Halloween Nail Art Challenge: Spider Web (Week 43: Spider Web)

Hiya beautiful. I'm back with another installment of the Halloween Nail Art Challenge. Today's prompt is Spider Web!

I had originally wanted to freehand a cool design in a holo polish on a dark base, but that was a major fail. So I opted to try my hand at stamping. I had a seriously bad day when I did this, but more on that tomorrow! You'll see how crazy I am! =)

Halloween Nail Art Challenge: Spider Webs

Week 23: Ombre

Ombre

Ombre nails have been such a big deal recently and I'm so sad I'm late to the party! These were quite fun and easy to do and visually interesting. It's fun to try and pick colors to use to create the ombre effect or to mix them yourself!

Here we have Week 23 of the 52 Week Challenge:

Week 23: Ombre

Week 29: "Rockstar" Mani

Rockstar mani

Here we are with Week 29 of the 52 Week Challenge. This week's theme is "Rockstar" mani, which honestly, I had to google to find out what that meant. From what I gathered, it's an all glitter manicure.

What better polish to use for a Rockstar mani than Rockstar Pink!

Week 28: Gradient Mani

Here we are with Week 28 of the 52 Week Challenge. This week called for a Gradient. They are all the rage now with the tutorial by Sammy, which I used for this manicure.

Week 28: Gradient Nails

Week 27: "4th of July" & Week 24: Flag Mani

BAH! I had this entire post written and then I did something and deleted it and the stupid Auto-save saved it before I could undo it. Don't you hate when that happens? Or am I the only nitwit that has done that?

Anyway.

This week's challenge of the 52 Week Challenge is "4th of July" so I decided to post on the holiday itself. I know, big decision, but I'm confident I made the right one. 

I went with something super simple (and glittery) for today since I'm going out and about and it had to be something very wearable. Deborah Lippmann Footloose and Julep America (post coming soon about my Julep Maven July box!).

Week 27 of 52: 4th of July mani

Week 22: Splatter Mani

Catch up post! Today I have the Splatter Mani for Week 22 of the 52 Week Challenge. I was a little hesitant about this one since it's the first I've done, but I finally scrounged up enough straws from random vendors I felt I could get it done.

Week 22: Splatter Mani

Week 26: Neon

Ahhh finally, my first weekend this month that I haven't been working or out of town. Yay for being lazy in my OWN HOME. hehe So here we are with Week 26 of the 52 Week Challenge. We're halfway there! Yeehaw!

This week's challenge was neon. I grabbed a few China Glaze neons a few months ago at a local beauty supply store, but I haven't worn them yet. Simply Beauty did an awesome neon week awhile back, and it made me want to break these out and play with them. 

Here's what they look like in the sun. This was the most accurate color picture I could get.

Week 26: Neon (sunshine)

Week 25: Pride/Rainbow

A day late, but I still made it! I'm baaaaack with Week 25 of the 52 Week Challenge: Pride/Rainbow. I had a few ideas rolling around in my head from previous mani's I've seen, but I decided to google it and see what kinds of things I saw for inspiration. I know this mani has been done before but I can't find the image of it - if you know it, let me know, so I can credit the owner!

Week 19: Floral Mani

Again, not what is supposed to be done today, but I'm out of town again! I'm a busy bee!! In the spirit of trying to catch up, here's another weekly challenge that I did recently.

I found this design on a site I love, and ya'll may know it already - Simply Rins.

Week 16: Dotticure Mani

Catch up time!

I know Dotticure isn't for this week, but I left for the beach yesterday morning and don't have stuff with me to do today's challenge. Sowwie! I'm so behind with this challenge it's not funny. But my schedule clears up a LOT this month, so hopefully I will be better about doing things on time and slowly catching up!!

And I will be ready to do the Summer Challenge in July! It's every other day during my month off so it should be a lot of fun! I'm already planning out what I'm going to do for each day! =)

These are some designs are ones that I did for ideas for Week 16 Dotticure Mani in the 52 Week Challenge. I never quite got far enough to actually do them on my nails. So in the spirit of catching up, here we are!

