Music Challenge 11: Born to be Wild (Steppenwolf)

Music Challenge 11: Born to be Wild (Steppenwolf)

Welcome to the last entry in my Music Challenge 2012.

Born to be Wild was on the soundtrack to “Easy Rider” from 1969. The movie tells the story of two bikers who travel through the American Southwest and South. The movie explores the social landscape, issues and tensions in the US during the 1960s, such as the hippie movement, drug use and communal lifestyle. Born to be wild alright!

There are two colours that spring to mind when I’m thinking of the theme, and that’s black and red. Wearing black leather and riding on red motorcycles. I decided to go with both.

I used a black glitter polish by Sabrina that hasn’t got a name, and a dark red from Essence called “Fateful Desire”. I painted my pinkie and my thumb black and the three other fingers red – two coats on each finger. Then I sponged the black halfway up on my ringfinger and my pointer.

Here’s how that looks without a top coat on: 

It was funny with the black. When I sponged it on it was as if the black disappeared, leaving only the silvery glitter. That puzzled me, but it doesn’t really matter, because I like the look of that!

Then I stamped on the middle finger. I chose an eagle design from Konad’s stamping plate M28. I used a no name black stamping polish for it. I chose the eagle because that goes so well with the spirit of this theme. Born to be wild – born to be free!

After sealing it all up with Poshé top coat, my mani was done:

I think I would have liked my eagle to show itself a bit more, so perhaps I should have stamped with silver instead. But that would have ruined the idea of just black and red, so I’ll stay happy with it as it is :)

The bottle shot: 

What do you think? Is this mani true to the theme?

Check out the other girls’ blogs to see how they interpreted “Born to be Wild”.

Aylin: http://poshnailart.blogspot.com

Mette and Lisa: http://neglerier.blogspot.dk

Anne Mette: http://amnegle.blogspot.dk/

Brianna: http://welcometobriannasworld.blogspot.com

Celia: http://neglegejl.blogspot.dk/

Astrid: http://polish-life.blogspot.com

Bonus link to Steppenwolf “Born to be Wild!”:

That was the last challenge in this series of music related manicures. I hope you enjoyed this month’s Tour de Nail. I definitely enjoyed it myself!

Born to be wild – Yeehaaw!

Music Challenge 10: Ray of Light (Madonna)

Music Challenge 10: Ray of Light (Madonna)

I’m not a hardcore Madonna fan, although I like some of her music. I like this song, but it’s not my favourite of her songs and I’m not particularly crazy about the video. There’s way too much going on in it, in my opinion.

Anyway – I started out with two coats of Gina Tricot Beauty Nails’ “Cabaret”. It’s a purple with pink, purple and blue microglitters in it. It’s almost a one coater, but I gave it two, to get the maximum beauty out of it. The formula was good, the polish applied easily. Drying time was OK, although tending to be on the slow side.

No top coat:

Here’s a pic from another angle, where the microglitter really shows itself. I’ve got a couple of other polishes from this brand, and I have to say that I’m a little bit impressed. They’re cheap, and yet the quality is exceedingly good for such a cheap polish. I like that!

I added my rays using a striper polish from Flexbrush. It hasn’t got a name, but it’s a dense silver glitter. I added three rays on each nail, except for the thumb that got four.

Here’s that step:

You can see that the brush is relatively thick for a striper, so this polish is almost impossible to apply in thin lines. This works for me though:

Then I added some depths to it. I used Essence Dance top coat “Waking up in Vegas”, which is a pretty flakie. I applied that on my ring finger and my thumb. And then I applied Max Factor’s “Fantasy Fire” on the remaining nails. Both polishes worked amazingly well for the purpose.

Here’s the final mani – after having applied one coat of Seche Vite top coat:

And from another angle to show you both shimmer and flakies:

Here's a bottle shot: 

 

This mani really works for me, and I’m happy with how it turned out. What do you girls think?

Last challenge up is in three days, and we’re going to see be “Born to be Wild”! I hope to come up with something really cool!

Check out the other girls’ blogs to see how they interpreted “Ray of Light”.

