40GNAI - Seaside/Beach/Holidays

Hi!

I'm late for my blog post. I know.

I did the mani last week, but totally forgot to do my post. Oops. I don't what I was not thinking.

I freehanded the mani and it was pretty cool, unfortunately, the effect was not transmit really well in the pictures. Bummed.

 

Again,  only one picture, because weeeell, you don't need much. Right?

 

I hope you like it and I'll see you very soon!

 

Happy polishing!

 

Irrationails xo

40GNAI - Pink&Teal + Brush Stroke

Hello!

Today's Friday and it's my first day of vacation, yay!

As usual, since we're Friday, it's 40GNAI's day!

Today was Pink & Teal + Brush Stroke. For some reasons, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. YAY!

 

Distressed mermaid! It was actually easy to do and I had to restrain myself a little because I was going too heavy on my brush strokes and the distressed effect was disappearing.

 

I think it looks so nice!

 

I added a bit of bling, because mermaid.

 

A mani done in.. what.. 10 minutes? Pretty much. I really like it.

 

What do you think?

 

Happy polishing!

 

Irrationails xo

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40GNAI - Coral + White + Aztec and Review for Born Pretty Store

Hello, hello!

This week's prompt was Coral + White with my personal one Aztec.

I decided to do a gradient and then stamped some Aztec design on top. There was no way I was going to freehand them this week. I don't know why but I find it difficult to paint Aztec/Tribal designs on my nails. It always ends up looking like a catastrophe.

 

Like I said I did a gradient with Live.Love.Carnaval. by OPI and Fiji by Essie.

 

My coral looks orange. I know. Can't figure out why. Do you have any recommendations?

After it dried a little bit I added the stamping. I use a regular white stamping polish from Born Pretty Store and use my clear jelly stamper to stamp the design on my nails.



Disclaimer: Not my picture, it is from the Born Pretty Store site

The clear jelly stamper was from Born Pretty Store, too, and I was very pleased to see that it didn't need to be "prepped". It picked the image right up and stamped perfectly. It is a little bit more squishy than my other clear jelly stamper that I got from LadyQueen.com. As a matter of fact I think I like it better. Squishier and stickier :) I guess it depends on the person :)

If you want to buy from Born Pretty Store, you can always use my coupon code : DEAEX31!
If you want to buy nail art items from LadyQueen, you can use this code too: DXYS15!

I hope you liked it and I'll see you next week!

Happy polishing!

Irrationails xo

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40GNAI - Summer

Hello!

It's Friday today and finally we have some warm weather! Yeah!

The prompt for today was 'Summer'. Summer can be almost anything and for me it equals with warm and beautiful sunsets. It has been a long moment since I freehanded something and I miss it so today was a 100% freehanded design.

I only have one picture to show you because it is a mani that you have to see in a whole.

 

Imagine you're in Hawaii or somewhere else where these sunsets are a regular thing. Aaaaah.

 

I really missed doing this. It was super fun and even if it doesn't look exactly like I wanted, I think it's still good.

 

Hope you liked it!

 

Happy polishing!

 

Irrationails xo

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40GNAI - Mint + Accent Nail

Hello !

As I am writing this post, I didn't have coffee..so sorry if I am confusing in my post or I make more mistakes than usual.

This last week has been gloomy and cold. It's almost like we skipped directly to fall. Ugh. I need heat and sun, please.

EDIT: Still so damn cold. Who stole summer?

The prompts were mint for everyone and accent nail as my personal prompt.

I didn't have a clue of what to do until the last minute and honestly, I am still "eh" about it,

 

I used Enigma from Gilty Girl Cosmetics (I don't know if they are still up and running) for the "plain" nails.

 

I wore this polish over a year ago and I didn't remember how the formula was. I was just praying it wouldn't be too much of a pain.

 

I was really surprised to see that it was almost a one coater. The formula was a little bit on the thicker side but very manageable. It looks almost like an off-white with a subtle hint of green/mint in it. I looove it.

 

 

For the accent nails I did a "smoosh" with Enigma, Beyond Cozy (Essie) and a white polish.

 

It looked pretty and very subtle. I hope you like it ! :)

 

Happy polishing!

