Nail Polish Challenge Week 31: The Final Challenge!

It's the very last challenge!

    I feel so accomplished! I actually completed 31 weeks of this! On one hand I am proud of myself for actually sticking to this and doing it every single week. I'm also happy that it is finally over so that from now on I can do whatever I want without having to stick to a theme, but on the other hand I'm a little sad to see it all end. I've devoted half a year to this little project so it has kind of become a routine for me and it has also challenged me and improved my nail art skills by a marginal bit. Oh, my conflicted feelings... But all things must come to an end. So for this final nail challenge the theme is to re-create your favorite challenge! Honestly, I don't have a favorite theme although I do have a favorite nail design. (*cough* My cityscape nails for artwork week *cough*) Instead I chose to do a mixture of re-doing both gradient week (that was a fail of epic proportions) and tutorial week (since I rushed through that one). Without further ado here is the final nail challenge...

Ombre Sunset Forest Nails

    I followed SimpleNailArtDesigns's tutorial on Youtube to create this. For the base coat for the gradient to stick to I just used one coat of Zoya's Bela. Then on a make-up sponge I used Sally Hansen's Xtreme Wear Hard As Nails in Blue It, Avon's Orange Creamsicle, and Avon's Sunshine. I just dabbed my nail to create the ombre. Then with a toothpick dipped in China Glaze's Liquid Leather I patiently added the ground and trees. Finally I just sealed it all in with my trust NYC Long Wearing Extra Shiny Top Coat. Viola! Tutorial completed! That finishes the final nail polish challenge. I might put together a collective post of every single week just like a re-cap. It will depend on how much free time I have. Anyways it has been an interesting and fun ride and I thank you all for sticking with me. I suggest you guys try this out. Obviously I have no nail art skills at all, but doing this challenge has really shown me new and creative designs that even I can do. You would be surprised at how easy some things are. Thanks again for everything guys!

Nail Polish Challenge Week 30: A Tutorial

Only one week left of the nail polish challenge!

     Hey everyone. I know that I am two days late posting this, but I have had to work overtime all this week and so things got a little crazy there. Nevertheless I have finished this week's challenge. This week's challenge was a tutorial. I decided to do Bubzbeauty's spring time nails. I wish I would have slowed down and taken my time a bit more when doing this, but as I said I had worked overtime yesterday and I was hurrying to get it done before dinner. Still I'm happy with the results...

Spring time grass and daisies.

      For the sky which is also the base coat I used Zoya's Blu in two coats, then for the grass strands I used two different greens/ With a toothpick dipped in polish I used Zoya's Josie, and Apple. This picture does not justice whatsoever to the glitter in Apple. It actually has a three dimensional effect because I used one matte color for the stalks and then a glitter for the other stalks. So it sparkles in certain light. Then for the daisies I just used a bobby pin and dotted it in my cheap dollar store nail striper in white. For the center of the daisies I used Avon's Sunshine and just dipped my bobby pin in. This was super simple to create and it would have looked way better had I slowed down and taken my time with it. This is a really great look for springtime and trust me on the nails it looks way more forgiving then this harsh picture. Can you believe we only have one more challenge left? I feel like crying... not sure if I'm happy or sad that it is all about to end next Monday. I will still post some manicure looks, but they will be sporadically and in no particular theme really. Just the nails that I believe are worth taking a picture of. Anyways that's all for this week's challenge. Please look forward next week for the finale. Also later today when I get off work I will be posting this month's CBV review so stick around for that. Bye guys!

Nail Polish Challenge Week 27: Artwork

It's nail polish challenge Monday!

     Hello again all my beauties! Despite my usual hatred for Mondays in general, today has been a very good and productive day for me today. I woke up early and found out my CBV order that I placed during a busy sale last week should be here by Wednesday. That is a week and a half turn around time and let me tell you I ordered quite a few scent shots. So I was very happy with that. Another thing that has made today great is that spring has finally arrived here in my hometown. Yesterday it was up in the seventies and today it has been in the sixties with the sun shining. I have been waiting for spring since Christmas ended.  An another note I was really nervous about what to do for this week's nail polish challenge because if you haven't already noticed my nail art skills are still in the beginner's level. I scoured the net for pictures of nails that are artwork inspired just looking for something that would be possible for me to even attempt at doing. Luckily I found a cutepolish tutorial on Youtube and it didn't turn out too bad if I do say so myself. Without further ado here is how it turned out...

Not too shabby if I do say so myself.