Aylin: http://poshnailart.blogspot.com

Mette and Lisa: http://neglerier.blogspot.dk

Anne Mette: http://amnegle.blogspot.dk/

Brianna: http://welcometobriannasworld.blogspot.com

Celia: http://neglegejl.blogspot.dk/

Astrid: http://polish-life.blogspot.com

Bonus link to Madonna’s Ray of Light:

Music Challenge 9: Glitter in the air (P!nk)

Music Challenge 9: Glitter in the air (P!nk)

I chose this song because of the title. I obviously wanted at least one song with the word “glitter” in the title! I had an idea of making some kind of glitter bomb, but I actually ended up doing something else. Stay tuned and take a look.

I started out with Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear “Blue me Away”, which is a very pretty smurf-blue/turquoise crème. It’s a one coater, and the formula is extremely easy to work with. Note to self: Try stamping with this polish.

Here’s one coat, no top coat:

On to the glitter: I picked a glitter from the Swedish brand “Viva la Diva”. I chose #70, which is a clear base packed with turquoise and green glitter. The formula is great, and the glitter applies easily and evenly. I applied one coat over the turquoise, and here’s the picture of it. There’s still no top coat on:

Now I needed some skies, and I wanted this to be as perfect as possible, so I stamped them on. I chose Bundlemonster’s stamping plate BM-312 and I stamped with a no name white stamping polish. I sealed it up with a layer of Poshé top coat, and my glitter in the air mani was done:

I must admit that I really like the outcome of this! It’s way cooler than I imagined it would be when I started:

Here's a pic of the pretty couple: 

Do you know “Viva la Diva” polishes? If yes, what do you think of them?
Do you like my Glitter in the Air?

Next challenge up is in three days, and we’re going to see the “Ray of Light”! I aim for something really pretty!

Check out the other girls’ blogs to see how they interpreted “Glitter in the Air”.

Aylin: http://poshnailart.blogspot.com

Mette and Lisa: http://neglerier.blogspot.dk

Anne Mette: http://amnegle.blogspot.dk/

Brianna: http://welcometobriannasworld.blogspot.com

Celia: http://neglegejl.blogspot.dk/

Astrid: http://polish-life.blogspot.com

Bonus link to P!nk’s Glitter in the air:

Music Challenge 8: Video Games (Lana del Rey)

Music Challenge 8: Video Games (Lana del Rey)

I almost regret that I included this song in my challenge. I was totally out of ideas for it. I couldn’t think of any games that I could actually transfer onto my nails as nail art. I’ve already done Pacman so I didn’t want to do that again, Mario seems a bit too hard, and I wasn’t in the mood for Pokémon. Then I watched Lana del Rey’s video to see if that could inspire me. But seriously, I think that’s the most uninspiring music video I’ve ever seen. I am not and have never been a fan of Lana, but watching her sing just made me dislike her even more. She looks totally numb and without emotions, and that’s how I hear she’s singing the song as well. Boring! So there wasn’t any help there.

So I looked through my games to find inspiration. Nothing. I was getting a bit desperate; because there’s no way that I’m going to give up on my own challenge. And then it struck me: I’ll do this:

That’s the Playstation controller!

I started out by trying some of my untrieds: Essence’s “Sending you kisses”, Essense’s “Very Kiwi”, Rimmel Pro’s “Red Obsession” and “Aqua Cool”. I applied two coats of each, except for “Very Kiwi” that got three coats.

Here’s my skittles, without top coat:

I like all the polishes, and I’m especially impressed with the red Rimmel. It was a one coater, and the formula was fantastic. It’s definitely a winner!

Then I persuaded my boyfriend to draw the symbols on my nails. He did that with Claire’s nail art pen.

One coat of Poshé top coat and my Video Games nails were done:

This is not my best idea, but at least it’s thinking outside the box, and that was what my imagination could come up with.

The involved polishes: 

Essence: Sending you kisses, Essense: Very Kiwi, Rimmel Pro: Red Obsession & Aqua Cool

 

Next challenge up is in three days, and there’s going to be “Glitter in the Air”! I’m looking forward to some glittery nails!!

Check out the other girls’ blogs to see how they interpreted “Video Games”.