 

Irrationails xo

 

 

 

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40GNAI - Hot Pink + Zigzag

Hello, hello!

The blog post is late, but my mani was posted in the group on Facebook Friday, so I'm not completely late.

I had a beautiful weekend, so I didn't really have time/motivation to sit down and write a blog post.

Anyway! Onto the nails :)

 

For the mani, it was really simple, but I think cute. I used "Bye Felicia" from Trust Fund Beauty and then applied vinyls on three of my fingers (the thumb has chevrons too!)

 

 

"Bye Felicia" is such a gorgeous shade, I love it. It's vibrant in the sun and makes me so happy. I dunno why.

 

The chevron vinyls were from Nails Vinyls (I think).

 

That's it. Pretty simple, nothing much to add. Sooo. Yeah. I'll see you soon!

 

Happy polishing!

 

Irrationails xo

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40GNAI- Music

Hello!

I haven't been "on time" much lately, always doing my prompt the day before Friday (or on Friday.......) that it feels weird now. We are Wednesday today. I did my prompt so early. Wow. The post won't go online until Friday, but still. You know? Wow. haha

Anyways! Today's prompt is Music! My music style is very... eclectic.. so I didn't know what to do. I chose finally something suuuuuuuuper simple and went with that instead of trying to do something over-the-top complicated. hehe.

 

I absolutely adore Ed Sheeran and decided to "honor" him with these nails (Simple, right?) I LOOVE his latest album and almost tried to write the titles on my nails, but too much haha.

 

I used High Roller from Pipe Dream Polish; the perfect green polish for this look. It is exactly the same shade as the album. Crazy, right?

 

So, yeah. Kept it simple but I love it. Do you like it? Do you like Ed Sheeran?

 

Happy polishing!

 

Irrationails xo

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40GNAI - Neon + Waterfall

Hello, hello!

Today's what? Yup, yup. Time for another 40GNAI post!

The prompt was neon and my personal one was waterfall. I never did a waterfall mani in my life. I was not particularly attracted to them and I thought they were way to difficult to try. Well. I didn't really have a choice, so I tried.

I thought I could be clever and do a waterfall, like a real one. But it seems to much work haha. Maybe another time!

 

I used a black base (Out of the Darkness from Renaissance Cosmetics, sadly she's not making polishes anymore :( ), because I wanted to make the neons pop!

 

I, then, applied a guide for the half-moon (I'm kind of obsessed with half-moon mani lately..!) and with acrylic paint I roughly painted the waterfall.

 

After, I went over with the A Night In Vegas collection from Pipe Dream Polish in a rainbow order and then voilà! Not so bad looking, I think?

 

I hope you like it!

 

Happy polishing!

 

Irrationails xo

 

 



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40GNAI - Animals

Hi, people!

Today's prompt is ANIMALS and, at first, I didn't have a clue at first. So many possibilities..!

After looking at some inspiration on Internet, I decided to do a character from a kid's movie!

Dory and her squishy (plus a few jellyfishes)!

 

She looks a little bit funny, but I liked her anyway lol!

 

Dory was painted with a mix of polish and acrylic paint and the jellyfishes were painted exclusively with white acrylic paint. I should have a pink undertone to the jellyfishes but I didn't have a pink jelly and I was shot on time, so. Yeah.

 

The gradient was so flawless, I LOVED it. You know the feeling when the gradient is just per-fect. Hmm. Satisfying, right?

 

More jellyfishes :)

 

Hope you liked it!

 

Happy polishing!

 

Irrationails xo

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40GNAI - Pink+Lilac + Water Marbling

 

Hello, hello!

Today's prompt was Pink+Lilac and my personal prompt was Water Marbling/Spotting!

 

Disclaimer: For some reasons, the colors in the picture are NOT color-accurate.  I really use a pink and a lilac, but it show more coral-y and purple/blue.

 

 

Anyway. I did some abstract watermarbling with the new Zoyas (Aster & Laurel*I think*) from the Petals collection ! 

 

Oh yeah. I scratched my WM when I tried to remove my latex. Oops. And I was having one of those days when everything goes wrong so I just rolled with it.

 

 

I love the finish of Aster, kind of metallic, kind of shimmery. Me likey!

