Friday, 22 March 2013

The Owl and the... Butterfly?

A manicure involving owls has been a long time coming, Owls were my favourite animal even as a very small kid, so I have been overjoyed ever since they came into fashion, and it's now so easy to get owls of any kind! I have owly socks, handbag and hat to name but a few. Anyway, I now have owly nails!! I only did owls as accent nails, as they were a tiny bit fiddly and I didn't have much time, but I thought the rest of the manicure needed something more, so sponged on tips on the rest of my nails, and added some fimo cane slices to my thumb nails :)

What I Used - 
  • Basecoat and Hardener by Constance Carroll
  • 17 Quicker Slicker Colour in Copper
  • 17 Quicker Slicker Colour in Peacock
  • 17 Lasting Fix in Sherbert Lemon
  • NYC Topcoat in Grand Central Station
  • Butterfly fimo cane
  • A dotting tool and nail art brush.
to achieve this design, I started off by applying my base coat and hardener, and allowed to dry before painting all of my nails in Copper. 1 thick coat was sufficient for good coverage. I then started working on the owls, using a dotting tool with Peacock for his eyes, a nail art brush with Peacock for his wings, and a smaller dotting tool with Sherbert Lemon and Copper for his feathers, eyes, beak and claws. I then sponged on tips in Peacock on all the rest of my nails, and waited for it to dry before applying top coat. I finely sliced 6 butterflies from my fimo cane (this was fiddley, but ; got there in the end) and stuck them onto my thumbnails using more top coat, and sealing in with 2 thick layers of topcoat. Here is the finished look -





 I really like both the Copper and the Peacock, and the fast drying is really impressive, so I'm happy I bought these, and looking forward to using the other colours from the Quicker Slicker range. I also really like the little fimo canes, it wasn't as difficult as I had imagined to get sufficiently thin slices, and the definitely liven up the rest of the manicure a bit! I have a few other owl related designs I am looking forward to trying not that I am getting a little more confident with my free hand skills.

Blog you soon! S x

2 comments:

  1. So what happens when you get fed up of cleaning out the owl traps?

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