elegance, moderation, minimalism, distinction, noblesse… a whole cacophony of synonyms for the restraint and quiet beauty exercised in this manicure, made possible by cina nail creations nail art decals applied in layer after layer… elegantly.
whedons asked: what are your thoughts on stamping?
sometimes i think it’s cheating but then i consider the fact that no one will be grading anyone on their nail art (except internal monologue/internet judgment i suppose) so i support it. i’m always more impressed with handmade decoration though. i’ve had a konad stamper in my amazon cart for months but never take the plunge into experimental stamping. but in theory, i’m ok with it.
and finally we have some more dots bc they’re easy and look good and that’s kind of all there is to it.
essie midnight cami (huh? also misread as “midnight clam” at first) dots with opi tasmanian devil made me do it and mermaid’s tears, my all time fav, nearly all dried up ;’(
i did these in the painful, anticipatory hours between school ending and midnight premiere of the avengers last week, the first three reds look nearly identical which made me v. sad because i’d never really compared them before and realized i’ve probably waste about $20 or more here since they’re virtually the same. such is the cross i bear as a nail polish hoarder and compulsive buyer. so i used opi tasmanian devil made me do it, then roll in the hague, then essie meet me at sunset, then orly crush on you and then the much-malligned (by me) ulta sun-sational. put essie luxe effects on the tips bc that’s how i do and since that glitter is thick as shit these lasted without chipping for an entire week so i mean put that in ur pipe and smoke it if u feel like it or whatever
aforementioned neutrals, i just can’t really deal with the simplicity and elegance and had to eradicate it with dots
opi did you ear about van gogh and barefoot in barcelona with essie meet me at sunset
i bought a couple of neutrals this week bc i always seem to buy variations of seafoam turquoise and purple and i thought you know what we don’t have a lot of neutrals in this bin o’ fun called my nail polish crate. but once i got the neutral on of course i was like this shit is b-o-g boring let’s get it turnt up so i added roll in the hague and luxe effects because i am nothing if not never satisfied
ft. opi did you ear about van gogh and roll in the hague, essy luxe effects set in stones
i did these heraldic nails bc i was in a regal and elegant mood as i usually am when i’m sitting in my hovel surrounded by diet coke cans and bagel chips containers and tiny kit kat wrappers trying to bang out a digital painting for the top brass at grad school incorporated and i thought you know what let’s put the “class” in “i have to go to class in the morning” if u catch my drift. so this occured. used the medium awl and did all vertical lines first, let em dry then crossed. cheers
ft. opi tasmanian devil made me do it, love and beauty teal (still appreciate the brevity and simplicity of the way forever 21 names thei colors), crosses done with opi did you ear about van gogh
so i wanted to make these look like rainbow sherbet and they sort of do but the problem is that the ULTA house brand yellow i have is kind of shite and i don’t really want to buy an OPI because i rarely use it, but it took so many coats to make it opaque that it was tacky (as in sticky not as in trashy though obviously it is that too i have rainbow sherbet on my nails come now) and then the spongeing technique was making the sponge get stuck to the polish and leave lil chunks- not a good look ladies! although my friend and i have been talking about textured polishes and why don’t they exist, other than magnet polish of course. she fell asleep when her nails were still tacky and woke up with tiny fingerprints on them. woodland elves were probably the culprit but there’s gotta be some way to market that shit. i’ll call up my lawyers brauman and brauman brothers inc. LLC
ft. ulta sun-sational (it’s not, it sucks), OPI thanks a wind-milion (VERY SIMILAR TO LAST SUMMER’S MERMAID’S TEARS BUT NOT AS GOOD), and OPI tasmanian devil made me do it
broken heart club
why do i keep doing hearts i don’t believe in love and trust and romance definitely not never no way why is this happening, i cut these negative shapes out of blue drafting tape and used them as stencils, still working on this method, hard to get the right amount so that they’re not 3d. i will update u on my progress godspeed
cannot for the life of me find or remember what blue i used, plz pray for my memory
ugh so cute i could vomit. i don’t mean it as a compliment either, these are too adorable for my liking but i did it, it happened, i will own up to it and publish it voluntarily on this here nail art blog. i was gonna make tiny stars but grabbed the wrong awl too large for stars and it was all the way ten feet across the room and i wasn’t about to exercise for my craft. so stars happened instead
ft. orly jealous, much? (very very very stupid name) and essie meet me at sunset
