Nail post! EDIT: PHOTOS
Oct. 4th, 2012 05:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kitewithfishI bought myself a little nail art kit from Sephora last week and I've been having some fun with it. The set includes a fiddly little brush and a dotting tool with two tips, so I've been able to do some more difficult nail project that had escaped me before.
The first experiment:
EDIT: PIC: https://picasaweb.google.com/103507499686215769412/Nails#5795608151078336978
Polishes: Sephora by OPI: What's a Tire Jack (opaque black), Leotard Optional (opaque mocha beige - I did not write this color description!), It's All About Me! (opaque muted hot pink)
Technique: Base coat, two coats of black. Then I brushed a small amount of the beige into a plastic spoon and dipped the small point of the dotting tool into it, and started on my nails. I tried to leave the tip of the nail mostly plain and focus on more dots closer to the base of the nail. I tried to do a fair few dots per nail, and to scatter them in a pleasingly random way. I let them dry for a bit, while I washed the dotting tool tip with polish remover to clean it. Next I did the hot pink, and frankly, it's not very opaque. It was very washed out on the black, so I tried to layer it over the beige- that was the only way I could see it very clearly against the black. After that dried, I did a second time round with the beige and wrapped it all up in a top coat.
The second experiment
EDIT: PIC: https://picasaweb.google.com/103507499686215769412/Nails#5795608166896870418
Polishes: Essie's Blanc (sheer white), Essie's No Place Like Chrome (silver metallic)
This is based off Lisa Eldridge's video with a professional nail artist doing "The New French Manicure". Her notes and descriptions are much much better than I could put together, so please head over to her video.
The first experiment:
EDIT: PIC: https://picasaweb.google.com/103507499686215769412/Nails#5795608151078336978
Polishes: Sephora by OPI: What's a Tire Jack (opaque black), Leotard Optional (opaque mocha beige - I did not write this color description!), It's All About Me! (opaque muted hot pink)
Technique: Base coat, two coats of black. Then I brushed a small amount of the beige into a plastic spoon and dipped the small point of the dotting tool into it, and started on my nails. I tried to leave the tip of the nail mostly plain and focus on more dots closer to the base of the nail. I tried to do a fair few dots per nail, and to scatter them in a pleasingly random way. I let them dry for a bit, while I washed the dotting tool tip with polish remover to clean it. Next I did the hot pink, and frankly, it's not very opaque. It was very washed out on the black, so I tried to layer it over the beige- that was the only way I could see it very clearly against the black. After that dried, I did a second time round with the beige and wrapped it all up in a top coat.
The second experiment
EDIT: PIC: https://picasaweb.google.com/103507499686215769412/Nails#5795608166896870418
Polishes: Essie's Blanc (sheer white), Essie's No Place Like Chrome (silver metallic)
This is based off Lisa Eldridge's video with a professional nail artist doing "The New French Manicure". Her notes and descriptions are much much better than I could put together, so please head over to her video.
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Date: 2012-10-04 11:13 pm (UTC)as someone whose attempts at nail polish look like the efforts of a toddler who doesn't really understand "color inside the lines," I'm duly impressed by your artistry. (But I would be even more impressed with photos to squee over!)
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Date: 2012-10-05 12:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-10-05 12:20 pm (UTC)