Winners of OMD Nail Challenge!

As a very clever rabbit once said, “That’s it folks!” – the Oh Mon Dieu Challenge is over !

We’ve moderated the entries, and contacted the winners (they have 72 hours to respond to Brijit with an address or she will choose a new winner) but we thought we’d announce them too – so you can all congratulate them 🙂

• Prize A (USA) – Kimberly B
• Prize B (UK & Ireland) – Nail Art Novice
• Prize C (Europe & Canada) – Polish Alcoholic
• Prize D (Rest of the World) – Vic and Her Nails

Don’t be too sad if you didn’t win ! We had so much fun, and we don’t want it to be over !

So, we have a new idea for you 🙂

We’re calling this the Nail Art Ideas Linkup – yep, the acronym is N.A.I.L. and it starts right now! Although we don’t have any prizes, voting has been enabled in the Inlinkz – so we can name a N.A.I.L. Genius of the week. Best of all, it’s open to anyone and everyone, and of course widgets will be coming to add to your blog and show everyone that you take part.

For now, here are the themes for August :

Because it is always so hard to choose, I’ve enabled 3 votes per person, this is the first time we’ve done a link up like this, so come along for the ride and we can all see how it works as we go 😉

And here is your Inlinkz to get started !

N.A.I.L. Theme 1 – SUN :

Who will be first? 😀

Day 31 of OMD Challenge- Starfish

Oh mon dieu!!  Is this really my last manicure for the OMD challenge?  How the month flew right by!  Not sure why it feels so fast considering how much time we all put into the challenge.  I estimate that I put 3 hrs into each theme’s post…multiply that by 31 days… and that means 93 hours spent on my nails this month.  WOW!!  Obsessed with nails much?  Yes, yes I am… thank you very much!  And from seeing all the amazing daily entries from all of you- I estimate you are just as obsessed as I am!    I’m so glad we were all able to collaborate and meet up (virtually) via this challenge!  Let’s keep in touch, oui??

For RECREATE YOUR FAVORITE DAY I initially selected a mani by Emma from Cambridge Nails.  See her stunning Lichtenstein’s Ben-Day dots design here!  I absolutely loved the styling of the woman’s eye that she painted on her nail!  The first time I tried it- I messed up the shape of the eye.  Out comes the nail polish remover.  The second time I tried it I messed up the eyebrow.  Hence, why my day 31 post is a day late!  Please forgive me :).  Props to Emma for tackling such a difficult design!!  It was harder than I anticipated!  So I decided to move on and try a different manicure of hers.  I picked Emma’s Rock the Boat/Starfish manicure- see it here!!  I loved this mani!  She based hers on the Chalkboard starfish tutorial (which I’ve been dying to try for a while now).  Another cool thing is, Emma used one of her untried blue polishes as her base color… and I just happen to have the perfect untried blue too!  So here we go- check out my starfish mani!  

What I’m wearing:

blue base color ♥ Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Breezy Blue

red stars ♥ Snog by Butter London

peach dots ♥ Color Club’s Coral Cascade

yellow dots ♥ Cheeky Chops by Butter London

It took a really long time…. but I love it!  Thanks to Emma for inspiring me to finally try out that starfish tutorial!

Thank you for reading,  and thank you for being a part of our OMD Nail Challenge!  Stay tuned for more info on the raffles!!!!!  And don’t forget that you have til Aug 5th if you want to enter any last minute manicures!

31. Recreate your Fave (by someone else) :

Day 30 of OMD Challenge- Betty and Veronica Nails!

What’s my fave comic book for day 30?  Betty and Veronica!  When I was a kid I used to collect Archie comics… but mostly the Betty and Veronica ones!  Jughead and Archie are ok…. but those two girls are  just too cute!

I used the newspaper nails technique with an old comic book from 1990.  Lookit how cute my thumb nail ↑ came out!  It’s a little pic of Betty and Veronica being buddy-buddy with their arms around each other.  Of course, earlier in the storyline they were ready to pull eachother’s hair out…but I’m glad they made up in the end!

I’m really happy with my middle finger- the Betty image transferred really well!  It’s cool because Betty was always my favorite!  Unfortunately, the Veronica nail didn’t come out as good… but I think I didn’t press hard enough when I was transferring the image.  I think the key to good newspaper nails is PRESSURE!  Here’s a closeup of my Betty…

I can’t believe that tomorrow is the last day of the OMD!  I think it’s cute that we all started calling it OMD.  I guess it’s easier than writing out oh mon dieu it’s the rather awesome 31 day nail art challenge giveaway!  I’ll tell you what though … I’ll never hear the phrase ‘oh mon dieu’ the same way! Ever again!! 😀

30. Fave Comic Book (or Character) :

Day 29 of OMD Challenge- Missoni Fashion

Today is FASHION DAY in the OMD Nail Art Challenge!  Warning- I am not a fashionista.  My favorite shoes are Crocs if that gives you any indication of my personal fashion sense!  LOL  But in the OMD spirit I started scouring the web for the latest in fashion trends.  I stumbled upon this slideshow- Best Looks From Pre-Fall 2013 on Harper’s Bazaar.com.  This one Missoni dress caught my eye (source: http://www.harpersbazaar.com) .  If I was thin and/or rich I might wear this one.  What I like most is it’s unexpected combo of blue, black and orange.