     After searching awhile I saw this City Skyline tutorial and it reminded me of all the landscape paintings I have seen depicting the New York skyline. It was perfect for this week's theme. For a base coat I used only one sheer coat of Zoya's Bela just to give the gradient polishes something to stick to. Then I with a make-up sponge I used Sally Hansen's X-treme Hard As Nails polishes in Blue It and Deep Purple. I sponged the two over my base coat to create the gradient effect of the night sky. Then using my China Glaze Liquid Leather I created the buildings by using short downward strokes. I then used my LA Colors Art Deco nail striper in black to add little satelites and pyramid tops to a couple of the buildings. With a toothpick dipped in Avon's Sunshine I added little windows in the buildings to create the lights of the city. Next I just used my cheap dollar store white nail striper to create a tiny crescent moon on my middle finger and a tiny airplane on my thumb (which sadly you cannot really see). To top it all off I just used my NYC Long Wearing Extra Shiny Top Coat to seal it all in and add some shine. I would say this is probably my favorite look I have done so far in the nail polish challenge. It is so hard to believe we are already at week 27! Look forward next week for the next nail polish challenge. Until then see you next time!

Love Victoria Candle in Gem Blue Glitter!

Because who doesn't want more glitter?

      Hello again internet friends! When I recieved my Superbowl CBV sale I was super excited because I ordered for the first time a Love Victoria candle. I chose to get the scent Bubble Gum in gem blue glitter. It was hard to narrow it down to one scent but I wanted to get a scent that I knew I wouldn't get sick of smelling no matter what season or time of day. I tend to have scent ADD. I will love one scent for like a week and then I will smell another and that one will become my favorite and I end up hopping around after scents like the Trix rabbit. In the end Bubble Gum was the scent left standing, since I don't think I will ever not like it. It's such a simple fragrance, but it brings back a lot of childhood memories for me so I'm always smiling when I smell it. Plus I've yet to meet a person who hates the smell of bubble gum. It may not be some people's favorite, but nobody hates it.  

Gem Blue in natural light.

     It was so hard for me to chose what color glitter I wanted. I watched countless videos on Youtube and scoured the Pouring Pot glitter thread. All of the colors though were so very sparkly and so very very pretty. I was torn between quite a few of the choices and I agonized over it for days! (okay more like just 2 days) In the end I decided to go with a color that would match my bedroom. My bedroom walls are painted a pale sky blue color while one wall of mine has a cherry blossom decal mural. (See picture below; although my walls are a slight darker shade of blue; the flash on the camera washed the color out a bit)

The wall just above my bed for reference...

    In the end I was torn between gem blue and jeweled bright pink. Obviously I opted for gem blue. I don't in any way regret my decision. It is such a beautiful color. The blue is actually closer colored to my walls then they look in the pictures I took. (What's wrong with you camera flash?!)  The pictures make it look almost aquamarine, but it really isn't. It's actually more like the Crayola color Blue Grey.  It has micro-flecks of aquamarine glitter in it though along with silver and gold. The end result kind of reminds me of Zoya's Crystal nail polish or OPI's Reflecting Pool. The glitter really pops when the light touches it although my sucky camera does it NO justice at all. (I wish I had an HD camera so I could show you all the true awesomeness of the glitter.)

In indoor light. (once again my camera makes it look darker)

Note the size

       After getting over the initial amazement of the stunning glitter I noticed that it wasn't as big as I initially thought. For some reason after seeing some pictures I was under the impression it would be taller and not as wide, but it isn't very tall. (I did not read on the website where it says it is 4 inches tall lol) I actually took out a dvd box that I had and held it up length wise and this candle stands at almost exactly half the height of a dvd box. So if you were wondering just how tall the candle is, but haven't purchased one yet yourself just take out a standard dvd case and hold it up length wise, cut that height in half and you will have your answer. (Yes, I know how unorthadox my measuring methods are) Though it isn't very tall length wise it has a great width. It's a nice almost "chubby" candle. It's very wide around the brim so you are getting a whole lot of wax. I am actually glad it isn't as tall as I was expecting because it makes storage a lot easier. The shape and size make it easy to fit in smaller shelf spaces or drawers. Mine however is taking up residence on my bedroom dresser. 

I had to trim the wicks, but they set up nicely after that.

