NCC presents: Iron Fist fashion inspired nail art

I love making fashion inspired nail art and for my second post in the "inspired by fashion" theme for The Nail Challenge Collaborative I decided to make a nail art inspired by Iron Fist products. I decided for a collection I think is called Slow Dance which has black and white houndstooth pattern, red floral pattern on black, skulls, and sometime gold elements.

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I decided to make version which fitted for a manicure and came up with this below. Stamped houndstooth pattern in b&w then parts with red flowers (I did white dots and then filled them in with red to make them pop) and gold metal beads in the center of the flowers. As accents I painted a black base and then used these Born Pretty Store skull metal studs (which looks really similar to the skull on the third platform above). I was super happy with this result! I know this manicure isn't for everyone but that goes for the Iron Fist items as well. Hope you'll enjoy, because now it's photo spam. ^^

Polishes and materials used:
MoYou special white polish (reviews here) 
MoYou special red polish (reviews here)
Rival De Loop -  406 (black creme)
Konad Stamping plate - M63
Metal Bead rhinestones in gold

Born Pretty Store 5Pcs 3D Nail Art Decoration Dazzling Skull Mask Design (in gold)

 

Here are some more pictures of the skulls from Born Pretty Store. I applied them with super glue and they lasted on my nails for 3 days. They come in 5 pieces and is available in gold and silver. The size is 8x7MM and the width is roughly 1MM, the skulls are also C-shaped and fits therefore pretty good on my nails. I really like them and recommend them and I didn't have any problem with the size. I also applied top coat all over my nail and also the skull. (I've actually saved the two skulls I used and I'll reuse them later) However if your nails are very short the skull decoration might look over sized.

So, if you're interested of getting these or any other decorations I have a 10% discount code at Born Pretty Store for you to use. Just type in NGL91 at checkout.

Also don't forget this offer too: 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 the code CEL246.

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Black and white houndstooth freehand nail art

Think I've mentioned it before, but houndstooth is my favorite pattern since some years ago and just this week I actually bought a black and white houndstooth bikini(!) That reminded me about this manicure I did last year. Honestly I just adore this and even though it took serious amount to freehand the pattern on both hands it was so worth it! :D And as you might have seen I also love studded manicures but I wish that the studs in this manicure would have been silver instead of gold, but it's still a favorite manicure ;)  This manicure also contains one of my favorite polishes; W7 - Salt n Pepper. And since it Sunday I finally can join Nail Art Sunday! :)

Polishes used:
W7 - Salt n Pepper
Nordic Cap - NP12 (black)
BK Nail Art Color (white fine liner)

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Pastel houndstooth and union jack nail art

Hi! While I'm at it I'm showing no. 9 in the Where in the world-challenge which happen to be United Kingdom. This will also be my contribution to Nail Art Sunday at Lelack. :)

I actually had an idea from the start, I just love houndstooth pattern.. and guess what, my suspicion seemed correct since the pattern seems to originally come from UK (from a quick google session). I've free handed houndstooth pattern before (not showed here at the blog though) So I thought it would be fun to do it here as well, (since full nail stamping isn't my forte yet). On top of that I decided for some union jack flags as accents. First I was thinking of making the whole thing according to the flag; red, white and blue but then I thought that it would be funnier if everything went pale and pastel like, so I changed the red to pastel purple and the blue to pastel blue. I really like the result  and I hope you do too. I know I have some Anglophiles and english people reading my blog so I hope you'll find it fun! :D

Polishes used:
HM - In It For The Game
Kleancolor - Pastel Pink
China Glaze - Bahamian Escape
BK nail art color
2 MM pearl rhinestones

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1. Australia  
2. Canada
3. Spain
4. Israel 
5. Poland
6. USA
7. Denmark
8. Sweden

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