Extra Relaxed 31 Day Challenge - Day 4 - GREEN

Day 4 (week 4) of the ER31DC and I am a week late.  I have been pretty ill with a viral infection which put me out for 2 weeks!!  But here is my green entry.  It looks almost gradient here and IRL.  But I painted on NI SD just on the tips (the lighter green), taped off the chevrons and painted on the darker emerald shade of DSM from LA Girl Metal collection.  The photos look more blue than green but I assure you they are green.

Items Used:
OPI Nail Envy
LA Girl Metal - Deep Sea Mica
Nails Inc - Seven Dials

31 day challenge day 4 - green nails

1.	Leesha's Lacquer	4.	Rambles of a Polish Addict	7.	Rachos Nail Love	10.	GypsyV Talks Beauty
2.	Never Mind Suzi	5.	LaLaLa Lacquer	8.	Kitty's Painted Claws
3.	SpecialGirl Nails	6.	Polish Freshie	9.	PKBMUM

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Extra Relaxed 31 Day Challenge - Day 3 - YELLOW

Day 3 (week 3) of the ER31DC and I am a day late, again, sorry.  The theme is yellow this week. I love this diagonal french tip manicure inspired by Robin Moses.  I have done this several times here and here for example and it is so quick and simple.

Items Used:
OPI Nail Envy
LA Girl - Sunny - Yellow
Acrylic Paint - Black and Yellow
NYC quick dry top coat

31 day challenge day 3 - yellow nails

1.	Never Mind Suzi	4.	Polish Freshie	7.	PKBMUM	10.	Rachos Nail Love
2.	SpecialGirl Nails	5.	Leesha's Lacquer	8.	Kitty's Painted Claws	11.	GypsyV Talks Beauty
3.	Rambles of a Polish Addict	6.	LaLaLa Lacquer	9.	Brandy's Nailtastic Blog

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LB31DC - Day 12 - Tape Manicure

This is day 12 of the laid back 31 day challenge.
This is my tape manicure.  My DH calls it a "chocolate box" look as it reminds him of black magic chocolate.
Also, I don't know what I did to my camera but the settings have gone a bit do-lally.  I can't seem to get the skin tone colour quite right!  The manicure colour is accurate though, so that's something.  So here goes......

This first picture is a good skin tone perfect picture.

 

Items used:
OPI Nail Envy
PIA - 20 - fine gold glitter polish
Barry M - 47 Black
NYC Quick Dry Top Coat
Striping Tape

New 31DC - Day 12 - Tape Mani

1. Roxana Andronie  2. Superficially Colorful  3. a girl and her chicken named betty  4. Dizzy Little Digits  5. Emma's Little Corner  6. Anna's Polish Addiction  7. The Amateur Manicure  8. Tes Did It Nails  9. Posh Nail Art  10. joyluscious  11. Lacquer Or Leave Her!  12. pamela sanchez  13. Christy  14. Beautiful Living  15. Baroque fool  16. Smashley Sparkles  17. Never Mind Suzi  18. Peace, Love and Polish  19. Mandy @ Chameleon Stampede  20. Not Too Polished  21. Don't Spill The Acetone  22. Lanes Lacquers  23. Laurie (Dressed Up Digits)  24. SpecialGirl Nails  25. Enigmatic Rambles  26. Juliana at Nail Polish Addiction  27. Debbie Crumpet  28. AGirlandHerPolish  29. Teen Polish Junkie  30. Lydia's Nails  31. Mimi Manicures  32. Nails From Fairy Tale  33. Light of the Moon Nails  34. A Polished Addiction  35. MegsManicures  36. Lyndsey  37. Stella from My Wet Nails  38. bibian (manifix)  39. Missy's Manis  40. Agia @ ArtigoBeauty  41. Life In Color!  42. My Nail Journey  43. All The Pretty Things  44. Patty and Goldie's day off  45. Glamfiend  46. Lisa (Nail Polish Creations)  47. PKBMUM  48. Geordie Nails  49. Wendy's Delights  50. Mandy @ Chameleon Stampede  51. Put some Polish on It  52. nailsandstuff-shannara  53. LaLaLa Lacquer  54. norma's nails  55. Kick Acetone  56. Chrystalized Nails  57. ninjablossomnails  58. Delight In Nails  59. Nerdy for Nails  60. Its' All About the Polish  61. Lazy Lacquerista  62. Linziino  63. Susy In Color  64. Polished Elegance  65. Incognito Nails  66. a teachers secret nailblog  67. Nikki NeverWithoutPolish  68. GioNails

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LB31DC - Day 11 - Splatter

This is day 11 of the laid back 31 day challenge and I am a day late.  This is my splatter manicure.  I used the same base as in my previous post and "splattered" with a tooth brush some acrylic colours over the top..... and hey presto..... First photo with flash and look at the mess.  But after a clean up, not bad.

