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The Tri- Polish Challenge: Day 7, Cherry Tree with Parrot


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This is my version of Cherry Blossom Nails. I started with white nails, and made a gradient. Then I stamped the branches with flowers, using the black and the white Konad stamping polish, and Konad m66. Then I added a parrot water decal, and stamped more flowers, and dotted pink flowers with white center. I'm not completely satisfied with this manicure, but it seems to have turned out ok.

Cherry Tree with Parrot nails, holding Konad m66



This is supposed to look like branches from the cherry tree in bloom, and a parrot sitting on one of them. The ground is pink because of all the flowers that has fallen to the ground. After I found out which world day it is today, the parrot also became a symbol for the wild, free, and hopefully happy animal. (More photos after the rabbit!)


Today is World Day for Animals in Laboratories, so let's take a moment to think about these animals. I try to avoid buying nail polish, toothpaste, cosmetics, and household products that are tested on animals, but when it comes to medicines it's not so easy to avoid. Also many countries allow toxicity testing on animals. I think it is unnecessary to test each batch of household products that we already know should not be eaten, like bleach.




Sorry about the dry cuticles on the photos taken outside.











The snow has just melted here, so therefor I had to use fake branches for these photos.



Used:

OPI: My Boyfriend Scales Walls -white (I don't know what I'm going to do when the bottle is empty, now that I have seen that OPI is removed from many cruelty- free lists! I hope it will be like with Body Shop, so that OPI can stay cruelty- free, even though it's parent company do test on animals.)
Gosh: #589 Bubble Gum -pink (I can't find this polish on Gosh's page)
H&M: Bella's Choice -turquoise (also used here) (I can't find this polish on H&M's page)
Sponge -to make gradient (A very good car sponge)
Konad: Black -stamping polish
Konad: White -stamping polish
Konad: m66 -stamping plate/ also used as palette
Dotting tool -to make pink flowers/ mixing tool for the gradient
Parrot water decal (Tropical Birds water decals made by U-Neek Nail Art, from eBay)


Below you can check out the other participants nails for day 7 in the Tri- Polish Challenge. I feel the manicures are getting better and better, and it's interesting to see how different our nails look even though we are using the same colors.

Lani

pekal

Sat- ART- Day Club: 1960's


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Sat- ART- Day Club: 1960's


The theme this week in the Sat- ART- Day Club is the 1960's. I was inspired by Jimi Hendrix clothes and albums, and Yayoi Kusama's dot patterns. First, I wanted to use aquarelle water color, but I had to take it off. I ended up using only nail polish, and painted, stamped, and painted, stamped again, and painted, and dotted. And the end result is very different from my sketches...


Sat- ART- Day Club: 1960's

Sat- ART- Day Club: 1960's

What I did:

First I painted my nails white, and then painted all the nails yellow and purple, and added top coat. Then I stamped a different pattern on each nail, and used the stamped image as a guide. I chose some very bright colored nail polishes and used a little round brush to paint on top of the stamped images, and tried to make psychedelic designs. I also added dots with a dotting tool, and stamped a peace symbol on my middle finger. But when I remembered what happened on the moon in July 1969, there was no more room left for space nails, not even for a moon.



Sat- ART- Day Club: 1960's


Used:

A small dotting tool
Brush
Pallette
Stamper & scraper (from KKCenterHK)

Stamping plates:
Bundle Monster: BM- 301, BM- 320
Konad: m63, m65, m78

Nail polish:
OPI: My Boyfriend Scales Walls (white)
Gina Tricot Beauty Nails: #17 Aspen Gold (yellow)
Linda Johansen Nail Candy: Lilac Lilly (lilac)
China Glaze: 108 Degrees (dark pink)
Gosh: #570 Peachy (orange)
Gosh: #571 Wild Lilac (purple)
H&M: No Mambo Jambo (green)
H&M: Blue my Mind (blue)
H&M: I'm not a kiwi (lime)
Konad Special Stamping nail polish: white, black, red.

Nail polish used to make the 1960's mani

Sat- ART- Day Club: 1960's


I wish I had more stamping polishes. I only have white, black and red. Do you have any stamping polishes to recommend? I'm thinking about buying a blue, purple, yellow and pink Konad stamping nail polish. And maybe green? Don't forget to take a look at the other participants' 1960's nails!

Lani

pekal

OPI Just Spotted The Lizard


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OPI Just Spotted The Lizard, low light/ winter daylight right before sunset


I hope you are still having a nice Christmas holiday together with your loved ones! And I hope you who don't celebrate also have a nice time!

