Pearls! I am in love with pearls lately - which is odd, because the pearl is a jewel that has never appealed much to me. My favorites have always been dark stones like onyx and garnet. Must be the Summer, and the mermaids...
So, this week's manicure is inspired by mermaids and pearls:
These are the tools I used:
Unglax nail hardener as base coat
Margaret Astor Fashion Studio Lilly of the Valley (#244)
Tweezers
White half pearls in sizes 1.5, 2 and 3 mm Konad clear top coat
Seche Vite top coat
Naio coconut cuticle oil for the cuticles when everything is finished and dry
I love how well they turned out! They remind me a bit of my mermaid tail color. It is a nice alternative to the mermaid scale pattern; after I saw this beautiful mermaid top I figured maybe mermaids like to wear pearls in their nails (oh how I covet a top like that!). I have lately thought of how would a mermaid have her nails; the best I have imagined is that they are somehow scales matching the color of their tails (lol!). So maybe some pearls on them is not a far fetched thought...
I have even put some pearls on my toes:
But not color. I hate painting my toe nails, because my eyesight is not very good, and it's troublesome for me to see if they are OK or not. Just the base coat, the 3 mm pearls and the top coat to protect them.
I saw this mermaid scale tutorial yesterday and maybe I will try with the pearls next time I do the Mash scale stamping. What do you think?
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