What's on my nails today?

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I'm so behind with the #52weeknailchallenge it just isn't funny anymore, so what better use of Easter Monday than do some catching up and type up some posts for the manicures I did during the last weeks but haven't been able to show off yet?

So to start, here's my manicure for prompt 11 - Ocean:

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yep, I've managed to drag myself away from all the real life stuff that has been keeping me uber busy to create a manicure inspired by this stunning design by Lou 'Urban Nail Art' that Juanita picked for us. I have to admit I actually thought about not posting my manicure as I totally didn't do the original any justice... but I've shown nail fails before and this probably won't be the last either ;)



I can almost hear you wondering what this has to do with the original inspiration. Well, more than you might think! Let me tell you: sparkly base (alright, mine isn't super sparkly as I don't have any of those fancy holo powders but it is very sparkly, so even my holo sparkle killing camera wasn't able to defeat this beauty), negative space floral image so the sparkly base actually becomes the color of the flowers, and reverse stamping to get the image on my nails. I just had to tone down the sparkles on my thumb, index and pinky because... you know, work and frowning managers.

Anyway, read on for the details!

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This week's prompt is plaid and the first thing that comes to my mind when I think of plaid is the blanket my parents used when I was a little girl: soft and fuzzy and with large squares of color. My manicure is an attempt to translate my memory into nail polish. The only thing different is the sparkly accent that wasn't in the original blanket, but I felt my nails needed a little extra ;)

with glossy top coat

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my husband is over at his cousins place for a poker evening (with chips, not real money... that's for bills and nail polish ;) so what better way to spend some time but to do my nails. I could only do the ninth prompt of the Weekly Nail Art Challenge after Friday as neon isn't really appreciated much at work. Sure, I can pull it off during summer when there's a day without meetings with customers, but that was not the case last week so the neons I picked had to wait until the weekend. After kissing hubby goodbye and running back inside where it was warm instead of the polar temperatures we're having at the moment, I sat down and had some fun with an eye searing neon and its pastel sister. Combined with black and white this is the result:

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I know, I'm late... but I still wanted to show off my manicure for the Grey + Blue prompt that was actually due last week. I struggled a bit as I wanted to do something with pale grey and dark blue and it was only when I spotted a really special gray polish that everything came together with this result:

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It's the last Friday of the month (even though it feels like February has just started ;) so that means it's time for the Friday Triad to show what we did to with the inspiration one of us picked. This month it was Michelle's turn and she chose a gorgeous manicure by Paulina from Paulina's Passions. I loved the manicure the moment I saw it and I could see a million ways to do this myself... and then I snapped my middle nail and turned my left hand into nubbies... After talking to Michelle and Juanita I decided to go ahead and put my right hand in the spot light, but I guess she's still a bit shy so the pose isn't quite what I wanted it to be. Unfortunately it's way past my bed time (again) so no more retries... May I present my version of Paulina's manicure:

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At just about the latest possible moment I've managed to carve out a few moments for a quick post to show the manicure I did for the seventh prompt of the 52 Week Nail Art Challenge: Valentine's Day. I actually wore this manicure during the lovely dinner my husband treated me to but again, as usual since I started this new assignment at work, I haven't had the time to write a post. But since pictures are patient, these were waiting on my camera for me to crop them and show them off :)


As you can see no pinks for me but there are hearts and roses (well, one rose) and my Valentine really liked them which was good enough for me!

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The week is almost at an end but I managed to find a tiny bit of time to show off the manicure I did for the sixth challenge: leaves.

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The good news is that this week I didn't have to work until way past my bedtime. Instead I had to start at 6:00 AM... so I'm still in debate which week was worse ;) But I did manage to find some time to do the next prompt for the 52 Week Nail Art Challenge: Holographic.

Anyone who has been to this blog before knows I love holographic polishes. I absolute love those sparkly, grabby-hands-inducing bottles with their rainbows when the light hits them, so I have plenty of them which makes picking a polish a challenge, to say the least ;) So I decided to go for two, one with large holographic glitters and the other with the velvet-y, glow-from-within, scattered holo finish that I absolutely adore. Combined with some white and black this is the result: