PLEASE tell me you love mermaids as much as I do!!
Taken in indirect sunlight |
I used a bajillion polishes to do this design (okay I only have that many bottles, not even close to 100) but I managed to compile the list:
Thumb:
- China Glaze - Kalahari Kiss
- China Glaze - Salsa
- China Glaze - First Mate
- China Glaze - White on White
- Orly - Liquid Vinyl
- Love & Beauty - milky white
- The Face Shop - BR802
Index:
- 2 coats of China Glaze - Kalahari Kiss as a base
- The Face Shop - PP401 and a random purple polish for the shell top
- Sally Hansen - Lickety Split Lime and Sally Hansen - Mint Sprint for the tail
- 2 coats of (my drying) Revlon Top Speed - Yellow as a base
- The Face Shop - BL602 for the stripes
- 2 coats of The Face Shop - BL602 as a base
- Sponged on a gradient of China Glaze - First Mate, The Face Shop - BL602 and Love & Beauty - baby blue
- Used The Face Shop - YL702 and a striper brush to draw the moon
- 2 coats of Love & Beauty - baby blue for the base
- Sponged on a gradient of The Face Shop - BL602
- Used a striper brush, Sally Hansen - Mint Sprint and The Face Shop - to create the bed of corals.
Taken in indirect sunlight |
Taken with flash |
Taken with retro filter |
Taken in indirect sunlight |
I did all five nails in an hour which is a vast improvement from spending an hour on solo Jane on my thumbnail.
I'm pleased at how her eyes, nose and skin tone turned out... And I love the other designs so much!
BUT I'm not sure I managed to capture the true expression of Ariel here which saddens me because I want to do my favorite mermaid justice. My Ariel is more like meh, not frickin' impressed while the real Ariel is like hmmm, I wonder what's above the sea...
None of my red polishes match her bright red hair so I had to stick with China Glaze - Salsa though now come to think of it I should've used the red-pink polish.
What do you think though? How are these nails for a second attempt at doing semi-realistic painting?? Does it look okay, passable, so-so? Would you have me redo these nails? (I would) Or do you like them? -hopeful- Do you prefer my Jane nails or this set of Ariel nails?
Check out my Jane Porter nails here! If you have any Disney princess nail art requests, I'd love to hear them and take them into consideration. <3
Thanks for reading!
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