The New 31 Day Nail Challenge - Day 10 - Geometric

You might have seen today's nail art somewhere else before.

And it was more than likely here on Copy That, Copy Cat blog.

Copy That, Copy Cat was one of the first nail art blogs I came across when I first started getting into nail art. It is an absolutely amazing blog full of gorgeous swatches and designs, I could sit and read it all day, in fact I think I did the first time I came across it!

Anyway, when the 3D Cube design was first posted I instantly loved it and thought firstly 'How is that even possible?!' and then 'one day I will be confident enough to attempt to recreate that'.

Apparently today was that day!

They are a bit wobbly in places but I love them. I think I might cry when I have to take these off tomorrow!

The polishes I used to recreate this look are two coats of Barry M Matt White as the base, Barry M Black for the patterns outline and Barry M Pure Turquoise, Shocking Pink and Yellow for filling in.

Tomorrows challenge is Splatter, another technique I have never tried before!

Don't forget to take a look at what the others have come up with today!

♥ A ♥

The New 31 Day Nail Challenge - Day 4 - Pink

Day 4 of The New 31 Day Nail Challenge is Pink!

If you have been reading my blog for a while you will know that I love pink, it is my favourite colour so I have quite a few pink polishes so the biggest challenge was picking one!

I decided to go with one I haven't used yet.

This is where I start to look bad.

My untried pink is No 7 Stay Perfect in Sugar, from the Spring 2011 collection.

I've had it almost two years and it was still untried.

Whoops.

Anyway, I used three coats of Sugar on all but my ring finger, which I used Barry M Matt White.

Then I framed all the nails with Barry M's Boots Xmas Limited Edition 2012 Gold polish, which, as the name might suggest, is one of two limited edition polishes they released for Xmas 2012 in Boots, the other was a Pink which I still haven't been able to find anywhere :-(. Barry M also released two LE polishes in Superdrug at the same time.

To finish off I added the little roses on the ring finger using Sugar and Barry M Shocking Pink, then a mix of Barry M Spring Green and Lime Green for the leaves.

Day 5 of the challenge is Purple!

What to do?

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The New 31 Day Nail Challenge - Day 1 - Black and White

New year, new challenge!

I hope you all had a fun and safe New Years, mine was spent at home with MrGT, the MiniTips and my best friend, watching DVD's and eating sweets, I couldn't have asked for a better one!

I found out about this challenge a few days ago over on The Crumpet Blog but only decided this morning I was definitely going to do it. It looked like too much fun to turn down!

Day One is Black and White, so I sat down with my chosen nail polish and this is what I came up with.

I used Barry M Black and Matt White and free handed the stars and stripes as I was far too sleepy to deal with tape! I think I prefer it a little bit wobbly anyway so I'm not too worried about it.

I hope you like it and make sure you take a look at what the other lovelies participating in the challenge have come up with!

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Makeup Savvy 15 Day Nail Challenge - Day 14 - Dots

Today's challenge is dots.

I've had some appointments to go to today so I just wanted something that was quick, simple and bright!

I'm still in love with my China Glaze Neons.

Today I used two coats of Barry M Matt White and China Glaze Loves A Beach, Orange You Hot?, Sun-Kissed, I'm With The Lifeguard, Splish Splash and Beach Cruise-R.

Just looking at them makes me want to go jump in a ball pool!

Tomorrow is the last day of the challenge and the theme is anything!

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