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Friday, October 22, 2010
Spider Web Nails
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This look was created using Orange nail polish and a black nail art pen and the how-to is posted over at Cut Out + Keep as I am not HTML savvy and have a terrible time getting the formatting to work on Blogger.
It is is based on the video tutorial by JulieG713 where she used red and gave it a more "Spiderman" look. Above is my first attempt at trying this and I got a little heavy handed with the black lines and I think the middle finger look more like a wagon wheel) but surprisingly, I received a couple of compliments at the grocery store in spite of that. It is not difficult and would be easy enough for a grade school girl's Halloween sleepover.
Labels:
Halloween,
Nail Art,
nail polish,
Nails,
Spider,
Spider Web
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Horror Nails - Stitched Skin
This was an entry into the "Horror Nails" contest and also my first attempt at any sort of nail art.
It is an entry into Lacquer File "Horror Nails" contest here http://www.thelacquerfiles.com/2010/08/horror-nail-art-contest-let-voting.html
The inspiration for it was it reminds me of how my ankle looked after I was in an auto accident - pretty darn gross and horrifying. I also wanted to give it a bit o'glam, like the many diagonal designs that are popular and combined the two concepts to make it sort of "Zombie Couture".
I used the following polishes:
Base Coat: Sally Hansen Diamond Shine Base and Topcoat
Background Color: Sally Hansen Hard As Wraps Polish in "Stone Creme"
Black Lines & Stitches: Nail Star Two Way Nail Art & Pen Brush in "Black"
Purchased on EBay (http://myworld.ebay.com/b2cpowershop/) for $2.59 (free shipping)
Red Color for "Blood": Sinful Colors "Under 18"
I first applied a base coat, then one coat of the background color. Next I drew on the black diagonal lines free hand - as it was to be sort of mimic an injury I didn't want it to be perfectly straight. Allow to dry completely.
I dabbed the red polish in between the line to represent blood/wound. Allow to dry completely.
Next draw horizontal lines lines over the top of the "wound", allow to dry and it is done!
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