Hello, beautiful people! How are U doing? :D
Yep, today's installment of the Alphabet Challenge features the letter U! It's reaching that part of summer where the heat and humidity give way in the afternoon to a nice, violent-but-short rainstorm. I just love watching storms, and painted this manicure inspired by them (as well as meeting the letter requirement):
I wanted the background to be reminiscent of a rainy day or cloudy sky, so I chose two of my very favourite polishes in the world--Soulstice Spa Manchester (light grey creme) and OPI Pirouette My Whistle (silver microglitter + white satin hexes). This is such a dreamy combo, and I wore it alone for a few days first...
I wanted my umbrellas to have a cartoony look, so I took a small brush and black acrylic paint, and made the outlines of the whole shape to start:
Then used red to carefully fill in the panels of the umbrella...
...and topcoated with Seche Vite for shiny!
At this point the thumb was blank. I wasn't sure what to do... but then inspiration struck. Wellies!
So there U have it. Rainy umbrella nails :D Hope you enjoyed today's post! Thanks for stopping by. See you next time! xoxo
Yep, today's installment of the Alphabet Challenge features the letter U! It's reaching that part of summer where the heat and humidity give way in the afternoon to a nice, violent-but-short rainstorm. I just love watching storms, and painted this manicure inspired by them (as well as meeting the letter requirement):
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| Umbrella half-moon-ish mani! |
I wanted the background to be reminiscent of a rainy day or cloudy sky, so I chose two of my very favourite polishes in the world--Soulstice Spa Manchester (light grey creme) and OPI Pirouette My Whistle (silver microglitter + white satin hexes). This is such a dreamy combo, and I wore it alone for a few days first...
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| So lovely and delicate :D |
I wanted my umbrellas to have a cartoony look, so I took a small brush and black acrylic paint, and made the outlines of the whole shape to start:
Then used red to carefully fill in the panels of the umbrella...
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| Index finger is my favourite, middle is least >.< I wish I'd re-done that one, it's all straight and unrealistic compared to the others. But I didn't notice this until after topcoat. |
...and topcoated with Seche Vite for shiny!
At this point the thumb was blank. I wasn't sure what to do... but then inspiration struck. Wellies!
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| Very close-up. This was so tiny in real life, I couldn't even do the other one! We'll say it got stuck in a mud puddle. |
So there U have it. Rainy umbrella nails :D Hope you enjoyed today's post! Thanks for stopping by. See you next time! xoxo
Awesome! I couldn't love these more. I'll definitely have to use Pirouette as rain. So pretty!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Isn't it just perfect for rain? Could be snow too, maybe over blue instead :D xx
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