Hunger Games Flame Nails

Hello All,

I got inspired by Cute polish and her awesome Hunger Games nail tutorial so I decided to try it my self. IT is to represent the nails that Katniss wears.

Here is the link to her tutorial on her You Tube page: Cute Polish. This is the first time I have ever done any free hand drawing so be nice to me. LOL

In her tutorial she used a black but I decided to use China Glaze Store Cold from the Hunger Games Collection. I wish I could have left it be matte but I need to put top coat to seal in the flames decal.

I used a ziploc bag to free hand the flame designs on so that I could peel them off and apply to nails. This way my other hand will not look like a 6 year old drew on them.

I used a white first to create a base that will make the colors pop. The red is OPI Kennebunk-Port, the orange is China Glaze Breakin' and the yellow is China Glaze Lighthouse.

I let these dry for a few hours because they were "interesting" to paint and I did not want to mess up at all in case not dry. :-)

I found it easier to peel off the plastic from the fire tip end since I small amount to try to get up.

All you have to do now is place on your nails  and then put a topcoat on to seal the design in place!

Some people may feel that flame on every nail is too much so an idea is to just put on the ring fingers. 

I hope you all enjoyed this design! 

I can't wait till the movie tomorrow and I will be all ready with my 

Tribute Tee, Mocking Jay necklace and pin!! 

My friend Tiffany is even gonna braid my hair before we go to movie!

Yeah, I'm one of those crazy people. :-D

                                     Gift from my buddy Tiffany!

Thanks again!

I hope you all have a great rest of your day and as always, thank you for reading!

Cher

Half Moon Manicure

Happy Monday!

I wanted to use my new Ulta Set it Nude polish I posted about a couple days ago.

 It was just screaming to be used in a half moon manicure.

 It just had such a retro vibe about it. 

I think it came out alright for my first time doing one. 

You need to know that I am insanely picky and it annoys me that the lines and not perfect.

 I started off with two coats of the Ulta Set it Nude.

I did add  a coat of Seche Vite in order to speed the drying time.

 I used reinforcement labels in order to create the moon shape at the base of my nail.

I actually reused each circle. I just turned the circle around to use on the other hand. I have also seen people cut them in half but I got lazy. :-)

 Ignore the index finger of China Glaze Agro, I was going to use this polish but I just didn't feel it once I saw it on. I felt I needed to go more to traditional with the red.

I actually put the tabs a little lower on the nail cause I felt it showed too much of the nude.

I suggest you play around with how much you like on yours.

I applied one thick coat of OPI Kenne-Bunk Port.

I worked one nail at a time. Once I painted on the red, I then immediately removed the reinforcement label. At times I do not think I had the tabs on totally secure cause I would have a little bleed through. 

Like I said earlier, I like the turnout but I think I'll try placing each tab one nail at a time as well to ensure that the tab is stuck on well.

Are there any combinations with the nude that you think would look good? I may try your suggestion the next time I do it.