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  • 31DC2015 Day 31: Honor Nails You Love – Negative Space
    11:02 amOctober 1st, 2015
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    31DC2015 Day 31: Honor Nails You Love – Negative Space

    Yikes it’s the last day of this year’s EPIC 31 Day Challenge! My poor little fingers are shouting hallelujah. They finally get a rest. It gets tiring doing this day in day out on top of other things, yet I’m not a quitter. So here we are. I’m getting in early! The final day is meant to recreate a mani

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  • 31DC2015 Day 30: A Tutorial – Space Pond Nails
    11:11 amSeptember 30th, 2015
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    31DC2015 Day 30: A Tutorial – Space Pond Nails

    Thought I’d try something different that I never get to do because dry time! As we hit the second last day of the 2015 31 Day Challenge, we have Inspired by a Tutorial. I am doing Space Pond Nails. The original version of pond nails can be traced back to here and has been replicated many times since in various forms.

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  • 31DC2015 Day 29: The Supernatural – Squished Fairy
    11:02 amSeptember 30th, 2015
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    31DC2015 Day 29: The Supernatural – Squished Fairy

    31 Day Challenge hits Day 29: Inspired by The Supernatural – Squished Fairy is what I have done. As far as Supernatural goes I was a bit meh about what to do. Being time-poor, I will leave the Zombies and overdone Vampires for another day. I haven’t done a dry marble or needle-drag and thought perhaps I would do a Fairy

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  • 31DC2015 Day 28: A Flag – NZ Laser Kiwi
    11:52 amSeptember 30th, 2015
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    31DC2015 Day 28: A Flag – NZ Laser Kiwi

    I often find the flag nails prompt a little meh. It’s more because I generally prefer to put items representative of a country’s culture on my nails if I am representing a country, rather than a flag, mainly because I can add more variance, do skittles etcetera. And some flag designs are quite simple, so unless it is for the

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  • 31DC2015 Day 27: Artwork – Basquiat
    10:44 amSeptember 27th, 2015
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    31DC2015 Day 27: Artwork – Basquiat

    Back into my beloved realm of the arts with 27 of the 31 Day Challenge. It is Inspired by an Artwork and I have chosen Jean-Michel Basquiat (pronounced ‘Bass-key-ah’ – where the Bass rhymes with mass, and the ‘h’ is short and soft)(if you want to say it correctly as the French do and sound all art nerdy and impressive

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  • 31DC2015 Day 26: A Pattern – More Mara
    10:02 amOctober 1st, 2015
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    31DC2015 Day 26: A Pattern – More Mara

    Day 26 of the 31 Day Challenge already? Wow. That was sort of not really quick! Today’s prompt is Inspired By A Pattern. Nice. It’s no secret that I love patterns. And colour. And design. And spinach, but I digress. I had so much troubble picking one Mara Hoffman print for yesterday’s Fashion inspiration prompt, that I thought I’d do

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  • 31DC2015 Day 25: Fashion – Mara Hoffman
    12:36 pmSeptember 26th, 2015
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    31DC2015 Day 25: Fashion – Mara Hoffman

    I wanted to go all out with a nice bold print for Day 25’s Fashion prompt in the 31 Day Challenge. So I chose a Mara Hoffman print to replicate. There were so many to choose from, but I settled on one after much deliberation. I chose this New York fashion designer because I love her prints. This Bohemian style is

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  • 31DC2015 Day 24: A Book – Green Eggs & Ham
    12:54 pmSeptember 25th, 2015
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    31DC2015 Day 24: A Book – Green Eggs & Ham

    Today’s 31 Day Challenge prompt is literally literal. It’s Day 24 and the prompt is Inspired By A Book – Green Eggs & Ham. More like devilled eggs, but I thought I should go a bit Seuss. You might have guessed by now that I do have an often warped sense of humour, so it made sense to run with it

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  • 31DC2015 Day 23: A Movie – Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 3D
    9:21 pmSeptember 24th, 2015
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    31DC2015 Day 23: A Movie – Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 3D

    Hello again. Back with some whacky nail art today as we glide into Day 23 of the 31 Day Challenge. I couldn’t decide on something given there is so much choice. In the end I settled on an animation. #31DC2015 options argh! In the end I decided to go with Day 23: A Movie – Cloudy With A Chance of

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  • 31DC2015 Day 22: Inspired By A Song – Rubber Band, Bowie
    11:39 amSeptember 22nd, 2015
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    31DC2015 Day 22: Inspired By A Song – Rubber Band, Bowie

    31 Day Challenge and the first Inspired By prompt falling on Day 22 is Inspired By A Song – Rubber Band, Bowie. David Bowie. I thought I would pick something random and obscure, so it fits the bill there. And to celebrate 50 years of David Bowie. The track itself was a bit of a flop, but was one on

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