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2/10/12

first attempt at (sloppy) nail art!

happy friday!
We got a lovely little dusting of snow this afternoon which was a nice finish for the week :)

So my nails are still a work in progress, but they're finally kind of long enough to begin doing some nail art! My first passion is and always  will be make-up, but as most of you are nail gurus I figured I should hop on the bandwagon at least every now and then, & give it a go :r

So here's my first awkward attempt at nail art:
Pac-Man! 
* did my right thumb upside down :x oops

I've seen this design on several blogs & websites and figured it would be the first one I tried, since it seemed easy enough.

So I know there are several problems with this.
1) I've still got paint on my hands, but I took the picture as soon as I finished in case it got messed up soon afterwards (like it usually does).
2) The thumb just sucks- pacman is much too small and hardly a nice circle shape.
3) My cuticles are super dry and crappy looking, but it's been quite cold and very windy here lately :/
4) Let's not even go into the paint job.... but I really just wanted to see if I could even do the nail art part before I worried about how pretty it was :x

Despite all that, I think it's really fun. I had a great time doing it. All I used was a toothpick and a striper (aside from the normal polish brush).


The colors I used (from pinky to thumb) were:
NOPI's 'Kourt is Red-y for a Pedi'
Zoya's 'Robyn'
China Glaze's 'Four Leaf Clover'
CG's 'Rich & Famous'
Essie's 'Funky Limelight
SoEasy's nail art paint in black and white


Anyway, there you have it.
I've definitely got a long way to go,
but I think it came out fairly well :)

6 comments:

  1. i think this is totally awesome! i think you did a great job!

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    1. lololol, thanks! It's totally harder than I thought it would be & took forever, haha. probably doesn't help that I basically have Parkinson's, my hands shake so bad. ah well!

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  2. Not bad, girl! You should have used your new dotting tools for the eyes, though! It would have been easier. But overall they're cute!

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    1. thanks, bestie! I shall try that next time, I think. I tried the new nail brush I got but it was rather useless. Probably because i'm such a freaking noob :x

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