40 Great Nail Art Ideas ~ Pale Blue Base

Hello Dahlings!

 

This week the Tarts are doing our techniques over pale blue polish.

My technique is mosaic/stained glass.

 

I did this...

 

 I was aiming for a Tiffany-esque stained glass look.

I sorta got it?

 

 I started with 2 coats of the Turkish brand Flomar in color 423.

I picked this up from a mystery bag blog sale over a year ago.

The crème formula was a bit thin,

but it leveled & cleaned up nicely.

I also manage to seal in a cat hair under the tc on my middle finger

plus had to repair a nail line crack in my index finger

after I had polished it & added a coat of Seche Vite. Twice. Blerg.

 

I had already spent last Tuesday afternoon 

buffing down the overlay on this finger,

then patching the crack & redoing the full 3 layers of overlay.

I wasn't going to redo that finger from scratch again

in the middle of a mani, so I patched it from underneath,

but it hasn't quite grown out enough

for this to be as effective as desired.

At least the overlay had kept the nail from breaking off

& I hope to be able to nurse it along until it grows out.

Really, it could happen!

 

 For my stained glass decal I used plate QA88 from She Sells Seashells,

Joss Black Stamping Polish from Ella Ann,

and asst gel pens from Signo & Uniball.

I picked up the image using my Original Creative Shop Stamper,

covered the image on the stamper with Sally Hansen Dries Quickly.

I didn't let the Joss Black dry long enough & got a bit of smearing.

I then colored in various bits of the image using the gel pens.

I colored over the pink, purple & black translucent colors

with the opaque white so those would show up

against the pale blue background.

Once the gel inks had dried I applied another coat of SH DC

to prevent smearing while applying the decal.

JIC the gels hadn't dried enough.

A coat of Seche Vite on all nails finished this mani off.

 

>^. .^<

 

I don't know how a cat hair ended up on your table

& got stuck to your claw.

You really should be more careful, Meowmy!

 

Thanks for stopping by

& please go share the love with the other Tarts!

~ Inky

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