle Monster Plate #14

Seche Vite (Top Coat)

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Day 19 - Galaxy Nails

Galaxy Nails is a manicure that looks intimidating but it's surprisingly simple. I enjoyed making this mani for today's challenge. I know it's not the best galaxy nail art out there but it's my first try and I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. I have some ideas on how to make it better next time which is always what I want to get out of these challenges. Learn and improve right? I watched a tutorial in preparation for this challenge because I wasn't sure how to go about this design. I watched this tutorial from Cute Polish: http://www.youtube.com/user/cutepolish#p/search/0/3EMgt4_jW5U  I basically followed her instructions step by step. Mine isn't as awesome as hers but I like it!

Here are the pics, supply list will be underneath the last picture. 

Supplies:

OPI Envy - Base Coat

NOPI - Razzle Dazzle for black base color (2 coats)

Zoya - Snow White

China Glaze - Happy Go Lucky

China Glaze - Peachy Keen

Cult Nails - Time Traveler

Small dotting tool for stars (used with Zoya Snow White)

China Glaze - Fairy Dust for top coat (bottle shown in pictures)

Makeup Sponge (wedges) for sponging 

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Day 11 - Polka Dots

I wanted to do something fun for today's challenge. I need more practice with my dotting tool so I used a stamp. ;) I didn't want to use the same polka dot stamp I used for one of my Halloween looks so I did something different from your typical polka dot design. I like how this turned out, what do you think?

Inside, no flash.

This is the best my camera can do with it's macro setting. At least I think it is, I need to fiddle around with it more. 

Supplies: 

OPI - Steady as She Rose

Zoya -  Snow White

Konad -  Special Polish (White)

Konad Plate M79

Small and medium dotting tool

Rose colored rhinestone

Seche Vite Top Coat

OPI -  Envy Base Coat

Here is a picture of the plate I used:

As you can see, the rose on the bottom left image isn't filled in. I used my smallest dotting tool to fill in the petals with OPI - Steady As She Rose and then added a rhinestone to the center for more interest. I also use my medium sized dotting tool to go over the bigger dots in the same image so it would show up more. It stamped on pretty light and I wanted it to be more bold. The design on the upper left side is completely made up of dots. I use this plate often and have really scratched it up from the metal scraper. I suggest using an old credit card instead to protect the plate which is what I'm going to start doing. You can just cut the card in half (it's easier to use when smaller). 

I hope you liked today's design, thanks for reading!

Day 7 - Black and White

I had a bit of frustration with this one which was surprising because I thought it would be easy. I had an idea in my head which is half the battle but I just couldn't get it to come out the way I would have liked. I took some pictures of my first try before I cleaned up around my cuticles just to see if I wanted to post it. I took if off out of frustration and decided to take the easy way out and do a simple shatter. I of course regret that now and wish I would have just tried my idea again. ;) I'm going to include a picture of what I was trying to do and then the easy shatter as a compromise.

Here is the first attempt: 

I was trying to do black and white flowers using a striper brush and black rhinestones. I don't think  they look like flowers and my brush strokes are a bit sloppy. I will get better with practice. I've only used the striper brush a few times. ;) 

Here is my real picture of today's challenge:

 Before I did this look, I alternated black and white on my nails for my base color. Then, I put white shatter on the black base and black shatter on the white base. My white shatter didn't well, shatter! It had a few lines but no separation. Has anyone else experienced this with white shatter (OPI) or do I just have a funky bottle? It didn't look presentable at all so that was removed immediately and here we go! I think it's a really fun look, I just wanted to do something a little more impressive than this.

Supplies: OPI Envy (base coat), Zoya's Snow White, OPI Black Shatter, Poshe (Top Coat)

I do love how easy this look is, there are so many funky combos that you can do now that everyone is making a shatter, crackle, etc. One of my favorite combos is OPI's Rally Pretty Pink with Red Shatter on top. Do you have a favorite combination? Feel free to post pictures to my facebook page, I'd love to see them!

Tomorrow is metallic and then the challenge gets more challenging. Eeep!

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Spider Webs with a Twist

I finally moved everything over to the new blog. Yay! As you can see, I'm still in a Halloweeny mood. =)

Here's my latest manicure:

I'm pretty pleased with how this turned out. I was going to do spiders but decided against it at the last minute. I just couldn't bring myself to put spiders on my nails. Spiders absolutely freak me out! I know I know, it's just nail art. I had to put something in the webs so I put in rhinestones. Makes sense right? No? I've never used rhinestones before so I wasn't sure how I'd like it. I sense a new obsession. Good thing there are a ton of rhinestones in the wheel I ordered!

For the base color I used China Glaze - Concrete Catwalk. I love love love this color. It's a dark grey creme polish with a blue tone which is what I love about it. It applied very smoothly and was completely opaque in two coats. You could probably get away with one thick coat.

The spider image came from Bundle Monster plate #13 which was stamped with Zoya's Snow White. The lines in the image are very delicate. I think the Konad Special Polish was too thick for this image, I had a hard time transferring it. Has anyone used this image with that polish? I'm curious if that's what the problem was.

The rhinestones came from this wheel: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005BF1M10

I used Seche Vite for my top coat this time.

Last but not least, my inspiration for this design: http://www.scrangie.com/2011/10/silver-spiders-halloween-manicure.html

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Cartoon Frankenstein

Welcome to my very first blog post on Pamper with Polish! I am so excited to start this new adventure. This is my first attempt at nail art. I'm happy with it as it is my first try. I'm also learning how my camera works to make the best pics for my blog!! I'm open to critiques (be gentle please) and tips on how to improve my art! I saw this idea on a blog and I can't remember the name. If it's you, let me know so I can give you proper credit! If you know who it is, let me know! 

Ready for the Frankies? Here we go!

Here we go!

""Ahhhh! We're upside down, this can't be good!"

""Hmmmphhhhffff" 

"Finally!"

"Not again, come on! Take the picture!"

I tried to make a different expression for each Franky to give variety. I also, as you may have already noticed, put a coat of CG Fairy Dust over their hair. I know, what your thinking. I just couldn't help myself. I must have glitter somewhere on my nails!! 

OPI Envy for BC, Essie Sew Psyched, Black Striper for hair and scars, Zoya Snow White for eyes with dotting tool, Nicole Razzle Dazzle for the eyeballs w/ dotting tool, China Glaze Fairy Dust for the hair (no reason for that), and Seche Vite Top Coat. All done. Weee!

I hope you enjoyed.

Have you done any Halloween styled nails yet? I'd love to see them!!