Items Used:
Acrylic Paint - Orange, Blue, Yellow
NYC Quick dry Top Coat

New 31DC - Day 11 - Splatter

1. Superficially Colorful  2. a girl and her chicken named betty  3. Agia @ ArtigoBeauty  4. Anna's Polish Addiction  5. Smashley Sparkles  6. Dizzy Little Digits  7. Tes Did It Nails  8. Emma's Little Corner  9. Fabulous Polish  10. Posh Nail Art  11. bibian (manifix)  12. A Polished Addiction  13. Stella from My Wet Nails  14. Lacquer Or Leave Her!  15. Christy  16. pamela sanchez  17. Baroque fool  18. a teachers secret nailblog  19. Not Too Polished  20. Glitter Me This  21. Mandy @ Chameleon Stampede  22. Laurie (Dressed Up Digits)  23. SpecialGirl Nails  24. Never Mind Suzi  25. Peace, Love and Polish  26. Mimi Manicures  27. lydias nails  28. Don't Spill The Acetone  29. Glitter Tips  30. Andronie Roxana  31. Enigmatic Rambles  32. Juliana at Nail Polish Addiction  33. Nails by Ms. Lizard  34. Debbie Crumpet  35. Lanes Lacquers  36. Lacquer Or Leave Her!  37. Nails From Fairy Tale  38. Light of the Moon Nails  39. AGirlandHerPolish  40. Life In Color!  41. Jackie of MeMa's Mani's  42. The Amateur Manicure  43. MegsManicures  44. Missy's Manis  45. My Nail Journey  46. All The Pretty Things  47. Glamfiend  48. ojelerimi seviyorum  49. Nerdy for Nails  50. Incognito Nails  51. norma's nails  52. Norma's Nails  53. Put some Polish on It  54. Its' All About the Polish  55. Geordie Nails  56. Lazy Lacquerista  57. Mandy @ Chameleon Stampede  58. Susy In Color  59. Dee's Polish  60. Chrystalized Nails  61. Lisa (Nail Polish Creations)  62. LaLaLa Lacquer  63. Linziino  64. Kick Acetone  65. PKBMUM  66. Delight In Nails  67. Polished Elegance  68. Nikki NeverWithoutPolish  69. GioNails

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Extra Relaxed 31 Day Challenge - Day 2 - ORANGE

Day 2 (week 2) of the ER31DC and I am a day late, sorry.  But again I am really pleased with my manicure.  I have had this nail enamel in my stash for sometime and I have only ever worn it twice, here and here.  I have to admit it went on like a dream.  The first coat was almost opaque but I did this with two.

I do a lot of nail art and wearing just a colour can look to me a little naked!  But like the red nails last week, the orange nails on their own look really cool.  I also like using flowers in my nail photography and again I am pleased how these turned out.

I have on my new camera a feature that takes 16 multi shots. With this orange colour and the black background I think the picture came out really, well for me anyway!

Items used:
OPI Nail Envy
NYC - 112A Times Square Tangerine Creme
NYC quick dry top coat 

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31 day challenge day 2

1.	Never Mind Suzi	5.	Rambles of a Polish Addict	9.	Kitty's Painted Claws
2.	SpecialGirl Nails	6.	LaLaLa Lacquer	10.	Brandy's Nailtastic Blog
3.	Freshie	7.	Rachos Nail Love	11.	GypsyV Talks Beauty
4.	Leesha's Lacquer	8.	PKBMUM

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LB31DC - Day 10 - Geometric

This is day 10 of the laid back 31 day challenge and today we had to do a geometric design. I took my inspiration from this and this but this is what I did.....

Items used:

OPI Nail Envy
Seche Vite
PIA - 14 - beige base colour
Nails Inc - In Style Beach (Orange), All Saints Road (Blue), Curzon Street (Brown)

New 31DC - Day 10 - Geometric

1. The Amateur Manicure  2. Emma's Little Corner  3. Stella from My Wet Nails  4. Tes Did It Nails  5. Superficially Colorful  6. a girl and her chicken named betty  7. Agia @ ArtigoBeauty  8. Anna's Polish Addiction  9. Dizzy Little Digits  10. Posh Nail Art  11. A Polished Addiction  12. Smashley Sparkles  13. Baroque fool  14. Fabulous Polish  15. Not Too Polished  16. Christy  17. Glitter Me This  18. SpecialGirl Nails  19. Mandy @ Chameleon Stampede  20. Laurie (Dressed Up Digits)  21. Peace, Love and Polish  22. Glitter Tips  23. a teachers secret nailblog  24. Nails by Ms. Lizard  25. Roxana Andronie  26. Enigmatic Ramblese  27. joyluscious  28. Never Mind Suzi  29. Lydia's Nails  30. Don't Spill The Acetone  31. Life In Color!  32. AGirlandHerPolish  33. Debbie Crumpet  34. Mimi Manicures  35. Polish. Glitter. Rock & Roll!  36. Teen Polish Junkie  37. Nails From Fairy Tale  38. pamela sanchez  39. Beautiful Living  40. Lizzy's DaintyNail's  41. Jackie of MeMa's Mani's  42. MegsManicures  43. Light of the Moon Nails  44. Lacquer Or Leave Her!  45. bibian (manifix)  46. Missy's Manis  47. Lanes Lacquers  48. Juliana at Nail Polish Addiction  49. Patchwork Polish  50. My Nail Journey  51. All The Pretty Things  52. Miss Stylicious  53. Glamfiend  54. Mandy @ Chameleon Stampede  55. Norma'sNails  56. Geordie Nails  57. ninjablossomnails  58. Angie OurPaintedWorld  59. Lazy Lacquerista  60. Its' All About the Polish  61. PKBMUM  62. Chrystalized Nails  63. LaLaLa Lacquer  64. Susy In Color  65. Polished Elegance  66. Linziino  67. put some polish on it  68. Nikki NeverWithoutPolish  69. Nerdy for Nails  70. Kick Acetone  71. Delight In Nails  72. Nail Polish Creations  73. Incognito Nails  74. Zachy's Nail Buzz  75. Dee's Polish  76. GioNails

