May 13, 2012

Day 13: ANIMAL PRINT

Today is one of my favourite days of the challenge, I love animal print! Normally I would create something with tiger stripes or leopard spots.. but I decided to step outside my comfort zone and do peacock feathers! :)

Check out these blogs to see what animal print the other ladies came up with..
Amanda at Nox Nails
Erin at Beauty Bumbles
Stephanie at A Little Polish
Jess at Nearly Natural Nails

I saw this tutorial on youtube a while back and recreated it for my boyfriend's sister (who's also my friend of course). You can see the photos of her nails at the bottom of this post.

As for my own nails.. I used:
Nina Ultra Pro Emerald City as the base
Stamped with BM-212 and Finger Paints Paper Mache
Dotted on gold (Zoya Goldie), blue (Zoya Tallulah), and purple (Finger Paints Vintage Violet)





This photo (below) is almost dead-on for Emerald City color accuracy, but as you can see my fingers looked incredibly yellow so I didn't really like it.. I have this issue a lot.. anyone have ideas how to prevent it from happening and still get color accurate photos?


And.. here are Shania's nails that I painted for her a few weeks back..






15 comments:

  1. That is very beautiful! 

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  2. This is brilliant! Love how you layered the dots to mimic the peacock feather. :)

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  3. I ignored this plate before I found the online tutorial... but now I love it! :)

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  4. These came out gorgeous! Love them :) I still have yet to try peacock feathers and I have that plate...I need to try it soon :) 

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  5. These are really beautiful! 









    Samantha
    nailartcouture.blogspot.com

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  6. this is awesome!! totally in love with it

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  7. this is wonderful!

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  8. Ohh i love this :) It's really refreshing to see something different to leopard print or tiger stripes. Well done for getting out of your comfort zone. Such a pretty design.

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  9. OH  MY  WOW!
    You pay such close attention to detail... this must have taken quite some time to complete but looks marvelous.  How neat that you chose the peacock for animal print... not just the standard cheetah/zebrah that I tend to lean towards :D

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