May Nail Art Challenge: Day 3

Flowers for Mom: Perfect Gift for Mom

Hi everyone, another start to the work week.  I'm actually very excited for this week!  Tomorrow I am getting my hair dyed lighter and then Wednesday is the official end to my project, hopefully never to be seen again :)  This weekend we are also going to the zoo with our friends which should be a really fun day trip.

Today I have day 3 of the Flowers for Mom Nail Art Challenge hosted by Paulina of Paulina's Passions.  Today's theme was the perfect gift for mom.  This one was a hard one for me.  I never, ever know what to get my mom.  She says she never wants anything and will not give hints or ideas at all.  Sigh....so I decided to choose a tropical vacation as the perfect gift.  It was really funny actually because as I was doing this mani, she was just getting back from a vacation in the Caribbean.

I wasn't entirely thrilled with the outcome but I guess it is what it is.  I used a base of Hard Candy Crush on Copper.  In my mind I thought it could portray a nice bronzy tan that you would get on vacation but it just ended up being hard to layer over.  I tried to make cute little beach towels with OPI My Vampire is Buff and Zoya Blu but they didn't come out cutesy like I wanted.  I stamped the bikini, sort of invisible palm tree, sunglasses, and flip flop with OPI Kiss Me on My Tulips, OPI Jade is the New Black, and Essie Little Brown Dress.  I used Zoya Godiva as the sand which was pretty much the only part I was happy with :)

Hopefully these other ladies did better than me :

Carmina from Cubbiful 

Alicia from Makeup and Nails, Not War 

Erin from Paint Those Piggies! 

Paulina from Paulina’s Passions

Kristina from Polish and Repeat

Rachael from Rachos Nail Love

Tes from Tes Did It Nails 

Yohana from Beauty-Shoes-Nails-Fun