PURPLE
CRUMPET FAIRY CHALLENGE – The 31 Days of Christmas
Day 8 -
Snowflakes
Hi
Goddesses
I’ve loved
seeing everyone’s snowflakes and they look soooooo easy to do, but a wobbly
hand and a heavy touch can make any easy nail art look dodgy!
I actually
wasn’t happy with this mani at all, (I’ll explain why later) so today you’ll be
getting 2 snowflake manis !
One of the
things I love about the snow is how it turns the sky lilac, so unlike everyone
else, I decided to do mine on a lilac background, and I chose one of my
favourites, Sally Hansen Delphinium.
I’m sure
you do know this, but did you know that every snowflake is unique? Each one is individual and different, just
like a finger print, so I decided to do a different pattern on each nail.
The thumb
didn’t really work. I tried to do some
little extra bits prisming off it, and it just looks *wrong* lol. The index finger I love. It doesn’t really look like snowflakes, but I
really likey this, and think this will look lovely as a spring mani.
Middle
finger? Just looks blobby. Ring finger I love – I tried to do long
elegant strokes – and little finger, so-so.
And at this
point, it looked ok. Not great, but
ok. Now, 2 months ago, I would not have
been able to tell you this, because I would not have taken these half-time
photos, but now I do clever things like that, so behold if you will, before and
after Nubar White Polka Dot.
NWPD is one
of my fave new polishes, and it looks like a snowstorm in a bottle. On the Barry M Grey post, it looked wicked,
like white snowflakes, so what an obvious choice for this mani, right ?
You’d
think, wouldn’t you. You really really
would. But no, and it is White Polka Dot
which, regrettably, turned this mani to shit.
Exhibit A –
it does not look like it’s snowing!
Exhibit B –
and I have only realised this heinous crime upon cropping the photos – it turned
the Delphinium pinkish!
Outrage! Order in court! Take him into custody!! And this is the heart of why I did not like
this mani. It bugged me that the
Delphinium looked too pink and girly and downright wrong, and it’s not til I’ve
cropped the photos that I have been able to lay the blame for that at WPD’s
door. You stand accused …. etc.
It was a
good idea, but it did not work. The lilac needed to stay grey for this mani to
work, and WPD, you just came in and ballsed it up.
See you for
Take 2 later xx J
Enjoy xx J
J
Top Tip – if you’re
ever unsure what a nail colour looks like, go to Google images, which will give
you plenty of contrasts and compares.
