Monday, November 11, 2013

Paint ALL the nails!

This nail art is a depiction of the popular meme "X all the Y" and this time we're gonna paint ALL the nails.
Below is a description of what i did to create these,.


Essie: All in one

First: 
Using a base code to protect the natural nails and from preventing the polish to dye the nail.
I am currently using the Essie: "All in one", base, top and strengthening coat. It has the same price as one polish but has the power of three.
OPI: Alpine Snow

Second:
Using a white polish, paint the nails with enough coats so each nail is solid white. OPI's white polish "Alpine snow" assure you to only paint your nails two or three coats before being opaque.


Sally Hansen: Mellow yellow
Third:
Using a yellow polish from Sally Hansen: "Mellow Yellow" i painted the explosion looking background. Using a thin brush makes the process much easier and gives a cleaner finish.
Make the explosions come from different directions with every nail to give a little play in the design. Or if you
would rather want a more clean look to these otherwise fun nails, make the explosions come from the same direction every time. For example the lower left corner to fit the original picture.

Sally Hansen: Black out
Fourth: 
Now we're gonna make the man. For your disappointment, i didn't take any pictures of the process, so for this step you will have to look at the one picture i actually took for guidance (the picture at the very top).
Get a black polish, i used the Sally Hansen: "Black Out". I started of by painting the body. It's the easiest and gives a good ratio of how much space there is for the head.
Afterwards i began with the head and simply tried my best. I started from the body and went up, drawing the eyes along the way. I made the hair in the end and added the arms and a little nail polish bottle in one of his hands.

Sixth: 
Write the "Paint all the nails" on the other nails. As simple as that.

Essie: Watermelon
Seventh: 
Color in his shirt. Unfortunately i didn't have a polish that fitted the color of his shirt, so i got two polishes and mixed them together to get the right color. But this was the long way.
Finding the red-purle-ish color should be easy enough.
Essie's: "Watermelon" would be a decent bid.

Eighth: 
Use a top coat to prevent the design from chipping away to early. I used the Essie: "All in one" for this too.


May the nail art be with you <3

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