galaxy nails

Ahhhh! I'm so excited for this post!
Day nineteen of the 31 Day Challenge, galaxy nails!
I've wanted to try this for so long, i've loved every one that i've seen ! However, I always thought "No way can I do that", turns out, I can !!
I'm looking forward to recreating this many times in the future!

Base: Sally Hansen Xtreme Nails "Black Out" 1 coat

Nebula( 1 coat of each listed here) : Sally Hansen Xtreme nails "White On"
Sally Hansen Insta Dri "Lightening"
Rimmel London Lycra Wear 10 "Sweet Heart"
Maybelline Express Finish "Exu-blue-rant

Barbara Daly "Pistachio"

Stars: Sally Hansen Xtreme Nails "White On"
Top: Wet n Wild "Hallucinate" 1 coat

Clear coat: "Revlon Multicare Base + Top coat" 2 coats

half moons

Day eighteen of the 31 Day Challenge, half moons nails!

Kiss "Beach Pink" 3 coats

glitter nails

Day seventeen of the 31 Day Challenge, glitter nails!

Sally Hansen Xtreme Nails "Rockstar Pink" 3 coats

This polish is extra glittery, it has a gold microglitter and then slightly larger blue, pink and red glitter.

tribal nails

Day sixteen of the 31 Day Challenge, tribal nails!

Rimmel 60 second dry "Sky High" 2 coats

Yellow: Kiss Nail art
Black: Sally Hansen Xtreme Nails "Black Out"
White: Sally Hansen Xtreme Nails "White On"

delicate print nails

Day fifteen of the 31 Day Challenge, delicate print nails!
I'm not entirely sure what this entails and if I had stamping plates this would have been a lot easier to come up with, however, here we go anyways.

ha. Not exactly delicate.

Base: Rimmel London 60 second Dry "Sky High" 2 coats

Design: KISS Nail art in Turquoise 1 coat

flower nails

Day fourteen of the 31 Day Challenge, flower nails!
I love flowers, I'm just not very good at doing them for nail art!
I can paint em, draw em, grow em, arrange em, not nail art em. ;)

Base: Wet n Wild "Bite the Bullet" 3 coats

Daisies: KISS Nail art in Yellow & Sally Hansen Xtreme nails "White On" 1 coat each

animal print nails.

Day thirteen of the 31 Day Challenge, animal print nails!
Now, I considered doing a full leopard print mani, because i've never done a full one, but I absolutely love zebra print so I couldn't resist.

White: Sally Hansen Xtreme nails "White on" 2 coats

Black: Sally Hansen Xtreme nails "Black Out" 1 coat

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striped nails

Day twelve of the 31 Day Challenge, striped nails!
I don't really like stripes, I don't like to do them, don't like to wear them, don't like em. But, I promised I'd do this challenge, so I will oblige!
I've been without wireless internet for the last few days so i'm gonna have to catch up now, although, I did do the manicures on their intended days!

As you can tell, it looks terrible. :|, this one was just uninspired and didn't last long.

Turquoise: Finger Paints "Tiffany Imposter" 2 coats

Purple" Wet N Wild "Bite the Bullet" 2 coats

polka dot nails.

Day eleven of the 31 Day Challenge, polka dot nails!
Now, to me, polka dots scream matte. I love love love matte polka dots. However, I lack matte polish, heh. SO, we are settling for the next best thing! :)
I typically don't wear polka dots very often because I go too quickly and just don't get them spaced out nicely. My own fault, and although I know how to solve this problem, it's possible that I never will. :)

Joe "Slate" 3 coats

Dots: Sally Hansen Xtreme wear "Black Out" 1 coat

As you can see, it's got a blueish/purpleish tint in natural light but is very grey in artificial light.

In natural light, I wouldn't exactly call it slate.

gradient nails.

Day ten of the 31 Day Challenge, gradient nails!
I think it turned out alright, for a first try at least!
I'm confident that with a little practice I could nail this one better.
I only did this on one hand for now because i'm gonna remove it and try again.

I used:

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear "Deep Purple"

Nicole by OPI "Prized Posession Purple"
Wet n Wild Wild Shine "Hallucinate"

I did this really roughly because I just wanted to try it out, next time i'm gonna do it much straighter and stay a little further from the cuticle.

rainbow nails.

