Cinderella spring: Seven Days later

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I was so happy with this manicure. I loved the way that it turned out and it was presentable for seven whole days! By the end of seven days, I had some tip wear and a couple of small chips on my nails. The polish was beginning to pull up off the tip of my left index finger too.

Here is a teaser of next week's nails. I did a dry water marble with the image of azaleas growing by a river in mind. I love the look of the marble, but the application was bumpy and had gaps. I have some ideas that may allow me to do a dry water marble that applies more smoothly. I'll test them out later and discuss them later this week along with my discussion of this marble's durability. I don't expect it to last long since it is gapping, but I'm willing to be surprised.

Feel free to check out this week's blog hop.

Until next time.
~Alexis

Spring Nail Art Contest Entry

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I just learned about Enamel Girl's nail art contest and figured, eh, I'll give it a try. I haven't been stamping for very long, less than a year. Normally, spring is pretty dreary and damp around here until the season has nearly ended, so I wanted to show the progression of spring over my nails. My index finger is full of clouds and has a couple of budding flowers. The flowers bloom and multiply over each nail and the clouds disappear. I love peonies. They remind me of my grandmother, but the flowers are so fleeting, here for a month and no more, so I wanted to showcase them on my index and middle fingers.

What I did:

Base: Two coats Sinful Colors Cinderella, mixed Sinful Colors Unicorn and Sinful Colors Easy Going and sponged them onto the base of the nail, Sally Hansen Emerald City sponged onto the nail tips.

Stamping: Using BornPrettyStore plates m79, M66, m66 (yes, they are two different plates; confusing huh?), and m77, I stamped clouds using Orly Softest White, grasses, and blossoms were stamped in Sally Hansen Emerald City, Nina Ultra Pro Hawaiian Flower, and Revlon Lilac.

Accents: Mixing Sinful Colors Easy Going and Ruby Ruby, I painted the peonies with a thin nail art brush. I dotted the daisies with Sinful Colors Midnight Blue and I accented the grass and leaves with a blend of Sally Hansen Emerald City and Sinful Colors Tokyo Pearl.

I hope you like it and I hope that you'll forgive me for not wearing my St. Patrick's Day nails for a whole week. By Sunday, I felt horribly out of style still wearing green polish. Later this week, I will post a couple more pictures of that green mani and discuss its limited wear. Take care.

~Alexis