Guest Post on The Dalai Lama's Nails

Hello loves!  What do these 6 Revel Nail colors have in common?  I used them all to recreate this adorable design by Hannah from The Dalai Lama's Nails for her Blogiversary celebration!  Hannah's design is pictured below.  Swing on over to her blog to check out my guest post to see my 100% gel version.  ;)

Also, since I used three colors I haven't swatched for you before, here are those swatches.  ;)

Revel Honor is a pure white cream.  Like most whites, I felt this one needed three coats for complete opacity. 

Hijinks is a very soft, light pink cream.  Hijinks also needed three coats to be fully opaque.

Finally, Envy is a soft mint green cream.  Another three coater for complete opacity.  I guess that's the trend with these lighter colors for me.  My stubborn VNL plays a large part.

Excuse the photo quality on this one.  I had to shoot dark and brighten the image in photoshop to keep it from blowing out the polish so that it looks white.

I hope you enjoy my recreation of Hannah's mani!  Would you believe this is the first time I've done an animal print design?  Crazy, right?

~Michelle

*The polishes featured in this post were provided by Revel Nail for my honest review.

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Five Little Pumpkins with The Dalai Lama's Nails

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Hello Loves! I've teamed up with Hannah from The Dalai Lama's Nails for a Halloween nail art collaboration.  If you aren't familiar with Hannah, be sure to swing by The Dalai Lama's Nails and take a look around.  Her nail art is fabulous and her style is quite unique.

When Hannah and I were trying to decide on a theme for our collaboration, my youngest son thrust his favorite book into my lap for the hundredth time in one day.  I'm not exaggerating...I actually hide this book from time to time just so he won't cram it under my nose and scream until I give in and read it over and over and over.  But I digress.  William's favorite book is "Five Little Pumpkins". The illustrations by Dan Yaccarino are simply adorable, and William just can't get enough of them! You can see how beloved this book is by the worn edges.  Would you believe I bought it for him less than a month ago?  Anyway, it struck me as I was reading it to him that I was holding our inspiration in my hands. 

Text copyright (C) 1998 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc.
Illustrations copyright (c) 1998 by Dan Yaccarino

Hannah and I each selected a set of pages from the book to recreate as nail art.  Let's take a closer look, shall we?  These are the pages Hannah picked for her nail art piece.

Text copyright (C) 1998 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc.
Illustrations copyright (c) 1998 by Dan Yaccarino

Here's a closer look at Hannah's recreation.  She freaking nailed it!  I love how she adapted the illustration to better fit her nails and her style.  Simply genius.

Now for a closer look at mine.  I chose the pages immediately after Hannah's.  Adorable illustrations, right?

Text copyright (C) 1998 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc.
Illustrations copyright (c) 1998 by Dan Yaccarino

For my recreation, I started with a base of Red Carpet Manicure Country Club Chic.  The rest is done in Oumaxi acrylic paint from Bundle Monster.  I'm not sure what I was thinking with this one, to be honest.  After my Crackhead Sally mani last week, I should have known better than to attempt to recreate another scene...but I thought I was safe due to the simplicity of this illustration.  Nope.  It took two tries to even come close.  lol  My kitty is a little fluffy, but fluffy kitties need love too!

There you have it - my Halloween Collaboration with Hannah from The Dalai Lama's Nails.  Be sure to check out Hannah's post about our collaboration here.  And a major Thank You to Hannah for teaming up with me on this one.  :)

~Michelle

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**This version of Five Little Pumpkins was published by HarperCollins Publishers Inc.  Text copyright (C) 1998 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc.  Illustrations copyright (c) 1998 by Dan Yaccarino.

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