Crumpet's Nail Tarts: Going on Holiday

Hello Readers!



It's Friday again, and this week's prompt for Crumpet's Nail Tarts is "going on holiday". I immediately was drawn to tropical or beachy themes for this mani, although I suppose "on holiday" could mean any location!

Still, I've been wanting to use these unusual beach images from MoYou London's "Scandi" collection forever.

I started this mani with two coats of light blue, and then sponged on a simple gradient. When sponging on a gradient with a flakie polish like "Better Sedona-ed", it's important to use a barrier to protect your cuticles such as liquid latex. Seriously, those flakies are near impossible to remove from your skin later! Speaking of flakie polishes, I spied the entire collection of Sinful Colors "Stoned Crystal Shimmer", including the hard-to-find "Super Cooper", at Kmart the other day. *enabling wink*

I made decals from this plate, "Scandi 01", of the adorable ocean and surf bus images. There's something about that shark in the water that just tickles my funny bone every time I see it.

I normally use a toothpick to fill in my decals, but to get those super tiny ones I had to resort to using a sewing pin.

The little waves come from "Scandi 03". I love how they included coordinating background patterns in this collection! So convenient.


Thanks for stopping by today! If you'd like to see more holiday themed manis, be sure to check out the link-up below!

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