Aylin: http://poshnailart.blogspot.com

Mette and Lisa: http://neglerier.blogspot.dk

Anne Mette: http://amnegle.blogspot.dk/

Brianna: http://welcometobriannasworld.blogspot.com

Celia: http://neglegejl.blogspot.dk/

Astrid: http://polish-life.blogspot.com

Bonus link to Lana del Rey’s Video Games:

Music Challenge 7: I’m a Barbie Girl (Aqua)

Music Challenge 7: I’m a Barbie Girl (Aqua)

I chose this song because it’s made by a Danish group. It’s not very often that Danish music makes it to other parts of the world, so I thought it was worth mentioning. “I’m a Barbie Girl” was released in 1997, and it topped the charts worldwide, particularly in European countries such as the UK, where it was a number-one hit for three weeks. It was also on top of the charts in Australia for the same length of time, and debuted and peaked at No. 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in September 1997.

The first thing I think of when I think about Barbie dolls is the colour pink. Pink stuff and girlie things and sweetness.

So I chose Pure Ice “Jamaica Me Crazy” as my base colour. It’s a shimmery magenta that is fully opaque in two easy coats. On three of my fingers I covered the magenta with a purple glitter from Nails Inc. called “Bloomsbury Square”. One easy coat of that before I stamped.

I used Cheeky stamping plate CH29 and a no name silver stamping polish. I stamped a kiss on the ring finger and the thumb. After that I sealed it all up with a layer of Seche Vite top coat.

And there’s my Barbie Girl mani. Pink and glittery and girly like it should be.

I actually tried to stamp purple kisses first with A England’s “Avalon”, but that didn’t show up much. I’ve heard that al A England’s polishes should be great for stamping, and that’s actually why I bought “Avalon”, but it looks as if she’s going to need some even lighter underwear. That means that I won’t be using her for stamping, but such is life sometimes :)

Next challenge up is in three days, and we’re going to play “Video Games”! That’ll definitely be fun!

Check out the other girls’ blogs to see how they interpreted “I’m a Barbie Girl:

Aylin: http://poshnailart.blogspot.com

Mette and Lisa: http://neglerier.blogspot.dk

Anne Mette: http://amnegle.blogspot.dk/

Brianna: http://welcometobriannasworld.blogspot.com

Celia: http://neglegejl.blogspot.dk/

Astrid: http://polish-life.blogspot.com

Bonus link to Aqua’s I’m a Barbie Girl:

Music Challenge 6: Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple) – take 2

Music Challenge 6: Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple) – take 2

This is my second take on the challenge of letting myself being inspired by the song “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple. You can see yesterday’s take by clicking here!

 

Today I’m going to do the exact same mani, just with different polishes than yesterday. I started out with two coats of Gosh “Holographic Hero”, which is a strong linear holographic silver. It’s the first time I’ve tried it on, and I’m well impressed.

Here it is, without topcoat:

It was nice’n easy to apply. I used Gosh’ Fix base coat as underwear, and the two coats I used glided on easily without problems at all. This polish dries really fast. When I had done the last nail, the first one was already dry and ready for coat number two. I like that!

I love the rainbows on my nails. I’m not crazy about it in low light, where it just looks like a silver polish, but I can live with it because of all the rainbows I get to see in a good light :)

And now for the “smoke”. I used Magnetic’s “Shimmering Titanium”, which isn’t a magnetic polish, but a shattered black holo. I got it in a swatch with my sweet friend Kvacka from Rainbows and Blues.

I used the same technique as yesterday. I dabbed the black polish on the tips of my nails and dragged the polish upwards with a needle.

Here’s the result. Smoke on the water:

These pictures are all taken in artificial lights, as I haven’t seen any sights of the sun recently. *pouts* There’s no topcoat involved either.

What do you think? Is this an OK take on the challenge? Is it better than yesterday's take, or do you like that one better?

Music Challenge 6: Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple)

Music Challenge 6: Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple)

This is one of the songs, I’ve been looking forward to. I love Deep Purple, and I love the song! I didn’t have anything particular in mind when I chose it for the challenge, but I knew it had to be one of the songs.

