The Digit-al Dozen Does Skittles: Floralesque

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Afternoon friends!

Today I have yet another skittle manicure to share with you as part of the Digit-al Dozen's Skittle Week! I really like this combination of floralesque patterns and think it's cohesive and pretty all at the same time :)

I stumbled upon this and was completely inspired to create my own version. I used a ton of polishes for this look and I'm running short on time writing this post, but if you have any questions about a particular polish just ask!

I did all the detail work with my smallest cut down nail art brush and then added some holographic silver glequins from Born Pretty Store to add a little pizazz!

What do you think of this skittle?! Be sue to stop by the rest of the Digit-al Dozen to see their skittles today!

The Digit-al Dozen Does Skittles: Skull Nets

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Afternoon friends!

Today we have yet another post in the Digit-al Dozen's Skittle Week! I was trolling around the internet last night looking for some inspiration when I saw this picture that Rie of Nails and Noms posted of some awesome Black Milk Clothing Skull Net Tights! The design was really interesting and I decided to take that as my inspiration and went from there!

I again stuck with my almost all butter LONDON theme when selecting what polishes to use! I started out with Cult Nails Tempest on my index, ring and pinky nail and used butter LONDON Come To Bed Red from the upcoming Illusionist Holiday Collection (swatches will be up soon), on my thumb and middle nail. From there I started out by recreating the pattern on the Black Milk Clothing Leggings on my ring nail with my smallest cut down nail art brush and butter LONDON Union Black Jack.

On my thumb I added a coat of butter LONDON Stardust, which is also from the upcoming Illusionist Holiday Collection, over Come To Bed Red. On my index nail I added large dots with a dotting tool in Union Jack Black and then painted a gradient with Come to Bed Red and sprinkled some loose red glitter on top. On my middle nail I used an assortment of black and clear rhinestones to create the pattern. On my pinky nail I did a line of black rhinestones up the middle of my nail and then painted a line using Come To Bed Red on either side and again sprinkled glitter over that! That was a lot of explaining!

I love black, white and red together and the subtle skulls make me feel slightly rocker, while still keeping it girly. What do you think about these nails?

Make sure you check out the rest of The Digit-al Dozen to see what skittles they are rocking today!

The Digit-al Dozen Does Skittles: Purple, Green and Glitter

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Afternoon loves!

I only just posted this morning, but this is my effort to catch back up in the Digit-al Dozen's Skittle week! This week was my pick so I am really excited to be posting this week! I just received an amazing package with a plethora of butter LONDON products so decided that one of my skittles needed to use some of these just stunning lacquers!

I picked out two of my favourites from the Rock Your Colour Line which are, butter LONDON Indigo Punk (the purple glitter) and butter LONDON Jaded Jack (the chartreuse green). I felt like these colours were really graphic so I decided to pair them with black and white, using butter LONDON Union Black Jack and Cult Nails Tempest. I was close to using entirely butter LONDON products, but unfortunately I don't own Cotton Buds!

For all the nail art I used the aformentioned polishes and my favourite small cut down nail art brush. I just drew random patterns until I was happy with the result. Also I left my middle nail just as butter LONDON Indigo Punk as that glitter is too pretty to not have a nail on it's own!

I love skittles so much because it allows me to play with combining patterns, which is something that I really wish I could do in fashion! Since I play it safer fashionwise I let it all go nuts on my nails!

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

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 :)

Digit-al Dozen September Spectacular: Fashion

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Afternoon my friends!

Wow! Today is the last day in the Digit-al Dozen's September Spectacular! It is a bittersweet moment for me, on one hand I am happy it has come to an end because now I can get back to posting only once a day! The past two weeks have been a little nutso :P On the other hand I am sad to see it end because everyone has been knocking it out of the park! It has been a lot of fun to recreate past themes, it goes to show that there are endless possibilities within a single theme!

Today's theme is Fashion, it is the week that we most recently did this past August. I ended up going for a simpler look with some standout accent nails!

This look was inspired by this outfit that I found on Pinterest! Here is the image of what it looks like,

I would totally rock this outfit, and since I do not own pink pants, or a fully sequined shirt with an anchor on it, I was forced to create the look on my nails! On my non-accent nails I started off with Pure Ice Flirt Alert to match the pink pants!

For my accent nails I started off with Color Club Beyond and then freehanded some anchors in in Color Club Harp On It. I chose to substitute sequins for holographic polishes because I felt that it still gave off that shine, without having to hand place glitter!

