Hellossss! Did I say Friday? What I meant was Monday :P Haha, kidding. Well you see, though I had intended this for last Friday, it has completely slipped my mind that the pictures were unedited. So yes, much apologies on my part. When I finally got the pictures ready and began typing this post it felt like I was rushing through, just so I could post as soon as possible. While that wasn't a bad intention, I do not wish for any of you who took your time reading my post to read a 'last minute' thing. :) So, yeah enough with the explanation, let's get on with the nail art! ;)
So, about two weekends ago I was in a good mood to paint my nails. I searched through the pile of ideas I have pinned onto one of my pinterest board overtime to see which interest me. Quite strangely, I chose this image which I pinned from desiretoinspire. Usually, I tend to stare at this image, wanting to do it and quickly dismissing it or keep putting it off to another time. I am ever so glad that weekend I finally got it done. Haha! And I have named my nail art the same as well. Hehe.
Initially, I was only aiming for nail art on one hand. Probably do a different one on the other (so I can kill two birds with one stone.. hahahaha! sort of..). But I liked it so much I did the same on both! Well, kind of the same.. The hand with the blue ring finger, was the first set. Yet something felt missing so when I did the right hand, I added my new favourite gold polish, Revlon 1000 Volts. Seriously. It's amazing! I will do a swatch of it soon. But, feel free to browse the internet for swatches of it! :)
Sorry, left hand and right hand takes pictures differently and so are their poses. Let's just say each hand have their own unique characteristics ;) Hehe! Moving on to the flowers, I started with white base. Followed by a coat of Models Own Ibiza Mix. To achieve the watercolour-like result, I have diluted my polish with clear polish, the non-fast drying kind. Alternatively, if you have a lot of jelly polishes you can use those instead. They make wonderful watercolour effect.
And finishing off with my awkward two hand picture. I hope your eyes are not going criss-crossed because of the hand directions. This is why I usually avoid taking picture of both hands together. I've gotten a new tripod now, not big ones.. still small one (the camera is small anyway) but it's those super flexible kind. Hahaha! I shall look forward to mess around with it. If any of you have tips to share in taking two hands pictures, I'll gladly take advices from you :)
Haha! All in all, I love this nail art. Can't believe I kept putting off getting it done until that day. But hey, maybe it was for the better. It seems to me I had a much clearer view of how I wanted to translate that inspiration onto my nails than I had before, which I guess was why I have been stalling. Lols! But it's done! And I'm just so glad it came out better than I expected it to. I hope you like this as well :D
Until the next post, y'all! Wish you all a wonderful start of the week :)
List of polishes and tools used:
Haha! All in all, I love this nail art. Can't believe I kept putting off getting it done until that day. But hey, maybe it was for the better. It seems to me I had a much clearer view of how I wanted to translate that inspiration onto my nails than I had before, which I guess was why I have been stalling. Lols! But it's done! And I'm just so glad it came out better than I expected it to. I hope you like this as well :D
Until the next post, y'all! Wish you all a wonderful start of the week :)
List of polishes and tools used:
- Etude House Ice Cream - Banana
- Etude House - Tint Mint
- Etude House - Ultra Green
- Etude House - Only Olive
- Etude House Play Nail - #1
- The Face Shop - OR207
- The Face Shop - GR508
- Essence - Gel-Look Top Coat (my clear polish, lols!)
- Revlon - Fashionista
- Revlon - 1000 Volts
- Models Own - Ibiza Mix
- Models Own - Blueberry Muffin
- Lioele - #24
- Sally Hansen - Black Out
- Nail Art Brush
- Square Studs (2mm)