You can see more clearly my "accident" on the picture. I was trying to hide it/show my thumb cleverly, but it was an awkward handpose so I went with something a little bit less awkward. :P

Also, my nails were so long when I did this prompt! Since then, I filed them down a bit and I am currently trying some gel soak off polish from Madam Glam, so expect a review soon :)

Hope you liked it!

Happy polishing!

Irrationails xo

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40GNAI - Kids TV

Hello, hello!

I know, I missed last week prompt. BUT. I did it and then it went horribly wrong so I have to do it again. I'll post it when I redo it, but in the meantime, it's a new week in the 40GNAI and for once I'm on time! Yeah!

I haven't watched a kid show for a very long time, so I don't know what's "on trend" right now.. so I decided to do a mani inspired by the Powerpuffs (it was playing when I was younger.. does it still play?)

My mani is pretty simple and minimalistic...I think.

My job is really draining my energy and I feel like they ask us to be Wonder Woman or to have superpowers. It's crazy. I hope it calms down soon. So I guess it was an obvious choice, right?

My inspiration for the mani is this picture of Blossom :)

 

 

 

 

It has been a reeeeeaaaallly long time since I have done a detailed character, so I am pretty pleased with how Blossom turned out on my nails. It's so tiny, I thought I would never get the details because I was shaking so much lol.

I didn't do the two others, because it was way too long and I wanted to keep it simple. Plus, Blossom was my favorite. Did you watch the show? Did you have a favorite? :P

 

A close up. She looks weird ahah. I think I'll stay a little bit more far so she doesn't look so "shaky".

 

I hope you liked it!

 

Happy polishing!

 

Irrationails xo

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40GNAI - Spring

Hello!

 

Spring is finally here, but not really here where I live.

We had a mini snowstorm and are expecting another next week. Canada. *sight*

 

Anyway! The theme this week is spring and I thought it would be fun to do some girly floral nails.

I don't have much photo for this prompt because I thought I had good pictures and remove the mani, but there were some problems and it was too late to do it again. Oh well.

 

 

I used Bardot (Picture Polish) for my base and used Hudson (Cirque), Azalea (Zoya) and I Cannoli Wear Opi (OPI) for the abstract flowers.

 

Super girly and pretty simple. But I liked it! What do you think?

 

Happy polishing!

 

Irrationails xo



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40GNAI - Three Shades of Green + Tie Dye

Hello!

Hope you are all well today :) It's sunny where I live and that makes me sooo happy! Winter is almost over. FINALLY.

This week's prompt was three shades of green and my personal prompt was tie dye. Oh boy. I never did a tie dye before and the first I had to do it was with an unusual color scheme.

My first try was not so successful.. I looked at a hundred pictures before I finally understand how to do a tie dye. Believe or not, but there a right way to do it if you want the right effect!

 

An other challenge was to find three green polishes.. I don't usually go for the greens, luckily I seem to have few of them in my stash.

 

Well, I am not sure if this looks like a tie dye, but in person it's a pretty cool effect.

 

So, what do you think? Win or fail?

 

Happy polishing!

 

Irrationails xo

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40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Food

Hello!

 

Today I am back with the 40GNAI challenge!

 

The theme for this week was food and my inspiration came from Katie at Harlow and co. She did a mani not too long ago and I wanted to do it too, because it was so cute!

 

P.S.: Last week's prompt is done, but I haven't write my blog post, oops. Will do it later, I promise!

 

 

Cookies, anyone?

 

 

I started off with "What's a budget" (Trust Fund Beauty) and then painted little black circles. I went over with a beige polish and added the chocolate chips later. Voila. Super easy to do!

 

 

They were fun to do and fun to wear. From "far", they looked like a cheetah design (if you look reaalllllly faast and far far away haha). ANYWAYS!

 

I hope you like it and I'll see you soon!

 

Happy polishing!

 

Irrationails xo

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40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Fashion

Helloooo!

Sorry, I have been missing for three weeks. I was on a much needed vacation and I didn't do my nails for three weeks. Well, I had a polish for two weeks.. *horror movie music* I know. I think I never had a polish on my nails for that long. BUT NOW, I'm back!

Yeah!

At first, I wanted to pick up where I left before my vacation but then, I realized I don't have time to do it, so I'll get back in the challenge like I never left it..

