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Day 23: Inspired by a Movie

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:52:04 PDT

Inspired by the movie AVATAR. Sorry for the lack of post this past week. I've been very busy with my daughter's finals. Hope you understand. I'll try to post this afternoon.

Day 22: Inspired by a Song

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:38:23 PDT

I was thinking of what will I do for this challenge when my father, who is a karaoke addict, sung one of his favorite song by Barry Manilow which is "I write the songs". So I decided to create a simple musical symbols design that musicians first do with every music they make. It all begin in a music sheet. Again, forgive me for the messy-ness of my work. :) Here is the video of the song. I

Day 21: Inspired by a Color

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 03:17:34 PDT

This is a simple design that is inspired by the base color which is San San Tea Rose. It is a nice shade of pink, almost nude for my skin tone and tiny little shimmers. without flash. I added a simple swirled "rose". Yes, that's a rose.

Day 20: Water Marble Nails

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 03:08:02 PDT

Heck! It's a mess! I'm not doing it again..It's complicated. It's hard. It's time consuming. It's M-E-S-S-Y!

Day 19: Galaxy Nails

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 03:08:58 PDT

Just a simple "galaxy" effect nails with stars accents..

Day 18: Half Moon Nails

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 03:10:25 PDT

Oh my God! I thought this would easy but it's not.

Day 17: Glitter Nails

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 03:11:03 PDT

I have many glitter polishes but I love this the most because it is the chunkiest.. :)

Day 16: Tribal Nails

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 03:12:19 PDT

Just a bunch of dots and lines. I don't know what tribe is this..hehe

Day 15: Delicate Nails

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:44:54 PDT

I have been thinking what would I do in this challenge. I surf the net and peek into what others have done in their Delicate nails and I they used stamping as their method and sadly, I'm bad at stamping so I have come up with this, a simple french tip nails with gold accent and added a flower to style. :)

Day 14: Flower Nails

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:10:22 PDT

I was thinking of what medium will I use to do this design. I was thinking of stamping and glittery accent. But I stumbled upon my nail stickers before I get my hands on my stamping plates and realized that I haven't had any post or design using stickers. So I decided that I'll be using this stickers to my Day 14: Flower Nails challenge. I used RAIN Nail Creme in Eagles. A nice shade of dark

Day 13: Animal Print Nails

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 06:17:37 PDT

Rawr!! :) How was your day? Day 13 and still fighting! This is a simple tiger inspired nail design that you could wear this summer for that zoo adventure you are planning this summer. This design only needs this two polish. An orange base color and black striping nail paint. Thanks for dropping by! See you tomorrow.. :)

Day 12: Stripe Nails

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 19:04:47 PDT

Simple lines using different color acrylics..

Day 11: Polka Dots Nails

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:41:11 PDT

Just a simple fading dots done under 10 minutes. ^_^

Day 10: Gradient Nails

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 02:21:43 PST

Summer Sunset Nails! Yay! Perfect for the season here in the Philippines.. :))

Day 9: Rainbow Nails

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:28:39 PST

Day 8: Metallic Nails

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:03:04 PST

Today will be a quickpost. This is my 8th day of the nail art challenge and it features Metallic Nails. I was wondering what polish would I used to this challenge when I stumbled upon Caronia's Facebook page and saw their profile picture was their Bright Nights Collection and I remembered my Gold Rush. So I then applied my base coat and noticed that I haven't tried french nails in this challenge.

Day 7: Black and White Nails

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:46:53 PST

Wow! I'm done with my first week of the challenge! Today is Black and White Nails! Yay! There are many designs out there that you can come up with these two basic colors. But I decided to use stripes and dots this time to make is simple and doable for us. I use a plain black polish as the base color after I applied my base coat. I draw an almond shape white acrylic then add fading dots on the

Day 6: Violet Nails

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:50:39 PST

HI! Today is the 6th day of the challenge and it features Violet nails! This will be a quick post. I'm a bit in a hurry for my daughter's homework tonight. :) The day went very busy and I almost forgot to post today. Thanks for my To-Do List that reminded me of my duties in my blog. So here it goes.. I used La Belle African Violet as my Base Color as I applied my base coat. Then I added

Day 5: Blue Nails

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:28:16 PST

♫♬When I'm feeling blue all I have to do is take a look at you..♫♬ Hi ladies! I hope you're not feeling blue today. But let me share something blue today because it's day 5: Blue Nails!! Yay! Blue is one of my favorite colors. I like its calming aura and cooling effect to my eyes. I even wear a blue gown on my debut. :) Oh those were the days. Let me share to you what I have found online about

Day 4: Green Nails

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:13:37 PST

This is the 4th day of my challenge and I must say, it really is a challenge to think and decide what style will I offer you everyday in the next days. This day will be a Green Day Polish. Let's talk Green, Wikipedia says the word green is closely related to the Old English verb growan, "to grow". It is used to describe plants or the ocean. Sometimes it can also describe someone who is

Day 3: Yellow Nails

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:13:31 PST

The 3rd day challenge is all about Yellow Nails. And this is not about nail discoloration. :) According to a site, yellow is the most visible color, it is also the most attention-getting color. It is often described as cheery and warm. Yellow can also create feelings of frustration and anger. While it is considered a cheerful color, people are more likely to lose their tempers in yellow rooms

Day 2: Orange Nails

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:02:07 PST

Now we are on to the second day of the challenge and today is Orange Nails! According to Wikipedia, the colour orange is named after the appearance of the ripe orange fruit.Before this word was introduced to the English-speaking world, the colour was referred to as ġeolurēad (yellow-red). From Cure.com, Orange is a power color. It is one of the healing colors. It is said to increase the

Day 1: RED Nails

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:51:12 PST

Today marks the first day of March and the first day of my Nail Art Challenge. For the first day it's RED Nails and this is what I've come up with. I used Bobbie Premium Nail Creme in Exactly Red after my base coat. I needed 2 coats to get this beautiful red nails. After my base color has dried up, I stamped white simple flower on the side to add style. :) I hope you like my design and

Nice To Know You Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:42:05 PST

Hello. I know it is not Wednesday anymore as I write this post but ey it is still Wednesday on the other part of the planet so my post counts. hehe.. So this is a post wherein I get to answer five questions regarding my life. I saw this Meme on my co-blogger's post Miss Cielo. The idea of course of the whole "Nice To Know You Wednesday Meme" was from its author Mum Writes. I find it interesting

31-Day Nail Art Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (jasmine109) — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:17:52 PST

Since today is the last day of the month and tomorrow is a brand new start, I will be challenging myself with the 31-Day Nail Art Challenge. Perfect because the month of March has 31 days. Wheeww.. I hope I could do it. I will be using all the available resources around me, local polishes^_^, stamps and acrylics. My fellow nail art enthusiast did this with flying colors in the end. I hope I get