Showing posts with label Spring Challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spring Challenge. Show all posts

Sunday, March 4, 2012

PCFSC: My kind of Daffodils!

Hi lovelies!

One day late, again, in posting the challenge mani.  At least it's only one day :P  Yesterday's challenge was to do daffodils on your nails.  I tried, I really did.. then burst out laughing once it was all done with and removed it right away.  I really wish I would have taken a photo to show you guys anyway, but I wasn't thinking!

So, in honour of daffodils, I did yellow (and blue) leopard print nails!


 

Whoa, the difference sunlight pictures make, the colours really pop!

 

The blue base & blue leopard print is Essence Colour & Go - Let's Get Lost, and the yellow accent nail and yellow print was done with Color Club - Dress for the Parade.

 

 Essence - Let's Get Lost
Color Club - Dress for the Parade
Not pictured is Wet 'n Wild Black Creme, which I used to surround the spots :)

So, I cheated a bit, but this was too awesome of a mani to not post :)

Hope everyone's weekend was fabulous!  Check out the other girls participating:



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Friday, March 2, 2012

PCFSC: Pastel Patchwork

Hi all!

Staying true to my my procrastinating self, I'm a day late posting this, but it's okay.. right?  So this is my first patchwork mani, and I was pretty pleased with how it turned out :)




 

I started out painting my nails white, then adding the black lines using Milani Nail Art in black.  I then used three different colours to fill in the 'patches', and finished off by retraced the black lines to make it look cleaner (basically I just followed the tutorial by Kayla).  The colours used were Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Mint Sorbet, Revlon's Dreamer and Essie's To Buy or Not To Buy, with an honourable guest on my thumb of Essie - A Crewed Interest ;)

 

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Mint Sorbet
Revlon - Dreamer
Essie - To Buy or Not to Buy


Hope everyone has a fabulous weekend, and don't forget to check out the other participants and see what their patchwork mani looks like:


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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

PCFSC: Spring Lilac

Hi lovelies!

Today I bring you my favourite spring lilac polish.  This was so easy to pick, I have a few lilac polishes but this one by far wins the title of favourite for me!

 

(I love these awkward hand poses, lol)


 

I feel like this is THE perfect lilac polish.  Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Lacey Lilac.  It's not too chalky or pastel-y but it still screams spring.  And it's super flattering on my skin tone.  Love, love, love this one!

 

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Lacey Lilac.

I hope everyone's week is off to a good start!  Check out the other Spring Challenge participants:



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Sunday, February 26, 2012

PCFSP: Blossoming Trees

Yesterday's challenge was for blossoming tree nails.  Here's the mani I ended up with :)




 

I really, really liked this mani, it's so cute and was incredibly easy to do.  I used a black nail art polish to paint on the branches, then used 2 different sized dotting tools to make the flowers :)

 

Nicole by OPI: My LifeSaver
Milani Nail Art: Black Sketch
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear:  White On
OPI: Dim Sum Plum


Check out the other Spring Challenge participants and see what they've done:
 
Thanks for having a looksie!
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

PCFSP: Pink Polka Dots

Hi all!

Happy hump day!  I hope everyone is having a good week so far :)

Today's spring challenge was to do pink polka dots.  I had a pretty good idea in my head, but it didn't translate as nicely as I hoped.

 

Base is 3 coats of Essie - Chinchilly, then I used a dotting tool, put on some white polish, then covered that up with China Glaze - Pool Party so that the pink would stand out.  In real life you can't see see white outlines where the pink polish didn't completely cover it, of course macro shots picked it up :P  And I did an accent nail using Essie's Shine of the Time.

 

Pink and grey look great together, in my opinion, I just wish my stamping was more uniform and that the pink was more vibrant!  Besides that, I think this is still cute :)


 

And how amazing does Shine of the Time look over this?  Soo pretty!


 Essie - Chinchilly
China Glaze - Pool Party
Essie - Shine of the Time

Thanks for having a looksie!
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

PCFSP: Spring Clean - Out of Season Colour

Hi lovelies!

Today's Purple Crumpet Spring Challenge is an out of season colour, something that doesn't fall under "spring" polish.  I certainly don't match my polish to the season, but I know some people do, and so I chose a polish that I feel some may not wear this spring/summer.

 

Orly - Rock Solic from the Mineral Fx collection.  This is a gorgeous gunmetal gray with tons of shimmer and some holo glitter thrown in there.  I love these kinds of polishes.. dark but super sparkly!  The holo glitter was super hard to capture on camera though!


 

So, while I would still wear this on the hottest day of summer, I know some would avoid it as it's not a bright, happy, summery kind of shade :)


Orly - Rock Solid

You can certainly see the holo glitter in the bottle shot.  Yummy!
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Friday, February 17, 2012

PCFSC: Small Flowers

Hi darlings!

Today's Spring Challenge was to do a mani with small flowers.

I wanted to do something quick while using untrieds, and it turned out decently enough!

 

This lovely yellow is Joe Fresh - Pineapple, and the blue is Joe Fresh - Cobalt.  I love these Joe polishes.. it took 3 coats to remove certain bald spots that the yellow didn't cover, but had I been more patient I could have gotten away with 2 lovely coats!

 

I them used a Bundle Monster plate and stamped flowers using China Glaze - For Audrey on the blue, and Color Club - Express Yourself.  I do wish the stamping was a bit cleaner, but it still looks pretty cute :)



Joe Fresh - Pineapple
Joe Fresh - Cobalt
Color Club - Express Yourself
China Glaze - For Audrey

Thanks for looking :)

Check out the other wonderful bloggers participating in the Spring Challenge here:

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

PCFSC: Favourite Spring Pink

Hi Loves,

This is a day late and I apologize but at least it's here, right? :)

I realize that spring is pastels but I'm soo not a pastel person.  I'm all for the jewel/darker tones so I decided to go with a more 'me' pink :)

 

This pink.. I admired my nails ALL day, it's so vibrant and gorgeous.  It's the new Essie - Tour de Finance, a nice bright pink with some gorgeous shimmer through it.

 

I gave it a little more sparkle using Orly - Love Each Other, a blue shimmery top coat.



Essie - Tour de Finance
Orly - Love Each Other

Thanks for having a looksie :)
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