NOTD: Happy Chinese new year nails feat. China Glaze, Orly and a bit of Essie
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Today is the start of Chinese new year
so that calls for a new year manicure. I used red and gold as the
main colours since they symbolise good luck in Chinese culture. This
year is the year of the snake so I wanted to include some sort of
snake design but my image plates and selected polish weren't working
very well together, in the end I left it out.
On my index finger I used two coats of
Essie's Blanc and did a water marble design on top with China Glaze's
Poinsettia and Orly's Flare. Maybe I should have used Poinsettia as
the base because the white seems to have lightened the red and made
it look a little pink. In person the difference is a little more
obvious.
I've done a simple nail art design using CG's Poinsettia before which you can view HERE.
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| Both photos taken indoors. Natural lighting |
Using the glitters from CG's
Solar flare I did a glitter border and hand drew the Chinese
character Fú 福 in the middle
which means good fortune. I originally wanted to stamp the character
on using one of the bundle monster image plates but I didn't have the
right gold polish for stamping. Orly's Flare just refused to show up
well so I gave up on the idea and wrote it myself. After years of
leaving Chinese school my Chinese writing skills isn't bad.
On my accent nail I used CG's
blonde bombshell over my red base. At first I used Solar flare to
make it look as if the nail was topped with 'gold coins' but the
glitters were just too sparse for layering. I redid the whole nail
with blonde bombshell which is perfect, it gives that sprinkling gold
look.
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| Both photos taken outdoors. Slightly blurry because I was shivering. It was COLD! |
Also, If you haven't noticed I made a
small change to my blog. I've been meaning to rename it for a while
already but I haven't managed to come up with a name I was really
happy about. That doesn't mean I’m exactly satisfied with the new
one I came up with but it contains my name and gives a brief idea of
what my blog is about so I’ll stick with it. Other than the new
blog name and header, I also learnt how to edit the curved text
watermark on my photos using gimp, that means a little more
protection for my photos.
What do you think of my CNY manicure? Whether you celebrate it or not, how are you spending CNY? :D
5 comments
Awwwwesome! I love your CNY mani! Very cool and pretty. You did a fantastic job. Coming up with catchy blog names isn't easy. I've been thinking of changing mine too but I've had it for so long that I think I'm just going to stick with it, lol.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful mani to celebrate CNY!
ReplyDeleteI love the water marble <3
This is so pretty! Love the glequins on your middle finger and the marble <3 You're so creative!
ReplyDeleteLove this! You did a great job! And I like your blog name, you should leave it. :)
ReplyDeleteWow this is a gorgeous CNY mani! I love all the different elements you added! :-)
ReplyDelete~ Yun
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