40 Great Nail Art Ideas: Film - 84, Charing Cross Road

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Today I have a bit of nail art for you, along with several other nail artists in the links below, and we're all doing manicures based on a film!

84, Charing Cross Road is one of my favorite books AND one of my favorite movies. I liked it so much I did a collaboration polish called 84, Charing Cross Road with Amy at Literary Lacquers!

84, Charing Cross Road

In the world of books, especially 40's era stories, which is where 84 Charing Cross Road begins, it's a sepia-toned world, much like the pages of the old tomes central to the story of Frank and Helene. The sparkling rainbow, subtle in the shade, bursts forth in the sun, like the characters of Frank and Helene bursting forth from the un-earmarked pages of 84 Charing Cross Road. For anyone who loves books, they already know this is true for all of the stories and characters and worlds that lie within the sepia-toned pages of those leather-bound treasures. The same can be said for a well made, well acted movie.

You can see more swatches of the polish by itself in my original post here.

If you haven't seen it and you love books, or Anthony Hopkins, I HIGHLY recommend you make a point to see it.  Likewise, if you don't have this polish, you definitely need it!


Please check the links below to see all the other great film-inspired nail art!

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The Digit-al Dozen: New and Improved and 40 Great Nail Art Ideas Fly the Flag!

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The Digit-al Dozen: New and Improved 

and 40 Great Nail Art Ideas 

Fly the Flag!

So I'm a cheater. A big, fat CHEATER! I own it. Today I have Day 5 for The Digit-al Dozen AND the Things that Fly prompt for the 40 Great Nail Art Ideas challenge. So I did what any self-respecting lazy procrastinator would do. I combined them into ONE mani! You say cheater, I say genius.

So this one isn't "new" but I tried to make it "improved." I've done a Union Jack (yes, it's a Union Flag unless flown at sea. I know. I watch Doctor Who) mani a few times before here and with a photo tutorial here. But I keep thinking there must be an easier way. I didn't find the easier way, but I did add the smaller red stripes that were missing from the first one and I started with a red base and freehanded the blue and white around it, which was a different method.

And since flags FLY, I snuck this one in to the 40 Great Nail Art Ideas prompt too!

I used Zoya Livingston (sent for review) for the red and then Nails Inc. Tudor Way (purchased by me) for the blue. The white is acrylic paint.

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Be sure to check out ALL the links below in both sections for all the other great manis from the talented crews of The Digit-al Dozen and Crumpet's Nail Tarts.

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40 Great Nail Art Ideas: Happy New Year!

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Today I'm darting in and out quickly to show you my NYE mani. I was running short on time so I went with a super blingy polish and a simple dotticure.

40 Great Nail Art Ideas: Happy New Year

For this mani I used the new (released TODAY) KBShimmer Diamond from the Birthstone Collection. I used KBShimmer Eclipse for the black and KBShimmer Chilly Pepper for the red. One coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish it off.

Hope everyone makes 2016 the best year yet!

Be sure to check the links below for other great New Year nail art ideas!

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40 Great Nail Art Ideas: Halloween

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Easy Halloween Nails: Gradient with Stripes

I'm back with another Halloween Mani! I have to fess up on this one though. I was SO inspired that I did a ton of autumn and halloween manis. Seriously, I did so many I had extra that were no specific purpose other than nail art is fun! Some were challenges, theme weeks, etc. and so many "extras." So I was sure I had one saved back to post today for you know, ACTUAL Halloween?

Nope. I posted all of them. I even did a blog post with 24 Nail Art Ideas for Halloween! So what happens? You scramble, that's what happens. Scramble for something quick and easy. So that's exactly what I did. If it's stressing you out, you're doin' it wrong. So no stress!

So I grabbed the first orange and purple (Color Club with no name label and Sinful Colors Amethyst)  I could find and I knew Girly Bits Hooperchondriac was going to be the green. I did a quick gradient with the orange and purple and some quick freehand stripes with the green and BAM! Halloween by the seat of my pants.

Nail art has so many varying degrees. There are no rules and, as as Angie might say, no nail art police! (If you haven't seen Angie's videos on youtube you MUST check them out on Maria Cyza's channel.) You will laugh and fall in love with her. Calm down!

Yes, you can go all out but you don't always have to. Sometimes quick and easy is just as fun.

What's on YOUR nails this Halloween? If you feel like it, please go share them on my Pointless Cafe Facebook page - I'd love to see!

Also, for more inspiration, please check out the other Halloween manis in the links below!

                              

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40 Great Nail Art Ideas: Hobbies - Art

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Happy Friday!

Today begins a new nail art challenge for me with Crumpet's Nail Tarts. Every other week I'll have a mani for you with a specific theme and so will AT LEAST 40 other nail artists! You will be able to check them all out in the links at the bottom. Need inspiration? We've gotcha covered!

Today's theme is Hobbies. I have a lot of hobbies but none has been more of a life-saver or sanity-saver than painting has been for me so that's the direction I took.

I used a base of Elevation Polish Mount Ventoux. Typically yellow hates me, but this is the best one I've found for my skin tone (it still doesn't love me but it doesn't give me zombie hands like most) and I've actually used it so much for nail art and various things that I've had to order my second bottle of it. The rest was done with acrylic paints. It's really not as bright as it's reading here - it's a soft, buttery yellow.

After I lost my husband to cancer I started painting to keep from losing my mind and it's done the job for me. A relaxing, creative outlet.

One of my favorite quotes is: "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." - Pablo Picasso

So I added it over one of my paintings as my everyday FB cover photo:

It's one of the few paintings I've done that's not more abstract. And Now that I have it uploaded here, I'm seeing that it's a really bad photo of it with all the glare.

Next hobby if I ever get the time? Photography because it's SO not my forté and I am quite interested. It just seems so complicated and overwhelming.

What are your hobbies? What keeps you sane?

Be sure to check out all the other manis in the links below - more will be added all throughout the day!

Happy Painting!

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