Frozen Waterfall Nail Art

Hello lovely people.

I hope everyone is having a good day. We had a lovely taste of winter at the end of this week and it was fabulous. Rain, fog, and lots of warm drinks! I enjoyed it, and I'm looking forward to the real winter to kick in. My feet are aching to get my snow boots on again! 

As I mentioned in a post not too long ago, I have been struggling with inspiration. Therefore, this week I decided to recreate a design that I first tried a while back. You can see the original design here.

I decided to do a fire-inspired colour scheme for that one. This time, I broke out the blues and went with an ice theme. It helps that the vast majority of my polish collection is blue! As always, you can see a list of polishes and tools that I used for this design below. 

Frozen Waterfall Nail Art

I used these nail polishes:
Head In The Clouds by BYS Cosmetics 
Sparks Fly by Sally Hansen
Boys Boys Boys by Chi Chi Cosmetics
Tiffany Case by OPI
Extra-Terrestrial by BYS Cosmetics
Celeb City by Sally Hansen 
Big Primer Base Coat by Sally Hansen
Kwik Dry Top Coat by Sally Hansen

As well as these tools:
Thin Striping brush
Sandwich bag
Liquid Latex

Frozen Waterfall Nail Art with Tiffany Case

For this nail art I started with a Big Primer Base Coat. I continued by applying two coats of Head In The Clouds, allowing each layer to dry well. I then applied liquid latex around each nail and let dry. Taking a sandwich bag, I applied a few drops of Tiffany Case. Using a thin striping brush, I dipped it into the polish and made a few vertical lines of varying size down the nail from the cuticle. I continued this with Celeb City, Extra-Terrestrial, Boys Boys Boys and Sparks Fly until the entire cuticle area was covered, making sure to clean the brush with acetone between each colour change. I went over the more glittery and sheer colours to make them more prominent against the background, then removed the liquid latex carefully. Once I was sure all the polish was dry, I applied a coat of Kwik Dry Top Coat to finish off the design. 

Frozen Waterfall Nail Art with Head In The Clouds

An awesome design that's quick and versatile. Comparing this nail art to the original fire-inspired nail art, it's hard to believe that they're pretty much the same design, only with different colours. That's the beauty of this particular design, in my opinion anyway.

I've got a bit of free time on my hands at the moment and am planning to try out some new designs, so hopefully I have some fun things to share with you soon. Then again, I might have a few nail fails on the way, haha!
Wish my luck! 


What do you think?
Do you like the ice or the fire version better?

Let me know.

Thanks for stopping by!

First Attempt at Waterfall Nail Art - Fire Wall.

Hey everyone!

I hope everyone is well!

I tried something new for this week's design. It's something I've wanted to do for a while but just kind of forgot about until now. Usually I just look at my colours, pick out a bunch and wait to see what hits me. 

This time I decided I was going to do this design and just picked colours that worked. 

So, here is my first waterfall nail design, which turned out more like a fire wall. 

Fire Wall 

For this one I used the following colours & tools:

Sally Hansen - Sun Kissed
Sally Hansen - Hot Tamale
Sally Hansen - Cherry Red
Sally Hansen - Mellow Yellow
Thin & Long striping tool.
Sally Hansen - Kwik Dry Top Coat.

Fire Wall with Sun Kissed - Sally Hansen

To do this design I started with two coats of Mellow Yellow on two fingers, and two coats of Sun Kissed on my remaining nails. After drying, I took a sandwich bag and placed a blob each of Cherry Red, Hot Tamale, Sun Kissed & Mellow Yellow. Using my striping brush, I did one colour at a time across each nail, varying between lengths and location. I continued this with all four colours. Once complete & dry, I added the Kwik Dry Top Coat.

Fire Wall

This design was nice and easy. I'm not overly keen on my colour choices, but I still think it looks cool. Next time I might try doing a purple or a blue theme, as I have so many of these colours. I would have liked to have added a glitter or a metallic, but I didn't have one to match this theme. I also think a matte effect would have looked pretty cool on this one. 

What are your thoughts? Have you done something like this?

Thanks for stopping by!