31 Day Challenge - Day 19 - Floral Nails
11:00:00 AMDay 19, Floral nails...hmmmm. I'm a fan of rose nail art. I love it. My first day of this challenge I did red rose nails, which coming up soon I will have a tutorial for :). To me, they're easy and so pretty on the nail. Something I can never do though are dot flowers. You know, the simple five dots and a center. Something so simple eludes me, and I have no idea as to why. For this day, I wanted to do that. I needed to master the dot flower and be victorious over something so simple. If I could do monarch wings, converse, and owl half moons, a dot flower should not be so bad for me.
Nicole from Young, Wild, and Polished, to me, is the dotting tool, dotting flower, and water marble expert. Seriously, this girl is a pro. All her dots are flawless, perfectly round and circular. I swear she has a stencil or something. Her dot flowers, perfect as well. Each time they are amazingly perfect, cute, and ugh jealousy is now rising in me as I type this. If you haven't checked her out, please do. Love her blog.
I came across a few dot flower manicures I really liked. Since I had just had black on my nails, I decided to not try to re-create her black and grey ones. Okay, the real reason was that it was too many flowers and I was scared I'd mess it up. My eye kept getting caught though on a pretty manicure she posted using the Essie Winter Collection polishes. I had to do it. Since I didn't own the Essie's, I ran to my stash and found some dupes.
Let's take a look. I'm experimenting with shooting pictures inside now that the weather is nasty, so please bear with me as I figure everything out. If you have any pointers, please share! :) It's going to be a long winter.
Colors Used:
- Julep - Robin
- China Glaze - I'm Not Lion
- Sinful Colors - Midnight Blue
- China Glaze - Fairy Dust
Don't forget to check out the other lovely ladies!
- Nicole from Polish Me, Please!
- Cynthia from Of Life and Lacquer
- Jessica from Once Upon a Polish
- Ave from Polish Pixelle
8 comments
Love it! The glitter is so glittery ;)
ReplyDeleteIt's seriously by far my favorite glitter! Lol thank you!
DeletePretty. Don't think I could pull it off though
ReplyDeletethanks Wes
DeleteI always take photos inside and i always try to shoot with the natural light from the window, usually without flash, but it depends... Works for me every time because the natural light helps to show all the colors of the nail art and not over brightens them.
ReplyDeleteLove the blue background color! <3 It's my number one choice of the color in everything!
Hmmm, I may have to try that by the window next time. I took these under a florescent light which probably wasn't the smartest decision. The pictures came out decent.
DeleteAnd thank you! it's one of my favorite polishes now!
Love the manicure! It almost reminded me of leopard print at first glance!
ReplyDeleteWhen I take pictures indoors, I like to tape a piece of white paper to the window to use that as a background. :)
ahhhh that's such a good idea!!! I"m going to try that next time! thank you!!!
Deleteand yes doesnt it look like leopard from a distance?? wait till you see the leopard one i will be posting in a few days with a glitter accent! lol
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