31 Day Challenge : Day 22 : Inspired By A Song

How do you choose just one song, out of the hundreds and thousands that spark up a memory or feeling, each time you hear it? Hard choice huh! As it's my Birthday, I chose the song that was number one, the day I was born.

I tested it out on my husband, to see if he could guess the song. He said "Spice Girls"! Just because of the Union Jack. Wrong!

Do you know what it is? Answers below ;-)

I used :

Ciate - LA Confidential

Rimmel - Riviera Red & Loafer Love For You

Acryclic paint, dotting tool & a nail art brush.

And just because I like a guessing game, here's another one based on a song. ;-)

Some of it is taken from the music video, and other parts from the lyrics. Hopefully the thumb is a big help for you.

I used :

Ciate - Boom Box & Palm Tree

Barry M - Black Multi Glitter

Picture Polish - Shocked, Altered State & Illusionist

Rimmel - White Hot Love

Acrylic paints, cosmetic sponge and a nail art brush.

 

 

I'm hoping some of you can guess at least one out of the two.... Please do check out what the rest of the group are doing for the challenge.

 

*UPDATE* The first one is Let's Dance by David Bowie, can you believe that is 31 years old now! And the second one is Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californiacation. I was hoping for some more guesses, but considering Magali guessed right almost right away, I'm happy that my effort wasn't totally wasted.

 

 

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31 Day Challenge : Day 12 : Stripes

Well I was pretty deflated about the dots for yesterday, so I tried to think outside the box for today. I decided to use some toppers to add my stripes to plain black. My recent Picture Polish, Limited Editions wanted me to ;-)

Other than glitters, I rarely use toppers. I'm not sure if it's the thought of having to use a base colour to reveal the magic, or that I'm seduced by my ready to go colour, but I usually forget I have them.

I'm hoping that my newbies, and this mani, will help me remember.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I can already see me using this polish again for the galaxies challenge on day 19....... Planning ahead already.

For this challenge, I used each polish once, for every nail, over a base of Barry M Black.

The others were :

Picture Polish - Illusionist & Altered State

Polish Me Silly - Tease Me

Revlon Chroma Chameleon - Cobalt & Aquamarine

 

And of course, a striping brush.

 

 

I am literally dying to try out illusionist properly so I can see it in all it's glory. You can see it is the stripe that is in line with the M on my watermark. Galaxy in a bottle.

It was nice to see some of my toppers for black, sided by side. Hopefully now I'll remember to use them more.

Remember to go check out more from the 31 Day Challenge.

 

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Picture Polish - Ultra Violence & Friends

 

 

 

Today I decided to try out my first Picture Polish goodies from Rainbow Connection. They are the most pricey on offer, so I'm trying to be careful with them.

This was the finished result after the base polish, some chevron nail vinyls (which you can barely notice in the pic), and some stamping.

 

 

 

 

So here is the glorious Ultra Violence. It is a stunning glittery purple could have worn on it's own, but that's not me, not today anyway.

 

I was expecting a bit more from this, considering the very high price, as it needed 3 coats. But it sure does look pretty.

 

 

After that dried I added my chevron nail vinyls to my ring finger and thumb, and dazzled them with Picture Polish, Altered State, along with a top coat of the same for my index finger. I think this topper would be better suited to a black base but you do see there is a subtle difference here.

 

My middle finger and pinkie got a top coat of Polish Me Silly, Mind Blowing. And really I could have stopped there. Obviously I didn't.

 

 

 

Out came the MoYou stamping plates. Happy times!

The ring and index fingers were stamped with the Sailor Collection 03 plate, using a mix of both silver and gold Barry M foil effect paint. I stretched the images on the stamper as these are really too small for my nails. I'm pleased with how they came out.

The rest of the fingers were stamped with Pro Collection 06 using Konad special polish, Black Pearl.

From this angle you can see the underlying chevrons reflect in the light.

 

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