Sparkly Camo Nails!

So, I've now been out of the Army long enough to officially enjoy camo nails again. Yes, they're still a bit over played but I like them when there's a less subtle form of camo. All ten nails in woodland camo is just a bit too much. Well, here's what I came up with!

I really showed my OPI drawer some love with this one showcasing My Vampire is Buff, Glitzerland, My Favorite Ornament and 4 In The Morning. I also added some blingy Swarovski elements in pink and opalescent clear with gold square stud, ring and spike accents and a pearl in the center for the middle and some square studs down 4 In The Morning for some flare.

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Claire's Glow in the Dark Review and Nail Art!

Today I have a fun and bright neon, glow in the dark design featuring Claire's Glow in the Dark polishes. They come in unnamed pink, yellow, green and purple shades and retail for $7 each. They even include a little light inside the cap that shines down the brush and into the polish so I guess, technically, you could even use these to polish your nails in the dark! Anyway, these were really fun to work with, so continue reading for more!

The first thing I noticed is that these polishes separate very easily so from time to time shaking may be necessary. Also they tend to be a big sheer and dry completely matte! I layered the Claire's polishes over Color Club's City Brites collection pink, yellow, green and purple shades to provide enough color.  

For the "bubbles" I just used very watered down white acrylic paint and placed circular drops then removed the middle of the droplet with a dry brush.

Now with the glow in the dark part, only once thin coat was needed in order to get amazing glowing results. So with all that, here's the design!

Wanna see it glow? Here it is!

 

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Round-Up of the January Nail Art Challenge

As you guys know, I took part in Californails' January "Totally Doable, I Have A Life" Nail Art Challenge. You may not know that this was also my first official nail art challenge. Contests and "inspired by" type things but never a full month-long challenge. Since I managed to stick with it, I figured I would do a round up so everyone can know which manis were which days and so on... So here's the collective round up shot and the breakdown comes after!

03: fresh

06: sparkles

09: pattern

11: pastel blue

14: nature

16: gradient

19: sweets

22: studs

25: match OOTD (ISSE weekend)

28: re-creation (@thenailboss)

31: silver

My thanks goes out to @Californails for hosting this challenge and those of you who have followed me through this whole process. This was so much fun and was really a great set of topics! Can't wait to try another one soon but I think I'll be taking a month or so off... Not because they aren't fun, just because the pace was a lot. It's alright though, stay tuned because I'll still be posting all of my personal nail art! Find me on:

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