31DC2013 Day 24 : Inspired by a Book < is it Christmas already? >

Reading was such an important part of my growing up, and of course, I read the ubiquitous Dr Seuss books. Not that I could make much sense of them, lol! 

Dr Seuss books have really fun illustrations and they were my inspiration for Day 24 of the 31 Day Challenge - Inspired by a book.

 How the Grinch Stole Christmas 

I was really concerned about how well I would be able to accurately capture the facial expressions of the Grinch but I'm really happy that my brush and paints were behaving well today! This drawing probably took all of 20 minutes.

I thought using Pahlish - Toxic and Timeless was really apropos for this theme. The Grinch is depicted as a toxic character on Christmas and it is also a really timeless story as well. Not to mention that this polish is in the Christmas colours of green and gold. It's packed with glitter and this is 3 coats. 

You can get Pahlish Polish from her online shop. 

31DC2013 Day 7 : Black & White < a nightmare beckons >

So, I'm a little late to the party. A lot late actually!
I was travelling the first few days of the month and that threw me off, so this is my first official post for the 31 Days Challenge.

Qn:  What's Black and White and haunts your night?
Ans: Jack Skellington!

Jack Skellington is of course the main character from the Tim Burton movie 'The Nightmare Before Christmas', and his love interest in the movie is Sally, a rag doll.

This is the original inspiration for my Black & White nail art.

This picture shows Jack and Sally in silhouette and I believe the creator is Corpse-Boy from the Deviant Art site. So hauntingly romantic!



And here's my interpretation:

In keeping with the Black & White theme, I chose to accompany my nail art with a polish that has a gray base (black mixed with white, geddit? ;P) with black and white shards.  I used "Concrete Jungle" by The Polish Well


This is so amazing! It has a good jelly formula, with silver shimmer and definitely noticeable, but not in your face B&W shards. Love this polish to bits! There is one negative though. The bottle that the polish came in, has a really really really short brush, which makes life REALLY difficult. I kept mis-aiming the mouth of the bottle and getting polish all over the table. 

The Polish Well brush

Comparison with an OPI brush

See what I mean by the extremely short brush? If The Polish Well is able to get some new bottles in, this would be perfect!


I'm definitely going to try to make up for the challenges I missed. Subscribe to my blog posts so you don't miss any of them!