Hi everyone,
This weeks Artsy Wednesday is a bit of a cheat for me. I've had these pictures since before I joined Artsy Wednesday, and when I saw this theme I kept them back as they were so perfect for it.
So although I've had them a while, I'm still excited to show them to you, because when I did them, I absolutely loved them! I came across the advert in my photos, if I remember rightly, when I bought Glamour Magazine for the free Nails Inc polish that came with it (yes, I'm cheap haha). As soon as I saw the advertisement, I knew I had to have the design on my nails as I liked it so much.
Originally I attempted to freehand the design, but that was a total disaster, so I turned to my stamping plates, and amazingly I didn't have one that was right. So I went to Amazon, and found a Gals set that had a plate in that looked like it might do the job. I got the Princess set (link) which cost £7.99 inc shipping for 25 plates - BARGAIN! The quality is really good too. I know it seems a bit much to go to these measures for a single design, but I really, really, wanted to do it.
Here's what I came up with:
I used OPI Alpine Snow for the base, and then stamped over it using Color Club Almost Famous. I tried a few yellows, but this was the best match. I meant to do my ring finger beige to match the background ladies, but forgot - doh!
Here's another pic, a bit closer up:
As you can see, even with stamping, my checks are a tad wonky, but hey, you get the idea, right? I went over it with a topcoat of Seche Vite to smooth it all out.
One last pic of my nails. I took so many, and have had to weed lots out. I like this one as the checks on my nails are almost exactly the same size as the ones on the handbag, which makes me happy. I'm a bit strange like that:
And here's the advert that got the whole thing started:
Now, I'm sure I wouldn't be able to afford ANYTHING in that advert haha, but at least I can have a bit of LV style on my nails! What do you think?
Don't forget to check (pun alert!) out what all the other super-talented Artsy Wednesday girls have come up with:
Catrine at Unnaked Nails (link)
Michelle at Labmuffin (link)
Alanna at Pretty Purple Polish (link)
Maria at Maria's Nail Polish Blog (link)
Melanie at Nail and Polish (link)
Jessica at Beauty Gnome (link)
Emily at An Accent Nail (link)
Ameerah at Valiantly Varnished (link)
Until next time...
MASPOOASE x x x
~Wendy~
Morning All!
How you doing today? I've got a hangover haha! Too much gin last night by far. Have had some toast and LOTS of tea and am starting to feel vaguely human again. One of the good things to come out of last night is that I ordered the Models Own Fruit Pastel collection, and then forgot, so when I woke up this morning and checked my emails, it was a nice surprise! Lucky that's all I bought really. I once bought all my sisters birthday presents while under the influence and had them shipped directly to her, she got some strange things! Mind you I bought her a 'grow your own unusual vegetables' kit this year, and wasn't even drunk, I'm definitely a random gift buyer.
Also I was shocked to see that there were some of you lovely people that I'm not following! Hopefully I've rectified that now. If I've missed you, just give me a shout!
Another good thing to come out of last night was todays mani. The checkerboard mani I wanted to do came out all wrong, so after going online and buying some stamping plates so I can do that mani properly, I decided to go with dots instead. I feel like some of my nailart on here recently has been a bit lacklustre, and so I didn't want to post something that I wasn't totally happy with.
I wanted to make them a little bit different, so instead of redipping my dotter each time to keep my dots uniform, I loaded a decent amount of polish on the dotter and dotted straight down my nail without reloading it. Here's what I came up with:
The base for this mani is Nails Inc The Southbank, a perfect light grey to use as a base for nailart. As you can see, I've smudged my little finger at some point during the night, and my middle finger dots went a bit Siamese twinly, but never mind, that's life. My awful middle finger cuticle is starting to heal now, but am still painting it out so you don't have to witness it's ugliness. I believe I used two coats of The Southbank, but it could have been one because the formula is brilliant, and (due to gin) I can't remember haha.
This lovely fuschia is Nails Inc Devonshire Row. It's one of my favourite polishes, and I use it alot. You can see more nailart using Devonshire Row on my posts (here) and (here) if you like. It also made my All Time Top Ten Polishes post (link)
The yellow is Color Club Almost Famous from their Poptastic Collection:
Such a punchy bright yellow! I don't think I've been disappointed with any Color Club polishes I've bought yet. I think in celebration of Easter I may do a comparison of the yellow polishes I own, will see how the weekend goes.
And finally, here's the two polishes together, the sun's out at last, hooray!
So jolly! Just looking at this combination makes me smile, and now thanks to the wonder of nail art, if I feel a bit down, all I have to do is look down at my nails and cheer myself up again.
How about you, what's your favourite colour combo?
Until next time...
MASPOOASE x x x
~Wendy~
