Under the Sea Nail Art

9:00:00 AM

I have done it again, I have returned to the world of crazy nail art. The last time I did something so intricate, it was before the great injury when I did my Gnome Nail Art. Life got a little hectic, and I didn't have the time to sit down and actually do something extreme I guess you would say.

I found this idea a long time ago on Pinterest. I re-pinned it immediately and was all excited because finally my collection was big enough and I had all the colors. With the addition of Splish, Splash from the China Glaze Summer Neon collection, the blue for the water was even more perfect.

So I sat down, grabbed all the colors I needed, which ended up being 10 bottles, and I got to painting.

Colors Used:

Base

China Glaze - Splish, Splash

Sand Tips

Zoya - Avery

Jelly Fish

Sinful Colors - Luminary

Octopus

Revlon - Charming

Fishies

China Glaze - Sun Kissed
China Glaze - Hang Ten Toes

Shark

Pure Ice - Kiss Me Here

Seaweed

China Glaze - I'm With the Lifeguard

Details

Sinful Colors - Snow Me White
Sinful Colors - Black on Black
Pure Ice - Kiss Me Here

Top Coat

Out the Door

Crazy right? You all probably thought I was lying when I said ten bottles, but I was dead serious.

I started with the base of Splish, Splash. When that was dry, I french tipped on some Zoya Avery using the polish brush. I purposely didn't do them evenly because sand on the ocean floor isn't even. All the designs were drawn on with tooth picks, except for the lil starfish on the thumb and ring finger. For those guys, I used my dotting tool. Added some little rocks and the seaweed, put on a top coat, and was done. All together the design took an hour and a half.

I forgot how relaxing doing this nail art can be. It gives me the time to sit, relax, and concentrate on one thing, while at the same time forgetting about all the other little issues that might be occurring. Then in the end, I get a cute design which I cannot stop staring at and get a bunch of compliments on. Win, win situation.

Have you ever done any nail art like this? Have you ever used more than 5 bottles of polish for one manicure?

12 comments

AshleighJuly 17, 2012 at 2:34 PM
Oh man these are so super adorable!
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M'risJuly 17, 2012 at 3:57 PM
Ok, this is super cute. I generally don't have the attention span/patience for anything more than 2 coats of polish... but I might have to give these squidlings a shot.
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MEyBellaJuly 17, 2012 at 6:48 PM
my first nail art eveeer was all done by hand, not using plates and learning how to use tape. in other words, disasticure.

and I used TEN bottles one, for a "sunset" mani-pedi.
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UnknownJuly 18, 2012 at 3:48 AM
These are soo darn cute! I can't believe you pretty much did all this with a toothpick! You are one determined mutha sucka. I never use this word but what came to mind when I saw these is: Adorable.They're so nicely done, colorful, and there's a lot going on without them being too cluttered. Great job!!! I did some nails once that were kind of a collage look with like 10ish bottles of polish and it was a definitely disasticure. I never do crazy nail art like this, but I sure like seeing yours! I did do some little octopuses (octopi?) last year and they turned out pretty cute. Nothing like this tho you mani maniac!! :D
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NailNarcoticsJuly 20, 2012 at 11:07 AM
Oh my goodness. That's so adorable. I love the octopus, he is so freakin cute.
Really nice work :o)
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