old school tattoo mani

Hey guys! I know I've been slacking on the nail art lately, so hopefully today's post can make up for some of that! Because this is probably one of the coolest things I've ever done.

Let's get right to it!

Boom! Old school tattoo style! I'm still wearing this mani right now and I can't stop staring at my nails.

I even managed to do it on my right hand! (Aligning all those stamps is tricky!)
This hand isn't as good though so here are some more photos of the other hand.

The base color for this manicure is Color Club - Nomadic In Nude from the Back To Boho collection.
(I previously stated that this was a dupe for Lippmann's Waking Up In Vegas but I have since learned that while they are dupes in the bottle, the Lippmann dries much darker.)
This is my favorite nude! I chose a nude base so it would look like black tattoo work on skin.

I used a whole bunch of different plates for this look. I'll try to list them all:
-Konad Q1 (sparrows, leopard print on thumb, some of the stars, lightning bolt)
-Konad m3 (stars)
-Bundle Monster BM-12 (spider web, some stars)
-Bundle Monster BM-206 (nautical star)
The diamond, rose, second web, and some stars all came from faux-nad plates from eBay.

You can't see this side of my thumb in the other photos, but this awesome guitar is from a Nail Art Diva plate. Their website is not working right now so I don't know what the plate is called and in advance - no, I can't get anymore of this plate, but if the website were working I think you could order it there.

I dotted into some of the empty spaces with a toothpick just to bring the whole thing together.
All my stamping was done with Wet N Wild Black Creme.

Apart from this being just a really cool mani, there happens to be a special reason behind it.
A lovely lady I met in the polish community, Brenda, has a very sick daughter, Dyan. Several of us have decided to create manicures showcasing Dyan's favorite things in hopes they will help raise Dyan's spirits in her recovery and let her know that we all love her and are thinking about her. Dyan loves tattoos so I came up with a tattoo mani!
Dyan is recovering miraculously and I wish her all the best in her journey back to health!
You can check out more "Team Dyan" manicures on Sonoma Nail Art and Polish Ninja.
I'll add more links here as they are posted.

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badass pink leopard mani

Yes, the mani I'm going to show you today is badass.

But, before I show you it, let me answer a question dozens of you are asking me in my giveaway form.
Yes, I will make a polish-jewelery tutorial!
I'll start working on it ASAP and hopefully have it up in a few days.
(For now, check out this one from Chalkboard Nails, where she shows how she made her particular style of earring. And she sent me some for Christmas. Be jealous.)

Okay, now that that's been said, let's see this badass mani.

Here's one of the pictures you saw of this mani in my giveaway post.
(And if you haven't seen my current giveaway, check it out because you can win that ring, plus lots more!)

This mani was actually inspired by a prom dress! Prom dresses aren't usually what you would call badass... But this one is. Let me show it to you.

Yeah, did I nail it or what?
I came across this dress on a Pinterest board called Prom Dresses You Will Regret.
Sorry, board-maker, I would not regret wearing this. I want to go to a grad again just to wear it.
Maybe I should get married in it. Is this not the most Rebecca-appropriate dress you've ever seen?
(I disagree with a lot of the dresses on the board actually. I think a lot of them are amazing. I'm sorry but I have a thing for leopard print. No shame.)

You may notice that the dress has little shredded-leopard areas. And you may notice that my thumbs and ring fingers do, too. That's because I recently splurged on the Konad Q1 plate, AKA the Charming Nails plate. It couldn't have been more perfect! (I had to buy it from a Swedish webshop and spend $15 on it but it was worth it.)

The other nails were stamped from Bundle Monster BM-221.
As usual, stamping was done with Wet N Wild - Black Creme.

The dress is blingy so my nails had to be too.
The base color is Color Club - Hot Like Lava which is the perfect hot pink foil.
The sponged glitter gradient was done with Hits - 388 from the Glitter Forte line.
Then I added a coat of China Glaze - Fairy Dust for some more sparkle!

Sparklyyyyy.

There you have it. Badass pink leopard mani. You dig it? I dig it.

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