13 November 2014

The Digit-al Dozen Does Thankfulness: Day Two, Coffee!!

Hi everyone! Like usual I've fallen behind with Digit-al Dozen week, but hopefully my caffeine fueled nails will make up for that! I feel like coffee is so amazing it deserves its own week, but since that hasn't been scheduled yet, I'll pay tribute today.

Coffee stains nail art


About this design:

Although I love my morning cup of joe, I don't really consider myself a coffee snob. The no name and instant varieties are out of the question, but I'm perfectly happy with store brands like Maxwell House or whatever is on sale. So no organic-special-roast-what-not for me!

Coffee stains nail art

I kind of envisioned this like a messy desk seen from above. On my index you can see the coffee cup, you have some coffee stains, and a spoon with more coffee stains on the pinky. When I told another blogger about this she said "so you're thankful for coffee stains?" Ummmm no. I guess neat people would not get this. ;)

Coffee stains nail art

To get this look:

I wanted to try my hand at something fairly realistic looking. I painted everything freehand using polish and nail polish thinner. I should probably explain how I did it, but at this time of night it really escapes me! If you have any questions though, please let me know!

Coffee stains nail art

Here's the polishes I used for this look:

  • White: Cult Nails Tempest
  • Black: Cult Nails Nevermore
  • Grey: China Glaze Five Rules (also mixed black and white)
  • Silver: Essie No Place Like Chrome
  • Coffee: Franken

Coffee stains nail art

Final thoughts:

My original idea for coffee was to do something along the lines of my sushi nails - very cute and outlined. But in the end I went for more realism. I really love how this turned out, and I hope it will push me to do more stuff like this!

What do you think of this? Are you a coffee lover too?

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42 comments:

  1. This is SOOO pretty and artistic! And very realistic looking :D

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    1. Thank you! I'm glad I went with the more realistic look. :)

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  3. just amazing.... I loved your coffee..
    kisses

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  4. Wow! There is so much amazingness in this design!

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    1. Thank you! That's very nice of you. :)

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  5. that's soo creative! I love it!! Very well executed.

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    1. Thank you! The shading was fairly challenging but it was so much fun to do. :)

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  6. This is so creative, I'm amused! :)

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  7. What an awesome effect you got here. That's creative!

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  8. I'm not a fan of coffee (I know, I'm in the minority :) ), but I am in LOVE with this mani! You absolutely captured the POV you were going for and I thought the coffee stains were a genius addition. I would like to know the techniques you used. I'm guessing detail brush and some sponging?

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    1. Haha that's okay! I know plenty of others who don't drink coffee.

      And to answer your question, I was *so* tired when I typed this up, I know my description was very lame. For the background I used a bit of CG Five Rules, and used nail polish thinner to brush it on in a watercolour type of way. I just spread around some of the polish thinned with a lot of thinner. For the coffee stains it's also a watercolour type effect. You dab on a bit of colour, clean off your brush, then dip it in a bit of nail polish thinner, and use that to spread the polish - I would then paint the rings with the thinned brown polish. I hope this helps. I'm hoping to do a tutorial about this when I can find the time, but lately it's just been really hectic. :/

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  9. I want to be you when I grow up. (even though I'm pretty sure I am old enough to be your mother!) This is spectacular. Truly.

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    1. Well I'm still trying to figure out who I want to be when I grow up, but when I find out, I'll let you know. Lol!

      And thank you Sheila, that's really sweet. :)

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  10. This is really fantastic! Although I'm not a coffee drinker myself, there's something very artistic about coffee stained cup rings haha

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    1. Thank you, and I agree. I found so many coffee stain designs while perusing for stock images for this.

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  11. OMG shut up! This is so clever and adorable! Amazing work! It really does look like coffee stains. :)

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    1. Haha! Okay. Thanks so much Valesha! :)

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  12. Super realistic and fun! I don't drink coffee but I can appreciate these nails :D

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    1. Thanks Kellie! I'm glad you liked it. :)

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  13. This is so cool. I love coffee :D I want to do something like this or at least a similar swirly look with white and brown/golds. so awesome.

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    1. Thanks Honey! You might be interested in this post from Jacki whose also in the Digit-al Dozen: http://www.adventuresinacetone.com/2014/11/the-digit-al-dozen-does-thankfulness_12.html

      It sounds like what you're describing.

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  14. Meghan you never cease to amaze me. These are SO original!!! I love it :D

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  15. I hadn't even read what the subject was of this nail art and immediately thought "COFFEE" ♥! Well done, love the ring stains :).

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    1. Haha! That's always a good sign. :) Thanks so much Deborah.

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  16. Very creative; I've certainly cleaned up coffee stains that look like this!

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    1. Yup me too! I'm a bad coffee spiller. :/

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  17. Ohh, I love these too!! I love my coffee, even when I spill it on everything haha.

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    1. Haha! I'm the same way. Thanks so much. :)

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  18. These look amazing! And coffee is the best!!

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  19. This is stunning- pinning now! I just love it!

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    1. Thanks Stephanie! I don't really pin stuff, but I always appreciate when people share my nails. <3

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  20. Coffee coffee coffee!!!!! Your pointer nail is phenomenal!

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  21. I don't like drinking coffee but I have to admit these nails are seriously genial! :-D

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  22. this is just incredible in every single way. This one deserves to make it to a big canvas and hang in a coffee bar. Can i request a nail spillage equivalent? xx

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