MoYou London 31 Day Nail Art Challenge: Day 11 Cupcakes

Hey lacquer ladies,

I love a good cupcake!  One might in fact say I'm a cupcake snob after all to score major points iwth me the cake has to be as good as the frosting and vice versa.  This is tougher than it seems for a lot of cupcake makers, and over time I have ultimately realized that French style cupcakes are my favorite.  Ahem in any case with so much interest in cupcakes clearly I was excited and hungry lol for Day 11 and its theme of Cupcakes.

Mani-louge

Basecoat/Topcoat: CND Stickey / Sally Hansen Diamond Flash Topcoat

Gradient: Sinful Colors Baby Blue and Wet N' Wild Teal Slowly and See

Topper: CND Effects Gold Sparkle

Stamping Polish:  Konad Special Polish in Purple and Color Club Eternal Beauty

Stamping plates; MoYou London Pro 01 & 07, Princess 08, and Festive 03

When I poured through my plates for this challenge I realized that I had a LOT of images with cupcakes so for me it wasn't even about finding a plate that had one or two it was about pulling together the cupcakes in a way that added definitive whimsy and sweetness that I think is the appeal of the cupcake anyway.  I decided to also stick with pastels for this one because in my mind cupcakes always seem to head in that direction - doily's, pastels, and little squealing girls.  Lol..seriously you know what I mean.  Recently I've realized that I'm starting to pile up a lot of technique again in my mani's. For instance this mani features gradients, double stamping, and decal method.  I think I will scale back for some of the more difficult challenges i.e. ones that I have trouble creating the concept to make my life easier ;)



What do you think? This was another mani that I was ultimately very happy with.  Even though I didn't plan it it felt like all the elements that remind me of cupcakes came together perfectly in this mani.  So this is day 11 I'm about halfway through the challenge now with real time being day 15. It's definitely feeling a bit more natural, but still draining.  I think the worst part is that I'm getting a bit of burnout.  I wasn't very happy with that TV challenge and in between I decided to do something entirely unrelated to MoYou and it really made all the difference! You'll be seeing that soon.  In any case thanks for reading and see you next post...