Hurrah techniques! Since having Bandi Glittering Dark Khaki on my nails had me thinking of the night sky, I decided to go back to a design I've done before: Aurora nails. BUT I skipped the hard parts ;D
Okay, so first step, sponge on some blue! Sally Hansen Blue Me Away. You're allowed to be messy because we're painting over it.
The last time I did this, I watermarbled after this, but this time I skipped it and went straight to the neons.
As before, WarPaint Bad Apple and A Mile Away =3. I painted at the edge of the blue for the most part, but didn't follow it or anything.
Bad Apple (the green) is much more opaque than A Mile Away so I treated them differently. The green was painted on first.
Then, in the thicker parts, I painted on several layers of yellow. I then picked up a dotting tool and Ulta Snow White and dotted for some stars in the sky, as well as putting a dot in the thickest part of the aurora. I put another coat of the yellow to spread the white around into the... thing.
:D
Essence Black is Back is the easiest part, I painted along the edge of my nail and then used a BPS striper brush to swipe upwards for the treeline.
The other hand turned out alright too!
So now this is definitely a more attainable design to those of us who don't like watermarbling!
I would change one thing, and it would be that laste time I put a layer of Sally Hansen Urban Chic, a silver holographic glitter topcoat before sponging. I think because of the cool colours throughout this design, Bandi Glittering Dark Khaki doesn't quite fit.
What do you think? I hope no one minds I revisit techniques...
Okay, so first step, sponge on some blue! Sally Hansen Blue Me Away. You're allowed to be messy because we're painting over it.
As before, WarPaint Bad Apple and A Mile Away =3. I painted at the edge of the blue for the most part, but didn't follow it or anything.
Bad Apple (the green) is much more opaque than A Mile Away so I treated them differently. The green was painted on first.
Essence Black is Back is the easiest part, I painted along the edge of my nail and then used a BPS striper brush to swipe upwards for the treeline.
So now this is definitely a more attainable design to those of us who don't like watermarbling!
I would change one thing, and it would be that laste time I put a layer of Sally Hansen Urban Chic, a silver holographic glitter topcoat before sponging. I think because of the cool colours throughout this design, Bandi Glittering Dark Khaki doesn't quite fit.
What do you think? I hope no one minds I revisit techniques...
