Ferdinand and Daisy Cow Nail Art Design

Lately, I have been doing what I consider, fancy nail art designs. Today, I decided to change it up a little bit. I started this design because I thought I had some cow print decals but I either used them, lost them, or gave them away. I started the design without realizing that I didn't have the decals I thought I did so, I ended up hand painting the whole design. Not a big deal considering cow spots are one of the easiest animal prints to create.  Here is how I created this nail art design...

Materials
Base and top coat
White polish
Two shades of pink polish (light and medium)
Blue polish (sky colored)
Black acrylic paint (or polish)
Dotting tools and/or brushes

I started with a nice clean 2 coat application of my new favorite white polish, Sinful Colors 'Snow White.'

I then started Ferdinand the cow on my ring finger. I named him that because it seems like a cow appropriate name.  I used Zoya 'Dot' and created an almost heart shaped french tip. Any light pink polish or acrylic paint works just fine.

I then used black acrylic paints to outline his nose and draw the sides of his face. I am beginning to prefer acrylics paints over polish for this kind of art work because you can control the consistency by adding water. For smooth clean lines I use a slightly more watery consistency.  After outlining the face, I drew in his ears and the top of his head. I then added some horns, hair, eyes, and nostrils all with black acrylic paint.  I used Zoya 'Wendy', a slightly darker shade of pink to color the inner parts of his ears and nostrils. I also mixed some gray acrylic paint and filled in his horns. Lastly, I filled in the background with Nabi 'Baby Blue' because I felt like Ferdinand was lost in the white void.

On my mid finger Ferdinand confesses his love for Daisy. Okay, not really. I used Zoya 'Dot' again and drew an of kilter heart. I accidentally got a little black acrylic paint mixed into it but I decided to leave it be.  I then outlined the heart and drew the word "Moo" in black acrylic paint.

For the remainder of my fingers I drew random shaped and sized black cow spots, again with acrylic paint. I performed a little clean up and added a top coat. The top coat sealed the design and hid any imperfections I had (like the wrinkled white polish on the tip of my mid finger).

Because I needed the practice and because I didn't want Ferdinand to be lonely I created the same design on my right hand but with a few minor changes. I didn't give Daisy horns, instead she has a little flower in her hair. I also used Zoya 'Wendy' for her heart, instead of 'Dot'. Though the end result is far from perfect it's not bad for being painted with my non-dominant hand.

I think this design is really cute and my daughter loves it too! She keeps grabbing my hand and pointing at Ferdinand and Daisy and yelling "COW". Not bad for being one and a half. I hope you enjoyed this design as much as my daughter is.

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Your Fellow Plebe,

Elegant Embellished Nail Art

For this "What r u wearing Wednesday?" post I thought I'd go ahead and kill two birds with one stone.  Figuratively speaking, of course, no birds were harmed in the making of this blog post.  I decided to go ahead and take care of my Blogger Bragger week 3 challenge, embellishment.  I did not have any preconceived design when I started this nail art project.  I just gathered up some craft supplies and got started.

Materials
Base and top coat
OPI with a Nice Finn-ish and Ice-Bergers & Fries
Feathers
Flat back gems
Various gold studs

I started this manicure with one clean coat of OPI with a Nice Finn-ish over a base coat, of course.  This is my new favorite gold tone polish that leans toward the copper side just a bit.

On my pointer I applied a second coat of polish and while the polish was still wet I placed my feather over top.

I then used a pair of nail clippers to cut the feather in line with the tip of my nail.

On my ring finger, I free-handed a wide stripe of Ice-Bergers & Fries.

I applied four of my flat back gems down the middle of my Ice-Bergers & Fries stripe.  I am not sure where I got these gems but I know it was a local craft store.  You can find the coolest embellishments that are easy to use in a manicure at any craft store.

With my gems in place I lined the edge of my Ice-Bergers & Fries stripe with 2mm gold studs.  These studs are item #12411 from bornprettystore.com.

I then finished this look by applying diamond-shaped gold studs to the remained of my fingers.  The diamond studs are also from bornprettystore.com, item #7277.  I also topped the feather applique with a thick coating of Seche Vite to make it glossy and seal it in place.

This is one of my favorite manicures as of late.  I'm in love with gold tones, and even though there was no grand scheme for this design I think it worked out well.  I hope you enjoyed this nail art design, and are inspired to take a trip to the craft store for a little extra bling.

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Your Fellow Plebe,

Hounds Tooth Louboutin Inspired Nail Art Design

This weeks Nail Polish Queens challenge was to create Christian Louboutin inspired nail art design.  I have never really thought much about Louboutin because I'll never be able to afford any of his gorgeous shoes.  I try to keep myself grounded and only drool and ogle things that I can afford.  In fact, I was going to skip this challenge all together and then I said "what the heck, why not?"  So, I scoured the Internet for a pair of Louboutin shoes that I would buy if money was not object.  These are the shoes I fell in love with...

And this is how I created my Hounds Tooth Louboutin manicure.

Materials
Base and top coat
Black, white, silver, and red polishes
Konad image plate m63 (or any image plate with a hounds tooth design)
Stamping tools
Tape

I started with Sinful Colors' Snow White on my thumb, pointer, and pinky and Marc Jacob's Stone Jungle on my mid and ring fingers.

I then stamped my hounds tooth design on my white fingers in black.  However, I am not good at stamping and was having a lot of trouble getting a clean stamp.  I was not too worried though because I intended to cover most of it.

I then taped different areas of each nail and filled it in with red.  I don't own many reds because they stain my skin so easily.  I used one of the two reds I own, OPI's Coca-Cola Red.

For my mid and ring fingers I taped three stripes, using medium sized straight tapes from my Nail Vinyls.  I painted the outsides red and the middle black.  I used Black from my Nabi polish collection for the black stripe and the stamping.

This was the final result.  I love the shoes but the mani didn't turn out as great as I was hoping, but I thought it was worthy enough to share.  I like the idea more than I like the executed manicure, I hope you like it though.  Until next time...

Your Fellow Plebe,