Hey everyone today I'll be talking about this nail art I created. This design was inspired by vintage floral prints and of course Spring! Here in the Southern Hemisphere it is Spring, and I have been collecting quite a few pastels so I thought it was about time I put them to good use!
I started off the design by using a base coat as always I used the Maybelline Salon Manicure Age Treatment Base. This is by far the best base coat I have ever used and had noticed a huge change in my nails since I started using it.
I then proceeded to paint each one of my nails a different colour pastel. From thumb to pinky I used Face Of Australia; Boys 'n' Berries, Essence; Bloom-A-Loom, Face Of Australia; Have Your Cupcake & Eat it Too, China Glaze; Light As Air and Face Of Australia; Castle On A Cloud.
I had no issues applying any of these pastels, the Face Of Australia especially. All of these polishes were thick but in a good way. All of the polishes were opaque in two coats!
To create the flowers and polka dots I used dotting tools. To see the technique check out my YouTube video :) Link here.
The colours I used for the pink roses were; Face Of Australia - I'll Take You To The Candy Shop and Revlon - Berry Delicious. The colours used for the blue roses were; Ulta 3 - Soft Hydrangea and Nail It! - Pacific. Again I had no issues with these polishes. Although, with the Nail It! polish I have had it quite a while and it had started to separate but a slight shake and it was fine!
The biggest tip I can give you for creating these roses is use a pointy dotting tool or toothpick when creating the outline and centre of your roses! I have tried creating roses on my nails multiple times and I have only had success when using a point. Another tip is do the outline with the corresponding colour. For example pink rose, pink outline!
After creating the roses you then go onto the leaves. For the leaves I used; Rimmel - Misty Jade and Ulta 3 - Corsican Rose to create dimension. When creating the leaves I make them look like 'little fantails' as I describe them in my video. The leaves, in my opinion really finish off the roses and just make the design super cute!
I then create the polka dots! For these I used; China Glaze - Lemon Fizz. This is such a lovely colour! I really enjoy using this yellow as it is just the right consistency and opacity and really does work well for these polka dots. In the tutorial I talk about my trick to creating the perfect spacing and pattern for the polka dots :)
I then finish off my design with a topcoat. The topcoat I used was; Gloss 'n' Sparkle - Gloss My Sparkle. I received this topcoat for free with my purchase of Gloss 'n' Sparkle nail polish. This topcoat is one of the best I've ever used! It adds a lovely shine and finishes off designs perfectly!
So that's all for this blog post, I hope you guys like it and check out my video tutorial :D
xoxox Vashti
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