Showing posts with label I Just Can't Cope-acabana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label I Just Can't Cope-acabana. Show all posts
#31DC2016: Inspired by a Flag
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
9/28/2016 01:55:00 PM
Last year I really struggled with this prompt, but today I knew exactly what I wanted to happen. I grew up on boats and racing with my Dad, so when I was thinking about flags, nautical signaling flags popped into my head. These are the old school way of transferring messages between boats during the day. Each flag stands for a letter of the alphabet. I fit as many as I could onto my fingers.
To start, I went with a base of the ever gorgeous Native War Paints Cable Knit Sweater. Can we have a serious discussion about the shimmer in this polish? Talk about stunning.
I then went in with It Girl Nail Art Sapphire stamping polish and the plate IG-111 for the waves. I wanted to have a dark and stormy water feel, which is exactly what I got. I love it when a vision comes together.
Next I painted on the flags. The flags are made up of different combos of Red, Yellow, Blue, Black, and White. I went with Cirque Colors Rita (red), OPI I Just Can't Cope-acabana (yellow), Cirque Colors NYFW (blue), Painted Polish Midnight Mischief (black), and OPI Alpine Snow (white) for the flags.
What do you think? Could you talk to someone only using a flag alphabet?
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
To start, I went with a base of the ever gorgeous Native War Paints Cable Knit Sweater. Can we have a serious discussion about the shimmer in this polish? Talk about stunning.
I then went in with It Girl Nail Art Sapphire stamping polish and the plate IG-111 for the waves. I wanted to have a dark and stormy water feel, which is exactly what I got. I love it when a vision comes together.
Next I painted on the flags. The flags are made up of different combos of Red, Yellow, Blue, Black, and White. I went with Cirque Colors Rita (red), OPI I Just Can't Cope-acabana (yellow), Cirque Colors NYFW (blue), Painted Polish Midnight Mischief (black), and OPI Alpine Snow (white) for the flags.
What do you think? Could you talk to someone only using a flag alphabet?
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*self purchased
#31DC2016: Galaxy
Monday, September 19, 2016
9/19/2016 10:00:00 AM
Today is the Galaxy prompt. I decided to start with a base that has the perfect name. This is 77 Nail Lacquer Galactic Kiss, a blackened bronze super holo filled with red glitter, blue and purple shards and silver flakes. I had some problems with one of the flakes, but it smoothed right out. Just a random rouge flake.
Tomorrow is my ultimate nail nemesis, water marble. We'll see how this goes. *insert stank face*
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
I then went in with a shit-ton of polishes to create my little pastel galaxies. They are: OPI Alpine Snow (white), OPI Can't Find My Czechbook (blue), OPI Live.Love.Carnival (pink), Cirque Colors Chelsea Girl (purple), OPI I Just Can't Cope-acabana (yellow). I then topped in all with China Glaze Fairy Dust because obviously we needed more holo sparkles. I then used MoYou London White Knight and Nail Craze NC 02 to stamp on some stars. Voila, galaxy nails!
Tomorrow is my ultimate nail nemesis, water marble. We'll see how this goes. *insert stank face*
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*self purchased
77 Nail Lacquer
#31DC2015: Inspired by a Flag
Monday, September 28, 2015
9/28/2015 12:31:00 PM
The final countdown has begun. There is officially 3 days left of the #31DC2015 and I could not be more excited. I'm looking forward to a more normal schedule. ;-)
Today's prompt was Inspired by a Flag. I'm not going to lie, this one seems a little out of place with the rest of the prompts, but it is what it is. I really had no idea what I was going to do, but I decided to let my inner nerd flag fly for a bit and this is what you get. I chose to go with a flag from the show Firefly. If you don't know it....shame on you. Just kidding, but its fun and worth checking out. In the show there are two factions, one of them being the Independents (aka the Hero's side) so I chose to recreate that flag on my nails.
Since this is a space show, I started with a base of Serum No 5 Opposites Attract a black holo since it reminds me of those black hole pictures. I then freehanded my flag across two nails using China Glaze Shore Enuff, OPI I Just Can't Cope-acabana, and China Glaze Smoke and Ashes.
There you have it. Inspired by a flag nails. Tomorrow we're supposed to be inspired by the supernatural.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*self purchased
Serum No. 5
#TheLacquerRing: Watermarble & #31DC2015: Inspired by a Book
Thursday, September 24, 2015
9/24/2015 10:23:00 AM
It's another double prompt day and I think you all should be impressed that I managed to combine, once again, #TheLacquerRing and #31DC2015. The prompts included "water marble" (AGAIN, You've got to be Kidding Me!) and "Inspired by a Book."
So I've had this book, The Rainbow Goblins, since I was a kid. It was one of my favorites. Years ago when I first moved out on my own I was sad to find that my original copy was literally falling apart, which tells you how many times I read this thing. Not only is it a fun story (my Hubs disagrees, he thinks it's creepy) but the art is absolutely stunning. General gist of the story is that there are goblins who lasso rainbows and drink their colors, but the flowers foil them and you get some amazing (including water marbled) art.
For this look, I attempted to create the cover with a lasso'd rainbow on two of my fingers. I tried (there was much cursing and restarting) to mimic the water marbles on a few fingers and on my thumb I attempted to paint the Red Goblin.
