When I was going through some folders on my computer, I decided to put together a blog with some pictures of nail art that I'd done in the past. First up we have a gradient that was done with A-England Tristam and Excalibur, with Different Dimensions Imitation Is The Most Sincere Form Of Flattery added on the tips. This was my first 'successful' gradient manicure...
Next we have a skull manicure that was inspired by Professional DQs Sexy Skull Nails tutorial. The base color for this is I've Got a Crush On You, which was a limited edition polish in 365 Days of Colors Valentines Day mystery bags.
The reason I'm only showing you guys my thumb is because the skulls on the other nails came out a bit too big, with a few other mistakes to boot, and just didn't look very good. But I'm quite happy with the thumb.
This jigsaw manicure was inspired by a tutorial on Preen Me, which can be found Here . The polishes were Viridian and Faithful by Illamasqua. This was a really easy mani to do, so I encourage anyone who's been thinking about trying nail art for the first time to give this a go. You'll just need something to dot with, whether it's a set of dotting tools (found on Amazon and don't cost much), or if you Google 'homemade dotting tool' you can find all sorts of ways to make your own.
Finally I have a butterfly wing manicure. This was my first time doing one of these, and I think it came out pretty nice all things considered. I had a feeling the red wouldn't work very well, but it's still okay IMO.
The base color for this was P-Wagon, from RubyWhiteTips Kill Bill collection. I probably could have done a better job if I'd used acrylic paints, but I wouldn't be me if I wasn't doing something the hard way, so I free handed this with regular polish. At least a nice coat of Seche Vite smoothed everything out. The black was Orlys Liquid Vinyl, the red is Orlys Grave Mistake and the purple (yes, that's purple on the pinky) is Sexy Divide by Essie.
In other news, the lovely Erica from Erica's Nails and More will be hosting another nail art challenge starting at the end of this month. This one is based on the alphabet, and will run for 26 weeks. The details can be found Here . Everyone is encouraged to join in and, because this will be a long one, participation in every week isn't a requirement. I plan to try my best to do them all, but thank God for her 'Wild Card' entries or I don't think I'd be able to get some of them done...anyone know of a polish that starts with X?
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