       The candle is double wicked, however it did take a while for the wax to melt all the way to the edges. When I first lit my candle I hadn't trimmed the wicks since they looked pretty decent sized. That turned out to be a mistake though. As soon as I lit it I had two tall flames that trailed black smoke up to my ceiling like a train exhaust engine. I was worried I had gotten a candle that had the wrong wick size since sometimes that can happen so I immediately blew it out. After going back on the Pouring Pot and scouring the boards for threads based on similar topics I found that I was supposed to trim the wicks before lighting it. Once I trimmed the wicks even smaller to where it was just a tad bit above the wax, my candle lit beautifully without any black smoke whatsoever. So like they always say TRIM YOUR WICKS even if it is the first time you are burning it. I do have to say that the bubble gum fragrance was much stronger in scent shot form. I can still get a whiff of the bubble gum fragrance that I love, but it is very weak compared to scent shot form. I know that in general scent shots are stronger in fragrance because they are samples that are packed with oils, but I really was hoping my candle would be stronger than it is. I will probably light it more for looks than for smell. Perhaps I will light it and melt a forth of a bubble gum scent shot just to give it that punch that I was looking for. Despite the lackluster scent throw I am happy with my purchase. It looks so pretty sitting on my dresser and I've gotten a lot of compliments on it.

So in conclusion...

      For the amount of wax you get and for the pretty element alone these candles are a great deal for the price. I would say if you are looking to purchase one of these for the first time get something that you know has a really strong scent throw otherwise you might not think it so worth it in the end. So take your time when choosing a scent. And of course even if the wick looks small and fine already, trim them before lighting. It makes a world of difference! I will probably be ordering more glitter candles in the future although I will make sure I pick a better scent. Right now I'm thinking about getting a glitter tureen in either Twilight Woods or Cinnabon...maybe both who knows. Have any of you guys had either of those scents in candle forms? If so please let me know how good the scent throw was on them. Well that concludes this rather long winded post. I hope you all enjoyed the candle porn pictures. And for those of you who have yet to purchase a Love Victoria candle yet were curious I hope you found this informative. Until my next review guys, bye!

Nail Polish Challenge Week 22: Inspired By A Song!

This week's theme is music inspired.

      Welcome back everyone for yet another week of me attempting to make my way through the 31 week nail polish challenge. We are on week 22 already and I feel like I'm so close to the end, but I'm underestimating the number of weeks left. Despite the Gagnam Style GIF I did not choose that song for the inspiration of my nails this week. Instead the song I chose was "Honeybee" by Blake Shelton. Yes, I chose a country song which was really surprising to me. Not that I don't like country music, just that I tend to listen to other genres a bit more than that one. However I have been listening to Honeybee over and over for a while now so I thought what better song to chose than this one? So that was the inspiration behind the nails below...

My hand looks kind of freaky here lol...

     For the base coat I used the same color as I used last week and that was Zoya's Breezi in two coats. Then for the bee trail and wings I just used my LA Colors Art Deco Striper in Black. For the body of the bee I used Avon's Sunshine. For the white on the wings I just used my cheap dollar store white nail striper that has no name. And that's all it took other than an hour of free time to create this. I'm happy with how it came out, but there were a lot of things I could have done to make this better. For one, instead of using my gloppy black striper I could have used the end of a bobby pin to make the dots smaller and cleaner looking. The other thing I could have done was use a more pastel blue to make it look more like the sky. I could have even added some fluffy clouds on the more empty looking nails. But alas I was in a time crunch and didn't want to put too much into it since I had to make dinner and do laundry which was sure to strip off all my hard work. The design was really simple I just followed the Bubzbeauty bumblebee nail art tutorial on Youtube. I found it really easy to follow along with in case you were interested. Well that's all for this week's post. Please look forward to more CBV posts and FCS Spring line haul and review soon. Bye guys!

Nail Polish Challenge Week 21: Inspired By A Color!

Bowie and me have got a case of the blues...

      Welcome back to another installment of the 31 Week Nail Polish Challenge. Honestly, I didn't even think I'd make it this far. I figured I'd keep it up for about two months and then find it tedious and call it quits. I'm kind of proud of myself for sticking with it for so long. The theme for this week is inspired by a color. So the color I chose to be inspired by was blue.

Two toned accent nails on middle finger and thumb.

       For the lighter blue base coat I used two coats of Zoya's Breezi which is a really great blue for the summer months. Then I just painted half of my thumb and middle finger with one coat of Zoya's Ibiza. Then I just took my LA Colors Art Deco nail striper in Black and just made a line down the middle where the colors meet. To top it all off I used my handy dandy NYC Long Wearing Extra Shiny Top Coat. I decided to go really simple this week since the theme itself was pretty simple. That's all for this week's challenge, please look forward to next week's as well. Btw I've got my March CBV review coming up soon as well as a special review on my Candles By Victoria Love Victoria glitter candle, which I chose in gem blue. I know I just can't get away from all the blues lately lol. See you guys next time.

