13 Days of January Nail Art Challenge - Recreate One of Your Old Manis

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Good evening! Yesterday's prompt for the 13 Days of January Nail Art Challenge was to recreate one of our old manis. I was a bit under the weather yesterday so I'm posting a day late.

I decided to recreate my most-viewed (and most pinned on Pinterest) manicure that I created about 2 1/2 years ago. It positively makes me cringe when I look at it because I see every flaw in it. But I am so glad I chose to recreate it because it has shown me just how far I've come.

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31 Day Challenge Day 23 - Inspired By A Movie

When I as trying to think of which movie I should use as my inspiration I had several in mind. I love Alfred Hitchcock, I became obsessed with his movies when I was around 12 years old and went crazy watching every single movie he ever made. The very first one I saw was Psycho and it is still one of my favorites. Some of my other Alfred Hitchcock favorites are Charade, Suspicion, Vertigo, Rear Window, The Birds, The Man Who Knew Too Much,  I could go on... LOL

But, back to Psycho. I'm sure you all know what it's about - if you don't, where have you been? LOL Most people remember the shower scene (and accompanying music) which can be heard in the video below. (This is just an image and music, not the actual scene from the movie.)

And now for the mani. I did a black and white background (I sponged black, white and grey over a grey background) and added some "blood drips" at the top using a striping brush. I am very pleased with how this turned out.

Psycho Manicure - Inspired By A Movie

Psycho Manicure - Inspired By A Movie

Psycho Manicure - Inspired By A Movie

Psycho Manicure - Inspired By A Movie

Don't forget to check out the other awesome bloggers participating in the challenge below! If you'd like to join the 30/31 Day Challenge, go here to grab the codes to embed in your posts for the next 30 days and add your post using the link below! 

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31 Day Challenge Day Seven - Black & White

Hello lovelies! The 31 Day Challenge resumes with black and white nails! I am really excited about the "nail art" I have to show you today.

Black and White Manicure

For this mani I started out applying my black and white in the checkerboard pattern (I have done this design before - you can see it here). After that dried I decided I wanted to jazz it up a little bit so I added dots in Orly Decoded and Milani Rapid Cherry using dotting tools.

Black and White Manicure

Black and White Manicure

What do you think of this mani? It's not perfect, but I really like it!

Don't forget to check out the other awesome bloggers participating in the challenge below! If you'd like to join the 30/31 Day Challenge, go here to grab the codes to embed in your posts for the next 30 days and add your post using the link below!  

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Grey and Neon Pink Polka Dots! (And Announcements!)

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you have a fabulous long weekend planned! I have a couple of "announcements" to post before I go into my polka dot mani. :)

First, I have decided that I will be participating in the 31 Day Challenge, along with several of my blogging friends (and their friends! Haha). This will start tomorrow, September 1st. Sarah at Chalkboard Nails has made up several different images you can use for the challenge on your blog, if you like.

Also, in celebration of the new season of Doctor Who beginning tomorrow (I am a recent Doctor Who convert, I love it!) several of us will be posting Doctor Who themed manis throughout the weekend. I will have mine up tonight!

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Okay, that's all for the announcements - on to the polka dots! I used Orly Decoded, Sinful Colors 24/7 and Milani White on the Spot - all pics were taken in the shade. 

Polka Dot mani

Polka Dot mani

Polka Dot mani

Polka Dot mani

That's all for this post! I'll see you again soon!

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Orly Decoded - Swatches and Review

I apologize for my lack of post yesterday, it was just one of those days. Today I have Orly Decoded, a gorgeous grey creme. The weather turned stormy this afternoon (which I enjoyed tremendously) so I thought this was a fitting polish for the weather.  Because of this my pics aren't the best, the are a little on the dark side. But the polish is true to color.

I had no application issues at all. This is perfectly smooth and was opaque in 2 easy coats. This is pictured without top coat and, as you can see, it dries pretty shiny on its own. All pics were taken outside under cloudy skies. Ignore the red skin. LOL

Orly Decoded

Orly Decoded

Orly Decoded

Orly Decoded

Orly  Decoded

What do you think of this color? Are you a fan of grey nail polish?

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