Some Nail Art and a Flag Blanket

[mousapelli]

Heading over to my parents in a bit, so I thought I'd kill time by posting some of the nail art. I've been posting them only on Twitter, just because that's a lot easier, but a lot of you guys seem to enjoy them too, so here you go:







Full-size version, the ones I just put on. Really pleased with this. It's Zoya's Tracie as a base, and a bunch of other Zoya greens as dots (Charla, Zuza, and Midori).



What I had for the beach just before this. Two more of Zoya's summer colors, and I love this orange shimmer like crazy. I don't even usually get oranges, but it looked so good on the color plate when I got my last order.



The cream summer blue with the tips in the blue shimmer. I really like how the cream/shimmer sets this summer are almost the same so you can do blendy stuff.



I hated these with my whole heart, haha. The pink sparkle over top barely showed, the little pieces were too chunky and stuck up, and the yellow went on way too think for no reason. I put up with it for barely a week before I was like OOPS I BROKE THAT ONE START OVER.



Zoya's thick enough to use my Konad stamper! Huzzah! That was the best discovery I've made in ages. Zoya's Carly stamped on top of Shelby (Carly is WAY prettier in person than on the site, much more grapey and the glitter is hot pink more than anything).



Got the idea/brand for these from flailinginlove. The top part with the stripes and bling is a sticker, but bits are see through so you can see the polish underneath, which I did in a bunch of different colors. Kiss the brand for the stickers, and they have a bunch of different patterns. I've seen them around at Riteaid and CVS, although I amazoned mine.



Also I made my flag-obsessed nephew a flag blanket for when he came to the beach. Turned out pretty well even if all 13 stars couldn't fit on.

Also there's a picture of the flag blanket I made my nephew inside the cut as well.

Comments

[yabamena]

!!!! That first mani is AMAZING! I mean, they're all pretty awesome (except that yellow one, got to agree with you there), but the first one with the dots is my fave.

Also, really cool blanket!

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

Thanks! The dots are really easy to do. I have a little tool that does it, but some magazine I was reading said you could do it just as easily with a ballpoint pen. You should try it! Jemz had a purple dot one I loved not long ago.

[aliquot.livejournal.com]

You can also use the little round tip of cheap bobby pins

[yabamena]

Oh yeah! I've been meaning to try both out to see which works better.

[verloren1983.livejournal.com]

Huh. I hadn't given much thought to Tracie before, but it's a lot prettier than I thought it was. :D (How do you like Midori, btw?) Love the one with the white flowers on it too- that's what, Wednesday and Zuza? (Agreed about the yellow though- ick.)

Gah, I do not need any more nail polish and you're not helping. XDDD

[mousapelli.livejournal.com]

Midori was the very first Zoya color I ever bought, I'm pretty sure XD I tend to get greens and purples and blues, so I'm happy with all of them, generally. Midori has a really nice golden shimmer to it, and it's a nice mid-tone as well, so both lighter and darker stuff look good stamped on top of it, which I appreciate.

Yup, the blues are Wednesday and Zuza, both of which I love. The only reason I don't have all 12 of the summer colors was because i decided I had something too close to the green sparkle already, and I gave up Kimber to get Carly in my last order when they ran the 3 colors for $15 deal. Wednesday and Tracie are both really pretty for creams, which I generally don't go in for, especially not ones that are sort of pastel-y. But they both pair really well with darker, flashier colors or designs.

yeah, people don't usually come to me when they want talked OUT of nail polish...

[winters-queen.livejournal.com]

I really like the cool blues and greens and then the tiger striped ones. Those are neat.

And that blanket is super cute.

[aliquot.livejournal.com]

Are you on MUA nail board?