#33DC - Europe-

Today's #33DC  theme is Europe. I have a friend who loves all things Parisian, so I took the opportunity to do a Paris mani. I started with a base color of NOPI Late Blu-Mer from the Modern Family holiday collection 2013. It's a medium icy blue that reminded me of the sky so I stamped clouds using Bundle Monster BM-312 in White from Milani, then the Eiffel Tower image from my Fun-2 plate (love this plate) using Milani Black Swift. While it looks quite busy, I love the idea and look of this mani. The clouds may be better suited for a gray color but the high contrast I think gives the mani an interesting look to it. I've also included a shot of the base color because it's too pretty not too!

Halloween: Sugar Skulls!

If you follow me on Tumblr or Pinterest, you have already seen this mani, but... if you haven't, take a look. I was watching Cute Polish on You Tube and she did a sugar skull mani so this was inspired by her tutorial. She is so great with a dotting tool and makes it look easy. This was a bi of a challenge. I used OPI Alpine snow as the base for the skulls and a blue Essie for the base to my stamping with the Fun2 and Cheeky CH50 for the flower images. I used black polish but also black acrylic paint and it got a bit messy at that point. Overall though, it's cute enough and unique enough to draw attention when out and about.

#33DC - Mani Featuring Two Patterns

 Today's challenge was to use two different patterns. I used OPI: Peace & Love & OPI as a base color the stamped in Milani's Black Swift using the Fun2 image plate and a Bundle Monster plate for the lines, also using Milani White. I think I should have started with the lines and stamped the geometric pattern over that, but it still looks interesting and in some respects reminds me of high rise buildings. Very abstract. Without the white, the mani looked fabulous though so I may have to revisit it sans white. Everyone else's links are below, check them out.

#33DC - Favorite Brand

Todays 33 Day Challenge was your favorite brand- I chose Hello Kitty... but only because I like the stamping image :).  I started with two coats of Lincoln Park After Dark (from the holiday take ten mini set), topped it with a coat of Snowflakes in the Air (from the holiday trio pack). I then stamped using Milani's white polish. I think it'd look better with smaller glitters, these were too sparkly and great to pass up though. They are holographic and silver round glitter in a clear base. I like the mani even though it looks busy. Be sure to check out everyone else's manis below. 

The OPI Take Ten set (10 mini polishes:  Pirouette My Whistle, Alpine Snow, Bubble Bath, Tickle My France-y, You Don’t Know Jacques!, Cajun Shrimp, Big Apple Red, German-icure by OPI, Malaga Wine and Lincoln Park After Dark.) and the Top This! trio are all available now. 

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