#LLreinvention

I decided to join the Lacquer Legion's monthly challenge, and this month's theme was Reinvention. It took me a while to come up with an idea for this. After all, reinvention can be interpreted in many ways. After much thinking, I finally settled on this: Mermaid scale nails. So how exactly is this reinvention? Well, for 2014, I am reinventing myself as a mermaid. Okay, not actually possible, but still, it'd be cool if I could be a mermaid. I really love the beach and swimming. Unfortunately though, I have to come up for air quite often. And now for the nails.

I am warning you now. This post is filled with MANY photos. I've never really done a holo manicure, so photographing it turned into a fun challenge. Also, some of these photos were included only because the sun shining makes me think of summer. :p On my pinkie and pointer finger, I used two coats of Frostbite from China Glaze, then one coat of Deviantly Daring from China Glaze. On my middle finger and thumb I did a gradient of both colours, and my ring finger is painted with Frostbite. I topped all my nails off with Luxe and Lush from China Glaze, then drew on the scales with my calligraphy pen and India ink.

The next several photos were taken underwater to bring out the different colours in the polishes.

Of course I had to bring out some shells and coral for the mermaid scale nails.

These have to be my favourite photos, just because of the sun shining. They make me think of summer and being at the beach. 

I hope you guys enjoy! And hopefully, the summer sun will be here soon!

So It Goes...

Oh yes. That time has come again: concert nail time. After going to 8 concerts last year, I figured I needed to step up my concert game this year :p, and go to even more. So why not start early?! Anyways, I went to see Hollerado; who is one of my favourite bands Sunday night. They're kind of an Indie Rock band. It was below 0°C, but the band rocked. It was a small concert, so I got to meet the band too! They're super cool, chill guys. And of course, I did my nails. Then on Monday night, I went to see Hollerado again. I met them (again), and this time got to show them my nails. Their singer, Menno was really excited by them. I think the coolest part though, was that their bassist, Dean, remembered me.

*So Menno, the band's singer, took a photo of my nails. He told me they were going on the internet. He didn't lie. Here they are on Hollerado's Instagram.*

My nails are based on Hollerado's albums. My pinkie, pointer finger and thumb on my left hand, as well as my pinkie and pointer finger on my right hand are inspired by their album Record In A Bag. My middle fingers are inspired by their album White Paint, and my ring finger on my left hand is their logo. All of the Record In A Bag nails were done with a base of White Away by Sally Hansen, a calligraphy pen, India ink and acrylic paint. The logo was a base of Black Satin from Rimmel, and acrylic. The White Paint nails were a base of Black Satin, with Gypsy Queen by Misa, Wocka Wocka by OPI, Art Nouv-Yellow by Finger Paints, High Line Green by NYC, Surfs Up by Sally Girl, Let's Get Lost by Essence, Frostbite by China Glaze, and Tomorrow Never Dies by OPI to get the stained glass look. On my left hand, I painted over the "stained glass" with white acrylic for the effect on the CD.


Signed by Menno (sadly, slightly smudged), Nixon and Dean. I never seemed to be able to find Jake, the drummer...

This one was only signed by Dean, but I love the extra "Stay Warm". It really was freezing the other night.

Prepare to be bombarded with concert photos.

Here's me with Menno. I got photos with the other guys too, but they're with my friend as well, so I didn't want to plaster them all over the internet.

As I always say after a concert, go check this band out!!!!

P.S. Do you guys remember my Ghost Town manicure? Well, after showing the guys from Ghost Town my nails, they did a live vlog on YouNow, and I was mentioned. Check it out here! Start watching at about 24:30 until about 25:15. 

Lost Generation

Hey people of the blogisphere! I'm back, better and bloggin'! So here's my Mani Monday.

The base colour is Club Prive from L'Oréal. Then I inked on the design. It's inspired by a design I've been working on, on my binder. The binder isn't quite finished yet, but when I'm done, I'll post a picture. Anyways, the jellyfish are based off the t-shirt I got from the Billy Talent concert (it's to represent their Dead Silence album). Then the middle nail is lyrics from Billy Talent, as is the "lost generation" on the pointer finger. The skyline is the Manhattan skyline, and on the thumb are Beatles lyrics.

Also, I have another drawing done.

It's based on a photo I took of one of the tigers at the Toronto Zoo last year. I've been working on this for 7 months (not straight through :p) and I'm happy to finally finish it. 

Hope you guys enjoy! It's great to be back. 

Love is...

Hey guys! I've got a couple quick Valentine's Day designs to show you.

So, as you can see, they're a couple of famous love quotes. First, Love is Sweet, Love is Kind, and then, quoted from the famous Beatles' song, Love is All You Need. I started with a base of White On from Sally Hansen. Then I sponged on Watermelon from Essie to create a gradient. Finally, using black India ink and a calligraphy pen, I wrote on the words. 

I hope you guys enjoy! And I've got another post for you tomorrow, that's sort of inspired by the... um... un-dead.

Doodle Nails

Here's my latest nail design; doodle nails!

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To make them, I splatter painted my nails using nail polish diluted with nail polish thinner, then used India ink and a calligraphy pen to write the words on. Make sure you clear coat a couple of times to ensure the ink stays on! Enjoy!