Hello! I'm back! We had a very busy (in a good way!) Easter weekend last weekend but I have now had a chance to paint my nails & take photos etc. soooo yay! Nails!
I think this looks kind of like an Easter manicure (cute colours + zig zags = Easter?) but that really wasn't my intention! Guess I still have Easter on my subconscious brain. I started out with base colours of China Glaze 'Re-Fresh Mint' & Color Club 'Sweet Pea'. I hadn't really decided in advance what I would do next, but zig zags just seemed an appropriate choice! For the other nails, I was going for a tribal-esque vibe, but with little flowers instead of dots (am I still making sense?!).
I picked out Essie 'Blanc', Barry M 'Blackberry' Gelly (the purple one) & Barry M 'Gold Foil' (which I use a LOT for nail art) and added the details with some striper brushes and my second smallest dotting tool. It was starting to get dark when I painted these so I rushed them a little, but thankfully I don't mind the 'hand painted' look, haha.
I was pretty disappointed with these at first - I absolutely love Re-Fresh Mint & Sweet Pea together and I think I felt that the busyness of the design kind of detracted from that. They have definitely grown on me, though. What do you think?
Got some bonus Easter photos for you, too!
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| Heilan' Coo |
The top photo is of some nails I did for the delightful Maddy while she and my sister, Alison, were up staying with us over Easter. I think nail art looks super cute on wee nails.
The bottom photo is of a heilan' coo (highland cow) at Pollock Country Park because HIGHLAND COWS ARE AWESOME. Seriously, so cute, I love them. This one is a 'baby' - look at its little teeny tiny horns just starting to poke out!
Hope you enjoyed these little extras & that you all had as splendid an Easter as I did! As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts.
love these, they're really pretty.
ReplyDeleteThanks Vicky! :)
DeleteOMG, some people not far from here have those cows!!! I always moo at them when I drive past. Those are MY cows! :)I love those cows.
ReplyDeleteI don't know, I just HAD to tell you that!
And I do like your new nail shape better. It's more of a squoval and it should wear for you really well. It's a better fit to your cuticle shape which makes your nails look longer. Good call, there!
Hahaha YES I love them a lot - I think they're sooo cute (especially the baby ones).
DeleteAw, thank you. I do like having a wee change...I know I'll get bored sooner or later and change them again, haha, it's what aaalways happens. ;)
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ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful! I just love it !
ReplyDeleteMerciii! En plus, puis-je dire que le fond et l'apparance entier de ton blog sont SI COOLS! (Et j'espere que tu peux me comprendre, haha.)
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