31DC2014 Day 21: Inspired by a Color - Peacock Nails

Hello there ladies!
As soon as I saw today's topic I knew I wanted to make these peacock nails using Variete #435 Burlesque Vert, which is a close Chanel Peridot dupe, but not a complete dupe I think. From the swatches I have seen Chanel looks more gold, but unfortunately I dont own it to compare the two!

And traditionally, the polishes I used:

I started with two coats of Burlesque Vert and 2 coats of Don't Pretzel My Buttons on my accent nail. Then I freehanded the feather on my ring finger and made the peacock tail pattern (kinda?... haha) on my middle finger using a striping brush and a dotting tool. All done :)

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31DC2014 Day 13: Animal Print - Cow print nails

Hello there!
Fot today's animal print day I was going to do a good old leopart print nail art, but after trying several color combos I never came up with something cool and original that I would really like. So I gave it some thought and decided to try and do a cow print nail art!

I wanted to draw a cow on my accent nails, but I actually cant draw so I googled some cow nail arts and took Alice's from One Nail To Rule Them All as an example.
I started with 2 coats of OPI Alpine Snow (yes, I fanally managed to get away with 2 coats!). Now, have a mentionned I cant draw? So I thought I'd draw the cow right on my stamper and then stamp it onto the nail - it resolved couple of problems: first, I didnt have to draw with my non-dominant right hand and second, if  I didnt like the result I could always erase it from the stamper and draw again without having to redo 2 coats of while polish and wait for it to dry. The cow turned out a little bit ugly but not as ugly as it could be i think! After that was done I made quick black spots using a dotting tool and Golden Rose Nail Art #106 which is a super opaque black. No top coat in the pictures, as I didnt have the patience for the spots to dry before I take pictures!

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NOTD: Skittles with an animal print accent

To create this manicure I used 4 China Glaze shades: #80932 Something Sweet; #81192 Life Is Rosy; #81357 Charmed, I'm Sure; #Gossip Over Gimlets.

Gossip Over Gimlets is a silver foil I've had for a while now, it is special because of golden flecks it has. The other 3 polishes are new purchases and surprisingly none of them turned out the same it looked in the bottle :) Something Sweet was a pastel lilac leaning towards pink in the bottle and turned out baby pink with a strong cold undertone on my nails. Charmed, I'm Sure was pure aubergine and turned out nearly black with vampy red hint, but still looks somewhat aubergine in the bright sunlight. Life Is Rosy turned out the most accurately, was just a little bit more dusty looking in the bottle. So the manicure looks not exatly what I imagined LOL, but I like it anyways!

For accent finger I did 3 coats of Someting Sweet, let it dry and then freehanded leopard pattern using the smallest dotting tool i have and Life is Rosy + Charmed, I'm Sure.

Leopard patter is very easy to freehand, I even managed to do it with my right hand which is not my dominant hand :)
I love the way leopard print looks next to foil/metallic finishes.

 You can see in this picture below how much dustier Life Is Rosy looks in the bottle than on my index finger! Something to do with thick glass of China Glaze bottle i guess hahaha.