I found this design idea from Kimiko's Nail Art. I don't have acrylic paints, so I just used regular polish and it seemed to work pretty well. I used Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Pat On The Black which is this beautiful, rick, deep purple that I just picked up and I love! To do the dots, I mixed the Pat On The Back with Sinful Colors in Snow Me White, slowly adding more and more of the white to make the dots gradually lighter. This worked really well and was super simple! The only downside is that I ended up using A LOT of white polish, especially toward the end, in order to lighten it up so much!
But I love this simple "dotticure" and it got me a lot of compliments at work!
This weekend, I still had purple on the brain, but wanted to do something different for each nail.
(Please don't mind my ugly thumb nail... I had to break up a fight btwn our dogs and my nail got cracked in the process :( )So, after my Beauty Secrets base coat, I painted each nail a different color. The thumb's color is the same Sally Hansen Pat On The Black. Then my fingers pointer to pinky are: Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Trouble Maker; China Glaze in Exceptionally Gifted; Sinful Colors in Out Of This World; and Finger Paints in Be A Pal-ette.
For the nails with Pat On The Black as the base, I used this picture as an inspiration. For the dots, I used Finger Paints in Be A Pal-ette, Sally Hansen in Trouble Maker, China Glaze in Spontaneous, Nina in Lilac-ing Discipline, and China Glaze in Exceptionally Gifted. I did larger dots for the darker purples, and tried to go smaller the lighter the color. I also put in some dots of China Glaze in Fairy Dust to put in a little sparkle. Here's the result::
For my fingers with Sally Hansen in Trouble Maker as the base, I used striping tape to tape some designs and then put the Pat On The Black over it to make a slight contrast.
(I forgot to tape up around the nail, so I made a mess!! Oops!)
For the nails with the Sinful Colors in Out Of This World as a base, I did a gradient inspired by the third nail of this picture. On the sponge, I painted Out Of This World at the top, then a strip of Sinful Colors in Dancing Nails, and then Sally Hansen in Save The Date. I love the combination of these colors!! I'll need to do this again!!
And then for the last fingers, with Be A Pal-ette for the base, I used Orly in Too Fab to put some gold glitter toward the base.
And that rounds out all my nails! I love the variety in this manicure! It sure took a lot of different colors, but it was totally worth it!
Love the purples! (I cringed at your thumbnail... You're tough!)
ReplyDeleteIs this for real? PLEASE clean up your cuticles! Nothing more irritating than a girl flaunting her nails and it is a complete mess! Your designs are really beautiful but, I mean how hard is it to soak a q-tip in polish remover to neaten things up!? Sheesh.... making me cringe over here
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry the mess offends you so. Usually I'm in the middle of my design, or just wrapping up and wanting to snap pictures before I forget, and they haven't been tidied up yet. In the future I will try to minimize the cringe factor for you.
DeleteAlthough I do agree with Anonymous's point, I would have found a MUCH more polite and respectful way of putting it. Unfortunately, some just don't take the time to consider other people's feelings and think that by throwing in a compliment with their brashness makes their rudeness acceptable. That being said, I am going to politely throw in my two cents, if I may? I understand your point, that you are not finished with the process of your nails and have not cleaned up yet, but this IS a nail blog, correct? People come here to see beautiful nail art designs done by yourself. My perspective is when I go to a nail blog to see nail art designs, I expect the nails to be completed, cleaned up and all. It makes it somewhat difficult to see the finished product for all it can be when there is a mess around the nail. I just think that if you want more people coming to your blog to see your beautiful designs that you are better off showing the cleaned up, finished product. It might be worth it to wait and take the pictures later. Put a Post-It note on your phone/camera if you need help reminding yourself. I hope I have not offended you, just trying to give my (hopefully helpful) opinion. Keep up the great work. I look forward to seeing more designs in the future. :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you for your input! I started this blog really only for my friends who were always asking me how I did my nails. So it still surprises me that people are viewing it from all over the world! I have been trying to be more conscientious about what pictures I take/post. Thanks again for your thoughts and ideas :)
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