Yellow and Purple make. . . Well brown if you mix them, that would be gross. . .

Well hello!  Today is a lovely full of. . . sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows. . . Is that too cheerful for you?  Me too actually.  I am sitting at home waiting for the next phase in my life to begin.  I got a new job and just completed training yesterday.  However, I don't start the job until August so. . . Yeah, waiting. . .

In the meantime I have anew manicure!  Actually I did this a week ago and I haven't had a moment to blog about it, so here we go!

I am sorry, I am in a strange mood.  I will try to be more serious now.  I did this for Sunday Stamping and the prompt was complementary colors of a color wheel.  I really like purple and yellow together and I got this new metallic purple.  I was so excited!  I thought I would do a soft yellow with some curly design, very subtle and then BAM! a big purple skull on my accent finger!  Well, the polish didn't stamp and I have some serious trouble with the skull stamp. . . so I did another purple and a bow (which looks red in these pictures, but I swear it is purple!). . . Not as awesome as I planned. . .  Oh well.

So, I used China Glaze Lemon Fizz, Urban Night, Konad Special White, and Special Gold.  The plates were  Bundle Monster BM-317 and Gals GA44. 

I still think it is really pretty and it has held up rather well (I am still wearing it and there is hardly any tip wear).

Well,  I best be going before I say something embarrassing. . .

Tootles!
Fitz

31 Nail Art Challenge Take Two Day 21: Galaxy

Some of blog posts I seem to give an elaborate set-up and then others . . . not so much.  This will fall into the not-so-much category.

I saw The Daily Nail do this design and I thought if I was going to do a galaxy design on my own nails for the first time lets do something different and awesome.  I like it.  I do, I am just not sure how much.  Can you tell it is supposed to be the moon and the galaxy in the background?  I hope you can. . .

I used a lot of colors, just like any other galaxy manicure.  The starry galaxy color was Sephora by OPI If You've Got It, Haunt It.  The other colors were all China Glaze.  I used Pelican Gray, White-On-White, Concrete Catwalk, Happy Go Lucky, Electric Beat, Urban-Night, and Wicked Style.  Whew!  That is a finger full!

A few more shots ending with thumbs.  The last thumb, my right one, I think is the best nail.  If you have any ideas for what I can do next time that might make this a bit better I would love the advice.

The other ladies' manicures are out of this world and you better freeze time to check them out!  (If you get that reference, than you get a gold star in heaven!)

Tootles!
Fitz

31 Nail Art Challenge Take Two Day 18: A Song

The song I was inspired by I also did a photo montage too a while back.  So you understand the design, here is that video.




So I have done the monarch butterfly design before and I thought I would do it again, althought with different colors.  If you would like to do this design too, as it is rather popular and I never fail to get complements when I do it just google it.  There are a lot of tutorials out in the webverse.  My favorite is from cutepolish, but honestly you should look around at different tutorials.  I find doing that gives you different tips that might work better for you then another person's.

I really like the colors I used.  It looks more romantic and subdued as well.  China Glaze Angle Wings is amazing, as I have told you before, in fact this was the design I had intended the previous time I mentioned it.

So all the colors I used were China Glaze Angel Wings, Dress Me Up, and  Urban-Night.

This is a good design to do with your non-dominant hand.  It has to be precise, but there are not a lot of details, so it is easier to take your time and still not get frustrated.  Just remember it takes practice.  I am still practicing myself and have a lot to learn.  But, I love doing this and practicing is doing it.

A few more pictures. . .

The other participants beautiful music should not be missed!

Tootles!
Fitz