May Nail Art Challenge - Doodles!

Is anyone else living in sweltering heat in the middle of May?? It's been so hot here that I have not felt like doing anything at all. Despite it being after 10pm here, it's still 88 degrees! Yikes! Does not bode well for the coming summer. 

I did get my act together to an extent though and finished the next theme for the May Nail Art Challenge. Doodles! I took this very literal and just went for it. I painted the "paper" background first which I actually really loved just plain! 

 I did a base of OPI's My Boyfriend Scales Walls with blue and red lines in Zoya's Yummy and Maura, respectively. I just think these are so cute just simple like this. Keeping with the theme, however, I did add some doodles. 

I thought about attempting these with my paint brush and some black polish but I knew I wasn't going to get the amount of detail I was hoping for. I ended up using a Pilot Precise V5 black pen to do the doodles. I think I should invest in a nail art pen with a fine tip or maybe a better gel pen because, while I managed with this one, it was hard to work with! 

These didn't come out as clean as I hoped they would, but I suppose since they're doodles they can be messy ;)  

Happy Polishing and I hope you've got some cooler weather where ever you're at! :)

May Nail Art Challenge - OOTD

The latest theme of the May Nail Art Challenge is OOTD - or Outfit of the Day. I've really enjoyed doing these in the past and this one was no exception. Yesterday was the boyfriend's only day off so we got to grab some awesome Mexican food and I got to bust out my new coral dress! I really love the detail around the collar and I new I'd have to recreate it. 

 I used OPI's My Vampire is Buff as the base color, and used my medium length striper brush to create the coral line work with wet n' wild's Heatwave. This coral has become one of my favorites because it's so bright and fast drying. 

Hope you all had fabulous Friday and Saturdays!

Happy Polishing! 

May Nail Art Challenge - Neon

Obsession has a name and it's Serum No. 5 Day Glow. 

Today is the Neon theme for the May Nail Art Challenge and since I own exactly 2 neon colors, I figured I was going to be short for things to do for this theme. However, the fabulous Amber at Ethereal Nails got me Serum No. 5's Day Glow as part of a nail mail package. It is the perfect neon/bright/magic color in the history of ever. 

This polish dried matte and somewhat textured so I put a top coat on them to give it a bit more consistency. I really love how these look and I really can't stop staring at them. 

 Since we do nail art in these here parts, I did a quick black chevron tip on these and eek! I love them! I used my Cherimoya Black Striper to do these in about 4 minutes. Super quick and adds a little something extra to this look. 

 Oh, did I forget to mention the best thing about this polish? Oh. Well, it GLOWS IN THE DARK! Yeah, it's pretty fabulous. 

What do you think of glow in the dark polish? I think it's really fun - party nails! 

Happy Polishing :)

May Nail Art Challenge - Star Wars

May the Fourth be will you, my fellow nail art lovers! Today's Nail Art Challenge theme is Star Wars. For those who didn't know, May 4th has been dubbed Star Wars day since May the 4th sounds very much like May the Force ;) 

I admit I was kind of worrying about doing today's mani - there is so much pressure when it comes to something as well known as Star Wars. Certain images are so well known that recreating them never does them justice. I originally wanted to do something related to the intro scroll scene of all the Star Wars movies, but alas, my nails are not long enough. Instead, I decided to try my hand and their iconic logo, some lightsabers, and a stormtrooper! What do you think? 

The base color is Zoya's Storm (which everyone needs) and I think it's the perfect color for space related manicures. 

 

Happy Polishing and May the Fourth be with you ;)

May Nail Art Challenge - Flowers

Hello lovelies! I have a super super quick post for you tonight.

I think I said something similar at the start of last month, but holy cow! Can you believe that it's already May! Happy May Day to you all :) I'm doing another monthly nail art challenge for this month and the first theme is flowers again! I love me some flowers. I put these together in about 20 minutes so that's why there isn't too much going on with them. I think I like them? I keep going back and forth on them! 

I used Zoya's Neely (ZOMG AMAZING) as the base color, and the flowers are made up of SOPI's Leotard Optional, and Lime Crime's Milky Ways and Lavendary. What do you think?

Happy Polishing :)