Dienstag, 23. April 2013

The Nail Challenge Collaborative - Pastels - Week 2

Hello everyone!

I'm getting closer to catching up with everyone in the Nail Challenge Collaborative~ yay~

Today, I'm continuing with the second mani for the current challenge theme: pastels. I didn't really have something specific in mind, except for doing something that would involve striping tape. I have to admit that the mani didn't work out exactly like I had hoped, but I still liked it.



I started this mani with two coats of a sheer white polish by MNY, a discontinued brand. I didn't want it to be a stark white. Looking at it now, a stark white might have been better though. I let that dry over night, because I tend to be too impatient and ruin the base when applying the tape.

The next morning, I grabbed my favorite set of pastels - probably the first ever edition of polishes that I bought a whole set of - essence Blossoms etc. from spring 2011. My absolute favorite yellow polish was part of this collection and I'm soooo glad I bought a backup.

Before sponging those colors onto my nails, I applied the striping tape. That worked better then last time! The tape came of with ease and the taped lines were nice and crisp. I topped it with a generous coat of essence BTGN Top Sealer to smooth it out and make it shiny.



As you can see, the white underneath looks like a pastel itself. A stark white might have provided the better contrast here. But I'm not going to  complain. This way, it's a subtle striping tape mani. To me it looks like a field of spring blossoms with a fence or something in front?

What do you think? What would you have done differently?

Thanks for reading!


11 Kommentare:

  1. Du hasts echt soooo drauf! Bin immer total neidisch :)

    AntwortenLöschen
    Antworten
    1. Danke für das Kompliment. Im Vergleich mit anderen nail bloggern hab ich aber noch einen langen Weg vor mir...

      Löschen
  2. das sieht ja traumhaft aus!
    liebe gruesse!

    AntwortenLöschen
  3. WOW das sieht echt sooo schön aus, ich würde das in 10 Jahren nicht so hinbekommen!

    AntwortenLöschen
    Antworten
    1. Wäre es einen Versuch wert? Das Sponging ist ja eigentlich einfacher als "normal" zu lackieren ^^

      Löschen
  4. This is totally sweet - I love pastels, and this is so delicate and yet different - love it!

    AntwortenLöschen
    Antworten
    1. If there were flowers growing on my "fence" it would have been the ultimate manicure, I guess :D But I need to practice to draw flowers as pretty as yours <3

      Löschen
  5. Oh, so gefallen mir auch Pastelltöne. Kommt sofort in meinen 'Inspirationsordner' (bin so frei ;o)). Toll gemacht.

    Liebe Grüße,
    Elena

    AntwortenLöschen
    Antworten
    1. Das freut mich jetzt aber sehr, dass dir sowas helles zusagt und dann auch noch im Inspirationenorder landet *blush* Dann bin ich mal gespannt, zu was es dich inspiriert ^^

      LG zurück

      Löschen

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...