40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Orange and brush strokes

The most recent prompt for 40 Great Nail Art Ideas was orange and my pattern prompt was brush stokes.
I decided to do mine over my fanbrush mani since the main colour on that was the gorgeous China Glaze Riveting.
I think I need to practice brush strokes - they look more like blobs than brush strokes but I did try! Next time I think I'll do a few practice runs on my Ubermat first.
I used Virtuous Polish Diligence and Colour Alike Juicy Tangerine as I don't have a lot of orange polishes. It's possible using stamping polished didn't help my attempts!
Anyway, despite my reservations, they got a reasonable number of likes on Instagram so hopefully not a complete failure. I was more disappointed that the camera failed to pick up just how neon Virtuous Polish Diligence was.

Orange with brush strokes

 

 

 

When Colours Collide - Orange, Purple and Pink

This time round we decided to collide three colours rather than two- orange, purple and pink.
I started with a base of Nails Inc Power Pink. The I added chunky zigzags from Pet'la The Perfect One with Virtuous Polish Diligence, a very neon orange.
Then I added slimmer zigzags with the same plate and  Hit the Bottle Purple Reign.
I thought it looked OK but the pink base maybe should have been a pinker pink.
Anyway, just to be sure I used Hit the Bottle Magenta at Your Own Risk and Pet'la Plate Spinning to add one final layer. This was quite subtle over the rather bold mani but I think it added just enough pink for me to be happy!
One final thing to say is I am glad I went orange then purple rather than the other way round - that orange is very bright!!

Pet'la Plate The Perfect One, Hit the Bottle Purple Reign
and Virtuous Polish Diligence

 

 

Pet'la Plate Spinning and
Hit the Bottle Magenta at your own Risk

 

October Challenges - Denim and Leaves

I've combined two challenges for #30daysofcolourchallenge.
The first one was Denim and as I had just received the most gorgeous denimmy holo polish in the September Paint the Rainbow Box, I though it would be perfect. Grace-full Second Star is a beautiful mid blue holo, and a real denim blue shade. Although I have lots of blues I don't have many blue holos which is probably why the September box tempted me so much!
I have not used a Grace-full polish before but first impressions are good - it was easy to apply, dried well, and good coverage in two coats. This blue is perfect, very wearable and I love it!
Although rain had been forecast all day, there was a window of sunshine which for once coincided with me finishing my nails, so I actually got a reasonable photo.
Apologies to long nail fans! they were making me nervous so they've had a trim, but they grow so quickly, I am sure they will be long again soon.
The second challenge was Leaves. As I had just done an Autumn leaves mani with fairly solid stamping I looked for more of an outline this time.
I started with a skeleton leaf image from Apipila Super Plate B and Virtuous Polish Glory, a vibrant golden yellow and then added another layer of leaves from Lealac LLC-A with Virtuous Polish Diligence, a very bright neon orange.
The golden yellow against the blue does look more of a brown shade, but it's a perfect leafy brown so I am happy with that and because the stamping is much more open, the blue holo is still very apparent. I think these are a lot more subtle than the last Autumnal mani and I decided to leave well alone and stop at two layers of stamping.

Grace-full Second Star

 

 

Apipila Super Plate B and Virtuous Polish Glory

Lealac LLC-A and Virtuous Polish Diligence

 

An InLinkz Link-up

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