Bonkers Nail Art

Another cartoon look. This one is lesser known, but I remember being a fan. 

It aired from 1993-1995 on the Disney Channel. 

From wikipedia - "The premise of the series was that Bonkers D. Bobcat, an anthropomorphic bobcat who was a popular cartoon star had washed out of show business and became a cop. He was made the junior partner of Detective Lucky Piquel, a grim and ill-tempered human who hates toons. Throughout the series, the pair work together to solve crimes in the Hollywood, Los Angeles, California region. Bonkers repeatedly tried to win Piquel's praise, but usually just ended up ruining missions with his antics."

I painted Bonker's face on my thumb nail, then my ring nail is an outline of a police shield with the logo name across it. Polishes used - Orly Snowcone, Shimmer Polish Maria, OPI Honey Ryder, & Kiss Nail Art Striper in black. All the rest are acrylic paints.

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Bobby's World

Do you remember Bobby's World? It ran from 1990 to 1998 on FOX Kids. It was created by Howie Mandel (I didn't know that prior to looking this up!) It's based on the life of an energetic little 4 year old with a big imagination.

Tutorial?

I started with OPI...Eurso Euro, each subsequent step was created with acrylic paint.

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Born Pretty - Nail Foils

Born Pretty Store is now carrying some nail art foils! They can be found here for $2.99.

The "how to use" instructions on this page did not work for me. They instruct you to apply several coats of a base polish and when the top layer is mostly dry, to apply the foil and it will stick... This didn't work. No matter how little or long I waited, it either didn't transfer or pulled up chunks of my base polish. I still had some Transfer Foil Adhesive from the website Dollar Nail Art. So I used that.

First up is #22.

Purple to pink to red abstract gradient. Reminiscent of your 1980s Trapper Keeper cover.

 Here I applied it over Color Club Power Play. Once the foil transfer adhesive dried, I just pressed it on and removed it, then pressed it on in a different spot.... repeat all over. Pictures are without topcoat because this adhesive reacts funny to topcoat.

Next up is #25

Yellow to orange to fuchsia gradient.

 Same process as with the other foil. I just dabbed it on over Spoiled Jail Bait until the entire nail is covered.

I applied topcoat for this picture so you can see how it crackles and dulls the foils. It's some kind of strange chemical reaction thing...

I would choose to wear these without topcoat to get the most out of the metallic-ness. This will most likely shorten your wear time though.

*Provided for review*

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NCLA Nail Wraps - Jazzi

These were provided for review by Nail Polish Canada. They offer a wide variety of NCLA wraps among other things.

This design is called "Jazzi"

They can be found for $16 here at Nail Polish Canada.

  Nail wraps have the benefit of offering a very detailed design, without it taking up a lot of time. I wouldn't know where to start trying to recreate this design freehand.

 

The design on these fades from orange-yellow-pink-purple-blue. My nails are not as long as the decals, so I just alternated with each nail and turned the decal 180 degrees in order to show all the colors. It's very beautiful! It reminds me of sunsets on the beach.

  There are 2 sheets of 22 nail wraps of varying sizes. These wraps do not remove with acetone. They have to be peeled off. No claims are made about long wear time. I did find these wraps to be very thin and manageable. They lie down flatly without many wrinkles, which is appreciated.

*These were provided for review*

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Disappearing Ink Surprise Nail Art

I feel like I've seen this on another blog before, so I'm not claiming this idea is original to myself. The idea of stamping with a UV changing polish over a base polish of similar color.

I used Ruby Wing Crowd Surf over Color Club Power Play, these are exact dupes indoors. 

 Indoors this combination looks like just a simple solid color manicure.

Once outdoors and in the sunlight, the design comes to life! I stamped with a zebra pattern (and first it wasn't opaque enough of a stamp to show on it's own, so I later freehanded over it to "darken" the stripes.) Once the design is stamped or freehanded, make sure you use a topcoat so it smooths the lines nicely.

I think this is a really cool idea for the summer time!

I tried this same concept again with Color Club Get Your Lem-on and Ruby Wing Electric Firefly. I used the skull and crossbones stencil from this set available for $3.89 on Born Pretty.

 

The stencil didn't pull off perfectly cleanly, you can see little flecks of red stuck on my nail. My index nail didn't take the pattern very well at all and it really blobbed up and garbled the design.

