OMD2, 7. Holographic

This is the holographic entry for OMD2. How's everyone enjoying my entries so far? I actually passed this one, because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do. I caught back up today with this little holo and cream nail art. I went for monochromatic grey roses as a frame over this stunner from KBShimmer. This is two coats of Whole Lava Lovin as my base. The two greys I used were Sally Hansen Greige Gardens and OPI City Shopper. After the art was done I added the studs to complete the look. The combo is roughly inspired by a look from @donebydes on Instagram.

As always with a holo, kitchen potlights prevail for flashy flashy flare pics! Hope everyone is well.

Cheers all,

OMD2, 6. Duochrome

For these I started with a base of Sinful Colors Gorgeous, after that I layered on a ton of duochromes and shimmer polishes to create this sunset look. I've done a sunset prior to this, but wanted to attempt this one in an all shimmery look. I'm not going to list all the polishes, but mostly it's the Above The Curve Doctor Who Collection number two. The island and trees were created with black acrylic paint.

This image below I took outside as the day was cloudy and this mani was a sparkling tricky mess to get pics of.

This last picture is just the fingers with the island art in close up. I'm pretty happy with how these turned out.

Cheers all,

OMD2, 8. Shimmer

These started with two coats of the amazing and lovely Picture Polish Electric Dream, an almost hot pink with a golden shimmer. This ones a beauty, and it was actually a shame to put anything on top...but it is challenge time so here we go. For the chevron design I used a new product from Green Goddess Creations linked here. These are called Nail Masques. They are similar to vinyls, but a bit easier, as they are all one piece. You really need to check them out. As my second shimmer shade I used China Glaze Rendezvous With You, a pretty purple black shimmer. I really need to use this one more.

I used the Nail Masks to create the full chevron, and the bits left on the backing sheet for my tip nails. Reuse Recycle!

Cheers all,

OMD2, 5. Dark

Prompt for day 5 is dark, and I was stumped. I'm not a very dark person, so I wanted to come up with a way to make 'dark' summery! This is China Glaze Liquid Leather and China Glaze Pool Party. I used a dotter for the dotted accent finger, and one of my imported no-name plates for the stamping. Both polishes are two coats, and everything is sealed with Seche.

Pool Party is completely impossible to photograph accurately, but I still love wearing it!

Cheers all,

OMD2, 2. Coral

WABAM! Cause that was the first word that came to mind when I finished this. Funny thing, I didn't like it as I was doing it. That stunning gold is recent release Smaug's Gold from Ruby White Tips, and the coral is Sinful Colors Hazard, and the black and white are acrylic paint. This design was inspired by a couple looks I saw the other day on Instagram. Kind of a mix and match of looks.

This last photo was taken just because it's one of those designs you try NOT to look at while driving!

Don't you just love cream and metallic together!!

Cheers all,

OMD2, 4. Bright

So here is my post for the prompt bright. I'm calling these 'Fire Lotus' nail art...yup, I'll pretend these were planned for! After two coats of my base colour Picture Polish Tango, I kinda decided this colour was not bright enough for the prompt bright. I headed for my stash and came back with China Glaze Orange Knockout and NYC Lexington Yellow and the 'fire lotus' was born! This was all accomplished with my smallest detail brush and finished off with a little acrylic paint in black to pop the details. Once I chose my colours, I was kind of inspired by a previous look I did a long while back. I'll include that look for you below.

I'm really happy with the final look, although...with more time I would redo my pinkie. Just not as smooth looking as the rest. The picture below was taken out by a pool. I was hoping to get the neon orange to play fair...it helped a bit!

This last is the look I was inspired to recreate, and the post is linked here.

Cheers all,

OMD2, 3. Lavender

This is my post for day three's Lavender prompt for the OMD2 July Challenge. I'm so stuck on animal print right now, that I had to force myself to doing a floral. It wasn't hard to find a great design in my inspiration folder. This design is loosely based on one by a new to me artist. Sabzmasih on Instagram.

Polish used was:

Rimmel I Lilac You

Barielle Swizzle Stix

NYC Color Lexington Yellow 

NYX Fierce Purple 

Black and White Acrylic Paint 

This last pic below was my first crack at a lavender design, but it was giving me troubles, so I started again.

I would love to take a second crack at my final look when my nails are longer so I can make them larger and more detailed. But, I'm in love with them all the same. 

Cheers all,