30 DOC/Clairestelle8: Earth Day

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Today I am double-dipping it on my post because two of the challenges I am participating in happen to have the same prompt, which is "Earth Day". I kind of wanted to do a mani about recycling for this prompt, but I didn't have images of traditional recyclable materials, so I decided to go with more unusual items that you may not have known can be recycled.

For example, eyeglasses, computers, and tennis shoes. I actually looked up an article and did research for this mani, ha ha, and I found this awesome list of unusual items that you probably didn't know could be recycled. I like how it also gives contact information for organizations that will help you recycle these items.



For this mani, I started off with a base of "Mint Sorbet", since obviously I was going for a "green" theme and this polish is fairly easy to work with. I put on two coats of that. My "unused" polish for the 30-Days of Color challenge is the Kandee Johnson "Licorice" polish, which I decided to use for stamping on my nails because  I wanted the message on my ring finger to be the darkest, most prominent stamping on the design.

31 Day Challenge: Hipster Stripes

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Today's prompt for the 31-day challenge is: stripes! I considered a couple of ideas for stripes before settling on an image from Bundle Monster's "Time Machine" collection. I was inspired by the stripes surrounding the smaller image, although not too many of the stripes ended up on my little nails!

Tee-hee. This manicure makes me smile. It's silly and I am loving the way that moustache image turned out. I used Pure Ice Gel-tech "He Rocks My World", which is a very lovely pale gray. For my stamping polishes, I used Bundle Monster stamping polishes "Rose Garden" (pictured) and "Tranceland" (aqua blue).

The ring finger image was too big for my nails, so I decided to try the shrinking technique for the first time. I managed to get it a little bit smaller, but I'm thinking it may have been better if I used a squishier stamper instead of my clear jelly stamper. It took me a few tries to get the image to transfer completely, but I'm proud of myself for trying something new. 

Here's a look at the stamping plate I used:

And for the stripes on my other fingers, I used this born pretty plate:

Be sure to check out the other striped manis here:

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