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Thursday 19 September 2013

Blue 'Ikat Beach Tote' Nail Art

Hihi! This is really going to be a quick post because I'm really going to go to bed. Honest.




These nails were inspired by this beach tote bag which appeared as an a sidebar ad during a recent blog-reading spate - who'd have thought there was inspiration to be found in internet adverts?! If you have a better name for this design, let me know!

I began with a base of Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure 'Thinking of Blue' (two coats), which I love. It has a slight dustiness, but also a certain richness and perhaps the littlest hint of 'blurple'. I really like the CSM brush, too (although you can get wonky ones) - flat and quite broad with a rounded tip which fits my cuticles nicely. I added the white pattern with a nail art brush and finished off with the teal detailing, using A England 'Galahad'. If you've been reading my blog from the start, you'll know I love A England and Galahad is another delight - sometimes he looks dusty and sometimes bright, but always beautiful.




It would have been nice to be able to fit a little more of the original pattern onto my nails, but I had to enlarge individual elements of it in order to give Galahad a fair showing. I am very pleased with this design, but I felt a little let down by my execution - I was just having one of those nights where nothing would behave as I wanted it to! Still, I think it looks quite lovely in person since the imperfections are less noticeable when I'm not inspecting them microscopically!



Owning the awkward thumb. 

So, what do you think? Do you dig the design? What about the bag itself? Apart from anything else, I think these colours make a really great pair - even if I need to get back to practising my freehand skills. My index finger with the little diamond is probably my favourite - how about you?

Hope you're all well - not long 'til the weekend...!

9 comments:

  1. It looks lovely, very intricate and eye-catching! I love the colors you used! That Sally Hansen indigo color is going on my wishlist :)

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    1. Aw, thank you so much! They are such good colours. I found that Sally Hansen for £1 in a cheapy discount shop here, so perhaps you'll have the same good luck!

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  2. the colors are perfect ! and I love your design !

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    1. Thank you so much Anutka, for this comment and for the one on my swatch post. I've been enjoying your blog a great deal lately...and also, I'm in awe of how you manage to keep up with the 31 day challenge and everything else!

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  4. Hi I've nominated you for the Leibster award. see the post here: http://theluckymagpie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/leibster-award.html
    I hope you take part, thanks xx

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    1. Oh gosh, this was months ago...sorry I'm so behind the times! But thank you so much!

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  5. These look more like Moorish designs. Much like you'd see on Moorish Tiles. That's what instantly came to my mind...

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