Neon Stone Marble Nail Art

Hey everyone. 

It's starting to look a lot like spring around here. We've had two sunny days in a row! Which seems to be some sort of magic at the moment. So, to celebrate this, here's my first attempt at a stone marble design using neon colours. 

Neon Stone Marble Nail Art Design

For this design, I used these items:
Hidden Treasure - BYS
Citrus - ulta3
Atomic Oj - ulta3
Fruit Tingle - ulta3
Tahiti - ulta3
Large Stamper
Camo Coat - Celestial

Neon Stone Marble with Hidden Treasure - BYS 

I started with Hidden Treasure for the base coat, three coats to get a decent opacity. After allowing them to dry, I grabbed a plastic sandwich bag. Taking each polish, Citrus, Tahiti, Atomic Oj and Fruit Tingle, I dropped each colour on top of the next to create a bulls eye. I made two of these close to each other. Then I picked up the bag and started rotating to swirl the polish around and create a stone-like pattern. Once I was happy and before the polish dried, I used a stamper to pick up the pattern and transfer it to my ring finger. Then I finished off with a quick dry top coat.
 

Neon Stone Marble Nail Art with Citrus - ulta3

That's all for this one. This one was really fun. I tried this out so many times beforehand to figure out the best way to get the look I wanted. I was going to turn this into a decal and put it on after drying but they take a long time to dry and I'm a little impatient. Haha. Eventually I would like to try doing it that way because using a stamper de-saturated it, which kind of sucked, but I wasn't too mad about it.

Neon Stone Marble Nail Art Close Up

I'm pretty happy with the end result, especially since I wasn't sure it would work.
What are your thoughts?
Have you tried this?
If so, I'd love to see it!
Leave me a comment below and I'll check it out. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Distressed Sunset

Hello all! 

I hope everyone is doing well! This week has once again flown by! Before I know it, it'll be Christmas again. 


Today I have mixed two of my favorite techniques - dry brush & gradient - together to get this awesome design I call Distressed Sunset. It's edgy and cute at the same time. I love wearing this design.

Distressed Sunset Glossy Top Coat

The photo above is with a glossy top coat, but I ended up using a matte top coat to finish and I love the way it looks, I think it plays well with the pastel tones used and it kind of subdues the black so it's not as harsh. 

Distressed Sunset with glossy top coat & Barbie Boy - Chi Chi

So for this mani I used to the following
Barbie Boy - Chi Chi
Apricot Cockatoo - Essence
Lady In Black - OPI
Big Kwik Dry Top Coat - Sally Hansen
G'Day Matte Top Coat - piCture pOlish
Camo Coat - Celestial.

Distressed Sunset with Matte Top Coat

This was fairly simple. I applied two coats of Apricot Cockatoo & allowed to dry, then applied Kwik Dry top coat. I used Camo coat around my nails for easier clean up from the gradient. Once both were dry, I applied Apricot Cockatoo & Barbie Boy to a cosmetic sponge and dabbed it on all of my nails until a good opacity was reached. I removed the Camo coat once I was happy & cleaned up my cuticle areas with acetone and a clean up brush. Once the gradient was dry I applied Kwik Dry top coat to smooth it out. After drying, I took Lady In Black and wiped off as much excess polish as possible from the brush and applied it sporadically on all but one nail. Finished with G'Day Matte top coat, and voila! Here we have it. 

Distressed Sunset with Matte Top coat & Barbie Boy - Chi Chi

 As you have probably gathered by now, dry brush is my absolute favorite technique, and quite often my go-to. I've done a few others you can see here & here. Be sure to keep an eye out, as you will definitely see more of this. I've not done it like this before as I always thought it looked best over white, but I am slowly and surely expanding my horizons! 

Distressed Sunset with Matte Top Coat & Apricot Cockatoo - Essence

What are your two favorite techniques? Have you crossed them over before? Let me know and leave me links, I'd love to check them out!

Thanks for stopping by!