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Hello Lovelies! Today marks the beginning of a new nail art challenge for us ladies, and I am so thrilled! I tend to do a lot of Indie Polish swatches, which I love, but I miss nail art. These challenges give me an opportunity to squeeze some in, and to hang out (virtually anyway!) with all of the awesome bloggers that join in these challenges.
This mani is late, but hey, it's my Mom's Birthday, and also one of my busiest days in weeks. I was running around like a chicken on speed all day. Now I am about ready to fall over, but I have swatching to do. And it's important. I MUST show you more of the Fandom Cosmetics Daft Punk Collection. I simply must!
This week's challenge is..dun dun dun! PURPLE! Now there's a color I can get behind. I swear, it would have been yellow I may have curled up under my polish table and hid. As much as I love yellow, yellow nail art is the bain of my existence. Anyway, it's purple, which is awesome.
For this mani I decided that I wanted to play around a bit. I love Fan Brush Nails, but they seem to be everywhere lately. The last Fan Brush Nails I created (way back at the end of the 31 Day Challenge) came out so awesome that I knew I wanted to do it again, but I wanted to see if I could blend the colors a bit more to create more a slab-o-marble type effect.
I started with a base of Nail Pattern Boldness Elle La Vend Aire, a gorgeous Lilac Crelly. Then I grabbed my trusty (yet incredibly cheap) Fan Brush and used OPI Vant To Bite My Neck for the first set of stripes. Then, while Vant To Bite My Neck was still wet, I used Orly Wild Wisteria, brushing the polish on a little heavier with the fan brush and using the bristles to blend that in with VTBMN. I repeated with Orly Charged Up. The result was fun, but was lacking some pop, so I added Essie The Girls Are Out, a bright but darker Pink with silver flecks for some color. I liked that more, but...well, you know me. I just can't leave anything alone. Plus it just seemed kinda flat. I grabbed some Fuschsia rhinestones and added a simple row down the center of each nail , topped it all off with a coat od Glossy Glam and Voila! It's not perfect, and certainly not rocket science, but it's fun and a neat effect. I must have done something right since while I was out and about today I had a good 15 people asking how I did it. That's a good sign, right?
Ok, so it's not *exactly* like a slab of marble, but I do dig the effect. The big downside for me is the spots between and next to the rhinestones where the top coat settled. Thankfully not as evident in IRL.
What do you guys think of this mani? Do you prefer the usual Fan Brush Technique or with some blending?
Don't forget to check out all my awesome polish sistah's and their Week One Purple Nails!
I'll be be back tomorrow with some Fandom Cosmetics! I also have more from Love Angeline, Luscious Potion, and Gypsyanna Polish coming up!
Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber
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