Floral Nail Art Using a Fine Artists Brush!

 Zoya Jacqueline

 

From L to R:

Essie Fear Or Desire, Jessica Blushing Princess, Avon Viva Pink, 

Zoya Wednesday, Zoya Jacqueline, Orly Prelude To A Kiss

Hey Beauties! Omg I have had so much fun creating this super pretty floral nailart, and even more fun wearing it! A couple of times in the past I have tried using the nailart striper, it's basically a thin and super long nailart brush. But I just can't do it, after horrendously messing up my manicure I have been traumatised and gave up on the idea of using it ever again. And this is why last month I have blogged about my recently purchased nailart dotting tools which makes nailart super easy even if you are totally new to nailart. So check out those blogposts.

However, a girl who I follow on Instagram mentioned this other girl who does the most amazing cool looking awesome nailart - MrCandiipants, she also has a YouTube channel where she shows how she creates her designs, she is super talented so go check her out! Basically there's this this vid called Spring Floral Nail Art where she creates a super neat and pretty floral design simply using the brushes from the nailpolish bottles. I decided to give it a go but most of the brushes from the nailpolishes I picked have a wide brush so instead I used a simple synthetic artists brush I had lying around [Deler-Rowney Size 2 Round brush]. And it worked beautifully!

What I realised watching Candice nail art vids is that the more offsetting colours you use the more you will make the colours pop, and that is what makes nailart look really beautiful! So here is how I did it: for the base colour I applied two coats of Zoya Jacqueline [off white with a sheen], then for the dark flower I used Jessica Blushing Princess [raspberry cream], and for the centre I used Essie Fear Or Desire [bright orange cream]. For the other flower I used Avon Viva Pink [cream pink], this one looks sheer when applied once so it's great for nailart as it makes it look as if other colours were blended. For the centre of the pink flower I used Orly Prelude To A Kiss [pale pastel cream peach]. And for the leaves I used Zoya Wednesday [cream pale teal]. This is I think my favourite mani of all times, so far!

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Top Five Feel-Good Nail Polishes!

wearing Essie Bahama Mama [two coats]

I was inspired to write this blog post by last night's ordeal... As my boiler decided to break down and leak all over the floor in the evening [yes, Friday night] I decided to do my nails, that is after everything was taken care of, of course... Once in a while I like to go through my nail polish collection, it's almost therapeutic, and I certainly needed it after spending Friday evening scooping the water off the floor into a bucket... There are a few nail polishes that never fail to make me feel good, they are super flattering, go with anything and clash with nothing, and most importantly they are simply pretty sexy! 

Oh and btw rounded nail shape is something I am trying currently, I never ever liked it on me, but since seeing the rounded shape all over the catwalks I decided to give it another go, and I am actually loving it! There is something über feminine about it, and I'm not sure why but this nail shape looks vintage to me... Anyways enough of rumbling, these are the nail polishes I gravitate towards when my spirit needs to be lifted up:

OPI Lincoln Park At Midnight

Essie Bahama Mama [wearing it in the pic above]

Estee Lauder Beautiful Liar [click here to see it on]

Jessica Blushing Princess [click here]

Chanel Pirate [click here]

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OPI Polka.Com + Jessica Blushing Princess Combo!

Guess what it's glitter time again! OPI Polka.Com is a supper cu-hute glitter polish, with a clear base and large blue, purple and fuchsia glitter particles with tiny purple glitters, just as cute a the name itself... It's from the new SS13 Euro Centrale Collection!! I applied two coats of it as an accent on top of Jessica Blushing Princess [also two coats], a beautiful berry shade that is one of my all time favourites, the colour that looks stunning no matter what... It literary looks very flattering and sophisticated with that seductive edge, regardless of what outfit I wear it just works every-time...  

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Iridescent Eye Dupe for Peridot...

Jessica Iridescent Eye...

Thanks to the Pixiwoo sisters Sam and Nic, I found out that Jessica does great Chanel nail polish dupes! I will link their youtube video right here... Basically Jessica Iridescent Eye is a dupe for the Chanel Peridot [Fall 2011 collection]... When Peridot first came out I found the colour interesting and loved how different it was to Chanel's usual nail colours, but I never was certain it would work on me... But because Jessica is half price compared to Chanel nail polishes, I decided to take a risk and finally get this colour! Funny enough on the day I went to pick up Iridescent Eye, I also saw OPI had exactly the same colour in their current Spider-Man Collection, called Just Spotted The Lizard... And also Ciaté Oil Slick is identical to Peridot... I actually ended up quite liking this colour, it's a golden/green metallic duo-chrome... It does clash with the outfit, so you kind of have to pick something that goes with it, but otherwise it's pretty cool..

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