Nail Fun
LOLLIPOP,
LOLLIPOP
Hi Goddesses, I hope
Monday finds you well. This is a mani I created
totally by accident, fell in love with and THEN realised it also fit the PAA
theme of candy-inspired – bonus!
This is a
magical swirl of 3 bright clashing colours – China Glaze Spontaneous, Pure Ice
Jackpot and Wet n Wild Everybody Love Redmond.
You’ve probably
seen something similar before – paint your nail with one of the base colours (I
chose the middle shade, the pink), allow to dry, and then stripe your nails
with a big thick gooey stripe of each colour.
I used vertical stripes. Then get a cocktail stick or similar, put the
point in the middle, and swirl out in a spiral (whilst it's wet).
LOVE !!!!
Lessons – one hand
is definitely better than the other, and this is either because I used 2 coats
of the base colour or really allowed it to dry.
Next time, I think I’ll use a top coat over the base colour, because
although I like that some of the drag marks go all the way through all the colour and down to the nail, there are a few too many for my
liking. Ergo, you may need to touch
up. Advantage here is that because the
pattern is so random, you CAN touch up without it being noticeable.
It’s all in the
colours – there’s something about how these 3 colours clash that’s just
PERFECT. I’ve seen splatter manis in
similar colours to this that look awesome too.
So, lesson number 2, pick wisely J
Don’t overdo it –
some of the nails I really like are the ones where I did less spiralling.
And finally, to
justify including it in PAA I’ve decided this looks like a tutti frutti
lollipop – blackcurrant, raspberry and strawberry. I’d eat it!
J
Have fun xxxxx
