Autumnal Vintage
Hello!
Decided to try new things today, and this is what happened. It began with a cautious dry-marble polish applique on the ring finger and became an entire mani of new techniques, tied together with a questionable color scheme. I'm still not sure how I feel about the lavender "rose" on the middle finger and the thumb seems a little out of place, but I liked it enough to post.
Someone please teach me how to use the pen tool in Photoshop CS6. And photomanipulation in general.
I actually like the thumb now! It still feels a little out of place though because I chose a different nude polish base. Not quite sure why. The roses themselves were pretty easy to freehand, despite the relatively fat nail art brush I used. Only four polishes necessary for the actual roses.
Index: Thin stripes of most colors used with my nail art brush.
Middle: Rose petals with gradient shading. Not sure if I like this technique enough to try again.
Ring: Dry marbling on a plastic bag, then removed and pasted onto nail.
Pinky: Dry marbling again.
For this manicure, I used:
- Julep Hope ("satin" white creme)
- Wet n Wild Black Crème
- OPI Barefoot in Barcelona (darker pink-toned nude)
- L'Oréal Till The Sun Comes Up (creamy beige)
- China Glaze Tart-y To The Party (lavender creme)
- Color Club Be Bold (oxblood crelly)
- Essie Go Overboard (dark teal creme)
- Sinful Colors Happy Ending (apple green with gold shimmer)
Basecoat/topcoat: Essie All In One Base.
Still working on the photography and Photoshop skills, clearly. Hopefully we'll eventually see some improvement!
Hope you enjoyed. :)
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