Sunday, September 9, 2012

31dc2012 - day 9

Good morning! Day 9 of the 31 Day Challenge is a cheerful one - Rainbow!


I went for a sorta-drippy sorta-messy rainbow glittery look!


And I really love how it turned out! I keep surprising myself with these manis. I sit down with no real idea in mind and end up with manicures that I love. Hopefully I can continue doing that as the challenge continues.


The base color of this manicure is Orly - Decades of Dysfunction. I keep reaching for this polish because it just looks so clean and nice. It's a great nude.


The glitters are mostly 2-way nail art pens from eBay. (There was also a pink I used but that one forgot to get in the picture.) I also used Milani - Purple Gleam because I had no purple glitter pen.
The pink, purple, and orange glitters needed some help with the color opacity so I used a tiny amount of other polishes to help them show up - China Glaze - Rich and Famous, LA Girl - Dance Craze, and LA Colors - Nuclear Energy.


I used a striper brush to make the small lines and drag them up towards the tip.
You don't have to be neat because the uneven lines make the messy, drippy look.


I bet I'll get a lot of compliments on this manicure, because it is really sparkly and bright!


This would be equally as awesome if I had done complete stripes on the nail. Maybe I'll do that next September if I do the challenge again... Haha!

24 comments:

  1. I really like this Rebecca! So much glitter and colour - very fun!

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  2. aww, adorable, such a bright & fun mani!

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  3. Decades of Dysfunction is my current fave nude as well. It's so hard to do something interesting with the rainbow theme but you've managed too- this is awesome!

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  4. This is absolutely wonderful. I like the stripes of glitters it makes it so cute.

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  5. Wow, they're fantastic!

    Rainbow nails is one thing I haven't tried yet, but they always look so happy and cheerful on other people. They seem really complicated though.

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  6. This is awesome! Probably one of my favorite mani's I've seen in a while! I want those nail art pens now!! lol! This reminds me of those melted crayon prints you seen now.

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  7. This is a Great one! I love my glitter and I love unique color combos. I love the rainbow in glitter-best of all worlds!

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  8. Two of my favorite things: glitter and rainbow colors! I love this, great job!

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  9. oooh rainbow and glitter! i love it

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  10. I totally disagree that full-coverage stripes would be EQUALLY awesome! They would be awesome, no doubt, but these ARE SO FREAKING AWESOME. The ragged edges totally make the look.

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  11. oh i love that this is just totally different x

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  12. So gorgeous! I should totally try this, I have those same glitter stripers! :D

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  13. I love when a manicure turns out even better than expected, and I adore this look, I will be pinning it as inspiration for later! :)

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  14. These are immense!!!

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