Pokémon NAC - Week 16 Steel

Good morning all!

I have been working over and over on my Ghost nails for Week 15 and I just am not happy with any of my attempts. I've gotten quite frustrated with myself and so I've taken a break and moved onto Steel week. I chose Scizor because he's just the man! Only seen one episode with him in, but after searching tumblr there are quite a few mentions of him that I obviously havent seen just yet!

Low and behold, first attempt and I'm really happy with them! I used Cadillacquer's We'll Meet Again as my base as it sparkles with tiny flecks of red which are the exact colour of Scizor. What do you think of my freehand? I'm really quite proud of these!

Don't forget to check out everyone else's Steel nails!

Rachael xxx

Guest Post - Batmomo from Pokénailart

ATTEMPT 2! I am so sorry, especially to all my guest posters as I b*ggared up royally when I thought I could 'quickly' upload my guest posts before my holiday. Lesson learned, it doesnt work! Again, really really sorry.. so here is the first guest post from last week, this time with all the beautiful pictures!

Rachael xxx

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Hey everyone! 

I am so excited to say that one of my favourite bloggers is here with us today with a guest post!

Continue reading to see the amazing nail art of Batmomo from Pokénailart <3

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Hello everyone! I am very pleased and honoured that Rachael was willing to put one of my manicure on her blog, and I hope you will appreciate it ^^. So, pokémon nail art is my big speciality and with halloween coming soon, I really wanted to draw gengar! This pokémon is super funny and scary at the same time, so I really love it! For the background colour, I used a franken that I just created and that I called "gengar's puke". It is a teal/purple duochrome that I applied on a black base. Since the colours matched the ozotic 528, I decided to apply a layer of my ozotic, to give a more "sparkly" look. I drew gengars on my thumb and ring finger, and scary faces on the other nails. 

 

Wait, you can't see the scary faces? I'll switch the light off...

Boo! 

I hope you were not too scared :p

I really hope you liked this manicure, and most importantly: Happy Halloween everyone!!

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Thank you again my lovely for your beautiful guest post for while I am away! I am over the moon, especially with a 2 in 1 Halloween and my favourite pokémon ever all in one manicure! Look at his grin glowing in the dark!! Yay! <3

Rachael xxx

Pokémon NAC - Week 10 Psychic

Good morning!

Another installment of my favourite ever challenge - Pokémon! This week is Psychic!

And here are my nails - inspired by the original opening scene of all Pokémon episodes :)

What do you think? I did them from memory, hence after watching the opening realising that Mew doesn't show up in space in the same colours as I painted him.. or look half as goofy, but overall I'm still pretty pleased with them!

Let me know what you think :)

Rachael xxx

Pokemon NAC Week 9 - Ground Pokémon

Hey all!

I am never on time for these things, but I've been trying to catch up. 

Sometimes I try and overcomplicate things and its really disappointing when things don't work out. So today's mani is super simple.. I just hope you can guess who it's based on - I took inspiration from some cool wallpapers that Becca used to use as her monitor backgrounds.

I did however forget that the Sally Hansen (The Sky's The Limit) that I used is a terrible stainer!

What do you think?? Can you guess who it is? 

Rachael xxx

Pokémon NAC Week 8 - Electric

Hello again!

Another pokémon mani today - this time my favourite electric pokémon and first choice every time for the game. Ampharos!



 I always pick up a low level Mareep as soon as I can find one, then I raise it to evolve to Flaaffy and finally to Ampharos. I am mega excited about the new version of Ampharos coming in X and Y - only 2 and a bit weeks to go and ITS ALL MINE!!!

I see a sick day coming... only joking! 

So anyway, here are today's nails:

Base - Sinful Colors Black to Black with 1 coat of Green Ocean

Freehanded Ampharos on my ring finger and lightning on my middle.

What do you think? I had one of those days where I took 100 photos and they all looked the same when I came to edit them.. so I managed to cut down to 1. LOL - sorry!

Rachael xxx

Pokemon NAC Week 5 Flying - Natu

Hey all! 

Got another edition of the Pokemon nail art challenge today! 

I had a fab idea to try watercolour nails as the background for this mani - I tried following the tutorial over at Paulinas Passions, but I think I must need pure acetone as nail polish remover was just not doing the job - my polish would not go watery and even, just globby. 

So you'll see my background is less than satisfactory, but I decided to not be wasteful and use it anyway!

Today's pokemon I chose was Natu - I always choose Natu in the games as my flying and psychic type, especially for the league as I try and have an even balance of pokemon types, strengths and weaknesses. 

So here are my little lovebird Natus. Unfortunately one of them is a bit derpy!

Again, if you're a lover of pokemon, cartoons or just fancy a bit of a challenge, feel free to join our facebook group! Everyone welcome! Its a free challenge, no time limits, so you can start when you like and post when you like - very relaxed!

No facebook? No problem - you can always share with me on my Twitter account, or feel free to email me or share links to your photos in the comments! 

Rachael xxx

Pokémon NAC - Week 4 Water - Chinchou

Good morning! 

Another Pokémon update today - I'm still behind but today I am upto week 4, Water pokémon!

There are a few new additions to the water list, but this one is by far the cutest! It has a really cute storyline in the anime where once a year they leave the water to go on a big migration, so I thought I would base my nails on that.