I let me inspire by this picture:

I used a new Isadora polish as my base. It’s called Silk Road and it’s absolutely gorgeous. It’s a dusty very dark blue with green and golden shimmer, and a little bit of purple shimmer. The formula is great, like the other Isadora polishes I’ve got. It takes two easy coats to reach full opacity.

Here’s what it looks like with a layer of Poshe top coat.

You need to see it from another angle too:

I think this is perfect as my “water”. I couldn’t find a suitable purple for my “smoke”, so I went with turquoise instead, namely Orly’s “It’s up to Blue”.

I dabbed the turquoise polish onto one tip at a time and pulled the polish upwards on the nail to create a swirly effect. I used the thinnest dotting tool for the job! When I was done I applied another layer of Poshé top coat, and here’s what that looked like:

I haven’t tried this technique before, so it’s definitely something I need to practice to get better than I am right now. But I’m pleased with how this turned out – I just wanted to add a little extra: Glittah!

I chose Risque’s “Star”, which is a clear base with holographic glitter. It’s not my favourite glitter, mainly because the drying time is relatively slow, but hey, glitter is glitter, so this is definitely a keeper!! I applied one coat of Star, and my mani was done:

Nobody would ever guess that this should be Smoke on the Water, but I don’t mind, I like it nonetheless! Do you?
I will re-do this mani tonight and post my second take on this particular challenge tomorrow, so please stay tuned! 

Next challenge up is in three days, and we’re going to meet “I’m a Barbie Girl”! I predict there either be pink or glitter, or possibly both!!

Check out the other girls’ blogs to see how they interpreted “Smoke on the Water":

Aylin: http://poshnailart.blogspot.com

Mette and Lisa: http://neglerier.blogspot.dk

Anne Mette: http://amnegle.blogspot.dk/

Brianna: http://welcometobriannasworld.blogspot.com

Celia: http://neglegejl.blogspot.dk/

Astrid: http://polish-life.blogspot.com

Bonus link to Deep Purple’s Smoke on the Water:

Music Challenge 5: Firework (Katy Perry)

Music Challenge 5: Firework (Katy Perry)

I’ve been looking forward to this particular challenge, because I almost just bought the perfect two polishes for it. Just wait and see if you don’t agree with me :)

I used Borghese “Stellare Notte” for my background. It’s a dusty dark purple with a slight black duochrome effect in it.

It took two relatively easy coats to reach the desired opacity. Drying time was on the slow side, but still manageable. I didn’t apply a top coat yet, because there is of course more to come.

And from another angle.

I don’t think I’d wear this alone, but it’s a pretty good base for something else.

Now for the two polishes I bought. They’re both from Nails Inc. and are called "Connaught Square" and "Bloomsbury Square". They’re both gorgeous glitters! Connaught Square is a blue glitter with sparse purple glitters in, and Bloomsbury Square is purple with pink glitters in.

I used a dotting tool to create my fireworks. It wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be, but it’s often like that for me. Things looks so easy, but they aren’t always :D

Here’s what it looks like with one coat of Seche Vite top coat:

Here’s another pic where you can see the fireworks a bit better:

 

I looked at this for an hour, and decided that it wasn’t good enough – it wasn’t quite what I wanted. I grabbed a new glitter I bought in a blog sale recently, namely Orly’s “Shine on Crazy Diamond”. It’s a holographic glitter that can spice up pretty much every mani.

After one coat of that I was very pleased. Now that’s more like it:

Here’s a pic from another angle.

 

I know the glitter takes over a bit, but I don’t mind. I think this is much prettier than without the glitter. But girls, you’re also judges. What do you think? Is it better with or without glitter?

Next challenge up is in three days, and we’re going to have “Smoke on the Water”! It’s not one of the easy challenges, but I can hardly wait!!

Check out the other girls’ blogs to see how they interpreted “Firework":

Aylin: http://poshnailart.blogspot.com

Mette and Lisa: http://neglerier.blogspot.dk

Anne Mette: http://amnegle.blogspot.dk/

Brianna: http://welcometobriannasworld.blogspot.com

Celia: http://neglegejl.blogspot.dk/

Astrid: http://polish-life.blogspot.com

Bonus link to Katy Perry’s Firework:

And as a little extra bonus, here's a picture I took of a caviar mani I had made in Sephora, with Ciatés "beads":

It lasted about 20 full minutes before the beads start falling off!  :/

Music Challenge 4: Bad Romance (Lady Gaga)

Music Challenge 4: Bad Romance (Lady Gaga)

Time sure flies when you’re having fun, don’t it? :D We’ve already reached day 4 in my music nail art challenge. I picked Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance for day four. I didn’t have anything particular in mind when I picked the song, so watch and see what I ended up with.

