While painting my nails, I realized that painting easter eggs was just like painting simple aztec print. For this design, I painted a white base, painted the aztec-ish design on with bright colours, and ended by painting a black outline to make them look like eggs. Don't do it the other way around - it's better to put black on white than white...
I've got to be honest. I've been distracted by flakie nail polish the whole day. I mean just look at this picture. Picture from X, she used Colour Club's famous Shattered Glass. Absolutely beautiful blog, by the way. Flakie nail polish is a type of glitter top coat that has irregular, well, flakes of iridescent awesomeness. Each brand of nail polish has flakies that...
My favourite precious stone by far is the Opal. Super inspired by this post, though I used a different technique to get an opaline effect (and her version is absolutely beautiful. I will be attempting to paint it the way she did soon!) I wanted a shine that was more muted, so I sponged on 4 colours, added glitter, and ended with tons of...
Although we don't exactly experience the four seasons, I wanted a calming set of colours on my nails that best reflected this time of year. My entire weekend was dedicated to studying for my upcoming tests, so I kept to something simple that I could do quick, but beautifully. The answer was ombre of course. The method I used was to paint 3...