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Monthly Manicure Challenge 2023

Welcome to the Monthly Manicure Challenge! Thereโ€™s a lot of great manicure ideas and inspiration here on BIC. I find challenges are a great way to channel that inspiration, push me out of my comfort zone, and try new styles or colours I wouldnโ€™t normally go for. Itโ€™s a great way to grow in skill and artistry. I hope youโ€™ll join me on this journey.

 

All are welcome, whether youโ€™re a pro or a novice like me, or if you have a favourite manicurist that is the only one you trust with your hands. Youโ€™re welcome to post as often or as little as you like, post late, or skip challenges completely. And feel free to post them on Show Me Your Nails 2.0 too!

 

November 2023 - Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice

 

Weโ€™re deep into fall and winter is fast approaching. Letโ€™s see some fall inspired manicures! They could be pumpkin spice themed, a leaf colour-change inspired skittle, or whatever makes you feel warm and cozy. And happy thanksgiving to all the American BIC members. Feel free to post thanksgiving-inspired maniโ€™s too!

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See My Original Post That Started This Challenge Here

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Iโ€™ve been a part of BIC for a while now. Iโ€™ve seen makeup, skincare, and photography challenges, which have been great for giving me inspiration, but nothing for maniโ€™s. I love Makeup Challenge of the Week 2021/2022/2023 because itโ€™s given me lots of inspiration, pushed me out of my comfort zone and helped me grow in my skills and artistry. Iโ€™d probably be stuck doing the same looks if it werenโ€™t for that. I know we have Show Me Your Nails 2.0 which has been a great source of inspiration. I donโ€™t want to take away from it but rather give myself and others a way to narrow down all the great ideas from it and get outside of my comfort zone (which has been bright colours and sparkly toppers lately)

 

Would there be any interest in starting a challenge for maniโ€™s? We could have a different theme every month or even twice a month so that people can wear their maniโ€™s out without worrying about missing one. People could always revisit themes if they miss them but still want to participate. Iโ€™m happy to organize it and if people have ideas for themes, Iโ€™m happy to work them in. What do you all think? Let me know if we should go one or twice a month and any themes you might want to see. 

 

Tagging some people but feel free to tag others who I missed or who you think might be interested.

@RGbrown @Titian06 @itsfi @CynthieLu @ather @jaaayp @Saradestin @Mellmars1185 @WinglessOne @Samtian 

Previous Challenges

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May 2023 - May Flowers
June 2023 - Child At Heart
July 2023 - Fireworks/Canada Day/Fourth of July
August 2023 - A Day At The Beach
September 2023 - We Now Return You To Your Regularly Scheduled Program: TV/Movie Inspired Manicures
October 2023 - Trick or Treat! Halloween-Inspired Maniโ€™s

Upcoming Challenegs (*Spoiler Alert!* โš ๏ธ Click at your own risk!)

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December 2023 - Happy Holidays: Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, New Years!

Iโ€™m open to changing things up or adding bonus challenges. If you have suggestions, please let me know!)

In Case Youโ€™re Interested In Other Challenges

 

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@JoSometimes Pretty! Pretty cool trick with the stickers. Looking forward to how it works with paper ones. 

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Thank you @Samtian! Iโ€™ll be sure to post it when I try. 

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@JoSometimes  I love this colour story! The sticker is perfect! Itโ€™s great to know you can use a regular sticker! Iโ€™ve never used a sticker before but Iโ€™ve used the plastic confetti pieces! 

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Thanks @ather! I just liked the two colours together. I havenโ€™t tried printed paper stickers yet. Weโ€™ll see how that goes when I get to trying it. ๐Ÿคž

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Excellent first mani for this month's challenge @JoSometimes ๐Ÿฅฐ ๐Ÿ’—

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Thank you @CynthieLu! ๐Ÿ˜Š

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I am loving this mani so much @JoSometimes ! Those polishes have delicate but intense colors and look amazing together. And that cute sticker is the cherry on the pie! ๐Ÿ˜

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Thank you @Saradestin! Itโ€™s really cutesy but I canโ€™t stop checking out. ๐Ÿ˜Š

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As I wait for the @JoSometimes's lovely next June challenge of child at heart. Last hurrah to the flowers!

 

Another sincere apologies for my crusty right hand ๐Ÿคฃ

 

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@jaaayp  These flowers are beautiful! 

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@ather thank you ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ’“

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Gorgeous art work @jaaayp ๐Ÿ˜

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@CynthieLu thank you! ๐Ÿ˜Š 

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@jaaayp ๐Ÿ˜ฎ whoa!

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@Samtian hehe ๐Ÿ’“ 

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This is SPECTACULAR @jaaayp! ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’š Iโ€™m speechless!๐Ÿ˜ต๐Ÿ˜ต๐Ÿ˜ต๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜

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@Saradestin thank you! Mine are so easy though and not NEARLY as intricate as your designs!!!

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But much more beautiful @jaaayp! You nails are masterpieces! ๐Ÿ˜ต

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Awww I love these @jaaayp! It reminds me of one of the conservatory/green houses in the city. I love the green mixed with the floral accents. This is a perfect way to close off the challenge!

 

And I just updated the post with Juneโ€™s challenge. I was going to wait one more day, but whatever. Get your thinking caps on and your glitter toppers out!

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It's a fun one @JoSometimes ! Definitely not something I would think of on my own since I'm all about the neutrals ๐Ÿ˜‚ can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!!!

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I am posting this mani here because it has some flowers so, why not? ๐Ÿ˜

It was so challenging! I had to redo all my white nails. I started with the idea of doing a reverse stamping design, and I did it! It looked quite good. I applied the sticky polish, to stamp the design back, and when it felt sticky to the touch, I placed the design on the nail and it made my white polish below literally melt ruining the design completely! ๐Ÿ˜ญ I tried three more times until I gave up and decided to do a normal stamping to avoid the sticky base. By this time I have reverse painted three designs and tried several more on the nails, having to erase and repaint some nails up to three times. 
This is a photo of one of the designs that were ruined when stamped. 

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Donโ€™t pay attention to my dirty fingers. By this time I had already a mess going on.

I only took this picture of the manicure on my right hand, with the middle finger already looking good but with the ring one making me dizzy. I should have taken photos of the entire process but I was so disappointed!

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And this is the final result:

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For details on the polishes and stamping plate, you can check Show Me Your Nails 2.0 thread.

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