The Digit-al Dozen does Decades Day 5 - The 60s (but the 1660s!)

Hello everyone! Today brings the Digit-al Dozen Decades week to an end and I have loved every minute of it! Everyone's art has been so creative and the diverse interpretations have been awesome! I'm finishing with a curveball, born out of a school project that Scarlett did a while ago. I've had this idea on the back burner since then (fire pun - yay!), and seeing as the Great Fire of London happened in 1666, I bring you the 1660s!

I started with a base of Models Own Lemon Meringue, before sponging on OPI Yellopalooza, Barry M Gelly Mango, OPI The Drummer Is Hot and Dream Black to create the burning skyline effect. I then painted in the burning building silhouettes with Color Club Rebel Spirit, watered down with a little acetone in places, before finishing with Seche Vite.

So I'll admit this isn't the cheeriest topic to end the week on, but I am in love with how this came out (even if I did have to do it twice after I painted it upside down the first time - grrr!). Decade week has been a blast, and if you haven't checked out everyone else's manis for the week you are missing a treat! Follow the Inlinkz below to check out all the other ladies' work :)

Sam xx

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The Digit-al Dozen does Decades - The 80s!

Hello everyone! So today finds us at Day Four of Decades week and I've picked the 80s. Being born at the tail end of the 70s I was pretty young throughout the 80s but remember the music (which I still love!) and a strange fashion of wearing mismatched fluorescent socks...

I started with a French White base and then freehanded triangles and parallel lines using LA Colors Black Velvet and Aquatic, and Kleancolor Neon Yellow and Neon Pink, before finishing with Seche Vite (which streaked two nails, so I swore a lot and then redid some of them...)

Top of The Pops and Smash Hits were the inspiration for this pattern, and although its not taken from anything directly, it reminds me of those days.

Four down, one to go! Better get painting! 

Sam xx

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The Digit-al Dozen does Decades - Lava Lamps, but 1990s ones (bear with me!)...

Hello everyone! The title here warrants an explanation. There's nothing to say that I can't do the same decade twice, but I really didn't intend to. I had this idea which is pure 70s (as was my paisley mani on Monday) for lava lamps and really wanted to put it in. So seeing as I didn't own a lava lamp until 1995, I'm going to pretend (and hope that you'll all go along with me!) that these are those famous lava lamps from the 1990s! Shhhhhhh! ;)

My stiletto tips gave me a great starting point, and I started by painting them with I'm Never Amberrassed from OPI's Sheer Tints range. I then painted the base and the tips with Nail Essentials Silver Shimmer and a little Ciate Vintage topped with OPI Matte top coat. Once dry, I used LA Colors Moody Red for the "lava", and added detail in using Barry M Gelly Papaya and highlights with Models Own Lemon Meringue. Here's how they turned out :)

So there you have my 70s/90s mani, I have a new decade for you tomorrow and there may even be one from another century before the end of the week (if it comes off, that is!). 

Tomorrow will be a now rare two post day as its Scarlett's 8th birthday and I promised her that she could help me write a post (she also painted my nails), so stayed tuned for those and in the meantime check out all the other fabulous Digit-al Dozen manis via the links below! :)

Sam xx 

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The Digit-al Dozen does Decades Day 2 - 1960s Emilio Pucci

Hello everyone! The second day of our trip through the decades with the Digit-al Dozen and I'm bringing you a little bit of the 1960s! As most of you will know I love my fluid, abstract designs along with bright (and occasionally strange) colour combinations, so it goes without saying that Emilio Pucci and his prints are a constant source of inspiration for me!

I started with a white base and freehanded sections of Color Club Pucci-licious (how could I not use that one?!), Revlon Sassy and Barry M Gelly Dragon Fruit and Lychee, before carefully outlining each section with Color Club Rebel Spirit and finished with a coat of Seche Vite.

There's a Taschen book which is full of Pucci prints - some of the covers are shown in the photo below in case you're not familiar with his style. I'm off to trawl the internet for more of his bags for my collection and will be back with another DD mani for you tomorrow. Don't forget to check out the other ladies work via the links below! :)

Sam xx

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The Digit-al Dozen does Decades - 70s Paisley

Hello everyone! Today sees the start of another Digit-al Dozen week and our theme for this month is Decades. I'm a lot happier with this theme as there is a lot of scope to stretch it! I'm starting with pretty much my favourite print of all time, mostly famous (and infamous!) for being omnipresent in the 1970s, but luckily for me it had a minor resurgence in the 90s that I was able to take advantage of and wear it to death for about a year. Fortunately, I'm not a teenager any more and don't care what anyone thinks, so now I wear it whenever the hell I like :D

I started with two coats of Jessica Ruffled Bottoms, before painting in the paisley shapes with LA Colors French White. I added the inner details using Barry M Gellys in Lychee and Key Lime, Models Own Lilac Dream and a little more Ruffled Bottoms before finishing with Seche Vite (still haven't chosen that new top coat!)

I'm loving this, but then again I would - its paisley! I know its not everyone's cup of tea, but it floats my boat every time!

Same time tomorrow! In the meantime, check out everyone else's Day 1 Decades :)

Sam xx

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