40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Things that fly

This week it is Things That Fly for #40greatnailartideas - After much thought, I went with my first instinct which was butterflies.
I did think about lead-lighting or reverse stamping, but in the end I went with something a whole lot quicker and easier, and I really liked the way it turned out.
I did some colourful stamping with Kleancolor Metallic Purple, Pink and Jungle. I started with a coat of Nails Inc Soho Silver which last time seemed to prevent the Kleancolors from staining, I hope it has worked this time too! Then I stamped the small butterflies from Loja BBF 19, once with each colour, although really I just used the plate to get the colours on my nail (and yes, I could have just painted it on but I like stamping!)
Then I used Loja BBF 46 and Colour Alike Kind of Black over the colourful base.

Colourful butterfly base

Loja BBF 46 and Colour Alike Kind of Black

 

 

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December Challenges - New Year

New Year for #clairestelle8dec - I still don't have any firework plates so these bright snowflakes will have to do! I think New Years Eve would look great if snowflakes like these fell from the sky! I used  Colours Alike Kind of Black and Uberchic Christmas 01 over a base of Kleancolor Metallic Pink, Jungle and Green. I love the vibrancy of the Kleancolor metallics!

UberChic Christmas 01

November Challenges - Another recreation

Mary @dreamymm was keeping us busy last week as she was celebrating 5,000 followers and hosted a giveaway with a difference. She challenged us to recreate one of her manis. Having never done a recreation before, there I was, faced with two in one week.
Again, the choice was bewildering - so many pretty manis to chose from but I chose one that I loved the colours on and thought I could recreate reasonably convincingly.
I didn't have the right plates, and used a different technique for the base but I just had to have those colours!! I used Vivid Lacquer VL038 and Colour Alike a Kind of Black over a base of Kleancolor Metallic Yellow, Metallic Green and Metallic Jungle (blue).
I used the 3 Kleancolors to paint my nails and then stamped 2 images from VL038 - both were a sort of snake skin pattern but one more open than the other - so overlapped they looked a lot more random, which was my intention.
I was really pleased with the way it turned out and the Instagram feedback was amazing!

Vivid Lacquer VL038

 

 

 

Mary's original mani