Abstract floral nail art

 Found myself in front of the computer this afternoon so figured I would post some nail art.

Lately I'm mainly wearing gels (as I'm painting my nails less) but this manicure shows some regular polishes, mainly ILNP Poised. As I find many ILNP to be a bit too sheer, I decided to layer it over a nude. It never looks as nice as it would've done on it's own, but at least I won't have to do four coats for decent coverage.

On top I've done an abstract floral design using acrylic paints.

Polishes used: OPI You're So Vain-illa and ILNP Poised

Abstract Pastel Nail Art Design

Stamping was one of the first nail art techniques I really fell for (as was water marbling). I liked that you could create such detailed designs on both hands without having a very steady hand or great artistic abilities. As I improved my nail art skills I ended up stamping less and less. 

Now I'm starting to appreciate stamping again, as I want to have nice nails, but don't necessarily want to spend too much time doing my nails. I also don't want to have to redo my nails every other night, hence the shift to wearing more gel polishes. Luckily stamping works great with gels, you just cure your coloured layer, remove the sticky residue and then stamp. You can even remove the stamping with some acetone and try again if you don't like the positioning. Finish it off with gel top coat (which magically doesn't smear the stamping!) and you're good to go.

Polishes used: Pink Gellac 289 Breeze Yellow, Pink Gellac 347 Soft Jade, Pink Gellac 145 Gipsy Blue, Pink Gellac 301 Azure Blue and KIKO 374

Double stamped pink nail art design

Long time no seen! It's been almost a year since my last post. I've been exploring new hobbies and haven't wanted to make blogging a chore. Today I felt like posting something so here I am.

This design is an old favourite style, where you stamp each nail twice with the same design but do the second layer slightly shifted, giving it a shadowed effect. Luckily it's also a lot easier to achieve this effect compared to trying to align the second layer perfectly on top of the first.

Polishes used: Pink Gellac 345 Heavenly Pink, Models Own Chrome Rose and MoYou London Sweet Lips.