40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Spring

Week 25 of the 52 week 40 Great Nail Art Idea's Challenge.

Half way through the challenge and I am still in it, yayy.

The challenge this week is Spring.  I used pastel springy colours and as it is Easter weekend, I added some Easter decals to my manicure.

I used a base of OPI Alpine Snow and once dry I used some acrylic paint instead of nail polish/lacquer to do a gradient.  I've used a pink, blue and green (lightened with the white to give a more muted shade).

Once dry, I applied a coat of SV, let that dry for a minute or two, then added the decals and another coat of SV and voila.

See what other participants did in this challenge via the inlinkz below.

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Three Shades of Green - Embellished/3D

Week 24 of the 52 week 40 Great Nail Art Idea's Challenge.

The challenge this week: for everyone three shades of green and my personal prompt - Embellished/3D.

In my head I had a good idea of what I wanted to do, but as usual I was in a hurry and it did not go to plan.  I had wanted to do a two shade green gradient on two nails, but I didn't let the base colour dry enough and when I was sponging, it pulled the base colour off!

So I took it all off and ended up doing a saran wrap with the two colours instead.  In hindsight it looks better than perhaps the gradient would have.

For the embellished/3d part of it, I just added some 3d flowers.  For my pinky finger, I still have on the silver from last week (manicure still to share).

 

See what other participants did in this challenge via the inlinkz below.

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Food

Week 23 of the 52 week 40 Great Nail Art Idea's Challenge.

The challenge this week is Food.

I had lots of ideas, but kept it simple and quick.

I did a chocolate theme.  I took my inspiration from Aero, original and mint.  The middle finger is the original Aero with all the bubbles inside and the ring finger shows the centre of the mint Aero.

 

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40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Pastels - Dotting Tools

Week 22 of the 52 week 40 Great Nail Art Idea's Challenge.

The challenge this week is Pastels and my personal prompt - Dotting Tools.

I used a pastel green for my main manicure and a silver accent.  For the dotting tool, I went unconventional and used a hair pin (bobby pin to US readers).  This is inspirted by @ashnevarez on IG.

See what other participants did in this challenge via the inlinkz below.

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Fashion

Week 21 of the 52 week 40 Great Nail Art Idea's Challenge.

A week Late, but the prompt this week was Fashion.

I have been re-decorating my son's bedroom and I took inspiration from the new curtains in his room.

   

   

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40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Red with Dots

Week 20 of the 52 week 40 Great Nail Art Idea's Challenge.

This week the prompt was Red and my personal prompt was Dots.

I love this Red, it is opaque in one coat, although I used two for this manicure.

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Love

Week 19 of the 52 week 40 Great Nail Art Idea's Challenge.

I am behind with my blog posts, but here is the manicure I did for this weeks challenge.

This week the prompt was Love.

This is what I did, it was very last minute and I missed the collage for this one :(
To me this is romantic, it is subtle, pale and pink. Oh and a water decal for the accent nail.