I really like my anchor nails, and maybe I will have to bring them back in some form sometime! What are your thoughts on this look?

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The Digit-al Dozen September Spectacular: Tape

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Good Afternoon my friends!

I hope you are having a great Friday! I am back for another Digit-al Dozen September Spectacular post, with this time recreating Tape Week! I have to say I am not a fan of tape manicures, only because they are a pain in the butt to try and get right! I even have a little mistake on this one, but I'm willing to let it slide because I love the final look :D In the original tape week in July Emma of Manicurity posted this stunningly amazing manicure and I knew that I had to do my own version of it for this day!

I absolutely love this look! It was time intensive and a huge pain, but the final outcome was totally worth it in my opinion! For this manicure I started out with China Glaze Highlight of My Summer and then using the polish brush of the following polishes I wiped off essentially all the polish and then did random brushstrokes to create a really neat effect! The polishes used for this were, China Glaze Sun of a Peach, China Glaze Bottoms Up, China Glaze Are You Jelly? and China Glaze Shell-O. Here is what the base looked like before I added tape.

I added a coat of Seche Vite and then waited for about 25 minutes to be sure it was 100% dry before I started applying striping tape. I first put three pieces of tape horizontally and then three pieces diagonally both ways, so a total of nine pieces of tape on each nail! I then applied Color Club Beyond a stunning black holographic

I absolutely adored this when Emma did it the first time, and I am so happy I recreated it! I hope you are all having a great Friday and be sure to check out the rest of the Digit-al Dozen's tape manicures below!

The Digit-al Dozen September Spectacular: Books

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Afternoon my friends!

We are winding down with the Digit-al Dozen September Spectacular posts with only 3 days remaining! I'm going to do a quick reminder up front for anyone that has not entered our amazing $200 giveaway yet! ENTER HERE!
I was really excited for recreating Book Week because back in June unfortunately my internet was cut out for the last 2 days of this week and I didn't get a chance to finish, so this was my chance to come up with some new designs. I was chatting with my roommate about our favourite childhood books and we both absolutely loved Purple, Green and Yellow by Robert Munsch!

For those of you that don't know this book is it all about a little girl who loves colouring with her magic markers and eventually ends up using permanent markers all over herself and has to use a magic marker to erase it and erases her whole body! It is a really cute story and I have a copy back home somewhere! Here is the book cover and the image I used for these nails.



I started off with Cult Nails Tempest on all my nails and then began working on the little girls face. Her skin tone is Joe Fresh Caramel mixed with Tempest. Her headband is China Glaze Escaping Reality and her shirt is China Glaze Sunday Funday.

For the hands, I used the same mixture as her skin for the outline and then coloured in sections based on the above image. For the red I used Sally Hansen Rapid Red, the green is Essie Pretty Edgy and the yellow is Cult Nails Feel Me Up. All the outlines and her hair were done in Wet n Wild Black Creme.

I love this book and I'm super pleased with how my nail art came out!! What are your thoughts on these nails?! Have you ever read Purple, Green and Yellow?

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The Digit-al Dozen September Spectacular: BLING!

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Afternoon my loves!

Today's post is another in the Digit-tal Dozen September Spectacular, this time we are recreating the theme BLING! We did bling week back in May and I seriously loved that week. I had a lot of fun creating blinged out manicures, especially because I was still on crutches at the time and it had been over 3 months. The bling nails made me very happy!

For this blingy manicure I wanted to do a skittle, because well I love skittles. I had China Glaze Escaping Reality sitting out on my desk and felt a strong urge to pair it with a holographic print and some gems! I started with Creative Fantasy on my thumb, index nail and pinky. On my middle and ring nail I started with Color Club Harp On It.

On my thumb I used Sephora by OPI Never Enough Shoes to freehand the zebra print and then I added a gem from Born Pretty Store. My index nail I freehanded the diamonds with Harp On It and then outlined them with Never Enough Shoes. My middle nail was a gem filled nail using big silver gems from Born Pretty Store and some 3mm rhinestones I had in my kit. On my ring nail I freehanded some random shapes of Escaping Reality and then added another gem. Finally on my pinky I used the same gems from Born Pretty Store as well as some small black rhinestones.

I had fun wearing these for the day that I did! Doing all these nails really isn't allowing me to enjoy them as much as I would like! lol Alas such is the nature of these challenges! What do you think of these pink blingy nails?! Would you ever wear something like this?

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