Sneak Peek

Hey guys,

I'm super sorry I haven't posted since MAY!! But I'm working on something super awesome for you all and I'm really excited to show you, but I can't until it's finished, and it's taking me longer than I expected to get it done, but bare with me, it will be finished.

I have still been painting my nails and taking pictures, although I seem to have misplaced my camera somewhere. Anyway, The designs that I photographed but haven't blogged, you WILL see once the thing I'm working on is done. I realized that I sort of dropped off the face of the Earth without noticed, so I'm letting you all know that I'm still here and still taking e-mails, questions, comments, and requests, and as a little cookie for you all, here is another design to stem your patience.

Does it have a name? Nope. If you have any ideas, I'd appreciate a comment ^.^ Get your creative juices flowing.

I borrowed someone else's camera for this one and I'm not used to using hers so forgive any colour or focus issues. These nails are a LOT more neon off-camera, and it surprises me whenever I see them out of the corner of my eye. They are amazing against a black background, but I didn't have anything black to hold my hand against at the time, so I opted for white instead.

After applying a base coat, I painted my nails white with Quo by Orly's "French White". Then once that completely dried, I painted three MigiNailArt colours from their Neon collection starting with "Lemon" near my cuticles, heavily at the base, and fading out towards the tips of my nails. Next I used "Neon Orange", making it heavy in the middle and fading into the yellow and towards my tips. Finally, I applied "Hot Pink" on my tips and faded it into the orange.

I let these colours dry slightly and become tacky, then I took a clear polish and smudged all the colours together. If you try this, make sure you use strokes only form base to tip, not side to side, and unless you want to waste a clear polish by cleaning the brush every time, make sure it's a polish that you don't really care about.

Once the neon colours and clear coat were completely dry, I took Sally Hansen's "Black Out" and a striper brush and painted horizontal stripes on my nails, started thicker at the edges and tapering off at the ends. I alternated between starting on the right and left sides of my nails so it created a zig-zag or zipper pattern. Not quite a true zebra print, but more of an abstract version. Let the black dry fully (it smudges easily with the application of a top coat so really be patient here) then apply a top coat and clean around your cuticles.

Sorry about the poor picture quality. Hopefully I'll find my own camera soon, and finish this project that I'm working on. It's tedious work, but I know it will be worth it!