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| Faded linen roses nail art |
About this look:
Much of the nail art I do takes about 3-4 hours, so today I only had about 2 hours before I had to get ready to go out to dinner. For most people this would be plenty of time, for me it rules out detailed or intricate nail art. Not having as much time, I turned to something I feel very comfortable with - roses. But I decided to give them a faded/distressed look. It reminds me of a faded piece of linen with a rose print.
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| Faded linen roses nail art |
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| Faded linen roses nail art |
To get this look:
- Base: OPI My Vampire is Buff
- Background: Renaissance Cosmetics Spadina (sponge lightly), My Vampire is Buff (drag and sponge lightly), finish with Cult Nails Tempest (sponge lightly)
- Roses: OPI Vant To Bite My Neck?, Louvre Me Louvre Me Not, My Vampire is Buff
- Leaves: OPI Jade is the New Black
- Finish by dragging and sponging lightly with My Vampire is Buff
- Top Coats: KBShimmer Clearly On Top and Essie Matte About You
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| Faded linen roses nail art |
Final thoughts:
The roses get a bit lost with the distressed/faded look, but that's also the point. Although it's a fairly simple design, I appreciate the texture that you get with this technique. If you can't tell I'm kind of obsessed with distressed/grungy textures.
See also:
What do you think of this? Does any of the nail art from this week's Digit-al Dozen challenge stand out to you?
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I really those, because they're possibly easy to paint even with your non-dominant hand. Will try them out soon!
ReplyDeleteI really like the roughness of this design - adds to the beauty of it.
ReplyDeleteWow! They indeed look like a faded piece of linen. Gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteThe faded look is a nice touch.
ReplyDeleteSuch a great design... love the faded touch
ReplyDeleteThe flowers are lovely but it's that background that's got me floored. I'm starting to feel like a broken record on here... Is there no end to your talent?! lol. You just seem to know exactly what you're doing with each color. Just beautiful. Do any of the challenges stand out to me... The watercolor poppies, I think, are my favorites.
ReplyDeleteYou have such amazing skill, I love the purple floral design!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Such a great effect :)
ReplyDeleteI really like the distressing you did on these!
ReplyDeleteIn love! I really like the distressed look of it.
ReplyDeleteI love this color combo- reminds me of worn cotton!
ReplyDeleteThis is a beautiful finished look, Meghan!
ReplyDeleteLove the distressed and faded look here! Very unique!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing your nail designs... I get so inspired to do nails... I want to take off my current polish and get started... even if I know mine will never look the same :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Looks very vintage!
ReplyDeleteThese are exquisite!
ReplyDeleteLovely, kinda feels like a vinyl table cloth that has been used one too many times - with the print a bit scratched and faded but still loved because the flowers are so cute :).
ReplyDeleteOooh! Love these! I was actually planning on doing something like this but didn't know just how to achieve it. Now I do!
ReplyDeleteLove the distressed look. I'm so glad you finished out the challenge! I loved what you did this week :)
ReplyDeleteutterly love these. They are so you, but also different. Haven't seen this faded look before but i love it xx
ReplyDeleteThe distressed look was such a great idea!
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