Hello there! So urm... I last blogged over a year ago... Oops.
I don't really know what happened, I guess I just decided that blogging wasn't for me and that I wanted to work more on perfecting my nail art designs. Looking back now, I wasn't happy with the content I was posting, the huge time gaps between posts and even the quality of my pictures.
Recently however, I decided to give this another go, and I think this past year has taught me a lot. So I really hope you like what's to come.
So without further ado, here's my latest nail art design :)
These are my pop art sunset nails, inspired by @chorubim on Instagram (check her out, she's awesome!). I've always had a thing for pop art ever since we studied Andy Warhol's work in high school and I think this manicure encapsulates that fun, bold and colourful nature that pop art is so often about. So when I saw Cho's post, I couldn't help but recreate this design.
I started off with a light blue shade (seen in the middle of my nails) as a base colour for all of my nails. This is Sally Hansen's Barely Blue Bell, part of the Complete Salon Manicure range.
I then lightly brushed on a purple polish, to the bottom third of my nails, ensuring that there wasn't much polish on the brush (by wiping off all the excess) so I could get a more streaky, 'brushed' effect which works well for this pop art look and helps to form the gradient. The purple polish I used was Sally Hansen's Perfect Plum in the Nail Growth Miracle formula.
I used the same technique for the tips of my nails, using a blue polish. This was Barry M's Cobalt Blue (an oldie but a goodie!).
I then went in with a pin dipped into black polish and added the silhouette of a safari landscape. Finally I painted the golden sun on my ring finger using Sally Hansen's Man-go Team! from their Insta-Dri range which is a colour I have completely fallen in love with!
I love the way the finished design looks and here are the links to the polishes I used, in case you want to purchase any of them :)
Leave me a comment on what nail design you would like to see next! Thanks so much for reading, I'll see you in my next post, next week! :)
I don't really know what happened, I guess I just decided that blogging wasn't for me and that I wanted to work more on perfecting my nail art designs. Looking back now, I wasn't happy with the content I was posting, the huge time gaps between posts and even the quality of my pictures.
Recently however, I decided to give this another go, and I think this past year has taught me a lot. So I really hope you like what's to come.
So without further ado, here's my latest nail art design :)
These are my pop art sunset nails, inspired by @chorubim on Instagram (check her out, she's awesome!). I've always had a thing for pop art ever since we studied Andy Warhol's work in high school and I think this manicure encapsulates that fun, bold and colourful nature that pop art is so often about. So when I saw Cho's post, I couldn't help but recreate this design.
I started off with a light blue shade (seen in the middle of my nails) as a base colour for all of my nails. This is Sally Hansen's Barely Blue Bell, part of the Complete Salon Manicure range.
I then lightly brushed on a purple polish, to the bottom third of my nails, ensuring that there wasn't much polish on the brush (by wiping off all the excess) so I could get a more streaky, 'brushed' effect which works well for this pop art look and helps to form the gradient. The purple polish I used was Sally Hansen's Perfect Plum in the Nail Growth Miracle formula.
I used the same technique for the tips of my nails, using a blue polish. This was Barry M's Cobalt Blue (an oldie but a goodie!).
I then went in with a pin dipped into black polish and added the silhouette of a safari landscape. Finally I painted the golden sun on my ring finger using Sally Hansen's Man-go Team! from their Insta-Dri range which is a colour I have completely fallen in love with!
I love the way the finished design looks and here are the links to the polishes I used, in case you want to purchase any of them :)
- Sally Hansen's Barely Blue Bell: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hansen-Limited-Edition-Designer-Collection/dp/B00HXWMJDO/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?s=beauty&ie=UTF8&qid=1405805112&sr=1-2-fkmr0&keywords=barely+bluebell+sally+hansen
- Sally Hansen's Perfect Plum: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sally-Hansen-Growth-Miracle-Perfect/dp/B00HY7LZ9W
- Barry M's Cobalt Blue: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Barry-Nail-Paint-Cobalt-Blue/dp/B004TLB1LS
- Sally Hansen's Man-go Team!: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-SALLY-HANSEN-NAIL-POLISH-INSTA-DRY-MAN-GO-TEAM-CREME-LIMITED-EDITION-/330980961707?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d1000adab
Leave me a comment on what nail design you would like to see next! Thanks so much for reading, I'll see you in my next post, next week! :)
Glad to see you back to blogging! Your design came out super and I enjoyed reading about how you made it. Look forward to more.
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