31DC2013 Day 24: Inspired By a Book

Happy Hump Day!!

This post was supposed to go up yesterday. I've done the mani yesterday, but I felt too tired to do the rest (taking pics, editing, writing the post..) So, here it is now! :)
For inspired by a book mani, I chose one of Stephen King's book that I actually knew the movie first. The mani was inspired by the book covers that I'll be showing below.

I'm sure most of you familiar with this evil clown, or even had your love of clown scarred by this book/movie. This was actually done pretty quick, which was probably one of the reason why I picked this. I've been feeling under the weather, on and off in  the last few days. Which made me think of ending my challenge early..

Here's the list of all the shades used for this mani:

OPI Light My Sapphire (base)

OPI My Boyfriend Scales The Walls

OPI Vodka & Caviar

OPI Red My Fortune Cookie

Sally Hansen Pacific Blues

Nicole by OPI Mermaid For Each Other
Butter London Matte top coat

XO
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Swatches: Jindie Nails Princess Breath

Hi guys!

After creating nail art everyday for 3 weeks straight, swatching feels like a breeze and soo relaxing! No thinking, or sitting your butt flat for hours trying to do a detailed design. 

Tonight I have a new-to-me polish from Jindie Nails to share with you, Princess Breath. I've been eyeing this one for a while before finally grabbed it from Llarowe. 

Princess Breath,  a medium mint green crelly (cream jelly) base (really more of a cream base that is just right so that the glitter layers show through perfectly). This one has large magenta dots, medium magenta dots, lime green and teal holographic hex glitters, deep purple metallic glitter, satin matte teal glitters in several sizes of hex.

The description is pretty spot on. I used 3 coats of the polish with a generous coat of Poshe. You might need a coat of Gelous before your shiny top coat if you prefer a totally smooth surface. The glitter coverage is great, I didn't shake or put the bottle upside down before using. I just swirl the brush in the bottle and I got a decent amount of glitter on the brush. Overall, I don't regret getting this polish at all! I love the combination of the base color and glitters, I just wished it has more of the holographic teal glitter to make it more sparkly :)

Jindie Nails Princess Breath

Jindie Nails Princess Breath

Jindie Nails Princess Breath

Jindie Nails Princess Breath

Jindie Nails Princess Breath
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Jindie nails can be purchased directly from their online boutique here, or through the authorized retailer such as Llarowe, Harlow&Co, Mei Mei's Signatures, and a few others that you can find here. Don't forget to follow Jindie Nails on facebook to see their other and newest collection!

XO

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31DC2013 Day 23: Inspired By a Movie

Hi guys!!

Movie day!! This is the challenge that I'm most excited but also terrified at the same time. There are so many movies to pick from, but I kept reminding myself that I'll be doing it on a tiny canvas, so pick carefully! Haha..

The movie I chose was the first disney animated movie, but I could be wrong, lol. All I remember, I was so in awe when watching it for the first time. Now I have to watch it again!! :D

 I chose 4 (and a half) of my top favorite character from the movie to feature on my nails :) Little green man on my index, who doesn't love these little guys?? And of course the main character, Buzz and Woddy! And don't forget Mr. Potato Head ;) Now I just want to rush and finish this post so I can watch the movie :p

Did you notice I said 4 and a half? That's because I only had Slinky's head on my thumb below the movie's logo :D Please forgive what I've done with Buzz & Woddy's faces, or the lack of face. I just couldn't give more details on them with my brush.

I'm not sure if you'd be interested in the colors used here. I blend some shades to get the colors I need, but don't have. My base color here is OPI My Vampire Is Buff. Let me know in the comment if you would like me to list the colors, and I will add them to my post! :)

XO
Novi

31DC2013 Day 22: Inspired By a Song

Hi guys!

In my attempt to catch up to the challenges, I disappoint myself for not giving enough time to think and create the mani I had in mind, and it resulted in a fail mani. Hope it's ok that I'm sharing it anyway! Haha..

For this inspired by a song challenge, I had a few ideas but none of them are actually a song, more like an album or the singer themselves. So my final choice was Katy Perry's Firework as the inspiration. I looked up images for fireworks, fireworks paintings, and I thought it would make an awesome mani. But in a quick attempt to do it before bed, I couldn't quite translate the fireworks on my nails :(

This is one mani that I plan to recreate again in the future, with proper preparation of course. I saw one painting that I need to bookmark and use as my inspiration next time!

XO
Novi

31DC2013 Day 21: Inspired By a Color

Hello!!

So.. I'm behind on my challenge. I was out almost all day yesterday, and wasn't feeling too good when I got home. But the main reason (read: excuse) is what the heck does it mean, inspired by a color?? Lol. But I was relieved when I see most of the bloggers who's doing this challenge has the same question about it. Anyway, I guess the idea of this challenge is to see how you interpret the theme on your mani. So you can do no wrong, since people don't always have the same idea of things, right? ;)

I decided to pick my favorite color, blue, and work with it. In this case, I picked 5 different shades of blue. I started with painting all my nails with white polish as a base, then I painted a stripe with all 5 shades side by side on a foil, dipped and drag a fan brush on it and did diagonal strokes to create this almost water color looks. 

Here's the list of colors used:

OPI My Boyfriend Scales The Walls

OPI What's With The Cattitude

OPI Can't Find My Czechbook

OPI Ogre The Shrek Blue

OPI Into he Night

Nails Inc. Baker Street

XO
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