13 Days of January Nail Art Challenge: Blobbicure

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It's me again, Margaret! Are you tired of me yet today?

Today we continue the 13 Days of January Nail Art Challenge. It's just a shortened version of Crumpet's Nail Tarts January 31 Day Challenge for those of us too busy for the full one. We will be posting on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays throughout January.

13 DAYS OF JANUARY NAIL ART CHALLENGE

This prompt is Blobbicure. Okay so I will admit that I actually had NO idea what a blobbicure was. I actually got it mixed up with another of Debbie's "mani names" - "splodging" (which is what I call a sponge mani.)

So I did THIS first...

I used a plain white base with a variety of polishes and for the life of me I can't remember what all of them were. The ones I remember are Elevation Polish Mount Ventoux (yellow) (sent for review) and Pipe Dream Polish VIP Pass (violet purple) (purchased by me) - there are some acrylics mixed in and the blue was a Nails Inc. Polish. I used a triangular makeup sponge to create the effect.

And then I was informed that it is NOT a "blobbicure." Okay FINE. What is a blobbicure? So I was pointed toward a few examples and I gave it a shot.

Yeah I know. I wasn't happy with it either. I don't really care for them to start with and then not having an end result I can get behind made it worse.

For this one I used a base of Zoya Marney with Zoya Aubrey and Zoya Taylor (all sent for review.)


So I tried again using my favorite polish for 2014 (Fancy Gloss Frozen Berries - purchased by me) and Pipe Dream Polish VIP Pass, which I'm obsessed with (purchased by me)...

Still not thrilled with the result but certainly thrilled "blobbicure day" is OVER!

Be sure to check out the links below to see the other great manis! 

(And better examples of a "blobbicure.")

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Copy-Caturday! Sponge Mani Starring piCture pOlish

From my Personal Collection 

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Well, today's Copy-Caturday post isn't exactly correct. As I get more comfortable with "nail art" I find that I want to try things on my own more often, so I didn't really copy anyone for this manicure.

Sponge Mani Nail Art with piCture pOlish

Try and fail, that is LOL! This isn't exactly a fail, per se, but it's not what I started out going for...I was trying to do a cool tie dye mani and it ended up just being a sponge mani. Which is fine.

I used six different piCture pOlish polishes and a make-up sponge. First, I put down a base of piCture pOlish N*de and then sponged over it using Amethyst, Attitude, Cosmos, Focus and Mad Magenta dotted onto a triangular make-up sponge and "smushed" together. One coat of Poshe top coat finished it off.

Sponge Mani Nail Art with piCture pOlish

Sponge Mani Nail Art with piCture pOlish

Sponge Mani Nail Art with piCture pOlish

Sponge Mani Nail Art with piCture pOlish

If you want EASY nail art, this is the way to go. I think it looks pretty cool and it's even better at arm's length than the close-up pics.

Is this something you would try?

These shades, along with the rest of their piCture pOlish and Ozotic lines, are available directly from piCture pOlish and also you can check The Network to see which Network Members carry which shades. The Network Members for the US are Kim at Overall Beauty and Leah Ann at Llarowe and for Canada it's Katie at Harlow and Company.

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