Good morning lovelies! At first I'm going to apologize for using such a name but it was just... perfect for this manicure. Hope you don't mind. ;) I got inspired by two things when I was planning to this manicure. At first, I'm totally hooked on Maroon5 song "Moves Like Jagger". I'm not a fan of the band but the song somehow got me hooked and It has been cheering my early mornings a lot lately! So a part of my inspiration was the cover of the single. 2nd part of my inspiration was lovely Nicole from Nail Polish Wars with her Rainbow Rows manicure.
Huomenta murut! Ihan ensimmäiseksi, anteeksi tuo varsin kuvottava otsikko, mutta se nyt vaan oli omalla tavallaan täydellinen. Toivottavasti teitä ei kauheena haittaa. ;) Tähän lakkaukseen mua inspasi kaksi erillistä asiaa. Ensinnäkin, oon törkeen addiktoitunut Maroon5:sen "Moves Like Jagger" biisiin. En ole todellakaan mikään Maroon5-fani, mutta jotenkin toi yksi biisi vaan iski muhun ja se on piristänyt useempaa aikaista aamua. :) Ekana inspiksenä toimikin siis ko. sinkun kansi. Toinen inspiksen lähde oli ihana Nicole Nails Polish Wars blogin takaa. Aiemmin Nicole teki lakkauksen nimeltä Rainbow Rows, joka oli toinen inspis.
For this manicure I decided to use Art Club's Neon set, which also comes with a sealer I didn't use. Unfortunately I was being an idiot and totally forgot the yellow polish! It was knocked over in my Helmer, so I didn't notice it until I started to wonder if this set really was missing a yellow... Just my luck! So I started with a two coats of white polish, then layered the Art Club polishes on top. The lines were very easy to draw with the nail art brushes. Please, don't kill me for incomplete, yellow-missing rainbow. I'm ashamed, I truly am! :(
Tähän lakkaukseen päätin käyttää Art Clubin Neon-settiä, joiden mukana tulee myös topcoat/sealer, joka ei kumminkaan kynsille tällä kertaa päätynyt. Totta kai idiotismi iski ja unohdin ihan täydellisesti ensimmäisen, keltaisen lakan! Se oli kaatunut Helmerissä ja vierinyt ihan laatikon perille, joten en huomannut sitä ennen kuin aloin ihmettelemään puuttuuko tästä setistä keltainen... Joo, ei puutu, en vaan huomannut sitä. :/ Aloitin kahdella kerroksella valkoista lakkaa ja kerrostin neon-lakat sen päälle. Suorat viivat oli ihanan helppo tehdä kunnollisilla nail art siveltimillä. Oikeesti, älkää tappako mua sen takia, että unohdin ton keltasen... Nolottaa ihan oikeesti taas. :(
As this kind of manicure was so out of my league (hello, I wear only black), I needed to tone it down a bit. Like Nicole, I went for black. Instead of one accent nail, I went for two! On my ring finger I drew the lines if an M for Maroon5 with black nail polish striper, then filled the rest with black nail polish. On my middle finger, I didn't know what my goal was. I just drew on some random lines, then filled in with the black polish. I was originally going to do a similar design on all fingers but as I'm a nervous wreck and need everything happen like ASAP, I went for black crackle. Crackle is not dead yet, ppl! At least not in my books. ;)
Koska tällanen lakkaus on niin ei-mua (oon siis ihminen, joka ei käytä värejä), mun oli ihan pakko vääntää volyymia hieman alaspäin ja tein niin kuin Nicole ja pehmensin tätä ilmettä mustalla. Sen sijaan, että olisin tehnyt vain yhden accent-kynnen, tein kaksi. Nimettömään piirsin mustalla nail art lakalla M-kirjaimen Maroon5:en kunniaksi ja täytin loput osat mustalla lakalla. Keskisormesta... No, en tiiä mikä idea mulla sen kanssa oli. Piirtelin vaan randomia sydänkäyrää ja täytin loput mustalla. Alunperin mun oli tarkotus tehdä joka kynteen erilaista hässäkkää, mutta koska oon niin hermoheikko ja kaikki-mulle-heti, päätin sitten käyttää mustaa cracklea. Tää villitys ei todellakaan oo kuollut, ainakaan mun mielestä. ;)
Basecoat: "Nail Envy" by OPI
White base: "Snow White" by Models Own
Rainbow: Art Club Neon Striper set (except neon yellow)
Black: "Black Magic" by Models Own
Crackle: "Black Mesh" by China Glaze
Topcoat: Seche Vite
I've been wearing this manicure sinse Tuesday and it's still almost perfect! I had to do some touching up today but other than that, I got nothing to complain about. This will be a perfect manicure for girls' night out which I'll be enjoying tonight with a dear friend of mine. Hope you ladies will have a great weekend, I'll see you on Saturday, or earlier if you are on Twitter!
