40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Cartoons and Comics

Hi all!

So this week's theme is Cartoons and Comics. My inspiration comes from the logo of Brainfreeze Coffee 'n Comics, which is opening in Sint Niklaas, Belgium tomorrow. As the name suggests it is a comic store combined with a coffee place, owned by a friend of mine. Of course I'll be going today/tomorrow to attend the grand opening day and have a good coffee.

The Polishes:

• Sinful Colors - 101 Snow Me White
• Catrice - 030 My Café Au Lait At Nôtre-Dame
• Catrice - 400 Blue Cara Ciao
• NYC - 294 Lexington Yellow
• Essence - 114 fame fatal
• W7 - 54 Roast Chestnut
• Lucky 13 Lacquer - Dark Matter
• Lucky 13 Lacquer - Elemental Ward

Base: 2 coats of Snow Me White. I made the superhero as a decal. Everything was done with a nail art brush and the polishes listed above.

I wish my friend the best of luck with his new business, and if you're ever in the neighbourhood, go visit it!

Love, Brethil

The Nail Challenge Collaborative presents: Monochrome - Greens

Hi all!

My third monochrome mani is in all greens. I love greens personally and really enjoyed wearing this, I wore for 6 days....

Polishes:

• Catrice - LE Hip Trip - C02 Green Days
• Catrice - 10 I'm Not A Greenager
• Essence - 160 deep sea, baby
• China Glaze - 1300 Grass is lime greener
• China Glaze - 1198 Running in circles
• Lucky Lacquer - Elemental Ward

And I used a Born Pretty Store stamping plate, plate BPL-027 (item 21813).Yes, again. But this time I made decals with the stained glass like image, bottom row, second from right.

Base: index and little finger: 2 coats of I'm Not A Greenager topped with 1 coat of Running in circles. Other nails have 3 coats of Green Days as a base. My decals were stamped with deep sea, baby and then I used the other greens to fill in some blank spots. I spent quite some time on making these decals, had to have enough for both hands... I added the decals to my nails with a still drying top coat underneath to get them to stick. Then I added another layer of top coat to melt them in.

Up close you can see some minor air bubbles, but there were not visible really.

Born Pretty Store kindly gave me a discount code to share with you all! If you use code BBL91 you get 10% off your purchase! You can find their nail art products here! And they offer worldwide free shipping!

How do you feel about green polishes?

Love, Brethil

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40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Grey + Colour Scales

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Another week with double prompt. When I thought up this mani the polish looked more grey. So, I messed the prompt up a bit, forgive me. Also, I did this back in September, when my nails were still long.

Polishes:

• Lucky 13 Lacquer - You Can't Rave in A Raincoat
• El Corazon - Matte Effect - 141 neon
• El Corazon - Matte Effect - 144 neon
• Ünt - Ready For Takeoff (peelable base coat)
• Lucky 13 Lacquer - Elemental Ward

Base: 2 coats of You Can't Rave. Added top coat and then scales on some nails. I simply used a thin nail art brush and added the yellow scales first, pink second. More top coat to finish.

In this photo it looks more grey....

Love, Brethil

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The Nail Challenge Collaborative presents: Monochromes - Blues

Hi all!

For this week's Monochromes mani I am sticking with blue polishes. And a stamped geometric pattern.

Polishes:

• Essence - 22 I ♥ my blue jeans
• Mundo de Uñas - 6 Pastel Blue
• Mundo de Uñas - 4 Blue
• Lucky 13 Lacquer - Elemental Ward

And I used a Born Pretty Store stamping plate, plate BPL-027 (item 21813). I also used this Born Pretty Store stamper, item 12024.

Base: 2 coats of I ♥ my blue jeans. I stamped with the MdU stamping polishes and the big bottom left image of the plate. This image is huge, which makes it very versatile. You can use it for stripes, for chevrons or for the triangular swirl. I ended with Elemental Ward.

My thumb nail in comparison to the stamper head. My nails are not that long these days, but the stamper head is big enough for much longer nails than mine. It's about 2,7 cm wide.

Born Pretty Store kindly gave me a discount code to share with you all! If you use code BBL91 you get 10% off your purchase! You can find their nail art products here! And they offer worldwide free shipping!

Love, Brethil

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Your Job

Hi all!

This week's prompt is Your Job. My job is in insurance and I had the most difficult time in getting inspired. Hence the late night posting...

Polishes:

•  Sinful Colors - 101 Snow Me White
• Catrice - 04 Orange-Utan
• Lucky 13 Lacquer - Dark Matter
• Lucky 13 Lacquer - Elemental Ward

Base: 1 coat of Dark Matter. Next I added some insurable things in white outline with an orange accent. Orange because it's the colour of my employers logo. Ended with Elemental Ward.

We have: a home, a car, contents and a laptop. And the thumb nail speaks for itself...

Love, Brethil

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The Nail Challenge Collaborative presents: Monochrome - Purples

Hi all!

A new month means a new theme! It's monochrome month! I had to start out with my favourite colour... purple! Inspiration comes from this pattern by Cat Coquillette.

Polishes:

• Catrice - 65 Be My Violetine
• Catrice - 32 The Dark Knight
• Essence - LE Tribal Summer - 04 TIPI-YA-YEAH
• NYC - 023 Belvedere Purple
• NYC - 257 Lavender Cupcake
• Lucky 13 Lacquer - Elemental Ward

Base: 2 coats of Be My Violetine. Using all my other purples I added flowers and leaves and dots. Ended with Elemental Ward.

My thumb nail is my favourite...

Love, Brethil

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40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Black & White Leopard

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This week we have a colour and pattern prompt. Everyone does Black & White and my pattern is Leopard....

Polishes:

• Sinful Colors - 101 Snow Me white
• Foxy Paws - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
• Sparkles by Julie - Snow City
• Lucky 13 Lacquer - Dark Matter
• Lucky 13 Lacquer - Elemental Ward

Base: 2 coats of Snow Me White or Gimme!. My middle and ring finger also have 2 coats of Snow City, a black and white glitter topper (with some holo glitter thrown in as well). The rest have a leopard print using a nail art brush and Dark Matter and Gimme! Ended with Elemental Ward.

I later changed my glittery nails to solid black... I liked it better than way, but didn't take any photos.

Love, Brethil

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