The base I have used is Mentality - Scalawag, its a beautiful blue holo. I then decided to cover that with Sinful Colors Hottie for an extra twinkle, and I've then used my trusty Sally Hansen Skys the Limit, Sinful Colors black and white and Revlon Sunshine Sparkle to freehand Chinchou onto my nails.

What do you think? I'm honestly really pleased with these. They're probably the best nails I've ever done. Ever. But then again, I love Chinchou a lot, its so cute!

Don't forget to check out everyone else's water nails! 

Rachael xxx

Pokémon NAC - Week 3 Fighting - Hitmontop

Hey all!

Another pokémon installment today. This time its Hitmontop. Fighting pokémon are thin on the ground for the first few generations, so I just went for a cuter option.

I desperately need a new small detailer brush. Not happy with my outlining at all, but can you see the general resemblance?

Don't forget, if you fancy joining in, you can join any time - either post links to your pictures on here, or you can join at the facebook group! Everyone welcome! We also have a hashtag for Instagram if you want to post on there - #pokenailsgen2 .

Don't forget to check out everyone else's fighting manis - theyre really fab!

Rachael xxx

Pokémon NAC - Week 2 Fire - Cyndaquil

Hey all!

What a surprise, I'm super late with this one.

Cyndaquil is the HARDEST ever pokémon to freehand. And I chose to do him on two seperate nails? Whats wrong with me?!

Anyway, here is my mani. Not my best work but its all a learning curve :)

Still loving my Sinful Colors UFO glitter which is on my middle and pinky over the Zoya base colour.

What do you think? Is it as bad as I think it is?

Rachael xxx

Pokémon Nail Art Challenge Round 2 - Day 1 Normal Nails

Can't believe this has come around already, and yes, I'm late!

Today is Day 1 - Normal Nails. I had a look through the list and immediately spotted the pokémon I wanted to do.

The first time I played a Gen 2 game, I started late at night. So the pokémon I came across were totally different to what most people picked up. I picked this little beauty up at Level 2, and played with him all through the game until completion - love him!

Hoot Hoot! <3

 

So here are my nails! Quite proud of these, though I think a diff background colour for the accent would have worked better. I also took these outside and the reflection on them is terrible! I am sorry!!

Don't forget to check out everyone else's normal type manis!

Calling all Pokémon fans! Gen 2 challenge starting soon!

A quick sneak peek at something happening very soon - Pokemon Challenge Generation II!

Becca at Kittys Painted Claws is getting all of the links prepared so there'll be more info shortly, but the challenge will be starting weekly from July 19th for the main rounds.

If you want to join in, drop by the Pokemon Nail Challenge facebook group to hang out with the other Pokemon Nail Challengers until the rounds start! If you didn't do Gen 1, you can still join in and you can pick from any pokemon from 1 to 251!

Or if you just want to do the odd one, you are welcome to share your nails here or at Kittys Painted Claws I'm sure! I will be posting mine as always on Instagram aswell, so I think there should be a hashtag if you want to join in there! :) 

Hope to see some of you join in! Embrace your inner (or outer) geek / child! :) xxx

Pokémon Nail Art Challenge - Week 15 Dragon - Dratini

Hi all! 

Well here I am, 'upcycling' another mani. This really is such a beautiful base, I thought it would be suited for Dratini! 💙 

Technically I have not done my Ghost nails yet.. But I cant produce a half assed mani for my favourite ever pokémon!

So here are my simple Dratini nails - sometimes less is just more I think :)

What do you think? Xxx

Pokémon Nail Art Challenge - Week 13 Rock - Golem

Hello!

Finally got my nails done for Rock week!

I chose Golem - and I thought, Golems so 'grr manly' that he can rock some hot pink nails haha!

The polishes I used are:

L'Oréal - Opulent Pink (base)

Sally Hansen - Choco Latte mixed with Nail Junkie - Coffee for head and arms

Sally Hansen - Grass Slipper mixed with Nail Junkie - Coffee for shell

Sinful Colors Black to Black and Snow Me White for details.

What do you think?

Check out all the other rock pokémon nails so far!

Pokémon Nail Art Challenge - Week 12 Ice - Dewgong

Hi all!

Cheating slightly here and 'upcycling' my last mani. I'm quite pleased with the end result, even though Dewgong looks a bit squonky!

You can really see the shine in this one! Love this little glitter polish!

Polishes used:

Color Club - 3 minis from an unnamed blue set, but I believe the blue dots are Hydrangea Kiss. Unsure on the blue base and the sparkly top coat.

Sinful Colors - Snow Me White

Sinful Colors - Black to Black

Simplez :)

Hope you like it! Don't forget to check out everyone else's manis for Ice week! xxx

Pokémon Nail Art Challenge - Week 11 Psychic - Alakazam

Best. Pokémon. Ever. For your game team anyway :D knock pretty much anything out in a flash!

I generally only end up with Kadabra as i have to trade and I don't know a lot of people i can trade with.. But either way, it would always be one of my first choices :)

"Shade" (indirect artificial light)

Direct artificial light - love how shiny the base colour is <3

 

Polishes used:

Nails Inc - Wardour Mews for base

Mix of Sinful Colours - Lets Meet and Essie - Very Structured (Alakazam face and hands)

Mix of Essie - Very Structured and Rimmel - Torrid (Alakazam body)

Sally Hansen - Presto Pewter for spoons

Zoya - Raven and Purity for outlines, eyes etc

Don't forget to check out everyone else's Psychic pokémon this week! :)