IDOL

Originally posted on September 15th.

Ah, IDOL. What an interesting music video. I'm pretty sure the first time I watched it I sat there questioning what the artistic director was on while coming up with the concept. After watching it many, many more times to plan out this design, I was still kind of feeling a bit overwhelmed by just how much stuff was going on. 🤷‍♀️
I did, however, end up narrowing things down and picking out some specific scenes that I felt showcased the overall vibe of the mv.

Retro Summer

Originally posted on August 11th.

Minimalistic summer vibes today totally inspired by the amazing @nail_unistella☀️🌈🌴
I feel like the multicoloured ring finger design looked way better on her shorter nails but what are you gonna do? 🤷‍♀️

Schiaparelli #1

A few months ago I did a design inspired by one of the looks from Schiaparelli's Spring 2017 Couture Collection and now I'm back with another design inspired by the same line!

Schiaparelli #15

I haven't done a fashion-inspired design in a while and since I have time now that exams are over I decided to spend a day going through runway fashion to look for nail inspiration!
One of the runways that I found had some really interesting patterns that were fun for nail designs was Schiaparelli's Spring 2017 Couture Collection.

Vive Les Vacances

Hey guys!
I'm suuuuper sorry for my impromptu two week break from blogging. Classes started up again and since I'm going into my last year, things have been a bit hectic.
Here's a design that I did back at the end of August, kind of a last goodbye to summer!

Married To The Music

♫♪ Are you married to the music? (We're married to the music!) ♪♫

I'm back at the kpop designs this week courtesy of SHINee and their repackage album and promotional single of the same name, Married To The Music!

Shake That Brass

Just let it all go and shake that brass!

I'm a little bit late with this but this week's design is inspired by Amber's solo debut and her title track Shake That Brass! I may or may not have been listening to her album on repeat for the past week.

30 Day Nail Challenge, Day 31: Recreate a Challenge!

The last official manicure of the challenge, I decided to recreate my black and white nails from day 7, but decided to change the colour pallet a little to soften it up, (and also because I wanted to use my new Essie polish but that's besides the point).

Here's a comparison if you don't want to search through piles of posts to find the one I recreated:

It was a pretty simple manicure in the first place, but I think my grasp of houndstooth has definitely improved quite a bit, (it actually looks like houndstooth now, yay)!
I'm glad I got to redo it though, because I only kept it on for a day or two the first time around.

One more wrap up post and then I'm done with my 30 Day Nail Challenge for 2013!

(And sorry for being MIA again!)

Products Used:
Essie - Grow Stronger Base Coat
Essie - 846 After School Blazer
Essie - 1037 Topless & Barefoot
Seche Vite - Top Coat

Sephora by OPI - Matte Top Coat

~ Becca.

30 Day Nail Challenge, Day 26: Inspired by a Pattern

I may have changed the coulours a tiny bit so that I could use the new nail polishes that I bought. I'm really happy with this design as well as how the colours look together.

I had originally planned to have the thumb and the ring finger have a different design, (like the center of the reference pic, with a lot of little triangles), but I liked this design so much I decided to make them all the same. Glad I did, I think having another pattern would have overwhelmed the design.

Products Used:
China Glaze - 654 Designer Satin
Essie - 845 Vested Interest
Essie - 941 Good as Gold
Essie - 1037 Topless & Barefoot
Quo by Orly - 59701 Black
Revlon - 955 Quick Dry Base Coat
Seche Vite - Top Coat

~ Becca.

30 Day Nail Challenge, Day 7: Black and White Nails

Day seven of this challenge is Black and White, and I had a fun time with it! I love the way B&W manicures look so I really enjoyed playing around and trying out some graphic prints. I really love the patterns on the index and middle finger ~

Products Used:

Revlon - 955 Quick Dry Base Coat

Rimmel London - 100 Base & Top Coat

Rimmel London - 110 French White Nail Tip Liner

Borghese - B115 Bianco White Tip

Quo by Orly - 59701 Black

Wet 'n Wild - 299C Ebony Hates Chris

~ Becca.