NCC presents: Negative space number nail art in white

Hi, time for my 4th typography inspired nail art for The Nail Challenge Collaborative. :D I knew in advance that this month would be all stamping and I decided that my forth should be numbers instead text. My nails are a bit too long for the number pattern so I quickly compromised and made a gradient to nude and stamped on top and created a negative space. Actually super happy with this one, sometime limitations can create awesome end results. ^^

Polishes used:
China Glaze - Sensuous (yup, the label has disappeared...)
Moyou special white nail polish
Essence - Wild White Ways
Born Pretty Store Image Plate - BP-39 (bought on a sale)

Feel free to use my 10% discount code: NGL91 on Bornprettystore.com

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NCC presents: Stamped negative space heart nail art in white

Today I'm doing a two-in-one, with my 2nd negative space nail art for the Nail Challenge Collaborative this month and also my Tinsel/Ornament for the Winter Nail Art Challenge.

If you recognize this nail art you are correct, this is a white and matte version of my shiny black negative space nail art I did earlier this year. That time I was inspired by a dress, this time my inspiration was a silver christmas ornament, but yea, quite similar result. The biggest difference this time is that my heart's ended up smaller, do we like that?! And yea, the matteness. :) Hope you like it. :)

Polishes used:
R de L Young - White
Essence - Wild White Ways
Moyou Special Nail Polish
KD27 image plate
(and Claire's matte top coat)

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Comparison; Nails Inc - Belgravia and China Claze - There's Snow One Like You

Yea I know, maybe not the right season. But while I'm at it, a comparison between Nails Inc - Belgravia and China Claze - There's Snow One Like You. Both are white texture polishes as you can see.

Nails Inc - Belgravia 

• Jelly with sparse on texture, white hexagons and prismatic hexagons(which never look prismatic on the nail).
  
• 4 coats (needed 5 on some nails).
  
• Very difficult application, almost fishing for the texture and there is some dabbing needed to not get bald spots. In general less textured and not as "tipex white" as TSOLY.
  
• Drying time is about 35-45 minutes. Quite similar to TSOLY, but I guess the many coats increase the drying time.
  
• Cost; about $11 (CAD) (At the time I bought it, it was comparable to about 8 euro)

China Claze - There's Snow One Like You

• Jelly/crelly filled with texture and white matte hexagon glitter.
  
• 2 coats
  
• Also difficult application, the formula is thick and "lumpy" with the texture/glitter, however much easier than Belgravia. Much more textured and more white than Belgravia.
  
• Drying time is about 30 minutes which is normal for textures (imo).
  
• Cost; about $4 (US) (At the time I bought it, it was comparable to about 4 euro)

Nails Inc - Belgravia

Nails Inc - Belgravia

China Claze - There's Snow One Like You

China Claze - There's Snow One Like You

So, overall I prefer China Claze - There's Snow One Like You. I know it has more of a cottage cheese feel or like really fluffy new fallen snow, but I like that. Also, TSOLY is half the price of Belgravia, and also TSOLY need half the amount of coats, which should mean that it would last twice as long (if any one would empty a bottle..). I didn't experience any major tip wear with any of them (however I wrapped the tips) but the only thing I didn't like with both of them is that the "texture balls" are gray toned plastic (as for all textures, but here it shows more). After a couple of days wearing for both TSOLY and Belgravia the gray plastic shows a tiny bit after some wear and tear (since there's no top coat), and makes the white look a bit "dirty" in an unpleasant way. Belgravia beeing less white from the beginning has an disadvantage there.

So, do you have any of these?  Which one do you prefer? Do you even like matte textures? ;)

Nails Inc - Belgravia, swatch

Wow, totally thought this was a white glitter jelly, and was surprised to see that it was a texture polish. This is a polish I bought in Canada at Sephora and I didn't do any research before.. Generally I like textures, matte like these is my favorite. but the formula and application was horrible here. Basically it's a jelly filled with prismatic hexagons and white matte glitter, and a few texture particles, because that is an issue, I've never ever before been forced to fish for texture! But that was the case here and with dabbing and fishing and almost placing, and avoid drips due to the super thin formula, the VNL was covered and I settled after 4 coats..