Nail Polish Challenge Week 20: Water Marbled!

Yay! Work is finally over!!

      Happy Monday everyone! I know it's kind of an oxymoron isn't it? But today didn't drag on for me like most Monday's do. I think it's because I only got about two and a half hours of sleep last night and I'm running on pure adrenaline and green tea right now. The theme for this week's nail polish challenge is water marble and I have to say I was not looking forward to this one too much because it seemed a little daunting and I knew it was going to be time consuming. Still its always good to try something out of our comfort zones right? So this is how it all turned out. 

Yet another addition to the #failnails collection...

      As you can see my instincts turned out to be dead on. This was a total disaster!! The Youtube videos make it looks so easy, but if you are like me and have no hand eye cordination, and are prone to spilling things, this is a total nail nightmare. Let me tell you how this all went wrong. First thing that failed was that the white base coat I put on turned super streaky and thus making my white nail polish completely useless. So I had to substitute a lighter base color. So I decided to go with my China Glaze For Audrey. The next thing to go wrong was the fact that the water you use has to be EXACTLY room temperature otherwise the polish will not spread; so I had to wait for it to round out. Then it turns out my Zoya nail polishes that I originally wanted to use, do not work for water marbling. So that took out half my nail polish color choices. In the end I ended up just using my cheapo Avon polishes in Sunshine and Viva Pink. So here is where my lack of grace turned out to be water marble kyrptonite.You have to work quickly with the polishes otherwise they will dry on the surface. And the polish dries within about 30 seconds. So in my haste to try and put the drops of polish in then make a design with a toothpick then dip my nail in the water I ended up spilling globs of polish all over my dresser. Ugh... I ended up getting so frustrated with the process that I called it quits with just one hand and left my other one blank. After posting this I'm going to remove these fail nails pronto! Still while this was a complete mess to do I'm glad I tried something new although I think it's safe to say I wont be doing much water marbling in the future lol!

Nail Polish Challenge Week 17: Glitter!

It's Glitter Week!

            Hello again everybody! It's a rainy gloomy Monday where I am, but I hope the weather is better where you are right now. So this week is all about glitter. The problem with that is half of my nail polish collection is all glitter. Needless to say I had a really hard time choosing just one. I came to my decision by picking a polish that matched the season, was one I didn't think I'd use again in the upcoming challenges, and lastly one that I thought not alot of people new about. Thus that's how I narrowed it down to Zoya's Crystal which, for those of you who don't know, is actually a nearly perfect dupe of OPI's rare Reflecting Pool, which I believe has been discontinued.

\I really wish my camera picked up glitter better.

A better close up on the glitter.

        Zoya's Crystal is such a unique and pretty glitter polish. Seriously this one is much prettier in real life and my camer does it NO justice whatsoever. As you can see at first glance it looks to be a cool cerulean blue, but when the lights hit it you see tiny microglitter flecks of silver, bronze, and gold. And believe me when I say that this one really pops when the lights hit it. I really like this one because it's great to wear in both winter and summer. In winter it matches the cold tones, but it matches the pretty watery blues of summer. This particular polish is said to be an exact dupe of OPI's ultra rare Reflecting Pool. I believe Reflecting Pool was only released in Europe so getting your hands on the shade is quite hard if you aren't from there. But luckily Zoya has us all covered with Crystal. Plus how perfect is the name for this polish. This one just has a really unique and amazing effect. So that's it for this week's nail polish challenge, please look back next Monday for another challenge post. Bye guys!

Nail Polish Challenge Week 15: Delicate Print!

Happy Monday Everyone!

          Well it's Monday again. The weekend was so nice and warm where I live, but sadly now that the weekend's over it went right back to freezing rain again. I already can't wait for summer to come back. Anyways it's Monday and you now what that means. Time for our next installment of the 31 week nail polish challenge. This week's theme is delicate print and I have to be honest at first I was like, "What does that even mean?" So I had to look it up. Needless to say though I figured it out and it is kind of like a delicate type pattern. So here is what I came up with.

Delicate Print Nails!

