MoYou London 31 Day Nail Art Challenge: Day 12 OOTD

Hey lacqueristas,

Who thought of OOTD as a challenge? Ugh I am seriously not one to complain about my work attire because I love what I wear everyday on the other hand nothing is inspirational about scrubs.  I mean nothing.  It's like wearing pajamas to work everyday comfy, but certainly not fashionable.  I was a little at a loss unfortunately then I decided to take my two most frequently alternating scrub colors and create a gradient and a nautical theme to match my gym bag that gets carried to work.  Lol. What a mess but whatever works right?

Mani-louge

Gradient: Sinful Colors Savage and Color Club Age of Aquarius

Glitter accent: Butter London Scallywag

Stamping polish Mundo de Unas #30 and Orly Rage

Stamping plates: MoYou London Pro XL 01 and Sailor 01

One thing I have to say about this challenge is that my Pro plates are getting a workout.  Of all the plates halfway through this collection I would say the Pro are the most versatile hands down offering you lots of combos to create a very of nail art.   This came out like gangbusters! In short it ended up being a lot cuter than I thought it would given all my dismay and hemming and hawing about how my daily outfits are nothing to write home about lol.  What I got were some awesome #nautical #nailart!

So what do you think? Not bad for a set of scrubs and a gym bag right? I got style I got class ;) ;)  Note to shelf must use more of my Butter London polishes.  Isn't Scallywag divine!!!  Thanks so much for reading and see you next post...

#nautical #nailart #MoYouLondon #stamping #lacquerlockdown

MoYou London 31 Day Nail Art Challenge: Day 11 Cupcakes

Hey lacquer ladies,

I love a good cupcake!  One might in fact say I'm a cupcake snob after all to score major points iwth me the cake has to be as good as the frosting and vice versa.  This is tougher than it seems for a lot of cupcake makers, and over time I have ultimately realized that French style cupcakes are my favorite.  Ahem in any case with so much interest in cupcakes clearly I was excited and hungry lol for Day 11 and its theme of Cupcakes.

Mani-louge

Basecoat/Topcoat: CND Stickey / Sally Hansen Diamond Flash Topcoat

Gradient: Sinful Colors Baby Blue and Wet N' Wild Teal Slowly and See

Topper: CND Effects Gold Sparkle

Stamping Polish:  Konad Special Polish in Purple and Color Club Eternal Beauty

Stamping plates; MoYou London Pro 01 & 07, Princess 08, and Festive 03

When I poured through my plates for this challenge I realized that I had a LOT of images with cupcakes so for me it wasn't even about finding a plate that had one or two it was about pulling together the cupcakes in a way that added definitive whimsy and sweetness that I think is the appeal of the cupcake anyway.  I decided to also stick with pastels for this one because in my mind cupcakes always seem to head in that direction - doily's, pastels, and little squealing girls.  Lol..seriously you know what I mean.  Recently I've realized that I'm starting to pile up a lot of technique again in my mani's. For instance this mani features gradients, double stamping, and decal method.  I think I will scale back for some of the more difficult challenges i.e. ones that I have trouble creating the concept to make my life easier ;)



What do you think? This was another mani that I was ultimately very happy with.  Even though I didn't plan it it felt like all the elements that remind me of cupcakes came together perfectly in this mani.  So this is day 11 I'm about halfway through the challenge now with real time being day 15. It's definitely feeling a bit more natural, but still draining.  I think the worst part is that I'm getting a bit of burnout.  I wasn't very happy with that TV challenge and in between I decided to do something entirely unrelated to MoYou and it really made all the difference! You'll be seeing that soon.  In any case thanks for reading and see you next post...