Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special: The Day of the Doctor nail tutorial!

So, as many of my friends & family know, I am a HUGE Doctor Who fan. Of course I'd jump on the chance to sport a mani in support of one of my all time favorite tv shows! Though Eccleston is my all time favorite Doctor, I figured it'd be best to pay homage to the current Doctor, seeing as how this is his second to last episode. I didn't want to get too fancy, seeing as how I'm not that skilled as of yet, so I did a relatively easy mani that will hopefully please any Whovian.

Now to start off with, here is a list of everything I used: Base Coat(OPI Nail Envy), polishes: Nina's - Cobalt(blue), Sinful Colors - Sugar Sugar(red), Mentality - Rascal(black), Vapid Lacquer - Tacos!(blue glitter topper), Top Coat(Glisten&Glow KH Girl), Acrylic paints(black, white & red), Cheeky rhinestones(black & silver), Nail art tweezers, nail art brushes, & ONYX moisturizing nail polish remover.

Now, to start of with, I put one coat of my base coat. These polishes stain. Once the base coat dried, I began polishing my nails. My thumb, pointer & pinky were all painted with the Cobalt blue polish. I painted my middle finger with Rascal & my ring finger with Sugar Sugar. I did two coats.

I cleaned the edges & cuticle area as best as I could. I then put the glitter topper on my thumb & pinky.

As my way of paying homage to Matt Smith, the 11th Doctor, I decided to go with part of his signature look, a bowtie. I painted a red bow tie with the red acrylic paint on my index finger. I then outlined the bowtie with black acrylic paint to make it pop.

Once that dried, I moved on to my middle finger. As any true Whovian knows, Bad Wolf appears A LOT. Most memorable is when Rose looks in to the Tardis in an attempt to get back to the 9th Doctor(Eccleston *fangirling*) & she mentions that she is Bad Wolf. So I decided to go off of that & painted the words Bad Wolf in white acrylic paint.

When this dried, I moved on to my favorite nail art of this mani: the Dalek! I decided to put him on my ring finger. I started off by painting two thin stripes horizontally towards the top of my nail. I then added a silver rhinestone to make the Daleks "eye", put in a ver small drop of black acrylic paint to hold it in place. Afer this, I added the black rhinestones for the body of the Dalek using the same process as I did with the eye. 

As soon as my Dalek dried & my rhinestones were firmly in place, I began to apply my topcoat. I applied one layer on every nail except my ring finger, which I applied two just as a precaution to keep the rhinestones in place.

Now, you don't have to choose the same designs I did. I went for what was quickest to apply. But I don't think it turned out half bad ;)

Fall Nail Tutorial!

Hi there! My name is Bethanee & I’m somewhat new to the blogging world, so I decided what better way to introduce myself than through something I’m extremely passionate about: NAILS!

Since it’s fall, I decided to reproduce a mani I had seen in passing on IG. Granted, my skills are nowhere near what most of the bloggers I follow would produce, but I love it anyways!

Now, to start off with, I gathered all of the supplies I would need: Base Coat(I use OPI’s Nail Envy right now), a lighter shade of nail polish, preferably nude or white(I used ORLY’s Powder Puff), Top Coat(I used Seche Vite), nail polish remover(I used the ONYX moisturizing formula), paint brushes, acrylic paints(brown, red, orange & yellow) & a paint tray or something similar to one.

(Please excuse the poor lighting & quality of the pictures. It’s been super rainy & I had to use my cell to take pictures since my camera is out of commission atm!)

To kick start this fresh fall design, I applied one coat of my base polish. After letting it dry, I proceeded to put on 3 coats of my nude polish. Be sure to let each coat of polish dry completely before attempting to  add another coat.

 

Once my polish was completely dry, I used a brush dipped in nail polish remover to edge around my nails, taking off any excess polish on the cuticle area & sides of the nail bed. It’s fine to use a q-tip or anything you normally use to edge your nails. Once I completed this, I started the fun!

Using a thin brush dipped in brown paint, I painted a tree, devoid of any leaves, on my ring finger.

After letting it dry, I moved on to the next step. I used another small, thin brush dipped in red paint (though it is perfectly acceptable to use a dotting tool) I began to dot in various spots around the tree, thus adding the fiery red leaves of autumn! Once I finished putting them on the tree, I began putting them at the base of the tree & along the tips of my nails, attempting what should be a “scattered leaves” effect.

After cleaning my brush, I then dipped it in orange, yellow & brown, repeating the same process as the was done with the red.

As soon as the paint was dry, I slathered on my top coat, giving the nails a nice shiny quality!

As you can see, I also did my right hand, but I left out the tree. I will be the first to admit that I am not the least bit ambidextrous, so my right hand will never look as flashy as my left, hahahah.

& there you have it! A simple, yet eye catching mani perfect for the fall season!