Materials I used:
Basecoat/polishes/matte topcoat - all from the Butter London "Gears & Gadgets" Steampunk Trunk, I purchased last year. It is no longer available on their site.
Vinyls - TwinkledT "Frisky Chevron" (I purchased these a while ago, and I'm finally getting around to using them.)
I'll share with you how I created these nails but I would recommend you checkout Life is Nails on G+ or Instagram for a video tutorial (links to both accounts above), it will help tremendously though this is not a difficult nail art design.
Start out by painting three diagonal stripes in three different colors across the nail. I wasn't concerned about them being perfect, but it is important that they are wide enough for a single vinyl to cover. Apply a quick drying topcoat, and allowed to dry. With the base colors dry, apply a vinyl over each stripe. Proceed by painting a different color between each vinyl, be sure to remove the vinyls as quickly as possible to avoid pulls.
After a bit of cuticle clean up with gentle acetone and a brush, I applied a matte topcoat just to change it up a bit.
I love the design created by Ramie, and it was fun to recreate it though a little time consuming. The only major differences, between hers and mine, is that I tried for a more Autumnal color scheme, used different vinyls (frisky chevrons vs. standard chevrons), and I applied a matte topcoat.
All in all, I like Ramie's better but that is because she created them first. Ramie, Life is Nails, is a major inspiration of mine, and I hope to be half as good as she is some day.
I hope you enjoyed my version of Life is Nail's Zigzag nails. I'm curious about who inspires your nail art the most, is it fellow nail artist, a celebrity, a family member or friend? Who's art do you look to when you find yourself in the need of a little encouragement? Please comment down below, I love to discover other nail artists and techniques. Thanks for stopping by, see you next time.
Your Fellow Plebe,