And there you have it. My Rainbow Goblins nail art. If you are interesting in seeing some of the art from the book, you can do so here. Besides one more #StampingSaturday, this is the end of double prompts for me. Thank goodness. I can't wait till next month when we're back to normal. Tomorrow is inspired by fashion. I guess I'll have to spend my day looking at beautiful clothes. ;-)
I used mostly OPI for this look. The colors are in ROYGBIV My Paprika is Hotter Than Yours, Where Did Suzi's Man-go?, I Just Can't Cope-acabana, Jade is the New Black, Can't Find My Czechbook, Eurso...Euro, Do you Have this Color in Stock-holm?, French Quarter for Your Thoughts (grey). I also used Sinful Colors Snow Me White and Cirque Colors Memento Mori.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*self purchased
#31DC2015: Inspired by a Movie
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
9/23/2015 10:06:00 AM
Today's prompt for #31DC2015 is Inspired by a Movie. Everyone has those movies that even though you own them, if you are flipping through the channels you'll stop and watch, no matter what point it is at. The Harry Potter movies fall into that category for me. It doesn't matter which movie or what point it's at, I'll stop and watch.
So when I saw these fabulous nails from Steph Stone on Instagram, I knew I wanted to recreate those fun little faces. The gangs all here.
Like yesterday, I used a lot of polishes for these, I'll list them out for you below. If you have a question on a color, just shout. Tomorrow is inspired by a book! I have no idea what I want to do yet.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*self purchased
Thumb: OPI Alpine Snow, Cirque Colors Memento Mori
Pointer: OPI Glints of Glinda, Zoya Desiree, OPI I Just Can't Cope-acabana, OPI A Oui Bit of Red, Cirque Colors Memento Mori
Middle: OPI Glints of Glinda, OPI I Just Can't Cope-acabana, OPI A Oui Bit of Red, Cirque Colors Memento Mori
Ring: OPI Glints of Glinda, OPI I Just Can't Cope-acabana, OPI A Oui Bit of Red, Cirque Colors Memento Mori, Essie Orange, It's Obvious
Pinky: OPI Alpine Snow, Cirque Colors Memento Mori
#31DC2015: Yellow Nails
Thursday, September 3, 2015
9/03/2015 10:02:00 AM
Holy Shit Snacks you guys! I never thought it would work, but apparently I was blessed with magical Russian nail powers for the evening, because I managed to pull this off. I'm so excited, that I just can't wait to show you. Here it is, day 3 of the #31DC2015: Yellow Nails.
I started off with a base of OPI I Just Can't Cope-acabana and did a needle drag with Cupcake Polish Don't Worry Bee Happy. Obviously I followed this tutorial from Sveta Sanders. I cannot get over the fact that I was actually able to pull this off.
Can I just say that I love wearing yellow polish. It looks so great with my ring. Why don't I do that more? Green nails tomorrow. I need to start planning now!
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*self purchased
Cupcake Polish
#StampingSaturday: Easter Yellow & Pink
Monday, April 6, 2015
4/06/2015 10:43:00 PM
So according to Nicole I'm a giant turd nugget for missing #StampingSaturday. There is no excuse except that I got caught up in Easter weekend craziness. But I'm making up for it now. Here's my #StampingMonday look.
I started off with a base of OPI's I Just Can't Cope-acabana. This is a bright yellow polish in the wowza category. It's a bright one. I did get some bald patches on this one, so I had to use 3 thin coats for full coverage.
I then used Mundos de Unas Mexican Pink, a bright neon pink stamping polish to create some designs. I used designs from BM-404 to create this look.
In reality I wanted this to be more pastel than neon, but you get what you get. I hope you all had a wonderful Easter with your family.
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*self purchased
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Happy Thanksgiving Y'all!
Thursday, November 27, 2014
11/27/2014 10:00:00 AM
I'm going to keep this short and sweet because you should be eating delicious turkey with family. I just wanted to show you my turkey nails and let y'all know that I'm thankful for each and everyone of you that visits my little corner of the internet. I love sharing my hobby with you all, thanks for letting me do that.
This is another on the go mani, so please excuse the photos. Here is my Thanksgiving turkey. The watermarble was supposed to be his feathers, but I just couldn't get it to look like my inspiration.
This is another on the go mani, so please excuse the photos. Here is my Thanksgiving turkey. The watermarble was supposed to be his feathers, but I just couldn't get it to look like my inspiration.
Colors used are: OPI What Wizardry is This? (liquid sand), OPI I Just Can't Cope-acabana (yellow), OPI A Oui Bit of Red, OPI Where Did Suzi's Man-go? (orange), Sinful Colors Snow Me White.
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*self purchased
#TheLacquerRing: Comic Book Nails
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
11/25/2014 10:00:00 AM
Hey y'all! Who is excited for the holiday this week? I'm pretty pumped about delicious food and family time. But it isn't quite Thanksgiving yet. So today #TheLacquerRing is here to show you something fun. As you may remember from earlier this month its my turn to pick. I did teal for my color prompt and for my art prompt I chose Comic Book nails.
I wanted to do a look that shows old school comic book styles with a fun Wonder Woman accent nail. I'll let the look speak for itself. I'll list colors used after the photos. Wonder Woman isn't my favorite nail, but I love the way the others came together.
- White = OPI Alpine Snow
- Red = Essie She's Pampered
- Black = Zoya Willa*
- Yellow = OPI I Just Can't Cope-acabana
- Nude = Floss Gloss Biscuts
- Blue = Zoya Rocky
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Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
Enjoy & until next time, Amy Lee
*polishes denoted were provided for review, all others are self purchased