Day nine of the 31 Day Challenge, rainbow nails!
I had so many ideas for this one, rainbow tips, rainbows, each nail a different color, etc. However, for now, this one won. :)

I was a little strapped for time so this is not to the best of my ability, I should of taken the time to do this properly with scotch tape or something.

Thumb: Avon "Tangtastic" & Avon "Urban Grey" 2 coats each

Index: Sally Hansen Insta Dri "Lively Lilac" & Revlon Scented "Bubblegum" 2 coats each

Middle: 17 Lasting Fix "True Blue" & 17 Lasting Fix "Orange Soda" 2 coats each

Ring: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear "Blue Me Away" & Sally Hansen Insta Dri "Lightening" 2 coats each

Pinky: Sally Hansen Insta Dri "Mint Sprint" & "Lickety Split Lime" 2 coats each

metallic nails

Day eight of the 31 Day Challenge, metallic nails!
I have quite a few metallic polishes and it was difficult to choose which one I would do but this is definitely one of my favorites.
It's a gorgeous metallic lavender kind of color, it looks much more grey in pictures then it actually is.

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure "Pedal to the Metal" 3 coats

black & white nails.

Day seven of the 31 Day Challenge, black and white nails!

Now, I was shockingly out of ideas and didn't want to do another zebra print manicure because I find that i'm wearing those quite a bit lately. I also sort of knew that I wanted french tips today, but since it's black and white, I needed a little twist!
I did this really quickly and the pictures are to be desired as they were taken later last night than I would have liked.

White: Sally Hansen Xtreme Nails "White On" 2 coats

Black: Sally Hansen Xtreme nails "Black Out" 1 coat

violet nails.

Day six of the 31 Day Challenge, violet nails!

My clematis :)

I had this manicure on yesterday, as yesterday was violet day, I just didn't get a chance to post.

This is another untried of mine and frankly, I don't know why! I absolutely love it.

However, with more than one coat (I did 3) The glitter gets covered in the purple base and then just looks like bubbles. Next time, i'll paint my nails purple first and then 1 top coat.

Sally Hansen Xtreme Nails "Purple FIesta" 3 coats

The little sticks in this polish (most noticeable on my index finger) are holographic and beautiful but there's definitely not enough of them!

blue nails.

Day five of the 31 Day Challenge, blue nails!
This is definitely one of my most used, hence the quite empty bottle. I'm glad I bought a second bottle because this one is getting thick... :(
It's the perfect bright blue and matches so many of my outfits, it gets worn a lot.

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear "Blue Me Away" 2 coats, no top coat :)

green nails.

It's day four of the 31 Day Challenge, and we have green nails!
Now, green being my favorite color, this would not be my typical "green nail day" manicure, I love bright greens, flashy greens, sparkly greens, any greens and I love to showcase them! However, I bought my first ever Essie polish! I've been dying to try it since I got it on Saturday. Now, I typically don't buy Essie because it's $10 here, a little out of my typical nail polish budget. However, I've heard of a place that sells brands such as China Glaze, OPI and Essie for much cheaper than I would usually find it. I'm hoping to get there this weekend, so if I do, look for a huuge haul. As well as the price, the complaints about Essie that I have read also made me a little bit more hesitant, i've read several formula complaints but I don't have any, yet.

Since green is my favorite color, I intend on having two green manicures for you today :)
Here's the first!

Essie "Sew Psyched" 3 coats

I absolutely love this color, it will be perfect for fall!

2nd Green manicure :)

My hands are definitely not red ... =/

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri , I have absolutely no idea what this is called. :| It's not on Sally Hansens website in the curretn shades or discontinueds. It's # 4922-03, if anyone has this and knows the name, please let me know!

EDIT: I was searching a little bit and I THINK it could be "Spring Green" but again, i'm unsure.

yellow nails.

So for day three of the 31 Day Challenge, we have yellow nails!

Le sigh, macro lens, always making my cuticles look much worse then they appear in person.

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure "Yellow Kitty" 3 coats

Wet n Wild "Hallucinate" 3 coats

Revlon "Multicare Base + Top coat" 2 coats

Love love love. My camera just doesn't pick up the beauty that hallucinate truly is. It's a sheer white / clear polish with white, green, blue, copper, pink, purple, turquoise glitter inside. It has a kind of holographic effect but it's just not your typical holo polish.