Showing posts with label BM-221. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BM-221. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

badass pink leopard mani

Yes, the mani I'm going to show you today is badass.

But, before I show you it, let me answer a question dozens of you are asking me in my giveaway form.
Yes, I will make a polish-jewelery tutorial!
I'll start working on it ASAP and hopefully have it up in a few days.
(For now, check out this one from Chalkboard Nails, where she shows how she made her particular style of earring. And she sent me some for Christmas. Be jealous.)

Okay, now that that's been said, let's see this badass mani.


Here's one of the pictures you saw of this mani in my giveaway post.
(And if you haven't seen my current giveaway, check it out because you can win that ring, plus lots more!)


This mani was actually inspired by a prom dress! Prom dresses aren't usually what you would call badass... But this one is. Let me show it to you.


Yeah, did I nail it or what?
I came across this dress on a Pinterest board called Prom Dresses You Will Regret.
Sorry, board-maker, I would not regret wearing this. I want to go to a grad again just to wear it.
Maybe I should get married in it. Is this not the most Rebecca-appropriate dress you've ever seen?
(I disagree with a lot of the dresses on the board actually. I think a lot of them are amazing. I'm sorry but I have a thing for leopard print. No shame.)


You may notice that the dress has little shredded-leopard areas. And you may notice that my thumbs and ring fingers do, too. That's because I recently splurged on the Konad Q1 plate, AKA the Charming Nails plate. It couldn't have been more perfect! (I had to buy it from a Swedish webshop and spend $15 on it but it was worth it.)

The other nails were stamped from Bundle Monster BM-221.
As usual, stamping was done with Wet N Wild - Black Creme.


The dress is blingy so my nails had to be too.
The base color is Color Club - Hot Like Lava which is the perfect hot pink foil.
The sponged glitter gradient was done with Hits - 388 from the Glitter Forte line.
Then I added a coat of China Glaze - Fairy Dust for some more sparkle!


Sparklyyyyy.


There you have it. Badass pink leopard mani. You dig it? I dig it.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

yet another gradient leopard!

I've posted a lot of swatches lately, so today I will post some nail art!
I should make a tally of all the gradient animal print manis I do. 
This is one of my favorites! I'm still wearing it as I type this post.


I did this gradient manicure using:
China Glaze - 100 Proof Pink

China Glaze - Shaken Not Stirred
China Glaze - No Way Jose 

I stamped from BM-221 with Wet N Wild Black Creme.

If you haven't seen it before, check out my tutorial on how to do a great gradient mani like this one! 


I seriously think these old China Glaze's are the prettiest polishes. They are all way up there in my favorites list!

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Nail Polish Blogger Challenge - Day 6

Hi guys! Late night post again. I'm really bad at doing my manis in the daytime lately...

Before we get started I'm going to post my link for the Bundle Monster Facebook contest again! This is the last night of voting. Judging starts tomorrow! Help me get into the top 10 judging round by clicking here and voting for my design. Thanks!

For tonight's mani I wanted something cute and simple. I went for stamping and glitter!


Tada!


I didn't have a bottle of polish nearby when I took these pictures... So I used my new Strawberry Sorbet EOS as a replacement.


I'm really pleased with these even though they are so simple.


The base is Color Club - Peppermint Twist (which you know if you've been following this challenge.)
I stamped from Bundle Monster BM-221 using China Glaze - Millennium.
The glitter nail has a layer of OPI - Teenage Dream, OPI - Show It And Glow It, and OPI - Yule Love This Silver.



I hope you guys like this simple mani as much as I do!
And don't forget to check out the manis from the other challenge ladies:

Caroline from Good Lack Nail
Leslie from Polish Art Addiction 
Inge from Polish Sis
Ulmiel from Did someone say nail polish?
Sidrah from beauteous blog
Sarah from Lucky Lacquers
Maestra from parokeets
Gejba from  parokeets 


Just one more day left in this challenge! Any suggestions for my final design?