NOTD: Purple roses

Thursday, March 14, 2013

I was thinking of doing a stamping design but I didn't quite like how big the rose image was so I decided to attempt the roses freehand. Practice makes perfect so hopefully I'll end up doing more freehand nail art in future.

I used Essie's Lilacism which is your light lilac pastel crème as the base but can't quite remember how many coats I applied, most probably about three coats though.

For the roses I used China Glaze's Urban night, a vampy eggplant purple and using a toothpick I did small short lines going around in a circle to resemble a rose. It’s not the prettiest rose but it looks close to one. At least one of my male friends was able to tell what it was.


I wanted to add something extra to the accent nail just to make it a little different from the rest so using Nicole by OPI's one less lonely glitter and a dotting tool, I added a bit of purple glitter to the middle of each rose. Maybe because the glitter polish isn't so dense, my dotting tool picked up more clear polish than it did with the glitter so in person it's hardly noticeable. Surprised that my camera even picked up that little bit I had on my nails.


Applying the top coat is the part where I had to be careful especially with a nail design because it tends to smudge which explains why the roses look a little blurry. Looking at it from afar in person, I couldn’t help but think it looked a little like a turtles shell. Overall I was quite satisfied with how this came out.


What's your favourite lilac/purple? What do you think of my NOTD?

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7 comments

  1. Liz14 March 2013 at 01:16

    Cute! I think you did a great job with the roses! :)

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  2. Yun, The Polish Hideout14 March 2013 at 21:40

    This is really pretty! The two colors you picked go really well together, and the roses are really cute. :-)

    ~ Yun

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    1. Choi15 March 2013 at 13:47

      I chose the colours because I thought they'd go well together. I like the contrast between the dark and light of the same shade.

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  3. Unknown15 March 2013 at 00:55

    OOoo I likey! Awesome job on the roses. Quick question, what program did you use to do the curved watermark?

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    1. Choi15 March 2013 at 13:53

      Thanks Pang! I used Gimp for the watermark. It's a little similar to photoshop but it's free :)

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  4. Heather @ I Feel Polished16 March 2013 at 18:28

    Wow, these are so awesome! Wonderful job!

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