40 Great Nail Art Ideas-Black & White + Fluid Lines

Hi girls!  So I completely missed out on my last prompt.  I had the mani done and everything, but I worked that weekend and never got around to writing the post.   So I'm getting back on track this week!  This week's color prompt was Black and White and my pattern prompt was Fluid Lines.  Here's what I came up with:

I started with a base of Finger Paints Papier Mache and added some swirly lines with Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Blackout and a thin paintbrush.  I'm not crazy about plain black and white (I love color too much!), but I like the idea behind this mani.  I'll definitely try this style again with some color!

Here's what everyone else came up with!

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40 Great Nail Art Ideas-Teal + Fan Brush

Hi everyone!  I'm starting a new nail art challenge that will last a whole year!  I'm only "officially" committing to every other week, which uses a color plus a pattern/nail art technique, but I might also post on the alternating weeks, which uses themes for prompts (e.g. last week was "hobbies", but I didn't get a mani done).  Anyway...this first week's color is Teal and my pattern is Fan Brush.  I've never done a fan brush mani, so this was a fun new technique to try!

I started with ONE creamy coat of KBShimmer Teal It to My Heart, a perfect fall teal.

 Then I used my fan brush and KBShimmer Sarong Place, Sarong Time, KBShimmer Breaking Blues, and Finger Paints Papier Mache.

I liked the way this turned out for my first try with a fan brush!  I'll definitely be using it again!

Check out everyone else's manis below!

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NPC Day 2: Pastel

Hi girls!  Happy Wednesday!  I hope you've been having a good week!

Today's NPC called for "Pastel".  I have plenty of untried pastels, but I knew exactly which one I wanted to use today!

Check out what polishes I used after the jump!