Orly Nite Owl | Craftynail

Day 14 of Chalkboard Nails’ Challenge is FLOWERS and I’ve got some brown cherry blossom nails for ya! I’ll be honest with you… I don’t really like how these nails came out. I don’t like to be negative… but it is what it is. And I realized that when I don’t like one of my designs I usually only post one pic. So here it is….

I’m wearing two coats of a cream brown called Nirvana by Sinful Colors. A few months back you may remember me whining about how I didn’t have any basic brown polishes… well, now I have one! I think Nirvana should come in handy for nail art this fall and winter. 🙂 For my floral design I painted some branches using Orly Nite Owl. I wish I used a dark polish for the branches. (On this old AriZona Green Tea mani I made the branches black and they looked amazing!) The pink flowers are China Glaze Dance Baby and Orly Kiss the Bride. I used a toothpick to make black dots in the middle of the blossoms, but the dots came out much bigger than expected (oopsy)! I topped it off with seche vite and there you go! These aren’t that fantastical, but they were quick to do, so that’s a bonus. 😀

See some of the other flower nails from #31DC2013 right here:

I spent some time with family this weekend and of course fit in some nail time. My boyfriend’s mother pulled out some pretty Sephora by OPI colors and I fell in love with a pink called Set The Mood. So I applied two coats and then stamped a swirly design using my old bottle of AVON Spellbound and Cheeky Plate 52 (CH52). Then I used some nail guide stickers and painted my tips with NYC Black Lace. The black studs from Claire’s Boutique made a nice final touch!

I also painted my boyfriend’s mom’s nails! She gave me free reign to do whatever I wanted so I came up with this cute ruffian with rhinestones. I wish I was able to capture a good photo at their house because this mani was so WOW in real life! I think it was the OPI Malaga Wine that did it! It’s such a deep, glossy and luxurious red. It’s shine factor is through the roof and I just love it!