I've recently purchased a few MoYou stamping plates and they finally arrived! Oh it's just like Christmas!
Showing posts with label purple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label purple. Show all posts
Candy crush!
I've recently colour coded all my polishes and realised I own at least 5 identical reds. It also turned out I have varnishes that have never even been opened! What a muppet! And this is how or rather why this mani happened. I realised that recently I've limited myself mostly to a winter/festive palette. So here is very cute, very unwintery, pastel cupcake design. And what ya gonna do?! ;)
Water(fall) Closet
This is the first time I decided to publish a waterfall design. Let me tell you now that if you've found yourself struggling with this design don't give up. My first attempts...OMG, I don't even want to think back to the nerves, tears and blaming the entire world for my less than perfect attempt. Try a different brush or a set of different colours or just give it a rest for a few days (months in my case). Or do what worked best for me in the end: pull your finger out! :p
The base colour for all the nails in Golden Rose Rich Color 135. When I picked it up in the shop I thought it was black but it's actually a really dark purple (although after 2 coats it looks black anyway). The colours I used for the waterfall effect are Bourjois Paris 12 Rouge Obscur, Golden Rose Color Expert 87, Orly Harmonious Mess, Miss Selene 259, OPI Samba-dy Loves Purple, Golden Rose Jolly Jewels 102. To apply the colours I used a striping brush that I got cheap online. It's not the best but I can handle it better now that my hands are a bit more experienced with brushes in general. Anyway I already ordered a nice set of brushes and just can't wait to use them! I finished off with a coat of Seche Vite which made the design super glossy and very hard to picture without my light box which I had to leave at home. I still like it though and hope you do too!
Practice Your Patience. WHAT?!!?
I don't know what colour do you associate with autumn but for me it's violet or purple. Which also happen to be my favourite colours in everything. And I mean EVERYTHING. Whenever I'm having a day off painting nails (!) or don't feel like bothering with a design (!) I put one colour (!) on my nails and it's always purple. But don't worry today is not one of those days. I finally decided to use my favourite colours in my design. I mean honestly if you saw my varnishes case you'd know I have A LOT of purple there. So imagine my joy to finally use them! That is until I realised most have gone dry...so I got...frustrated, So you're thinking just go buy some more, problem solved! And you're right...but that means I can't do my nails right now, right this second and did you come across my blog name? Patience is not a virtue in my book. In fact, it doesn't exist!
Still, I used whatever I could salvage out of my 35734672543533435 purple/pinky/violet varnishes and this is the result!
Summer's Over
Noooo! I still feel like flowers and bright colours and refuse to let go...for now anyway. So screw it, here are some very 'unautumny' daisy flowers. I know, I am SUCH a rebel.
For base I used Orly Harmonious Mess. To paint the flowers I find it is best to use a runny varnish. I used french mani type but it wasn't very visible on the dark base but Natural Collection Nail Top Whitener did a great job. I then used the thinnest longish brush to create daisy petals. I waited for it to dry (otherwise it turns into a right mess) and repeated the process to make the flowers look a bit thicker. For yellow dots I used Seche Perfectly Poised and the biggest dotting tool and finished it off with a clear top coat.
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