I did the 31 Day Challenge first time pretty much two years ago and it was one of the most educational experiences to me when it comes to nail art and it also pushed me out of my comfort zone very efficiently. Lately I've been thinking about redoing the challenge, because first off it would be nice to see how (or if) my skills have improved but also because in the challege I made several nails that I have wanted to do again (like the half moons and the galaxies and such). Also, quite a few of people seem to have been doing the challenge again lately and I so I got the final push from seeing all the great manis people are doing and especially from Sannu who also started to do the challenge all over again just couple days ago. Sannu had this great idea about the challenge to include a picture of those nails that she did two years ago for the challenge to her new challenge posts and I'm going to borrow the awesome idea (hope it's ok with you Sannu?!) and always include one picture and a link to my first challenge nails.
So, this is going to be the first day of the challenge for me, but like first time, I'm not going to do this on daily basis and I will be probably doing some other posts in between the challenge posts, but hopefully I will finish this before Christmas! :D
And as it is my first day, I have some red nails to show you!
It's the first day and I'm kind of bending the rules already as my nails aren't strickly red as the base color is more on the coral side.. Oh well, to me this counts as kind of red.. :D
I used first two coats of Inocos Maria Menina, then I added one coat of I Love Nail Polish Clown Business on top of that. Clown Business has blue, white and red (yay red for the challenge!) glitters in it and it's quite a fun and beautiful mix! I also do like the color of Maria Menina, it's coral, but it's not too light shade as light corals seem to look weird on me.
Misa BACKbone
Inocos Maria Menina 2 coats
I Love Nail Polish Clown Business
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri
Two years ago I started this challenge with a gorgeous red and simple creme nails:
This gorgeous red was Zoya Sooki and you can read the whole post here.
So tell me guys, what do you think of me redoing the challenge?
81- Fresh Mint; 82- On Fire; 83- Coral Island; 84- Under Water; 85- Pink Bikini; 86-Strawberry
Already in Stores /Já à venda
About the collection
This is a textured new collection by the Portuguese brand Purple Professional. The collection is composed of 6 sugary polishes in summer shades. The collection is allusive to summer time and vacation symbols. In all the polishes the brush is typically a Purple Professional brush. Long, wide and smooth. I applied 2 coats in every shade except strawberry, where I applied 3 thin coats. All the formulas have a sugar/granular texture and their formula is very workable. All of them cover the nail with the fist coat but due to the texture it is necessary a 2nd coat to make the finish even. All of them have a great formula, not too thick nor too thin. On Fire is the one with the thicker formula and Strawberry the one with the thinner formula, nontheless all of them apply great, as you can see by the pictures. Without top coat they all dry in less than 5 mins except strawberry that took the 5 mins sharp, due to the extra coat. After stamping and with ONE coat of a glossy top coat they all became way smoother, even tho it was still noticeable that they were textured. The drying time with tc will depend on the top coat used.
A Sugar Summer é a mais nova colecção da marca Portuguesa Purple Professional. A colecção é composta por 6 vernizes texturizados/sugar em 6 tons e nomes alusivos às férias de Verão. Em todos os vernizes o pincel é tipicamente um pincel Purple Professional. Longo, achatado e de cerdas macios é ideal para a aplicação do verniz. Todos os vernizes necessitaram de 2 finas camadas para o efeito que podem ver nas fotos, excepto o verniz Strawberry que necessitou de 3 finas camadas. Todas as formulas texturizadas são muito fáceis de aplicar. Todas cobrem a unha em uma camada, mas devido à sua textura rugosa a 2ª camada é sempre obrigatória para a homogeinização do acabamento. As fórmulas são muito bem pigmentadas sendo que a fórmula do On Fire (vermelho) é ligeiramente mais espessa e a fórmula do Strawberry é um pouco mais fluida que a dos restantes elementos da colecção. A parte disto, todos se aplicam muito bem e o acabamento de todos é identico, como podem ver pelas otos. Todos secam em menos de 5 minutos excepto o Strawberry que toca mesmo nos 5mins de tempo de secagem. Após carimbar cada um deles posso dizer-vos que a textura com que ficam não trás nenhum problema ao processo de carimbo. Em todos apliquei UMA cada de top coat glossy para o efeito que vêem nas fotos. Todos ficam muito mais suaves mas continua a ser perceptivel a natureza texturizada dos vernizes!
My favorite shades from this collection are Under Water and Strawberry, and yours? Os meus preferidos desta colecção são o Under Water e o Strawberry! E os vossos?
Stamping over the texture was very easy. The stamping polish used was MASH Black.
A estampagem sobre a textura dos vernizes foi feita com facilidade usando o verniz MASH Black.
Stamping plates used / Placas usadas
- Cheeky SH36 for Fresh Mint;
- Cheeky CH52+53 for On Fire;
- Stampaholics 01 for Coral island;
- Cheeky CH38 for Underwater
- Cheeky CD 37 for Pink Bikini and
- Cheeky CH42 for Strawberry.
81- Fresh Mint
82- On Fire
83- Coral Island
84- Under Water
85- Pink Bikini
86-Strawberry
I hope you enjoyed this post and the review! Have you ordered them already? Do you have a favorite? Let me know!
Espero que tenham gostado do post e da review. Já os encomendaram ou compraram? Têm um favorito? Contem-me tudo!
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