I am looking forward to winding down tonight in celebration of the end of my first semester of library school! I am going to a luau where I will barely know a soul, I don't have a Hawaiian shirt, and I'm arriving late but I am determined to live it up tonight:0) In preparation for the festivities and because the Year of Polish Challenge demanded some floral nails, I did some Hawaiian nails that turned out very cute. I used several different techniques to make a collage of nail art that screams vacation!
I think you'll see me using a lot of blues and purples this summer. I am inundated with blue and purple polishes and I love every, single one equally so I am going to try to give each polish some wear time even if its just on my toes!
These nails were easier than they look. I started out with two coats of Inkblot Blue on base-coated nails. Next, I used White On and a small nail art brush to make hibiscus flower outlines on my thumb nail, a leaf design on my index nail, and the word "Aloha" and the Hawaiian Island outline on my middle nail. Next using a chunk of cosmetic sponge, I sponged on a half circle of White On to my ring nail and then sponged on White On onto two-thirds of my pinkie nail in preparation for a gradient. The gradient was an afterthought. Normally I would just paint the total nail white and then sponge on the colors but you work with what you have:)
After all the white dried, I filled in the flowers on my thumb nail in Boom Boom, Let's Meet, and Amethyst. I then filled in the leaf design on my index nail with Happy Ending and accented with Last Chance. On my middle nail, I filled in "Aloha" with Cloud 9 and the Hawaiian Islands with Happy Ending. On my ring nail, I sponged on a tiny bit of Inkblot blue to simulate an ocean wave. On my pinkie nail, I sponged on a layer of Let's Meet and finished off with a lower layer of Happy Ending.
The next step was some very quick accents. I used Ebony Loves Chris to make the middle part or pistil of the hibiscus and accent the flower creases. I used White on to accent the edge of the flower petals and put on the stigma (white dots) on the pistil. On my pinkie nail, I used Ebony Hates Chris to draw in a oval shape off center at the tip of my nail. I then dragged out two arcs and added more smaller arcs to the top of the larger arcs to make palm leaf outlines. I learned this technique from several different youtube and picture tutorials but the gradient palm tree technique by Cute Polish on youtube is a great place to start! A whole set of nails with the gradient palm tree motif is so cool looking!
Last, I covered all nails with a generous coat of iridescent glitter and a top coat. The nails look ok without the glitter but I think it adds something extra.
Visions of hula girls dance in my sunglasses' reflections when I look at these nails!
I think you'll see me using a lot of blues and purples this summer. I am inundated with blue and purple polishes and I love every, single one equally so I am going to try to give each polish some wear time even if its just on my toes!
These nails were easier than they look. I started out with two coats of Inkblot Blue on base-coated nails. Next, I used White On and a small nail art brush to make hibiscus flower outlines on my thumb nail, a leaf design on my index nail, and the word "Aloha" and the Hawaiian Island outline on my middle nail. Next using a chunk of cosmetic sponge, I sponged on a half circle of White On to my ring nail and then sponged on White On onto two-thirds of my pinkie nail in preparation for a gradient. The gradient was an afterthought. Normally I would just paint the total nail white and then sponge on the colors but you work with what you have:)
After all the white dried, I filled in the flowers on my thumb nail in Boom Boom, Let's Meet, and Amethyst. I then filled in the leaf design on my index nail with Happy Ending and accented with Last Chance. On my middle nail, I filled in "Aloha" with Cloud 9 and the Hawaiian Islands with Happy Ending. On my ring nail, I sponged on a tiny bit of Inkblot blue to simulate an ocean wave. On my pinkie nail, I sponged on a layer of Let's Meet and finished off with a lower layer of Happy Ending.
The next step was some very quick accents. I used Ebony Loves Chris to make the middle part or pistil of the hibiscus and accent the flower creases. I used White on to accent the edge of the flower petals and put on the stigma (white dots) on the pistil. On my pinkie nail, I used Ebony Hates Chris to draw in a oval shape off center at the tip of my nail. I then dragged out two arcs and added more smaller arcs to the top of the larger arcs to make palm leaf outlines. I learned this technique from several different youtube and picture tutorials but the gradient palm tree technique by Cute Polish on youtube is a great place to start! A whole set of nails with the gradient palm tree motif is so cool looking!
Last, I covered all nails with a generous coat of iridescent glitter and a top coat. The nails look ok without the glitter but I think it adds something extra.
Visions of hula girls dance in my sunglasses' reflections when I look at these nails!
These are really cute! Hope you have fun celebrating :O)
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