33DC Flowers: Moyou Tulip Stamping

As soon as I saw this Moyou stamping plate image I knew what I wanted to do with it and that was to make stamper decals:

These are quite simple to make- pick up your image on your stamper as per usual and while it's on the stamper use nail polish to colour in the parts of the design you want to (here I coloured in the tulips and the grass below them)  then add a generous coat of clear nail polish to the image and wait for it to dry (I usually leave mine about 15-20 minutes) then use tweezers to peel the whole thing off the stamper, place it on your (dry!) base coloured nails, use nail scissors to cut away any excess around your nails and then put another coat of the same clear top coat over the top, wrapping the tips.

I used a few different polshes here, the background is Jessica Lime Cooler, the flowers are H&M Orange and Yellow, OPI Flashbulb Fuchsia and A England Rose Bower, and the leaves are NYC High Line Green.
I love the effect you can get with stamped decals, they can produce some exceptional nail art images. Remember to check out all the other 33 day challenge flower designs, there will be some amazing nail art!

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31DC Delicate

I've had to do this prompt in the past and I hate it. I am not a delicate type of person. I chose to use the opportunity to try out a gradient idea I've had in my head for a while and then I doodled a sort of delicate pattern on top.

This gradient is made up of H&M Orange, OPI Flashbulb Fuchsia and OPI Tomorrow Never Dies. I then added Dragonglass Nails Hear me Roar over the top, although I did dilute this with some acetone as otherwise the gold colour covered the others in the gradient. These photos are with NYC Matte Me Crazy because I love the satiny finish it gives to the manicure.

This is a zentangle design (flying geese) and I like how it shows off some of the gradient and hides other parts

This diluted version of Hear me Roar is perfect for giving a glint of gold to this gradient and I love it, I can't wait to show you swatches of it, they are coming once I finish the 31 Day Challenge.

I love this so much, the gradient is just perfect and the glitter works really well with it :)

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31DC Orange

Orange, orange well I could paint on oranges but that's boring lets do something more exciting like waves of orange. I freehanded the waves with the polish brushes in Nails Inc Porchester Place, Essie Sunday Funday and H&M Orange. OK so the Essie is coral but who's checking ;)

I have to show you Porchester place alone, it's a gorgeous peachy orange shade. It was a little streaky on the first coat but perfect on the second.

So this nail art is fairly simple but we still have 29 days to go, I don't want to peak too soon. I also like designs where you use the brushes in the polish- less clean up required.

This mani makes orange wearable for me, I really like it.

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Day 26: Favourite Holiday OMD Challenge

I went for a general feeling of holiday inspired by Barcelona, sunsets and sangria. I really wanted to try this orange polish from H&M  and it is gorgeous, a deep shimmery red leaning orange. The colours in the gradient are another H&M polish and Barry M Mango

I just wish the gradients hadn't been quite so dominated by Mango.

Check out everyone else's holiday manis here.

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