Musical Month: You Learn

Nail art community is a wonderful thing – and dangerous in a way! How many times you have emptied your wallet because of a fellow nail maniac? How many times you have jumped onboard a crazy challenge without knowing where it might take you? And how many times have you enjoyed the ride immensely?

 Well, the latter two are what I did just recently. With a few Finnish nail artists we decided to go for a music related challenge this month. Basically, everyone picks two songs – an oldie and a new favorite – to inspire the nail art of others, all weekend. And this weekend is mine! :)

My "oldie" is Alanis Morissette's You Learn from the album Jagged Little Pill. It might just be THE comfort&motivation song for the girls in my generation. I still drive around with the CD in my car, and pop it in when I need uplift and want to sing my lungs out like no one's listening (and I make sure no one is..)

 I took my inspiration partly from the song itself, and partly from the album cover:

 And, of course, I made a holo version. Holo all the things!!! :D

I used Color Club Harp On It as a base, and sponged on other holo pretties: Girly Bits Too Hot for Pants, A England Tristam and A England Saint George.

I chose to stamp from the plate BP-71, with A England Saint George.

You live you learn
You love you learn
You cry you learn
You lose you learn
You bleed you learn
You scream you learn

 You grieve you learn
You choke you learn
You laugh you learn
You choose you learn
You pray you learn
You ask you learn
You live you learn

These wise lyrics were written by 20 year old Alanis Morissette. Now there's a benchmark :)

My new musical favorite coming up tomorrow! Meanwhile, check out the other girls' nail art!

Links coming soon!

Happy Easter Nails!

Ok, I know that the Easter is not just about bunnies and birdies and chocolate,  (Don't get me wrong, my Easter is quite much about those three, especially chocolate...) but I couldn't resist the urge to do a super happy easter manicure.  Have a happy weekend, whether you celebrate Easter or not!

On the left hand I used:
two coats of SpaRitual Moss on all the nails
two coats of Lumene Summer Rain on ring & pointer
two coats of Kleancolor Green Holo on the middle finger.

On the right hand I used:
Orly Spark all over
Attitude Lemon Sherbet on the ring & pointer
Kleancolor Holo Yellow on the middle finger

To decorate, I:
Painted the grass and the chick with Moss & Spark
Added eyes with Mavala Black and White, beak with China Glaze Papaya Punch and footprints with Mavala Black.
Finally, I added some fimo slices to the right hand.

A Coat of Seche Vite, and I was happy. Sometimes it's indeed the small things that matter...

Holo Stripes

Just some simple stripes today, BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THAT HOLO!!!!

 .. Sorry about shouting, but I couldn't keep it inside me. The colour scheme is a bit US patriotic, but I don't mind. For me, that country has been full of surprises, awesome experiences and magical moments. I'm so happy to be going there soon again!

 All pics are in sunlight, with topcoat (Seche Vite).

 The base here is Hits Speciallita No Olimpo Artemis. Stamping was done with A England Tristam (which is GREAT for stamping!!) and China Glaze Ahoy!, using a Bundle Monster plate.

A "mythical" mani :) - combining the old Greek mythology with a polish from modern mythical nail polish collection. And, erm, China Glaze Ahoy...