Nail Stamping for Bad Ass Challenge.

Left Hand

Right hand

When the topic for this weeks Stamping Sunday challenge was "Bad Ass Nails", I knew I had to do it. This mani is definitely one that doesn't go unnoticed when I am out and about. The spikes have stayed on good since I used super glue to put them on. I couldn't spend all that time doing them just to take this mani right off after pictures. Amazingly, none of the spikes came off during the 24hrs I wore this mani. For everyday nails, I might incorporate one of these nails as an accent when wearing "manly" colors. However, I really prefer solid colors or full nails stamping images. The smaller spikes are a good size to wear. The larger spikes inflict way more damage. The skulls were made with Sugar Bubbles 006 plate. I did it as a sticker so I could color the skull in with the white. The eye ball started out as a planet earth stamp and I just filled it in with white to get a big circle. I used a dotting tool to make the pupil. I decided to use a yellow glaze over they eye to make it yellowish. I often make these type of stamping stickers ahead of time and store them in a plastic case with little compartments. The last a few weeks before they start to get brittle.

I hope you liked it for an over the top type of mani. It isn't something you would see me wearing on a day to day basis. It was more of a learning experience than anything else.

My attempt at Galaxy Nails

I have always wanted to try galaxy nails. I am happy with how they turned out for a first attempt,. Next time I will pick my colors better. I think Galaxy nails are a good gender neutral nail art design. They appeal to the science nerd in me. I used BB Couture Night Ops as the base color. I haven't seen them in sunlight yet. If I get a better picture, I will update this post.

Burning up!

Since getting my Custom nails, i have been trying more nail art. I can work on my nails in my free time without having to worry about messing them up when interruptions happen. I saw a flames mani by another blogger called Nailside that inspired me to try it. Hers turned out much nicer. Rather than trying to get the yellow to look good over the black, I tried putting the black over the yellow. It made sense at the time but it was to much of a mind F@#k. You have to fill in around where you want the flame to be. It didn't workout so well. I was given a suggestion for next time to try and paint the flames white over then black and then put the yellow over the whit to get the yellow to stand out. At least I would be actually painting the flames. I used a makeup sponge to apply the orange.

I just want to thank all the supportive and wonderful ladies in the nail polish community for their help.