Wednesday, 22 August 2012

Butterflyawaywithme!

I know people have done this mani loads but I don't have the stamps (or any stamps for that matter) so I decided to try and do it free~hand.

In this mani I used, a base coat of Beauty UK - Turquoise Shimmer (which is a gorgeous creme) with a coat of Sally Hansen's HD in Spectrum over this. I then used my black nail art pen to draw the wing shapes and a butterfly on the accent nails (I painted a blue wing on top of the white (ridge filler!!) to show the wing on the accent nails). I finished of with white nail pen dots on all nails. I didn't wait long enough to finish off with a topcoat as the white was dragged into the black in some nails. Ah well... lol.






I didn't want to do wing overkill so I gave each hand a butterfly accent nail.





Blurred to show the flecks in Spectrum
Hope you liked
Til next time

Pixie~Nails x

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19 comments:

  1. Tinks_198322 August 2012 at 17:50

    That shimmer is lovely! I failed completely at this look when I tried, really need to give it another try soon

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    1. Pixie~Nails22 August 2012 at 20:48

      Thanks :) You should definitely try again! I'm going to try it with different base colours.

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  2. Arielle @ Klutzy Hands22 August 2012 at 18:05

    This is lovely, great job!

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  3. Sarah22 August 2012 at 23:42

    This looks really great ! My last attempt at a monarch mani was a complete fail !

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    1. Pixie~Nails23 August 2012 at 13:21

      I'm sure it wasn't. Your nail art is amazing! :)

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  4. PolishandCharms23 August 2012 at 06:27

    This is AMAZING!!! I love this!

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  5. The Daily Lacquerista23 August 2012 at 07:03

    Holy WOW! So gorgeous!! My best friend is from Northern Ireland and he's coming over to Seattle this Saturday to visit me and my husband for 2 weeks! Your nails are just LOVELY! <3

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    1. Pixie~Nails23 August 2012 at 14:29

      Thankyou very much :D Tell him hi from home :) You should come here if you've never been, it's a nicer place than the newspapers make out :)

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  6. Jacqui of The Scholarly Nail23 August 2012 at 15:20

    This is absolutely stunning!! Amazing work!

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  7. Unknown24 August 2012 at 16:47

    This is gorgeous and I love your blog! Your accent nail is such a good idea with this style of mani.

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    1. Pixie~Nails24 August 2012 at 18:02

      Thank you so very much! What a lovely comment! Definitely made my day :)

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  8. CrimsonSoulFire25 August 2012 at 16:50

    Great job and I love that color!! and hey, you changed the background template, didn't you?

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    1. Pixie~Nails25 August 2012 at 20:01

      Thanks :D I love teal, especially a shimmery one. And I did, yeah :) I got bored of the old blue one and I remembered a 'splash' wallpaper I had. It kinda reminded me of nail polish spills (something I've had loads of!) so I uploaded it as my background. I had to make the matching banner to go with it. Hope you all like it. Don't want it to be too much :D

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    2. CrimsonSoulFire28 August 2012 at 17:38

      looks great :D

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  9. Sandra25 August 2012 at 23:30

    Such a beautiful mani!

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