I don't know if it was the long winter or the brief spring but I feel like I've had this design bottled up for a long time. I've always loved
Van Gogh's Branches with Almond Blossoms and
flowers seem to be the thing to do with Julep's new nail art tools, So I thought I'd break out my own striping brush and dotting tools to make some pretty spring blossoms...
This should look just as beautiful on short nails as it does on longer nails (and may actually look better on shorter nails) because the design runs across the nails to produce one continuous image rather than up the length of each individual nail.
Have fun and please feel free to post your versions of it in the comments.
Step 2: Using my striping brush and
Julep's Fiore I made branches across the nails...a little messy in spots but that's fine because the next step will work as strategic cover-up.
Step 3: Using a fairly small dotting tool I made clusters of two, three, and five dots in
Julep's Martha.
Step 4: Using a slightly smaller dotting tool than I did in step 3, I added more dots in
Julep's Ramona; some singles, some off centered over the Martha dots, and a couple extra clusters for variation.
Step 5: Using an even smaller dotting tool, I added more dots in white (
Julep's Nicolette) for variation and depth in the flowers.
Step 6: And then to add a bit more depth with the smallest dotting tool I have, I added
Julep's Cara to a couple of the flowers' centers (a tooth pick tip would work for this if you don't have multiple sizes of dotting tools).
Step 7: Finally, back to
Julep's Martha to tone down the red a bit by dotting around the Cara dots and add a bit more pink back into the flowers where I overdid the white a little.
Step 8: And then for the clean-up. Sometimes I use acetone and a paintbrush to clean up along the edges....but this time I just added a top coat and the next day (when it was all completely dry) I did dishes to soften up the polish on my cuticles and fingers...then scratched it off easily.
Viola! Spring Blossom Nails. :) I'm a little in love!
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Shari
Originally posted on SharisPassion.com; moved when VaryNiche.com was created.
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