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nail art

An excuse to put eggs on my nails

5:31 AM
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...

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wishlist

Top on my wishlist

6:35 AM
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...

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nail art

Opaline

5:08 AM
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...

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nail art

Paint with all the colours of spring

3:49 AM
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...

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