Showing posts with label BM-S158. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BM-S158. Show all posts

Friday, September 9, 2016

31 Day Challenge: A Nyan Cat Rainbow

Hello Readers!

For today's 31-day challenge prompt, "rainbow nails", I was inspired by Nyan Cat. Even though Nyan Cat has been around for a while now, I have soft spot for him. It makes me smile that something so simple and silly has made a lot of people smile- and also annoyed the heck out of them, too. My kids are totally obsessed with Nyan Cat and always ask to watch it on youtube. It cracks me up that they still find it so funny even after seeing it a million times.

here's a picture for reference:
(picture from Melisa Rodriguez at deviantart)

So, I seriously considered doing a total freehand of Nyan Cat, but it would have had to be so tiny and I don't think I'm ready for that. So, instead, I decided to freehand the rainbow and Nyan Cat's poptart backdrop, but use reverse stamping for the cat face itself. Here's what I ended up with:


The poptart background didn't turn out quite like I wanted to, mostly due to me being impatient and forgetting that I had put glitter over the pink polish to act as sprinkles and stamping on my decal before it was dry. It smudged a bit, so to fix it I had to cover up more of the tan background part than  I wanted to. 

For my rainbows, I decided to paint them on my silicone mat and then transfer them to my nails, because it is easier that way. 

I used Bundle Monster's Emoji Animals plate for my cat face:


I'm excited to see what everyone else is doing for rainbow nails! Seeing what others come up with for the prompts has been one of my favorite parts of this challenge. 





Sunday, September 4, 2016

31 day challenge: Green grass and a Goat Friend

Hello Readers!

Today's prompt for the 31 day challenge is green! For this prompt I was inspired by the Revlon Parfumerie polishes, which are new to my collection and calling out to me to put them on my nails. I really wanted to use the beautiful green, "Lime Basil", and decided to go for a bright and fun mani and pair it with the yellow from the collection, "Sunlit Grass".

As I was anxiously waiting for these polishes to arrive, I googled all the reviews and apparently these two colors in particular have a controversial scent. Especially the green, "Lime Basil". Personally, I love the scent and it may even be my favorite in the line. It is unusual, but it is bright and happy to me and it just makes me smile.

For my stamping, I used a Bundle Monster stamping polish, "Jungle Mirage". It's a kind of neon green and it was very easy to work with. 

My plates are also from Bundle Monster, and this time from two different collections. The goat is from Fuzzy and Ferocious, from the Emoji Animals plate:

And the stamping on my green nails is from a plate from the Festival Collection:


Be sure to check out the entries for this prompt in the linkup!



Until next time, happy polishing,
-The Midnight Stamper