Today's two theme is cotton being the traditional 2nd Anniversary gift. Of the themes this week, this is the one that challenged me the most as all I could come up with were Q-Tips! I really had to put on my thinking cap so went from cotton in it's natural form, to an end product; being a knitted sweater. Here's what I came up with!
Started with a base of Zoya Yummy (thumb), OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls (index, middle and ring) and Essence Walk on Air topped with two coats of L'Oreal Miss Pixie (ring); top coated to finish. (In hindsight, I wish I had have gotten off my butt and looked for my bottle of Nails Inc. Baker Street for the accent ring finger as it would have been a better base match to the stamping polish but I was feeling lazy and didn't.) No pix as I forgot (was being lazy!)
Stamped using assortment of images and polishes; thumb is Vivid Lacquer VL022 using Mundo de Unas stamping polish #22, index is Vivid Lacquer VL004 using Mundo de Unas #33, middle is Bundle Monster BM-206 using Mundo de Unas #33, ring is Marianne n.53 using Mundo de Unas #12, pinky is MoYou Hipster Collection-03 using Mundo de Unas #33 and black Konad.
Made cotton plants on the thumb by blobbing on white Konad special polish using a brush.
MoYou Hipster Collection-03
Vivid Lacquer VL004
Marianne Nails n.53
Vivid Lacquer VL025 (didn't use but thought I was going to, so took pix)
Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.
Now, isn't this better than Q-Tips lol (and no offence to any of the DD ladies if one of them did Q-tips as I haven't seen their posts yet!)
For my right hand, I used same base polishes and stamped using same pattern using Marianne n. 53 using Mundo de Unas #1 and #33 and made sweater nails. (Kindly excuse the poor clean up!)
Here's the other ladies Day 2 Cotton mani's!
This is a beautiful manicure! It always amazes me how you find stamping plates for EVERYTHING!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Emily! I really had to search to find an image with the knitting needles but search through my plates I did and found one! (I knew Messy Mansion had a plate that had them but I didn't own it when I did these nails but ordered it last night at the restock!).
DeleteI love the color scheme - it's perfect for cotton!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea for the theme, and I love love love that sweater plate!
ReplyDeleteFantastic choice of images! Love the creativity with the cotton buds!
ReplyDeleteThese are perfect for the prompt!
ReplyDeleteThese are so awesome! Brilliant idea!
ReplyDeletethis is one of my favourite manis of yours ever- i just love how it (cough) knits together :) xx
ReplyDeleteI love every single nail! The pinkie is my favorite. So cute!
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