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LB31DC - Day 9 - Saran Wrap

This is day 9 of the laid back 31 day challenge and it is saran wrap. I've never done this technique and it has been on my to-do list forever. So here it is finally. Not bad, but there is room for improvement. I only put on one coat of the base colour and so when I saran-wrapped the second colour on it took away some of the base leaving a bare nail (I patched this up and it looks fine).

Items Used:

OPI Nail Envy

Seche Vite 

Nails Inc - In Style Beach - Orange/Coral

LA Girl - Sunny - Yellow

Cling Film (Saran Wrap)

New 31DC - Day 9 - Saran Wrap

1. Missy's Manis  2. bibian (manifix)  3. Superficially Colorful  4. a girl and her chicken named betty  5. Anna's Polish Addiction  6. Agia @ ArtigoBeauty  7. The Amateur Manicure  8. A Polished Addiction  9. Emma's Little Corner  10. Fabulous Polish  11. Smashley Sparkles  12. Nails by Ms. Lizard  13. Lacquer Or Leave Her!  14. Posh Nail Art  15. Baroque fool  16. Stella from My Wet Nails  17. Not Too Polished  18. Polish. Glitter. Rock & Roll!  19. All The Pretty Things  20. Laurie (Dressed Up Digits)  21. Christy  22. Mandy @ Chameleon Stampede  23. Never Mind Suzi  24. Light of the Moon Nails  25. Glitter Tips  26. Peace, Love and Polish  27. SpecialGirl Nails  28. Mimi Manicures  29. joyluscious  30. Enigmatic Rambles  31. Glitter Me This  32. Tes Did It Nails  33. Debbie Crumpet  34. Teen Polish Junkie  35. Nails From Fairy Tale  36. Don't Spill The Acetone  37. Lydia's Nails  38. AGirlandHerPolish  39. pamela sanchez  40. Lanes Lacquers  41. Annie Suzie  42. Dizzy Little Digits  43. Life in Color!  44. MegsManicures  45. Beautiful Living  46. a teachers secret nailblog  47. My Nail Journey  48. Juliana at Nail Polish Addiction  49. Patchwork Polish  50. Miss Stylicious  51. Glamfiend  52. ojelerimi seviyorum  53. The Lovely Robot  54. Norma's Nails  55. Put some Polish on It  56. Lazy Lacquerista  57. becacine  58. ninjablossomnails  59. LaLaLa Lacquer  60. Polished Elegance  61. Its' All About the Polish  62. Chrystalized Nails  63. Linziino  64. PKBMUM  65. Kick Acetone  66. Dee's Polish Endeavours  67. Susy In Color  68. Mandy @ Chameleon Stampede  69. Nerdy for Nails  70. Geordie Nails  71. Lisa (Nail Polish Creations)  72. Incognito Nails  73. Nikki NeverWithoutPolish  74. Delight In Nails  75. GioNails

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Extra Relaxed 31 Day Challenge - Red

 ER31DC DAY 1 - RED  

I have joined the new ER31DC organised by Katherine over at Rambles of a Polish Addict.  It is going to run as of today and thereafter every Friday (hence the extra relaxed in the title). It is going to be a long challenge but this suits me to down to the ground as I like to enjoy my painted nails for a few days at least.

So today it is red, and below will be my freshly shortened nails sporting a red. I have to add this is just one coat and no top coat added.  Isn't it shiny and almost opaque in one?  Beautiful.  It is the brand PIA and is from frangrancedirect. I will update this post with more photos showing two coats and a top coat to compare later.

Updated:  some more photos to show colour with two coats and a top coat of SV.  I absolutely love this red. I have a few but have to say this beats them all.  It is so bright and vibrant and just so red. It is the perfect shade for my skin tone.  

Items used:

OPI Nail Envy
PIA - 09 - Red
Seche Vite top coat

31 day challenge day 1 - red nails

1. Never Mind Suzi	2. SpecialGirl Nails	3. LaLaLa Lacquer	4. PKBMUM	5. Rambles of a Polish Addict
6. Polish Freshie	7. Zachy's Nail Buzz	8. Rachos Nail Love	9. Leesha's Lacquer	10. Kitty's Painted Claws
11. GypsyV Talks Beauty

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