         So for the nail base color I used two coats of Zoya's Jo. I have to say it is one of my favorite blues I have, because it's muted, but still so pretty. Then I just used my cheap dollar store white nail striper to create a random pattern of dots and stripes diagonally across the tips of each nail. Truthfully this could be a lot cleaner looking, but I was doing this while watching the Asian drama King 2 Hearts. Has anybody else watched this? OMG so good! It just draws you in and has a great plot, wonderful cast, and the scenery is so beautiful. Needless to say I'm a little obsessed with it at the moment. Anyways that's it for this week's nail polish challenge. Please stay tuned for next week's theme which will be tribal print nails. Still not sure what I'm going to do for that one, but please look forward to it!

Nail Polish Challenge Week 11: Polkadots!

Pretty much what my day will be consisting of.

        Welcome back internet! Today I have been busy getting chores done before the holidays roll around. I've been doing laundry and running errands all day and I still have to dust and sweep everything. Good news though is that I've got all of my Christmas shopping done and wrapped. The only thing I have left to do is to bake some Christmas cookies as is my tradition every year. Despite being busy this morning I still had time to do my nails for this week's nail polish challenge. The theme for this week was polkadots!

Polkadot nails!

        So polkadots are a little boring for this time of year (I really wanted to make snowflakes lol) so instead I found a compromise and just paited my nails a light blue and added white polkadots in hopes of a falling snow effect. Didn't really come out as well as I had pictured in my head, but whatever I'm still happy with it. The pale blue base coat I used was Zoya's Jo which is a super pretty micro-shimmery pale sky blue. It is kind of sheer though two coats would be enough I added three. And then I just used a dollar store cheap white nail striper to create the dots. Well that's all for this week, I've got to get ready to take my mother to her doctor's appointment. Hope you all have a wonderful week!

Nail Polish Challenge Week 10: Gradient!

You there! Come on!

           Welcome back internet. We are on week 10 already and we've started to get into the more challenging nail art. I have never done a nail gradient before so this was my first attempt. I'm not all that happy with the results but what the heck I did my best and you have to have a starting point somewhere right? So doing these nails was a complete mess because first off my make-up sponge kept absorbing all the nail polish before I could pat it onto my nails so in the end I gave up and just used a Q-tip to make the gradient effect instead.

My sad attempt at a pink gradient...

Closer look at my #FailNails.

     So I know it is kind of hard to see the gradient effect but there is actually three different polishes that I used. The first one (which is closest to the nail bed) is a pale cream pink called Bella from Zoya. The middle color is a glittery darker light pink from Sally Hansen Diamond Nails in Pink Promise. And the tip color is Avon's Viva Pink. I was really hoping I could do better than this but after trying and re-painting my nails twice I finally conceeded that this wasn't too bad for a first shot. Anyways that's all for this week's challenge. Next week's doesn't look to hard so the results should be better then. Tune in for next Monday's challenge. Until then guys!

Nail Polish Challenge Week 9: Rainbow!

It's rainbow week!!

           Hello again internet! This week's theme is rainbow! I was actually looking for a little something different than the usual rainbow nails so I decided to go with a bold primary colored focused rainbow nails. The colors kind of reminded me more of school paints for some reason. Maybe I'm just weird lol. Anyways here is how they turned out.

You can't really see the glitter on the red polish.

Some polishes look brighter in different light.

           On my thumbs is Zoya's Holly in two coats, on my index finges is Avon's Blue Shock in three coats (the formula is REALLY sheer), on my middle fingers is Avon's Ruby Slipper (it is actually a really pretty red glitter but you can't tell from the lighting in the pictures.), on my ring fingers is Avon's Orange Creamsicle, and last but not least on my pinkys is Avon's Sunshine. All of them are topped of with my NYC Long Wearing Extra Shiny Top Coat. Sorry the pictures aren't that great, but I made the mistake of painting my nails before going Christmas shopping so I took the pictures in haste before I went out which is why the lighting is so terrible. Just got my secret santa gift so I will have that post up for you soon. Hope you all have a happy Monday. Until next time guys!

Nail Polish Challenge Week Six: Violet

Hi There!

    Hello again internet. It's Monday again which means time to continue on with the nail polish challenge. This week is Violet and it marks the end of the colors of the rainbow. Next week will be black and white. So weird that it was sixty degrees out yesterday then this morning it was snowing and now its super sunny and all of the snow has already melted. Is this happening to anybody else or is it just typical midwest weather? On one hand I'm excited for the snow because it means Christmas isn't that far behind and I'm pumped for some holiday cheer, but on the other hand I hate the cold and having to get out in this nasty weather. But enough weather chit chat, here is this week's nails.

I really wish you could see the glitter better!

