Hello, Fireflies!
Still working on this month's challenge to recreate the first 4 nail arts that I recorded. The second one I found was this 'watercolor' acetone-wash blue and gold mani. I was so proud. *sniff* That pose is so awkward, though, it's almost painful.
I think it's harder to post these old manis than it's been to post my makeup-free face!
To start the re-creation, I used two coats of Nina Ultra Pro Blue La La, a dusty medium blue. Love the color, but the brush was wonky, so my application was less than stellar.
The build up of blue wasn't all that exciting, so I'll spare you that and go to the final blue look, where I dabbed on Hope Girl BL03, Bettina Gems Sapphire, and Different Dimension Dewing It Right, and patted on acetone in between colors.
Then, the gold - my fave Maybelline Bold Gold. I will admit that I tried the DIY Spotted technique on top of this, where you water marble a black with an alcohol spray, and failed utterly miserably. It just looked matte black and lumpy on my nails.
Bottle shot: Nina Ultra Pro Blue La La, Hope Girl BL03, Bettina Gems Sapphire, Different Dimension Dewing It Right, and Maybelline Bold Gold.
I don't know if the nail art looks much better, but I used two additional polishes, so I should get points for complexity. In my mind, I am sooo much better than I used to be, but maybe I've not come as far as I'd thought! I'll admit, this exercise is a bit humbling!
Are you better at a skill you've been practicing for the last two years?
Nice watercolor nail art. I like the effect and the colors you chose to use here.
ReplyDeleteFun challenge, I'd have to say my makeup skills are definitely better than when I started. Still no expert though, always a work in progress :).
ReplyDeleteI love this challenge! It's cool to see how far you've come!
ReplyDeleteSo fun. I love both of the blues too. I am seriously horrible and painting my nails, and I love getting tons of inspiration from you. Great mani girl!!!
ReplyDeleteI think it's so great to see how you've transition from before and now. I'd like to think I've gotten better at doing my eyebrows because they were a real mess before
ReplyDeleteThis mani reminds me of the globe. I'm so impressed that you can do all this!
ReplyDeleteThis sort of reminds me of the ocean or Greece.
ReplyDeleteI love the splotches of gold
ReplyDeleteVery cool mani! I like the colors you used!
ReplyDeletethe golden accents are so fancy!
ReplyDeleteThey turned out so nice !
ReplyDeleteLove this look!
ReplyDeleteIt makes me think of the ocean!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing the improvement!
ReplyDeleteYou must do Monet! Ha!
ReplyDeleteI feel you. My old photos back when I just started blogging suck, if only I can recreate... whatever, lol. This mani looks like a globe
ReplyDeleteYou always come up with unique nails!
ReplyDeleteI really like it! To me it looks like puffy clouds with gold :-)
ReplyDeleteThe blue polish is pretty!
ReplyDeleteLoving those splashes of gold!
ReplyDeleteLove the blue and gold combo!
ReplyDeletethat a fun watercolor mani
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job! I'm still as terrible at nail art now as I was 2 years ago.
ReplyDeleteLove the addition of the gold!
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