Saturday, August 11, 2012

Blue on Blue

I wish I'd gotten a photo of a nail design I did a few months ago.  Dark brown background, dark red and medium brown flower.  It was subtle, and I just adored it.

Since I couldn't get that one back, I decided to try a totally different design along the same tack: Dark blue background with medium blue swirls.  I wasn't sure how much I liked it at first, but it grew on me.

I didn't realize until this very moment how similar the ring and pinky finger designs are. Whoops.

Creating the design took me way too long!  Turns out, being right-handed and trying to use my left hand to create those delicate swirls is NOT EASY.  The process itself is straightforward - Sinful Colors' Aqua for the base, Heaven's Honolulu Orchid for the design.

There is a little bit of glitter too, since I elected to throw on a layer of Zoya Snowsicle.  Honestly, it was that decision that made me hesitant to like this design; it was almost overpowering, even though the glitter in Snowsicle is tiny.

In any case, I got lots and lots of positive comments for this (including one who was completely amazed that I'd done them myself), so I'm happy!

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