Once Upon a Time Challenge - Day 6 Magic Comes with a Price....

Hi all

Challenge time again - Day 6 of the Once Upon a Time Challenge, over half way - phew! I have really enjoyed doing this challenge but finding the time to do my nails is proving a challenge itself - think I'm a once a week kind of girl :)

Today's challenge was Magic comes with a price. Naturally I thought of Regina, Rumplestiltskin and Snow & Charming.  I've gone with a turquoise which aptly enough is named Timely Turquoise - its also a Maybelline Express Finish (50 second) which meant fast drying base coat = faster mani :)  For the stamping I used Konad Special polish in Wine Red and White.

Here's how they turned out - I'm pretty pleased with them (excuse the messy edges, I really need to learn how to paint to the edges but not get it on my skin:)

I stamped a different design on each nail.

A star representing the magic on my pinkies. Plate: BM-311.

An apple on my ring finger - the whole Snow vs Regina thing. Plate: m55.

Middle finger was snakeskin (again) to represent Rumplestiltskin. Plate: BM-215.

Pointer finger - a heart trapped behind shattered glass. The idea was Regina rips out hearts and also a consequence of dealing with Rumplestiltskin (and his magic) is usually those in love don't get their happily ever after (or if they do it takes a REALLY long time;). Plates: BM-208 & BM202.

Thumb - the idea with this nail was Regina - she's gone from a queen to a witch through the choices she made about magic. Her consequence is she is feared and hated by all those she used to rule. Plates: BM08 & BM-209.

And a few final shots - this was before I painted on the top coat (now the heart looks like it's in front of the shattered glass due to the white fading).

Different light makes it look green - promise it's blue.

Until next mani and challenge - hope you all have a good week next week and don't forget the other girls.

Taya

Mateja D.

Moonchild

Milena Vanchoska

Yecats 

Samantha Ann 

Fulya 

Always Polished Nails

Nikki x

Gelish, Purple, Glitter & a few other polishes...

So I finally got my second lot of Gelish done by Katey at Minx Beauty - woohoo.  And this time I went for purple with a lighter shade mixed over top for a different colour :) Here's the result

 

All shiny and soon to be long.  I also played around with another of my nail plates, this time BM-209 using a fishnet type pattern.    

They’re not perfect as I was experimenting with my konad special polish in white pearl (which didn’t stamp as clear or bright as white) and also Katey was trying out full name stamps for the first time.  

                              

Konad special polishes in white and white pearl.

But as you can see below they didn’t come out too bad.

I soon got bored of that so a week later did my second lot of stamping.  This time I used another bundle monster plate, BM-223 in the zebra pattern.

I was stoked with these, they turned out so well & most people that commented couldn’t believe they were a) my real nails and b) I’d done them myself :)

And the final ‘purple’ manicure was a week later.  This time I used LA Girl Cracked in Silver.

Then stamped a heart over top in Konad special polish in black from bundle monster plate BM-202.

 It was valentines day after all (not that I deliberately did a heart but it was a great coincidence ;)

There you have it, 3 manicures using the same base colour – pretty unusual for me but had to make the gelish worth while. 

Till next blog

Nikki 

:o)