Hawaiian Neon Splatter Nail Art

Hey everyone!

It's a lovely overcast day here, so let's brighten it up a little!

I recently bought a few of these awesome fluoro/neon colours from ultra3. This is a brand of nail polish I grew up on. It was cheap and readily available at most chemists. I totally forgot about it and honestly thought it didn't exist anymore, so I was pleasantly surprised to find that it's still around, and still cheap! Happy days!

These colours are so bright and fun. Of course, I had to do a summer theme for these, so I went with this Hawaiian style design. 

Hawaiian Neon Splatter with Fruit Tingle - ultra3

I used the following:

Blanc - Essie
Fruit Tingle - ultra3
Tahiti - ultra3
Citrus - ultra3
Black Stamping polish - Born Pretty
春の歌 17 (According to google translate it's Spring Song) - Stamping plate
A Straw

Hawaiian Neon Splatter with Tahiti - ultra3

To create this look I started with two coats of Blanc and allowed to dry. I applied Camo Coat around each nail and part way up my fingers, as this technique gets extremely messy. Once the Camo Coat was dry, I took a clean straw and dipped it into the bottle of Tahiti. After allowing some of the polish to drip out, I then blew into the straw, causing the polish to splatter over the nail. I made sure to cover my desk with paper towels to catch any excess. I did this for all three colours, making sure to cut the straw after each use to prevent the colours from mixing. Once I was satisfied with all nails, I took a clean up brush dipped in acetone and cleaned up the edges, as a lot of polish tends to pool in these areas. After removing the Camo Coat and allowing the polish to dry, I used Black stamping polish and plate 17 to add the palm trees and flowers, then finished with a quick dry top coat. 

Hawaiian Neon Splatter with Citrus - ultra3

I really enjoyed this one. The straw technique is super fun, totally messy, and always looks awesome! I have done this before with black polish, you can check it out here.
I really like the way that these colours look together with this technique.

The only downside to this technique is that it CAN cause small air bubbles to form in the polish, so that's something to be aware of.

Hawaiian Neon Splatter

What do you think? Have you tried this technique? Let me know in the comments.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sweet Summer Strawberries Nail Art

Hey everyone!

Welcome back! My god it, feels like forever since my last post! I have been really busy the last few weeks and I am exhausted! I think a day of painting nails and blogging is just what the doctor ordered. 

This design was inspired simply by seeing these two colours next to each other as I was unwrapping them. I had no idea what I was going to do with them, I just knew they needed to be together... and this is the result!

Sweet Summer Strawberries Nail Art with Summer - piCture pOlish

To create this I used the following polishes:
Summer - piCture pOlish
Tingle - piCture pOlish
Glam Glitter - Silver Moon - BYS

Sweet Summer Strawberries Nail Art

To create this design I started with two coats of Summer on all but my middle finger (I used two coats of Tingle for that one). Once dry, I used Tingle to create these thick lines from the tips on my nail. I used two coats for this as the Summer was still poking through, then used one coat of holo over all the Tingle. Whilst it was still wet, I put a few drops of holo onto a sandwich bag and, using a toothpick, I picked up the large glitters and placed them where I felt was necessary. Lastly, I finished with a top coat. 

Sweet Summer Strawberries with Silver Moon - BYS

This started out as me trying to create an abstract design, but once I looked at the first complete nail, I decided it looked more like strawberries and so I ran with it. 
I really do love these piCture pOlish colours together. 

Sweet Summer Strawberries Nail Art with Tingle - piCture pOlish

Let me know what you think by leaving a comment below!
I know it's a little early for summer fruit nail art, but I do what I want, haha!

Thanks for stopping by!