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- Wedding

Hello, hello!

Today's finally FRIDAY-YAY!

The prompt for today was wedding. We are used to see discreet/French mani for the big day. I haven't see much of extravagant nails for wedding. Why is that?

I decided I wanted some BLING for my wedding nails. I had crystals from Born Pretty Store I still hadn't used and thought it was finally time to try them.

Overall I reaaally enjoy this mani. So girly. So bling-y!

 

I used "Cosmo" from Zoya for my accent fingers (pinky and thumb). That one is a stunner in the sun. Who wants some sparkle?!

 

For the others fingers I used Beautifully Bizarre from Orly. Gaaaah. I am in love. It's such a special polish. I think the name is perfect. Beautifully. Bizarre.

 

That pink base and the blue shimmer! Did I say I love it? No, wait. I adore it.

 

 

 

"Macro" on the crystals.

 

I am wearing this mani for two days and they still hold on onto my nails. I think I'll be using these crystals in the near future. I like them!

 

It looks delicate doesn't it? (In a bling-y sparkle way)

 

So tell me what do you think? Too much? Just enough? Would you be wearing these nails at a wedding?

 

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 - Florals

Hello, hello!

Finally Friday! Yay!

Well, for some, at least. I was "in vacation" for the week and damn it felt good. I don't want to go back to work Monday, ugh!

Today's prompt is floral and I thought it was the time to try again with the stamping! I am happy to report that this time, it worked per-fect-ly. YAAAS, finally!

 

For the base, I used "Vintage" from Orly, a gorgeous almost neon turquoise. (On the site, they say it's a green mint, but I dunno. It looks more a turquoise to me).  It looks washed off on my picture. I know.

 

It was easy to apply, a little bit on the streaky side on the first coat, but the second evened out everything. Be careful to not overdo it, because it is kind of thick.

 

And for the stamping I used a plate from BornPrettyStore and stamped with a clear jelly stamper (the main reason it was a successful attempt!!)

 

The nail art is pretty simple, but I hope you liked 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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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 - Glitter Top/Flakie + Sponged

Hello!

Today's post will be really short. I missed last week instalment of the 40GNAI and I am really sorry. Sometimes, life gets in the way and lately it seems it is getting more in my way.. Anyways.

The main prompt for the group was Glitter Top or Flakie.. and mine was sponged. Super easy, right? I decided to do a glitter gradient with one of my polishes I hadn't use in forever!

 

I used for my base color "Got Yacht?", a really dark blue, by Trust Fund Beauty and then I sponged "Oxygen Bar" from Loaded Lacquer on my tips :)

 

 

So much pretty glitters in this glitter polish :) Neon pink, lilac, neon blue, grey/white..

 

 

I think the base make pop the glitters a little bit more, don't you think?

 

That's it for this week, I'll see you next week!

 

Happy polishing

 

Irrationails xo

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40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Grey + Color + Splatter

Hello!

This week's prompt was grey + color and my personal pattern was splatter!

I had this mani for over three days, but couldn't bring myself to do the pictures or the blog post. I think it's something about the November month. I feel like I don't have any energy left when I come home from work.. Anyways!

Onto the photos!

 

I used a old grey polish I had since I started my obsession with nail polishes (it's from Essence and it's called Grey to Be Here). Formula isn't that great, it makes bubbles when you apply it and it takes forever to dry.. I wait for over an hour before putting my top coat and the day after when I woke up I had bed sheets marks. The color is pretty though, it's a very light grey with a pink shimmer. I thought using a pink/coral polish will make it pop even more.

 

It's a pretty simple mani. I used a straw and blow the polish onto my nails. That's it :)

 

It's sad that we can't see the shimmer in the pictures... My coral polish looks a little bit too orange, but it's only because my camera refuses to be color accurate with this kind of color :(

 

 

Hope you like it and click on the links below to see what the others come up with!

 

Happy polishing!

 

Irrationails xo

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40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Your Job

Hello, hello!

Today's prompt is "Your Job" and I must admit I was pretty excited about this one. I think it was the one prompt I had already my idea in the beginning!

I love reading what job the others ladies are doing for living. It is so much fun to know a little bit more about them. Be sure to click on the links at the end of this post! :)


Pinkie: Chromosome 21, 16 and X/ Ring finger: Chromosome 12 and 13 / Middle finger: Chromosome 14 and 1 / Index: Chromosome 2, 21 and 4

 

A little bit of explanation, hm? Or are you as smart as I think you are?

 

I work as a lab technician in a cytogenetic lab in a children hospital! These are little chromosomes here. I will explain later what I do exactly, but first...

 

Genetics 101: You have 23 pairs of chromosome in all of your cells. When you make a baby, you give 1 chromosome and your partner give 1 of his "pair". That's how you get genetic material from both the mother and the father.

 

Pinkie: Chromosome 21, 16 and X/ Ring finger: Chromosome 12 and 13 / Middle finger: Chromosome 14 and 1 / Index: Chromosome 2, 21 and 4

 Some diseases are transmitted genetically and can be discover early in the pregnancy.

Ex: Mrs. go to the doctor because she had a test that conclude she had a higher risk of having a child with Down Syndrome or maybe she has an familial history of a transmissible disease and have an amniocentesis (the liquid in what the baby floats). We get the sample and put it in "culture", ie: we wait for the cells to multiply and when we have enough cells, we do a lot of complicate stuff  (I won't get into more details, it's too early for me to do that!) and BOOM, chromosomes appear :)

After, my job is to take pictures of these chromosomes and make a karyotype (Karyotypes describe the chromosome count of an organism, and what these chromosomes look like (..) Attention is paid to their length, the position of the centromeres, banding pattern, any differences between the sex chromosomes, and any other physical characteristics. Thanks Wikipedia!)

Pretty cool, right? I also work with blood samples (we have to do sometimes karyotypes for couples with infertility problems and for patient with cancers.)

Chromosome Y, 21 and X

 

My background looks a little bit dirty, isn't it? It's a joke with myself, really. When we do the complicate stuff (mentioned earlier), sometimes the cytoplasm/cell membrane of  the cell doesn't dissolve completely and we have a dirty background. I tried to recreate it :P

 

Happy polishing!

 

Irrationails xo

 

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40Great Nail Art Ideas - Orange, Purple and Green + Saran Wrap

Hello!

 

I know, I am terribly late for the 40GNAI challenge! I first tried to do my mani Thursday and it was so much a fail, I couldn't bring myself to post this mani Friday. You know when you do something and while you do it you just say to yourself : "Stop. STOP. STOOOOP." but then you continues? It's what happen with my fail.

 

So I tried something different and I like it better!

 

 

First of all, my pattern and the color prompt had a potential of 99.99% of turning into a big mush. I knew it before I start. (Previously fail turned into the mush predicted.)

 

I decided for my second attempt to do the colors separate instead of trying to use them as a whole. Super simple skittlette, but I love it!

 

I used black to smudge the colors and because black is a Halloween color, of course!

 

I hope you liked it!

 

Happy polishing!

 

Irrationails xo

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