Hi lovelies! I really hope I can get through typing this post today
because DAAAAMN, my fingers are going to break off from frostbite!
Apparently my brain has frozen too because I’ve been struggling for 10
minutes already just to write the intro to this post. See, I believe in
the power of laughter so if I can get a smile out of just one person
with my intro it already makes me feel better and I need all the “feel
better” I can get right now! I don’t do winter and winter doesn’t do me!
I’m OVER IT! I need my summer! I need my warmth! I need my healthy
cuticles! I NEED MY SANITY! AAAAAAAAAGH! ...Okay, glad I got that out of
my system! Let’s just all pretend we didn’t see that and move on!
Today’s mani is a watercolor mani. This is a technique I don’t do too
often because I always tend to overwork the colors, which then just
makes it look messy but when I tried it with this mani I
was kind of happy. The effect still isn’t perfect but I liked the
different colors that I used together so I decided I will post the
results.
I started by laying down 2 coats of Sinful Colors Snow Me White. I then
placed a few small drops of China Glaze Spontaneous, Essence Vintage
District Antique Pink and Sinful Colors Snow Me White (one at a time) on
a small metal plate and added a bit of pure acetone to the drops,
thinning them down to a watery consistency and covered random areas of
the nail with the acetone and nail polish mixture and a thick nail art
brush.
Like I said earlier, it didn’t come out perfect but I’ve already picked
up a few things I will do differently the next time I try this
technique. For example, I would thin my drops out a bit more and spread
out the blobs over more area so the colors can mix a little better. With
enough practice, I might just nail this look one day! *holds thumbs*
Lots of mad love...
HI GUUUUUUYS! *crazy two hand wave* Oh my word, I missed everybody and
blogging so much! Sorry for my absence the past 2 weeks but I wasn’t feeling
100% myself and I don’t want to blog when I feel I can’t put my all into
it. So I allowed myself to have a bit of a break and just smell the
roses AKA play Xbox and watch Doctor Who and Supernatural! But now I’m
back, I have some good material lined up and I have some great ideas for
the future! To the future and new inspiration! *Ting of champagne
glasses*
I am pretty obsessed lately with shapes, patterns and neon so after a
bit of scouting on Google I had an idea for a neon mani. Did the mani
come out like I had in mind? Pshhh, no! Did I like it though? Well yes,
yes I did! And it is such a simple mani! (like most of the stuff I do!)
I started out by laying down 2 coats of Sinful Colors Snow Me White.
Using a large sized dotting tool, I made randomly placed dots using Tip
Top Nail Chic Solar Flare, Tip Top Nail Chic Sun Kissed, Tip Top Nail
Chic Sexy Bikini, Tip Top Nail Chic Jazz Berryblue, Sinful Colors
Amethyst and China Glaze I’m With The Lifeguard. Then using the same
colors as mentioned above, Sinful Colors Snow Me White and various
sized dotting tools, I placed dots inside my dots (DOTCEPTION!). Then I
finished it all off with 2 coats of Seche Vite Fast Dry Top Coat because
from the sides, it looked like my nails had the most colourful rash
ever! UNICORN RASH!!!
Like I said earlier, I really liked this mani. Of course my camera hates
anything neon-ish so it didn’t capture the brightness accurately but I
decided to post it anyway. No point in wasting anything I can link back
to unicorns, even if it’s a rash, right?!
Lots of mad love...
