Digital Dozen Does Paper, Unicorn

This look was inspired by a full hand of Unicorns with 3D horns made of modeling clay by @polish4people on Instagram linked here. For my 'paper week' purposes, I had to figure out how to recreate the horn out of paper. I took one photo before I added the horn just in case I wrecked everything, so first up is a picture of my rainbow horse! I also convinced Cathy from More Nail Polish linked here to join in this insanity, so you have to check out her amazing look as well in the Inlinkz below.

1. I took a Post It not and cut a tiny triangle and rolled it into a small cone with a bit of tape.
2. I then covered the entire cone in base and top gel polish and cured it.
3. I then used a coloured gel polish to create the spiral so I could see what I was doing.
In the finished look I added a holo top coat, but I kind of wished I'd left it as it was. In case your wondering, I stuck the cone on the tip of a detail brush so I could hold it while working.

All in all, I loved it! It was a fun experimental project and really pushed me to figure out how to use paper physically this week.

Cheers all,

An InLinkz Link-up

Digital Dozen Does Rainforests, Toucan Nail Art

Today's look is the super cute freehand twinsie with Cheyenne from @cdbnails143 on Instagram and fellow Digital Dozen that I was mentioning yesterday. The look was an original creation from @lifeisbetterpolished that I've wanted to copy forever and Cheyenne found it online as well. Great minds think alike!

The base on this one is the sheer nude Mousseline from Sally Hansen. This took three coats and my design is all acrylic paint. I even got to dig out the seldom used 'giant' dotting tool for this one.

Side story, I was supposed to make my toucan belly yellow as Cheyenne did for a change, but forgot and copied the original. Oh well, did you notice?

Cheers all,

An InLinkz Link-up

Digital Dozen Does Rain Forests, Lizard Nails

Today's look is a super cute freehand twinsie/bestie with Cheyenne from @cdbnails143 on Instagram and fellow Digital Dozen member. The look was lightly inspired by a lizard look from Robin Moses a while back.We traded two looks for the week and this is the first! All the tropical plants and my lizard are acrylic pain on two coats of Crash from Indie Polish. Once dry, I matted this one as well to show off the details better.

Don't forget to follow the links below to see Cheyenne's amazing version in her post, as well as the day 2 looks from the other girls. I can't wait to show you the second look from Cheyenne and myself as it might be some of the cutest nail art ever!

Cheers all,

An InLinkz Link-up

Twinsies with Copycat Claws, Sand Castle Nails

These were a cute design Serene from Copycat Claws and I picked out for some Twinsie fun today. I'd been wanting to work on some really summery and intricate freehand stuff and Serene was up for the challenge too. Once finished I got lucky to see that my little crab friend helps me fill in Day 22 of OMD3 for the Star Sign prompt. The symbol for the Star Sign for Cancer is actually a Crab, so it works out perfectly! I have to tell you guys this was a really fun look to work on, and especially with someone else. Don't forget to follow this link over to see Serene's. For my base I used My Boyfriend Scaled Walls from OPI and the rest was created in acrylic with my tiniest detail brush and matted with Cult Nails Wax That.

The first picture I took to show you how I began to outline the image as these across the nails designs can be tricky to line up.

I hope you guys love our crabby lil guys as much as we did. Don't forget to visit Serene linked here if you haven't already!

Cheers all,

Twinsie Skulls with Cotton Coney, Feb 12

Today I have a treat, Twinsies with @cottonconey on Instagram linked here. I haven't done twinsies or a mani swap forever so it was awesome that I was able to link this up. I love @cottonconey, she is the queen of micro patterns...you NEED to see her page, it's unimaginable! This cute skull and crossbones look is kinda Valentine's anti-Valentine's all wrapped up in one.

This look is acrylic paint on white polish. I love this high contrast look, but the @cottonconey look is a warm and micro version of my own.

Loving this cute pattern, and hoping that I can set up some more twinsies soon. Anyone up for a swap?

Cheers all,

Neon fun so nice we did it twice!

So I took another dip in my genius file...you know the one where I keep all my inspirtion pics! Anywho, I found a great great look that is totally fun for summer by b_jessica_3 on IG linked here.

Her's is slightly different, I chose neon Pink China Glaze Pool Party, and moved some of the fingers around...because I was dotting so fast and accidently moved on to my ring finger. I used Nicole by OPI Daffy Dill for the leaves, China Glaze Liquid Leather for the black details and OPI Alpine Snow for my base white.

This picture below is actually the first I took. I took it prior to topcoat...just in case of smearing!

I kept it for you because the two look nice...but different. The neon Pool Party is pretty matte-licious without topper.

This last photo...tada is my girl Nikkinailenvy from Instagram linked here. We decided to Twinsie this post for our Instagram accounts...and come on, this look is so nice why not see it again and again and again!

I'm wearing these as I write this and can't wait to do them again in another colour pallet. I for sure don't do enough skitlettes!

Cheers all,