26 Great Nail Art Ideas - Black and Neon

This week's prompt was black and neon so I started with a black base and stamped using 3 neons on the same image in a fairly random way.
I used Dixie Plates Mega Mani Mix 01 and the image I chose has some finely etched areas. Possibly not the best image for the neon stamping polishes as they dried very quickly and the pickup was not perfect but the overall look was good if you don't look too close.
I stamped with Colour Alike Green Light, Fuchsia Flash and Electric Orange and I tried to avoid mixing the colours.
I do like a nice dark mani and I wore this one for 3 days!

Dixie Plates Mega Mani Mix 01

 

 

 

 

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26 Great Nail Art Ideas - Colour Explosions

This week's prompt was Colour Explosions and as I had just done a black, white and red fanbrush mani I thought that would make a good base to add yellow, green and blue.
I used the splashes of paint image on Lina Make Your Mark 03 with Colour Alike Cobalt Kick, Colour Alike Yellow Glow and Colour Alike Green Light.
I liked it but I did think it needed a bit more colour so I added a second layer with parts of the same image and Colour Alike Fuschsia Flash.
Finally I added a matte topcoat although I think the glossy finish was my favourite.

Fanbrush base

Lina Make Your Mark 03

Lina Make Your Mark 03 - double stamped

 

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Nail Crazies Unite - Neon

This week's prompt was neon. I wan't quite sure where to go with this one but when I saw the Friday fanbrush colours -lime green, beige and black- I decided they'd go well with neon pink.
I chose the palm tree image on Dixie Plates Summer 01 and stamped that in neon pink over the fanbrush mani. I don't think the coverage was quite as perfect as it should have been for full impact, the dark base did still show through the pink a bit, but overall I liked the look and the colour combo.
The neon would not photograph and by the time the weather and lighting had improved I'd worn the mani for 3 days and it was not quite tidy enough for more photos.
A lot of my recent manis have been a bit rushed, not enough time to redo the less than perfect ones but I am hoping I will have a bit more time and energy now and get back to doing better manis.

Dixie Plate Summer 01

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26 Great Nail Art Ideas - Lilac, Pink + Gold

My last few manis all seem to have gone wrong so I decided to play safe with a nice random pattern for this one. As there was no theme I figured I'd get away with it.
I started with a base of Avon Luxe Lavender (I don't seem to have any lilac polishes) and then I used Uber Chic Mini - Texture-licious with Avon Frosted Peach (virtually gold) to stamp a random camouflage type pattern.
Then I used a scribbly pattern from the same plate and stamped with Colour Alike Fuchsia Flash.
The gold was a bit subtle but overall I think it turned out OK.

Uber Chic Mini Texture-licious

 

 

 

 

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26 Great Nail Art Ideas - Halloween in the Wrong Colours

This week's prompt was Halloween in the wrong colours. I went for the least Halloweeny ones I could think of, neon blue and pink over a pale nude base.
It wasn't a huge success, the contrast wasn't great enough for some of the stamping so some intervention with a Sharpie was required.
I started with a base of Virago Exposed, a really pretty mauvy nude. This is such a lovely colour and a wonderful polish, virtually opaque in one coat. As I was adding to it and stamping I left it at one coat and no photo I am afraid as the light was appalling when I did these.
I then added Virago Unclad which is a lovely warm brown. I sponged this over Exposed, again no photo which is a shame as it looked so pretty.
Then I stamped blue cobwebs from Ejiubas Halloween with Colour Alike Cobalt Kick and then added pink witches, ghosts, pumpkins, spooky castle and spider with Colour Alike Fuchsia Flash.
This was where I had contrast problems, the eyes and windows were not that clear so I added them in with a Sharpie but I am not sure it made it any better.
If I had gone with idea no.1 I would have used neon pink over dark blue or vice versa but mani advisor (daughter Emily) said dark blue was too halloweeny - thanks Em - blaming the #nailfail on you :)
Anyway, three pictures - one just with stamping, one with Sharpie addition and one with a coat of Barry M Mani Mask Bashful Pink, just to see what it would look like.

Ejiubas Halloween

 

 

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