Hi guys! For this post I have another request to show you. A little while ago I received an email from a reader who wanted me to come up with a funky mani for her informal dance soon. A few colors she liked were teal and coral, so I combined them in this "funky clouds" look. I like how simple this design is to achieve. Just pick three matching colors, one for you base color and two for the cloud shapes on top. The clouds are made by applying three strokes of polish next to each other, each smaller than the one before. My tip is to leave enough polish on the brush (but not too much!) so that when it touches the surface it will leave a nice, round dot as start point. This doesn't even need a lot of precision and you can just use the brush from your polish for this. And that's it :) Though I would advise using a fast drying top coat afterwards if you don't want to wait too long for your nails to dry, after all it's three coats of polish. (Four if you include base coat.) I like the way it looks here with plain cremes, but for a more festive look, a layer of (iridiscent) glitter can be added.
The polishes I used:
Essence - What Do U think? Version 1 (It looks less orange in real life)
China Glaze - For Audrey
Essence - Bella
Very cute, I love this color combo!
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ReplyDeleteBoth look so lovely! ♥
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful, how did you create this? Please do a how to :)
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute! you are a genius :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks girls! Glad you like it ^^
ReplyDelete@Christine: I've described how I made these in the text but I will also post a tutorial soon :)
pretty design! good colour combinations!
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Gorgeous color combo!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colour combos. I love how you did the clouds. It seems so much harder than just applying 3 strokes but your application is flawless!
ReplyDeleteI love both colour combos! They look so cute! :D
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I love this manicure design. You have such beautiful graphic ideas. I love their simplicity.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, so perfect!
ReplyDeleteI love this. Love the colours used!
ReplyDeleteThat's a great look! I love the colors and the creme finish.
ReplyDeleteThis is soo adorable!
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute! Love the colours that you picked for both manis!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and easy!
ReplyDeleteSuper duper cute and it sounds easier than it looks, thanks for the tips!
ReplyDeleteI was lurking in some sites about manis and eventually i gotta here.
ReplyDeleteYour tutorials were pure inspiration and so i was thinking ( i don´t know if you already did this because i still didn´t look at ALL your posts, but,) if you already tought about cutting some tape with those art scissors with patterns to make some fun mani. I have three of them, zig zag, lace(? don´t know the exacte word for that) and a cute one that looks like your clouds.
Well, i'll be coming here sometimes. =)
Nice work!! Congratz!
I really have to try this! Maybe it could be done with a large dotting tool as well?
ReplyDeleteWow! So cool :-)
ReplyDeleteErg mooi! Ik wil dit ook eens proberen.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely design!
ReplyDeletecute! great colours
ReplyDeleteIt looks so nice. :)
ReplyDeleteOO so retro. Love it. May try it out!
ReplyDeleteLooks so great. Blues with orange are a great colour scheme. I can't believe that is just freehanded...Amazing!
ReplyDeleteThat is fantastic that you did all those freehand. I was about ready to cut some tape out! :P I really like the color scheme, too.
ReplyDeleteVery nice! Seems not too hard to pull off too, i'm going to try this one too :)
ReplyDeleteCudnt resist to give it a go!! http://wigwamnotteepee.blogspot.com/2011/11/barry-m-nail-varnish.html
ReplyDeleteIt looks very great :) i love colorful clouds <3 i following you :) nasli_
ReplyDeleteabsolutely love this!! i really like it with midnight kiss but :)
ReplyDeleteThis is probably one of my favourite manis ever.
ReplyDeleteThe design is lovely, but the colour combination is what makes it for me - it was superbly chosen.
Wow, I'm going to try this! Super creative!
ReplyDeleteWow! you are too creative....I love color combination.I think it a unique thought to design clouds print on our nails.I am feeling happy to see your post. Thanks for sharing this information with us.....
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