I'm excited to share my nail art from my first challenge ever with you guys! I have really hesitated in signing up for challenges because of the time commitment and my own stamina issues, but I felt like this one set up by Neverland Nail Blog was infinitely do-able oh say compared to something like the 31 Day Nail Art challenge. The theme for day one is - I Should Have Been Born In. Basically you pick an era and make the magic happen. There are many era's I love however I will say as a black woman there are just some points in history that I'm grateful I didn't live through while there are others that I wish I'd seen up close and personal. One of them is the 70's! Yes when totally groovy afro's abounded, bell-bottoms were all the rage, and Scooby-Doo took the world by storm. Ah yes I love the 70's!
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| Peace, love and hairgrease ;) |
Mani-louge
Water Marble: OPI Elephantastic Pink, Red, Lemonade Stand By Your Man, Org-re The Top Blue, and Funky Dunky, Sally Hansen Going Green
Stamping polish: Konad Special Polish in Black Pearl
Stamping plates: BM07 & BM09
There are a lot of ways to interpret the 70's but water marble seems the most approriate somehow. That pyschiadelic feeling from the wave of psychotrophic drugs that was abundant during that time feels the most rich. There were also a lot of bold and hideous patterns! Lol!
I honestly enjoyed this theme so much I want do more takes on it! I had a lot of ideas, but I didn't want to do an overwhelming mani where you didn't know where to look first so I even kept the stamping relatively simple.
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| People kept grabbing my hand today to look at this manicure. This was probably my most successful marbling yet! |
You may have noticed the water marble is different from the final product if you read my instagram or take a good look at the pictures. It's because when I was adding the stamping I had a small mishap and had to redo the marble on my index finger.
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| You can see the shimmer of Lemonade Stand in the setting sun... |
So what's the verdict? Groovy and gravy or reeking of the establishment? Hahaha. Please check out the other designs and their themes below. Thanks for reading and I'll have the next entry up on Saturday.
What a pretty mani!! So nice water marbling! Everything looks so well combined!
ReplyDeleteOhhh thank you sweetie! This is my third water marble I think and it's getting easier as I go along. The first time it seemed so hard now I can sort of whip them up as long as I have good polishes for marbling!
DeleteThis is great! I haven't been brave enough to try water marbling yet - I just don't think I could actually make it work! This one is fantastic though! Great job!
ReplyDeleteThank you dolly! You should try it. Honestly it's not nearly as horrible as people make it out to be and if it isn't perfect you can slap some glitter over it and that's a wrap!
DeleteSuch a bright mani !! I love the colors you chose + stamping :) <3
ReplyDeleteOooohhhh V thank you lovie! I really want to try the marble you did with the horizontal stripes. I think I might be able to execute it fairly well now well maybe...
DeleteLove your water marble.
ReplyDeleteThanks sweetie! It took me so many fails in the previous marbles to get to this point. This time every single marble came out pretty nicely on the first attempt. I'm gonna keep working hard though until they are perfect!
DeleteI love it, I picked the 70's too but I didn't even wanna try a water marble haha. Yours looks great!
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Oh thank you hunny! Really this is only my third time doing water marbling. I do think it's a bit like riding a bike i.e. once you get the hang of it you'll never forget!
DeleteI love this design! It is so fun and just gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteThank you doll! Its bright the kids I play with love it and for some reason people on the streets keep asking me where I got them done. Lol I take that as a huge compliment!
Deletewow this is really pretty! i can't do a water marble to save my life.
ReplyDeleteThank you sweetie. You probably can it just takes practice!
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