The result looks pretty decent, but some nails on my right hand should have needed a 5th coat in retrospect. The prismatic glitter doesn't look prismatic on the nail and if you're looking for a snow like white texture I'd recommend China Glaze - There's Snow One Like You, which is tricky to applicate but still miles better in application than this, CG - TSOLY also only needs 2 coats.

Bougth at Sephora for way too much money..or well at least $11.

I saw that this was/is part of a collection called "Beaded Polish" and that there where other colors too, like baby blue. But When knowing how horrible this was I'll pass.

Essence - Wild White Ways, swatch

A must have in my collection is a white polish and I now have another favorite (which is equally as good as Kleancolor - white). Wild White Ways is a white creme, very opaque and covers easily with 2 coats. Totally like it and recommend it!

1.55 euro at rossman

NCC presents: Versace fashion inspired needle dragging nail art

Time for my fourth manicure with the theme "inspired by fashion" for the Nail Challenge Collaborative. I got inspired of a dress from the Versace show at Paris Fashion Week earlier this year. The dress isn't something I would wear my self, but I figured it would look really cool for a needle dragging design combined with a negative space nail art idea.

Source

I decided to use a nude jelly in beige and a white creme for my needle dragging. (I could have used a clear polish, but a stupid KIKO polish stained my nails so I had to use something more neutralizing so a nude jelly seemed nice and basically the negative space nail art went haywire). I also decided to outline my nails with a white fine liner to create a frame, so the result would look more precise.  I'm quite happy with the result even though it could need some refinement. Let me know what you think! :)

Polishes used:
Sally Hansen - Sweet Tulip
Nordic Cap - NP13
R de L Young - White (nagel designer lack)

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NCC presents: Early 21st century wallpaper interior design nail art

This month in the Nail Challenge Collaborative the theme is wallpaper and at first I was a bit "meh" about it, but then I got super excited when I realized the options of it. My thought span was from computer's wallpaper to the actual wallpaper and then I decided to narrow it down further and do a tiny history lesson of it. Wallpaper is part of interior design and during the century different trends have been standing out. As you know NCC only have 4 designs so I've narrowed it down to that so there will be some jumps in the decades. Also I would like to point out that there isn't any right's or wrong's here, just because I choose one color combo that wont mean that there weren't any other and also the color trends might have occurred during different times/decades in different places over the world. And on top of that a lot of people use to stick with an interior design of a specific time for decades, like at my grandparents place it was a lot of 60s stuff also in the 90s.

My first wallpaper nail art is some kind of early 21st century nail art, like from late 90s to 2010ish. And there has been a super white era during this time talking about interior design. In Sweden (at least) there has been a hype (which is slowly fading out) to paint (or buy) literally every item in your home to white, with some few tiny details in other materials or colors, like silvery metal/glass or occasional white glazed wood. It's a feminine rural style, sometime shabby chic.. Also don't forget about the large wooden letters on the wall saying "love" or "family".. Today I can mention that this white+silvery has changed to white+copper or white+brass for the trendy ones.

Source 1 (living/bath room), Source 2 (wallpaper), Source 3 (kitchen)

So.. onto the nail art, in an aim to keep to whole interior of a home white, there still has been some patterns on the wallpaper, like subtle metallic patterns. Here I chose a white base and then stamped a holographic pattern using Color Club - Harp On It with the Born Pretty Store Stamping plate QA88. An image plate I won from MoreNailpolish. :) Stamping with CC was awesome, worked great and the holo was visible, but subtle due to the thin lines and I must say this was one which looked better IRL. It was hard to photograph, if it got dizzy or too light the pattern doesn't show, but at least you get the vision. I also added some pearl rhinestones to fit the romantic and feminine style.

Sunlight so here you can see some of the holo in the stamping.

Polishes and materials used:
Color Club - Harp On It
Nordic Cap - NP13
Squishy XL stamper from eBay
Born Pretty Store Image Plate QA88

This is the image plate I won at MoreNailpolish. (lol, I just had to take the photo after the stamping) and I must say it worked great, sharp pattern and easy to pick up. I can recommend it and if you decide to get it from BPS I have my 10% discount code for you to use; NGL91.

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So, do you recognize this interior design/wallpaper trend from where you're from? Do you like it the "white trend" or do you prefer other colors/combos in your home? Tell me. Also what do you think about the subtle stamping? :)