First attempt at splatter nails
Tuesday, August 06, 2013
I'm trying to tick off a few designs on my to do list and splatter nails
have been sitting on there for way too long so I decided to give it a go after gathering
everything I needed.
I wanted to start off with a dark colour for my first time so I did a
few trials on some fake nails to see how some colours looked against each
other. I went with the black and pink colour combo in the end.
The next thing is finding the right straw. Whether it's from the supermarket, McDonalds or Starbucks it doesn't
matter but I suggest having a few in hand and giving them a try before using
for your nails. I prefer the smaller straws because it seems easier to blow the
polish. I've tried one from McDonalds and one in a multipack from my local
grocery store but the hole was a little big and it didn't splatter so
nice.
I was stressing on what else I could use when I realised my cotton buds
are basically straws with balls of fluff plopped on both ends so I removed them
and used that instead.
What I used/did:
- The black base is two coats of Misa's I will survive.
- It's not opaque enough for one coat but this one dries fairly quickly. I've realised my bottle is starting to thicken up a little though. Time to bring out the nail polish thinner soon. Boo.
- I placed a few drops of Color club's foil me once, a shimmery pink foil, onto a piece of paper and dipped the cotton bud stick into the polish. Aiming it at my nails, I blew a strong puff of air through the stick and so the polish splattered right onto the nails.
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This is indeed a messy manicure so before you start you could line your
cuticles with some tape or having a few cotton buds would be handy. The clean-up
with foil me once was also messy with the shimmer leaking once it came in
contact with the acetone. Overall the manicure turned out alright.
I'll definitely be trying this again with different colours but I might
want to go easy on myself next time. Maybe I was puffing a little too hard my
chest hurt a little. I started losing my breath and so I didn't have enough for
my left hand. Now that part came out as a hot mess LOL
Thanks for reading. What splatter colour combo would you like to see
next?
3 comments
I love how this turned out! Very nice! Makes me wanna try it too now.
ReplyDeleteWow such a good contrast, love it!
ReplyDeleteNice splatters! I like the final look :)
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