Allo polish Pals!
How are you all doing today? I hope
your week has been going well so far, not long until the weekend now!
I have to say it feels really weird posting on a Thursday, I have
been in my Monday, Wednesday, Friday blogging pattern for so long
that changing it up has felt so bizarre.
If you didn't know I've now switched to
twice a week. Content wise I am covered until the end of June
(almost!) but I will be working on Sundays soon and I wanted to make
things both easier and more organised for myself. Since Sunday is
normally a painting day for me I have freed up a little time so I can
paint on my days off without worrying about running out of things to
post. Does that make any sense? I feel I am typing in circles and
dribbling on!
Today the soot sprites are back! The
other day My Neighbour Toroto came on TV, I'd seen it before but its
just so cute! When I painted this I was really lacking ideas and
motivation, I wanted to paint a freehand design without the
commitment of painting all my nails so this idea
gave me a little bit of both, fun painting time with an edge of
laziness.
To me, Studio Ghibli films invoke the
feeling of magic, they are mysterious and unusual and grab your
interest, pulling you into a world like no other. Scattered
holographic glitter seemed like the perfect pairing with this deep
alluring green shade!
For this design I began with my trusty
OPI Nail Envy base coat and once dry I applied Masura's 'Sky Garden'
to all my nails. I followed on with a light dusting of Polish Me,
Royalty's 'Unicornicopia' – my all time favourite scattered holo,
it literally looks great with everything. I added
a thin coat of top coat for my paint to adhere to nicely and moved in
with my Pure Color brush in size 10 and a mixture of acrylic paints.
Once finished painting Toroto I sealed my design in with two more
thin coats of top coat and eventually added Barry M's matte top coat.
Why are your nails always
matte? Some one recently asked me why I always use a matte
top coat on my designs. I don't always, normally I will photograph my
designs in both glossy and then a matte top coat. A matte top coat is
great for smoothing designs out, it stops the glare from the shiny
top coat from distracting from the nail art in photographs. Some
designs look better in matte while others in glossy. Its not that I
prefer matte nails in general but it does make a huge different to
its finish and the look of it when photographed.
What do you think of this
rather simple design? Do you like Studio Ghibli movies?
Thank you so much for stopping by,
don't forget to say hi in the comments, let me know how you are
doing. Have a fabulous weekend, I'll catch you again on Monday!
Love.
Ithi
OMG, This is awesome, This is the prettiest nail art I've ver seen. I love this.
ReplyDeleteTotoro is my favorite animation character! I can't believe it can be done on nails!! The green really is a good backdrop for totoro as he and his other friends are living in the green woods.
ReplyDeleteLoving these nails. I love this shade of green and the sparkle effect and ofcourse your nail art is on point.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I love Totoro! Apart from some recent sad news, they're still pretty much alive and this nail art is just so adorable, the emerald color just hits the spot nicely!
ReplyDeleteOkay these are the cutest! I've never seen or heard of Studio Ghibli, but from this alone, I'm actually quite intrigued. Love the color choices too. So unique and fun!
ReplyDeletethis is such a lovely and cute Totoro! I know the character but I've never actually watch the movie, lol.
ReplyDeleteI am a big fan of the sprites so its lovely to see them back. Another stellar job here, gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI have never watched the movie or even heard about this character but your design is spot on as always. Also, it makes sense why you look matte top coat. Glossy is hard to photograph too.
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ReplyDeleteI like those leafs a lot! They are so beautiful. <3
This is so cute! I doodle and draw too, wonder if it will be possible to have a collaboration where I doodle and you turn them into nail art?
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful art,I love the color and the design on it is stunning.
ReplyDeleteWow, that drawing on the small nail is so intricate!! Beautiful!! I remember Totoro has an umbrella, right??? Maybe that umbrella should cameo somewhere!! :D
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