Wednesday 22 August 2012

First flower mani post. eeks!

Here it is!  My very first post of a flower mani. I find them so intimidating because they never turn out as planned. I’m in awe with other bloggers flower art. Especially the queen of flowers Maria at Maria's Nail Art.   I find it hard enough doing them with the dotter let alone free hand.

 For this look I used two coats of Essie’s ‘YOGAGA’.  I wouldn’t usually pick up a colour like this but often find that I want one when I’m actually doing my nails.  For the flowers I used Revlon’s ‘Dreamer’ and a polish from Urban Outfitters’(sorry the name  peeled off).

Any suggestions for some good free hand flower tutorials?  I often see people using acrylic paint for nail art.  I’m considering trying it out but not 100% sure yet.  Nicole at Nicole Gets Nailed uses them and her designs always look amazing. Does anyone else use paint?

11 comments:

  1. Super cute! Go Acrylic or go home!!!

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    1. I'm SO going to steal that line: "Go Acrylic or go home!!!" LOL

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  2. Thank you for the coronation LOL
    I cannot get into my head, why you were afraid to show these, they are gorgeous!
    And I completely agree with Nicole - acylics might take a bit getting used to, but if you buy brands like Folk Art, Americana you are on the right path - and it gives you SO much more freedom in your work!

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  3. I really like how these turned out :)

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  4. aww i really like this! super cute, great job! :D

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  5. These are super cute, you should be in awe of your own ability to do flower nail art :)

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  6. These are so cute!! Also, I saw you asked about the lightbox - I used this tutorial from Sarah over at Chalkboard Nails, I love it! --> http://www.chalkboardnails.com/2012/03/intermediate-nail-photography-lightbox.html

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  7. These look great hun!

    Definitely look into acrylic paints, they are a lot easier to work with x

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  8. Very nice! I wasn't sure about acrylics either, so I'm glad you asked!

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