31DC2013: Day 11 Dots

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Good Morning!

Today brings us another installment of the 31 Day Challenge, this time the theme is dots! I went for a simple bold gradient of dots in some bright earth tones. I actually love how graphic this ended up being so let's get to it!

My inspiration for these nails came while browsing Pinterest, seriously it's how I find 85% of my inspirations. Unfortunately like many pins this was improperly sourced so here is the link to the image.

For these nails I started off with Cult Nails Tempest, what else really. Then I started dotting using a number of polishes which I will list below!
China Glaze Sunday Funday (bright blue)
China Glaze Def Defying (chartreuse green)
OPI A-Piers To Be Tan (caramel tan)
Essie Mesmerize (dusty blue)
OPI My Vampire Is Buff (light nude)
Revlon Midnight Affair (deep blue)
Pure Ice Bikini (light blue)

I always somehow forget about dotticures when I sit down to do my nails so I am really excited that I had another chance to try one! These were fun to do and to wear. What do you think of this dotted gradient?!

Be sure to check out The Lacquerologist to see what Emily did for dot nails! Also be sure to enter our giveaway :)
Check out last years dot nails here!

The Digital Dozen Does Fashion: Snakeskin and Stripes

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Morning Dolls!

It's mid week in Fashion week here and today I have some nails inspired by a really cute outfit I found on Pinterest! As usual I was browsing around for inspiration and found this outfit that was screaming to be turned into nail art.

Here is the outfit, which can be found here.

On my thumb and index nail I was replicating the shirt of the outfit, so I used Cult Nails Scandalous. Not only because it was the perfect colour, but it's also a jelly adding to that sheer quality of the shirt. I added the gold stripe down the center, with Orly Luxe to capture the gold zippers.

My middle nail is replicating the snakeskin bag. I started off with OPI My Vampire is Buff and then sponged on Essence cafe ole, OPI You Don't Know Jacques and black creme. I went over snakeskin pattern with my small nail art brush and MVIB. On my last two nails, replicating the skirt, I started off with Cult Nails Tempest and then using a dotting tool and black creme I created the dotted pattern on the skirt.

I love this outfit and this is something I would love to wear! I'm a fan of all the aspects and it translated nicely into nail art.

Would you rock a look like this? Either on your nails or as an outfit? Check out the rest of the Digit-al Dozen below!

Nude Polka Dots!

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Morning!

Today I have another simple look to share with you, that is totally office appropriate or perfect when you want something understated, but still have a little nail art going on.

I started off with one of my all time favourite nudes, Revlon Bare Bones. Then took one of my medium sized dotting tools and OPI You Don't Know Jacques and dotted all of my nails!

I thought the whole thing would look much better matte, so I grabbed my go to matte top coat OPI's Matte Top Coat and mattified the whole thing. I'm glad I did because it looks way better matte! Then I took some small clear rhinestones and added them near my cuticle on each nail just for a little extra shine. These were hardly noticeable, but I liked them!

Simple, polka dotted and nude! A different combination for me, but I think it's fun none the less! :D What do you think of these nails?!

Green Floral Dress

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Morning!

Today I have some semi abstract floral nails to share with you. Pure Ice has recently made its way into Canadian Wal-Marts and I just haaaaad to pick up a few and I got to use two in this manicure!

I was watching What Not To Wear the other day and saw this dress that was lime green with huge bright purple flowers all over it and I thought, that would look gorgeous on nails! One of the Pure Ice polishes I picked up was the fabulous chartreuse Pure Ice Wild Thing. I knew this would be the perfect base for this dress inspired manicure.

Using a striping brush I used Cult Nails Tempest to create the largest parts of my flowers. Then I took the same brush and Pure Ice No Means No and made the next layer of my flowers. Finally I took Rimmel Night Before and created the centers. Then while it was still tacky I took a dotting tool and pressed into the centers of the flowers to give the centers a little texture.

I love florals in the spring and this was a tad on the abstract side which is totally cool to me. I didn't quite capture the dress, but I still like this none the less!

