About this design: Since orange only brought to mind oranges and carrots, neither of which I wanted to paint, I decided instead to go for some Baroque design. One of the characteristics of Baroque design is foliage motifs and patterns, often very curvilinear and always decorative. I love this aspect of Baroque design, especially for nail art, and it's something that I want to practice more. The gold adds a decorative element, and the blue provides contrast and ornateness.
31 Day Challenge: Orange and blue Baroque-style nail art |
To get this look: I started with two coats of Sally Hansen Fiery Island from their Salon Manicure line. Then I added one coat of Rainbow Honey Fire Spring for some shimmer. I sealed that with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly On Top. Then I did the details in Essie Aruba Blue and very thin lines of Orly Luxe. Everything was sealed with another coat of Clearly On Top.
31 Day Challenge: Orange and blue Baroque-style nail art |
Tip for doing detailed lines: When doing lines like this don't try to get it right with the first stroke. For the blue lines, I went over them three times on each nail. I started by doing a very light line, just to sketch out how I wanted my lines to look. Then working with very thinned down polish, I went over the lines again trying to get them to an almost finished state. After that, I went over them a third time with slightly thicker polish for the final look. In a few places I touched up the lines with a tad bit of orange to cover up mistakes.
31 Day Challenge: Orange and blue Baroque-style nail art |
This is the second time I've done some Baroque-style detailing, and I'm feeling a bit more comfortable with this type of freehand painting. However, I do want to practice more, so don't be surprised if you see this type of design again soon!
31 Day Challenge: Orange and blue Baroque-style nail art |
I do find the design on my index and middle finger to be rather awkward, I don't know why. If I didn't have to do pesky things like sleep or eat, I probably would have redone these two nails. Otherwise I feel very happy with this design.
What do you think of this? How would you have approached Day Two of the 31 Day Challenge?
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WOW so pretty :)
ReplyDeleteI love these! I almost did a damask print with blue and orange - great minds think alike ;) Great work my dear, as always!
ReplyDeleteWow! This is amazing!!
ReplyDeleteAmazing free hand work! Purely stunning!
ReplyDeleteI envy every nail blogger who can do free hand... I just suck at it ;(
Anyway I love this design and btw lovely ring you have ;)
Regards,
Dimi
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Orange is pretty much my favorite, I love these! Amazing design and execution :-)
ReplyDeletewow this is just amazing!
ReplyDeleteThis is great! Thanks for the tip about working with detailed lines. I always seem to go too heavy and then it just gets worse and worse, I will have to try the technique you mention.
ReplyDeleteIt turned out beautifully. I'm so impressed with your freehand lines.
ReplyDeleteWow, this is gorgeous!! Well done.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Such a delicate yet bold look!
ReplyDeleteThese are so gorgeous!
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