Get Lucky Nail Art Challenge - Shades of Green

Hello everyone! Todai is the first day of the short but sweet Get Lucky Nail Art Challenge, hosted by Jessica from Be Happy and Buy Polish. There are four prompts, starting today with "Shades of Green". Time was a factor today so I had to keep it simple and went for the trusty distressed nails look (original tutorial by Chalkboard Nails here), but I was really happy with the finished set!

I started with a French White base and then pulled out some of my favourite greens (Jessica Victorian Crush, Sinful Colors Exotic Green, Barry M Key Lime, Color Club Abyss and LA Colors Sea Foam). I wiped each brush until they were almost dry and dragged them across the nail quite randomly until most of the white was covered. I then finished with Seche Vite.

Despite the fact that none of these colours looked like they'd work together, I think they all create a jungle-ish, tropical rainforest vibe that is pretty cool! 

Tomorrow's prompt is "Ireland Inspired" and I will be back with that one tomorrow. In teh meantime, follow the links below to see a sea of green ;)

Sam xx

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GOT Polish Challenge - DIstressed Blue

Hello everyone! We're already on to the third week of the GOT polish challenge and the theme for this week is blue! I'm lucky that blue is one of my favourite polish colours so I have some going way back into my polish stash! I also needed to find a design that wasn't going to take too long but wanted to try something new, so I had a quick look through my inspiration boards and decided to have a go at Chalkboard Nails' Distressed look (click here for the tutorial). I didn't work from the tutorial but followed the basic instructions of using nearly dry polish brushes to create the distressed effect.

I started with three coats of Ciate Power Dressing and waited for that to dry. Then I used wiped brushes of Models Own Feeling Blue and Color Club Take Me To Your Chateau to create the distressed effect. I topped with Seche Vite to finish.

I am definitely going to do this look again! The technique is so simple and the options with regard to colour and coverage mean that it is so versatile! I'll be back with a "dotty" GOT Mani for you next Thursday, and in the meantime, check out all the other fabulous blue manis using the links below :)

Sam xx