Flip / Flop February Challenge - Day 28 - Recreate Favourite Day

Cheated massively here and went for 'Favourite Polish' again. I couldn't choose between the two KBShimmers, so here is my other favourite - Jack! Never gets old.. one of my only indies that is close to running out! Love it so much :)

Thank you so much to Jill from Jilltastic Nail Design for creating this challenge too. Its been dead fun not only participating but seeing everyone else's manis too! :)

Flip / Flop February Challenge - Day 27 - Recreate Someone Elses

I did this from memory as at the time, I couldn't find where I had seen it.

I eventually found it - at Rambles of a Polish Addict. Her little owls that she did as her skittles mani were so cute!

I realise now where I went wrong - the eyes are not quite right on these, making them look not quite as owlish. The other half thought they were dogs *sigh* but live and let learn and all that! :) I definitely will try owls again at some point as I love them so much :)

Polishes used:

Models Own Pro - Aqua
Zoya - Purity
Nicole by Opi - Loyalty to Royal-ty

Flip / Flop February Challenge - Day 26 - A Theme You Missed / Favourite Polish

Couldn't pass up an opportunity to wear one of my fave polishes! Not worn it for ages but this has reminded me just how much I love it! :D

This is 2 coats of KBShimmer's Quantum Leaf and one of topcoat. Its also a rare picture of my wonky hand! :)

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Flip / Flop February Challenge - Day 25 - Youtube Tutorial / Tape

This one was dead easy for me to pick because I was really stuck for later days.

Day 27 is recreate someone elses mani. There are two that have really stood out in my mind, but I can only do one of them. So today, I picked this one because you can find Youtube tutorials to do similar and I don't think I could have done it without one!

The one I love is Cazzy's at Special Girl Nails which you can see here :) I love the classic colours and they look stunning on her nails, but they don't suit me as much, so I was over the moon to find this tutorial that uses colours that suit my skin tone more :)

Vintage Rose Tutorial

The roses and leaves are slightly different to Cazzy's but I think they still look good in the tutorial. I am pretty happy with my final nails for my first attempt. What do you think?

Colours used are:

Models Own Pro - Jade-anna for the accent nails base, with George Cupcake on its own and mixed with a little white for the roses and Barielle - Central Park on its own and mixed with white for the leaves.

I used George - Cupcake for my pinky, index and thumb too. I am super happy with this polish as Becca at Kittys Painted Claws gave me it as a freebie as it didnt suit her skin tone. Its my only pink that I really love! Also, as I've almost used it up, its not expensive to replace - I just hope Asda still have it in!

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Flip / Flop February Challenge - Day 24 - Tissue Paper / Rainbow

Hi everyone!

I had such grand ideas for this one! However, being on a budget I had to make the sensible decision to utilise what I have.

So no tissue paper today - rainbow :)

I didn't want to go TOO easy, as we do have Theme Missed / Favourite Polish for Day 26. But seen as I am doing both of those (see tomorrow's post and you will understand a bit more!) I thought I would do something else. So dots it is :) again! I did think about trying sugar spun again but I was a bit more pressed for time.

So here they are!

Accent is Zoya Purity dotted with:

Barielle - Reddy to Rumble
Ciaté - Big Yellow Taxi
Barry M - Papaya
Ciaté - Mojito
Sally Hansen - Thinking of Blue
Ciaté - Cabaret

All other nails are 3 coats of KBShimmer Oh Splat! (LOVE)

Hope you like them! What do you think of KBShimmer Oh Splat - am I on my own in loving it so much?

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Flip / Flop February Challenge - Day 23 - Lightning / Bows

I saw this mani on facebook, but it was linked through a fan page and I can't find who it was originally by. Either way, I loved the simplicity of it and have had it in my mind for ages to have a go.

Polishes used - Ciaté - Headliner, LA Colors - White, Frost French Floozie - Black.

 

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Flip / Flop February Challenge - Day 22 - Plaid / Moustache

I am really quite liking these! I have to admit, I have serious shaky hand, so my lines arent even straight, let alone thin or even, but nevermind!