Do you like the floral print on top of the ugly pretty base? Hope you're having a wonderful day!

The Digit-al Dozen Does Animal Week: Nudiibranch

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Morning! Today is day three in the Digit-al Dozen's Animal Week and today's is probably my least favourite nail art of the week. Let's see what you all think!

Today's inspiration is a sea slug called a Nudiibranch! It's a rather comical name but is a really cool looking animal that I just wasn't quite able to capture on my nails. Here's the real thing,

I love the bright dots on the nude background. I'm still amazed that these kinds of creatures really exist!

I started out with China Glaze Desert Sun and then added a coat of OPI Samoan Sand to give it a squishy jelly feel and lighten the colour a little. Then using a big dotting tool I used Julep Stella to add the base for my Nudiibranches spots. Then using smaller dotting tools I dotted China Glaze Secret Peri-Wink-le and China Glaze Creative Fantasy for my spots!

While I wish I had been able to better capture the Nudiibranch, side note has anyone else giggled while reading that? Or just me? lol. I like polka dots so this look isn't all bad. I created another handy pinable image with the Nudiibranch in the corner!

What do you think of the Nudiibranch? How are you liking Animal Week so far? Since my classes are over I'm enjoying relaxing for a day or two before I have to finish up any last few assignments and start studying for exams. It's been raining up a storm here and I'm hoping that it slows down soon!!

Make sure you check out the rest of the Digit-al Dozen's Animals today!

The Digit-al Dozen Does Animal Week: Clown Trigger Fish

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Morning friends!

Today's animal themed nail art is a look that I'm really fond of and can picture in a bunch of different colours. I was searching for colourful interesting animals and I came across the Clown Trigger Fish another wildy cool animal!

This is a wild print eh? Here's what the real fish looks like!

I'm super amazed at all the incredible animals I'm finding out about this week. I'm really amazed that such gorgeous combinations of colours exist naturally in animal form.

I started out with black creme and then swiped on some sections of Sally Hansen Lightening which is one of my favourite yellows. Then I used my biggest dotting tool and white creme to make some big white dots! Then I went back with black creme and a small nail art brush and added the pattern over the yellow.

I actually love this nail art if I do say so myself! It's bright and in your face as well as bold and geometric. Awesome in my books. I hope you guys like it as much as I do! I created another handy pinable image with the Clown Trigger Fish embedded in it.

I'm super psyched to see what the rest of the Digit-al Dozen has come up with! Check them out below!

The Digit-al Dozen Does Animal Week: Dyeing Poison Dart Frog

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Afternoon everyone! This morning I had my last undergraduate class ever! Yay! It was mega stressful as we had to do a 45 minute presentation and one of our group members overslept and didn't show up until we were already halfway though! It was intense, but I'm really glad that it's over :D

This week the Digit-al Dozen is doing Animal Week! Once I started looking into all sorts of different animals I got so many ideas and I'm sad this week is only 5 days long! For my first mani of the week I decided to do the Dyeing Poison Dart Frog!

I started searching for all types of different poison dart frogs looking for one that was bright and colourful to replicate on my nails. I came across this site and immediately fell in love with the contrasting colours in the Dyeing Poison Dart Frog.

How cool is it that the frogs body is yellow with a shimmery cobalt blue for its legs. This was pretty much begging to be put on my nails.

I used NYC Lexington Yellow on my accent nails and then used black creme and a dotting tool and my medium length striping brush to create the black pattern on those nails. Then I used Sally Hansen Co-Balt Blue to represent my cobalt legs and black creme and a dotting tool to create my spots.

I love accent nails so this type of manicure was right up my sleeve. There are so many amazing animals to pull inspiration from in nature. I created this super handy pinable image with the Dyeing Poison Dart Frog so you all can know what my inspiration was!

What do you all think of my Dyeing Poison Dart Frog nails? Would you ever wear something like this?

I'm super happy to be back participating in the Digit-al Dozen Week! I'm super excited to see what the rest of my buddies have come up with. Make sure you check out the links below!