Nail Art Challenge #1 - When Colours Collide: Purple and Yellow

I have been member of a Facebook nail art group for years that is called When Colours Collide. Each fortnight they publish a colour combination and you then have two weeks to come up with a nail art mani with that specific colour scheme. You then upload your picture to the group album, they create a collage and on the date provided all participants share on social media.

As I said I have been part of that group for years, probably since its very beginning but for some odd reason I have never participated in any of the challenges. Recently I have felt an urge to get back in to nail art so when I saw the challenge for June 22nd which was purple and yellow I decided to jump right in.

I used pipe dream polish harlequin as my purple base and Girly Bits Silly Daffodilly - a lovely pastel yellow stamping polish. The stamping plate I used is Creative Shop 14.

Interestingly, the pastel yellow stamping polish turned out egg yolk yellow after I top coated the mani. My theory is that when the polish got wet again the pigment in harlequin mixed with Silly Daffodilly and made it look totally different.

Lastly, here is the collage that the moderators in the group made with all the manis from the participants:

13 Days of January Nail Art Challenge #3: Half and Half

I wasn't too imaginative with this prompt, but never mind that - I really like how they turned out:

For once I don't mind the visible nail line, since it makes it more like my inspiration picture:

I used Catrice Twist of Lemon, The Nail Junkie Coffee and Elevation Polish Limestone for this mani.

My cuticles are in so much trouble due to the winter weather, so I really look forward to buy some more Bliss Kiss cuticle oil on Monday...

I'm quite chuffed with this it actually looked how I imagined it in my mind's eye.

See you soon,
Marie-Luise

13 Days of January Nail Art Challenge #2: Happiness

This was almost a no-brainer for me. My twin rascals make me happy, nail polish makes me happy. They love doing my nails. So they did mine tonight before they went to bed.

They chose their own colours and design, I did the base colour.

Silja chose to dot - these are lucky flowers:

Liv wanted to do something with a Christmas theme using red, white, black and green - so she made candy canes:

And here they are in a little collage - mama is really proud :D

Needless to say they were ecstatic about it, but also too tired to really admire their own work after they'd finished. I think they did great.

See you all soon,
Marie-Luise

P.S. Remember to browse through the other Happiness manis.