Dark and twisted

I wanted to go with "Dark glitter gradiant" at first, but Grey's Anatomy was on, and the minute I said 'dark', there was no coming back as to this manicure name! So this one if for you Meredith!

While this nail art may be the most simple thing ever, I think that the bold contrast between the glitter and the background is what makes it so unique, and got me many compliments while wearing it.

My base color is Ga-de Black swan, and the glitter I used is Sally Hansen Lady Luck.

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From day to night in a simple twist

When I've noticed that my tips are starting to break, I realized I need to shorten my nails again. But it felt like such a shame to give up this length, so I decided to use it before I lose it. I came up with an idea for a subtle, office appropriate manicure, with some bright, flashy inner tips. This way I can keep it appropriate, but don't feel all sweet and soft for a long time.

I went with 3 coats of Ga-de Angelina, so I can reach opacity, and on top I added OPI Pirouette My Whistle in a dabbed coat, just to add this little something extra.
I didn't want to color on my inner tip to affect the look of my normal manicure, so just so I'll be on the safe side, I painted a coat of white polish, Wow 350, before applying Ga-de Tangerine.

I had so much fun wearing this manicure, and I just loved the looks on people faces when they saw the inner side as well. I will defiantly be doing more double sided manicures in the near future!

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Purple hexagons meet nubs

I don't know why, but this title sounds like some sort of a summary to a  Sci-Fi-Romance movie. Imagine it- a purple hexagons, with his very own pare of legs, walks into a bar and seeing miss nub sitting at the corner. Her well moisturized cuticles and smooth surface catch his look, and---
Ok, I'll stop right there, and we'll move on to the manicure before someone decides to hospitalize me somewhere.

I tried stamping again, because you know what they say- practice makes perfect! Well, the thumb on my left hand was the best of my many tries. For some reason, the stamping on my ring finger insisted on smudging every single time I tried to repeat on it, so I ended up just letting it be.

Also, this time I actually made the same nail art on both hands! If you knew me IRL, you'd know how rare that phenomenon is. Many times I even go with my right hand polish-naked. Yes. I am THAT lazy. Kinda justifies the blog's name, doesn't it?
So in order to celebrate that, I've decided to include some very rare (and you better appreciate it!), right hand photos.

The base color of all my nails is Chic I lilac you. I stamped using Bundle Monster BM-422 and Life 337, which is a nice shimmery purple. The glitter topper is Wow 368. I added a stud from Forever 21. I actually quite liked the fact that the black stud breaks the overall purple look a bit, but doesn't disturb it.

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My first attempt at jelly sandwich manicure

I've seen many sandwich manicures during my time in the nail art community. I was drawn to the stubble (yet still noticeable) appearance of the glitter on those manicure. And yet, I haven't got the chance to try it out myself. I don't own any 'real' jellies, so that was a little obstacle (putting it mildly).

I decided t hat I still want to try it, so I had to make a small shortcut in order for this to work. Instead of using a jelly nail polish, I grabbed one of my (very) cheap polishes, that I could never get to be fully opaque. I used the holographic glitter, and ended up amazed by the beauty of it through the red jelly.
The photos below are my best attempt of catching the holographic effect.

My base color is Ga-de Hot passion, which is a very dark and deep red. The glitter here is H&M Jo is in the house, and on top of it I used GK 741.
In conclusion, I believe that is using the right shades for this technique, I can create myself some sort of a dupe for Zoya Payton and Dream (that I've got in my wishlist ;) ).

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31DC2013: Day 21, inspired by color

*Intentionally ignoring the fact I've missed two posts, and hope to fill them up later.*
This is the part of the challenge that I was the most excited about! It just feels that this time, I got more space to do what ever I want, be much more creative about things!
So as many other bloggers, I interpreted this day as "inspired by color name", and I went with Essence night in vegas, which is a flakie topper.

Night in vegas starts in the Vegas sign, so that's what I went with! Smudged as hell, so I'm guessing it's time for a new top coat [and another, thinner, brush], but other than that, it turned up quiet awesome. I'm very happy about it, frankly.

Black is Chic black fog, and on top of it on most nails I have Essence night in vegas. In the thumb I added a random rhinestone I found. White is Chic white flag, Yellow is Ga-de mellow yellow, the blue of the stand is Life  316, and the blue for the font is Chic bora bora. red is Life strawberry, and gray is Life 269.

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31DC2013: Day 18, half moon nails

Half moons can be either boring or exciting. In today's case, it's some-where in the middle. One of those classical "It looked better in my mind" sort of nail arts.
But I still like it. Alot. Just not as much as I would expected.

I decided to go with a full coat of the base color, and using the hole punch stickers method, I created a half moon glitter gradient. I had an idea in mind to use the hole part and put it on top of the ring shaped sticker for a double half moon, and I tried it on the thumb, but the result was kinda muh...

The base color is Ga-de peach sorbet, and the glitter topper is Golden Rose [jolly jewels] 118.

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