Just Batty

Another Halloween one! Pink and blue skies filled with bats!

Honesty I think bats are adorable with their little turned up noses, but I get how some people find them frightening.

I started the bats using some bundle monster plates but the polish I used refused to transfer well so I ended up just painting them over.

Colours:

"First Mate" by China Glaze
"Va Va Voom" by Orly

Robert Best Inspired

I've got a sort of special one for you all today. I recently saw some of Robert Best's amazing Barbie

fashion drawings. And became smitten with his amazing style and his ability to render such beautiful images using watercolour. So naturally, I had to do something nail related.

These nails were inspired by this photo:

Artwork (C) Robert Best

This was one of my more favourite images by him, and it went on to inspire the birth of this nail design:

Upsidedown thumb.

I wanted it to look soft and watercolour-y like his works, but I feel like I missed it by a long shot. I'm also displeased with the shakey lines, but seeing as this is the FIRST portrait I've done on my nails, I shall still wear it proudly. The base colour is "Don't Touch My Tutu" from O.P.I.'s NYC Ballet Collection, with one coat of "Pirouette My Whistle" from the same collection.

As always, the actual design was done using acrylic craft paint. Hopefully the next portrait I do will turn out better. But I hope you still enjoyed!

Testing 1,2,3...

 

Testing out a number of Gold nail polishes to see how well they stand up to stamping. I'm working on creating a larger list that includes more colours for my own personal reference.

But here's what I discovered so far:

"653 Solar Power" by China Glaze

"1042 Tarnished Gold" by China Glaze (Crackle Collection)

"178 Lavendare" by Revlon

"162 Metallic Yellow" by Kleancolor

"45 Copper" by Kleancolor

Base colours I used on the fake nails are:

Black: "484 Liquid Vinyl" by Orly

Red: "946 Hey Sailor" by China Glaze