Week 10: Polka Dot Manicure

Hey ya'll, I'm here to do my catch up mani for Week 10 of the 52 Week Challenge. I was super busy around that time, and I just couldn't fit it in, and then I've just been trying to keep up!

So here we have it! I know it's a little anti-climactic, but it's something! I based it off a shirt pattern I saw on someone while at work. I wanted to take a picture to show you the pattern, but I thought that would be weird.

Week 17: Earth Appreciation

Hey ya'll! I'm back with Week 17 of the 52 Week Challenge. I'm a little late with this one, but here it is! I tried to go global with this one, and I'm not sure what I think, but here it is ...

Week 15: Easter Mani + Winners

Hey ya'll, I'm back with Week 15 of the 52 Week Challenge. This time around it's an Easter Mani. I tried thinking of what screamed Easter more to me ... and I thought of bunnies and Easter eggs. And Cadbury eggs. Yum!

Week 14: Striped

Sup ya'll! I'm back with Week 14 of the 52 Week Challenge. This week called for a striped manicure. I keep wanting to do something cool and interesting and maybe a twist on a theme, but then I just do something simple. I've been very disappointed in my entries for the challenge lately. I don't know if I'm not that creative or if I am uninspired.

Or maybe I just suck. o.O

I did a Google search for some inspiration and came up with a cool image, so I used it for the basis of my nails!

Week 14: Striped Mani

Week 13: Ruffian Mani

I'm back with Week 13 of the 52 Week Challenge! This week is a Ruffian, which isn't too complicated, but I put a lot of work into picking color combinations. If you follow me on twitter, I posted a pic of a nail wheel with some combinations ... I went through about 12 color combinations and this was the winner!

Ruffian Manicure

Week 12: Skittle Mani

Squeeeeee! Welcome all you newcomers! So excited to have ya'll!

OK, I had to get that out of the way.

I'm not sure what I think of this week's mani... I had a hard time finding polishes that I thought went together, and then once I thought I had a cool line up, I'm not so sure now. Whatev. It is what it is! I've done this kind of mani before just to swatch things quickly, and I once wore one out a few months ago that was totally cool. I must have deleted those pictures. I was going to share them, but I can't find 'em. It was a neon mani though - I used Color Club Glittery Envy, Color Club Ultra Violet, Color Club Space Case, and then a random white and orange that I put the Color Club Starry Temptress topcoat over - it was awesome!

Anyhow, this time I tried using shimmery/metallic shades that I thought made a cool gradient. I'm not sure if it's a hit or a miss...

Week 12: Skittle Mani

Week 11: St. Patrick's Day Mani

Me: I don't have any green to wear today!
Hubby: Uh, are you serious?
Me: Yes! How is this possible...
(Hubby starts grabbing polishes from my stash and puts them on the counter)

Hubby: o_O

Me: Oh.

Week 9: "Vintage" Mani

I'm back with Week 9 of the 52 Week Challenge. This week is "Vintage" mani. To be honest, I had to google this one too, because I wasn't sure what it meant. I also am not sure I did the right style, but I just kinda went with it! Hopefully I'm not too far off. Ahaha.

So I did this first one with Milani Totally Cool, and I used the hole reinforcement stickers for both the half moon and tips with Sally Hansen Celeb City. It was pretty messy, but I thought it looked cool. I snapped a quick pic in case my next attempt was worse, which it was!

Week 8: Corset Mani

I'm back with Week 8 of the 52 Week Challenge! A corset mani! I had to google this one because I wasn't sure what exactly this entailed, but I found a great image here at www.nihrida.com that I used for inspiration.

Week 7: "Valentine's Day" Mani

Happy Valentine's Day!

I'm back with Week 7 of the 52 Week Challenge - Valentine's Day Mani!

Hits Speciallita No Olimpo Ares, Migi Nail Art Pens in Black and White