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Thursday, 4 April 2013

Floral Week - Wrong Handed Watercolour Field of Flowers Nail Art

Hi Goddesses



I mentioned earlier in the week that my middle nail had broken to the quick, and I still had more awesome manis to do for Floral Week.  To say I was bummed is an understatement - I am on holiday next week too, and it looks like I won't be able to spend so much time playing with my nails as I planned to.



So it left me with some choices - post the 2 stamping failures I had already mentally put in the trash bin; abandon the challenge; do nail art featuring the hideous nubbin ..... or do some art on my wrong hand.



To be honest, I've arted on my "wrong" hand before.  In fact, a year ago, I did almost an entire Christmas Challenge on it, so I knew it could be done.  The question though, was how good would it be ?




Well, as it turns out, not tooooo bad.  I deliberately picked something doable, and whilst I'm sure it would have looked better on my proper hand, I prefer it to the 2 stamping manis (which I'll post tomorrow).




This started with 2 coats of Elevation Polish Alphubel, a gorgeous glossy pale blue, with a slight lavender lean and shimmer.   I then sealed my mani with Poshe and then added my flowers with a dotting tool before dabbing them with acetone.  I used Barry M Blood Orange and Blackberry, and OPI Call Me Gwen-Ever.



Finally, I used my acrylics to add the green stems, and then, as something seemed lacking, added some sunshine (not sure that was the right move though).




So, tolerable?  Enjoy xx 


Missy at Gnarly Gnails
Emma at Manicurity
Kerrie at Pish Posh & Polish
Ashley at Smashley Sparkles