Delicate Print Nails for the #31DC2018Weekly

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I have a simple little stamping mani to share with you today for the delicate print prompt of the #31DC2018Weekly.  I tend to be drawn to stamping plates with delicate floral or abstract images.  They stamp well and you don't have to be very precise with them.  You get a fly manicure every time!

Floral Nails for the #31DC2018Weekly

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For this week's prompt in the #31DC2018Weekly, we are doing floral nails!  Flowers are always a staple in the nail art world.  There are a billion and one ways to paint them on your nails.  This my manicure this week, I was totally inspired by an old manicure by Nails by Miri.  I have had it saved in my collection of nail art inspiration photos for a year now.  It seemed like this week was a good time to give it a try!  I used different colors and no studs in my look.  Overall, I am happy with the outcome.  It was approved by Lotte, so I had to share!

Animal Print Nails for the #31DC2018Weekly

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I am officially caught up with the challenge now!  Today, I have my animal print nails for you.  Mine aren't exactly an animal print but they do have bits of real animals on them.  I used some real feathers from the craft store on my nails in a fun little brown skittlette mani for the prompt.  Let's take a look!

Polka Dot Nails for the #31DC2018Weekly

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I am finally catching up on the challenge!  Apologies for being behind these past few weeks but that is the cool part of the challenge.  You have plenty of time to catch up!  Today, I have my manicure for Week 11, Polka Dot Nails.  I used two shades from a new to me brand which I definitely enjoyed.  the design is simple but can be recreated easily with any combo of colors and finishes.  Let's take a look at some easy polka dot side chevron nails!

Gradient Nails for the #31DC2018Weekly

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People...I will catch up with the challenge.  I am currently still a week behind but I will remedy that this week.  Pinkie swear!  but I do have my gradient nails for you today.  And I love them!  My fellow nail art pal, Gianna, recently did this amazing muted neutral toned gradient floral  manicure and I knew I needed to recreate it.  It spoke to me!  See the original mani on Nailstorming's IG page.  I took her idea and changes it up slightly.  But it is very similar.  Not as perfect as hers but I still dig it.

Rainbow Nails for the #31DC2018Weekly

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I am still a week behind with the #31DC2018Weekly.  But I really, really like what I created for the Rainbow Nails prompt!  I tried out a new to me nail art technique and I just love it.  It's called fluid nail art and has become very popular with the release of Sinful Colors HypnoticTransforming Top Coats.  I never saw these top coats in the stores around me.  But when I saw the cool nail art people were doing with them, I snatched up a set on Ebay.  I have used similar polishes like these in the past.  OPI's Black Spotted and Takko Lacquer's Pandamonium are the ones I have tried.  They were both black.  The colors of the Sinful Colors polishes are awesome!  I am so happy with the results playing with these polishes for the first time.  I can't wait to do more!

Metallic Nails for the #31DC2018Weekly

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I am a week behind (I am sorry) with the challenge but I plan on catching up this week!  I had a little bit of a nail fail this week.  But instead of putting it off even longer, I figured I would share anyways.  You guys like to see nail fails everyone once and a while, right?  Don't get me wrong.  In real life, this mani looks fly.  But up close, it is a bit of a mess.  And the process was a hassle (I don't love gel polish).  But here it is!

Black and White Nails for the #31DC2018Weekly

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I have a super simple, super easy, anyone can do nail art look for the #31DC2018Weekly to share with you today!  I feel like this look is old news and something that everyone has done in the past but it was a first for me.  Just a fun take on a french manicure.

Violet Nails for the #31DC2018Weekly

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For the sixth prompt of my weekly version of the 31 Day Nail art Challenge, we are doing purple nails!  I buy a lot of purple polish but I feel like I don't actually wear it that often.  I need to change that because purple nails are gorgeous!  For this week, I used one my of favorite Zoya Pixie Dust polishes and stamped over it.  I am always shocked at how detailed stamping looks over a textured polish.  You would think it would look bumpy and the image would not be crisp.  But it almost always looks perfect!  My stamping is a little more subtle in this look but I hope you like it. :)

Blue Nails for the #31DC2018Weekly

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It only took 5 weeks before I broke out my old standard, the skittlette.  This have been one of my most favorite nail art ideas of all time.  I generally do my skittlette manicures with two plain nails, two nails with nail art on them and then a textured accent nail.  You can do them in any way that you like as long at two nails are the same.  For the blue prompt this week, I combined light blue and pink together with some unicorn fun.  Let's take a look!

Green Nails for the #31DC2018Weekly

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Sorry for the short absence, I was on vacation.  Saw some good friends, saw some good music, broke a bunch of nails.  I feel like I can never make through the airport without breaking a corner off a nail.  Oh well...they grow back fast.  But let's get back to the nail art!  I did a simple 'Matte All the Flakies!' manicure for this week's prompt.  I did this mani with both glossy and matte top coats as per usual, but the matte photos are always better.  In my opinion.  Let's take a look!

Yellow Nails for the #31DC2018Weekly!

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Another Monday, another prompt for the weekly version of the 31 Day Nail Art Challenge!  We are on Week 3 now.  If you haven't been able to join me yet for the challenge, don't you worry.  There are still 28 weeks to go.  Plenty of time to catch up.  It's time for yellow!  I know it is not everyone favorite color to wear on their nails but I like it.  Especially the more murky mustard colors.  You know, those ugly-pretty shades.  Which is exactly the shade of yellow I used for this prompt.  I paired it with some other retro colors and designs to give my nails a little bit of a 70s vibe.

