31 Day Challenge, Day, 11: Polka Dots

I love dots and my dotting tools.  I love them so much that I'd probably do a dotticure  times out of 10 if I didn't force myself to try other things.

Today I have a retro-inspired manicure using all China Glaze polishes.  The base is Kalahari Kiss and the dots are done in Exotic Encounters, Seduce Me and Call of the Wild.  I really love how this turned out.

Sadly, as I mentioned earlier, I had a serious nail accident a few days ago.  I tried so hard to save my poor nail but today I lost it, nail bandage and all.  I can't bring myself to file down the rest of my nails just yet so I apologize for how my hands appear.

31 Day Challenge, Day 7 - Black & White Indecision

I don't have an actual completed manicure today.  I just couldn't decide what I wanted to do so I thought I would show you what my nails look like when I'm trying out ideas.  Please keep in mind that none of these are meant to be 'finished', some are a little sloppier than I'd like.  What I would normally do after this stage is pick one, take everything off and start over to do a mani for realsies.  Obviously that didn't happen here. :)

I think if I were forced to pick one and go with it I'd pick either my pinky or my middle finger.

Day 2: Orange

Ugh, Orange.  Not one of my favorite colors, at least on me.  I don't even have much in the way or orange polish - maybe 5 or 6 shades.  So, this one was hard for me.  What to do?  I was totally stumped especially since I had told myself I was going to do something new and different (new to me) each day of this challenge.

Challenges, Stripers, Art Fail

I decided I was going to try my hand at the 31 Day Challenge, starting today.   I likely won't do a prompt each day, every other day or every 3 days seems more reasonable to me.  Why am I doing this?  Well, I tend to get stuck in a rut with things and I figured this would force me to step out of my comfort zone and do new things (new to me, at least).

Purple Polka Dots

I had a totally different color block mani done with greys and blues but messed it up beyond repair before I could take pictures so I have this...purple polka dots.  The base color is Zoe from Julep, the lighter dots are Perrie by Zoya and the darker dots are Monica by Zoya.

I love polka dot manicures, as I've said before.  They're simple to do and look neat. :)

Zoya!

I've seen manicures similar to this on several sites and thought it would be cute and fun to do...and it was.  For this I used 5 Zoya shades: Robyn, Charisma, Perrie, Maura and Dana.   The blue base is Robyn and the accent nail is Perrie - all of the colors were used for the dots.

Moar Dots!

I heart polka dots and sadly I usually suck at making them. These cane out halfway decent though. The orange color is Parker by Julep, the green is Alma by Julep.