November Challenges - Dots

Today's prompt for #clairestelle8nov was Dots.
I decided to use yesterday's Roses mani as my base and then see how many layers I could add!
I started with Hit the Bottle Snowed Under and the very large dots on Apipila Super Plate A.
Then I used Esmaltes da Kelly Wendy and the same image again.
Then I used Kleancolor Madly Black and the smaller dot image on the same plate. Finally I added a coat of OPI Matte top coat.

Hit the Bottle Snowed Under and Apipila Super Plate A

Esmaltes da Kelly Wendy and Apipila Super Plate A

Kleancolour Madly Black and Apipila Super Plate A

Kleancolour Madly Black and Apipila Super Plate A
 - matte

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Geeks

Today's prompt for 40 Great Nail Art Ideas was Geeks. There was some discussion as to what type of geek - computer geek, general book worm type geek, mathsy sciencey type geek and others - the postings I have seen so far are varied and wonderful.
I have gone for the science route, not least because I have this really great science plate, VL 017, from Vivid Lacquer, it has the whole periodic table on it - how cool is that!!
I thought some of the images from this plate would work quite well over my Galaxy mani and I stamped using Virtuous Polish Rahab.
In order to get better photos I did add matte top coat and this really has given this the look of chalk on a black board which I am quite pleased about but the galaxy mani is now virtually invisible!

Vivid Lacquer VL 017 and Virtuous Polish Rahab

 

Vivid Lacquer VL017

the glossy version

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March Challenge #clairestelle8march - Fashion

As you know I have been following Clairestelle8's march challenge and today's prompt is fashion.
As a person who still wears what I wore at university 25 years ago, and lots of hand knits I am not really up on fashion so I resorted to Google - I googled Spring Fashion 2015 and then trawled through the images until I saw something I liked!
I found these lovely floaty ethnic style dresses designed by a luxury Italian brand Etro, and I thought the patterns would translate nicely onto the nail.
I started with base of the marie claire freebie, Nails Inc Fashion (appropriate name for this prompt). This looks mostly grey with a hint of lilac in the bottle but is more lilac than grey on the nail.
Then I stamped this lovely image from Cici&sisi 09. I'd describe this pattern as geometric, tribal or ethnic, and I think that it would vary so much depending on what colours you used.
I used 3 colours although I didn't catch much of the brown - I must remember my nails are not as wide as the images! I chose Mentality Hope (brown), Saffron London- black (which stamps as a grey) and Nails Inc Madison Avenue (a lovely dark bottle green)
Unfortunately I was too heavy handed with the top coat and smudged quite a few nails. After struggling to get any decent photos, I added a coat of OPI matte top coat and I think they look so much better, the smudged stamping isn't quite so visible either.
The base does look more grey again now but I think the stamping really complements the base and, smudging aside, I am pretty pleased with these.

Etro, my inspiration

Fashion - Cici&sisi 09 and matte top coat

Nails Inc Fashion