#31DC2014 31-Day Challenge - Day 31 - Honor Nails You Love

Wow...I can't believe it's the last day! Today's challenge asks us to honor nails we love. The design I chose is one of my all-time favorites—it looks great, it's one of the few that I can do almost as easily onto my right hand as my left, and I learned it from one of my "go to" nails gurus. Today, I created a Waterfall design to honor Sammy, the Nailasaurus (@thesammersaurus).

When I first started doing nail art, one of my biggest problems (other than the fact that I sucked at it) was that so many of the nail art tutorials and designs were created for and looked best on long nails. I love longer nails, but I'm a writer and it's very inconvenient to keep my nails long. Luckily, I found The Nailasaurus blog and Sammy, who had short nails and did wonderful nail art that looked good on them. She also does product reviews and gives recommendations on how to have great-looking nails on a budget. She's my favorite nail blogger and I'm very glad to be able to honor her and her amazing designs.

The colors I used for today's challenge are:

• Sinful Colors - Bright Lucite
• LA Colors - Aquatic
• Revlon - Blue Slate
• Sinful Colors - Rain Storm
• Kiss Nail Art - Silver

I'm going to do a round-up post tomorrow, but I want to thank Sarah at Chalkboard Nails (@chalkboardnails) for sponsoring this challenge and all the amazing nail artists who participated. I really pushed myself and learned a lot from all of you—and I've become a better, more confident  nail artist as a result. I look forward to all your future nail art creations and to sharing more of mine with you.