This week was fashion and since I am really not informed about that subject I had a really hard time finding something I liked. In the end I chose to do a nail art inspired by the dress Kirsten Dunst wore at the 2016 Golden Globes.

 

Pretty simple, huh?

 

I went with something super easy, because time was running out and I had to do something for the prompt.

 

 

I didn't have enough space to do the third line, but if I do it again it the future, I'll know that I have to make a deeper "cleavage" and start my lines lower.

 

 

It was my first time doing a mani where you can see my naked nails under. I think I like it! I'm only sad that the black smudged a little .. :(

 

Hope you liked it !

Happy polishing!

Irrationails xo

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40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Films

Hello, hello!

So excited for today! I was looking forward to this prompt for a moment and now it's heeeere!

Films are always fun to translate onto our nails! Last year, I did a mani inspired by The Hobbit and this year I'm going with Harry Potter.

Who doesn't love Harry Potter? No one. Amirite?

My first idea was a total fail and I am bummed about it, but I think my final mani is pretteh cool. My first idea was to do a "newspaper" mani with the Daily Prophet, but the images didn't want to transfer properly... Boo. :( After that I was looking at my nails and this idea popped up!


"I solemnly swear that I'm up to no good."

 

Yes. YES. The Marauder's Map. I did a really simple version of it and I LOVE IT. Ohmygod.

 

My fail is hidden under this mani muahaha. You can't see it, but I'm telling you. I was way too lazy to remove my nail fail and repaint my nail so I sponged my background over it. I think my laziness gives more depth to the mani #win.

I don't have much else to say... soo just admire ha. And I'll see you next week!

Happy polishing!

Irrationails xo

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40 Great Nail Art Ideas - 3 Shades of Purple + Stamped

Hello!

This week, the theme was 3 shades of purple and my personal prompt was stamped.

Some of you may know.. I can never get a good stamping for the life of me. So I thought : "Hey. Let's make some decals instead!"...YEAH...uh. Not so much.

My three purple were Daddy Issues (trust Fund Beauty), Rapunzel (FUN Lacquer) and Purple Monkey Dishwasher (Pretty Serious) if you want to know before we begin.

 

I went with only two fingers because. (Maybe because I knew what would happened...Mh.) I think my major problem with stamping is I have CURVED nails.. -_- Like, really curved nails so when I apply the decals it always "wrinkle" at the tips..

Anyone else have curved nails and have any advices? PLEASE, help a sister!

I hope you liked it anyways even though it was a bit of a fail haha. The intention was there... :P

Happy polishing!

Irrationails xo

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40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Things That Fly

Hello!

It's the moment of the week we all know as 40GNAI! Yesterday's prompt was Things That Fly. So much possibilities! So much ideas. I had few ideas but finally decided to choose something a litte bit more "special" for the prompt.

Before we begin, I must warn you that my index nail passed away Monday and I didn't want to file all my nails down so she looks weird now haha. Traitor.

UFO. YEAH. Do you recognize it?  It looks funny, but I really like the little space ship :)

 

If you get this reference, I love you and can we be friends?

 

A clearer shot of my spaceship :)

 

I hope you liked it and I'll see you next week!

 

Happy polishing!

 

Irrationails xo

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40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Pale Blue Base + Squares

Whoa!

It's been a while!... 2016 is here, so I thought I'd get back on track and do what I was supposed to do the last two weeks (woops).

Today's prompt is pale blue base with a special pattern. You remember, each one of us has a different pattern.. Mine was squares!

The original idea is coming from Packapunch, I think. She did it with different colors, but I chose to stick with the blues..

 

So here it is! A pretty simple looking mani, but it took some time and a little bit of my sanity haha.

 

I almost never use striping tape. I remember now why... IT TAKES FOREVER.

 

Ahem.

 

I used striping tape and kinda make a grid and then filled some space and tried to remove all the tape before the polish dries.

 

I used a bunch of polishes for this mani. My base is Daydream (Enchanted Polish) and the little square were made with I Cannoli Wear OPI (OPI), Spirits of the Moors (A-England) and Mojito (Beyond the Nail). I really like the combination, do you?

 

I hope you like it. I'll see you next week!

 

Happy polishing!

 

Irrationails xo

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