Theme Monday: (Floral) Overboard & Tutorial

Hey all~

Today's post is for Facebook group Polish-aholics Anonymous!  Every Monday there is a new theme and today's is floral.  Makes me look forward to Mondays. :)

This didn't exactly turn out how I planned.  Originally I was going to do the design on my index and middle on all my nails, but then I realized my pinky was too small.  So I decided to make it my accent nail, even though it was a little awkward.  Finally, after working on this mani for hours (for all the drying time between different layers), I finished the other three nails with the same design.  Unfortunately, I accidentally smooshed a flower on the ring nail and it was beyond repair.  It was kind of upsetting, but I sucked it up and just did this random dot thing.  So in the end it kind of looks busy and random, but oh well. :P  I'm also not sure about the color combination.  It kind of reminds me of really girly bed sheets.  My sister said tablecloth. -_-

Here's a quick tutorial for those of you who'd like to do this.  For mine, I painted everything by layers using tape, but here's a much much easier way.

Step 1:  Pick a base color and add stripes to it using a nail art polish or thin brush.

Step 2:  Tape off the middle section diagonally, then paint the ends near the tips and cuticle.

Step 3:  Add the silver border by using a striping tape.  I didn't have any, so I had to do the tape mani several times.  Never doing that again!  It took forever.

Step 4:  Pick out your flower color and add a couple drops of it to a piece of paper or foil.  Add a couple drops of white next to it.  Using a dotting tool or the end of a bobby pin/toothpick, dip it into the colors (you can swirl it around a little) and make 5 dots in a circle to form the flower petals.  Repeat to cover the striped portion.

Step 5:  Use the other end of the bobby pin/toothpick to add the leaves.  Pick a green and add 1-2 dots around your flowers.

Step 6:  Seal with top coat and enjoy! :)

I learned how to make the flowers from Jelly's Nails, so if you're unsure of how to do the flowers still, you can check out her post.  She did a video tutorial, so that might make more sense.



Now I'm now going to picture spam you because I worked so hard on it. :)

That's it!  Happy Monday. :)


Liz