Showing posts with label winter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label winter. Show all posts

Retro Snowflakes

Hello Lovelies! It's officially December, the beginning of the winter and holiday season. I've decided to participate in this months Weekly Nail Art Challenge (#wnac2015) from Instagram. The first prompt is snowflakes, a staple nail art design of the season. I have seen some gorgeous snowflake manis recently, but I wanted to do something a little different. This is what I came up with for my snowflake design...


Materials I used:
Basecoat - SuperChic Lacquer "Bring it On!"
Polishes - Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear "Black Out," Revlon Top Speed "Metallic," China Glaze "Thistle Do Nicely," & "Capacity to See Beyond"
Makeup sponge
Small brush
Dotting tools
Topcoat - SuperChic Lacquer "Marvel"

I began with a solid black base.
 

I then used a small piece of a makeup sponge to sponge silver over some areas of my nails. 

Using a small brush, I painted the prongs of my snowflake. Using a medium dotting tool, and dotted the ends of the prongs. Switching to a slightly smaller dotting tool I dotted black in the center of each previous dot. I repeated this in a second color. Lastly, using a very small dotting tool and both colors I filled in the voids around the flakes.
 

As usual, I performed a bit of cleanup with acetone and a brush and applied a layer of glossy topcoat.
 

Many of you know I love retro styles so it's safe to say I love this design. The bright colors really pop against the black.
 

I'm hoping to complete many Christmas and winter themed manis this season but it this the season. I should be able to finish the WNAC in the very least. I do feel like I'm off to a good start. I hope you enjoyed this nail art design, thanks for stopping by, see you next time. 


Your Fellow Plebe,




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