40 Great Nail Art Ideas ~ Pastels

Hello Dahlings!

Spring is upon us in the northern hemisphere

& to get into the season the Tarts
are doing manis featuring pastels this week.

My pattern/technique for this round is patchwork.

So I did this...

 Lucky for me I had Anonymous Lacquer Rainbow Brights Collection

as pastels generally ain't my thang.

 The line up ~ Hit the Bottle Snowed In,

Anonymous Lacquer Summer Nights and Neon Lights,

Showers to Flowers, I Lilac You, Under the Blue Hour

& Magik Holo Top Coat.

 I used MoYou London Gothic Collection plate 04

& my new love,

the Creative Shop Space Stamper in Black with Purple Shimmer

I started with 2 coats of SN&NL over my franken bc.

I then made decals on my Uber Chic Uber Mat

by putting down a coat of Sally Hansen Dries Quick

then stamping over it once it cured.

I let the stamping sit for 15 minutes to cure.

I then filled in the various areas with the Rainbow Brights

colors using the largest brush from the 

Bundle Monster 3pc Ergonomic Nail Art Manicure Tool Detail Brush set

Um yeah...about these economy priced brushes.

When my set arrived a while back,

they looked like this in the package:

 The tubes to protect the bristles

couldn't even protect themselves in shipping.

So I took them out of the wrapper

to make sure the brushes were ok.

Um...no, they weren't ok at all.

I didn't bother contacting Bundle Monster over a set of $1.99 brushes.

I just glued them back together

& made a note to let y'all know to beware.

This is def a case of getting matching value for the price paid.

The brush I used worked fine after I snipped a stray bristle.

I let the filled decals sit for half an hour to cure

as I had applied rather thick coats of polish.

When I went to apply them I had issues

with getting the decals to fold around my points

& ended up with several nails (on both hands)

looking like they had tip wear before I had even finished the mani

as well as several wrinkles that I flattened out, but could still see.

Blerg.

I let my hot mani mess sit for 5-10 minutes

so the polish could cure back up

from the acetone needed to mold the decals to my nails.

By this time I was getting tired & didn't take a pic.

What I did do was patch those bald spots

by wiping most of the polish off the bottle brush

& dabbing just enough polish to fill the voids

without creating a bump.

You can do this with a tiny dotting tool too.

Not every design will allow this kind of touch up,

but I got lucky that my bald spots were one color.

Once those spots cured for about 10 minutes (so they wouldn't smear)

I added a coat of Magik cuz rainbows make everything better!

A coat of Seche Vite & I called it night.

>^. .^<

I'se ascared of dem claws or maybe I'se ascared of Missy.

Either way, I'm gonna sit here, behind dryer for a while, K?

Thanks for stopping by

& please share the luvs

with the other Tarts!

~ Inky

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