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| Wycinanki-inspired freehand nail art |
I've been wanting to do Wycinanki-inspired nails for so long - I first thought of the idea when OPI released their Euro Centrale collection but just didn't have the time. Ironically, I used many of the Euro Centrale polishes in this design - the bright and colourful cremes were just perfect for this look.
About this design:
When looking up images of Polish papercutting there were two things that really caught my eye. The first was the fun and bright colours, and the second was the extensive use of floral imagery. So both had to be incorporated into my design. I found this image of Wycinanki on Pinterest that was perfect and used it for this design.
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| Wycinanki-inspired freehand nail art |
To get this look:
Everything was painted freehand very painstakingly. Here's the full list of polishes and tools used:
- Base: OPI My Vampire is Buff
- Green: Nubar Into the Wild and Misa Lime Love
- Blue: OPI Can't Find My Czechbook and I Saw...U Saw...We Saw...Warsaw
- Purple: OPI You're Such a BudaPest and Vant to Bite My Neck?
- Pink and Red: Essie Snap Happy and OPI Suzi's Hungary Again!
- Orange and Yellow: Models Own Fuzzy Peach, OPI My Paprika is Hotter Than Yours, and Nubar Resort Yellow
- Brush: JN Dance 24 detail brush from Stylish Nail Art Shop
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| Wycinanki-inspired freehand nail art |
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| Wycinanki-inspired freehand nail art |
Overall, I'm very happy with how it turned out. I wasn't able to get all the details you see in the original design, but for freehanded nail art, I think it's pretty darn good! :)
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| Wycinanki-inspired freehand nail art |
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| Wycinanki-inspired freehand nail art |
I think this is my favourite look so far from this week's challenge, however, I haven't done a design for day five, so that may change! ;)
What do you think of this design? Are you a fan of papercutting arts?
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These are just so pretty!
ReplyDeleteThank you Lisa!
DeleteThis is beautiful! How long did this take, and is this a matte top coat?
ReplyDeleteThank you! The design itself took about 2 hours. That doesn't include painting the base colour, clean up and adding the top coats. And yes, I used a matte top coat - Cult Nails Wax That. It's my favourite matte top coat.
DeleteGreetings from Poland! It looks awesome! :-)
ReplyDelete*waves* thank you!
DeleteGorgeous look!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteWow! I love it! It's really the best! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Madzia! :)
DeleteI simply have no words to express how excited and proud I am to see my national pattern on your nails! It's unbelievable! Amazing is not enough to describe this nailart :) Love it!
ReplyDeleteAwww thank you! I'm glad I didn't offend you (or anyone else) by doing it. ;)
DeleteThat looks like original wycinanki! I'm impressed!
ReplyDeleteYay! Good to hear that I got it to look right. :) Thanks so much!
Deletefabulous, as always xx
ReplyDeleteThank you Debbie!
Deletewow, this is awesome! I love this pattern, it's so great to see it on nails :D And I like the base colour MVIB too, it's one of my favourites :)
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Poland!
Greetings! I'm happy that you liked the design, and thanks for the comment. :)
DeleteI love this! I'm always tempted to do papercutting art myself but then I remember how much it makes my hand hurt from the few times that I have tried it haha. These nails are lovely!
ReplyDeleteHaha! I'm tempted to try it myself but I can see that the scissors would hurt - maybe ergonomic scissors? ;) And thanks for the comment!
Deletethese are awesome! <3
ReplyDeleteThank you! :)
DeleteThese look beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWonderful design!
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing, and beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOkay, seriously, this is one of my favorites from you! I love the funky and uniqueness of these and they are right up my alley! I want to go paint them now ;)
ReplyDeleteGORGEOUS!! That flower on your ring finger is my favorite!!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty manicure!
ReplyDeleteWow... the details in this are just amazing! Very pretty!!!
ReplyDelete"pretty darn good"? Um, how about absolutely fabulous! I honestly don't know how you do it each time. You must have the steadiest hand ever! Your detailing is amazing! This is just gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Totally amazing!
ReplyDeleteThis is just so pretty! Your free-hand skills are inspiring!
ReplyDeleteCompletely stunned! so so so good!
ReplyDelete*picks jaw up off floor* These are amazing! The colors, the details - everything! Love these hardcore.
ReplyDeleteAwesome… I'm fan of wycinanki and you make very beautiful in your nail :) Super ;)
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