OPI Just Spotted The Lizard, sunset




OPI Just Spotted The Lizard (JSTL) is a green-gold duochrome. The color looks more gold or more green when I move my fingers in different angles, and in different light conditions, as you can see here. It's a dupe of Chanel Peridot, and a close relative of Missha HGR 01. But HGR 01 is more green and smells of roses, so I'm glad I own that one too.

OPI Just Spotted The Lizard, daylight from the window?

OPI Just Spotted The Lizard, sunset

I have used both HGR 01 (here, here, and here) and JSTL for nail art. JSTL was used in one of my Depression awareness nail art posts:

OPI Just Spotted The Lizard, indoor fluorecent tube lamp


This photo with the black spots is taken after stage 1, and the one below is taken after it was finished.

OPI Just Spotted The Lizard, indoors under a very strong LED bulb



I bought Just Spotted The Lizard on eBay in October, together with My Boyfriend Scales Walls (white). They are from this summer's "The Amazing Spider Man"- Collection. I bought them on eBay, because the shops here get new collections very late, and I have to pay three times more than it costs on eBay with shipping.

OPI Just Spotted The Lizard, sunset


OPI is on the animal organizations' cruelty- free lists. :-)

Lani

pekal

Play To The Judge Nail Art Contest #2: Dots over flakies



Hello everyone!

This is my entry to the Play To The Judge Nail Art Contest #2 ends 8/17, which is hosted by the blog Concrete and Nail Polish.

Play To The Judge Nail Art Contest #2: Dots over flakies


If you want to see the other entries and read everything about the contest, click on the badge below.



 

I didn't participate in the first contest, but still remember the fantastic winner manicures. When I look at all the gorgeous entries now, I don't think I will win. Here is a link to the first nail art contest: Play To The Judge Nail Art Contest (Ends 6/30) To see the winners of it, click here.

Play To The Judge Nail Art Contest #2: Dots over flakies









The task and inspiration:

The task for this contest is to make "something that I will like". And we are encouraged to get to know her better by exploring the blog, pinterest, goodreads and facebook accounts. So I did that to find out more about her taste and interests. After a lot of exploring and brainstorming back and forth, I read the nail polish wish lists to find out which polish I should use. And then I saw that they both have flakies on their wish list. I also love flakies, so I started thinking about which color of flakies they would prefer. I don't have GOSH Rainbow, but I have Nfu- Oh flakies, and wanted to try to use them. First I tried to paint liquid concrete over the flakies, but that was too difficult. This is my second attempt.

I found this photo on April's facebook page, so I stole the idea from the tattooed back.



Here are some more photos of the manicure:


Play To The Judge Nail Art Contest #2: Dots over flakies

Play To The Judge Nail Art Contest #2: Dots over flakies

Play To The Judge Nail Art Contest #2: Dots over flakies

Play To The Judge Nail Art Contest #2: Dots over flakies

Play To The Judge Nail Art Contest #2: Dots over flakies
What I did:

What I did was to use creme nail polish in a color similar to the flakies to hide the VNL (visible nail line). I could have used only one coat of the Nfu- Oh's (except for #50), but wanted it to look as it would have if I had used them on their own, so I chose to use 2 coats of each flakie. But because I did a bad job when applying #51, I used 3 coats of #51. Then I added the top coat to get all the layers dry, before I started dotting.

Play To The Judge Nail Art Contest #2: Dots over flakies
List of nail polish:

Thumb: H&M Cherry -1 coat, Nfu- Oh # 59
Index finger: H&M: Polish Me Happy -1 coat, Nfu- Oh #56
Middle finger: H&M: Beauty Bandit- 1 coat, Nfu- Oh #51
Ring finger: H&M: Beauty Bandit- 2 coats, Nfu- Oh #50
Pinky: H&M: Notoriously Beautiful- 2 coats, Nfu- Oh #52

Cult Nails Get It On (base coat)
Cult Nails: Wicked Fast (fast drying top coat)

Gina Tricot beauty nails: #66 Viva glam (silver/gold)
3 dotting tools

Here you see the flakie bottles:

Nfu- Oh #59, #56, #51, #50, #52









And here are the other polishes:

Viva glam, Cherry, Polish Me Happy, Beauty Bandit, Notoriously Beautiful, Wicked Fast, Get It On, dotting tools






Before adding flakies:

Play To The Judge Nail Art Contest #2: Dots over flakies






1 coat of flakies:

Play To The Judge Nail Art Contest #2: Dots over flakies








2 coats of all flakies except #51 (3 coats), before dotting:

Play To The Judge Nail Art Contest #2: Dots over flakies

Play To The Judge Nail Art Contest #2: Dots over flakies








I hope you like this. Thank you for having this contest! It was fun and interesting to have a theme that made me think, and at the same time have so much freedom.

Lani

pekal

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