Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Rainbow Hearts Nail Art

A little something off the beaten path today here on the blog for you ladies.  The other day I was browsing instagram and saw a pic that inspired some nail art brainstorming.  I can't on earth find the original pic that inspired me, but it was basically a rainbow of hearts overlapping each other.  I used this inspiration to create a nail art mani that was mostly freehanded and finished with a nail tattoo and dotting tool.  I used a bunch of different colors, including some of my Bettinas, China Glaze Lemon Fizz, Essie Butler Please, and Zoya Purity.  I used the cloud technique to make overlapping hearts and the dotting tool to make the mini hearts.

Rainbow Hearts Nail Art
Rainbow Hearts Nail Art

Rainbow Hearts Nail Art
Rainbow Hearts Nail Art
The nail tattoo I used is from the Fing'rs new Heart 2 Art collection. I never used a nail tattoo before and it took me a minute to figure it out.  I forgot to take off the plastic first before soaking in water, so I wasted my first tattoo.  I got it on the second try.  Luckily the tattoos are super cheap and you quite a few in the package.  Each piece is big enough to cut into two pieces which will each fit a full finger.  Each package contains three different designs too!  My only real difficulty was clean up - the package says to cut the tattoos to shape, which of course I didn't.  I tried acetone to clean up the edges and that didn't work too well.  Some of the tattoo ended up dragging along my cuticles instead of dissolving like I hoped.  I finished all the nails, including the tattoo, with a layer of Poshe.

Rainbow Hearts Nail Art
Rainbow Hearts Nail Art
I'm not a flowers or hearts kind of gal, but I really like how this turned out!  Rainbows are always a great way of utilizing a wide range polish colors while looking fun and vibrant.  Hmm... after this project, I want to venture out and try some more nail art... stay tuned for more! 

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