The Digital Dozen does Books - The Hobbit

Hi all!

The last mani is inspired by a book cover of a book I did read, The Hobbit. There have been many book covers for this book of course, but this is the one my mani is based on.

Polishes:

• Lucky 13 Lacquer - Dark Matter
• Rimmel - 807 My Grey
• Mollon Pro - 27 Red Carpet
• Lucky 13 Lacquer - Elemental Ward

Base: 1 coat of Dark Matter. I used a nail art brush and My Grey to add the mountains and fog. With a dotting tool I added the red moon. Topped with Elemental Ward.

Have you read The Hobbit?

Love, Brethil

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The Digital Dozen does Books - Moby Dick

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Today not a mani inspired by a book cover, but just a book. I got this stamping plate recently though and thinking of book inspiration, I had to do Moby Dick when I saw these cute little whales.

Polishes:

• Essence - 115 rockablue
• Polish My Life - Muscat Martini
• Kaleidoscope - Stamping 01 Black
• Catrice - 59 Keep Me - I'm Cute
• Lucky 13 Lacquer - Elemental Ward

I also used MoYou London's Animal Collection 05 which has this lovely image of whales and narwhals.

Base: 2 coats of rockablue. On my sparkly nails I added some Keep Me - I'm Cute. I stamped the image with black and then used Muscat Martini to fill in the whales and more Keep Me - I'm Cute to fill in the narwhals. I then transferred it on to almost dry top coat and sealed everything in with Elemental Ward.

Aren't the whales cute?

Love, Brethil

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The Digital Dozen does Books - Stock Image

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I came across this stock mockup book cover here. It's not actually an existing book cover, but I just loved the combo of the dusty blue with neon pink. I had to create some nail art inspired by it when I saw it.

Polishes:

• Polish My Life - Be Bold, Be Brave
• Polish My Life - My Violet
• Maybelline - LE Bleached Neons - 242 Coral Heat
• Lucky 13 Lacquer - Elemental Ward

Base: 2 coats of Be Bold, Be Brave or 3 coats of Coral Heat. I used a nail art brush to add the pattern on the blue nails and topped it all with Elemental Ward.

Very simple nail art, but I loved wearing it!

Love, Brethil

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The Digital Dozen does Books - Swan Song

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For today I have something simple. The book cover that inspired me is this one here. I saw this book cover and knew I had a stamping plate image just like it, so of course, I had to use it. Haven't read the book though.

Polishes:

• Lucky 13 Lacquer - Dark Matter
• MoYou London - White Knight
• Lucky 13 Lacquer - Elemental Ward

I also used a plastic stamping plate from Born Pretty Store: BE-BC-04. Since the scan does not show the images, you'll have to put up with the image below.

Base: 1 coat of Dark Matter. I used White Knight to stamp the dotted scale image. Topped with Elemental Ward.

Sometimes, just black and white nails are everything.

Love, Brethil

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The Digital Dozen does Books - The Doctor Series

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This month we're doing Books. Now I will not have read all the books I based my mani's on, because I just like to be inspired by book cover art itself. The first one this week is one of those, I just really liked the artwork, no clue what the book is about really. You can find my inspiration book cover here.

Polishes:

• Barry M - Gelly - GNP 28 Coconut
• NYC - 221 Spring Street
• Essence - LE Tribal Summer - 02 INTI INKA
• Polish My Life - Peacock Feathers
• Lucky 13 Lacquer - Dark Matter
• Lucky 13 Lacquer - Elemental Ward

Base: 2 coats of Coconut. I used a nail art brush to add the shapes with all the other polishes. Topped with Elemental Ward.

The actual shape from the book cover is on my thumb, the other nails are variations on that idea.

What do you think about his blobbly colourful mani? I really love it.

Love, Brethil

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The Digital Dozen does Textured - Shells

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Last mani for this week, and again, I used textured polishes. I'm keeping this short, because I am a tad late posting....

Polishes:

• KIKO - 636 Mint
• KIKO - 637 Turquoise
• Kaleidoscope - Stamping 86 Nephritis

I also used Creative Shop 28.

Base: One coat of Mint. I added a gradient of both textured polishes with a sponge. I stamped a shell image using Nephritis.

Love, Brethil

The Digital Dozen does Textured - Leopard

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I'm back with a textured polish today. It used to be thermal as well, but I've had this since 2015 I believe and thermal pigment doesn't last that long. But it's still textured of course!

Polishes:

• Superficially Coourful Lacquer - Steamy Affair
• Kaleidoscope - Stamping 30 Sea Depths
• Kaleidoscope - Stamping 01 Black

I also used MoYou London's Tropical Collection 36.

Base: 2 coats of Steamy Affair. I stamped the leopard print using Sea Depths first. It's barely visible though, Sea Depths is greenish and slightly darker on this base. I added some more stamping with black.

I better start on my last mani! Eeep, I'm so behind!

Love, Brethil

The Digital Dozen does Textured - Fern

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Today's mani appears to have texture (I think), but doesn't. I absolutely love how this one looks.

Polishes:

• Polish My Life - Perfect Nightcap
• Kaleidoscope - Stamping 23 Aurora Borealis
• MoYou London - Winter Sky
• Lucky 13 Lacquer - Elemental Ward

I also used 2 Hēhē stamping polishes: 104 and 052.

Base: 1 coat of Perfect Nightcap.  I stamped the broken lines using Aurora Borealis, which is a duochrome stamping polish. I added the fern leaves using Winter Sky and then topped it all with Elemental Ward.

Isn't Aurora Borealis amazing with that colour shift. I feel it really brings dimension to the nail.

Love, Brethil

The Digital Dozen does Textured - Lick-O-Rich

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Another textured polish today, one from Sally Hansen I got in a Big Bazar store I think (they sell discounted older collection nail polishes amongst lots of cheap things). I've had it for a while now though.

Polishes:

• Sally Hansen - Sugar Coat - 800 Lick-O-Rich
• Kaleidoscope - Stamping 92 Dark blue neon
• Kaleidoscope - Stamping 14 Fuchsia
• Kaleidoscope - Stamping 22 Silver
• Born Pretty Store - 379

I also used MoYou London's Tropical Collection 36.

Base: 2 coats of Lick-O-Rich. I used the bottle brushes to add distressed swipes before stamping silver leaves on top.

I actually really like this combo of distressed with leaves... obviously leaves...

Love, Brethil