I've worn a lot of simple designs after my acidic nails, so I thought I'd do a big post for them.
I got a heap of new polishes as a late birthday gift, and they were all blue and purple. So I painted a V shaped purple french, put on a shimmery purple on top and some glitter flakes.
Then I made some dots and a little lace, going into a ribbon at the bottom. I added a little rhinestone as well for the knot.
Also looks adorable on short nails. Just skip the ribbon!
Then I wanted to wear something blue, and I got this fantastic metallic blue polish as part of the gift, that I really wanted to wear on its own for a while.
Then I put on a little piece of tape and did a sharp half-moon!
In retrospect it would've looked better with the silver as the top part and the blue covering most of the nail, since the blue was such a fantastic color, but since I wanted to wear it on its own at first this is how they came out.
Then I tried another purple, this one had golden flakes in it! It's absolutely gorgeous. I made french tips again, and covered up the edge with golden acrylic paint. Unfortunately my gold paint if thin, so I had to do layers, and the lines ended up a bit thicker than I would've liked to, but it's okay.
Then I added white flowers, and a bit of gold in the middle. Tipped it off with some gold glitter as the centre, and a purple rhinestone at the lunar.
I'm gonna keep using these new polishes, because I just love purple and especially blue!
Tialiq
I found a picture of melting smileys in my Facebook feed (I think it was from MissKL), and just knew I wanted to paint them on my fingernails. I'd also been experimenting with on-nail marbelling using neon colors, and the acid idea took form.
I used 2 neon polishes, green and pink, and a bright blue and yellow. I dumped it heavily onto a wet nail, and made lots of tiny dots. Then I quickly grabbed my brush and dragged it back and forth over the nail, lifting after every stroke. Then I pulled off the excess just how Robin Moses taught me. Then I started my drippy smiley faces.
I started with the silhouette in black acrylic paint, and then added yellow on top with acrylic paint. Then I covered it with yellow polish, the same I used for the marble, and used black polish to draw the features before the yellow dried. You can create very fine lines doing this, and push it around it if fails a little. After every smiley, their faces drooped more and more. I finished with the ring finger on my right hand:
I'm also the most pleased with my right hand, when it comes to the smileys at least.
I also found the initial inspiration:
So there's some inspiration for you too! I'm in love with these nails!
Tialiq
I looked at Chine Glaze's Stone Cold. Down to my camo pants. Back to Stone Cold. This is the magical marriage of the two:
My only regret is the orange stones, I was trying to add more gold. I should've gone with murky green ones.
Making camo nails is incredibly easy. If your hand shakes, that just adds to the design! I used 5 colors; Beige, light brown, light green, murky dark green and grass green. The last one is acrylic paint, but the first 4 are polishes. I found that polishes moved better when making the design.
I loved wearing these nails, they're so modern but edgy!
Tialiq
