It's no secret that blue is probably my favourite polish colour. So I was pretty stoked that this week's theme for ANM was BLUE. At first I was a bit daunted, especially considering I used blue in my ANM manicure from last week. But being fairly new to nail art and the polish world, I knew there were heaps of different ways I could do my nails that I hadn't tried before and I was excited.
I was originally going to do a blue skittle manicure - dots, stripes, gradient, stamping, etc. But then I chickened out. I was worried it would all look great and then I would suck at one part of it (dotting - I can't figure it out... and I failed miserably at the gradient I tried on my sister's nails last week...). So I decided to do something that I was semi-familiar with, but that also challenged me.
So I bring you my blue geometric nails!
I'm actually pretty happy with how this turned out. Some of the striping is not as crisp as I would have liked, but it is far better than I imagined it would be. Clean up was also a bit tricky - I was covered in sparkles from removing my previous manicure, and while blue is notoriously difficult to clean up, I think I was also a bit lazy and tired after doing my nails...
For my base colour (the stripes), I used Essence Sleepy, a gorgeous pale blue with a subtle shimmer. The other blue polishes I used were:
China Glaze Secret Peri-Wink-le
China Glaze Frostbite
China Glaze Dorothy Who?
Sinful Colours Why Not?
Color Club Over the Moon
I started by applying two coats of Essence Sleepy and topping it with a coat of HK Girl and leaving it for an hour to dry. Then I used striping tape to mark out my 'areas' and used a small nail art brush to apply the blues, one colour at a time. For my very first nail I did all five colours and then removed the tape, but it took FOREVER and I had to constantly clean my brush for the new colour. So for all the remaining nails, I applied the same polish to all the nails, then cleaned the brush, then started the next polish, etc and then removed the striping tape right at the end. I then sealed it all in with two coats of HK Girl TC.
Please check out the awesome manicures of the other ANM participants. I love seeing what they come up with and they are all awesome nail artists!
Next week's ANM theme is 'Inspired by Clothing'. I have no idea what I am going to do. I could be lazy and use my houndstooth SH Nail Strips, but I would much prefer to try some 'art'. Looks like I'll be scouring google during the week for some inspiration!
Check out the other awesome girls participating in ANM!
* Ten Little Nubs * Nail Gun XS * Marie's Manicure Madhouse * Shatter Me Claire * A Polished Prance * Shades of Phoenix * The Epitome of Superficiality * Lacquer Dreams * Kelly's Kolors! * Every Little Polish * Mel My Issta * Walk In My Eye Shadow * ErinZi's Nails * Jas's Blingtastic Nails * The Reluctant Femme * Jibber Jabber * Messy Mansion * Nailovelogy * It's All About the Polish * Pretty Polish Please * Julz Perri Nails * Nailed By Jasmine * Oh My Gosh! Polish *
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