      So the color used here is just two coats of Zoya's Valerie. It is a gorgeous dark purple with flecks of bright fushia micro-glitter. The pictures do not do it justice though, it is much prettier in person. This is my favorite purple nail polish because when the light hits those fushia flecks it makes the polish look like a purple pink duochrome. So pretty! Anyways that's all for this week look forwar to next week which is black and white. Until then guys!

Nail Polish Challenge Week 5: Blue

Is it Monday already?

           Sadly the weekend is officially over. Today is just one of those days where I don't want to do anything. I've spent most of the morning listening to Bruno Mars's "The Lazy Song" and wishing I were as upbeat as the melody itself. Anyways on to this week's nail polish challenge. We are currently already at week five which is blue. With it still only being November I decided to go with a dark deep blue instead of a wintery light blue.

     This is actually one of my favorite nail polishes of all time and it is Zoya's Ibiza. I've already used up half the bottle of this baby. Might have to buy a new one after the holidays pass. This is only two coats though it's pretty opaque on just the first coat, but I went with two just in case. As always I just topped it off with NYC Long Wearing Extra Shiny Top Coat. As you can see there are a few chips, but that's because I painted them Sunday morning and I took down and boxed up all my Halloween decorations and also did some heavy duty grocery shopping. No special additives to this one just a simple dark blue manicure. I like Zoya's nail polishes because they usually have great formulas plus they have some of the most unique colors I've seen. I've yet to find glitters that beat theirs. The only downside is that they are usually $8 each so I don't buy from there unless they are having one of their buy one get one free promotions. Still they are a great band that you should check out if you haven't heard of them already. Also just to let you guys know as of today only Candles By Victoria is donating 10% of all their earnings towards Hurrican Sandy Relief and for every dollar they raise they will match that and donate double the amount. So if you are in the market for some really amazing and affordable candles then try them out. Plus some of your money will go to a good cause. Well that's all until next Monday. See you then guys.



The 31 Week Nail Polish Challenge!



          Good after noon everybody! It's a beautiful sunny fall day here in the midwest. As most of you already know by now I am an active member of the Candles By Victoria message board The Pouring Pot. And they had a thread for the 31 Day Nail Polish Challenge, well a few other girls and I loved the idea, but being practical there was no way we had the time to do and redo our nails everyday so we decided to turn it into a 31 Week Nail Polish Challenge. So I thought I would also keep track of the weeks on here. These are the categories for the 31 weeks. 
Week 1 10/8-10/14: Red
Week 2 10/15-10/21: Orange 
Week 3 10/22-10/28: Yellow
Week 4 10/29-11/4: Green
Week 5 11/5-11/11: Blue 
Week 6 11/12-11/18: Violet
Week 7 11/19-11/25: Black & White
Week 8 11/26-12/2: Metallic 
Week 9 12/3-12/9: Rainbow
Week 10 12/10- 12/16: Gradient
Week 11 12/17-12/23: Polkadots 
Week 12 12/24-12/30: Stripes
Week 13 12/31-1/6: Animal Print 
Week 14 1/7-1/13: Flowers
Week 15 1/14-1/20: Delicate Print
Week 16 1/21-1/27: Tribal Print 
Week 17 1/28-2/3: Glitter
Week 18 2/4-2/10: Half Moons
Week 19 2/11-2/17: Galaxies
Week 20 2/18-2/24: Water Marbled 
Week 21 2/25-3/3: Inspired by a Color
Week 22 3/4-3/10: Inspired by a Song 
Week 23 3/11-3/17: Inspired by a Movie
Week 24 3/18-3/24: Inspired by a Book
Week 25 3/25-3/31: Fashion
Week 26 4/1-4/7: A Pattern
Week 27 4/8-414: Artwork
Week 28 4/15-4/21: A Flag
Week 29 4/22-4/28 The Supernatural
Week 30 4/29-5/5: A Tutorial
Week 31 5/6-5/12: Re-create your favorite challenge!

      I know this is a long term commitment so we will see how long I can keep it up. Since this week's challenge was red I decided to do a True Blood inspired simple nail look. I used Zoya's Sooki for the top which is a gorgeous bold blue based red and then on the inside of my tips I painted them black in China Glaze's Liquid Leather. Thought I'd give it a simple edge with the black tips since it is October after all.  

Such a pretty red!

And the inside tips are black and red.

     Well that is it for this post. Please look forward each week for the next challenge pictures. Also I have another new Fortune Cookie Soap haul and review on their Halloween Soap Box coming up so come back soon if you are interested in that. Hope you all are having a wonderful day and I will see you guys next time. Bye! 

Buh Bye!