I wasn't sure what to do with this Abstract theme. I went to Google images and did a search for "abstract art" and found a piece that I thought would translate well onto nails and looked simple enough to do :) (inspiration picture and link to artist have been removed due to artist's wishes)
I started off using the watercolor technique and a fan brush. Basically I just blobbed on the colors over a white base and immediately swiped over with acetone and my fan brush to create the brush stroke looking lines. Then for the circles I thought about doing a black water spotted mani but I got lazy and ended up using a similar stamp image instead.
Personally, I think I prefer just the colors without the stamping. I especially like the way my pinky turned out! :)
What I used:
Color Club - Royal Flush
Color Club - Tech Red*
Color Club - Yodel Yellow*
Essie - Mesmerize
Color Club - Evolution
Orly - Lollipop
Pueen 19
Stamping = layla black
Base = layla white
*These are exclusive colors for SXSW... I won these polishes in Color Club's Instagram giveaway... I don't think they are available for purchase anywhere... sorry!
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These are awesome!
ReplyDeletethanks Juliana! :)
DeleteI like it! You did a great job recreating it :)
ReplyDeletethanks Lisa! :)
DeleteSuch a great manicure :)
ReplyDeletethanks Claudia! :)
Deletewow it's so beautiful!! xx :D
ReplyDeleteI like this! Looks abstract to me! :-)
ReplyDeletethanks Ananka!
DeleteOh wow, that looks amazing! I love this!
ReplyDeleteI like it better without the stamping too ! Especially your middle finger, I love the colors used on this nail :)
ReplyDeletethank you! It's funny I used the same colors as on my pinky but they look so different due to the amount of each color polish, where the acetone and my brush went I guess. This technique was a bit unpredictable... I couldn't go over it more than once or risk making it look muddled or eating through my base coat... but it's a really fun technique :)
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