31 Day Challenge II: Recreate A Manicure

 Wow! It's the last day of the challenge! That went by incredibly quick, and much easier than last year. The last day is recreate a manicure that you love. I feel like I've been seeing lightning manicures all over the place lately. One in particular that I really like is this one by Holy Manicures. I think the hardest part about this manicure is sponging in such small areas. To create the lightning I used a toothpick. It made thin lines, and also gave me enough control to create the shakes in the lightning.

 

I sponged Color Club Take Me To Your Chateau, China Glaze Man Hunt, Purr-Fect Plum, and Xtreme Wear Raspberry Rave. 

And that wraps up the 31 Day Challenge! Believe it or not, I'm actually going to miss doing it!

31 Day Challenge II: Inspired by A Tutorial

This is day 30! Wow! For some bloggers this may be the last day of the challenge, but I'm going to do the 31st day also. This day is inspired by a tutorial. For my nails I took inspiration from this tutorial. I love all things owl, and I've been meaning to do some owl nail art for a while. Luckily, while on my search for a tutorial, I found that great owl one!

 The half moon part at the top is Zoya Megan. The base colors of the owls are, from left to right,  Zoya Mira, Xtreme Wear Pacific Blue, Zoya Shelby, and XW Going Green. The tummies are XW Lacey Lilac, Color Club Take Me to Your Chateau, Vintage Couture, and XW Mint Sorbet. All the eyes are XW Mellow Yellow and Black Out, and the noses are Sun Kissed.

31 Day Challenge II: Inspired By The Supernatural

Today is inspired by the supernatural! I happened to be cheering for my schools football team at a game today, and conveniently for me, my schools mascot is a ghost! It was too good of an opportunity to pass up. The base is maroon because that is my schools color. My thumb is part of the skirt of my cheerleading uniform. It seems like a lot of people aren't thrilled about the supernatural prompt, but I think it's pretty awesome!

The base is China Glaze Purr-Fect Plum. I then used Xtreme Wear Black Out, White On, and a bit of Celeb City.

31 Day Challenge II: Inspired By A Flag

Day 28 is inspired by a flag! I live in America, and I don't really have ties to anywhere else in the world, so for this manicure I picked random countries from Europe. I did the German, Italian, British, Swedish, and Swiss Flags.

Germany - Xtreme Wear Black Out, Cherry Red, Mellow Yellow.
Italy- LA Splash Greenery, XW White On, Cherry Red.
Britain- XW White On, Zoya Song, Color Club Santa's Cinnamon.
Sweden- XW Pacific Blue, Mellow Yellow.
Switzerland- XW Cherry Red, White On.

31 Day Challenge II: Inspired By Artwork

Today is inspired by artwork. This one really got me. I had a lot of trouble deciding what exactly I wanted to do. My favorite artist is Seurat, but I did something based off him last year. I ended up doing something by Barnett Newman. For my nails I took a couple of pieces from his 18 Cantos. This one may have been a bit of a cop out, but I do like how it looks.

 

The blues are Xtreme Wear Pacific Blue with various amounts of white mixed in. The black and white are Black Out and White On.

31 Day Challenge II: Inspired By A Pattern

It's day 26! The prompt today is Inspired By A Pattern. I wanted to try out argyle. I asked my sister if she had anything argyle that I could look at, and she gave me a sock. I had a bit of trouble with this one. Argyle is not an easy pattern to paint when you include this many diamonds.

My nails with the sock. (I told my sister I would feature her sock on my blog.)

The greens are Xtreme Wear Green With Envy, and China Glaze Starboard. The black and white are Xtreme Wear Black Out, and White On. The little lines are China Glaze For Audrey.

31 Day Challenge II: Inspired By Fashion

The prompt for today is fashion. I know absolutely nothing about fashion. Naturally my first stop in a situation like this was google. It didn't deliver. Frustrated, and running out of time, I turned to a Delias catalog that just came in the mail. I came across a black and white striped cardigan with red hearts on the elbows. I thought it could make for cute nail art, so I ran with it.

The base is Xtreme Wear White On. The stripes are Black Out and the hearts are Cherry red,