Monday, March 5, 2012

Stormy Nails


For these I painted my nails with a coat of Aruba Blue then while wet painted a thin coat of Secret Admirer and then another coat of Aruba Blue.  I then used a nail art brush to dab on some White On in a cloudy formation.  I then mixed Luna, Recycle, and Secret Admirer and dotted the mixture over the white clouds.  Last, I used a small nail art brush and added lightning with more White On.  I plan to work on this design a bit more after looking at some paintings of storms.  Personally, the picture looks better than the nails actually turned out.    For me this was a nail fail if only because it doesn't match the picture in my head.  The key is to keep on trying.



5 comments:

  1. i love this Essie! it's one of my favorite blues to wear. I love your blog name, too >.< Love Actually is in my top 3 favorite movies ever! (I assume that's where your blog name came from... :/)

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  2. It still looks cute. Maybe mix a little black on the bottom of the cloud??

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  3. Even if it didn't turn out like the picture in your mind, it still turned out wonderfully! What I've found is that for a night sky look, I sponge on a dark purple color for a cool effect. Maybe that may help? :)

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  4. I think it looks nice, we are so hard on ourselves, aren't we!

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