July's Nail Challenge Collaborative - Flowers

I was happy to see that July's challenges were all about flowers!  They are some of my favorite nail art to do.

SpaRitual Mind.  This is such a unique but subtle polish.  It's a shimmer, but it's a matte.  It reminds me a bit of the suedes that were so popular a few months back.  Next time, I'll make sure to wear a good ridge-filling basecoat underneath, though, because as beautiful as it is, it shows every bump and divot in my nails.

I didn't take any pix of the intermediate steps (what?!) but I did a black French tip with OPI Black Onyx first, then made the flowers with Maybelline Bold Gold.

I dotted the centers with more Black Onyx and then added highlights with Revlon Sequin.  I was going for an antiqued look, and all the colors look a little washed out to me.

Everything brightens up a bit, though, with some topcoat.  I still like that it's fairly monochromatic, though.

Bottle shot:  SpaRitual Mind, OPI Black Onyx, Maybelline Bold Gold, and Revlon Sequin.

Are flowers best when they are colorful, or would you wear a monochromatic floral nail art?

Flowers

1. AGirlandHerPolish	2. The Bubbly Brunette	3. Baroque fool
4. Paulina's Passions	5. A Little Polish	6. Lit From Within - Nidia
7. The Polished Fangirl	8. Nails for the Sake of Sanity	9. Lacquer Or Leave Her!
10. Angie OurPaintedWorld	11. Sparkle & Shine Nails	12. Liz @ A-Mani-Maniac
13. The Blahg	14. Glamfiend	15. Sam @ FingerFood
16. Light of the Moon Nails	17. NailGlaze	18. Kayono (Neues vom Kellerkind)
19. Karine's Vernis Club	20. The Polish Playground	21. Victoria - manicurator

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