Orange Nails for the #31DC2018Weekly

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Happy Daylight Savings!  I, personally, think we should do away with Daylight Savings all together, but I know there are plenty of people that love the longer hours of daylight after work.  Since it is sunny for extra long today, how about some orange nails!  For the second week of the challenge, we are doing orange nails.  Orange is one of my favorite colors.  I love wearing it on my nails.  This time around, I went for a deeper orange base and paired it with some metallic pink and gold.

Red Nails for the #31DC2018Weekly

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It's the first week of the #31DC2018Weekly and we are starting it off with Red Nails.  Since it is the very first challenge prompt, I feel like I took it easy.  My creative juices aren't flowing at top speed just yet.  But even easy nail art is fun, right?  I did a simple double accent nail manicure using some pretty water decals for Week 1.

Join me for a weekly nail art challenge...the #31DC2018Weekly!

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It's that time of year again! For the past 2 years, I have been doing a weekly version of the classic 31 Day Nail Art Challenge.  I always had a hard time completing the daily version, so I made it easier on myself and started doing each daily prompt on a weekly basis.  See my previous nail art looks for the #31DC2016Weekly and #31DC2017Weekly on the blog.

Traditionally, the 31 Day Nail Art Challenge starts on September 1st and ends on October 1st.  I start the weekly version of the challenge on March 5th each year so that it will end on October 1st right when the daily challenge will end.  I plan on posting each Monday with a new nail art look following the traditional prompts and you are more than welcome to do it on Mondays as well. Since this is a weekly challenge, you can post at anytime during the week that you want though.  If you fall behind, it will be very easy to catch up since it will be going on for 31 weeks total.  You can post on your blog, on your IG, on your Twitter or on your Facebook.  You can post anywhere!  Just use the tag #31DC2018Weekly so we will all be able to see your lovely nail art looks. 

My lovely German friend, Lotte, is going to be doing the challenge again with me this year and I hope you will all check out her nail art looks on her blog and IG.  I hope you will love her as much as I do :)

These are the prompts we will be following.  I have made a few graphics that you are free to use on your blog/IG/Twitter/FB as you wish.  I am super duper excited to see everyone participating again this year!  Let me know if you plan on joining in.

Honor Nails you Love for the #31DC2017Weekly

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It's the last day of the challenge!!  I just want to give a huge high five to all of the ladies that was continued with the challenge all of these 31 weeks.  I especially want to give a shout out to Lotte from marzipany.blogspot.com.  Not only has she done each of the challenges on time and perfectly, she is also hosting me in her home this week while I am on a Euro vacation.  She is amazing and if you are not following her by now...what are you waiting for?!?

For this last prompt of the challenge, we are supposed to honor nails that we love.  This can be recreating a manicure that you love, creating a nail art look inspired by another nail artist or just generally being inspired by another nail artists aesthetics.  For me, I have been obsessed with this one nail art look by Nina Nailed It.  It is fun and abstract and uses some of my favorite color combinations.  Plus, it is super easy but looks complicated.  My favorite!  Let't take a look :)

Inspired by a Tutorial for the #31DC2017Weekly

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It's the last day of the challenge!!  OMG!  I have the last two challenges to share with you today.  I was able to do both of these nail looks while I am visiting Lotte in Germany.  For the 30th prompt, we are doing nails inspired by a tutorial.  I see so many ail tutorials every day, it was hard to choose.  But I was drawn to a manicure that So Nailicious did several weeks ago that also had a tutorial with it.  The tutorial was simple and I didn't really need to follow it, but it was a tutorial!  I really love how these fall tones came together.  Greens and brown are so in!  Let's take a look :)

Inspired by the Supernatural for the #31DC2017Weekly

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I am so sorry I got behind on the challenge this year.  I thought I would be good and finish up the last few challenge prompts before I left for Europe.  But I didn't.  I might be able to sneak in the last few when I am visiting Lotte next week though!  Here is my look for the Supernatural prompt.  I took my inspiration from Celtic Druid runes.  There is all sorts of mystical and magical stories and lore surrounding the Druids.  They are referenced throughout literature and have made their way into our gaming culture, too.  One of my favorite book series is The Iron Druid Chronicles but Kevin Hearne and my favorite class to play in World of Warcraft is a Druid.

Inspired by Art for the #31DC2017Weekly

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So I messed up.  I miss the Inspired by Art prompt!  I thought I was caught up yesterday until I realized that I missed a step.  Oopsies.  Well, here we have a mani with the inspiration of 80s poster artists.  Actually, this was more a reversed inspiration.  When I was these nail wraps by ThumpsUp Nails, they made me think of old posters of cartoon/pop art style women in the 80s with big hair and animal print.  If you don't know what I am talking about, google art posters by Patrick Nagel and Dennis Mukai to see the awesome of the 80s.  This manicure just gave me that 80s vibe.

Inspired by a Flag for the #31DC2017Weekly

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I am officially caught up with the #31DC2017Weekly now!  Tomorrow's post will be right on track.  Last year, for the inspired by a flag prompt, I did a flag for Iceland right before I went on vacation there.  I am going to do the same thing this year.  Next week, I am heading to Europe for a vacation.  I am starting off in Copenhagen for a conference then then meeting my German polish sister, Lotte, in Germany!  Yay!!!  I can't wait to meet my little international polish pen pal that has become a true friend. :)  So I am inspired by the German flag today.  My nail are not a direct representation of the actual German flag but I was inspired by the colors of the flag: black, red and yellow.