Friday, May 5, 2017

Nail Crazies Unite: Watercolor floral

Hello Readers!


This is my second attempt at the "watercolor" prompt for the Nail Crazies Unite group on Facebook. At first, I tried to use the acetone-and-nail polish trick to do some watercolor painting on my nails. It ended in failure, but I had an idea that I wanted to try out combining stamping and water decals.



I also had some really cute watercolor style decals that I wanted to try out.

This post kind of is an echo of a post I did a while ago, where I combined stamping with some hand-made decal sheets for a geometric galaxy look. I wanted to try it again, but with an improved method and with water decals.



I started off with a white base for my middle nails, and painted my pointer/pinky with the lovely Sinful Colors "Tealing Power" from the Stoned Crystal Shimmer collection that was released this spring.





Next I pulled out my favorite MoYou London plate, from the "Holy Shapes" collection. I stamped the triangle design twice- once onto my silicone mat, and once onto the water decal. (I removed the protective plastic sheet from the water decal prior to stamping on it.) Then, I put topcoat over the stamping I did on my mat. While that was drying, I cut out the little triangle shape left inside the stamping that I did on the water decal. That left the perfect sized triangle to fit inside the lines. I soaked the little triangle decal in water, then placed it over my stamped and top coated image that was on my mat. After adding a little green to the design, my decal was ready to put on my ring finger.

Originally I was going to do a slightly different decal/geometric stamping design on my middle finger, but I screwed it up when placing it on my nail so I ended up going the easier route and putting a full water decal on that nail. I figured you'd also get more of the "watercolor" look that way, and maybe it would fit the challenge better.


I hope you enjoyed this slightly different take on water decals! Be sure to check out the link-up below for some more watercolor nail art looks!



6 comments:

  1. Pretty! I am really liking Tealing Power! It has a neat depth!

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    1. Thank you! Yeah, that polish is so pretty! It did stain my fingers a little bit... but I think it's worth it. ;)

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  2. Smart cutting the water decal into a triangle. It looks really sharp with the border.

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    1. Thank You! Having thendesign stamped onto it made it really easy to get it cut right.

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    2. Moyou London should start sending you plates since you keep making such a good case for their Holy Shapes collection. :)

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  3. This mani is so beautiful!! I was so lucky to see it in person 😍

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