Hey guys! It's been far too long. As an apology for my absence (and as an attempt to keep this blog active) I will be frequently photographing my nails and makeup, then making posts about the ones I like. To start with: my current nails. I aimed for them to look like what a Mermaid's nails might look like if they didn't just wear them bare. I took influence from the sea and, I will admit it, The Little Mermaid.
Here are the instructions how to do it:
- Apply a clear base coat to your nails to protect them and prevent staining.
- Paint all your nails a shimmery blue-green (I used one by Front Cover, but Miss Sporty do one almost identical)
- Paint a shimmery green polish onto one side of a sponge wedge and sponge colour onto the top half of the nail. It's important to make sure the colour underneath is completely dry before doing this.
- Using a light shimmery blue (this design is all about the shimmers) sponge the very top section of your nail, about halfway down the green. For this, I used polish by L'Oreal Paris in the shade "French Riviera".
- Apply a clear coat of polish to help your colours blend and to create a tacky surface on which to apply the small, star-shaped sequin. Any type if small blue-ish sequin should be fine.
- For the three small dots in the corner I used a Miss Sporty Metal Flip polish in "Beetle Wing", applied with a thin nail brush. Any bronze-coloured polish would do.
- Once this is all dry, take the nail brush and dip it in white polish. Add the two white dots, one in the centre of the bronze dots and one a little above it, at a diagonal. This is supposed to give the impression of shells. Add a streaky white tip, again with the nail brush.
- Seal the design with a glossy top coat and use a cotton bud dipped in nail polish remover to clean up around the nail.
