Hey everyone!
Всем привет!
So a while ago Kayla from Nails by Kayla Shevonne announced a nail art contest, the theme being "indie polish", with a mandatory condition to use a least one indie polish in your design. I love contests, much more than giveaways, to be honest, as whether or not you will win depends on you rather than odds.
Некоторое время назад Кайла, автор блога Nails by Kayla Shevonne, объявила о конкурсе нейл-арта в своем блоге, темой которого стали инди-лаки, а обязательным условием - использовать хотя бы один из них в маникюре. Хотелось бы оговориться, что конкурсы я люблю больше, например, розыгрышей, поскольку победа зависит от вас, а не от рандомайзера.
And so I sat down, thinking of what my entry could be. I'm not really the complex nail art kind of girl: I can't freehand anything more than a stripe, let alone pictures on nails we sometimes see from some ladies who are far more talented at drawing and painting than me (sigh...I've always wanted to be able to draw in a pretty way). Anyway, I remembered that, when I was young and ignorant and first read that there was such thing as "indie" polish, I thought it had something to do with India. It took me some googling to fix my mistake, but now I'm actually glad I'd once made it, because it provided me with the perfect nail art inspiration.
Итак, стала я думать, что бы такое вытворить. Сложный нейл-арт как вариант не принимается, я этого просто не умею и не могу, природа художественным талантом обидела, а так бы хотелось уметь рисовать картины на ногтях :( Да и не только на них. В общем, в творческом поиске я пришла к своей ошибке. Когда я была молодым и наивным лакоманьяком и в первый раз увидела в интернетах, что бывают какие-то инди-лаки, я подумала, что они, должно быть, как что связаны с Индией. Выделяют же индийский кинопром как Bollywood. Гугл меня просветил, но сейчас я рада, .что когда-то вот так неправильно поняла термин, ведь именно эта ошибка, в конечном итоге, и вдохновила меня.
I used a coat of A-england St George, waited for it to dry, then isolated the triangle areas I wanted to be covered by Picture Polish Peacock with striping tape, and applied a coat of it within the lines created by the tape, almost immediately removing the latter, since that ensures crisper edges. The gold is some gel pen I found in my drawers, I remember using those some...8 years ago, maybe? It's a dinosaur pen :P I freehanded the dots and the insription in Hindi (which means "peacock" in English, by the way). I finished off everything with a coat of Nubar Diamont top coat.
Маникюр я начала со слоя A-england St George, дождалась высыхания поверхности, после чего лентой для нейл-арта отделила на ногтях треугольники, которые заполнила слоем Picture Polish Peacock, ленту снимая почти сразу после нанесения последнего лака, чтобы получить более четкие стороны треугольников. Золотые элементы маникюра были нарисованы от руки гелевой ручкой-динозавром, которую я откопала в ящиках письменного стола. Помнится, такими я пользовалась лет 8 назад...Кстати, надпись на среднем пальце с хинди переводится как "павлин" (или, по-английски, peacock). Сверху все покрыла слоем топа Nubar Diamont.
Showing posts with label manicure: geometrical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label manicure: geometrical. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Geometrical manicure v.2
Hi everyone :)
This is the other geometrical manicure i did before going to Malta. I like it much more than the first one, to be honest :) I loved the color combination & it was my travel mani, too, so it lasted about 5 days on me - a record!
I used Nubar Baby Blue, Nubar Faded Jeans and Orly Prelude To A Kiss to create it. The last two pics are more color accurate, as they were taken outside in the natural light, while the first two - in a cafe with artificial warm light, at it was quite dim there, but i love the photos nonetheless. Thanks go to my bestie Veronika for taking the photos for me :)
This is the other geometrical manicure i did before going to Malta. I like it much more than the first one, to be honest :) I loved the color combination & it was my travel mani, too, so it lasted about 5 days on me - a record!
I used Nubar Baby Blue, Nubar Faded Jeans and Orly Prelude To A Kiss to create it. The last two pics are more color accurate, as they were taken outside in the natural light, while the first two - in a cafe with artificial warm light, at it was quite dim there, but i love the photos nonetheless. Thanks go to my bestie Veronika for taking the photos for me :)
Friday, August 3, 2012
China Glaze Happy Go Lucky swatches & review + NOTD
Hello everybody!
China Glaze Happy Go Lucky from Up & Away Collection is a bright creme that is opaque in 2 coats. The formula of this one is quite thick, so you need to be careful at the cuticle area unless you want to end up with nasty bald spots :)
I used a coat of Nail Tek Foindation II, 2 coats of Happy Go Lucky and a coat of INM Out The door for this mani.
The next day this polish made the perfect base for some geometrical manicure :)
Ugh, the colors look washed out again, i don't know what to do with that :( Anyway, the orange is Skinfood or006 and the dark blue one (yes, it's dark blue, not black like it appears in the pictures %)) is Nubar Dark Wash Jeans. The manicure lasted 3 days on me before i grew tired of it and took it off - something that never happens with me, i change nail polish because it has chipped off (and because i need to swatch many other for my blog :D), not because i'm tired of it!
China Glaze Happy Go Lucky from Up & Away Collection is a bright creme that is opaque in 2 coats. The formula of this one is quite thick, so you need to be careful at the cuticle area unless you want to end up with nasty bald spots :)
This polish is a blast of sunshine! I've worn it twice in the past month, and it's become my go-to polish if i feel upset and need to cheer myself up.
I used a coat of Nail Tek Foindation II, 2 coats of Happy Go Lucky and a coat of INM Out The door for this mani.
The next day this polish made the perfect base for some geometrical manicure :)
Ugh, the colors look washed out again, i don't know what to do with that :( Anyway, the orange is Skinfood or006 and the dark blue one (yes, it's dark blue, not black like it appears in the pictures %)) is Nubar Dark Wash Jeans. The manicure lasted 3 days on me before i grew tired of it and took it off - something that never happens with me, i change nail polish because it has chipped off (and because i need to swatch many other for my blog :D), not because i'm tired of it!
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