10 Day Challenge: Day 3

Hi loves! I already did "Day 3" nails but I didn't like them so I decided to do them again. Is that cheating?? Oh well :P Also, in case you didn't know or forgot, today's challenge is book inspired nails!

So today's nails were inspired by Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender. I got the actual nail idea from Ihaveacupcake on Youtube. I absolutely love the Avatar series! I haven't read the books but I own all three seasons of the TV show. In fact, my whole family loves the TV show :) I saw the movie but I didn't really like it :/

Ok, so on the middle finger freehanded Aang's arrow and on the pinky I have the Airbending symbol. Since I suck at nail art (you would know that if you saw my first Day 3 attempt) I decided to use this stamp that semi looked like the symbol. I stamped each swirl one at a time and placed it on my pinky. I freehanded the blue french tips.

Here is the book cover and the symbol:

Be sure to check out Jessica's take on today's challenge! 

• Blue: Bettina Vintage Jean
• Stamp Color: Wet N Wild White Creme
• Plate: BM224

(**Bettina product sent for review**)

Halloween Nail Art Series: Creepy Vines

I saw (THIS) look by Rebecca Likes Nails the other day and I just knew I had to recreate it.

Ok, so I started off with with black nails and then sponged on green. Afterwards I stamped on some vines. I think this turned out great! I wish there was a bit more green, but I love the "creepy" effect.

Thanks so much for reading and be sure to let me know what you think! :)

• Base Color: Wet 'N' Wild Black Creme
• Green/Sponge Color: OPI Who The Shrek Are You?
• Stamp Color: Konad Black Pearl
• Plate: BM224

Halloween Nail Art Series: Haunted House Nails

Hi! Another Halloween manicure for you(: Ok, so these are supposed to be haunted house nails, but the house looks more like a church. Oh well, close enough :P

The original idea that I had in my head was an indigo base with some purple and glitter sponged on top to represent the sky and the stars, with a little green hill and the haunted house planted on top. Then I realized my nails are too tiny for that, haha.

After that failed, I thought about it for a while and decided to sponge a "simple" version of my idea. So the purple is supposed to represent the night sky, and it blends into a green which is supposed to be the grass. It's a little bit difficult to see in the pictures but the house is much more visible IRL.

Anyways, thanks so much for reading and be sure to let me know what you think!

• Base Color: Bettina #27
• Green/Sponging: Zoya Shawn 
• Stamp Color: Konad Black Pearl
• Plate: BM224

(**Bettina products sent for review**)

Halloween Nail Art Series: Pumpkin Nails

Hi!! Today is the very first day of my Halloween Nail Art Series, or HNAS, haha. I decided to start things off with something really simple and something that screams Halloween. Pumpkins.

I think these turned out super cute(: I started off with 2 coats of Bettina Orange (darn it! My Bettina's are supposed to be on vacation! Oh well :P ), then sponged a little bit of Tanzy to the tips just to add a little sparkle... that and I am kind of obsessed with sponging. I then stamped this super cute little pumpkin with vines (?) on top afterwards. To add some shine I topped everything off with one coat of Pro-FX Top Coat.

So, what do you think?? :)

• Base Color: Bettina Orange
• Sponge Color/Shimmery Orange: Zoya Tanzy
• Stamp Color: Konad Black Pearl
• Plate: BM224

(**Bettina products sent for review**)

Bettina #27

Today I tried my first Bettina polish!! :)

Bettina #27 is a seriously gorgeous dark plum color with just the slightest hint of red-ish/purple shimmer.  It quite sparse so you can't really see it in the shade but it's visible in the sunlight :) The formula on this beauty was amazing!! It glided on, it dried shiny, and drying time was fast. This is two coats.

If you looked at the bottom of the bottle you can see that it had a gold-ish duo-chrome... sadly, that didn't show up on the nail :( It's still pretty though! All pictures are click-able, you can see the shimmer better that way.

Afterwards, I stamped it using one of my BM plates and filled in the center of the flower with Bettina Vintage Jean.

Let me know what you think :)

• Base Color: Bettina #27
• Stamp Color: Luv My Nails White
• Plate: BM224
• Blue: Bettina Vintage Jean

(**Product sent for review**)

Jordana Purple Punch + Cute Stamping

This has got to be one of my most favorite and fun manicures of all time(:

AHHHH, I love this so much!! After I did this I realized that it was similar to a manicure that Cristina did. Haha, sorry Cristina, I didn't mean to copy :P

Purple Punch is the only Jordana polish I own(: It's extremely pretty... I think this is my second time using it... Anyway, Purple Punch is sort of a medium red-ish purple with extremely fine burgundy shimmer. It's so fine that I actually couldn't capture it on the camera. So ya... it's sort a "sheen". Formula on this was perfection; two buttery smooth coats.

Personally, I really like this color but I don't think it looks THAT great against my skin tone...
Also, I dotted the center of the flowers myself(:

Do you own any Jordana polishes??

• Base Color: Jordana Purple Punch
• Stamp Color: Luv My Nails White
• Dots: Konad Regular Polish Pastel Green, Carla #25
• Plate: BM224