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~
Hi there!
Hope your weekends going well? I haven't got much planned, I spent all my polish budget last week, so this weekend I'm on a ban! Have got tons of swatches to do for you, hurry up light nights and get here! Every night on my way home from work I'm trying to judge whether the suns still high enough or not to give me time to take some decent photos, so far it hasn't been, but it won't be long I'm sure.
I finally got my broken tooth filled, it actually wasn't too bad, she had to replace the whole filling, but she knows (somehow) how to do injections without hurting, so I love her! I wouldn't want any other dentist now, I had a nightmare of a time with other dentists before I found this one. I actually wrote to my MP about one who was particularly terrible, but despite that going on to be an official NHS complaint, nothing was done.
Anyway enough about teeth, lets get on to nails! The lovely Claire at MAYBELATER challenged Catrine at UNNAKED NAILS and myself to produce some 'Neon and Nude' nailart. Well, who am I to resist a challenge? This is what I came up with:
No I don't have giant hands! This is a mini bottle of Nails Inc Cadogan Place. This is part of a minis' set I bought last weekend that I have in my 'ready to swatch' pile. The set has some really pretty colours in it, and this challenge was a good excuse to break this one out.
I've been wanting to do a design like this since I saw THIS ONE from The Little Canvas. This challenge seemed like an ideal time to try it out. Now I do own some of that foil striping tape, and I hate it. It goes curly and seems fiddly and impossible to work with. I know other people don't seem to have this problem, so maybe it's just me. So I was in Rymans Stationers getting some art stuff and I saw this GRIDDING TAPE and I'm happy to report that I've found this much easier to work with. It does still go a little bit curly, but it seems to stick down and peel off better. Yes it is a bit more expensive, but personally I think it's worth paying that bit more. Am tempted to try the 3mm tape too, I used the 1.5mm tape for this.
Then I used some fluorescent acryllic paint that I think I also got in Ryman, and blobbed it on all over. I couldn't do it thinner because then it would lose its brighness as it dried, so I decided to make a feature of the texture. Her's another pic:
Typically of me, I see that a couple of pieces of the tape weren't quite straight, but never mind. I used two coats of Seche over everything to smooth out the surface, but I'm glad that it still kept its textured look as my nails actually feel pretty smooth. Here's a final pic:
All in all, I'm quite pleased with how this came out, and I'm definitely pleased that I've found some striping tape that I'm able to use. I'm thinking I might quite like to put this paint over a silver holo, and see if I can't get the look of a hi-vis jacket haha!
You can see Claire's Neon and Nude nails HERE and I'd love it if you could carry this tag on! Let me know if you do.
Until next time...
MASPOOASE x x x
~Wendy~