I let this picture inspire me:

It’s from the video she made for the song. I let the black lace over her face and the many diamonds inspire me to do this mani!

At first I painted my nails in white, black and red alternately. I used Models Own “Snow White”, Essence “Black is Back” and L. A. Splash “Fire Siren” as my base colours. I used two coats of each polish. The black is in fact a one coater, but since I was going to wait for the other nails to dry anyway, I gave that two coats as well. Here’s what that looks like – without top coat:

I like this already! :D
Then I added a little bit of shimmer to the white and the black. I used Astor’s “Nail artist glitter”. It’s most visible on the black, which is perfect, because that’s where I want to see it the most.

Here’s that step – still no top coat:

Now for the actual art. I used two stamping plates from Bundlemonster and I stamped with Essence “Black is Back”. I used BM316 and stamped a lace design over my pinkie and thumb, and BM305 to stamp a Devil’s tail on my middle finger. Bad romance, right? :)

For the diamonds I used OPI’s “Crown me Already”, and sponged that half way up on my ring and index fingers.

Then I topped it with Poshé top coat, and my interpretation of Bad Romance is complete:

I must say that I’m extremely impressed with that lace stamp. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a detailed and crisp stamping design before!

Here are the polishes I used: 

It’s time for the verdict, girls. Let me know your honest thoughts about this, please!

Next challenge up is in three days, and we’re going to have “Firework”! I can hardly wait!!

Check out the other girls’ blogs to see how they interpreted “Bad Romance”:

Aylin: http://poshnailart.blogspot.com

Mette and Lisa: http://neglerier.blogspot.dk

Anne Mette: http://amnegle.blogspot.dk/

Brianna: http://welcometobriannasworld.blogspot.com

Celia: http://neglegejl.blogspot.dk/

Astrid: http://polish-life.blogspot.com

Bonus link to Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance:

Music Challenge 3: Over the Rainbow (Judy Garland)

Music Challenge 3: Over the Rainbow (Judy Garland)

Welcome to day three in my music nail art challenge. I obviously had to have a song in this challenge that contains a rainbow.

I went through my stash to find appropriate colours for a rainbow, that would match each other two and two. I painted on a little piece of paper to see if they all fitted each other. I picked the top row of them:

First I painted my nails with a white crème from Models Own called “Snow White”. It’s not a one coater, but I only applied one coat anyway. It’s only underwear after all :) There’s no pic of that. Everybody must know what a plain white crème looks like!

Then I sponged my colours on. I used two colours on each nail, and here’s how that ended up looking. I’m having one coat of Poshé top coat on too:

I wanted my rainbow to be glittery though. So I applied a coat of Sally Hansen’s “Disco Ball”, which is an iridescent glitter in a clear base.

Here’s the final result:

And another pic because I like rainbows so much:

Here are the polishes I used:

Finger Paints: Vintage Violet, Barielle: Sky’s the Limit, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri: Blue Streak

 

And the second half of the lot:

China Glaze: Celtic Sun and Papaya Punch, Orly: Candy Cane Lane, Sally Hansen: Disco Ball

So there you have it. Rainbowify Me makes a rainbow :D

Next challenge up is in three days, and we’re having a “Bad Romance”! It’ll definitely be interesting!  

Check out the other girls’ blogs to see how they interpreted “Over the Rainbow”.

Aylin: http://poshnailart.blogspot.com

Mette and Lisa: http://neglerier.blogspot.dk

Anne Mette: http://amnegle.blogspot.dk/

Brianna: http://welcometobriannasworld.blogspot.com

Celia: http://neglegejl.blogspot.dk/

Astrid: http://polish-life.blogspot.com

Bonus link to Judy Garlands’ Over the Rainbow: