Good morning girls and welcome to the week :-)
I spend a lot of time reading nail blogs and often I really love other girls' manicures but lack the talent or ability to try similar styles myself. Recently I saw a stunning zip/zebra manicure on Red Hair and Black Polish which I decided to try as Theodora was kind enough to provide step by step instructions. Too bad I didn't follow them! Look at her picture and then look at mine:
What a disaster!
I didn't choose a red base as I had previously worn a red and didn't like the removal issues so I went for Barry M Ice Cream.
I used a brush to outline the *zippers* but obviously my lines were far too thick and I couldn't add dots to make the *zippers* more realistic.
At this point, I knew it was a fail. My animal print only confirmed that realisation. Freehand animal print is not for me. I didn't allow myself enough space to do it nicely either.
Then I was in destruction mode so I stamped random green flowers on the purple base, repeated the stamping on a few nails, and then removed it all. What a waste.Theodora, I admire your nail art skills :-)
Bye for now,
Laura
I have given up on nail art, I am destined for plain jane nails and have learnt to deal with it, 10/10 for effort though xx
ReplyDeleteA tip for u, if you dont have a steady hand with polish then just use polish as the base coat. Then use a sharpie/thin permanent marker for the detail... so much easier :)
ReplyDeleteYou have to be careful which top coat you choose though as it can run sometimes, hope this helps as I find nail art difficult too xx
Aw don't worry just practice with the striper brushes and i'm sure you'l do much better next time =]
ReplyDeleteGood luck! =]
you failed once, no big deal! :) next time just use a thin brush and exercise on one nail :) it will get better with time, I´m sure!
ReplyDeletelittle tip: make the white tip a little bit bigger, so you have more space to draw the animal print :) and maybe you could draw some dots with a dotting tool instead of an animal print, that would look nice too, and it´s easier ;)
well, what is fail for you would be epic achievement for me!
ReplyDeleteI like the stamp! Now that you know what you did wrong, it'll look great next time! Plus, you did tons better than I would have!
ReplyDeleteeven if you think it was a fail, it is still far better than any nail art i can ever do. :)
ReplyDelete<3, Mimi
http://whatmimiwrites.blogspot.com/
Nail art is difficult. Yours don't look that bad.
ReplyDelete@Frilly-lace-knickers, noooooo, don't give up!
ReplyDelete@Purple Fairy Dust, thanks for the tip! I'll try it when I'm feeling brave again ;-)
@Sara, haha, thanks
@Theodora, thanks for all the advice :-) Next time WILL be better
@Daisychain, LOL
@Thenailaholic, nice positive attitude :-)
@Mimi, I'm not so sure!
@The Girlie Blog, thanks :-)