Dotted Day 3: Polka Thingies!

Hello everyone!

    As surely as the sun would rise, i was gonna keep my promise to do dotted nail art even

though right now i'm staring at a cake and thinking of cutting me a slice of it..invariably

looking for milk to accompany it and then quietly settling my butt down to watch Cartoon

Network or something.. *sighs*. A girl can only wish sha, duty always calls.I am maintaining

my discipline in the face of cake temptation.

   Okay! My dotted nail art today is a Polka Dot creation inspired by the screensaver of my

Nokia 103 phone. There I was sitting quietly, staring at nothing in particular and trying to

figure out a theme for my next dotted art when I noticed my small Nokia phone screen going

into screensaver mode, falling dots piling on each other kinda like a small avalanche.

Ding!! My brain booted immediately, there was the next theme starting at me.I immediately

decided on black and white for my polka dots, which look as elegant on clothes as  they do

on my nails.Did my thing and here they are..

white polka dots on a black background

 Now for my polkas, I did white dots on a black background but switched it up on my thumb

by having black dots on a white background. Personally I loved the contrast and was

absolutely delighted with it.If you  noticed, the dots are of two different sizes; big dots

with little dots dispersed in the spaces between. The falling "rocks" on my Nokia

screensaver were all different-sized too!

black polka dots on a white background on my thumb

(My partner aka TV Remote, was on hand to help with my photography again..pun intended!..lol)

see the contrast? I just love how it came out!

Looking closer...

  

aren't they just darling?..lol

ah, ha! that softly blurred effect i like very much

Why not let me know what you think? Got ideas for my next theme? Drop it and I may just

surprise you by trying it out.


Thanks again for visiting my blog, look forward to having you come enjoy again. Please let

me hear from you, I'd love to know how I'm helping to keep you in good spirits. Look forward

to hearing from you. Stay blessed.

Dotted Nail Art Day 2:Rainbow Kid.

Hello darlings,
      I was watching the preview of Russell Crowe's "Noah" on TV when it occurred to me that I could create something from it. Race off to get my Bible and read the story again and what stuck in my mind was the Rainbow, symbol of God's promise to never again destroy the earth with floods. Wetin man pikin go do? Sharply the babe don assemble wetin she go use do the rainbow..(pidgin again..lol)

    In keeping with my theme of dotted nail art this week, I first applied a plain white lacquer as a background colour because I have discovered over time that white really emphasizes other colours (many thanks to the numerous nail bloggers whose blogs i read to get great tips..#appreciative). This step requires some patience cos i had to wait for the white to dry before starting my dots. Experience has taught that if I layer dots on wet lacquer, it kinda sinks in and I'm left with something that looks like a batik disaster..yeurkk!!

     All went well, it dried quick when i applied a topcoat and chilled watching Cartoons (don't roll your eyes jur, I'm a Disney addict..lol). Now came the fun part of painstakingly placing the dots like so presented. Me sef wey set task for myself, see as i tire after a while ehhh... Gotta admit though, i really loved the end result of all my hard work.
       

All shades of joy!

 

AH! My trusty friend and picture-snapping partner, Monsieur TV Remote..lol

Every day i improve on each one. So loving this right now!

Basically just having fun with myself ni oo!

 

Just loving this! Proud of every mistake i might have made..helps me grow. *grin*

once more, once again!

Softened look. I think the angle i was bending either the phone or my neck was responsible for this. Either way i love the shot! #kiss

 Thankful I am for the promise of a Rainbow which inspired my dotted nail art for the second day. I gotta thank you for taking time out to visit my blog and hope you liked what I had to show/share with you today. Look forward to hearing from you, be sure to give me a shout-out when you visit.

  Cheers and best of luck to you!!..

Dotted Nail Art Week (First Of All...)

Hello darlings,
            now for some strange reason i decided to give myself a tasklist of things to do daily, weekly or monthly as a way to combat my seeming lethargy when it comes to doing what i ought to be doing..me sef know say partial laziness dey worry my life..*laughs*.. Not gonna make any excuses though, I just am but it was out of my stubborn determination to combat it I came up with this..lol

*clears throat*.. Aheemmm!!

One of my resolutions is to this week post a series based on Dotted Nail Art which is hands-down my most absolute favourite style of nail art. I love na understatement; positively adore!. So this week, y'all gotta put up with my sweet obsession. Hope you like it.

   Today's art was a simple polka dot pattern I created. I used a pale blue lacquer with a hint of shimmer in it which needed a 3-coat application to achieve opacity (me that can like to form impatient eh, had to be waiting for each coat to dry out a bit...lol). I used my tiny size dotter to create the dots right down the middle of each leaving the sides bare. Nice to think i could match an outfit to my nail art, an idea. Imma dig out any polka dot item I own and copy it, na threat be that..lol.


 Why not skip through the pics and let me know what you think? Enjoy dears and don't forget to leave your comments and criticisms..
(all pictures snapped using mobile phone camera. Saving up to buy a digital except God just accidentally clunks my head with one.. I will be soooo grateful!..lol)

Taken with flash, this has to be the best pic i took of the lot.

I was even forming baddo while snapping pic ontop say my hand no too dey steady ( for any foreign visitors sorry for the seemingly atrocious english, we call it Nigerian Pidgin English which is a deliberate mashup of normal english and some of our local dialects)

Blurry a bit i think..but looks okay

This is clearer. Took this shot in a darkened room with flash.

Lights On!.

Had to switch on the lights for this shot.

See the blue? With the flash it kinda looks silver cos of the shimmer

You see am?

Thank you for viewing, I look forward to hearing what you think. Keep your eyes peeled for more post dears, much love all round. #hugs