31 Day Challenge START

Ok so I am a fangirl for quite a few sites and people. Three of the nail blogs that I regularly check out have decided to take on a 31 day challenge.

Wow. They are only on day one and I am already jealous of their skills and imagination!

Soooo I have decided to kind of mirror them but not a 31 day challenge as I normally use Shellac or Gelish and my nails would have a spac and die if I painted and removed the polish every day. I am thinking of it more as a 31 Nail Challenge :)

I may not do them in order as some days I really have time and am feeling creative so I want to use that and do the really cool ideas on those days but I will post as I go.

Also there may be other posts through as I still (yes STILL) have new polishes arriving that I might need to play with :)

WISH ME LUCK!!!

Just in case you want to follow how the PROFESSIONALS do it the girls blogs are:

Rie at http://nailsandnoms.com/

Cristina at http://www.letthemhavepolish.com/

Sammy at http://www.thenailasaurus.com/

I for one will be following closely trying to get any tips and tricks I can :)

K

Kleancolor Metallic Purple

I recently bought a lot of 24 new Kleancolor polishes. These are just 3 of the ones I got to choose.

I did all the nails in the Metallic Purple and then did two coats of the Holo Chrome on the accent nail. I loved the color and the glitter was really bright and shiny. I then did a layer of the Top Coat. DISASTER!! It took all the metallic suede shine I was just in love with and killed it. On top of that it made the color way darker and covered all the glitter as it bled all through the brush even though it was dry. Not Impressed. I almost want to paint them again so I can get a before and after shot to show how much of a difference it made! The color is still nice but its not as nice as it was. 

Has anyone had the same problem????

I bought mine from: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/24-New-Kleancolor-Nail-Polish-Lacquer-Choose-24-Colors-Manicure-Cosmetic-Nail-/360491166575?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53eef2ab6f

Fantasia Nail Foil

I have recently gone absolutely nuts and bought everything I could possibly ever need for my nails. To the point where I filled up my carrier and my friends were looking into suspending my Ebay account. One of the cooler things I have decided to try more of is the Nail Foils.  

                                       

Arent they just the coolest!!! I did two coats of the Shellac Purple Purple and then cleaned off the tacky layer, painted with the glue and then did the foil and a layer of Gelish top coat.

This is them after the second day. Starting to wear off on the edges and around my cuticles where I didn't push down properly or seal properly with the top coat. 

And this is with the flash so you can see the full strips of holographic in there.

All in all I think money well spent. I bought mine from a shop on Ebay called Shardee Designs this color of foil is called Fantasia.

Link: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1-METER-Nail-foils-nail-art-foil-Fantasia-/320950023695?pt=AU_Nail_Care&hash=item4aba1cb60f#ht_1551wt_782

Mood Polish

LeChat have recently bought out a range of color change nail polishes. I WAS SO FRIGGEN EXCITED. Not only are they color change but they are GEL!!! Happy Kate is Happy :)

This is the Frozen Cold Spell. Two Coats with Gelish top and base coat. I had such a hard time trying to show the full color change and realistically I have totally bought these in the wrong season. Its currently in the mid to late 30's here and I had to play with ice cubes to make it change colors. Winter when my fingers are warm but the actual temperature is cold and these will be stunning!!!

Ignore my accent finger. I tried to put on a semi sheer snakeskin foil and it just really didnt work. It was fine until I put on the top coat, that it leeched out all the colors and just made it dark unless you look really closely.

Love and Hate

I have recently become obsessed with nail foils. They work so much better over the top of Shellac as its such a smooth uniform surface.

I can't get them to stick to the Shellac residue so I use the normal nail foil glue, it only takes a minute longer.

The base is the Shellac Chrome so that any missed spots don't show and the Shellac Top and Base coats as normal.

Decals purchased from: http://www.etsy.com/listing/93386036/love-hate-block-style-nail-decals-black

Similar foil available from: http://stores.ebay.com.au/shardeedesigns

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1-METRE-Nail-foils-nail-art-foil-Smudge-/221077853847?pt=AU_Nail_Care&hash=item3379445697#ht_1449wt_784

Chevron Amazingness!

I am in love. The true never ending kind that leaves you speechless. 

Who is it you ask? My friggen Nails!!!

Orly Gel Fx in Liquid Vinyl and Shellac Silver Chrome on accent nails. I then mish mashed some nail foils on and applied the chevron stickers before my top coat. I LOVE THEM! So shiny!!!

Decals purchased from: http://www.etsy.com/listing/103806729/1-sheet-of-44-skinny-chevron-nail-decals

Neon

I decided to give my nails a few days off from Gel Polishes so just did them with my Kleancolor Neon Mini collection.

Very cute I think ;)

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Then on the second day As they had started to chip I put my OPI Spotted over the top. This polish is so cool but just beware, when they say thin coat they mean THIN COAT.