Simple Sunday 1/29/17

Hello Readers!


Today I am here with a super simple Sunday mani, which ended up quite differently than what I had planned out, and also is being sported on much shorter nails.

Originally I wanted to use the Bundle Monster Secret Garden plate that features beautiful koi fish, but unfortunately when I went to use it I found that mine is defective and only half of the plate would pick up on my stamper head at all. So I abandoned that idea and grabbed the other plate I already had  taken out of my organizer (because my nails were newly painted and I didn't want to smudge them) and I came up with this.

I just used two polishes here- my favorite white by Sinful Colors and a Revlon Color stay I found the other day at a discount store. I was excited to find this because I really like the formulas on the polishes I have tried in this line; I've found them to be very nice quality. 

My images come from this Bundle Monster plate, which is from the Create-Your-Own 2014 collection.

What do you do when things start to go wrong in the middle of a mani? Do you power through it and make it work or switch gears entirely? Let me know in the comments!

31 Day Challenge: Inspired by a Flag

Hello Readers!

We are winding down on the 31-day challenge with only a few prompts left. Let's have a look at the prompt list:

Today's prompt is to be inspired by a flag. My flag is the Kansas State flag, because although I no longer live in Kansas, I was born and raised there and it holds a very special place in my heart. For reference, here is what the flag looks like:

I decided to pull my inspiration from the main color scheme of deep blue and yellow, and the sunflower image at the top because sunflowers are such an iconic symbol of the state of Kansas. 

I used Sinful Colors "Liquid Iris" for my base polish, and made two stamping decals with a Bundle Monster plate form the CYO 2014 collection:

I decided to use the shimmery polish instead of a regular navy blue because I wanted it to represent stars. The Kansas state motto is "Ad astra per aspera", which means "to the stars through difficulties". I also remember looking up at the Kansas night sky as a child, and it was such a beautiful, unobstructed view of the stars.

I decided to add something extra to my thumb, too:

I used Sinful Colors "Yolo Yellow" to stamp on my thumb, and I have to say I am really impressed by its performance as a stamping polish. I was not expecting it to stamp that well over a dark color!

I used a couple of different plates for the thumb- one from Bundle Monster's Time Machine collection- the image said "I love music" but I only stamped the first part of it, along with letters from  one of MoYou London's Typography plates:

Thanks for stopping by today! Check out some more flag-inspired manis over here:

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