The Digit-al Dozen Does Skittles: Neon, Nude and Studded

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Good Morning friends!

This week is yet another Digit-al Dozen Week here on Sincerely Stephanie and we are welcoming some new members this week! This week is also very exciting because I chose the theme this week, and it is my absolute favourite kind of nail art, SKITTLES!! If you are looking for more information as to just what skittles are you can check out my post on The Digit-al Dozen blog here.

My post is a day late starting as yesterday was a holiday here in Canada and I was finishing up spending time with my family and boyfriend whom I won't see again for over a month, so please excuse the late start!

For this manicure I started off with OPI My Vampire is Buff on all my nails except my index nail. I then grabbed my favourite small cut down nail art brush and some gold studs from Born Pretty Store and started skittling. Yup I just made that a verb.

The gold glitter on my index nail is OPI Liquid Sand Honey Ryder and all the neon line work was done with China Glaze Sun of a Peach. The neon looks really washed out here, but it was soooo bright in person and the contrast was fantastic. I think my favourite nail is the gold cross, what do you think?

I can't wait to see what everyone else is coming up with! Hope you are all having a lovely start to your week :)

The Digit-al Dozen Does Fashion: Neon and Nude Purses

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Gooood Morning friends!

I'm still away on vacation, but I could NOT miss a Digit-al Dozen Week! So this week will be my own posts, but pre scheduled while I'm still away!

We're back with another Digit-al Dozen week, with this theme being Fashion. I am not very fashionable, being a student an all so I turned to Pinterest to help me find some cute fashion trends. I saw these neon and nude purses and instantly knew these would translate perfectly to nail art.

Surprisingly I used tape for this manicure! I started off with one of my favourite nudes, OPI Did You 'Ear About Van Gogh and applied top coat and waited for that to dry completely. Once that was dry I taped off both sides of my nails leaving a strip in the middle for the colour.

Going one nail at a time I taped off the sides and painted using the polish brush. My thumb is Revlon Sorbet, my index is Pure Ice French Kiss, my middle is Nicole by OPI Hit the Lights, my ring nail is Pure Ice Flirt Alert and finally my pinky is Pure Ice Free Spirit. I added four gold studs from Born Pretty Store to replicate the clasp on a purse.

I wore these nails a few weeks back, and these were the nails that my supervisor finally asked me about! Of all the crazy nails I've worn and he's never said a word, these were the ones he finally went, "What's on your nails?" I thought that was pretty funny :)

What are your thoughts on these?! Remember to check out the rest of the Digit-al Dozen below!

The Digit-al Dozen Does Tape: Black and Yellow

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Goood Morning loves and lacquerheads!

Today I have the first manicure in tape week which I am actually quite pleased with! I went back to my favourite black and white and threw in some yellow for good measure.

I had an urge to pull out NCLA Tennis Anyone? and used that on my thumb, middle and pinky nails. On my index and ring nails I started with a base of Cult Nails Tempest. I applied top coat to my index, middle and ring nails and then waited until that was completely dry.

Starting with my index nail, I cut pieces of striping tape and using my set of pointy tweezers I made my design and then did one coat of Wet n Wild Black Creme and removed the tape quickly. I did the same thing in a different pattern on my ring nail. My my middle nail I taped off the sides and did a coat of black creme down the middle, then added a silver square stud from Born Pretty Store. On my thumb and pinky I did a coat of Animeniac Cosmetics Crash Landing to tie it all together.

I'm actually a little obsessed with these and don't want to take them off to do something for tomorrow! It's visually striking and right up my alley! I'm actually liking striping tape, in this small capacity.

What are your thoughts on these nails? Make sure to check out the rest of the Digit-al Dozen!

The Digit-al Dozen Does Tape: Pink and Glitter!

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Goooooooood Morning loves!

We're back at it this week with another rendition of The Digit-al Dozen! The theme this week is tape. Bleh, I do not like tape manicures. I generally end up getting annoyed with the tape and it sticks everywhere and I get frustrated. SO this week is going to be a challenge. I'm not entirely pleased with todays nails, but its a start!

I started out with China Glaze Bottoms Up from the new Sunsational Neons Collection on my first 3 nails and Cult Nails Tempest on my ring and pinky nails. On my thumb and index nail I tried to just get some stripes down with striping tape. I put the stripes down and then painted butter LONDON Fairy Cake over the tape then removed it. I forgot one of the cardinal rules of using tape to only do one nail at a time! So my index nail looks all wonky thick.

I was sick of tape by the middle nail, so I resorted to a glitter gradient. On my last 2 nails I attempted the watercolour technique with Bottoms Up to give those nails a softer look. Then I added some square silver studs from Born Pretty Store.

I think I liked these nails more in my mind than in reality, but it's a start to tape week! Hopefully I can pull out something a little better as the week goes on LOL!

What are your thoughts on these pink and glitter nails!? Check out the rest of the Digit-al Dozen below!

