The Last Panda Inspired Nail Art

Hey everyone! I'm on my way to beautiful Massachusetts for a beach getaway before fall officially begins! I scheduled out a couple of posts for you so my blog would not be stagnant. :)

I saw this adorable print online and just knew that it had to be translated into some nail art. It is by John Tibbott and can be found here. There is a whole series of these, and I thought about branching out and doing a different animal, like a fox or something, but the panda was just so cute, I had to do it. I like that these prints also have a message - about protecting Earth's animals. Yay!

Well there he is...the last panda. I used Julep Cindy for my base, then stamped the scale pattern using Mash-39 and Konad Special Black, and painted in the bear freehand using Pure Ice SuperStar! and Konad Special Black. This is what Cindy looks like by herself.

Here is a close-up of the nail with my panda. If I paint one on my other hand, he won't be alone anymore. :)

Well, thank you so much for looking - have a great day!

Golden Oldie Thursday - Purple

Hi everyone! I decided to try out something which I haven't done before for the sake of using up and old purple polish from Julep that I haven't really known what to do with. They call this polish a glaze, but I thought it seemed like a jelly and decided to try my hand at a "pond" manicure. I have done a jelly stamp-wich before, but knew that this would take a really long time since you have to do several layers to get the pond effect right. And it did.

This is Julep Candy. I got this polish from my aunt who had gotten it in her Boho Glam box a couple years ago and decided it wasn't for her. I stamped with Konad Special White polish using Mash-41. I did two coats of Candy, stamped, added another coat, stamped again slightly offset from the first one, added another coat, stamped again, and then added one last coat to seal it all in. I actually did this mani over the course of several days because I just didn't have the consecutive hours it would have taken to do this all at once.

I'm not including a swatch of Julep Candy by itself, because it just looked too bad. My poor nails are pretty stained, and it is super sheer. I wouldn't have been able to show what it actually looked like. It had a great consistency and didn't streak at all, which made this manicure a lot easier than it could have been.

Thank you so much for reading my post - have a fantastic day!

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