Hi Goddesses
Yes I am obsessed, and nooooo, I am not going to apologise :) This is my 3rd ruffle mani in as many weeks. I love them!
As you know, I am a self-declared Splodger, so I tend to like nail art that's not too exact. Now, whilst a ruffle is more exact than say .... a splatter ... there's still something sufficiently random about this to appeal to my inner child.
For those of you who like the science, let me lay down a few guidelines for you -
* always use a base colour first, ideally using the palest colour in your ruffle. When I did the rainbow ruffle, I used a nude, as I didn't think any of the other colours were safe enough (they'd have distorted what I dotted on top)
* think about the order of your colours - are you going from light to dark, or random
* think about which size dotting tool to use. You want to go fairly large, to get the appearance of dots. I have large nails and I used the next to largest size
* try to make your dots look separate - it creates a better effect. Where mine are too close together, it just looks like I did a lumpy line
* pick your first colour, and do all your nails in that colour first. Then stop.
* be patient - you're going to have to wait til that first colour is dry before you can do your next row. Again, do all 5 nails. Then stop
So, which colours did I use this time ?
OPI Ogre The Top Blue
Sally Hansen Himalayan Blue
OPI DS Glamour
China Glaze Secret Peri-Wink-le
China Glaze Kinetic Candy - also used as the base colour
Oh My Gosh Cobalt Blue
A random layer of holo or glitter really spices things up - I love the impact here of the Glamour layer.
And there you have it - Ruffles ! See you tomorrow, and don't forget to check out the rest of the lovely ladies.
Enjoy xx :)