Hiya lovelies! So, it's still very quiet around here, but today I have 2 mani's to share with you. I painted a mani for last weeks Pick 'n' Mix challenge prompt, but I didn't get around to posting it in time, so I figured I might as well post it along with my mani for this weeks prompt.........
So, last weeks 2 prompts were "Dark Green" and "Camo", which is a very easy combination to put together, I wanted to do something a bit different for my camo, so I decided to do a brushstroke/dry brush mani with 4 shades of green to create my camo base. I started with just 1 coat of
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Jade Jump, and then started adding random brushstrokes with
Barry M - Guava & Key Lime, and
Revlon Top Speed - Emerald, and added a top coat.
Then I used a
wax pencil to place some square gold studs in a straight line down my ring finger and thumb, and sealed them in with 2 coats of top coat. For the remaining nails, I stamped some star studs from
MoYou London Punk 04 with
Barry M - Gold Foil.
When it was almost dry, I mattified the whole thing, being careful not to touch the studs as I wanted them to stay shiny. I could have just put the studs on once I'd mattified, but I find they come off way too easy if I do. This way they have a chance of actually staying on more than a couple of hours :D
I really liked how this turned out, it actually remind me of a little camo jacket I own, (not that it fits anymore, but one day....) I think the brushstroke technique lends itself really well to camo, and I love the military feel that the studs and stars help to create.
So, that was last week, but this week our prompts are "Red & Gold", and "Chevrons". I decided to just do the red & gold prompt, although I may try and squeeze in a chevrons mani later this week too. (I bought a load of chevron vinyl's in the
She Sells Seashells black Friday sale that I am yet to try out so I'm hoping I can find the time)
For this mani I knew exactly which two polishes I wanted to use without a second though;
Dark Metal Lacquer - Flashy Sparklies, and
A-England - Perceval. I applied 3 coats of Flashy Sparklies, and 2 coats of top coat as I wanted a nice smooth base for stamping straight lines.
Once my top coat had set, I stamped this candy cane stripe image from MoYou London Festive 03 with Perceval. I had to re-stamp 3 nails, and I still have a bit of a wonk going on on the ring finger. I don't use straight lined images very often, and I still need to work on making my stamping action a little smoother, but I was fairly happy with this attempt anyway. I've done much worse haha :D
So I loved how this mani turned out. These 2 polishes are just perfect for Christmas, and I love the way you can see a tiny bit of the holo peeking through the red.
So, that's it from me today, but I will be back this week, as I have quite a few posts to catch up on. Hopefully I can get a few posts prepared in advance before I go back to work on Thursday :D
In the meantime, you lucky lot get 2 sets of thumbnails below if you'd like to see what the other Nail Tart's have come up with for this week and last.
I like this nail art creation!
ReplyDeleteThanks Julia! :D xx
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