Let's Do the Time Warp Challenge! Day 8: Let's Do the Time Warp Again!

Hello all! Today is the last day for the Nail Polish Canada and Neverland Nail Blog's Let's Do the Time Warp Again Challenge. Well let's do the time warp again because today's challenge was to recreate our favorite manicure done by another challenger. This was a very hard decision since everyone did such an amazing job! There were so many incredible manicures done, how was I to pick just one? Well there was one manicure that made my mouth drop! It's incredible, so my absolute favorite manicure took place on day 4, Light's Camera and Action. It was created by Amber from Amber Did It. She made an amazing Steel Magnolia manicure. Despite my love for this manicure, I know my skill set and it isn't anywhere close to matching Amber's, so I decided to choose my second favorite manicure, which was also done by Amber. On day 2 of the challenge, she created an adorable flapper girl manicure. You can see her adorable design here. My take didn't come out as good but it's not all that bad. So here are my flapper nails:

And now for a close up...

The only thing I dislike about my recreation is the flapper girl's face. I just can't do people! Amber did such an amazing job on hers, I'm jealous!

What I used:

• Sally Hansen So Sexy Red
• Orly Grave Mistake
• OPI Rudolph Red
• Ulta Non-stop Red
• Sinful colors Black on Black
• Fine tipped nail art brush
• Fan brush

I had such a great time doing this challenge, I hope you liked seeing my designs. I know I loved seeing all the other lovely ladies creations. You are all so talented. I love doing challenges because you really get to connect with other people about something you love. Thank you Lindsey and Nail Polish Canada for making this all possible. I really had a blast!

Until next time,
Erin

31 Day Challenge! Day 1: Red Nails

Hello all! It's September 1st already, can you believe it? Time really seems to be flying by! Well today is an exciting day, it's the start of the 30 Day Challenge and 30 Days of Untrieds! I am actually going to be doing the 31 Day Challenge, with as many untried polishes as possible! Day one is red nails. Many things come to mind when I think of the color red but with vampires being all the rage, I thought it would be neat to attempt a vampire themed drip manicure! The name of the untried I used definitely helped inspire today's manicure.

I used Orly's Grave Mistake from the Dark Shadows collection. Pretty fitting since the new movie Dark Shadows is about a vampire! I call this manicure, 'Dracula is hungry.'

I used the polish brush to try and create the dripping effect. I'm not really happy with the way my drips came out but for a first try, it's not too terrible. Orly's Grave Mistake was the perfect color for blood. I own a few Orly polishes and I must say, I really like them.

What I used: 

• Base color: Essie Really Red
• Drip color: Orly Grave Mistake
• Dracula: White, black and peach acrylic paint. 
• A fine tipped nail art brush

 Overall I am very happy with the way this came out. Have you ever tried a drip manicure? What was your process? I want to try another one soon but I think my technique was off. This is the image I got off of Google.com that was the inspiration for my Dracula.

1 down, 30 more to go! I'm not sure how many other people are participating in this challenge but make sure to check out the other red nails posted below! And here's an outline of the challenge:

Until next time, 

Erin