"3 triangles"



Hello everyone!


As I have written about earlier, the blog My Awesome Beauty by Sophie is celebrating its 6 month anniversary with a nail art competition. We can chose between two of Sophie's designs; "1-2-3 arrows" or "3 triangles", use her tutorial, and make our own version.  To read more about her competition, click here, and about the prizes here.

I have made my version of  "3 triangles", with the combination of black with flakies, gold-silver and dark pink. I love the light layering, and the see- through- effect of the pink and the gold-silver. But it was not easy to photograph such a shiny manicure, so the colors, and especially the pink, look more dull than in real life.


My entry to My Awesome Beauty`s nail art contest:









































For this version of "3 triangles" I used:

GOSH base/ top coat
Tape
OPI: "Lady in Black" (2 coats)
Gina tricot beauty nails (also called "Bella nail polish" at ginatricot.com): "66 Viva glam"
China Glaze: "108 Degrees"
Finger Paints: "Twisted"














Of these polishes, (because of contradicting information,) I am not sure which are still cruelty- free, except for GOSH and Gina tricot.

I would recommend to read the animal organizations lists regularly, because they are updated. To my surprise, even some vegan brands can be found on the "tested"- list now. Some companies have been bought by animal- testing- brands, and others have actually started to test their products on animals because the law in some countries demands it. (For instance, China demands that all cosmetics sold in China, who are not produced there, must be tested on animals.)



I am very curious about the TL Design (TL stands for Tone Lise Akademiet AS) spring collection (that Sophie is photographing for them, if I have understood it correctly). I only have a green polish called Bombay yet.

I wonder what the other entries look like. There is still time to participate in this contest. The competition lasts until March 27th, and the winners will be announced April 6th.



I had some other layering ideas for this challenge, and I think I will make at least one of them some time.


Lani

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Vintage Inspired

Can I just say thank you for all the wonderfully sweet comments on my Spring mani? I know I don't answer the comments as often as I should, but I just want you guys to know that you really know how to turn a bad day around and make a girl happy!! I treasure each and every comment.


I decided to stick to the theme and do something with flowers again. I know this has been done a thousand times before by others but this is a mani I haven't tried before.  So, I figured, why not give it a try? Vintage inspired, here I come!


Natural Evening Light
I tried to keep everything soft without bright sunlight. It just felt right with these nails.

Yep, that's a broken nail. Both index nails broke yesterday and contributed to my very bad day. Sadly, this hand, my left, is by far the worst. And it just grew out from the last break too!! :(


I did a Google search for vintage and came up with this vintage floral wallpaper. That and the tons of other vintage floral nails are where this idea comes from. With this design, I really don't think I can claim anything as mine since it's all been done before. So I give credit to all the nailers out there who have done this design before me!!

I think I'm finally getting the hang of swirled roses. It only took two days of near non-stop practice.

Is there anything you guys would like to see me do on this blog? I'm open to suggestions. :)

Polish Used
  • Borghese - Brillante
  • Sinful Colors - Beautiful Girl
  • Wet n Wild - French White Creme
  • Sally Hansen - Mint Sorbet
  • Sally Hansen - Green With Envy
  • OPI - Uh-Oh Roll Down The Window
  • Hard Candy - Matte-ly In Love

pekal

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