On to the nail stuff!
I've seen quite a few butterfly wing manis online and I think most of them were painted by hand. Well, I haven't attempted the manual version yet, but have put together what I consider to be a most adequate stamped substitute. What do you think?
Till next time!
I've seen quite a few butterfly wing manis online and I think most of them were painted by hand. Well, I haven't attempted the manual version yet, but have put together what I consider to be a most adequate stamped substitute. What do you think?
What it took to get look:
The stamping done with
L-R-> Seventeen Supreme 81, Sally Hansen Turquoise Chrome, Sally Hansen Royal Purple Chrome and Sally Hansen Carnelian Chrome
L-R-> Seventeen Supreme 81, Sally Hansen Turquoise Chrome, Sally Hansen Royal Purple Chrome and Sally Hansen Carnelian Chrome
The plate I used is Red Angel RA-107
I wanted to show you what I did. Basically I just left the caps of each lacquer loose to do this fast, I just blobbed on random spots with different colours...
... then scraped as usual and stamped my nails.
I love the outcome, because the colours mix a bit together and this design has large enough spaces where the dark lacquer is to still see some flakies peeking from underneath.
I know this isn't as nice as some of the butterfly wing manis I've seen, but it's ok. This might be my favourite mani I've done.
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ReplyDeletei love this! enamel girl, nails&noms did this and now yours got me super mani jealous! i have to do this next for sure! gorgeous!!!!
ReplyDeleteThey did?! Sweet, you should try it. It looks so much better in real life, you'll love it.
DeleteThis is so beautiful!!! :D I love the polish you used underneath, too!! :D
ReplyDeleteThank you. I'll have to show it on its own.
DeleteThis is brilliant. I need to try this! Of course I will credit you!!!
ReplyDeletexoxox
Oh no worries, just try it and have fun doing so.
Deleteawesome
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteThat is so gorgeous! I love all the colors you used and how they look mixed together! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, I wasn't sure the colours would work together but once I started doing it, it worked out well.
DeleteThose look spectacular!
ReplyDeleteThank ya!
DeleteWhat you do with konad is AMAZING!!
ReplyDeleteIt's really inspiring me to keep trying to get betetr at it! ♥ this so much
Aw, thanks. It's just a fun thing to try new designs all the time, some work and some don't and I don't mean that they're crisp, some design/colour combinations just don't look right. It's no biggie though, just take off the mani and try something else. Eventually with practice it gets easier.
DeleteIt looks amazing.. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you :D
DeleteWow this is gorgeous! And such a simple idea, I can't believe I haven't thought to try this before.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I think I'll have to try it with other stamps that have a lot of surface to them and see what happens.
DeleteThis is absolutely beautiful! What an awesome idea :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!!!:)
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteOMFG! It's amazing!
ReplyDeleteLOL,I love the reaction, thanks.
DeleteGorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteThank you kindly.
DeleteIt's absolutly amazing! I love your Manis :)
ReplyDeleteReally? Thank you, sometimes I do a good one.
DeleteTo die for!
ReplyDeleteThank you but don't die :D
Deletelovely.
ReplyDeleteThank you kindly.
DeleteOh wow!!! I love this!!!!
ReplyDeleteGlad you like it!
DeleteThis is so beautiful! Clever idea!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteWhen i saw this manicure on nails&noms - it made me want to try this..But now you've done it too - you've all inspired me to experiment this weekend - But ill have to use a similar plate, as i don't want to mirror 3 other bloggers - But I love this!
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Then you should try it. It really is fun to experiment like this and you're bound to end up with a similar design because the stamp design must have a lot of surface in order to show up the marbling of the polish properly. I'd love to see what you come up with!
Deleteomg this is just an amazing combo, it looks so so pretty
ReplyDeleteyou inspire me all the time, thank you :D
Thank you so much, it's nice to hear. I hope you end up doing a fun mani like this.
DeleteI't looks very beautiful :D
ReplyDeleteThank you :D
DeleteOMG it's stunning! *.*
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to try it myself :D
Do it and take pics!
DeleteThis is amazing! I am loving the multi colored stamping!!! I have to try that! this is stunning!
ReplyDeleteTry it, it's not only fun to do it but fun to look at afterwards. You'll keep looking at your nails all the time, like I did.
DeleteHoly crap, this is freakin' awesome! I love it! I need to duplicate asap! :D
ReplyDeleteZOMG! This is flipping awesome! I love it! I must duplicate it at once! :D eek!
ReplyDeleteHaha, you loved it so much you left 2 comments. Thanks!
DeleteThis is so beautiful! I need to try swirling the colors right on the plate! You did such a great job :)
ReplyDeleteYou know, I did try that a little bit but once you swirl and then scrape, it ended up looking a bit muddy. Maybe I just didn't do it right and will try again next time to see what happens.
DeleteI love stamping like this :]
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteI love this, I wanna try it now, I just have a question, after the stamping, how do you do the dark "wings "on top, ?? just freehand??
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteNo, you start with the dark base, I did 3 coats until I liked what it looked like. Click on the link under the first photo to see it. Then I did the stamping and the stamp itself doesn't leave colour where the dark parts are, that's how this design is made.
This is absolutely gorgeous and classy
ReplyDeleteOh thank you.
DeleteLovely mani. I am not a complicated art work on my nails person and I used to think design manis were something you admired on other people's fingers but this one good enough to give it a try. You are very good at this. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThank you. This one isn't complicated to do, but it does look a bit busy on the nails and it isn't for everyone, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Do give it a try at some point, it looks better in person.
DeleteJust stunning!
ReplyDeletegorgeous!
ReplyDeletethis is an absolutely stunning mani! I LOVE your blog...thanks for the great info on finding nail shops in toronto!
ReplyDeleteso beautiful would love to try this out...
ReplyDeleteUgh, I'm such a slacker these days but I just have to say that I love this nail art!!!
ReplyDeleteHow do you not want to do this mani everyday now? So beautiful! It's a work of art!!!
ReplyDeleteStunning! I want to try this!!!!!
ReplyDeletewow, this is pure art!! it's so perfect!!
ReplyDeleteI wanna try that now!!
This is simply gorgeous!!!! I love it.
ReplyDeleteThis is so incredibly fabulous!!! I work in the corporate world so I don't think I could get away with a full mani, but I could certainly do an accent nail!
ReplyDeleteI love your blog (and your style) so much! <3
Wow! This is so amazing. I love the idea of using different colors on the plate like you did, I would never have thought of that. ♥
ReplyDeleteWow, This is soo beautiful. ;))
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ReplyDeleteLOVE this! What plate is that design on??
ReplyDeleteThis mani catches my eye every single time I come to your blog. I wish I had the plate to do it...it is certainly not one I could even contemplate trying to do freehand lol. Oh and btw...I have searched and searched online for the Magnetic Freakin' Violet and it just isn't anywhere to be found. I'm so jealous...I fell in love with that polish from the second I saw it. Dang it lol. =/
ReplyDeleteThis is really gorgeous. :-)
ReplyDelete*faints*
ReplyDelete*regains consciousness*
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ReplyDeleteWOW! FANTABULOUS! I wish I could do stuff like your butterfly nails - they look AWESOME! Very Envious of your Creativity & Talent when it comes to nails ... sniff, sniff ... sigh ... I LOVE THE EFFECT SO MUCH - YOU ROCK! :o)
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! :) Greetings
ReplyDeleteOMG! It's absolutely gorgeous! :-)
ReplyDeleteThose are breathtaking!!!!!!!! Great job!!!! I get frustrated with plates, don't use them, but this design re-ignited my interest!! you got something great, girl!!!
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