Hey all, sorry I've not been keeping up with my challenges lately. I have been pretty busy with reviews and I have been a bit put off with the challenges since I broke my nail. Nail art is virtually impossible to do on my right hand since I am right handed. My left hand is pretty useless unless it's holding a bottle of polish. LOL
I did completely bypass Day 19 (Galaxies) in the challenge. I will do one before the challenge is over, cross my heart! Today I have Days 20 and 21, Water Marble and Inspired by a Color.
I want to remind you that at the very beginning of this challenge I said that I would show you even the most ugly, failed attempts. And these frankly belong in that category.
Water Marble:
I wan to start off by telling you this is NOT the original water marble I had done for this day. I had the most Epic water marble ever done by me! It was delicate and squishy pink and was almost perfectly uniformed on each finger! I had it all done but I had to leave the house before I got my pix taken. Needless to say by the time I got home I had screwed it up so bad I just took it off. I redid it in the original colors and it sucked! So I tried these colors instead. It still sucked but at this point I said f**k it and gave up! Here is nail fail #1
As you can see It was less than perfect, then when I added my top coat I jacked it up even more.Oh well.
Colors used were Orly Shockwave and Sally Hansen I Pink I Can
Next I have Inspired by a color. I wasn't particularly moved by any color so I asked my hubby to pick.When he picked this I knew I wanted to use the beads I got from the $1 store since they were close in color. Here are the pix from nail fail #2
This was my first attempt at "beaded" nails (I don't want to get in trouble with Ciate using the C word) and it didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped. I dipped my nail in the beads maybe next time I will sprinkle them on...any suggestions?
Anyway, this is my nail fail for day 21. This color is Sally Hansen Parrot.
Well I will be back soon with my hopefully not a fail inspired by a song challenge day 22!
As always check out what the other lovelies have been up to with their challenges!
-Kimber at Kimber's Lacquer
Korner
-Kat at Hooked On Polish
-Diana at Nails By Diana
-Aly at Wonderland Beauty
-Meredith at Perfectly Polished
-Nicole at The Color Republic
-Kate at The Painted Pony Nails
-Cee at Absolutely Cee
-Sam at Polished Art
-Nail Narcotics
-Nicole at Nicole Gets Nailed
-Shelby at Shelby's Swatches
-Stephanie Louise at All Things Beautiful
-Mixed Mama
-Joanna @ Sweet Polish of Mine
-Patty Greenberg
-Liz and Lisa @ Lozlosa
-Mari at Nailista
-Miss L at Beauty by Miss L
-Chameleon Stampede
-Pam at Nail-E-Glance
-Me, Myself, and Polish
- Robin Sparkles
-Kat at Hooked On Polish
-Diana at Nails By Diana
-Aly at Wonderland Beauty
-Meredith at Perfectly Polished
-Nicole at The Color Republic
-Kate at The Painted Pony Nails
-Cee at Absolutely Cee
-Sam at Polished Art
-Nail Narcotics
-Nicole at Nicole Gets Nailed
-Shelby at Shelby's Swatches
-Stephanie Louise at All Things Beautiful
-Mixed Mama
-Joanna @ Sweet Polish of Mine
-Patty Greenberg
-Liz and Lisa @ Lozlosa
-Mari at Nailista
-Miss L at Beauty by Miss L
-Chameleon Stampede
-Pam at Nail-E-Glance
-Me, Myself, and Polish
- Robin Sparkles
Fail!? Your marble is better than anything I could do!
ReplyDeleteLove your marble it turned out great! However on your bead mani mine turned out the same way last week it was horrific and I sprinkled mine on so any tips on how to make it look so smooth and nice would be greatly apprciated!
ReplyDeleteI have yet to achieve a successful water marble! Yours is way better than any of my failed attempts. I kinda like your beaded look, though and I don't normally like caviar manicures. I recently promised my sister I would give her a caviar mani the next time she comes to visit. I am excited to experiment with it without having to wear it myself :) I hope she lets me put it on my blog!
ReplyDeleteFails? no way! these two are great! :) dont be so hard on yourself!
ReplyDeleteFails? no no NO... both look lovely hun!
ReplyDeleteThanks ladies, I still think they both look like butt though! LOL Yes I know, I'm being overly critical. But I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so the slightest bit of imperfection turns me into a spaz, I hate to show off something that I'm not happy with. LOL And I really have no idea how to make that damn beaded mani look good, I just need to fiddle with it a few times. But if I figure it out I will definitely post it!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Lacey! Your fail is about on par with my uber successful attempts. LOL. Everything is relative, right?
ReplyDeleteLisa
Yeah not a fail. Girl, for doing these on your opposite hand these are amazing. You're being too hard on yourself!
ReplyDeleteThe marble nails look good!
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I love the color combo you used for your water marble! I always end up redoing at least two nails when I try a water marble so I think yours looks great!
ReplyDeleteFor the bead mani when I do one I dip my nail into the beads, then I brush off the nail with an old fluffy eyeshadow brush to get rid of any extra. Next, I push the beads gently down onto my nail so the lacquer grabs onto them. To secure them further, I have found Gelous works best. Other top coats I have tried just melts the beads together. I really hope my tips help you!
Jus found ur blog today, neither one is much of a fail at all !!! The second one is def gorgeous :)
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