I also added a thin freehand line of Electric Firefly for a french tip.

 *The stencil was provided for review by Born Pretty*

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NCLA Nail Wraps - The Ray and the Ro

These were provided for review by Nail Polish Canada. They offer a wide variety of NCLA wraps among other things.

This design is called "The Ray and the Ro"

They can be found for $16 here at Nail Polish Canada.

This design is so fun. Nail wraps have the benefit of offering a very detailed design, without it taking up a lot of time. This particular design could technically be recreated by freehand, or a variety of nail art stamping techniques, but I can't begin to fathom how many hours that might take.

 There are 2 sheets of 22 nail wraps of varying sizes. So 44 individual wraps for $16, I think that's a reasonable price. The sizes offered cover a wide range, but my thumb nails are particularly large, so you can see that there is a significant gap at my cuticle. That's the best I could do though, because that was the largest wrap in the set.

These wraps do not remove with acetone. They have to be peeled off. No claims are made about long wear time. I did find these wraps to be very thin and manageable. They lie down flatly without many wrinkles, which is appreciated.

*These were provided for review*

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OPI Liquid Sands - Jinx & Honey Ryder

These are part of the OPI Bond Girls Liquid Sand Collection. 

The gritty texture trend in nail polish was a turn off when I first saw swatch pictures. And when I first applied these I had a big case of the heebie jeebies because it felt so.... wrong! But I wore Jinx for 3 days and by the end I had gotten used to it and felt it was pretty cool after all.

They were provided for review by Beyond Polish.

Jinx

 Can be found for $6.95 here at Beyond Polish.

Bright orange/coral with gold glitter. Being a liquid sand, it's meant to have this gritty texture.

Very easy to apply, just 2 coats, dry time is fast.

Honey Ryder

 Can be found for $6.95 here at Beyond Polish.

Light neutral gold tone. This polish seemed less textured than Jinx. 

Pictured is 2 coats. The formula was equally easy to apply.

 

*These were provided for review*

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OPI...Eurso Euro

I was recently introduced to the website Beyond Polish. They offer an excellent selection of nail polish because they carry so many great brands. Their prices are reasonable as well, which is always nice! They were nice enough to provide some polishes for me to review here for you guys.

OPI...Eurso Euro

From the Euro Centrale collection, can be found for $6.95 here at Beyond Polish.

Deep creme blue. I like that it doesn't lean towards black in low lights. It stays most definitely blue. Pictured is 2 coats, the formula was great I had no issues with application.

 

*Again, this polish was provided for review*

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Batmobile Cozy Coupe

Change of pace today... I had enough of the baby stiletto shape, so I nubb-inized my nails and they are a bit uneven and not totally squared off. So that's not pretty in pictures. I need a few days for them to grow out so I can file them again. 

I figured you guys might be interested in a side DIY project I recently did. 

I found this refashion through Pinterest and immediately knew my nephew Mr Bentley needed one! So I've been on the look out for a cheap Little Tikes Cozy Coupe since his birth. Lol. My mom actually found one for FREE. They passed by a junky trailer way out in the country where a man was cleaning up stuff in the yard. So she stopped and talked to him, he had some renters that skipped out without paying and he was getting rid of the junk they left behind. He said she could just have it! 

The door was a little busted up (apparently it's a weak spot on the car because all the research on the internet told me everyone else has the same problem. Kids are rough and break the door where it pivots.) I just patched it up with some tape and sandable putty. It's a rough patch, but I don't really care that much because it will just get torn up again. The gas cap was broken too, so I ripped the piece out and ordered a replacement on eBay. I'll spray paint it yellow just like the other highlights.

 I just followed the same instructions Courtney posted on how she stenciled in the batman logo.

Here is a quick video of Mr Bentley trying it out. He's 15 months old and loves just getting in and out of it repeatedly. It's hilarious. I love his little wave bye-bye. 

(I'm not quite sure why he had such a grip on the that pen either....)

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Sinful Shine - Man Hunt

Sinful Colors has a new line called "Sinful Shine with Gel Tech." Not promising to last as long as an official gel manicure, but that it is "Five times more glossy than a patent leather shoe." These are exclusively sold at Walgreens for $2.99. 

I picked up just one color because it stood out to me.

Man Hunt

 2 coats. No topcoat, you can see just how shiny it is on it's own.

Army green with silver/gray shimmer.

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