Studded Accent with Born Pretty Store

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Evening friends!

I apologize for my week long absence, I spent all of last week buried in my books finishing the first draft of my thesis and then I headed home for the long weekend and completely forgot about blogging! I just enjoyed sitting by the pool and soaking up the sun with family. It's back to reality today though! My nails have actually been bare for over a week now, I know it's craziness!

Todays nails are a simple accent, but I always love this kind of look. I used LAVlacquer Cotton Candy Sweet As Gold on all my nails except my accent. You can see my full review of this polish here.

On my middle nail I pulled out these studs from Born Pretty Store and used the pink and green ones. I alternated colours and stuck them down with nail glue to make sure that they would hold for awhile. I used these tweezers to pick up and place the tweezers, which was incredibly easy!

I'm easing back into doing my nails with this look after a week of nothing! What do you think of it?
You can purchase these studs here for $4.89! Also remember to use my 10% off code SA7 X31 to get even more savings. The tweezers can be purchased here for $2.40. Hope you're having a great night!

Overstudded to the Max

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Morning lacquerheads!

Today I have some totally outrageous nail art that I love, love, loved wearing. One day when I was going through my Bloglovin' feed I saw this post by Spektor's Nails and instantly knew I just had to completely recreate her manicure!

GAH! I love this completely over studded look so much! This started off with one of my very first polish purchases, Essie Mint Candy Apple. This blueish mint is heaven, and I have used over 3/4 of my bottle lol. Then I used Essie Good As Gold and some saran wrap to create the texture to go underneath my studs.

Once that was dry I grabbed some nail glue, I didn't want these going anywhere! I started with the strip of square studs down the center of my nail and placed them using my Born Pretty Store Wax Pen. Then one side at a time and using nail glue I added my smaller round studs using the same method. My studs aren't exactly the same colour gold, but this was not as noticeable in real life!

Judith originally did these nails for the Seven Deadly Sins Challenge for the Greed day, with the tagline being More is More, Don't Hold Yourself Back! It totally fit the theme and I absolutely loved wearing these for a weekend! Since I used nail glue the studs held up for about 4 days before I could pick them off. They were held so well in place that for the first 2 days I couldn't pick the off if I tried!

What are your thoughts on these overstudded nails?! Would you ever rock this?!

Gold Goddess Demeter

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Morning!

Today I have some random sponging that I did late one night that I actually ended up loving! I had been wearing piCture pOlish Demeter for a day or so and one night when I was all done studying I decided to add a little to the polish on a whim.

I took a torn off piece of sponge and started with Essie Penny Talk. Using a pair of tweezers I randomly blotched on the copper foil until I liked the look. There was still something missing, so I grabbed NYC West Village, which looks like a violet purple in the bottle, and a new piece of sponge and went to work.

Even though the violet turned out to be blue once I sponged it on I still was digging the abstract look. Although it still needed one more little thing. My gold studs from Born Pretty Store were sitting out on my dresser so I placed one at the bottom of each of my nail! Originally I had thought I would need more than one, but I liked the simple look of the single stud.

What are your thoughts on my sponged late night creation?! Is this a look that you would wear? Or should I have left Demeter alone? Hope you are all having a wonderful day loves!

Fizzy Geometric Cucumbers

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Morning Friends!

Silly blogger was supposed to have this post up last week, but it did not schedule it properly! So better late than never I thought I would share this creation with you.

I actually did these as a guest post for Lisa of Nail Polish Creations while she was vacationing in New York! You can find the original post here :)

My base for these is etoile Polish Fizzy Cucumber which is one of my favourite spring colours and is currently residing on my toes! The black geometric design was done freehand with my It's So Easy Strip Rite Black. I was imitating a sweater I saw a girl on campus wearing one day. The black on my middle nail is Cult Nails Fetish and the square studs are from Born Pretty Store.

I love this combination and geometric prints, well we all know those are my favourite! What do you think of these? Make sure to check out the original post here!

The Digit-al Dozen Does BLING! Eternal Beauty

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Goooood Morning!

Today is day number 3 in the Digit-al Dozen's Bling week and I am kind of head over heels in love with the look.

Right after I finished my exams I recieved the ahhh-mazing Color Club Eternal Beauty in the mail and I immediately had to wear it. First let's just look at it on its own. Too pretty for words. Purple linear holographic amazingness in a bottle!

GAH! Every person on the planet should own this polish. It just makes people happy. I had originally planned a whole crazy blinged out manicure, buuuut I felt like Eternal Beauty was blingy enough on its own.

For my blingy accent nail I decided to go with all purple gemstones from Cult Nails as well as some bigger Born Pretty Store studs to give it a little more visual interest other than totally purple.

This is even more holographic than I could capture and I am just GAH in LOVVVEEEE. Do you want this beauty? I know you do ;) What do you think of my blingy accent nail?!

Make sure you check out the rest of the Digit-al Dozens manicures!