Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Monkey Business

Hello Readers!


Today I am showing you a mani I have wanted to make ever since I bought the Bundle Monster Kawaii Emoji collection. I fell in love with those bananas and felt like they needed to be paired with a monkey!

He's in tiny monkey heaven.



This mani started off as many do, with two coats of each different color onto my nails.


I created two decals from the banana image on this Bundle Monster Kawaii Emoji plate. I've already used this plate quite a few times, to create a rainbow jellybean mani, a veggie themed one, and a watermelon look.

The little monkey face comes from The MoYou London plate "Geek 13", which I have also found to be highly versatile.


I decided some bold stripes was exactly what the design needed, so I pulled out my trusty MoYou London "Holy Shapes 05" plate. Still a favorite of mine- still my most used plate.

Now, I decided to stamp some subtle texture behind the monkey face, and figured this plate from Bundle Monster's new Shape Nouveau collection would be the perfect one to run to. I used one of the larger image patterns and it worked great for a full nail design.

13 comments:

  1. Yeah! Monkeys! I'm really loving the banana nails though. Good colors!

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    1. Thank you! I'm so glad I just finally got around to making this mani come to life!

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  2. Haha this is so cute! It reminds me of that old children's television show (not sure if you had it there) Banana's in Pyjamas? Oh Rachelle you really are making me want to buy all the MoYou plates! But I think I first need to practice so much more!

    Love Aysh xox

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    1. Ooohh yeah I remember that show! Ha ha that was a really odd one. Thank you for your sweet words!

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  3. Awesome!!! Love the mani and I'm probably repeating myself over & over again, but I just love your use of plates together. I look at your spread and marvel how you come up with the combinations and how easy you make it all look!

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    1. Thank you so much! I've always been into pattern mixing and have been playing with patterned paper for ages with scrapbooking and caedmaking. To me, mixing patterns on my nails is just a continuation of playing with colors and patterns together. That's part of what makes nail art so fun for me!

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    2. I bet it's super fun, and adds so much fun & whimsy to most nail art. I try to look at your pattern-mixing techniques (and others') and learn because I'm not very good at it!

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  4. Gorgeous mani & I love the little monkey, it's just like the emoji.
    Vicky x
    @thepolishlist

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    1. Thank you! Yeah, the images on that MoYou London plate are supposed to be based off of popular emojis. I find they come in handy all the time!

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  5. That monkey is soooo cute! And of course the smiling bananas too! Love the whole mani!

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    1. Thank you! I love those bananas. So stinkin cute!

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  6. I have SO much love for this manicure, Those weeny banana faces are adorable! Just a really well combined and executed manicure, I want it on my nails :D <3

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