I didn’t try to replicate the Missoni design when I was creating this manicure.  Mostly I used the dress for inspiration and loose interpretation :).  This mani was actually pretty easy!  I free-handed the stripes with a detail brush and also made some dots with a dotting tool.  It looked so cool before I put the black dots on too.  I almost wish I stopped there.  But oh well, I’m still really happy with this look!  I like how muted and murky the orange looks against the bright blue!  What do you think of it?

Here’s what I’m wearing…..

Blue ♥ Keks by Butter London (so vivid!)

Orange ♥ Orange Creamsicle by AVON (with a drop of black mixed in to darken it)

Black ♥ NYC Black Lace Creme

29. Inspired by Fashion :

Big Brother 15 Nails! for day 28 of the July Nail Challenge

For any BB15 fans that come across this article- I’m hosting a nail art challenge with Brijit and Eeeek this July!  Today is DAY 28 of our challenge and the theme is INSPIRED BY A TV SHOW.  Since I had to paint my nails with a tv show theme today- I naturally chose my absolute fave tv show of all time- Big Brother US!  Right now season 15 of BB is full swing!  And my two favorite BB15 cast members are Amanda and McCrae– so this mani is for you guys!  I hope you win!

I printed a couple pics of these two love birds from the CBS BB15 website and trimmed them with scissors to fit my nails.  Then I put on a healthy coat of Revlon Quick Dry Topcoat and slapped those babies right on my nails.  I had to squish the pics down on my nails for a few seconds to make sure they were secure.  This worked pretty well since the quick dry topcoat dried fast and acted as a glue.  (BTW- I tried the newspaper nails technique using photos printed on printer paper- TOTAL FAIL. So if you ever wondered whether newspaper nails works with printer paper- it doesn’t.)

I painted my other nails in bright colors and added cool stamps to bring Amanda and McCrae some good luck!  My pointer finger is painted with Elephantastic Pink by OPI and I stamped some hearts on top to bring them some good love vibes.  My pinkie finger is painted green with Orly Jealous, Much? and I stamped some dollar signs on top in hopes that they’ll win the big money prize at the end!

Do you watch BB15 ?  And what do you think of my Amanda and McCrae nails?

It’s not too late to join in on our nail challenge- it will be open til Aug 5th 2013.  More info here!  Check out the other TV show inspired nails below….

28. Inspired by a TV Show :

Day 27 of OMD Challenge- Bead Inspired Nails

Day 27 is all about Jewelry!  There are a lot of fun and creative options for this theme!  It’s hard to narrow it down.  But after sifting through my jewelry-making goodies I found these gorgeous marbled beads.  I haven’t made them into a necklace yet… so why not at least ‘wear’ them on my fingernails?!

I wish my teal base color was a little brighter.. but oh well, I work with what I’ve got!  Here’s what I’m wearing:

Teal ♥ NYC Tudor City Teal

Beige ♥ Zoya Pandora

Orange ♥ wet n wild Club Havana

Purple ♥ wet n wild On a Trip

I can’t wait to see the other jewelry-inspired designs for today!  Lotsa bling, I’m sure!
27. Jewellery :

Day 26 Favorite Vacation- PDX

Phew I got this post in before the day was over!  The theme for day 26 of the OMD Challenge is FAVORITE VACATION and my fave has always been Portland Oregon!  My best friend Amie has lived there for about 10 yrs now and I usually make it out there at least once per year.  I always fly into Portland International Airport so the airline code PDX is engrained in my brain!  I’m always scouring the web for good prices to PDX.

Amie and I have done some fun stuff over the years during my vacays- ghost tours, seaside excursions, weddings, devouring mass quantities of meat (her hubbie’s a butcher)… but we usually have the most fun together just doing nuthin and hanging out!  Friendships like that are priceless, don’t you think!?  I have another trip to PDX scheduled for August.  A nice break from work, some Portland sunshine and some much-needed time with my BFF and her family (oh, and pugs too).  Can’t wait!

Here’s what I’m wearing- two coats of a Julie G gold polish called Metallic Heels, some studs from Claire’s Boutique and my black Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen.   It was nice and easy, which is perfect for a TGIF-kinda friday!

There’s only 5 days left of the challenge! The links will be open til Aug 5th for any last minute submissions… then we will pick our 4 random winners!  It’s pretty exciting!  From looking at the raffle numbers it looks like you’d have a good chance of winning too- especially if you’ve been participating everyday!  Good luck everyone!

26 Favorite Holiday/Vacation :