... Mario and Boo ...

It's not often I'll tackle a theme twice but I had so much fun with the AIPAS "Revenge of the Nerds" theme this week I wanted to do another. I really do love Boo from the Mario series. He does get forgotten about a bit behind all the other villain characters but I'm glad I had a chance to feature him.

The base for this mani is Pretty Serious Creature Crush which I guess is appropriate! It's an extremely pretty dark blue with black and silver glitter. I really like how the larger hex pieces are not overwhelming if you are like me and not a huge glitter fan. Sadly it's being discontinued so if this looks like a polish you need in your life, run over now to Pretty Serious and grab your bottle!

Boo is from the ever loved FUN3 stamping plate while Mario is from MoYou London - Back to the 90s 01. Both have been filled in using acrylic paint. Marios overalls got a tad smudged when placing the reverse stamping which is due to my impatience in not letting the paint dry! But who can blame me when this looks so good!

I've got big things planned for the 1st of June so I hope you pop back then to check it out!!

... AIPAS Hulk Nails ...

Woah! Better grab a chair as 2 days in a row never happens! Shocked!

The Australian Indie Polish Appreciation Society had a theme this week of "Revenge of the Nerds". Now I don't really consider myself nerdy but I have wanted to do Hulk nail art for awhile and here's my chance. I've always had a soft spot for him and for a bit of an odd reason.   Until recently my grandparents had a massive hulk fridge magnet which I presume was left behind from my Uncles when they moved out when I was really little. Anyway ... onto the pics!

Now the polish is the super beautiful Lilypad Lacquer Peita's Potion which now has the proud award of being featured on the blog more than once!! It's honestly so beautiful! The Hulk himself comes from my super favourite stamping plate FUN11 and even though I seem to use it all the time, I'm not even half way into using all the characters! I'll get there though!

The Hulk is painted using acrylic paint and his hair is actually Zoya Veruschka for a bit of extra sparkle. Not that this needed it! It's gorgeous! Today has been extremely gloomy with rain and I got so lucky that as soon as I finished painting, the sun appeared for a few precious seconds! Score!  It's not often that I get a mani looking as fab as this first time with minimal effort and then get rewarded with sunlight aswell.

To say I'm happy with this mani is an understatement. Everything just went so right and the purple worked so well with the green. Loving that green acrylic paint though *makes note to use it again*

... Love Thy Polish - Peppermint Patty ...

While I'm on a roll, I'm doing another theme. This time is for the lovely lasses at the Australian Indie Polish Appreciation Society (AIPAS) and the theme is "Inspired by a book". After much umming and ahhing I decided to use Peppermint Patty by Love Thy Polish. Peppermint Patty is a character from the Peanuts comics and I figured that was close enough!

I'm being super brave by posting this as I am not confident in my freehand skills so please show some love! (And thank you the super dooper awesome Jen for recognising who this actually was without me having to say so! You rock!!)

This is 3 coats of Peppermint Patty with the middle coat dabbled with a makeup sponge to all that beautiful glitter love happening. Patty herself is on Nails Inc Bag a Bachelor, her hair is a combo of Ulta3 Sunkissed and Antique Gold plus I've used acrylic paints in black and natural skin.

Apart from the pretty glitter polish, the thing I love the most is how tiny I managed to get her freckles! WIN!!! I am so pleased with that. Also I mentioned earlier this week how I need more patience before top coating, this is very much paying off. Not a smudge in sight! Awesome!

For more fantastic Aussie Indie action, check out the blog at http://aussieindies.blogspot.com.au/ or @aussieindies on Instagram.