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Just a quick post today, as these nails took way longer than I originally thought!
Here are my Patchwork Halloween nails! I think these are cute and I really think they have a cartoon like look, they’re definitely not scary lol!
I used
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Today I have this purple gradient to show you! This mani is from a few months ago, but I think it’s too pretty not to share 🙂
The image is from the Bridal Nail 05 stamping plate from Messy Mansion
The Bridal Nail images are not as wide as the MM (round plates) full nail designs these are 17mm x 23mm while the Bridal Nail Full Nail images are 14mm x 24mm. I found that they are a really nice size to work with!
In no particular order I used
I started with Grape Race over my usual topcoat then using Evil (I really dislike the name of this polish), I Carol About You and Grape Race, for the gradient. It only took a couple of layers and dried really quickly. Then a thin coat of My Private Rainbow and a layer of Seche Vite.
Then the stampy goodness using Hit The Bottle Black and BN05, another coat of Seche Vite, a bit of a clean up and it was all done!
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Today I have a Misty Halloween Graveyard to show you! Even though this took ages I am so pleased with this!
The Idea for this mani has been lurking around in by brain for a while, I just haven’t had the time to sit down and do it. But I suppose this is a good thing to come out of the last couple of nights of insomnia.
Close up I think it looks a little bit like snow!
After a bit of experimenting with polishes I ended up with just the right combination of sheerness and glitter to be able to build up the misty look on the nail without loosing to much detail.
To make my franken jelly polish I used
In a little 5ml polish bottle I mixed a one quarter raindrops to three quarters of clear polish, then as an after thought I added three drops of my private rainbow.
I started out with my usual base coat and then a layer of Raindrops, when that was dry I added the first stamped gravestones on the top half of my nail, then a layer of topcoat, and a coat of the franken polish. I had to apply the extra layers of topcoat because the franken polish mix dissolved the stamping polish.
Then the next layer of stamping slightly further down the nail, and then repeating the layers of polish.
Then the last lot of stamping I added a little black polish between the last gravestones then a final coat of topcoat.
In total this mani took nine coats of polish (not counting the stamping). Surprisingly it didn’t feel really thick.
I really like this technique, and I’m definitely going to be trying this again, even if it does take absolutely ages 😀
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