I really like the colours together:

Zoya - Purity
Barry M - Blueberry Ice Cream
Sally Hansen - Thinking of Blue

What do you think? Would you do (a better) plaid design on your nails?

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Flip / Flop February Challenge - Day 21 - Flames / Dots

Today I went for the safe option of dots! I've used my dotting tools for awhile now and there are endless ways to use them on your nails! :)

Here is today's simple black and white dotticure :)

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Flip / Flop February Challenge - Day 20 - Flowers / V Gap

I felt pretty uninspired by today's challenge - I couldn't think of anything exciting or different!

I went for flowers, using my large dotting tool to add flowers as an accent. I really love my background colour (Sally Hansen - Green Tea) and my flower centres (Ciaté - Big Yellow Taxi) but I didn't pick the right shade of blue.

I love this blue (Sally Hansen - Thinking of Blue) but it just doesnt match with my other colour choices. Nevermind!

I also updated my Day 17 with my take on Delicate Print - which you can find here:

http://rachosnaillove.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/flip-flop-february-challenge-day-17.html

Today's nails in photos:

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Flip / Flop February Challenge - Day 18 - Galaxy / Rhinestones

Today I went for Rhinestones!

This is one of my favourite Sephora by OPI's - Read My Palm, which I got in the Tinsel Town set.

I actually had some studs from Born Pretty Store on my accent nails,  but as I lost some, instead of repainting I decided to 'refurbish' my mani as it was only a day old.

Here I have triangular clear rhinestones (£0.99 for the whole wheel from ebay) around 1 gold stud which like I said, are from Born Pretty Store.

 

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Flip / Flop February Challenge - Day 17 - Delicate Print / Newspaper

Updated!

When i think of delicate, i think of japanese cherry blossoms :) here is my take - these actually looked much better in person! Very soft and feminine!

Flip / Flop February Challenge - Day 16 - Animal Print / Stripes

Today I went for Animal Print. I see these all the time on the different facebook pages etc that I follow, but I've never felt the urge to try them myself.So i decided to only try it out as an accent nail - I'm actually really happy with the result and going to continue wearing it for work :) Colours used - Sephora by OPI - Read My Palm (my trusty colour!) LA Colors - White, Frost French Floozie - Black.

 

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Flip / Flop February Challenge - Day 15 - Stamping / Jelly Sandwich

This has been a right 'mare of a day :(

I can't figure out this stamping malarky, they won't go on straight so I've had to use little individual  stamps to try and create a hawaiian style effect.

I'm not a fan, but its done and out of the way! Blue finger didn't end up looking as good as I had hoped - need an opaquer polish to stamp with. Should've chosen jelly sandwich!

 

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Flip / Flop February Challenge - Day 14 - Valentines Day / French Tips

Gone for french tips - never ever done them so i've gone for simple - left my nails bare (bar a base and top coat) so i apologise if you think the staining is really bad but I actually really like the tips :)I've used my trusty cheapy black, then Models Own Pro in Aqua, Jade-anna and Lavender Blue for the dotticure and bow :)Actually liked this enough to paint both hands which is on the rare side for my challenge nails! :) (cause i'm so crap haha!)

 

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Flip / Flop February Challenge - Day 13 - Watercolor / Sponging

Today I chose watercolour nails! I saw some lovely flower watercolour nails on Youtube so I thought I would try my own.

Colours used - LA Colors - White nail art 'pen', No 7 Stay Perfect - Spice, Barry M - Peach Melba, Sephora by OPI - Read My Palm and Fearne - Lemon Drizzle.

 

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Flip / Flop February Challenge - Day 12 - Drips / Matte

I went for an easy Matte today.

Not done much with my matte top coat yet, but I like these for simpleness :)

hope you like them!

I used 2 coats of OPI - Pedal Faster Suzi, 1 coat of KBShimmer Berry Patch and a top coat of Butter London Matte Topcoat.

This is how they looked pre-top coat. I like both ways.

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