Day 8 (July 15th) of the Summer Challenge is Beach. I was going to do a traditional sunset mani using inspiration from our last vacation...but when looking through my photos, I found one that inspired me to go in a whole different direction. When I think Beach, I think of sand, so I decided to try to make my nails look like a sandy beach with some rocks...I went a little abstract on this one. Here is the result.
I started out with the closest color I have to sand, which is Shu Uemura Coquetttish Brown. Then I decided it wasn't quite right, so I sponged on some gold using Avon Nailwear Pro in Glimmering Gold. After that, I tried to make some 'rocks' using a my dotting tools. For this, I used Pure Ice in Kiss Me Here, Julep Kate, Townley in Mocha Chino, and the brown is from Finger Paints. Here is the photo I used for inspiration.
Here is a picture of Shu Uemura Coquettish Brown by itself.
And here it is after I sponged on the Glimmering Gold from Avon.
And here it is after I sponged on the Glimmering Gold from Avon.
Thank you so much for looking! A full outline of the challenge can be found here. Please be sure to check out the other participants in this challenge, too!
- Theodora from Red Hair and Black Nail Polish
- Kaki from GlitterObsession
- Cuti-CLUE-les
- Whimsical Glam
- Sue from Creative Nail Design by Sue
- Sangy from Lipgloss Affairs
- Taya from Taya
- Kelly from Adventures in Nail Art
- Diana from Nails by Diana
- Alexis Leigh from -XOXO Alexis Leigh
- Namira from Namira Rahman
- Chiro from Nail of This Week
- IsaBella at IsaBella's World
- Beautilicious Blogger
- Nikki from Little Green Heart
- Peace Love and Polish
Simple but cute! I love this, it even looks like kind of office friendly nail art...great job ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks! Yes, it did end up pretty neutral. :)
DeleteLove it!! I like that you went abstract. It's always nice to see something a little different
ReplyDeleteI always try to be a bit different from teh crowd. It forces me to really get creative. :)
DeleteIt looks great! Plus that gold color is a beauty!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I probably never would have bought a gold like this on my own, but I won it in a giveaway, and I am glad I did. :)
Deletelovely...
ReplyDeleteThanks! :)
DeleteRefreshing to see a different take! great job :D
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