2015 31DC2015 - Day 18; Half moons in black and neon green + negative space, matte version

I've already posted the shiny version of this mani, so here comes the matte version. See the original post for more info. Basically this is inspired by Just1nail.

Is matte or shiny best for this nail art in your opinion? :)

Polishes used:
Eva Mosaic - 265
R de L Young - Black
Essence - Wild White Ways
Essence - Black Is Back
(And DIY black jelly with Essence - Black Is Back and some clear polish)
Dance Legend satin matte top coat

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2015 31DC2015 - Day 18; Half moons in black and neon green + negative space, shiny version

Hi, today it's all about "half moons", and this was actually one of the themes I had an idea for long before I started this challenge. I saw this design at instagrammer Just1nail and decided to recreate it/do something inspired by it. I think hers is way better, maybe this is a design which fit much better for short nails? My color of choice was a neon green instead of pastel pink, just because I love neon green. This particular green was so bright that my camera couldn't capture it perfectly. Of the black negative space parts I much prefer the nail which is all black, will probably do something with that in the future. ;) Hope you'll like it. (also a matte version coming up soon.)

Above is my favorite of the accent, think it feels a bit glass like. :) Also added a single pic of the green, showing it in it's most accurate color. As I said it's so bright and neony that it was a trouble photographing this in the full hand photos,  when the green was good the black was too dark etc. :)

Polishes used:
Eva Mosaic - 265
R de L Young - Black
Essence - Wild White Ways
Essence - Black Is Back
(And DIY black jelly with Essence - Black Is Back and some clear polish)

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NCC presents: Dreamcatcher dotticure nail art in black/white/gray

Time for second post themed dots for the Nail Challenge Collaborative. I decided to make the dream catcher nails again, because there is so many dots to create this manicure. Last time I did it, I used bright orange as accent color to the black and white (LINK here), but this time (maybe inspired by the Swedish weather?) I choose gray. I tried catching these in natural light but it was quite dark so I'm not so happy with the photo quality but at least you can see them. =)

Polishes used:
Kleancolor - White
ZTIZ nail polish (black)
Jordana Pop Art - Black Mark
La Femme (gray/grey creme)

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Red and black glitter funky french

Hi, today it's no 18 in the 31dnc which is "half moons, which in my opinion mostly is a very high smiley french, sometime with a colored base. I decided to do my "moon" nude and the rest in black and red. I'm happy with the result even though I think I'll try this sometime without the french, just regular. I painted this yesterday and when I removed it I saw that it had stained my nails.. Any how, I started with a red shimmery base and then a red and black glitter polish on top.

Did this in matte and shiny, which version do you prefer? I preferred the matte version ;)

 

Polishes used:
China Glaze - Tattered & Scattered
Kleancolor - Red Heart

Dreamcatcher dotticure nail art

For this Nail Art Sunday I have a manicure I really enjoyed wearing. I've seen it at pinterest in different colors combinations but this time I choose to do it in orange, black and white. What I didn't know was what to call it..I asked in a nail fb group and got "Indian nail art", "dream catcher" and "lace", and the www told me "dotticure pattern" and it could be called "dotticure half moon pattern" too. But I guess this nail art really don't have a well established name (yet)? If you know the name please tell me in the comments.

As I said I really liked this and it was actually simpler to do than I thought, just making a whole bunch of dots. I'm thinking of wearing this again (these photos are from August last year) and then I could make a tutorial of it, you've told me you like those. ;)

Polishes used:
Jordana Pop Art - Black Mark
Kleancolor - Mango
Nordic Cap - NP13
Nordic Cap - NP12

31DC2013 Day 21; Inspired by orange; orange fruit nail art

20 days have passed and the third and last part of the challenge starts. This section is called "inspired by.." and today it is "inspired by a color". My color of choice is orange.. which perhaps is the first thing one would think of but I really liked my idea so I went with it. I curious to see what you other did! ;)

Basically as you can see I went for my orange colored texture polish, which in my mind looked like orange peel and then I painted the orange wedge. Or well, I painted the fruit flesh first as a "half moon" and then the peel..you'll get it when you see the pictures. I don't think this is my best nail art ever, but no matter what, it is so fun to look at that I don't mind! Hope you like it too! :D

 I also realized that oranges isn't as orange as the nail polish, my nails looked more like mandarins! ;)

Polishes used;
BK nail art color (white)
Sure Promise (orange)
Sure Promise (orange)
China Glaze - Orange You Hot?
China Glaze - Toe-Tally Textured