Tää lakkaus on viihtynyt mun kynsillä tiistaista asti ja on edelleen aika täydellinen! Tein aamulla hieman paikkailua kynsien kärkiin, mutta muuten mulla ei oo valittamista. Nää kynnet tulee toimimaan mood boosterina tänään tyttöjen illassa, kun vietetään mun lemppari-ihmisen kanssa viimeinkin laatuaikaa yhdessä. Toivottavasti teillä on kaikilla ihana viikonloppu, palaan lauantaina taas vastailemaan kommentteihin ja jne, tosin Twitterissä saatan riehua jo aiemmin. :)
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Bringin' back crackle with a bang, love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! I'm not the most active person to wear crackle nail polish but looks like this often seem to require this. ;)
DeleteSquee!!!! That looks so amazing! I love the zig zag pattern!!!! And thank you so much for the link back to my page! So sweet of you!
ReplyDeleteThank you Nicole! You so deserve the shout out as you version of this style was so amazing! <3
DeleteThis is so cool!! My favourite nails are the middle and ring finger nails! :D
ReplyDeleteHaha, yes, the accent nails look the best and I like them the most as well! I did have some issues so it was better to do just two nails this way. ;)
DeleteThis look pretty freaking awesome, you did an amazing job! I wish I could recreate this!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Amanda! This look is fairly simple to redo if you got nail art stripers or a thin brush you can use. Even simplest design can look different under a crackle polish. :)
DeleteOh wow, this is neat as hell. :O
ReplyDeleteHaha, thank you! Safe way to wear colors if you're insecure about them like I am. :D
Deletethe colors with black look outstanding! Love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I really like it too how the neon colors pop with black. :)
DeleteCould've fooled me (yellow missing, where?). Just perfect combo.
ReplyDeleteKiitos muuten kun siirsit taas Moves like Jaggerin mieleen soimaan. Yöstä asti soinut korvissa Ressun Prinsessa (!), vain kertsi, eikä sitä voi edes tanssia! :P
Itsellä on soinut toi biisi vähän liian aktiivisesti päässä, mutta tästä sentään tulee hyvä fiilis.... Tosta Reissusta en oo varma. :D
DeleteThis is amazing! I'm overwhelmed with how precise the lines are. What's your secret? :o)
ReplyDeleteAwh, thank you Katt! I have no secrets, I drew the lines with a stiff nail art brush and with small strokes. I do admit I spent quite a while perfecting the lines. ;)
DeleteOi miten hienot, tykkään tosipaljon! :)
ReplyDeleteKiitos! Tykkään itsekin tosi paljon. Harvemmin oon samoilla kynsillä paria päivää pidempää. :)
DeleteMelko syötävät kynnet! Ihan kuin karkkeja!
ReplyDeleteKiitos tosi paljon!
DeleteWOOOOO!
ReplyDeleteThis is soooo perfect!
LOVE it :)
Thank you a lot! But it's not perfect, it's missing yellow. ;)
Deletelol! I love your title for this one! The zigzags look awesome, too!
ReplyDeleteHaha... Thank you! I was a bit hesitate about the name. But seems like most ppl from nail blogging scene have weird sense of humour. :D
DeleteThis is amazing! It reminds me of those pictures we used to do as kids with crayons - coloring all sorts of colors first, then black, then draw a picture by scratching off the black to let the wild colors show through. Very nice!!
ReplyDeleteAh, yes! I remember doing those when I was a kid! I should so do some again, if I remember how it's done. lol
DeleteLove how these turned out and I won't hold it against you that there is no 'Yellow'. Splendid! honestly!
ReplyDeleteI like the crackle... you totally did bring it back with a 'bang'!
Dang though, there should be a rule between rainbows associating with buttons ;)
Buttons killed my rainbows! Though if I started making all these rules, I wouldn't do anything. You have no idea of the MANY ways I've broken a nail. lol ;)
DeleteWow Salla, this is amazing! I especially love the zig-zag nails. ^_^
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Rie! <3 Guess I need to do more of the zig-zag in the future.
DeleteI LOVE these nails.
ReplyDeleteThank you Courtney!
DeleteWow I love how the mani turned out, especially with the crackle.
ReplyDeleteAwesome!!! I love how funky this is!
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