This one is coming at ya a bit late this month but I got it done eventually. I mainly had a hard time visualising what I wanted to do; especially since last months was so lackluster...but then so was the box and colours so I didn't really have much to work with. This months was much better, although I wish the entire box was the same design as the bath bomb, but you can't have everything.
I have around 400 polishes now as well and I still had trouble matching the grape purple shade of the box....I have a feeling this problem will never go away. That said, after I stuck a matte top coat on the blue shade; perfect match,
The middle finger is actually a gradient of 4 shades based on the background of the little magazine that you get with the box. It looked a little boring by itself once I had done the leaves so I free handed *shudder* the LF and squiggles with a rose gold shade. As you can see it's not great....I've just ordered one of the typography plates from MoYou though (thank you Black Friday) and it contains lots of letters in a standard font that I can use going forward. Although the dry brushing effect kinda matches the style so it's not completely awful.
The other base coats are Knee Highs and Venom with a matte top coat. After that I used Tropical 36 and Summer Vibes 03 to create the layered leaves. On the blue nails I used a combination of Feeling Free and August Plum and then on the purple nail I used Knee Highs with The Antidote stamped on top (look at me using these Mani & Lola Shades!).
Even though the clean up is a little messy (I'd just pushed my cuticles back earlier that day so they're a little unruly looking; they look better after a day or two) I actually really love how this turned out. It's both moody and perfect for winter but glamorous thanks to the addition of Golden Hour. I originally had the toucan on the index finger coloured in as well, but I went outside the lines and messed up the beak so I took it off and started again.
Polishes/Tools Used:
- Ciaté Gelology // Knee Highs (dark shimmery blue)
- Barry M Superdrug Limited Edition // Venom (purple shimmer with gold shift)
- Orly Breathable Treatment + Color // The Antidote (dark plum)
- Orly Breathable Treatment + Color // Feeling Free (dark lavender)
- NYC In a New York Minute Quick Dry // Lincoln Square Lavender (dark pink)
- MoYou London Nail Lacquer // August Plum (light plum/purple)
- Essie // Ruffles and Feathers (teal green)
- Zoya // Codie (very dark cool brown)
- Ciaté Gelology // Golden Hour (rose gold shimmer)
- Barry M // Matte Top Coat
- MoYou London Stamping Plate // Tropical 36
- MoYou London Stamping Plate // #SummerVibes 03
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