31DC2015 - Day 1; red - Red 'kiss me' skittelette nail art

Finally the first day of the 31 day challenge! I've missed this challenge a lot and last September I didn't have time for it. To be able to make the challenge this September I've decided to use partial of posts from my unpublished archive to be able to fill every day. Because of changing apartments and stuff I atm got like 5 polishes left to play with which means I have to buy some more in the end of this challenge (ooh poor me, right? ;) ) so I hope you don't mind that. :)

But here goes Day 1 - Red which I've chosen to call Red skittelette nail art. This one took quite some work. I was at the time I did this one very unsure of stamping and decided to make the text out of decals, which I figured I could cut out and place. That turned out horrible, I used SV for my decals and they got too thick and hard so I built up some curage and stamped the text directly on the nail, and wow, not too bad for a beginner imho. XD I also placed some rhinestones on my accent nail and did a gradient. I really like this combo and wouldn't mind recreating it in this color of even another color. Hope you like it! :)

Polishes used:
MoYou Stamping plate
P2 - Dating Time (swatch here)
Golden Rose - no 27 (swatch here)
MoYou Special White Polish (swatch and review here)
MoYou rhinestone wheel.


Also as I've stated before there is an offer for you on MoYou's site; if you buy a nail art set, any of you choice, you can pick one polish OR one image plate of your choice if you use my special offer code CEL246. Which polish or the number of the image plate you want, you write at the comment section at the checkout. You can use the code as many times you want, as long as you buy a nail art set. :D

***Some products in this post have been provided for review, however it has not changed my opinion about them.***

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NCC presents: Totoro nail art

Have you seen the Japanese cartoon (child?) movie "My neighbor Totoro"? Well, I saw it and found out about it when I was 22 and honestly I'm not as fascinated in it as some people seem to be. However I think Totoro makes out as a nice nail art theme and also fits the theme for the Nail Challenge Collaborative which happens to be animals.

Animal nail art is a favorite of mine, and if we skip my numberous amount of zebra/leo patterned nail art, I've also done crabs, lemurs, pandas, rabbits, bears, cows, pigs, foxes, white muted swans, cats, chickens, frogs, reindeers, flamingos, parrots, merlions, hoopoe birds, black swans and yea Mickey mouse.

So back to the nail art, basically Totoro is a "made up animal", described as a huge rabbit looking animal, a forest creature, forest protector or forest spirit. I've also done the two "mini-totoro's" and if you remember the movie you also understand the symbolism with the blue glitter gradient, hint; rain ;) On my right hand I did some needle dragging.  I really liked my colors here and this was a nail art I had on for several days.

right hand.

Polishes used:
P2 - Remember Me
Kleancolor - White
ZTIZ (black creme)
La Femme (gray creme)
KIKO - 329
Essence - Let's Get Lost
Essence - L.O.L
Jordana Pop Art - Black Mark
Jordana Pop Art - Contemporary White
Golden Rose - No. 13

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What do you think about the nail art? Have you seen the Totoro movie? What did you think about it?

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Simple Valentine's nail art in black and green

Here I have a simple Valentine's nail art in black and green. A non-girly version suitable for any time really. I also got the chance to try my green Golden Rose topper which has medium size circle glitter, tiny squares and hexagons and string glitter, all in matte green. And then I hand painted a heart in green as an accent. For more green manicures, go visit Karin and her Green Wednesday.

My dominant hand.

Polishes used:
ZTIZ (black polish)
Essence - Beijos De Brazil
Golden Rose - No 05

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Golden Rose - No. 27, swatch

We're already at the forth day of United in Pink and for today I have a glitter I got from Lakobotan which is mostly pink anyhow. :)

Golden Rose - No. 27 has a majority of pale pink hexagon glitter, then red and black hexagons, red super short strung glitter, tiny white glitter and shredded pristmatic glitter, all in a clear base. It's such a weird and lovely combination! Below is 2 coats on a dark red creme so the manicure looks a bit more red than the polish actually is. I'll probably thin this polish a bit in the future too, the formula feels a tiny bit too thick. In retrospective I could have used it on the bare nail but perhaps 3 coats? Must try that in the future. :) What do you think?

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