Nail Challenge Collaborative: August 2017 - Flowers

Hey there!  Today I have my second post for Nail Challenge Collaborative August Flowers theme.  I did these earlier in the month, but just haven't had time to write a post so I'm finally getting to it now.  If you follow me on Instagram @samantha1027 then you might have already seen the base I did for this look.

I wanted to do something a little different for this one so I went with a fan brush nail art base using Zoya Tobey, Wednesday and Paz.  I've been trying to participate in #fanbrushfriday on Instagram and one week the colors were bright pink, bright orange, and teal.  I thought these colors would work well as a base for flower nail art so decided to stamp over them. 

I stamped over the base with Rica Whiteout and Born Pretty Store BPL-024 plate.  This is one of my favorite plates with all of the flower designs and I love this stamp in particular with the bigger petals.  It always looks great when I use it. 

I'm really happy with how these turned out.  I like the fan brush nail art under the stamping and plan on doing more looks like this in the future.  I should have at least one more post for this month's challenge if not two so keep on the lookout for them. 

Please check out the other bloggers below.  Thanks for reading!

 

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The Nail Challenge Collaborative - November 2015: Monochrome

*purchased by me*

Hey there! Sorry I've been MIA for a while.  I broke my index finger nail way below the quick so haven't been doing my nails much, but today I have my first post for The Nail Challenge Collaborative November Monochrome theme.  

I knew I wanted to do shades of brown, and originally I was going to do stamping, but once I picked my polishes I decided to do fan brush nail art. I thought they would look great together in a fan brush look. 

I started with a base of Zoya Jacqueline and then with my fan brush I used Zoya Nyssa and Essie Partner In Crime as well as Jacqueline.  I did a layer of Nyssa, a layer of Partner In Crime, a layer of Jacqueline then one more layer of Nyssa and Partner In Crime to achieve this look.  

Here's a macro shot so you can see how it looks close up. 

I really love fan brush nail art.  It's super easy and looks great!  Plus it's fun to see what colors look good together.  

What do you think of this look? Have you tried fan brush nail art? What would you do for a monochrome look? 

Please check out the other bloggers below.  Thanks for reading! 

An InLinkz Link-up

Fan Brush Nail Art

*purchased by me*

Hey there!  Today I have for you my first fan brush, nail art manicure.  I had been wanting to try this for a while and decided it would look cool with some fall colors! 

I started with a base of China Glaze Kalahari Kiss which is a light golden creme. I've honestly had this polish for years, and this is the first time I'm wearing it. It's an interesting color, but I'm not sure how I feel about it on my skin tone.

Using a fan brush from a set of nail art brushes I ordered on Amazon I painted layers using Sinful Colors Citrine and Essie Partner In Crime.  As I mentioned I have never tried this before, and I love how it turned out! I even got my six year old nephew's seal of approval! 

Have you tried fan brush nail art yet?  What colors would you use?  I can't wait to do this again with different colors.  Maybe I'll do red, white, and green for Christmas! 

Thanks for reading!